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Zoomies Cafe

northyorkshire.jpg
North Yorkshire

Dog massage.

Hear no evil, hear all evil, hear half evil.

The Furgitive.

It's not old, it's Classic (TM): Golden birthday party.


Wilford the Bear makes himself a bed-hole.

Making pumpkin salad with the hot new kitchen tool, an M60 grenade.

Bringing your bull to Starbucks for a pup cup. No I mean a Hereford bull, not a David French Craigslist bull.

Tractor trailer zoomies.

Highland zoomies.

Camera catches wildlife coming to a pool to drink. At 5:30, a bear and her cub come for a bath.

Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM




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1 Sudan murdered hundreds of thousands lately and nobody cared. Iran murdered tens of thousands and nobody cared.
Who will care when the Democrats take power?

Posted by: gKWVE at January 19, 2026 07:32 PM (gKWVE)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)

3
*sadly shakes head at outdated furniture*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 19, 2026 07:33 PM (tgvbd)

4 Woof!

Posted by: Java Joe at January 19, 2026 07:33 PM (WaLgG)

5 North Yorkshire -- a ripping good time!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2026 07:33 PM (kpS4V)

6 It's got a 454 with a blower and four on the floor and it will burn rubber all four gears, man!

Posted by: Guy who went in 1/30 on a Chevelle at January 19, 2026 07:33 PM (vFG9F)

7 gKWVE, I will because I am old,pissed off and prison is not a deterrent

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2026 07:35 PM (0KSrI)

8 Camera catches wildlife coming to a pool to drink. At 5:30, a bear and her cub come for a bath.

Only the badger attacks the camera, because of course it does.

Posted by: Delurker at January 19, 2026 07:35 PM (gtcuf)

9 Luxury! When I was a child, because we were poor, I would have been grateful to have a gravel pathway or fence posts to eat.

But we were happier then.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 07:36 PM (3uBP9)

10 Evening all. Didn't get sprung. Still at the hospital. Didn't have to have the lithotripsy or laser. It broke up and passed on its own. Keeping me overnight for observation to make sure it is gone and doesn't re-appear.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:36 PM (0x0rk)

11 North Yorkshire -- a ripping good time!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Speaking of Yorkshire, the new season of "All Creatures Great and Small" is on Masterpiece Sunday night. Charming show. The Yorkshire landscape where it is filmed is quite beautiful.

Posted by: Tuna at January 19, 2026 07:37 PM (lJ0H4)

12 Encouraging penguins to come to your pool to drink is a very bad idea. They will never leave and you will end up with a pool full of drunk penguins.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 19, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F)

13 In North Yorkshire do they make their pudding any different than in South Yorkshire?

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)

14

That is good news rickb223!

Posted by: four seasons at January 19, 2026 07:38 PM (3ek7K)

15 The rich kids in my 'hood got to eat gravel. We got blacktop tar. And we liked it.

Posted by: Delurker at January 19, 2026 07:38 PM (gtcuf)

16 rickb223, we will remind you to hydrate.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2026 07:38 PM (0KSrI)

17 FFs, they have a sign language interpreter for the singing of America the Beautiful.

Posted by: Duke Lowell. at January 19, 2026 07:38 PM (u73oe)

18 I'm watching "Star Wars: A New Hope". It holds up, apart from the added CGI (the dewbacks look cheap). Great sets and that desert landscape plus John Williams ripping off "Rite of Spring" give such a sense of place.

It's weird seeing all these white people on screen.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2026 07:38 PM (kpS4V)

19 For a second there I thought the title of the post said "ZOMBIES Cafe"

Which would only be appropriate as I'm reading Dresden Files Book 7 - Dead Beat by Jim Butcher right now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 19, 2026 07:39 PM (ESVrU)

20 Sudan murdered hundreds of thousands lately and nobody cared. Iran murdered tens of thousands and nobody cared.
Who will care when the Democrats take power?
Posted by: gKWVE


Huge difference. Their populations were unarmed.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:39 PM (0x0rk)

21 >>>Doing burnouts in the snow using an 6-wheeler is peak guy activity.

It was a 10 wheeler, Dude.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 19, 2026 07:39 PM (syz1S)

22 In honor of the day, shouldn't we all cheat on our wives?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 19, 2026 07:40 PM (s0JqF)

23 I was attacked by the cat again

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 19, 2026 07:40 PM (jrgJz)

24 I will because I am old,pissed off and prison is not a deterrent - Ben Had

Bravo! To borrow from Mencken, my last act, as I climb the gallows, will be to give a horselaugh to socialism.

Posted by: Paco at January 19, 2026 07:40 PM (2L+MU)

25
Keeping me overnight for observation to make sure it is gone and doesn't re-appear.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:36 PM (0x0rk)

___________.

"You have it easy compared to women." - Female TikTok in car

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 19, 2026 07:40 PM (tgvbd)

26
Keeping me overnight for observation to make sure it is gone and doesn't re-appear.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:36 PM (0x0rk)

___________.

"You have it easy compared to women." - Female TikTok in car

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 19, 2026 07:41 PM (tgvbd)

27 North Yorkshire

You can find that spot in every MMO.

Well, maybe not the Star Wars one.

Posted by: mikeski at January 19, 2026 07:41 PM (VHUov)

28 >>>Highland zoomies.

I thought that was a sheep with that silly outfit they had him wearing.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 19, 2026 07:41 PM (syz1S)

29
The solar fart field is rotating while maintaining same total strength. If it rotates that z component southward, we'll get something.

Maybe a 30% change of that happening.

Spoke too soon -- it's rotating the other way, now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 19, 2026 07:41 PM (w6EFb)

30
*throws phone across room*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 19, 2026 07:41 PM (tgvbd)

31 For a second there I thought the title of the post said "ZOMBIES Cafe"

Which would only be appropriate as I'm reading Dresden Files Book 7 - Dead Beat by Jim Butcher right now.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I hear you - I'm slugging my way through Dante's Divine Comedy at present.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2026 07:42 PM (cYBz/)

32 "It's weird seeing all these white people on screen.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes"

Try turning down the contrast.

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2026 07:42 PM (vFG9F)

33 The Furgitive cat looks like a shorthair version of Miss Linda's late Siberian Angelique. Same blue eyes and airbrushed face markings.

An odd, crackbrained cat she was. She'd leap up and sit in your lap. If you moved your leg an inch, though, she'd growl at you -- but did not leave. The growl was on a rising note, as if she were saying, "Don't you DARE move! Any moment now, I'll EXPLODE --!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2026 07:42 PM (wzUl9)

34
PDJT at the national championship game.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 19, 2026 07:42 PM (tgvbd)

35 "I was attacked by the cat again
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot"

I would set a trap so the cat would not want to attack my foot again.

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2026 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

36 "You have it easy compared to women." - Female TikTok in car
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I've had a terribly rough cold so I know what it is like to experience childbirth.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2026 07:45 PM (cYBz/)

37 "I was attacked by the cat again
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot"

I would set a trap so the cat would not want to attack my foot again.
Posted by: fd

Clearly no pussyfooting around for you!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2026 07:45 PM (cYBz/)

38 rickb223, we will remind you to hydrate.
Posted by: Ben Had


Yes ma'am. I was NPO from midnight to 1800 hrs.

I've already drank three 16.9 ounce bottles of water and two 6 ounce things of tea. 😁

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:45 PM (0x0rk)

39 I'm watching "Star Wars: A New Hope". It holds up, apart from the added CGI (the dewbacks look cheap). Great sets and that desert landscape plus John Williams ripping off "Rite of Spring" give such a sense of place.

It's weird seeing all these white people on screen.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2026

***
It was the most visually realistic SF film made up to that time. The model work, the spaceships . . . You were *right there* with Luke as he flew the fighter ship toward the Death Star and swung at high speed down into the channel at the climax.

And things looked *used* -- scarring and blast markings on Solo's ship, cables snaking across the hangar floor, and more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2026 07:46 PM (wzUl9)

40 Doing burnouts in the snow using an 6-wheeler

"What's this guy doing?"

Skid recovery practice, obviously.

Though I'd imagine the physics thereof would change somewhat once he's got a trailer in tow

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 19, 2026 07:47 PM (C0Nlv)

41 I’m not allowed to watch the game.

I don’t pay for cable. Or internet. I have an antenna tv. And my phone.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 19, 2026 07:47 PM (IhIKR)

42 "It's weird seeing all these white people on screen.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes"

Try turning down the contrast.
Posted by: fd


Probably watching the Big Joe Polka Show.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:47 PM (0x0rk)

43 Did that guy squeeze the cat?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2026 07:47 PM (pkeXY)

44 22 In honor of the day, shouldn't we all cheat on our wives?
Posted by: Eeyore at January 19, 2026 07:40 PM (s0JqF)

I always felt sorry for Coretta. She got a raw deal with that philanderer. Then years of standing up to defend his "legacy" in the public eye.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 19, 2026 07:48 PM (6Bc88)

45
Who's playing tonight?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 19, 2026 07:48 PM (3ek7K)

46 My cat trap would involve propping up an upside-down cradle with a stick, and then attaching a silver spoon filled with catnip.

Posted by: Delurker at January 19, 2026 07:48 PM (gtcuf)

47 "Spoke too soon -- it's rotating the other way, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley"

It's a fickle fart field.

