Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - January 21, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the post-cafe overnight variety.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.

[Top photo: Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN. 1968. Library of Congress collection]

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Official 2026 Wednesday ONT Prediction Challenge Update

14 contestants submitted guesses for the numbers challenge.
27 contestants submitted guesses for the events challenge.

Perhaps we will do a mid-year status update.

Thank you for playing!

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Random trivia - IKEA estimates that on average, it sells one Billy bookcase every five seconds. Other than Perfessor Squirrel and the book thread participants, I'm impressed that so many people have so many books that they need shelves to store them in an easily accessible manner. (BTW, the interweb says today is Squirrel Appreciation Day. Perfessor - we appreciate you!)

The Billy bookcase was named after an IKEA advertising manager,Billy Likjedhal. It was first developed by IKEA in the 1970s.

IKEA is an acronym. It stands for Ingvar (founder's first name), Kamprad (founder's surname), Elmtaryd (his family's farm) and Agunnaryd (the village in Smaland where he grew up).

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The struggle is real...

This video is hilarious, sorry!!😂
(I don't know the author) pic.twitter.com/3tnmIaX3nx
— Déborah (@dvorahfr) January 18, 2026

Hat tip: Biden's Dog

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Training must involve flipping a LOT of people off.

Finnish finger wrestler breaks deadlift record by hoisting over 330 lbs with middle digit

On 31 December, the Finnish strongman [Juha Andersson] challenged the popular record for the heaviest deadlift with one finger, a title which has changed hands (or fingers) three times within 2025 alone. Yet Juha was more than confident that he could take the crown due to his championship background in competitive finger pulling, and on the last day of the year, the ultimate showdown began to see who has the toughest middle digit in the world.
And turns out, Juha was right - because on his second attempt, he easily yanked 336.42 lbs (152.60 kg) off the ground with just one finger, narrowly beating Egmond Molina's (Aruba) best of 334 lbs (151.5 kg) from four months prior.

"Competitive finger pulling"? Apparently so. In Germany it's called "fingerhakeln" and the Finnish version is named "sormikoukku."

Cue the "pull my finger" fart jokes (for the record, fart jokes are still funny).

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The Wednesday ONT respects the Horde enough not to waste precious virtual ink on anything said by Gavin Newsom. However, an exception must be made this one time for his comments from Davos:

This is diplomacy with Donald Trump. He's a T-Rex. You mate with him, or he devours you, one or the other. The Europeans could be (devoured) if they continue down this path and process. They need to stand tall, stand firm, stand united.

Others can debate the geopolitics but if you had "mating with a T-Rex" on your political bingo card for 2026, congratulations! I look forward to other dinosaur references in the vocabulary of public policy.

In related news...

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When the ugly weather arrives for many of you this weekend, remember there are people in Alaska that camp in the snowy wilderness for fun.

Pants highly suggested.

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Speaking of weather, here is a live picture of the weather situation:

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This seems sub-optimal:

Maine factory that makes Lincoln Logs to close, setting off frantic search for new manufacturer

Lincoln Logs are among a handful of classic toys made in the USA with American trees, but that's likely to change in a matter of weeks.
Pride Manufacturing - the Maine factory that makes Lincoln Logs and other wood products - is closing in April after losing its biggest contract, to make cigar tips for another company.
That leaves toymaker Basic Fun scrambling to find a new factory to manufacture the century-old brand that was founded by Frank Lloyd Wright's son, John, and has been a staple in families' toy chests for decades.
Production of the $10 million brand will likely move overseas and cost consumers about 10% more, according to Jay Foreman, chief executive of Boca Raton, Fla.- based Basic Fun.
Basic Fun, which makes other classic toys - including Lite Brite, Care Bears and Tonka Trucks - has initiated a 45-day search for a US supplier but it is also preparing a back-up plan in China to make sure it can produce enough toys for the holidays, Foreman said.
The plastic pieces that come with Lincoln Log sets - including roofs and other accessories like farm animals and farmers - are made in China. They are shipped in bulk to the US and packed into the boxes and tins of wood parts that were made by Pride Manufacturing.
The Burnham, Maine, factory made the sets starting in 2014. "After our largest customer made the decision to relocate their sourcing for cigar tips, our highest volume product, the facility became financially unviable," the firm said in a statement.

Because some of you are likely more interested in the cigar angle to this story:

The customer, according to sources with knowledge of the situation, is John Middleton, a downmarket cigar maker and subsidiary of tobacco conglomerate Altria Company.
Altria did not immediately respond to a request for comment about about why it yanked its business from Pride, which is the only cigar tip operation in the US, according to sources.
The tips are made from birch wood and are sold as part of John Middleton's Black and Mild cigars, which come with FDA-approved flavored wood tips.

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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh!

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Rollin on the River for the big ONT finish.

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1 Yay

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 10:00 PM (3ek7K)

2 Fud

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 10:00 PM (5FeUl)

3 Where's that confounded bridge?

Oh. Nevermind.

Posted by: Robert Plant at January 21, 2026 10:00 PM (+HNx/)

4 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 21, 2026 10:01 PM (w3u3d)

5 1. _名古屋コ
ンシェルジュ

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 10:01 PM (5FeUl)

6 Hey guys,

Launch reminder .

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-30
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: January 21, 2026
Launch Time: 8:09 p.m. PST (January 22, 0409 UTC, 05:09 CET)

https://youtu.be/_-1AZpYZ9s8

Posted by: Joyenz at January 21, 2026 10:02 PM (2F0/Y)

7 Caller also said he is a certified ninja

Or a certifiable one.

Posted by: mikeski at January 21, 2026 10:02 PM (VHUov)

8 TRex, how exciting that your people got a shout-out at Davos!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:03 PM (gh32g)

9 I'm watching an old Keaton comedy, "Night Shift".
So far it's funny and the title song "Night Shift" is a banger

Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)

10 Where does IKEA get all that frickin particleboard? That's what I want to know.

And don't even get me started on those pot metal Allen wrenches.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 10:04 PM (+HNx/)

11 Yay, ONT!

I'll be in Snottsdale tomorrow. But at least its for some cool cars.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 21, 2026 10:05 PM (lUFok)

12 If you want some evening hilarity, read this:

‘No other option’: inside the refugee camp for trans Americans fleeing Trump

It turns out that the Dutch don't take asylum claims from "Trans-Americans" very seriously.

One of the applicants explains that her tranny life had become a living hell since Trump was elected -- in San Francisco.

https://tinyurl.com/y5fscedt

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 21, 2026 10:06 PM (n1OCj)

13 I didn't realize IKEA was an acronym. Like H.E.B. This place is a worthy learing center

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:06 PM (gh32g)

14 I've just read the first chapter of "There Is No Antimemetics Division" by qntm (AKA Sam Hughes), and I already wish that I could go back in time and read it anew with a blank mind. I can tell this is going to be a fun, crazy story.

Also, Jason Anspach and Nick Cole have put out a new Tyrus Rechs story, for those of you who are fans of the Galaxy's Edge universe, called: "Escape From Red Eye."

Good evening, all the Horde.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 21, 2026 10:06 PM (/RHNq)

15 I look forward to other dinosaur references in the vocabulary of public policy.

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Whoopi is a Brontosaurus. A really stupid Brontosaurus.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 10:07 PM (L/fGl)

16 Hiya, Horde!

Thanks for the ONT, TRex!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:07 PM (47diA)

17 Even if the T. Rex had reached the toilet paper...

Posted by: Wally at January 21, 2026 10:08 PM (0e5Te)

18 That 'arctic shelter' looks like the kind of thing someone would put up for a YouTube video.

Posted by: davidt at January 21, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)

19 I didn't realize IKEA was an acronym.

I still don't acknowledge IKEA is a viable furniture store.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:09 PM (47diA)

20 The ARC of History!

Haven't seen you around in awhile my friend. Of course that could just be me. I've got that shiny/squirrel thing going on. I always enjoy your posts.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 10:10 PM (T3puI)

21 Media reports Rosie ODonnel is selling her farm in Ireland, and moving back to the USA, because, we need her...

Uhhh...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 10:10 PM (mP0Kj)

22 Good evening Mr Rex🦖!
Some FYI:
'One feature of Tyrannosaurus rex that everyone makes fun of is its arms, which seem disproportionately tiny compared to the rest of its massive body. T. rex's arms were over three feet long, however, and may have been capable of bench pressing 400 pounds each. In any event, T. rex didn't have the smallest arm-to-body ratio among carnivorous dinosaurs; that was the Carnotaurus, whose arms looked like tiny nubs.'

Think about it T! Bench pressing 400 lbs.🤣! You go guy!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 10:10 PM (LNeRu)

23 Jefferson Davis Girders didn't stand a chance against Lincoln Logs. It was never a fair fight.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 10:10 PM (+HNx/)

24 15 I look forward to other dinosaur references in the vocabulary of public policy.

