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Iceout ONT
I hope those of you impacted by the storm are keeping warm and safe. I've got gas, kerosene, propane, generators, oil lamps, firewood and winter clothing, so we should be snug and warm here, even if the rest of Texas loses it's mind. In the meantime, here's a little advice:
Fido Friday: What did you just do?
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 23, 2026
This is so cool
Floor 796 This is one guy's multi-year project. The theme is that it is floor 796 of a space station, but it's got more meme, pop culture, anime, you name it, references than anything I've ever seen. Interesting translation
Someone had fun thinking these up
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 23, 2026
Quick wit
Let's give Mike and Carol 8 billion dollars
Choose wisely
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 23, 2026
I'll never hear this song the same again
The Bee nails it
Frens
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 23, 2026
Today's game
Truth or parody?
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 23, 2026
Pissing off your trillion dollar trading partner by sucking up to the Chicoms because you don't like their president is some next-level statecraft
Map of the US by a trucker
We need more of this
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 24, 2026
Good graphic design
Venn diagram
Fact Check: True
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 24, 2026
"It's my wedding night. Mind if I use our vagina?"
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by my new cat. He followed me home one day when I was out for my daily walk, almost a mile, so, well, he's mine. Vet says he's about 4 ½ months old and healthy. His name is Tomato
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mrs. IS ROTH at January 23, 2026 09:59 PM (oq5BJ)
Was a cruel and thoughtless storm
With a ton of snow and a coat of ice
That was 'way outside the norm
Posted by: mindful webworker is a linky thinker at January 23, 2026 10:00 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: Accomack at January 23, 2026 10:00 PM (8jVAy)
Posted by: mindful webworker done did his not first dooty at January 23, 2026 10:02 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 23, 2026 10:02 PM (pscAN)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:02 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:04 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:05 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:05 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)
Oh, wait: I am fascinated by that. Always have been.
It's just surprising that there are so many of these videos. Is it a current trend or something?
More on-topic: perhaps the unmarried conjoined sister is into voyeurism and the married one is into exhibitionism. Could be a perfect marriage.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 10:05 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 10:06 PM (Q+gd/)
For being an old timer here, I am such a newb sometimes.
Posted by: RI Red at January 23, 2026 10:07 PM (ZbDxc)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 10:07 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:08 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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The grocery had a cheesecake, not a regular cheesecake but a 7 slices cheesecake, each slice a different sample. Regular, plain, blueberry, strawberry, etc.
Just walk away.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:08 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:08 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 23, 2026 10:08 PM (pscAN)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:08 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 10:09 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 23, 2026 10:10 PM (pscAN)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 10:11 PM (FmapG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 10:12 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: huerfano at January 23, 2026 10:13 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: KCSteve at January 23, 2026 10:13 PM (2+WvJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:13 PM (/LXUT)
It makes a difference.
Posted by: Cicero
Abby and Brittany Hensel where Abby is married to Josh someone. A & B are, as you suggested 'Y'.
Crazy situation but if it works for them, great.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:14 PM (cYBz/)
That list of twenty "dated things" ? I've done nineteen. Not sure I ever listened to a boombox outside, not on my own, that is; I never had one. If you count being exposed to somebody else playing the damn thing too loudly, then okay, make it twenty.
Nos. 18-20 I do currently; I have several dictionaries and a 1984-vintage set of the Britannica, and I write paper checks to pay bills.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: The Paolo at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (8zz6B)
Love the trucker map: "Avoid Gary At All Costs."
Fun stuff. Thanks, WeirdDave.
Posted by: RickZ at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (kpS4V)
Crazy situation but if it works for them, great.
I hope it doesn't get weird like he's banging his wife but fantasizing about her sister.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: huerfano at January 23, 2026
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I do this several times a month. Time for me to buy some more stamps, as it happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
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Hexie never lets me forget it at meal time.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (ESVrU)
I'm not saying that's what's happening. I'm just asking questions.