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2026 07:48 PM (vFG9F)

48 rickb you should be in good hands, relax.

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0)

49
The posts I love are the ones where women are gasping that they're in survival mode and are exhausted by expending the mental energy in their marriage. Well, toots, we guys don't waste time overanalyzing every little thing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 19, 2026 07:49 PM (tgvbd)

50 12 Encouraging penguins to come to your pool to drink is a very bad idea. They will never leave and you will end up with a pool full of drunk penguins. - Penguin Facts

Party! Party! Party!

Seriously, such a gathering would definitely be more fun than the annual Penguin Facts quilting bee, which I understand usually accompanied by readings from Das Kapital.

Posted by: Paco at January 19, 2026 07:49 PM (2L+MU)

51 Did that guy squeeze the cat?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2026

***
Like a tube of toothpaste. Only instead of Crest, he got a meow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2026 07:49 PM (wzUl9)

52 Only saw the Northern Lights once, in 1969. August, a Wednesday night right before Woodstock. Nanuet, New York in a church parking lot on a high hill overlooking The NYS Thruway. Really brilliant, we stood and watched for at least an hour. My parents had seen them a number of times before growing up in Norway. Didn't realize then how special it was and that I might never see it again.

Posted by: Excelsior! On To Greenland! at January 19, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2)

53 It's a fickle fart field.
Posted by: fd at January 19, 2026 07:48 PM (vFG9F)

Pretty well describes evenings at home with DH.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 19, 2026 07:50 PM (6Bc88)

54 Probably watching the Big Joe Polka Show.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:47 PM (0x0rk)
----
POLKA WILL NEVER DIE!!!

Posted by: Waldo Butters at January 19, 2026 07:50 PM (ESVrU)

55
Who's playing tonight?

Posted by: fourseasons

Shirts and skins.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2026 07:51 PM (pkeXY)

56 "Only saw the Northern Lights once, in 1969. August, a Wednesday night right before Woodstock"

Uh huh. I see.

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2026 07:51 PM (vFG9F)

57 rickb you should be in good hands, relax.
Posted by: Skip


Oh, I am. Daughter in law is a charge nurse here somewhere in the hospital. She knows and approves of all the doctors I've seen.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:51 PM (0x0rk)

58 POLKA WILL NEVER DIE!!!
Posted by: Waldo Butters at January 19, 2026 07:50 PM (ESVrU)

Bumper sticker in WI: Pro-accordion, and I vote.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 19, 2026 07:52 PM (6Bc88)

59 I always felt sorry for Coretta. She got a raw deal with that philanderer. Then years of standing up to defend his "legacy" in the public eye.
Posted by: tcn in AK

She was well-compensated and lived a long life. She knew what she was wedding.

Posted by: Not Much Sympathy Here at January 19, 2026 07:52 PM (oftw2)

60
Shirts and skins.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2026 07:51 PM (pkeXY)

___________

Red team and white team.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 19, 2026 07:52 PM (tgvbd)

61 I thought Trump was attending the game because it was in Miami. But it's in Indiana.

I wonder if Benedict Pence will be there.

Posted by: Delurker at January 19, 2026 07:53 PM (gtcuf)

62 51 Did that guy squeeze the cat?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2026

***
Like a tube of toothpaste. Only instead of Crest, he got a meow.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2026 07:49 PM (wzUl9)

Heh. No doubt you can get a meow that way. But I'm doubtful about the purring. That cat was happy to be home.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 19, 2026 07:53 PM (syz1S)

63 Probably watching the Big Joe Polka Show.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:47 PM (0x0rk)
----
POLKA WILL NEVER DIE!!!
Posted by: Waldo Butters


RFD- TV!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:53 PM (0x0rk)

64 The game is in Miami.

Posted by: Duke Lowell. at January 19, 2026 07:54 PM (u73oe)

65 Uh huh. I see.
Posted by: fd

Too young for Woodstock here. I was 13.

Posted by: Excelsior! On To Greenland!! at January 19, 2026 07:54 PM (oftw2)

66 And things looked *used* -- scarring and blast markings on Solo's ship, cables snaking across the hangar floor, and more.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2026 07:46 PM (wzUl9
----

I love the collection of old droids and robots in the jawa sand crawler, some shiny new models and some way, way past their prime.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2026 07:54 PM (kpS4V)

67 I don't mind polka. It beats the hell out of most pop crap. So does throat singing, for that matter.

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2026 07:55 PM (vFG9F)

68 RE: North Yorkshire

Stay off the moors, Laddie.

Posted by: The Werewolf at January 19, 2026 07:55 PM (GGatE)

69 I thought Trump was attending the game because it was in Miami. But it's in Indiana.

I wonder if Benedict Pence will be there.
Posted by: Delurker

It's in Miami.

Posted by: Tuna at January 19, 2026 07:55 PM (lJ0H4)

70 POLKA WILL NEVER DIE!!!
Posted by: Waldo Butters at January 19, 2026 07:50 PM (ESVrU)

Bumper sticker in WI: Pro-accordion, and I vote.
Posted by: tcn in AK


Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie
Die Die Die!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:55 PM (0x0rk)

71 We were the Kings, but then we abdicated the Throne.

Posted by: The Schmenge Brothers Last Polka at January 19, 2026 07:56 PM (oftw2)

72 "Too young for Woodstock here. I was 13.
Posted by: Excelsior! On To Greenland!!"

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2026 07:56 PM (vFG9F)

73 64 The game is in Miami.

The internet lied to me.

Posted by: Delurker at January 19, 2026 07:57 PM (gtcuf)

74 Did I do that?

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2026 07:57 PM (vFG9F)

75 So does throat singing, for that matter.
Posted by: fd


Finally heard a guy around Christmas.
Wow. That's impressive.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:57 PM (0x0rk)

76
Fart field now rotating the right way. Still holding same total strength.

HPI (a measure of how much power is being dumped) is a measly 12 GW. Back in May of 2024 when it lit up down here, HPI was well over 100GW.

By comparison, while the measurements didn't exist back then, The Carrington Event probably hit 500GW -- could be as high as 1 TW.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 19, 2026 07:58 PM (w6EFb)

77 I wonder if Benedict Pence will be there.
Posted by: Delurker

________________________

What a piece of garbage that guy turned out to be. Yesterday he was poking the media to exclaim that Trump's tariffs were illegal, so as to provide cover for the fence sitters on the USSC. His position (should it come to fruition) would remove all trade leverage we have at the present, and destroy out economy like it's never been destroyed before. But, the petty jackass would prefer that outcome because...."Trump bad."

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2026 07:58 PM (dIske)

78 Good evening, horde.

That Yorkshire picture calls to me.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2026 07:59 PM (zYpTz)

79 I met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. one time. Yeah, I met Dr. Martin Luther King in 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee. I walkin' down the street minding my own business, just walking on. Feelin' good. I walk around the corner, a man walk up, hit me in my chest, right. I fall on the ground, right. And I look up and it's Dr. Martin Luther King. I said 'Dr. King?' and he said 'Ooops, I thought you were some body else.' Knocked the wind out of me, yes he did.

Posted by: Clarence, My T Sharp Barbershop at January 19, 2026 07:59 PM (R/m4+)

80 And things looked *used* -- scarring and blast markings on Solo's ship, cables snaking across the hangar floor, and more.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2026
----

I love the collection of old droids and robots in the jawa sand crawler, some shiny new models and some way, way past their prime.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2026

***
Eris, I'd forgotten that. It's been far too long since I've seen even part of the film. We can complain about Lucas all day, but he really put a lot of effort into that movie (and even more into Empire) -- and it paid off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2026 08:00 PM (wzUl9)

81 I read an interesting book about historical documents. New discoveries all the time, if maybe more improbable. The author makes a business out of appraising, buying and re-selling them.

One man brought a signed handwritten letter, postmarked, etc from MLK while he was in jail, wrote to his mother, one of Mr. King’s side pieces. Totally different mind set, the guy was proud of his mother, etc. Got a nice chunk of change for the letter though

Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 08:01 PM (aRbAR)

82 Encouraging penguins to come to your pool to drink is a very bad idea. They will never leave and you will end up with a pool full of drunk penguins.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 19, 2026 07:38 PM

Not to mention you'll have to drain and scrub it to remove the mephitic residues.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 19, 2026 08:02 PM (0sNs1)

83 Silver: _$93.11

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2026 08:02 PM (zNcSj)

84 'Ooops, I thought you were some body else.'
——-

I am!

Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 08:03 PM (aRbAR)

85 Encouraging penguins to come to your pool to drink is a very bad idea. They will never leave and you will end up with a pool full of drunk penguins.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 19, 2026 07:38 PM
*
Not to mention you'll have to drain and scrub it to remove the mephitic residues.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 19, 2026

***
On the Endurance expedition, did Shackleton and his men kill and eat penguins as well as seals? Brave men, if so.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2026 08:03 PM (wzUl9)

86 Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2026 08:04 PM (Ia/+0)

87 Good night, Skip. No doubt we'll see you again on the Tech Thread.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2026 08:05 PM (wzUl9)

88 "Not to mention you'll have to drain and scrub it to remove the mephitic residues.
Posted by: Duncanthrax "

Standard procedure is fill with dirt and top with a 10" concrete cap and monitored gas well.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 19, 2026 08:05 PM (vFG9F)

89 I am old,pissed off and prison is not a deterrent
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2026 07:35 PM (0KSrI)

*fist bump

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2026 08:06 PM (zYpTz)

90 Penguin pools delight children worldwide. It's the first place children want to visit at the aquarium or zoo. All except the Somali children.