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Whoopi is a Brontosaurus. A really stupid Brontosaurus.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 10:07 PM (L/fGl)

/Nods

Posted by: Fred Flintstone... at January 21, 2026 10:11 PM (mP0Kj)

25 I liked Lincoln Logs as a kid. I also really liked my Erector Set! Built lots of things my dad didn't understand.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:11 PM (47diA)

26 22 Good evening Mr Rex🦖!
Think about it T! Bench pressing 400 lbs.🤣! You go guy!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 10:10 PM
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Good evening COMM!! Feeling strong tonight!

Posted by: TRex - dino pumps you up! at January 21, 2026 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

27 Greetings, T-Rex, and thank you for the Wednesday Night shenanigans!

Those poor folks in Pittsburgh just need someone to tell them what to do. Where is Ann Landers when we need her?

I didn't realize Lincoln logs were still a thing. Still, I hate to see them go away...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 21, 2026 10:12 PM (kB9dk)

28 Certified Ninja

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Well, he's half right. Bonus: soon he will transcend to a:

Committed Certified Ninja... and be 2/3 right.

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 10:12 PM (dIske)

29 I still don't acknowledge IKEA is a viable furniture store.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:09 PM (47diA)

We went to one one time just to see what the fuss was. The particle board was underwhelming.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:13 PM (gh32g)

30 I have a Billy bookcase. It was great until we moved and it was easily damaged.

The Bond bookcases are better.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 21, 2026 10:13 PM (qFwJc)

31 Black and Milds. Yeah, that is a shit cigar but very very popular among a certain demographic.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 21, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

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My grandsons love Lincoln Logs. Many a fun hours building things.

Another piece of Americana going away.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 10:13 PM (3ek7K)

33 25 I liked Lincoln Logs as a kid. I also really liked my Erector Set! Built lots of things my dad didn't understand.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:11 PM (47diA)

Lincoln Logs, erector sets, Legos, Wooden Blocks, and even Plastic Cowboy and Indian Forts.

All mixed and matched on the Den floor...

As long as they were cleaned up by the time Dad got home from work? All Good.

Posted by: Fred Flintstone... at January 21, 2026 10:13 PM (mP0Kj)

34 Thanks Mr. Rex. Great job as always. The Trex on a toilet video is hilarious but it also raises a question. If you are able to aquire the TP, how do you take care of business?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 10:13 PM (T3puI)

35 Bonde?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 21, 2026 10:13 PM (qFwJc)

36 13 I didn't realize IKEA was an acronym. Like H.E.B. This place is a worthy learing center

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:06 PM
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Lots of learing here! Some knowledge is even useful!

Posted by: TRex - dewey decimal dino at January 21, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

37 Good choice for the shenanigans link. That's one thing Britney can bring.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 21, 2026 10:14 PM (syz1S)

38 This fag needs to be called out every.single.time.

He just did this:

Deranged leftist activists illegally invaded a church service, interrupting worship and shutting down the church because the pastor has alleged ties to ICE. Don Lemon was there, livestreaming his participation in the event too. “This is what the First Amendment is about, the freedom to protest,” Don Lemon said as he and his comrades harassed families with children. “I’m sure people here don’t like it, but protests are not comfortable.”

Human Events’ Jack Posobiec confronted Newsom about the incident at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and he just claimed to have “literally” no idea what Posobiec was talking about.

“It’s funny. Somebody mentioned Don Lemon and Trump the other day, and so I have no idea what that’s about,” Newsom said, nodding his head and shrugging his shoulders.

“Don Lemon? Into a church?” he continued, with a (fake) embarrassed chuckle.
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This effeminate fag wants to be President of The United States and travels thousands of miles to an international event, and then asserts he has no knowledge of a rather basic event that took place in his own country?

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:14 PM (Cjcf6)

39 I also really liked my Erector Set! Built lots of things my dad didn't understand.
Posted by: LRob
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Easily the best 'toy' that I ever had.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 21, 2026 10:14 PM (XeU6L)

40 Lincoln Logs were great. I liked building sets more than dolls or Narbies.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:15 PM (gh32g)

41 The ARC of History!

Haven't seen you around in awhile my friend. Of course that could just be me. I've got that shiny/squirrel thing going on. I always enjoy your posts.

I don't post a lot on the ONT these days.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 21, 2026 10:15 PM (n1OCj)

42 Thanks Mr. Rex. Great job as always. The Trex on a toilet video is hilarious but it also raises a question. If you are able to aquire the TP, how do you take care of business?
Posted by: Sock Monkey

I assume it works something like dental floss.

Posted by: mikeski at January 21, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

43 27 Greetings, T-Rex, and thank you for the Wednesday Night shenanigans!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 21, 2026 10:12 PM
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[Crisp salute to silently say "You are welcome"]

Posted by: TRex - dino says danke! at January 21, 2026 10:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

44 39 I also really liked my Erector Set! Built lots of things my dad didn't understand.
Posted by: LRob
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Easily the best 'toy' that I ever had.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 21, 2026 10:14 PM (XeU6L)
____________________________

Did you guys have the motor attachment?

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)

45 Media reports Rosie ODonnel is selling her farm in Ireland, and moving back to the USA, because, we need her...

Uhhh...
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I wasn't aware that the US was facing a shortage of old, fat, washed up lesbians?

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:16 PM (Cjcf6)

46 Here's another song appropriate for the Memphis Bridge:

James Hyter at the 1998 Memphis in May Sunset Symphony

https://is.gd/pUfeIt

Posted by: Bert G at January 21, 2026 10:17 PM (VARTN)

47 I look forward to other dinosaur references in the vocabulary of public policy.

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Whoopi is a Brontosaurus. A really stupid Brontosaurus.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 21, 2026 10:07 PM (L/fGl)

... who enjoys banging her head against granite. The resulting stars are beautiful.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 21, 2026 10:17 PM (S/Y4j)

48 I installed the original modular white laminate furniture in the early 70s. Behrwand from Germany. The showroom was on Second Avenue, Manhattan. Installed it in wealthy folks apartments all over Manhattan. It was pricy even then. They had gray colors also, but most of it was white.

Posted by: Nordic Interiors at January 21, 2026 10:17 PM (oftw2)

49 40 Lincoln Logs were great. I liked building sets more than dolls or Narbies.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:15 PM (gh32g)

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Narbies? Can you introduce me?

Posted by: G.I. Joe at January 21, 2026 10:18 PM (+HNx/)

50 Even if the T. Rex had reached the toilet paper...
Posted by: Wally at January 21, 2026 10:08 PM (0e5Te)

He could drag his ass across the floor.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 21, 2026 10:18 PM (uQesX)

51 16 Thanks for the ONT, TRex!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:07 PM
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Thank you and good evening! How's the truck?

Posted by: TRex - trucker dino at January 21, 2026 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)

52 >>>When the ugly weather arrives for many of you this weekend, remember there are people in Alaska that camp in the snowy wilderness for fun.
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Tent camping in the National Forest it was 18 degrees, wind 35mph & gusting, freezing rain with a bottle of CC and a Coleman lantern.
Across the way was an FMC cruiser, drapes open at the picture window, husband in shorts drinking a beer while the wife was fixing up grub.

That was the last time I went tent camping.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 10:18 PM (5FeUl)

53 I wasn't aware that the US was facing a shortage of old, fat, washed up lesbians?

She may not be the lesbian we need, but she is the lesbian we deserve.

Posted by: Governor Walz at January 21, 2026 10:18 PM (CSK7p)

54 Did you guys have the motor attachment?

Oh yes! I strung string all over the place and learned some angles weren't desirable.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:19 PM (47diA)

55 "I wasn't aware that the US was facing a shortage of old, fat washed up lesbians."

Well, not yet, but if these anti-ICE people keep up the protests, maybe soon

Posted by: Wally at January 21, 2026 10:19 PM (0e5Te)

56 For our host this evening. An X post.

https://tinyurl.com/rymbh5j9

Posted by: RickZ at January 21, 2026 10:19 PM (gKDq2)

57 45 Media reports Rosie ODonnel is selling her farm in Ireland, and moving back to the USA, because, we need her...

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And just when things were going so well.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 10:20 PM (+HNx/)

58 TRex, the truck continues!! Not one single negative comment about parking since - - - well, you know when!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:20 PM (47diA)

59 The tips are made from birch wood and are sold as part of John Middleton's Black and Mild cigars, which come with FDA-approved flavored wood tips.

Chyna will make them with natural flavors of lead, cadmium, and melamine.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 21, 2026 10:20 PM (/lPRQ)

60 Proud Mary worked better with Ike singing background.

There. I said it.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 21, 2026 10:20 PM (syz1S)

61 I knew Rosie would over-graze that land.

Posted by: Wally at January 21, 2026 10:21 PM (0e5Te)

62 There's talk Newsom won't be the nominee. Spanberger will be.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 10:22 PM (gKWVE)

63 People say don't black pill because no one has been arrested in Minneapolis yet. It takes time you know.

Yesterday - YESTERDAY- the head of DHS said arrests were hours away.