People might say I'm questioning the weatherman just because I take money from various foreign regimes who passionately hate weathermen.
But, I think it behooves us to ask "why do these people hate weathermen so much? Is it perhaps because these so-called weathermen are actually *controlling* the weather, instead of just reporting on it?"
Inquiring patriots want to know.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (KDPiq)
"It's my wedding night. Mind if I use our vagina?"
Sorry Sis, I know your faithfully married, but I found that threesomes are fun, gangbang got to be better!
- Single Sister
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 10:06 PM (Q+gd/)
Only one I have never done is rent a video.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (8zz6B)
In the Trucker map, the entry for Georgia is accurate, but only for I-285. I hate driving on the Loop of Doom, especially the portion north of I-20, but thankfully that is very rare.
Posted by: Farquad at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (CFMhl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (wzUl9
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PRO-TIP: Opt for the Forever stamps. They're good like, forever.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026
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At my former employer, I had a fax machine by my desk that I rarely used. I did have to send a fax once; a graduate student was applying for a federal job, and the govt. insisted on getting all the application materials by fax. This was in 2019, or maybe it was a little later.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (wzUl9)
I did blast music on a boombox at the park once; it was XTC (English Settlement).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: TRex - eskimo dino at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)
Cat distribution system at work. 'mater looks like a good kitty.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 10:19 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: Cicero
Abby and Brittany Hensel where Abby is married to Josh someone. A & B are, as you suggested 'Y'.
Crazy situation but if it works for them, great.
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And you thought complaints about leaving the household toilet seat up were annoying.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:19 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (wzUl9)
Why wouldn't you? Banks still offer them, and utilities, hospitals, and churches still take them. No need to go all electronic.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 10:19 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (wVcYX)
We're supposed to get 10-14 inches, with lots of ice. Then a deep freeze for over a week.
Did my shopping this morning. I'm not going out for a while.
Posted by: RickZ at January 23, 2026 10:19 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 10:20 PM (Fs0KI)
More on-topic: perhaps the unmarried conjoined sister is into voyeurism and the married one is into exhibitionism. Could be a perfect marriage.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Which sister does butt stuff? If he gets his wife drunk and bangs her, is her cheating on her with her sister? There is sooooo much to unpack here.
Needs three bewbs though.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 23, 2026 10:20 PM (QVmho)
Sorry Sis, I know your faithfully married, but I found that threesomes are fun, gangbang got to be better!
- Single Sister
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Sis, we want to try the 69 position. Want a blindfold? - Married Sister
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 10:21 PM (wVcYX)
I hope it doesn't get weird like he's banging his wife but fantasizing about her sister.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
The true really crazy thing about the situation is the girls are teachers and receive separate paychecks.
Just for fun, I'd like to read the legal language that surrounds this issue. Would be interesting.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:21 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (wzUl9)
Make sure you use a security ink pen to write those checks. People still wash checks.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:21 PM (KDPiq)
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Truth or parody? If I were that burglar, I'd be back out the door as fast as I could go. Too Twilight Zoney.
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Twins: That might seem fake, but as shocking as it is, it's not impossible.
https://youtu.be/yw5yzHc29_Y
Too bad the gals couldn't find a two-headed guy. Think of the children!
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That was a great ONT, WD. Thanks.
Posted by: mindful webworker is happily a singleton at January 23, 2026 10:22 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 23, 2026 10:22 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (+HNx/)
They're a bit more secure than e-mail, aren't they?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 10:22 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (wzUl9)
Make sure you use a security ink pen to write those checks. People still wash checks.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:21 PM (KDPiq)
Yes. And if you're mailing checks, post them from inside the post office. Don't trust the blue mailboxes or the one outside your home.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (ftFVW)
Is his name to-MAY-to? or to-MAH-to?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (ESVrU)
Will you call the next cat that adopts you Potato, with the opposite pronunciation to help them ignore you better?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (S/Y4j)
I am not sure why she told me and got my hopes up, because she a said a day later that she and my grandmother did not want me "in that part of town at that time of night."