Posted by: Penguin Pool Pete Polka at January 19, 2026 08:07 PM (oftw2)

91 On the Endurance expedition, did Shackleton and his men kill and eat penguins as well as seals? Brave men, if so.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

The flesh of sea-fowl is generally too rancid to find much favour with fastidious palates. Sailors indeed eat the livers and hearts of the penguins, which are exceedingly palatable, but the black flesh of the body is rank and oily, and has rather a perfumed taste. Some voyagers, however, tell us, that eaten in ragouts, they are good as that made from a hare.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 19, 2026 08:07 PM (vFG9F)

92 Lester Del Ray (pen name, obviously) wrote Runaway Robot which was a favorite of mine from Scholastic Book Services.

The family on Mars has good news! They are being transferred back to Earth. But - they can’t take Rex, the robot, home with them. This will never do, as Rex has been our intrepid hero’s constant companion since he was a boy. They decide to go AWOL together.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 08:08 PM (aRbAR)

93 Keeping me overnight for observation to make sure it is gone and doesn't re-appear.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 07:36 PM (0x0

I think the morphine drip they gave me after 48 hours of no sleep was the most satisfying thing I have had in my life.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 19, 2026 08:09 PM (KDPiq)

94 Oh boy, here we go with the Polar Vortex scare tactics once again.

It's winter. It gets cold despite what the Climate Change zealots spout. Wear a coat and a festive hat, and you'll all me just fine.

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2026 08:10 PM (dIske)

95 Silver: _$93.11
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2026 08:02 PM (zNcSj)

Insane. I should have bought more.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 19, 2026 08:10 PM (xJpaU)

96 Is it normal for eyeglass temples tips, the part behind your ears, to burrow a hole into your head? This isn't normal right?

For a few months now I've noticed two new dents in my head, like a quarter inch deep or more. I honestly figured that's an old age thing. When you get old you get new head-holes. Sure, ok. Didn't hurt really. Just kind of odd.

Well today I finally put 2 and 2 together and that's where my piece of crap uber expensive glasses push into my noggin. They are making holes. In my head. New holes.

Leaning on horde advice here. Should I be worried? Slap a hot iron to it? My wife has suggested that this is some new advance in human evolution and I'm being readied for cyber implants. So I'm looking forward to that.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 08:10 PM (3uBP9)

97
On the Endurance expedition, did Shackleton and his men kill and eat penguins as well as seals? Brave men, if so.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2026 08:03 PM (wzUl9)

____________

After Shackleton left for South Georgia, it was suggested by Orde-Lees that seal and penguin meat be laid in. Wild, in command of the Elephant Island party, declined on the grounds that rescue was imminent. Not wise.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 19, 2026 08:12 PM (tgvbd)

98 ESPN audio sucks balls

Posted by: NCKate at January 19, 2026 08:12 PM (uQzkA)

99 "I think the morphine drip they gave me after 48 hours of no sleep was the most satisfying thing I have had in my life.
Posted by: Opinion fact"

It's odd how you don't even really care if your leg is broken in three places.

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2026 08:12 PM (vFG9F)

100 89 I am old,pissed off and prison is not a deterrent
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2026 07:35 PM (0KSrI)

*fist bump
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2026 08:06 PM (zYpTz)

We would OWN the cellblock!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2026 08:13 PM (kpS4V)

101 Should I be worried? Slap a hot iron to it? My wife has suggested that this is some new advance in human evolution and I'm being readied for cyber implants. So I'm looking forward to that.
Posted by: banana Dream

You can probably just go to the eyeglass place and have them adjust the frames for you. Boring, I know.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 19, 2026 08:13 PM (C0Nlv)

102 banana Dream, take your glasses to your optometrists office and have them adjusted. They can do that. I have the opposite problem. My glasses stretch and then fall down my nose.. But they can adjust for your head.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 08:14 PM (gh32g)

103 Leaning on horde advice here. Should I be worried? Slap a hot iron to it? My wife has suggested that this is some new advance in human evolution and I'm being readied for cyber implants. So I'm looking forward to that.
Posted by: banana Dream

Pitch the glasses. Your very thoughts are being transmitted to Davos. The deeper the trench they cut in your skull, the more you can be monitored and controlled.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 19, 2026 08:15 PM (oftw2)

104 It's a thing to pay attention to when you're choosing frames - whether they're wide enough to fit your head properly.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 19, 2026 08:16 PM (C0Nlv)

105 On the Endurance expedition, did Shackleton and his men kill and eat penguins as well as seals? Brave men, if so.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2026 08:03 PM

It is recorded they did, as well as the dogs of their last two dog teams.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 19, 2026 08:16 PM (0sNs1)

106
Here's a little "ENLIL" video showing the Sun's fart progress towards. On the left is looking down from ecliptic north. In the middle is a pie slice sideways view show the up and down view. Yellow dot is the sun, green dot is Erf, the orange dot is some spacecraft:

https://is.gd/dCxyG3

The fart starts at about 22:00Z, Jan 18. It's just hitting us good now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 19, 2026 08:16 PM (w6EFb)

107 North Yorkshire -- a ripping good time!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2026 07:33 PM

It's a local place. For local people...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 19, 2026 08:16 PM (Wnv9h)

108 I think the morphine drip they gave me after 48 hours of no sleep was the most satisfying thing I have had in my life.
Posted by: Opinion fact


That was with the six crushing vomit filled hours when my gallbladder went bad. Yeah. Only pain I've ever thrown up from. Hit me with the dilaudid and sleep was almost instantaneous.

I did pull a prank on my nurse and I kinda felt bad.
As soon as she started pushing the dilaudid, I acted like I passed out.

As soon as I heard her suck air, my eyes popped open. She then realized I was joking.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 08:16 PM (0x0rk)

109 In its august wisdom, the WEF invited the Iranian foreign minister (yes) to the upcoming meeting in Davos. After much backlash, they withdrew the invite. News you can't use, but might not have run across.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2026 08:17 PM (U/Byj)

110 "Pitch the glasses. Your very thoughts are being transmitted to Davos. The deeper the trench they cut in your skull, the more you can be monitored and controlled.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer"

This seems to be the most plausible. Take it from this guy, he's an expert!

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2026 08:17 PM (vFG9F)

111 Michael Irvin looks like he has CTE and forgot where he put his cocaine.

Posted by: NCKate at January 19, 2026 08:17 PM (uQzkA)

112 I am old,pissed off and prison is not a deterrent
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2026 07:35 PM (0KSrI)

*fist bump
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2026 08:06 PM (zYpTz)

We would OWN the cellblock!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2026 08:13 PM

With bluebell supplying you, I have no doubt.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 19, 2026 08:17 PM (0sNs1)

113 This might be a belated question I should have asked before. Does this chat have some kind of spell check infused in it? I've noticed quite a few times that words are entered that I didn't type. And, oddly it's always a word, and not just gibberish.

I'm either obtuse to that reality, brain damaged, or something else. Anyone know?

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2026 08:18 PM (dIske)

114 Leaning on horde advice here. Should I be worried? Slap a hot iron to it? My wife has suggested that this is some new advance in human evolution and I'm being readied for cyber implants. So I'm looking forward to that.
Posted by: banana Dream

Pitch the glasses. Your very thoughts are being transmitted to Davos. The deeper the trench they cut in your skull, the more you can be monitored and controlled.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer



Or simply lose weight.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 08:18 PM (0x0rk)

115 Possibly all three?

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2026 08:19 PM (vFG9F)

116
No matter the depths of privation and danger endured by Shackleton's men, let us never forget that women have it much, much harder.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 19, 2026 08:19 PM (tgvbd)

117 I've never been to an eyeglass place and have bought only dollar store readers. If I went to Warby Parker, they better have a Blockhead Display area.