Why am I not supposed to black pill again?

Posted by: blaster at January 21, 2026 10:22 PM (cD7Zt)

64 Pride Manufacturing may as well sell to the Chinese, Nathan's Famous sold to Smithfield.

Posted by: old chick at January 21, 2026 10:22 PM (F3Dlr)

65 61 I knew Rosie would over-graze that land.
Posted by: Wally at January 21, 2026 10:21 PM (0e5Te)

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LOL

They have to get her out. It's a looming ecological catastrophe!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 10:23 PM (+HNx/)

66 I knew Rosie would over-graze that land.

Posted by: Wally at January 21, 2026 10:21 PM (0e5Te

She shoulda stuck ta carpet munching.

Posted by: RickZ at January 21, 2026 10:23 PM (gKDq2)

67 Proud Mary worked better with Ike singing background.

There. I said it.
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The regular beatings kept her vocal chords in shape to hit the high notes as well.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:23 PM (Cjcf6)

68 Good evening morons ותודה דינו

I have a very strong memory of crossing that bridge in 1988.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)

69 The regular beatings kept her vocal chords in shape to hit the high notes as well.

In very poor taste, but funny!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:23 PM (47diA)

70 Evenin’, All. Happy Thursday eve.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)

71 Whoopi wasn't always nuts, was she? I seem to remember she really liked the Grateful Dead, was a friend of Jerry, and is still friends with Mickey Hart. She's been nuts for a while though, at least.

Posted by: Sister Act at January 21, 2026 10:25 PM (oftw2)

72
Did you guys have the motor attachment?
Posted by: Orson
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Sure. And, the spring 'motor'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 21, 2026 10:25 PM (XeU6L)

73 There's talk Newsom won't be the nominee. Spanberger will be.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 10:22 PM

It's for darn sure Gavin will lose the T. Rex vote.

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 21, 2026 10:25 PM (t5Wn4)

74 Mr Scary took me to Beale Street for our first date. Memphis is...interesting.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:25 PM (gh32g)

75 There's talk Newsom won't be the nominee. Spanberger will be.
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She doesn't have the track record yet...but I bet with time she could be as unholy evil as Hillary. Its right there in the eyes. One would have to be blind to miss it. But those that voted for her didn't miss it. They *knew* that this evil bitch would forever support their "right" to abort babies.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:25 PM (Cjcf6)

76 Dinosaurs fighting dinosaurs, with swords.

Not to be outdone, T-Rex fighting with an ankylosaurus instead.

https://tinyurl.com/3ha5tevm

Posted by: Methos at January 21, 2026 10:26 PM (vSvIl)

77 Thank you, T-Rex! Hope everyone is doing well.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 10:26 PM (Wmg4n)

78 Your weather map is perfect. Did your daughter do that?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 10:27 PM (5FeUl)

79 That 'arctic shelter' looks like the kind of thing someone would put up for a YouTube video.
Posted by: davidt at January 21, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)

Looks like it came right out of a Boy Scouts handbook.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:27 PM (8zz6B)

80 62 There's talk Newsom won't be the nominee. Spanberger will be.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026

You mean by people other than me?

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 10:27 PM (Wmg4n)

81 Gavin Newsom is a cross between American Psycho and Glitter Ken
-the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

LOL

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX)

82 Ike Turner was a talented guy and a founding father of Rock, R&B. Yet all he's known for is hitting Tina. Women ruin everything!

Posted by: He-Man Woman Haters Club at January 21, 2026 10:28 PM (oftw2)

83 Bitch deserved it!

Posted by: Ike Turner at January 21, 2026 10:28 PM (oftw2)

84 T Rex was hilarious!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

85 Sheee-it yeah!

Posted by: Bobby Brown at January 21, 2026 10:29 PM (+HNx/)

86 77 Thank you, T-Rex! Hope everyone is doing well.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 10:26 PM
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All good. Do you have doggie zoomies tonight?

Posted by: TRex - running in circles dino at January 21, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

87 Left CA, bye bye Newsom...
Now packing to leave VA....these lunatics are driving me crazy.

Posted by: The Grateful at January 21, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

88 Love the ONT! Being from MS, around Vicksburg way, love that song. Saw Mountain for my very first concert in '71 and the song obviously brought down the house.

The only time I saw the MS River in Memphis I harfed, one of my 3 harfings from booze. This time my introduction to te-kill-ya. No thanks! Crazy story I may have told here.

Love the map of the weather. I know y'all don't need snow but we do out in the mountains of the West, so blow it back here. I'll take the very cold temps, too.

I had very good news today, after dreading this appt for 2mo (cardiologist). My fainting in November is apparently ye olde syncope of 4yrs ago and not cardiac related. I read the tests, 1/3 of brain thought it would be ok; 1/3 of brain thought more tests and stress to maybe be ok. One third of my brain never thought the PA would tell me I don't have to see her again unless I have problems! Incredibly thankful to God that all is well. I will continue to be good and lose weight.

I also love Tina Turner! By this summer my legs are going to look like hers. They aren't bad, but I want that muscle. Won't be dancing in heels, however. She was amazing! Sang right through her cardio workouts!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 10:30 PM (WONhk)

89 ~I also really liked my Erector Set!~

I think my mom told my dad that she liked his 'Erector set'...
Not sure what she meant🤨...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 10:30 PM (LNeRu)

90 The reason why Rosie is moving back are simple, in Ireland she's literally nobody, no one knows who she is, no one recognizes her, nobody cares.

It's like that story Kevin Bacon told about him donning a professional disguise so he could go out and not be recognized and after going out and mixing with regular people and just being one of the crowd, he said it sucked and he never did it again.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 10:30 PM (XV/Pl)

91 @RenzTom
🚨BREAKING: Virginia is attempting to pass legislation to require public schools to teach that J6 was a violent insurrection and the 2020 election was not stolen.

https://tinyurl.com/3ndhc64w

screen shot of bill at link

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)

92 89 ~I also really liked my Erector Set!~

I think my mom told my dad that she liked his 'Erector set'...
Not sure what she meant🤨...

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I know, right?

Posted by: Raimondo, a good boy at January 21, 2026 10:31 PM (+HNx/)

93 My grandsons love Lincoln Logs. Many a fun hours building things.

Another piece of Americana going away.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 10:13 PM (3ek7K)

Greenland will need industry. A Lincoln Log factory could provide much-needed employment.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:31 PM (8zz6B)

94 Now packing to leave VA....these lunatics are driving me crazy.
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They admitted that they're ready to steal everything that isn't nailed down. And then they'll compel contractors to assist them stealing what is nailed down. How in the world can there not be legal challenges to the VA moves in the last 48 hours?

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:32 PM (Cjcf6)

95 87 Left CA, bye bye Newsom...
Now packing to leave VA....these lunatics are driving me crazy.
Posted by: The Grateful at January 21, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

/Looks over shoulder...

are... they... following you?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 10:32 PM (mP0Kj)

96 Wait a sec, AOP! They have trees in Greenland? Hmmmm. Stuff I didn't know.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:32 PM (47diA)

97 RenzTom
🚨BREAKING: Virginia is attempting to pass legislation to require public schools to teach that J6 was a violent insurrection and the 2020 election was not stolen.

https://tinyurl.com/3ndhc64w

screen shot of bill at link
Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)

***

From democrat straight to Marxism.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)

98 17 Billy bookcases in four sizes. All filled with books, video, audio...

Posted by: Rusty Bill at January 21, 2026 10:33 PM (8m/cM)

99 The Paolo’s erector set is, how you say it, always in service. — The Paolo

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:33 PM (77rzZ)

100 I'm watching an old Keaton comedy, "Night Shift".
So far it's funny and the title song "Night Shift" is a banger
Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)
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Buster Keaton never made a movie by that name.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

101 Greenland will need industry. A Lincoln Log factory could provide much-needed employment.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:31 PM (8zz6B)

The Danes should give Lego to the Greenlandians as a building block to their society.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:34 PM (gh32g)

102 I had very good news today, after dreading this appt for 2mo (cardiologist). My fainting in November is apparently ye olde syncope of 4yrs ago and not cardiac related. I read the tests, 1/3 of brain thought it would be ok; 1/3 of brain thought more tests and stress to maybe be ok. One third of my brain never thought the PA would tell me I don't have to see her again unless I have problems! Incredibly thankful to God that all is well.
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You are a *treasure* to this site. I'm very happy about your good news! Just keep being you and the world will be a better place.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:35 PM (Cjcf6)

103 ~When the ugly weather arrives for many of you this weekend, remember there are people in Alaska that camp in the snowy wilderness for fun.~
Done it🤪!