I volunteered one of my brothers to be with me (he did not know about this). She still said no.
I think I would have been awesome and gone national. I also had the perfect last name for a weather girl. Bummer.
The only problem I saw was having to finally learn some of the states in the midwest, which still confuse me to look at on the map above. I continue to not be bothered to learn about four of them.
Had she done this for me, the girl who got my job became a news anchor for decades and I would have stayed there. It was not to be so I broke everyone's heart and moved West. The End.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026
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Miss Linda's cat Angelique was a stray who found me. She came up to me in an empty parking lot while I was drying my freshly-washed car, and uttered that "I need hoo-man help NAOW!" sound that any cat lover knows. She was a beauty and I knew she had to be somebody's pet. I started to get into my car -- and she leaped right in onto my lap.
I took her to Linda's. We put an ad in the paper (this was 2003) and checked with local vets. Nobody claimed her, so she became Linda's cat. We discovered later that she was probably a Siberian or Siberian mix. We showed her pics to a Siberian breeder at a cat show, and she said, "Yup, that's what she is."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:24 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:24 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 23, 2026 10:24 PM (47diA)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 10:25 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:21 PM (KDPiq)
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Yes. And if you're mailing checks, post them from inside the post office. Don't trust the blue mailboxes or the one outside your home.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026
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I do the latter, Mary, but I don't know what a "security ink pen" is.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:25 PM (wzUl9)
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Oddly enough, banks and certain government entities assert that faxes are "safe" forms of communication as compared to emails. There's probably (somewhere) some truth to that.
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
All mail around here goes through the Nashville Main PO to be sorted and then distributed. They are notorious for stealing checks from mail that is processed there. It's happened to many here. If you travel just down the road to the next village over, the mail travels through Knoxville for sorting. Never a problem over there.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (FmapG)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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I tell them to give me their routing number and I will transfer money into that account. Why should I allow them into my account?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (/LXUT)
Is this the weirdest ONT topic ever? If not, it must be a strong contender.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026
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Exactly. Paying online would be easier for them, too -- but I'm not getting a discount for doing it, so I continue to make them work a bit to process my checks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)
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Robert Reed? No.
He'd be looking up Greg's skirt.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:27 PM (+HNx/)
We had a guy arrested for meth in the county next door. His tattoos are quite something. We thought it comical around here.
https://tinyurl.com/4cr7d7k9
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:27 PM (2F0/Y)
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I still don't use a credit card at the pump. I walk inside and prepay for my gas. Outside credit card machines can have those skimmers inserted by criminals.
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:28 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026
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Same here. Let 'em earn their fantabulous salaries.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:28 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:28 PM (KDPiq)
______________________
20/20 here too...but here's the thing. 11/20 to this day, albeit a bit more sporadically.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:29 PM (dIske)
Posted by: pookysgirl grew up in the hinterlands at January 23, 2026 10:29 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (WONhk)
Why would "Bummer" be a perfect last name for a weather girl??
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 10:29 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026
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I only use the oil company's credit cards at their pumps -- Shell and Exxon. Generally I pay cash at independent stations with E0 gasoline.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Dairymen's Council at January 23, 2026 10:29 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:28 PM (wzUl9)
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Things just haven't been the same since that court ruled you can't pay in pennies.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:30 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 10:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Joyenz
Ha, those are good for a laugh. My tats are better.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 10:30 PM (ftFVW)
https://tinyurl.com/4cr7d7k9
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:27 PM (2F0/Y)
This ain't that guy's first rodeo, I'll betcha.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Oh yeah, me too. That training was very handy as I went into IT and had to type all my punchcards during college.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: alpine_beer at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (van9r)
I think a LOT of homosexuality from both sexes is about giving up on traditional relationships and trading them for easy sex (men) or no sex (women).