Posted by: Skull 3" Thick, Not Much In It at January 19, 2026 08:20 PM (oftw2)

118 this cat set the purrfect trap and my big toe has suffered

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 19, 2026 08:20 PM (jrgJz)

119 >>> banana Dream, take your glasses to your optometrists office and have them adjusted. They can do that. I have the opposite problem. My glasses stretch and then fall down my nose.. But they can adjust for your head.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 08:14 PM (gh32g)


They are also very loose. I hate them. There's a good half inch between the temple and my ears. They actually wrap around my skull a little and that's where they are making the dent. I guess I'll go in again. What the f am I paying for when they're fitting them? They're the experts. I'm paying $1000+ for these pieces of crap that are making me into a phrenology lab experiment.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 08:21 PM (3uBP9)

120
Just saw this. Toni Basil, of the one-hit wonder "Oh Mickey, you're so fine" fame turned 82.

Damn, I'm old.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 19, 2026 08:21 PM (w6EFb)

121 No matter the depths of privation and danger endured by Shackleton's men, let us never forget that women have it much, much harder.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 19, 2026 08:19 PM (tgvbd)

Burr is wokester now but his bit on stay at home moms being the hardest job in the world is hilarious.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 19, 2026 08:21 PM (KDPiq)

122 I'm either obtuse to that reality, brain damaged, or something else. Anyone know?

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2026 08:18 PM (dIske)

Wisdom is to write out your thoughtful posts in Word. Then copy and paste. I usually don't do that, but I usually just snark. Never had a word just appear, but autocucumber sucks.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 08:22 PM (gh32g)

123 Orson your browser probably has some spell correction feature. I don't think the AOS comments does. Auto cucumber jokes are a thing here because of the weird words that the auto corrections come up with.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 19, 2026 08:22 PM (hhkIi)

124
4h
Heavy snow and windy conditions in West Michigan led to a 100-car pileup on I-196, with injuries reported. The highway is closed in both directions between exits 62 and 55 near Grand Rapids, and officials say it will likely remain closed for hours:

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2026 08:24 PM (zNcSj)

125 Spell check? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! You guys are a barrel of laughs!

Posted by: Minx 0.8 beta at January 19, 2026 08:24 PM (vFG9F)

126 >>> This might be a belated question I should have asked before. Does this chat have some kind of spell check infused in it? I've noticed quite a few times that words are entered that I didn't type. And, oddly it's always a word, and not just gibberish.

I'm either obtuse to that reality, brain damaged, or something else. Anyone know?
Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2026 08:18 PM (dIske)


No spell check here but it could be the device you are using.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 08:24 PM (3uBP9)

127 *at the destroyed Jawa crawler*

"These blast points are too accurate for Sand People. Only Imperial storm troopers are so precise."

Ha!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2026 08:24 PM (kpS4V)

128 I can't even trust you with colors and you want to add words to my dictionary? Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Posted by: Minx 0.8 beta at January 19, 2026 08:26 PM (vFG9F)

129 I wonder if the copy/paste from Word still causes the feet of text? The limits on comment size probably catch that now. But someone should check it out for science.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 19, 2026 08:26 PM (hhkIi)

130 Michael Irvin looks like he has CTE and forgot where he put his cocaine.
Posted by: NCKate

I'm sure there's a Hurricane player that can hook him up.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 19, 2026 08:28 PM (xJpaU)

131 We would OWN the cellblock!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2026 08:13 PM (kpS4V)

Fuckin' A. If I had to spend the rest of my life in prison, I'd want to spend it with 'ettes.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2026 08:29 PM (zYpTz)

132 Thanks for all the responses. *sigh* I guess the "measure twice, cut once" strategy is applicable going forward.

Damn it. My time is too valuable. I need a bear.

(get it?)

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2026 08:30 PM (dIske)

133 Heavy snow and windy conditions in West Michigan led to a 100-car pileup on I-196, with injuries reported

Hope everybody can stay warm…

Posted by: Adriane the Janus Month Critic . . . at January 19, 2026 08:30 PM (3ZUWJ)

134 At Daily Galaxy, "NASA’s Giant Balloons Over Antarctica Just Made A Breakthrough In The Hunt For Dark Matter."

Scientists report that it is much easier to find the dark matter lying on the white snow than in some other places.

But srsly, they look for meteorites there too, for that reason.

Posted by: gp at January 19, 2026 08:31 PM (N8ZBc)

135 25 year old Kenmore washer broke down for the very first time. Won't spin. A new motor coupler is coming from Bezos. $8.99. Might run another 25 years.

Posted by: Easy Peasy at January 19, 2026 08:32 PM (oftw2)

136 Is Texas going to have another ice storm? Hope y'all don't lose power again for a week.

Posted by: NCKate at January 19, 2026 08:32 PM (uQzkA)

137 With bluebell supplying you, I have no doubt.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 19, 2026 08:17 PM (0sNs1)
-----------

I have a fresh supply of cakes with files in them baking in the oven right now.

Posted by: bluebell at January 19, 2026 08:33 PM (79pEw)

138 Heavy snow and windy conditions in West Michigan led to a 100-car pileup on I-196, with injuries reported

Hope everybody can stay warm…
Posted by: Adriane the Janus Month Critic


With everyone being that far up everyone else's tailpipe, I'm sure they are.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 08:33 PM (0x0rk)

139 >>Heavy snow and windy conditions in West Michigan led to a 100-car pileup on I-196, with injuries reported. The highway is closed in both directions between exits 62 and 55 near Grand Rapids, and officials say it will likely remain closed for hours:

Saw an arial shot of the pileup. It looked like they are going to be there for a long time.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2026 08:34 PM (viF8m)

140 snow and windy conditions in West Michigan led to a 100-car pileup on I-196, with injuries reported

-

Another sign of the devastating results of global warming.

Posted by: Really? at January 19, 2026 08:35 PM (nTi7N)

141 My buddy was doing zoomies in the snow in a parking lot, in his mother's car.

Hit the concrete light pole base and totaled the car. We bailed on him.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 19, 2026 08:35 PM (BSdIE)

142 Is Texas going to have another ice storm? Hope y'all don't lose power again for a week.

Posted by: NCKate at January 19, 2026 08:32 PM (uQzkA)

I'm having a 1/2 cord of firewood delivered tomorrow just in case. We are pretty set for emergencies but being cold sucks.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 08:36 PM (gh32g)

143 Saw an arial shot of the pileup. It looked like they are going to be there for a long time.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2026 08:34 PM (viF8m)

Did somebody say "piles up"?

Posted by: Pete Bootygag at January 19, 2026 08:36 PM (8zz6B)

144 One of the cold mornings before Christmas was the first time this season I've had to wear a jacket.
Always had one with me, just hadn't needed to wear it.

Guess that's going to change this weekend.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 08:36 PM (0x0rk)

145 72 degrees here today in Apache Junction.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2026 08:38 PM (8zz6B)

146 Just saw this. Toni Basil, of the one-hit wonder "Oh Mickey, you're so fine" fame turned 82.

Damn, I'm old.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 19, 2026 08:21 PM (w6EFb)

Oh Mickey you're so fine, can't believe you're 29, oh Mickey!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 08:38 PM (gh32g)

147 Pitch the glasses. Your very thoughts are being transmitted to Davos. The deeper the trench they cut in your skull, the more you can be monitored and controlled.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer



Or simply lose weight.

Are you suggesting he has a fat head?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 19, 2026 08:40 PM (sGgMH)

148 I’m sorry.

But for long tall Texans, y’all are certainly a bunch of pussies.

Put on your ten gallon hat and suck it up.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 19, 2026 08:40 PM (IhIKR)

149 Here's some gub thread material from the Mirror Universe. NSFW from a language perspective:

https://tinyurl.com/53raxckz

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 19, 2026 08:40 PM (0sNs1)

150 That grenade pumpkin dude plays loose and fast with grenades. I watched quite a few of his vids in the past. He likes blowing shit up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 08:40 PM (snZF9)

151 NICE!!!!

You guys were correct. My brower had a spell check activated that applies to all web text.

I will now be able to provide gibberish going forward and not dependent on some ingrate coding English from New Delhi or the Guangzhou province.

Posted by: Orson at January 19, 2026 08:41 PM (dIske)

152 He likes blowing shit up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 08:40 PM (snZF9)

NTTAWTT

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2026 08:41 PM (zYpTz)

153 But for long tall Texans, y’all are certainly a bunch of pussies.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 19, 2026 08:40 PM

What about us short round Texans?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 19, 2026 08:42 PM (0sNs1)

154 Just saw this. Toni Basil, of the one-hit wonder "Oh Mickey, you're so fine" fame turned 82.

Damn, I'm old.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 19, 2026 08:21 PM (w6EFb)

Holy shit. 82? I guess she was older when she did that mickey thing. It had to be damn near 45 years ago. 45 years...damn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 08:43 PM (snZF9)

155
At Daily Galaxy, "NASA’s Giant Balloons Over Antarctica Just Made A Breakthrough In The Hunt For Dark Matter."

Scientists report that it is much easier to find the dark matter lying on the white snow than in some other places.

But srsly, they look for meteorites there too, for that reason.
Posted by: gp

Car keys

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2026 08:43 PM (pkeXY)

156 What about us short round Texans?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 19, 2026 08:42 PM

The Paolo, he never fires a, how you say, short round

Posted by: Paolo at January 19, 2026 08:44 PM (oAeEq)

157 >>> Nicki Minaj Demands Disgraced CNN Hack Don Lemon Be Thrown in Jail for Church Protest, He Responds Calling Her ‘Homophobic,’ Says She Should be Deported


Lemon should be tossed off a tall building by his Somali buddies.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 19, 2026 08:45 PM (/lPRQ)

158
Just saw this. Toni Basil, of the one-hit wonder "Oh Mickey, you're so fine" fame turned 82.

She was in Village of the Giants (1965)

https://t.ly/FSk3z

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2026 08:45 PM (pkeXY)

159 Here's some gub thread material from the Mirror Universe. NSFW from a language perspective:

https://tinyurl.com/53raxckz
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 19, 2026 08:40 PM (0sNs1)

She seems nice. How do we send her a thermite dildo?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2026 08:45 PM (8zz6B)

160
They are revisiting and older idea about what dark matter could be, now: quark nuggets:

https://is.gd/ps8nHi

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 19, 2026 08:46 PM (w6EFb)

161 Holy shit. 82? I guess she was older when she did that mickey thing. It had to be damn near 45 years ago. 45 years...damn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 08:43 PM (snZF9)

Toni Basil was in Easy Rider if that gives you a reference.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 08:46 PM (gh32g)

162 79 I met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. one time. Yeah, I met Dr. Martin Luther King in 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee. I walkin' down the street minding my own business, just walking on. Feelin' good. I walk around the corner, a man walk up, hit me in my chest, right. I fall on the ground, right. And I look up and it's Dr. Martin Luther King. I said 'Dr. King?' and he said 'Ooops, I thought you were some body else.' Knocked the wind out of me, yes he did.
Posted by: Clarence, My T Sharp Barbershop at January 19, 2026 07:59 PM
l met Rickie Lee Jones the same way in NOLA. She was walking with two other girls arm in arm, and I was walking with 'this girl' and we collided. For some mysterious reason I ended up on my ass and got laughed at by all four girls. They were beautiful.