Saaayyy...isn't this winter? Or am I wrong? Let's ask Al Gore!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 10:35 PM (LNeRu)

104 Looks over shoulder...

are... they... following you?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 10:32 PM
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If they are, they are in for a rude awakening...next stop is Eastern TN!

Posted by: The Grateful at January 21, 2026 10:35 PM (IQ6Gq)

105 Michael Keaton did

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 10:35 PM (ZxPkt)

106 Im not a dog person but going into the outback means taking at least one dog and a weapon that will down a grizzly bear. That guy is nuts.

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026 10:35 PM (QzJgf)

107 The bridge photo is later than 1968. The I-40 bridge, visible on the far right horizon, was built in the early 1970s.

Posted by: Menachem's Razor at January 21, 2026 10:36 PM (zekCJ)

108 Sorry I'm late, I had to wait for some billy goats to show up before it was safe to cross the bridge.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 21, 2026 10:36 PM (dH1sy)

109
Greenland will need industry. A Lincoln Log factory could provide much-needed employment.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:31 PM (8zz6B)

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Yep. The Danish butter cookie plan collapsed when the dot-Indians hijacked the entire industry.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 10:37 PM (+HNx/)

110 Random trivia - IKEA estimates that on average, it sells one Billy bookcase every five seconds. Other than Perfessor Squirrel and the book thread participants, I'm impressed that so many people have so many books that they need shelves to store them in an easily accessible manner. (BTW, the interweb says today is Squirrel Appreciation Day. Perfessor - we appreciate you!)

So, how many of them go to Ewoks?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 21, 2026 10:37 PM (dH1sy)

111 I saw Mountain a couple times giving a free concert in the Plaza of the World Trade Center. Yes, the same Plaza Falling Man died in. Actually many Falling People who fell on the first NYFD firefighters to die that day.

Posted by: Leslie, Felix, Steve, Corky at January 21, 2026 10:37 PM (oftw2)

112 Fonzie was in Night Shift. And I don't mean that as an insult--I have a lot of respect for Henry Winkler.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)

113 As noted earlier...

Greenland's gun ownership rate is 22/100.

Great Britain's is 5/100

The US is 120/100.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 10:38 PM (XV/Pl)

114 We have bookcases, some tall to the ceiling, all over the house. Because I like books.

This will be another freak out our sons will have when I croak, along with my million dishes.I don't really care, Margaret, do you? I have told them I don't care as I am going to live large and I like my stuff.

I love that Newsom got told he couldn't whine about the USA and President Trump in Davos today! He probably pitched a hissy fit, after prancing around feeling important.

That Finnish guy is going to blow a gasket. I mean, look at his red face and bulging veins on his head. Not worth it, dude.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 10:38 PM (WONhk)

115 112 Fonzie was in Night Shift. And I don't mean that as an insult--I have a lot of respect for Henry Winkler.

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Who doesn't?

Posted by: The Shark at January 21, 2026 10:39 PM (+HNx/)

116 Sorry I'm late, I had to wait for some billy goats to show up before it was safe to cross the bridge.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 21, 2026 10:36 PM (dH1sy)

Wise choice to avoid the trolls.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:39 PM (gh32g)

117 I loved Tina Turner. She was "simply the best". RIP Tina, we miss you.

Posted by: Stinky at January 21, 2026 10:40 PM (Molrb)

118 87 Left CA, bye bye Newsom...
Now packing to leave VA....these lunatics are driving me crazy.

Posted by: The Grateful at January 21, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

We left VA (NoVA) two years ago. Giving God thanks every day we are outta there!

Posted by: moki at January 21, 2026 10:41 PM (wLjpr)

119 I love that Newsom got told he couldn't whine about the USA and President Trump in Davos today!
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That effeminate prancing idiot doesn't deserve the time of day...but Democrats will continue to pretend otherwise.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:41 PM (Cjcf6)

120 As noted earlier...

Greenland's gun ownership rate is 22/100.

Great Britain's is 5/100

The US is 120/100.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 10:38 PM (XV/Pl)

Come on. The US ratio is *that* low?

Or does that ignore guns lost in boating/canoe accidents?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 21, 2026 10:42 PM (S/Y4j)

121 Gavin Newsom needs a better speech writer.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 21, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

122 Good Even', y'all. I would've been here sooner, but I wasn't. Wednesday night, had to get in the pickup and drive down to the gate and put the trash can out on the road. Daisy Dog gets to go with us on that little journey. Not much of a trip, but she hasn't complained.

Could walk it, but it's kinda chilly, and the asphalt is dark and treacherous.

Posted by: mindful webworker close my italicans at January 21, 2026 10:43 PM (P0/oa)

123 Wait a sec, AOP! They have trees in Greenland? Hmmmm. Stuff I didn't know.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:32 PM (47diA)

I believe Greenland has a small forest of birch trees in the southwest corner? But I was thinking rather of shipping suitable lumber there, have one shop mill it up into dowels, and then farm the dowels out to small home workshops that could mill the joints, and stain them. Other shops could do the packaging.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 21, 2026 10:43 PM (8zz6B)

124 112 Fonzie was in Night Shift. And I don't mean that as an insult--I have a lot of respect for Henry Winkler.
Posted by: Crusader

Well OK, but I was no fan of Potsie and Ralph Malph.

Posted by: Unhappy Days at January 21, 2026 10:43 PM (oftw2)

125 Dad: “We do not refer to your mother’s cooking as “grub”. Is that understood?”

Me: “Yes sir”.

(Apparently I had been watching Gunsmoke or Bonanza and merely inquired what we were having that night for dinner. Oops!)

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 10:43 PM (C3G19)

126
You are a *treasure* to this site. I'm very happy about your good news! Just keep being you and the world will be a better place.
Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:35 PM (Cjcf6)

Many thanks! I love the ONT. Brings back happy memories of being young! I would say I am still "young at heart," but, well. My heart is normally abnormal like the rest of me. I feel like I won the lottery, as I surely thought this means I am finally super olde. A blue/green block from a plane will probably fall out of the sky and kill me tomorrow. But for today, baybee, I am a lucky dame!

If we could just get into a storm pattern for snow my life would be perfection!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 10:44 PM (WONhk)

127 “Don Lemon? Into a church?” he continued

In fairness, that would be out of the ordinary.

Posted by: Diego Garcia at January 21, 2026 10:45 PM (jc0TO)

128 The StarLink launch Joyenz listed appears to have been delayed. The feed at that URL goes live at 2341 (or 11:41 PM) Eastern time.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 21, 2026 10:45 PM (S/Y4j)

129 @RenzTom
🚨BREAKING: Virginia is attempting to pass legislation to require public schools to teach that J6 was a violent insurrection and the 2020 election was not stolen.

https://tinyurl.com/3ndhc64w

screen shot of bill at link
Posted by: Don Black

Does anybody not know that these same people will set up death camps at first opportunity?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 21, 2026 10:46 PM (/lPRQ)

130 > 9 I'm watching an old Keaton comedy, "Night Shift".
So far it's funny and the title song "Night Shift" is a banger
Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)

Mmm... Shelley Long climbing up on that kitchen step stool in her panties.

I don't remember much else about that movie, but I remember that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 10:46 PM (IG3/x)

131 Greenland; "Little Danes experiment", 1951.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 10:46 PM (5FeUl)

132 I can’t believe there is only one vendor in the entire US that can make Lincoln logs. Who are they selling their machinery to if they’re shutting down?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:46 PM (KDPiq)

133 Well OK, but I was no fan of Potsie and Ralph Malph.
Posted by: Unhappy Days at January 21, 2026 10:43 PM (oftw2)

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I had information that could lead to the conviction of Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Chuck Cunningham at January 21, 2026 10:47 PM (+HNx/)

134
Sorry I'm late, I had to wait for some billy goats to show up before it was safe to cross the bridge.
Posted by: tankdemon

* writes out tardy slip *
Ok slacker, that's 567 tardys in a row. One more and it's a week of detention.

Mr. Strickland

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 10:47 PM (T3puI)

135 Dad: “We do not refer to your mother’s cooking as “grub”. Is that understood?”

Me: “Yes sir”.

(Apparently I had been watching Gunsmoke or Bonanza and merely inquired what we were having that night for dinner. Oops!)

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 10:43 PM (C3G19)

Mr Scary often says grub in regard to food. And Duds for clothes. I never got the Gunsmoke connection. But yeah.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:48 PM (gh32g)

136 - “Don Lemon? Into a church?” he continued -

In fairness, that would be out of the ordinary.
Posted by: Diego Garcia at January 21, 2026 10:45 PM (jc0TO)

I'm surprised he didn't burst into flames. That would have fired up the congregation for God.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 21, 2026 10:48 PM (S/Y4j)

137 Whatever happened to Pinky Toscadero?

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:48 PM (77rzZ)

138 I'm watching an old Keaton comedy, "Night Shift".
So far it's funny and the title song "Night Shift" is a banger
Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)

Mmm... Shelley Long climbing up on that kitchen step stool in her panties.

I don't remember much else about that movie, but I remember that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 10:46 PM (IG3/x)

The last five minutes has the funniest part in the movie to me.

One of my favorite comedies.,

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:48 PM (KDPiq)

139 That person who called the police station to report a cheating spouse should have their own affair with a cop. That'll show the cheating bastard.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 21, 2026 10:49 PM (0Htd1)

140 Billy bookcases are mostly used by influensers with social media accounts, displaying their makeup, shoes, purses, etc.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 10:49 PM (Vvh2V)

141 106 Im not a dog person but going into the outback means taking at least one dog and a weapon that will down a grizzly bear. That guy is nuts.
Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2026

Don’t take my dog! He would not be helpful. He has outsourced growling when someone is at the door to the cats. He is very much an every man for himself kinda guy.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 10:49 PM (Wmg4n)

142 140 Billy bookcases are mostly used by influensers with social media accounts, displaying their makeup, shoes, purses, etc.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 10:49 PM (Vvh2V)

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Welp, there you go.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 10:50 PM (+HNx/)

143 Greenland's gun ownership rate is 22/100.
Great Britain's is 5/100
The US is 120/100.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

From those stats one could determine that Greenland's murder rate is more than four times that of Great Britain and the rate is twenty-four fold.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 21, 2026 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)

144 37 Whatever happened to Pinky Toscadero?

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:48 PM (77rzZ)

She ended up on the infamous Paul Lynde Halloween Special. With KISS, Margaret Hamilton and Florence Henderson.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:50 PM (gh32g)

145 I don't think I ever heard of Mountain before Woodstock.

We had Lincoln Logs, but there weren't enough to build much of anything. Probably there were more that my older brothers had lost, damaged, or burned.

As the youngest bro, I got a lot of partly-hand-me-downs. Like oldest bro's magic tricks set with lots of bits missing. Like the chem set that had all the good stuff used already. (Look at comments some years back for my story of older bro getting the iron shavings bottle to explode.)

Tina was kinda hot and energetic still at 60.

Posted by: mindful webworker finally groks 'thicc' at January 21, 2026 10:50 PM (P0/oa)

146 and the rate is twenty-four fold for the US

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 21, 2026 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)

147 And it's so tacky, in my opinion, to have 30,000 dollars worth of luxury handbags perched up on 200 dollar IKEA furniture.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 10:50 PM (Vvh2V)

148 I wonder if Felix and Leslie actually knew anything about Vicksburg or Mississippi. Leslie was from Forest Hills, Queens, Felix from Manhattan.

Posted by: New Yawkers at January 21, 2026 10:51 PM (oftw2)

149 My favorite Tina Turner song is "Better Be Good to Me". It's very sensual.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 21, 2026 10:51 PM (0Htd1)

150 Hello, Tammy!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:51 PM (47diA)

151 What’s amusing, students aren’t necessarily as stupid as leftists would desire. Mostly they’ll come away with the firm impression that “yup, the election was stolen”.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 10:51 PM (C3G19)

152 > Mmm... Shelley Long climbing up on that kitchen step stool in her panties.

I don't remember much else about that movie, but I remember that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 10:46 PM (IG3/x)

https://tinyurl.com/4pph8n8y

Thank me later.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 10:52 PM (IG3/x)

153
TRegina: TRex's wife

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 21, 2026 10:52 PM (tgvbd)

154 And yes, ai know I mispelledvinfluencer. Damn autocuke doesn't work when you need it to.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 10:52 PM (Vvh2V)

155 The Department of Labor is awarding $13.8 million to help train the next generation of American shipbuilders.

Posted by: SMOD at January 21, 2026 10:52 PM (GITLP)

156 She ended up on the infamous Paul Lynde Halloween Special. With KISS, Margaret Hamilton and Florence Henderson.

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That was the cast of one of the later Love Boat episodes, wasn't it?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 10:53 PM (+HNx/)

157 @RenzTom
🚨BREAKING: Virginia is attempting to pass legislation to require public schools to teach that J6 was a violent insurrection and the 2020 election was not stolen.

https://tinyurl.com/3ndhc64w

screen shot of bill at link
Posted by: Don Black

Does anybody not know that these same people will set up death camps at first opportunity?
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Their newly elected Attorney General had fantasies of murdering conservatives. The voters elected him anyway. Their newly elected Governor would abort a baby on live television if anyone asked. The voters elected her anyway.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:54 PM (Cjcf6)

158 Lincoln Logs were great, but ours was a Tinker Toy, Lego, and Hot Wheels family.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 21, 2026 10:54 PM (C3G19)

159 The weather map reminds me of our first granddaughter coloring at less than a year old.Competing with her older brother. Furious coloring. Like a chimp on meth.

We love kids and they crack us up...she's especially insane and you can see the DNA line from me to her Dad to her when we are all in the same photo. My own father's DNA is very strong.

She's told tales since she was around 2yrs that I totally believe. Because she's talked like an adult since then. I've gotten better about questioning her parents and finding out the real truth. At 2yrs she told me a "strange man picked her up on a cruise and bit her." I was a bit enraged until my son told me the truth (a man offered to hold her while her father fixed the stroller. No one bit her). I'm telling you, she's crazy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 10:54 PM (WONhk)

160 It turns out that the Dutch don't take asylum claims from "Trans-Americans" very seriously.

They're probably afraid that they'll get stuck with the cost of some really gross surgical procedure.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 21, 2026 10:54 PM (0Htd1)

161 He is very much an every man for himself kinda guy.
Posted by: Piper
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Discretion is the better part of valor.

Posted by: Piper's dog at January 21, 2026 10:54 PM (XeU6L)

162 Shelley Long was waifu material

Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 10:55 PM (gKWVE)

163 Pinky went nuts. She's been in trouble with law and mentally messed up for decades. ABC wanted to give her a bigger part and maybe spin her off, but she was trouble. Still alive at 82.

Posted by: Roz Kelly at January 21, 2026 10:55 PM (oftw2)

164 We went to one one time just to see what the fuss was. The particle board was underwhelming.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:13 PM (gh32g)

They also sell solid wood shelving (mostly pine) that holds up really well. I bought some 40 years ago (from their first US store) for my library, and after 5 moves still have it, although library shelving was updated about 20 years ago so now it is in the garage.

Posted by: HTL at January 21, 2026 10:55 PM (5AjW6)

165 148 I wonder if Felix and Leslie actually knew anything about Vicksburg or Mississippi. Leslie was from Forest Hills, Queens, Felix from Manhattan.

Posted by: New Yawkers at January 21, 2026 10:51 PM (oftw2)

The Mississippi Delta is a different place. Even if you grew up someplace else in the South. You have to go there to understand.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:55 PM (gh32g)

166 I thought I could build a Billy Bookcase from cheaper than IKEA was selling them for. I was wrong.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 10:55 PM (KDPiq)

167 She ended up on the infamous Paul Lynde Halloween Special. With KISS, Margaret Hamilton and Florence Henderson.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:50 PM (gh32g)
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Please tell me this is real lie if you must

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)

168 Thanks for the ONT, Dino. A lot of good content!

Posted by: scampydog at January 21, 2026 10:55 PM (41CYW)

169 LRob, hello! How how are you?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 10:55 PM (Vvh2V)

170 Jeez....is JQ tending tonight?!
I've been here an hour and still don't have a cocktail!
How can I possibly fall off my stool at this rate🤪?!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 10:56 PM (LNeRu)

171 TRegina: TRex's wife
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Well, I've been called alot of things, but never that...

Posted by: The Grateful at January 21, 2026 10:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

172 REAKING: Virginia is attempting to pass legislation to require public schools to teach that J6 was a violent insurrection and the 2020 election was not stolen.
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Elect the CIA, get CIA propaganda.

Posted by: Methos at January 21, 2026 10:57 PM (vSvIl)

173 I’d take prime Shelly Long over prime Kirstie Alley anytime.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 10:57 PM (77rzZ)

174 Please tell me this is real lie if you must

No lie. The KISS Halloween Special is real and as wacked out weird as it sounds.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 10:57 PM (CSK7p)

175 t 2yrs she told me a "strange man picked her up on a cruise and bit her." I

I am HOWLING with laughter over here, Christy! 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 10:57 PM (Vvh2V)

176 21 Media reports Rosie ODonnel is selling her farm in Ireland, and moving back to the USA, because, we need her...
Uhhh...
Posted by: Romeo13

Oh, puhleeze. The Irish don't want her. They have enough drunks without her coming in and driving more people to drink.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 21, 2026 10:58 PM (0Htd1)

177 I'm pretty good, Tammy. It's going to get really cold here the next few days and then I'll be less good! You OK?

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:58 PM (47diA)

178 Whatever happened to Pinky Toscadero?
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Funny you should ask--I looked her up on a few weeks ago. Apparently her reach was longer than her grasp. They were ready to write her in as a regular on Happy Days. But they couldn't come to terms with her on a contract. And she never did regular television again (at least not for any length).