Posted by: Eromero at January 19, 2026 08:46 PM (LHPAg)

163 >>> She was in Village of the Giants (1965)

https://t.ly/FSk3z
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2026 08:45 PM (pkeXY)


Great MST3K episode.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 08:47 PM (3uBP9)

164 >>> Nicki Minaj Demands Disgraced CNN Hack Don Lemon Be Thrown in Jail for Church Protest, He Responds Calling Her ‘Homophobic,’ Says She Should be Deported


Lemon should be tossed off a tall building by his Somali buddies.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 19, 2026 08:45 PM (/lPRQ)

Shove him into a 16" naval gun while wearing a pickelhaube helmet. See if he can pierce armor.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 08:48 PM (snZF9)

165 "Village of the Giants (1965)" Added to my list, thanks!
m.ok.ru/video/3156074957565

Posted by: gp at January 19, 2026 08:48 PM (N8ZBc)

166
dark matter could be, now: quark nuggets

Part of this nutritious breakfast.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2026 08:49 PM (pkeXY)

167 That episode of MST3K had Mike and I like Mike episodes over Joel. Nothing against Joel, but he seemed a little sleepy.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 08:50 PM (3uBP9)

168 "quark nuggets" Dank nugs.

Posted by: gp at January 19, 2026 08:51 PM (N8ZBc)

169 She seems nice. How do we send her a thermite dildo?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2026 08:45 PM (8zz6B)

Use a .308. I doubt she likes dicks.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 08:51 PM (snZF9)

170 What about us short round Texans?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 19, 2026 08:42 PM

I right here, you know. Indie! These guys not funny!

Posted by: Short Round at January 19, 2026 08:51 PM (Wnv9h)

171 >>> Nicki Minaj Demands Disgraced CNN Hack Don Lemon Be Thrown in Jail for Church Protest, He Responds Calling Her ‘Homophobic,’ Says She Should be Deported

It's interesting, watching the fracture happen in the black community. Good to see patriotic blacks making a stand. AWFLs and Somalian fraud have really opened some eyes.


Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2026 08:52 PM (zYpTz)

172 "Village of the Giants (1965)"

Won the award for best use of giant fake boobs that year!

Posted by: fd at January 19, 2026 08:52 PM (vFG9F)

173 Saw an arial shot of the pileup. It looked like they are going to be there for a long time.
Posted by: JackStraw

Around here, a couple of the counties use what they call AmbuBus which is a multi-patient transport bus to help stranded motorists in large pileups. Drivers with disabled vehicles are moved to safer locations like Convention Centers or churches as part of the county's Emergency Operations Plan. Since we have had multiple I40 closures due to shitty driving on snow this year already, the bus is getting quite a workout.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2026 08:52 PM (cYBz/)

174 Toni Basil was in Easy Rider if that gives you a reference.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 08:46 PM

No shit? Wow.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 19, 2026 08:53 PM (Wnv9h)

175 >>> Holy shit. 82? I guess she was older when she did that mickey thing. It had to be damn near 45 years ago. 45 years...damn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 08:43 PM (snZF9)

Toni Basil was in Easy Rider if that gives you a reference.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 08:46 PM (gh32g)


She was born in 1943

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 08:54 PM (3uBP9)

176 Joel and Mike were both good hosts. They both had their moments.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 08:54 PM (gh32g)

177 Pitch the glasses. Your very thoughts are being transmitted to Davos. The deeper the trench they cut in your skull, the more you can be monitored and controlled.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer



Or simply lose weight.

Are you suggesting he has a fat head?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit



I do.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 08:55 PM (0x0rk)

178 They'll deport my waifu Nicki Minaj from my dead sticky hairy hands!

Posted by: gKWVE at January 19, 2026 08:55 PM (gKWVE)

179 It's interesting, watching the fracture happen in the black community. Good to see patriotic blacks making a stand. AWFLs and Somalian fraud have really opened some eyes.


Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 19, 2026 08:52 PM (zYpTz)
---
This is why the Dems are pushing voter fraud and importing new, more pliable subjects. They realize that their old coalition is crumbling.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 19, 2026 08:55 PM (ZOv7s)

180 164 Shove him into a 16" naval gun while wearing a pickelhaube helmet. See if he can pierce armor.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 08:48 PM (snZF9)

Lol!

Posted by: Joemarine at January 19, 2026 08:56 PM (y171U)

181 She was born in 1943
Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 08:54 PM

Huh. She looked older in that music video, but I didn't think she was that old.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 19, 2026 08:56 PM (Wnv9h)

182 Around here, a couple of the counties use what they call AmbuBus which is a multi-patient transport bus to help stranded motorists in large pileups. Drivers with disabled vehicles are moved to safer locations like Convention Centers or churches as part of the county's Emergency Operations Plan. Since we have had multiple I40 closures due to shitty driving on snow this year already, the bus is getting quite a workout.
Posted by: Tonypete


That's acool idea.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 08:57 PM (0x0rk)

183 >>Since we have had multiple I40 closures due to shitty driving on snow this year already, the bus is getting quite a workout.

It looked like the there was a pretty significant drop off next to the road where the pileup occurred. Cars and trucks were all over the place. And the conditions looked pretty tough.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2026 08:58 PM (viF8m)

184 Heavy snow and windy conditions in West Michigan led to a 100-car pileup on I-196, with injuries reported

Hope everybody can stay warm…
Posted by: Adriane the Janus Month Critic . . . at January 19, 2026 08:30 PM (3ZUWJ)
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Always keep a blanket in the car, always top off the gas tank during cold weather as you may have to idle in the ditch for a while. Make sure the exhaust pipe is clear of obstructions if you are stopped. Keep a shovel in the trunk.

The joys of winter driving.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 19, 2026 08:59 PM (ZOv7s)

185 Niki was MAGA long before the Somali fraud was revealed.

Leftists calling for her to be deported because she once said she was an illegal immigrant. She came to America from Jamaica (I think) as a small child but I guess was never naturalized. Not sure if she even has a green card.

Posted by: Really? at January 19, 2026 08:59 PM (nTi7N)

186 >>> Are you suggesting he has a fat head?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I do.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 08:55 PM (0x0rk)


HEED!

Posted by: Stuart MacKenzie - It has its own weather system! at January 19, 2026 08:59 PM (3uBP9)

187 Around here, a couple of the counties use what they call AmbuBus which is a multi-patient transport bus to help stranded motorists in large pileups.
Posted by: Tonypete

*furiously completes 400 grant applications

Posted by: Muhammad Omar Mohammedan at January 19, 2026 09:00 PM (zYpTz)

188 Here's a drone view of the 100+ car pile up in Michigan.
Prayers for all involved.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8r45t8

Posted by: IrishEi at January 19, 2026 09:00 PM (3ImbR)

189 BTW, I came here looking for my fellow Airmen (aka "zoomies") and instead I got car pictures. Lame.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 19, 2026 09:00 PM (ZOv7s)

190 Toni Basil is my mom's age? Huh. Did not know that. I figured 60s, not 80s

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 19, 2026 09:00 PM (sAmhv)

191 Always keep a blanket in the car, always top off the gas tank during cold weather as you may have to idle in the ditch for a while. Make sure the exhaust pipe is clear of obstructions if you are stopped. Keep a shovel in the trunk.

The joys of winter driving.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 19, 2026 08:59 PM (ZOv7s)

All that. And most important have good tires. Winter tires. Worth every penny.

Posted by: Really? at January 19, 2026 09:01 PM (nTi7N)

192 Aurora Northern Lights Status Report 1900 hrs Mountain War Time:

Nada. Nothing. Zero. Zilch.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 09:01 PM (aRbAR)

193 Have you tried explaining it to her?

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 19, 2026 09:01 PM (WQDw6)

194 Water, snacks and toilet paper.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 19, 2026 09:01 PM (IhIKR)

195 >>> Joel and Mike were both good hosts. They both had their moments.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 08:54 PM (gh32g)


I honestly agree. I love all of MST3K. Just Mike episodes a wee bit more.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 09:03 PM (3uBP9)

196 Winter driving. Just don't in Texas. Stock up on TP, food and stay home.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 09:04 PM (gh32g)

197 If you think you’ll ever need a blanket, bring a sleeping bag instead. Blanket is better than nothing, though just barely. Water, snacks, wag bags, dude wipes, campstove, coffee, etc. Camping/survival gear takes very little room.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 09:04 PM (aRbAR)

198 All my kitties are starting to settle down for the night...

Hexie is over on my futon performing her nightly ritual of kneading my hoodie before curling up and going to sleep.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 19, 2026 09:05 PM (ESVrU)

199 The New York Times discovers the acronym AWFUL, which stands for Affluent White Female Urban Liberal.

Posted by: SMOD at January 19, 2026 09:05 PM (GITLP)

200 Always keep a blanket in the car"

It can get chilly near the shore!

Posted by: man at January 19, 2026 09:07 PM (XuXeR)

201 Here's a drone view of the 100+ car pile up in Michigan.
Prayers for all involved.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8r45t8
Posted by: IrishEi

Ah, Zeeland. Between Van Rapids and Holland. Lot's of Dutch in the area.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 19, 2026 09:07 PM (/lPRQ)

202 >>> BTW, I came here looking for my fellow Airmen (aka "zoomies") and instead I got car pictures. Lame.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 19, 2026 09:00 PM (ZOv7s)


Well, earlier today publius was off looking for disturbances of the earths magnetosphere caused by solar wind and found camel toe. Life is like a box of chocolates.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 09:07 PM (3uBP9)

203 They made up the “urban” part.

It’s been AWFL for years now. I brought the acronym up a year or so back on a lefty forum board, and boy, they got pissed off! It was great to be behind lines and playing the part.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 09:08 PM (aRbAR)

204 Aurora Northern Lights Status Report 1900 hrs Mountain War Time:

Nada. Nothing. Zero. Zilch.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 09:01 PM (aRbAR)

Ditto here, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2026 09:09 PM (8zz6B)

205 Plenty of AWFLs outside urban areas.

No need for the U.

Posted by: Really? at January 19, 2026 09:10 PM (nTi7N)

206 Ah, Zeeland. Between Van Rapids and Holland. Lot's of Dutch in the area.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 19, 2026 09:07 PM (/lPRQ)
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The crash was predestined to happen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 19, 2026 09:10 PM (ZOv7s)

207 AWFLs can't admit they're awfl. That's part of the kink.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 09:10 PM (gh32g)

208 >>> Aurora Northern Lights Status Report 1900 hrs Mountain War Time:

Nada. Nothing. Zero. Zilch.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 09:01 PM (aRbAR)

Ditto here, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2026 09:09 PM (8zz6B)


Probably a district court injunction stopped it.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 09:11 PM (3uBP9)

209 Plenty of AWFLs outside urban areas.

No need for the U.
Posted by: Really? at January 19, 2026 09:10 PM (nTi7N)
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The rural ones are worse because they are consumed with hatred for everyone around them. Craziest liberals you will ever meet.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 19, 2026 09:11 PM (ZOv7s)

210 >>>With everyone being that far up everyone else's tailpipe, I'm sure they are.

Posted by: rickb223

>I hate these fucking drivers that think that just because they have AWD or 4WD they're invincible. Tailgating fools driving too fast. Physics is a real thing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 19, 2026 09:11 PM (BSdIE)

211 If you don't have TP, just wipe your butt with snow. That will cause your asshole to go dormant for several days.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2026 09:11 PM (8zz6B)

212 Toni Basil was in Easy Rider if that gives you a reference.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 08:46 PM (gh32g)

Damn, I'm going to have to watch that movie. Its been decades since I saw it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 09:11 PM (snZF9)

213
The magnetic field is the wrong direction, z component North, not south (that's ecliptic north/south, not Erf axis, but they're close).

It's trying to rotate, but not doing much.

If the field were negative, same strength as now, it would be lighting up like Christmas tree.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 19, 2026 09:12 PM (w6EFb)

214 210 >>>With everyone being that far up everyone else's tailpipe, I'm sure they are.

Posted by: rickb223

>I hate these fucking drivers that think that just because they have AWD or 4WD they're invincible. Tailgating fools driving too fast. Physics is a real thing.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 19, 2026 09:11 PM (BSdIE)

Sir Isaac Newton is ALWAYS in the driver's seat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2026 09:12 PM (bss/y)

215 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 19, 2026 09:05 PM

Check your email, Perfessor.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 19, 2026 09:13 PM (Wnv9h)

216 Winter driving. Just don't in Texas. "

Yeah. We're looking at lows in the mid 30s! What will we do? Wear socks?

The horror!

Posted by: man at January 19, 2026 09:13 PM (XuXeR)

217 Exactly, that’s why they got so pissed off. I can’t recall how I managed, but I expertly yet oh so innocently used AWfL in such a way as someone had to ask “what’s that mean”? Much hilarity ensued.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 09:13 PM (aRbAR)

218 >>> Damn, I'm going to have to watch that movie. Its been decades since I saw it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 09:11 PM (snZF9)


You have to follow it with Electra Glide in Blue. Double feature.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 09:13 PM (3uBP9)

219 Here's a drone view of the 100+ car pile up in Michigan.
Prayers for all involved.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8r45t8

Posted by: IrishEi at January 19, 2026 09:00 PM (3ImbR)

Holy shit. It almost looks like the iraqi highway of death. Well, minus all the charred shit anyway.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 09:14 PM (snZF9)

220 Just saw this. Toni Basil, of the one-hit wonder "Oh Mickey, you're so fine" fame turned 82.

Damn, I'm old.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 19, 2026 08:21 PM (w6EFb

That song came when I was in college. Had classmate named Mickey that we hounded him about the song. He later went on to play in the NFL and other pro football leagues. He took it pretty well because we were all friends.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 19, 2026 09:15 PM (nS6xk)

221 "Aurora Northern Lights Status Report 1900 hrs Mountain War Time:

Nada. Nothing. Zero. Zilch.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 09:01 PM (aRbAR)

Ditto here, too."

The Bz field is strongly positive. I think aurora prefer negative Bz.

We had a Bt in the sixties today, a Kp index of 9, and solar wind speeds over 1100 km/s. I don't know how it compares to the strong storms of 2024, but it's a big un.

Posted by: gp at January 19, 2026 09:15 PM (N8ZBc)

222 Damn, I'm going to have to watch that movie. Its been decades since I saw it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 09:11 PM (snZF9)


You have to follow it with Electra Glide in Blue. Double feature.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 09:13 PM (3uBP9)

I haven't seen that since I was a kid.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 09:15 PM (snZF9)

223 they have AWD or 4WD they're invincible"

And tires. Tires are so good on paved surfaces that it's easy to forget about lost traction...

Posted by: man at January 19, 2026 09:15 PM (XuXeR)

224 "Tailgating fools driving too fast."

Tailgaters and road-ragers suck. They should all DIAF.

Posted by: gp at January 19, 2026 09:16 PM (N8ZBc)

225 219 Here's a drone view of the 100+ car pile up in Michigan.
Prayers for all involved.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8r45t8

Posted by: IrishEi at January 19, 2026 09:00 PM (3ImbR)

Holy shit. It almost looks like the iraqi highway of death. Well, minus all the charred shit anyway.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 09:14 PM (snZF9)

Dear Lord. I'd get caught behind that with a quarter tank of gas. And be 3 miles from an exit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2026 09:16 PM (bss/y)

226 219

I was just going to mention the 100 car pile up.

My neck of the blizzard.

Idiot drivers, plus ice, equals stuff like this.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 19, 2026 09:16 PM (Riafb)

227 10-0 IU halftime

Posted by: NCKate at January 19, 2026 09:16 PM (uQzkA)

228 >>> Joel and Mike were both good hosts. They both had their moments.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 08:54 PM (gh32g)


I honestly agree. I love all of MST3K. Just Mike episodes a wee bit more.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 09:03 PM (3uBP9)

Mike seemed to enjoy it more. Even though MST3K was Joel's baby, he always seemed like he felt he was better than watching bad movies with robot puppets

Posted by: Josephistan at January 19, 2026 09:17 PM (FLx59)

229 If the field were negative, same strength as now, it would be lighting up like Christmas tree.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 19, 2026 09:12 PM (w6EFb)

Crap! I send positive vibes, and everybody whines.

Posted by: Sol at January 19, 2026 09:17 PM (8zz6B)

230 Holy shit. It almost looks like the iraqi highway of death. Well, minus all the charred shit anyway.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 09:14 PM

Had one like that up here a few years back. One kid was going a bit too fast on a sheet of ice. About 50 cars piled up behind her. I was crawling to work in the other direction thinking, wow...sucks to be you guys.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 19, 2026 09:17 PM (Wnv9h)

231 I hate these fucking drivers that think that just because they have AWD or 4WD they're invincible. Tailgating fools driving too fast. Physics is a real thing.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 19, 2026 09:11 PM (BSdIE)
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When you get to be 29, you have a decent handle on winter driving, but the idiots around you are the real threat. Even if you hold it together, some jackass can still slam into you.

I always give generous allowances in front, and will tap the brake often to keep jerkwads off my tail. You can see them get pissed and pass me, and then I laugh and say "See you in the ditch soon." Happens quite often.