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 10:59 PM (Cjcf6)

179 168 Thanks for the ONT, Dino. A lot of good content!
Posted by: scampydog at January 21, 2026 10:55 PM
***
Thank you Doggo!

Posted by: TRex - Lincoln log mogul dino at January 21, 2026 10:59 PM (IQ6Gq)

180 Actually it’s the Paul Lynde Halloween Special if you want to find it. Apparently it’s on Amazon Prime; it has also been available on DVD which is where I have it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 11:00 PM (CSK7p)

181 Please tell me this is real lie if you must

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)

It isn't seasonal, but Happy Halloween!

https://tinyurl.com/9shf3fx8

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 11:00 PM (gh32g)

182 okay I finally found out what "Crossfire Hurricane" is a ref to, it's a lyric from Jumping Jack Flash
woooo i learnt somethin

Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 11:00 PM (gKWVE)

183 173 I’d take prime Shelly Long over prime Kirstie Alley anytime.
Posted by: Bulg

Kirstie was completely nekkid in a Bertholt Brecht play around 1980. There are stills online. She looked quite good.

Posted by: The Play's The Thing at January 21, 2026 11:01 PM (oftw2)

184 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 21, 2026 11:01 PM (MmTZZ)

185 The One and Only is an underrated Henry Winkler comedy.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 21, 2026 11:01 PM (KDPiq)

186 https://tinyurl.com/4pph8n8y
Thank me later.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

OMG - that gas range does not even have an exhaust hood.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 21, 2026 11:02 PM (/lPRQ)

187 Tinker Toys were the only *new* building toy big bro & I had. There was a partial set of Lincoln Logs, passed down from older cousins, but didn't have enough pieces to build much.

We both enjoyed Hot Wheels and could 'play cars' for hours without fighting. Rare for us, LOL.

Younger bro & sis got way more and fancier toys because Mom was also working then.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 11:02 PM (rdVOm)

188 Sorry gKWVE! Checked the AOSHq style guide and the required wording (recently changed) is "wooo I leared something. Thanks for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 11:02 PM (47diA)

189 >Mmm... Shelley Long climbing up on that kitchen step stool in her panties.

I don't remember much else about that movie, but I remember that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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delightful mix of sexy and domestic

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 11:03 PM (ZxPkt)

190 No one bit her). I'm telling you, she's crazy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Can't imagine where she got the wild streak.
No, not at all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 11:03 PM (5FeUl)

191 Sweet thanks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 21, 2026 11:03 PM (RIvkX)

192 182 okay I finally found out what "Crossfire Hurricane" is a ref to, it's a lyric from Jumping Jack Flash
woooo i learnt somethin
Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 11:00 PM (gKWVE)

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*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 11:03 PM (+HNx/)

193 Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 10:58 PM (47diA)

Yes, I was about to ask you if you're prepared for this end-of-the world storm we're about to get! I am your Eastern neighbor. I just hope the ice stays south of us. We're on the Missouri line, and I'm hoping we get snow instead. We're prepared, by which I mean I've got $500 worth of diet Red Bull for me, and Dos Equis Amber for Thor! Let it snow! 😁

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 11:04 PM (Vvh2V)

194 Good evening all

Thanks for the ONT Rex

I'm thinking it's probably best that a TRex does his business outside, there are too many obstacles to overcome indoors.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 21, 2026 11:04 PM (RkOfE)

195 Trump's new asylum deal might mean a friendly place to treat crazy grandmas and grandchildren.

Posted by: One Stop Shopping at January 21, 2026 11:06 PM (oftw2)

196 I found out tonight that I can adopt an elephant for $.63 a day. It's an incredible deal.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 11:06 PM (+HNx/)

197 Prepared, sure. My neighbors? Who knows?

We need precipitation here and I guess snow is good enough. Ice is bad!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 11:07 PM (47diA)

198 * writes out tardy slip *
Ok slacker, that's 567 tardys in a row. One more and it's a week of detention.

Mr. Strickland
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 10:47 PM (T3puI)

If Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald are there, it might be worth it.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 21, 2026 11:07 PM (dH1sy)

199 It's here:

https://archive.org/details/paullyndehalloween

Posted by: 13times at January 21, 2026 11:07 PM (iRIR3)

200 The Mississippi Delta is a different place. Even if you grew up someplace else in the South. You have to go there to understand.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:55 PM (gh32g)

Yep! Many don't know that Greenville is famous for their hot tamales. There's even a festival. The late writer (yeah, a liberal woman) was from there and I do like her books about the Delta.

I had a chance to see BB King at a little dive there in HS. Told the guy no. Mainly because I didn't know him and also, sadly, was not into BB King. Plus my parents would not have let me go that far anyway. I wish I had now.

I love the blues, thanks to my NY husband guitarist (hobby, not a pro). My favorite song is this one by Alvin Lee that I heard with him. Love that so many Brits like Eric Clapton came to the MS Delta to learn the blues.

I love the melody and lyrics of this song...thankfully never had to feel these blues personally. Well, the first time my bf/husband broke up with me in college for no reason I was blue. The second time I was irritated. The third time I was whatever. He learned a lesson, however. What a Moron!

https://tinyurl.com/mr79ymhe

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 11:07 PM (WONhk)

201 Geiger Capital
@Geiger_Capital
·
12h
"If in 10 years, all American troops stationed in Europe have not been returned to the US, then this whole project [NATO] will have failed… We must get these people to stand on their own feet militarily."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1951)
First Supreme Allied Commander of NATO

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 11:08 PM (ZxPkt)

202 Trump's new asylum deal might mean a friendly place to treat crazy grandmas and grandchildren.
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Do we have to limit it to crazy grandmas?

Posted by: Jill Biden at January 21, 2026 11:08 PM (Cjcf6)

203 We're on the Missouri line, and I'm hoping we get snow instead. We're prepared, by which I mean I've got $500 worth of diet Red Bull for me, and Dos Equis Amber for Thor! Let it snow!

I’m in Boerne until tomorrow, when I’m headed back home to Round Rock (just north of Austin). I was wandering around downtown Boerne this morning and passed a Spec’s. Stopped in, and they had a whole bunch of a Texas gin I really like that’s gone out of business. It was on discontinued pricing, too, so I am well-stocked for martinis and bee’s knees for the duration.

Probably for the rest of my life given how slowly I go through gin.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 11:08 PM (CSK7p)

204 I'm not tending the bar as well as usual, sorry... think I'm coming down with something. Been sneezing A LOT since late last night.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 11:09 PM (rdVOm)

205 I will die on this hill. Camping sucks
AhriFindling comedian
youtu.be/-hoarYHQkzE

Posted by: mindful webworker finally groks 'thicc' at January 21, 2026 11:09 PM (P0/oa)

206 196 I found out tonight that I can adopt an elephant for $.63 a day. It's an incredible deal.
Posted by: Cicero

Yeah, well don't forget us, and wouldn't you rather have an adowable blanket anyway?

Posted by: Caleb and Alec For Shriners at January 21, 2026 11:09 PM (oftw2)

207 @WesternLensman
·
11h
CA Dem Rep Dave Min defends the Clintons during contempt hearing; says that “bringing criminal charges against a former president” would be a very serious matter.

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 11:09 PM (ZxPkt)

208 144 She ended up on the infamous Paul Lynde Halloween Special. With KISS, Margaret Hamilton and Florence Henderson.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 10:50 PM (gh32g)

Ya gotta milk that 15 minutes for all it is worth.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 21, 2026 11:10 PM (dH1sy)

209 So far it's funny and the title song "Night Shift" is a banger

Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)
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I thought it was very funny. Keaton was great as a young man

Posted by: 496 at January 21, 2026 11:10 PM (madg2)

210 204 I'm not tending the bar as well as usual, sorry... think I'm coming down with something. Been sneezing A LOT since late last night.
Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 11

Oh no! Let’s make you hot water with lemon and honey. With a zinc chaser.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 11:11 PM (Wmg4n)

211 "If in 10 years, all American troops stationed in Europe have not been returned to the US, then this whole project [NATO] will have failed… We must get these people to stand on their own feet militarily."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1951)
First Supreme Allied Commander of NATO
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And instead they spent their money enabling Muslims to invade them.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 11:11 PM (Cjcf6)

212 Hey, SPB - is there an old BBQ joint in Boerne called the Boerne Stage or something like that?

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 11:11 PM (47diA)

213 Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 11:08 PM (CSK7p)

I cannot drink gin, but it sounds like you got a great deal, and there's a big storm coming, so it was a necessity!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 11:13 PM (Vvh2V)

214 Leather Tuscadero still has concert dates.

Posted by: Diego Garcia at January 21, 2026 11:13 PM (jc0TO)

215 CA Dem Rep Dave Min defends the Clintons during contempt hearing; says that “bringing criminal charges against a former president” would be a very serious matter.
Posted by: Don Black

Says the Stalinist thugs who raided Trump's home and charged him with dozens of felonies.... and the mug shot is done after an actual arrest.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 21, 2026 11:14 PM (/lPRQ)

216 210 204 I'm not tending the bar as well as usual, sorry... think I'm coming down with something. Been sneezing A LOT since late last night.
Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 11

Oh no! Let’s make you hot water with lemon and honey. With a zinc chaser.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 11:11 PM (Wmg4n)

Of that doesn't work, we can try Granddad's remedy. Rock and Rye. It may not have cured your cold, but you didn't care.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 11:14 PM (gh32g)

217 Can't imagine where she got the wild streak.
No, not at all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 11:03 PM (5FeUl)

The very first girl I am related to will be 5yrs old next month. All brothers and two sons and I know boys very well. She's been a surprise for us all in that girls are so different. Her baby sister, I hope, is just as wild. So far (4mo) a deep thinker but smiles a lot.

This crazy girl of ours looks like me, too, bless her heart. She has blue eyes to my green, otherwise you can tell she's mine...but 1000x smarter and prettier and athletic and competative. Look out world in 10yrs! Her poor parents deserve pity for what is ahead.

The parents of other kids at their school tell me that she cracks them up. Not shy at all. She's hysterically funny, too. She has the same wicked laugh as me, too. We have adventures!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 11:14 PM (WONhk)

218 214 Leather Tuscadero still has concert dates.
Posted by: Diego Garcia at January 21, 2026 11:13 PM (jc0TO)

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Is she still touring with the Temu Joan Jetts?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 11:14 PM (+HNx/)

219 Hey, SPB - is there an old BBQ joint in Boerne called the Boerne Stage or something like that?

I didn’t see one. But I wasn’t looking either. (That sounds vaguely familiar, though. Could it be Gruene?)

My plan, which I adhered to strictly, was not to plan this day but just wander around. Found an amazing place selling restored old gasoline pumps and soda bottle dispensers. They were beautiful. I wandered some antique places, and enjoyed the Boerne Library bookstore. Ate very unhealthy food. Drank at the hotel bar, which is quite nice, and not just for a hotel bar.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 11:15 PM (CSK7p)

220 Dear Horde, I am not in a good place. Please pray for me. Health issues and my continued unemployment. Please pray for me.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 11:15 PM (77rzZ)

221 Bulg. Prayers for you. Do not give up hope.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 11:16 PM (gh32g)

222 The Amelia memes have been amusing! I do hope our British cousins can reclaim their country.

https://tinyurl.com/vey9nu74

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 21, 2026 11:16 PM (RkOfE)

223 The Danish butter cookie plan collapsed when the dot-Indians hijacked the entire industry.
Posted by: Cicero

Aldi has the real Danish cookies. Wal-Mart has the gross knock-offs. I'm grateful to this place for the heads-up to check before buying.

Posted by: mindful webworker likes those cookies too much at January 21, 2026 11:17 PM (P0/oa)

224 Mr. Strickland
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 10:47 PM (T3puI)

Jeez. Dis that guy ever have hair?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 11:17 PM (2WIwB)

225 Sorry to hear it, Bulg. I'll send one of my patented prayers.

Things will turn around.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 11:17 PM (+HNx/)

226 Prayers for you, Bulg.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 11:17 PM (47diA)

227 It could be Gruene. My memory from the 80s is spotty. Thanks.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 11:17 PM (47diA)

228 Here's an Irishman singing the blues. I love Gary Moore, too. My husband has songs playing when we drive somewhere and I like his choices.

https://tinyurl.com/37yzb69a

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 11:18 PM (WONhk)

229 Praying hard Bulf.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 21, 2026 11:18 PM (2WIwB)

230 Done. I'll get you on our prayer circles. Someone will be praying for you 24/7.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 11:18 PM (Vvh2V)

231 best of luck, Bulg.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 11:18 PM (gKWVE)

232 204 JQ

Sure honey. Sorry you don't feel well. I still would like a cocktail however...either that, or just go home😢....
Love ya darlin'....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 11:19 PM (LNeRu)

233 Oh no! Let’s make you hot water with lemon and honey. With a zinc chaser.
Posted by: Piper
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Got the zinc already. Throat isn't sore. Sinuses aren't particularly stuffy. Just doing fine and then *whammo* rapid-fire multiple sneezes! And then I'm fine for another 30 or 60 minutes or whatever.

Even woke me out of sound sleep last night-- 4 sneezes in a row. Strange.

You know, I wonder if it's due to the warmer than normal temps we've had since Christmas-- perhaps caused a false spring and some of the trees are blooming now instead of late February? I do usually have a reaction to early tree pollen.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 11:19 PM (rdVOm)

234 205 I will die on this hill. Camping sucks
AhriFindling comedian
youtu.be/-hoarYHQkzE
Posted by: mindful webworker finally groks 'thicc' at January 21, 2026 11:09 PM (P0/oa)

If you're going to be out on a hill.anyway, why bot take a tent. Maybe start a little fire, roast marshmallows, eat s'more. It'll be fun.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 21, 2026 11:20 PM (dH1sy)

235 Prayers sent for renewed health and gainful employment, Bulg.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 21, 2026 11:20 PM (S/Y4j)

236 New T-Zero: 9:30 p.m. PST (January 22, 0530 UTC, 06:30 CET)

https://youtu.be/_-1AZpYZ9s8

Posted by: Joyenz at January 21, 2026 11:20 PM (2F0/Y)

237 And, dearest Bulg, please don't leave us. You are lived by us all. You cannot define yourself by your employment status, though I know it's incredibly hard on men to be unemoted.

You are worthy and wonderful, and we need you here!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 11:20 PM (Vvh2V)

238 "bringing criminal charges against a former president" would be a very serious matter.

If it is a Democrat? If it involves sex with an under aged girl?
This guy is a law maker? Really? And people wonder why California is a f*cked up state.

Posted by: Case at January 21, 2026 11:21 PM (4rWc3)

239 Ditto, Bulg.

Look up! look up! ye weary ones,
Whose skies are veiled in night;
For He who knows the path you tread
Will yet restore the light;
Look up! and hail the dawning
Of hope’s triumphant morning.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 21, 2026 11:21 PM (CSK7p)

240 We got lincoln logs for all the boys and girls!
Well, mostly boys.

Posted by: Lincoln Project at January 21, 2026 11:21 PM (gKWVE)

241 Oh no, JQ! Not the 4 sneezes in a row. If you're past 3 in a row, immediate medical help is required. Or a couple shots of whiskey! You are welcome.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 11:21 PM (47diA)

242 Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 11:15 PM (77rzZ)

I hope things get better for you Bulg. Sending you hugs.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 21, 2026 11:22 PM (2F0/Y)

243 As far as toys and games go as a kid. And, being the simpleton I profess to be, I got endles hours of entertainment out of playing Ker-Plunk.

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 11:22 PM (dIske)

244 YouTube demonitization rules take us to "1984" and Newspeak.
dead, kill, suicide -- replace with "unalived".
rape -- replace with "r*pe" or SA.
George Carlin's seven dirty words -- replace with a beep, or asterisks, or gray out.

In contrast, I cannot believe the number of times I hear and see the F word. Minnesota's riots are a good example; Lefty white women with their signs and shouts, "F--- ICE".

Maybe I'm the one looking in all the wrong places.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 11:22 PM (SVeHj)

245 Because of Memphis, one more that's obvious. Love the lyrics and melody.

https://tinyurl.com/3krkytyv

Goodnight,y'all! Busy day tomorrow with no dread of a MD appt! I am the worst patient on earth.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 11:23 PM (WONhk)

246 by: JQ at January 21, 2026 11:19 PM (rdVOm)
I was going to say it sounds like something in the air. I do that after days of constant rain if it's a super sunny day when it finally stops raining. Sneezing spells all day.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 11:23 PM (Vvh2V)

247 Thank you all. Goodnight.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 11:23 PM (77rzZ)

248 12 If you want some evening hilarity, read this:

‘No other option’: inside the refugee camp for trans Americans fleeing Trump

It turns out that the Dutch don't take asylum claims from "Trans-Americans" very seriously.

One of the applicants explains that her tranny life had become a living hell since Trump was elected -- in San Francisco.

https://tinyurl.com/y5fscedt
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 21, 2026 10:06 PM (n1OCj)

These people are absolutely batshit insane. This is what you get when instead of treating a psychiatric disorder as such you chop up their genitals and pump them full of artificial wrong-sex hormones. This is so psychotically fucked up it beggars belief.