I've seen two pileups up close. The first one was in front of me, I knew the stretch of highway and was tapping the brakes, clearing my tail, and easing down my speed when it happened and cars started bouncing all over the place. I was unscathed, the cars behind me had room to stop (also I was forcing them to slow down).

The other one was a pickup truck acting immortal losing it, hitting the guardrail and doing a donut right on the interstate and I just held it steady and eased down, passing right by the carnage. Crazy. I cancel and stay home these days.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 19, 2026 09:18 PM (ZOv7s)

232 Anybody else get the constant buffering at X for these vids?

Ugh. I hate the interweb.

Posted by: Random PJ at January 19, 2026 09:18 PM (Dwxc/)

233 Electra Glide in Blue"

The Chicago (band) Movie! Very cool flick.

Posted by: man at January 19, 2026 09:18 PM (XuXeR)

234 Ugh. Multiple animals drinking from that little pool of water after bears have bathed in it.

Posted by: davidt at January 19, 2026 09:18 PM (Q+gd/)

235 That stretch of highway is full of bored speeders typically.
Farms all around, so drifting snow, very open.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 19, 2026 09:18 PM (Riafb)

236 Got renters next door for the first time in 3 years. In a week, they overfill four 96-gal trash bins with junk food packaging and food waste, overflowing onto the ground. Renters don't give a fuck.

Posted by: gp at January 19, 2026 09:20 PM (N8ZBc)

237 I-196 in southwest Michigan, during winter, should be avoided at all costs. Too much lake effect snow.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 19, 2026 09:20 PM (8AONa)

238 235 That stretch of highway is full of bored speeders typically.
Farms all around, so drifting snow, very open.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

well we know where we're going
youtu.be/LQiOA7euaYA

Posted by: gKWVE at January 19, 2026 09:20 PM (gKWVE)

239 211 If you don't have TP, just wipe your butt with snow. That will cause your asshole to go dormant for several days.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2026 09:11 PM (8zz6B)

We should wipe Walz, Omar, and Frey down with an avalanche then.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 19, 2026 09:21 PM (6ydKt)

240 Subzero temps makes one careful about such things. It ain’t so bad, but it would be if one were sick. A small bookbag will carry all sorts of good stuff. Flashlight, headlamp, extra batteries. Bic lighter, candles, firestarter, matches. Smokes if ya got ‘em. Sunglasses, small first aid.

Toys for kids, warm clothes, books & games to keep occupied. These days probably re-chargeable USB devices and backup batts. I’ve had lots of camp stoves, some that run on gas or diesel, but I always wanted to try the Sierra Zip stove, runs on pine cones, twigs, leaf litter etc with a small battery operated fan blower to get it hot.

I guess they work great.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 09:21 PM (aRbAR)

241 AWD is t for going.
Winter tires is for stopping.

I have studded tires with AWD. And yeah invincible lol. I don’t drive 70 when it’s mowing or anything. But snow and ice don’t scare me with that setup at all.

Posted by: Really? at January 19, 2026 09:22 PM (nTi7N)

242 Always keep a drone handy to get video if you are caught in an epic wreck. Also I'm a believer in using the zip ties for emergency use. The didnt get me out of the pond but to be honest I didn't try them that time

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 19, 2026 09:23 PM (jrgJz)

243 "If you don't have TP, just wipe your butt with snow."

I swear I saw a movie scene where Hitler did that exact thing at the Berghof. I wish to heck I could remember the title.

Posted by: gp at January 19, 2026 09:23 PM (N8ZBc)

244 but I always wanted to try the Sierra Zip stove, runs on pine cones, twigs, leaf litter etc with a small battery operated fan blower to get it hot.

I guess they work great.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 09:21 PM (aRbAR)

But if you are stuck behinf a highway pileup like that, getting off the road, and into the woods to gather the fuel for that Zip stove may be tough. Could be three feet of snow in the ditch to cross, courtesy of the snowplows.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2026 09:24 PM (8zz6B)

245 All my kitties are starting to settle down for the night...

Hexie is over on my futon performing her nightly ritual of kneading my hoodie before curling up and going to sleep.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 19, 2026

***
Big black Stirling just spent five minutes purring and milk-treading on my lap. Then I pushed my luck: I went and found Dagny, who was sprawled on the bedroom floor, scooped her up, and held her on my lap for another five. Amazing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 19, 2026 09:24 PM (wzUl9)

246 Those rooftop dogs are probably using their ears to message something about the birdbath status.

Posted by: Rex B at January 19, 2026 09:25 PM (C9oTe)

247 230 Holy shit. It almost looks like the iraqi highway of death. Well, minus all the charred shit anyway.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 19, 2026 09:14 PM

Had one like that up here a few years back. One kid was going a bit too fast on a sheet of ice. About 50 cars piled up behind her. I was crawling to work in the other direction thinking, wow...sucks to be you guys.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 19, 2026 09:17 PM (Wnv9h)

Once got stopped for three hours on I-75 going home from work. It sucked pretty bad, but at least it was stopped dead and not stop and go for three hours in a manual transmission.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2026 09:25 PM (bss/y)

248 I guess they work great."

They do. Really hot, really fast.

Posted by: man at January 19, 2026 09:25 PM (XuXeR)

249 Emergency car supplies: Wool blankets, snow shovel, stout trenching shovel, cat litter, big fat candles and matches, jumper cables, spare tire at proper pressure, jack. And AAA membership.

Posted by: gp at January 19, 2026 09:25 PM (N8ZBc)

250 For the MST3K experts-

Do any of you know the title of the movie that included a scene with an obnoxious army guy using some sort of secret camera/spy camera . . . and one of the robots repeatedly screaming "would somebody please kill him?"

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 19, 2026 09:27 PM (8AONa)

251 If I kept a go bag in my car some crack head would bust my windows out to steal it.

Posted by: NCKate at January 19, 2026 09:27 PM (uQzkA)

252 If you don't have TP, just wipe your butt with snow. That will cause your asshole to go dormant for several days.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2026 09:11 PM (8zz6B)

I miss the Sears catalog.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 09:27 PM (gh32g)

253 Emergency car supplies: Wool blankets, snow shovel, stout trenching shovel, cat litter, big fat candles and matches, jumper cables, spare tire at proper pressure, jack. And AAA membership.
Posted by: gp at January 19, 2026 09:25 PM (N8ZBc)

A pair of Acme inflatable skis, and an Acme rocket belt. Trust me on this.

Posted by: Wile E. Coyote at January 19, 2026 09:28 PM (8zz6B)

254 Water, snacks and toilet paper.
Posted by: nurse ratched


Seriously thinking about trying https://drinkopenwater.com/

It's stored in aluminum bottles. I can taste the plastic after a bottle of water gas sit in the Truck for two months.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 09:28 PM (0x0rk)

255 And tires. Tires are so good on paved surfaces that it's easy to forget about lost traction...
Posted by: man at January 19, 2026

***
What are these "paved surfaces" of which you speak?

Posted by: Nawlins "Drivers" at January 19, 2026 09:28 PM (wzUl9)

256 Yeah, those propane cartridge stoves are what all the kids use. Coleman fuel is practically extinct now, and approaching $16 to $20 a gallon now, if you can find it.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 09:28 PM (aRbAR)

257
For most of human history, we have had to drink bears' bathwater.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 19, 2026 09:29 PM (ES7o0)

258 There was an ice storm a decade or so back on 285 that goes around Atlanta. It shut it all down and basically became a parking lot. People had to walk off and leave their cars. One guy I worked with was on his way to the hospital with his preggers wife but got up in the jam, she gave birth in the car.

The whole pile up situation lasted days.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 09:30 PM (3uBP9)

259 MyRadar Weather@MyRadarWX . 6h

Flights over the poles may need to be rerouted tonight, or fly at lower altitudes (requiring more fuel). That's because, for the first time since 2003, an S4 solar radiation storm is ongoing!

Solar particles and protons accelerated by an approaching magnetic shockwave (CME) are bombarding Earth. The more of those energized particles, the deeper into our upper atmosphere they can burrow.

Passengers and crew on polar flights may receive elevated doses of ionizing radiation, which can increase long-term health risks (including cancer).

This is also causing a high frequency shortwave radio blackout, which may pose some navigational challenges.

The same high-energy particles can cause problems for satellites

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2026 09:31 PM (zNcSj)

260 257
For most of human history, we have had to drink bears' bathwater.

tells us about what the fish do in the lake!

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 19, 2026 09:32 PM (jrgJz)

261 I recently experienced a white knuckle drive in the shining daylight. Sunny, but slight rain, no snow, but then the temperature dropped from 38 to 30 in the shade. Road turned into a complete sheet of clear ice. Slowed down to 55 and as I drove thru the canyon there were 5 cars and 3 trailers in the ditch. No EMTs just tow trucks.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 19, 2026 09:32 PM (BSdIE)

262 I've seen it at Ace sort of recently, I forget how long ago. Doesn't it also power their lanterns?

Posted by: banana Dream at January 19, 2026 09:32 PM (3uBP9)

263 The vid of the giant bear squeezing out the basement window last week was hilarious. I guess he immediately went looking for another basement.

Posted by: gp at January 19, 2026 09:33 PM (N8ZBc)

264 In high school a bunch of us were heading to NH for a ski weekend. My buddy and I get assigned to stop for booze because his brother had lent us his van conversion. Great van, all tricked out for camping and partying but not so great in the snow and ice.

We were cutting across the Kancamagus Highway when it started coming down and the snow was we enough to freeze the road. Everyone slowed down and then just stopped. Driving was too dangerous.

And then we remembered we were in a van with a kick ass stereo and a shit load booze. So opened up the side door, cranked the tunes and threw a party until the road thawed. We showed up at the house we rented with considerably less booze than we started with.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2026 09:33 PM (viF8m)

265 Fart field is trying to rotate. By is weakening down to 49 nT, with Bz at +21 nT. It was pretty much all North but it's trying to rotate.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at January 19, 2026 09:33 PM (w6EFb)

266 257
For most of human history, we have had to drink bears' bathwater.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 19, 2026 09:29 PM (ES7o0)

And from the village upstream's toilet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 19, 2026 09:34 PM (bss/y)

267 There's video of Toni Basil doing dance routines in the mid-60s. Of course she is old.

Posted by: Nobody Gets Out Of This Alive at January 19, 2026 09:34 PM (oftw2)

268 Speaking of bathwater...

Posted by: Sydney Sweeny at January 19, 2026 09:35 PM (Q+gd/)

269 259 Solar proton storms pleasure the grumpy D-layer of the ionosphere, which makes it absorb radio comms. The comms cannot then reach the shiny happy F-layer, which is the one which enables over-the-horizon propagation by reflecting the comms back.

Posted by: gp at January 19, 2026 09:36 PM (N8ZBc)

270 Yeah, those propane cartridge stoves are what all the kids use. Coleman fuel is practically extinct now, and approaching $16 to $20 a gallon now, if you can find it.
Posted by: Common Tater


Get a Coleman Dual Fuel. It can run white gas or regular gas.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 09:37 PM (0x0rk)

271 there is a reason the rice paddy is so fertile........

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 19, 2026 09:37 PM (jrgJz)

272 267 There's video of Toni Basil doing dance routines in the mid-60s. Of course she is old.

Posted by: Nobody Gets Out Of This Alive at January 19, 2026 09:34 PM (oftw2)

Toni Basil was an actress or dancer in Viva Las Vegas, Myra Breckinridge, Five Easy Pieces, and Easy Rider. Plus 30 or so more movies and TV show eposodes.

Posted by: Gref at January 19, 2026 09:38 PM (5rh/l)

273 Get a Coleman Dual Fuel. It can run white gas or regular gas.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 19, 2026 09:37 PM (0x0rk)

We have one, and a little backpacking stove. They are both great. Also a gas stove in the house, no thanks to Joe Bitem.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 09:42 PM (gh32g)

274 In its august wisdom, the WEF invited the Iranian foreign minister (yes) to the upcoming meeting in Davos. After much backlash, they withdrew the invite. News you can't use, but might not have run across.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2026 08:17 PM (U/Byj)
====

It was reported at this smart military blog that Pezeshkian and others have been arrested. Have you seen anything like that?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2026 09:43 PM (RIvkX)

275 All of them run on car gas, actually. I’ve used nothing but car gas in the lanterns and 2 burner colemans and the Svea constantly for years now. Eventually, have to clean the generator of tar. Takes gallons and gallons.

The advantage of Coleman fuel (Naptha) is that it does not sour or spoil. I’ve found stoves with 20 or 30 year old Coleman fuel in them and works perfectly. Stand by or emergency use. Car gas is stinky and smelly and sooty in handling however.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 19, 2026 09:43 PM (aRbAR)

276 >>> “Come and Get Me Pam Bondi You F*cking Traitorous B*tch!” – Protestor Who Stormed St. Paul Church Challenges DOJ to Come and Get Him

Invoking the Insurrection Act would have one highly beneficial option - using hunter killer teams means and methods used in Iraq and Afghanistan to apprehend these domestic terrorists. Basically the same methods used to get Bin Laden and Maduro. But much easier due to unrestricted movement of the hit teams. Just roll up close, set up sniper overwatch, make a new door with explosives, if anybody is not already on the floor put a few rounds into them, move on to the next room until all cleared. If anyone survived cuff and stuff. Bag and tag the rest. Gather Intel, off to the next target on the list

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 19, 2026 09:44 PM (/lPRQ)

277 Got renters next door for the first time in 3 years. In a week, they overfill four 96-gal trash bins with junk food packaging and food waste, overflowing onto the ground. Renters don't give a fuck.
Posted by: gp at January 19, 2026 09:20 PM (N8ZBc)
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Heavens to Betsy please tell me they are separating recyclables from compostables!
-Gavin Newsom

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2026 09:47 PM (RIvkX)

278
Everything coming from officialdom in Islamic republic is propaganda.

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2026 09:48 PM (g47mK)

279 Franpsycho, negative. Nothing of the sort. Seriously doubt it. FM was public today with a stupid screed complaining about his cancelled invite to Davos.

But things are very spicy in northern "Syria". And our consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan has been mobbed (though not penetrated AFAIK) by crowds of unhappy people (they think we've abandoned their Syrian brethren, which I don't think is quite accurate). Though I have wondered about our ambo in Turkey from the outset, and overall the leeway we've given the rather reckless and ambitious Erdogan.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2026 09:48 PM (U/Byj)

280 Toni Basil was an actress or dancer in Viva Las Vegas, Myra Breckinridge, Five Easy Pieces, and Easy Rider. Plus 30 or so more movies and TV show eposodes.
Posted by: Gref at January 19, 2026

***
According to Wiki, she choreographed dance sequences in Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood -- and actually knew Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring.

Posted by: Nawlins at January 19, 2026 09:50 PM (wzUl9)

281 Miami - 57-yard rushing TD. Now 10-7 IU. 11:06 remaining 3rd QTR

Posted by: Gref at January 19, 2026 09:50 PM (5rh/l)

282 And then we remembered we were in a van with a kick ass stereo and a shit load booze. So opened up the side door, cranked the tunes and threw a party until the road thawed. We showed up at the house we rented with considerably less booze than we started with.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2026 09:33 PM (viF8m)

Same vehicle, different story:
January 1974 Gas rationing in effect. Canton NY to Hanover NH (Dartmouth Winter Carnival).
Lot's of beer and comestibles consumed by a party of 6.

Running on fumes on I-89 from Burlington to Hanover, so we can't take the chance of stopping to pee for fear of running out of gas.

So we slide the door back ... strap the guy in the middle seat in with extra belts, and have him hold onto whoever was willing to hang out the door to relieve themselves.

We roll into Hanover, side door frozen open with an goodly accumulation of yellow ice down the passengers side.

Ya gotta do what you gotta do, and those vans were champs.

Posted by: browndog feared for his life at January 19, 2026 09:51 PM (3sXRv)

283 278 Everything coming from officialdom in Islamic republic is propaganda.
Posted by: runner at January 19, 2026 09:48 PM (g47mK

So's the reverse. The Near East has been at this game since they were nominally Christian - or even before that (2 Maccabees).
It's all about who has the best martyrdom story.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 19, 2026 09:52 PM (gKWVE)

284 Who the everliving fuck is this "Ms. Rachel" dingbat singing silly songs with Mayor Commie Mandami I just saw?

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at January 19, 2026 09:54 PM (w6EFb)

285 ONT above …

Posted by: Adriane the Janus Month Critic . . . at January 19, 2026 09:56 PM (3ZUWJ)

286 Ms Jackson if you're nasty > Ms Rachel

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 19, 2026 09:56 PM (gh32g)

287 ADHD is just zoomies for boys.
And it only happens in domesticated creatures.

Posted by: GWB at January 19, 2026 09:57 PM (ofeSP)

288 “Come and Get Me Pam Bondi You F*cking Traitorous B*tch!”

OK which commenter said this?

Oh. That was a lunatic activist.

Sorry, harder and harder to tell.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 19, 2026 09:57 PM (U/Byj)

289 Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is rejecting assertions that the anti-ICE protesters who stormed a church in his state over the weekend broke the federal law the Justice Department has cited as having potentially violated.
"How they are stretching either of these laws to apply to people who protested in a church over the behavior of a religious leader is beyond me," Ellison added. (FOX news)

Posted by: old chick at January 19, 2026 09:57 PM (F3Dlr)

290 The @USCG cutter USCGC Mohawk (WMEC-913) was spotted escorting the pair of “shadow-fleet” tankers M/T Veronica and M/T Sophia recently seized by the U.S. for violating the #Venezuelan (🇻🇪 oil quarantine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 19, 2026 09:59 PM (zNcSj)

291 Who the everliving fuck is this "Ms. Rachel" dingbat singing silly songs with Mayor Commie Mandami I just saw?
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at January 19, 2026 09:54 PM (w6EFb)

Well, it's not Rachel Corrie. She sings flat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2026 09:59 PM (8zz6B)

292 My parents are veterinarians and loved the old PBS series All Creatures Great and Small. They came to visit when I was stationed over there but wouldn't stay with us because of my b*tch ex.

But I regret to this day that I didn't take them to Yorkshire to see James Herriot's village.

Posted by: I M Simpleton at January 19, 2026 10:08 PM (KPAbF)

293 I don't want to get up, its cold out there

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2026 03:47 AM (Ia/+0)

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