Posted by: You couldn't make this up if you tried at January 21, 2026 11:23 PM (TbWk/)

249 {{{Bulg}}}

Don't give up!

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

250 Sleep well, Bulg!

Posted by: Joyenz at January 21, 2026 11:24 PM (2F0/Y)

251 My lord, my typing is even worse than usual tonight. I'm so sorry.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 11:24 PM (Vvh2V)

252 220 Bulg

Gosh! Much prayers. Horde prayers are mighty🙏🙏🙏!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 11:25 PM (LNeRu)

253 When my niece was two or so, she had a doll that she named Sally, but that was also an alter ego she made up about herself. Her real name is Marlena, and my SIL and BIL filed a claim for some injury Marlena had at home. I don't remember what it was. Anyway an insurance adjuster came to their house to verify, and when the adjuster lady asked Marlena "What is your name, little girl", Marlena replied, "Sally".

Posted by: Kids Say The Darndest Things at January 21, 2026 11:26 PM (oftw2)

254 Christy, thanks for 'Walking in Memphis". That song was popular around the time I first went there. Good memories.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 11:26 PM (gh32g)

255 170 Jeez....is JQ tending tonight?!
I've been here an hour and still don't have a cocktail!
How can I possibly fall off my stool at this rate🤪?!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 10:56 PM

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Make sure to save something for the tip jar.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 11:27 PM (SVeHj)

256 One of the applicants explains that her tranny life had become a living hell since Trump was elected -- in San Francisco.

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No one wants to date a surgically mutilated dude posing as a chick with an open wound between his legs.

Damn you, Trump!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 21, 2026 11:27 PM (+HNx/)

257 Posted by: Kids Say The Darndest Things at January 21, 2026 11:26 PM (oftw2)

Too cute!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 11:28 PM (Vvh2V)

258 220 Dear Horde, I am not in a good place. Please pray for me. Health issues and my continued unemployment. Please pray for me.
Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 11:15 PM (77rzZ)

Prayers all will be well soon.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 11:30 PM (WONhk)

259 228 Here's an Irishman singing the blues. I love Gary Moore, too. My husband has songs playing when we drive somewhere and I like his choices.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 11:18 PM (WONhk)

If you want Irish blues, you need to hear Rory Gallagher. As a guitarist he rivals Hendrix.

https://youtu.be/1UkgRN5Hx94

Posted by: tankdemon at January 21, 2026 11:30 PM (dH1sy)

260 Praying for protection and peace bulg. Take care and keep the faith.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 21, 2026 11:31 PM (RkOfE)

261 Good night, Horde! It's been fun. Thanks to all.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 21, 2026 11:32 PM (47diA)

262 254 Christy, thanks for 'Walking in Memphis". That song was popular around the time I first went there. Good memories.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 11:26 PM (gh32g)

Very welcome. There really was a "Muriel" in Memphis who helped him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 11:32 PM (WONhk)

263 In re: kids speaking out-

Necessary background- my granddaughter is due to give birth March 1st. Yesterday my 4 year old grandson explained to his mother that Jesus told him inside his brain that the baby was going to be born before March 1st.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 21, 2026 11:33 PM (dH1sy)

264 >Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 11:15 PM (77rzZ)
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HOLD FAST

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 11:34 PM (ZxPkt)

265 CA Dem Rep Dave Min defends the Clintons during contempt hearing; says that “bringing criminal charges against a former president” would be a very serious matter.
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Tell me this guy has a punchable face. You probably won't need to lie about it.

He could also ask PDJT for his opinion.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 11:38 PM (/wfFD)

266 My daughter never, ever, played with dolls unless you count the WWF wrestlers. She was the very first girl to play Little League in the County, could throw and hit age 2. When she hit puberty she played softball with the other girls. When she was 17, she was outside the high school waiting for a ride, and a boy in the school said, Hi, remember me? My daughter said, yeah, Odom, right? He said "Yeah, you struck me out in Little League".

Posted by: No Dolls In My House at January 21, 2026 11:38 PM (oftw2)

267 Plenty of flat-pack, assemble at home shelving here but none of it is IKEA. Sauder brand, iirc. Mostly faux walnut woodgrain, some white, various sizes. I inherited a substantial amount of books from several relatives! Need to thin the herd, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at January 21, 2026 11:40 PM (rdVOm)

268 The people of Pittsburgh are worthless simps.

Posted by: Archer at January 21, 2026 11:40 PM (YGRGv)

269 Memphis Soul Stew is a funky song by King Curtis, who was murdered and left us too soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sm9n-6hy6M

Posted by: Atlantic Records at January 21, 2026 11:42 PM (oftw2)

270 The way Memphis is now it wouldn't be healthy walking in the city, especially at night.
But I do remember that song when it came out. I really like it.
Use to song along with it. Wish the powers that be would crack down on the crime. Gangs and drugs have taken their toll on a once proud city.

Posted by: Case at January 21, 2026 11:43 PM (4rWc3)

271 Dolls were lame and unfun. I liked playing outside and building toys. And reading. It was an only child and made my own fun.. These days, I'd be diagnosed with some sort of mental disorder.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 21, 2026 11:43 PM (gh32g)

272 *yawn*

Gonna take a little nap...love you Morons, one and all!

"Why sleep when you can worry about imaginary scenarios?”

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 21, 2026 11:43 PM (LNeRu)

273 Rep. Min?

Talk about a dime store Ming, could not afford that last letter.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 21, 2026 11:44 PM (2GVsD)

274 220 Dear Horde, I am not in a good place. Please pray for me. Health issues and my continued unemployment. Please pray for me.

Posted by: Bulg at January 21, 2026 11:15 PM (77rzZ)

Bulg, you are a friend to many here. We love you and need your humor and knowledge, and of course we will pray. Lord, bless and keep your son, Bulg, give him healing in body, mind and spirit. Provide for his needs, and comfort him in his pain. In Christ's name, amen.

Posted by: moki at January 21, 2026 11:44 PM (wLjpr)

275 Lord we lift our brother Bulg. Comfort and encourage him. Please bless him with a meaningful job. You know his needs Lord. Bless him with Your strength Lord.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 11:46 PM (T3puI)

276 Prayer ascending for you, sir, Bulg.

Posted by: fly gal at January 21, 2026 11:48 PM (SDgnC)

277 "you're going to play tennis with GOD"

why the hell didn't Fonzie get more roles, he is awesome

Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 11:50 PM (gKWVE)

278 If you want Irish blues, you need to hear Rory Gallagher. As a guitarist he rivals Hendrix.

https://youtu.be/1UkgRN5Hx94
Posted by: tankdemon at January 21, 2026 11:30 PM (dH1sy)

I haven't listened to most of his music...but I'll bet my husband has. Fantastic guitarist.

I think it's interesting that so many from the UK would come to meet and play with BB King deep in the MS Delta: Eric Clapton, Ringo, and Steve Winwood, etc.

It's definitely another universe of poverty and soul food and good people. I only rode through once on a very bad Greyhound bus nightmare (with a hangover) from that fateful Memphis trip.

I forgot the late (liberal) author who wrote about the MS Delta from Greenville when I posted above:

Julia Reed.
Very witty and an entertaining writer. Used to have columns in Newsweek, interviewed the famous hoi polloi, and wrote of the Delta and NOLA. I liked the books, anyway, and have a cookbook she wrote.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 21, 2026 11:53 PM (WONhk)

279 277 "you're going to play tennis with GOD"

why the hell didn't Fonzie get more roles, he is awesome
Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 11:50 PM (gKWVE)

He turned down an offer to play the lead in Grease because he didn't want to be typecast as the greaser forever.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 21, 2026 11:53 PM (dH1sy)

280 Bad news: YT Armed Attorneys: 9-0: SCOTUS says
Goodbye to the Fourth amendment

https://tinyurl.com/ykk9svs5

Police now can act on a "reasonable suspicion" that some vaguely-defined emergency allows them to enter your home -- Without. A.Warrant.

There are 700,000 sworn officers who will decide on the spot what's a "reasonable suspicion".

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 21, 2026 11:54 PM (J6DiX)

281 You know, I wonder if it's due to the warmer than normal temps we've had since Christmas-- perhaps caused a false spring and some of the trees are blooming now instead of late February? I do usually have a reaction to early tree pollen.
Posted by: JQ
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1. Q-Tip (cotton swab)
2. Triple antibiotic ointment
Some assembly required

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 21, 2026 11:54 PM (5FeUl)

282 also I didn't know that "That's What Friends Are For" came from Night Shift

Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 11:55 PM (gKWVE)

283 Bulg, I hope this song helps - especially the parts sung by Kate Bush

https://youtu.be/VjEq-r2agqc

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 21, 2026 11:56 PM (S/Y4j)

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