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)
One reason I always decline to go paperless....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (uQesX)
Not quite sure what those are supposed to be. Horns? Sausages? Used tampons? In any case, it does pretty much scream "Oh hello officer. Please search my car for meth."
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:25 PM (wzUl9)
Permanent ink that can't be washed off.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (KDPiq)
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2h
🚨 NEW: The House GOP just RAMMED through a $1.2 TRILLION spending package, despite an almost $40 TRILLION DEBT.
Tucked inside is almost $80 BILLION for the 'Department of Education'.
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (ZxPkt)
>>I still don't use a credit card at the pump. I walk inside and prepay for my gas. Outside credit card machines can have those skimmers inserted by criminals.
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Yes and yes!
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)
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Uh Betty, could you look the other way? I wanna try something kinky with your sister.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 10:33 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
I went to a brand new high school in 11th grade, 1972. Brand new, never typed on Selectrics. I felt blessed.
Posted by: qwerty at January 23, 2026 10:33 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 23, 2026 10:33 PM (w3u3d)
At the time my parents were renting pastures to people with horses. The horse people put this kitten out at a barn 1/4mi away from the house. Willis wanted people, not mice.
So he arrived and would not leave. My father fed him secretly. Willis would appear on top of the patio umbrella and look into windows. He got on the roof of the garage. He was going no where and my father thought he was entertaining.
One day my mother noticed a moving lump under their bedspread and he'd invited himself in to never leave. Daddy loved that crazy cat (who attacked people and scared black sitters years later who took care of my father. He was better than a watchdog). Willis, (named for our my grandmother's former gardener, who was a strange character himself, would hide on the stairs and leap out and make people scream.
My husband, not a cat lover, was napping one day on the den couch. Willis made himself at home on his lap. We'd walk by and my man would look at us helplessly as we knew if we tried to move Willis the claws would come out and my guy might not be the same.
He was the best cat of all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:33 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 23, 2026 10:34 PM (x0vey)
Thank you for loving him, WeirdDave snd Gingy!
Stellar ONT, as usual, btw!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (Ezs10)
Do the women have arguments with each other?
I wonder how their brains are wired for sensation, pain, muscular control, etc. Fascinating, I'd bet.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Chang and Eng, the original Siamese Twins were both married and had something like 20 children between them. Long marriages.
Posted by: Your Turn Tonight at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (BWpBM)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)
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Uh Betty, could you look the other way? I wanna try something kinky with your sister.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (+HNx/)
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Uh, isn't it kinky enough already? Maybe she'll learn something new...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (ESVrU)
Sees all the comments about Siamese twin sex.
Slowly backs away.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Hey, two for the price of one! But you maybe gotta share...
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026
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Permanent ink that can't be washed off.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026
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Where would I find such a pen?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Oh yeah, me too. That training was very handy as I went into IT and had to type all my punchcards during college.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)
For me, home ec. - I can mend just about anything and I should be considered an honorary Chinaman for how well I can iron / press any garment like a mutherfucker. Sorry - was that a wee bit racist?
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 10:36 PM (GTqXr)
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2h
🚨 NEW: The House GOP just RAMMED through a $1.2 TRILLION spending package, despite an almost $40 TRILLION DEBT.
Which was "only" $28 TRILLION when Biden took office five years ago.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 10:36 PM (Fs0KI)
Good luck to those south and east of us who are supposed to get the really nasty stuff.
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 10:36 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Have you seen the backsides of those Mexican weather gals?
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ba-bum-bum at January 23, 2026 10:37 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026
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Exactly. Paying online would be easier for them, too -- but I'm not getting a discount for doing it, so I continue to make them work a bit to process my checks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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I have become a belligerent. There's fee for paying with a credit card, one must buy a stamp. I pay local bills at the service in cash when possible otherwise I use a bill paying service. It costs only a tad more but the satisfaction of not paying the card fee or the USPS is fine compensation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:37 PM (/LXUT)
When I was a kid my dad worked for IBM. He got a Selectric when they first came out. I thought history had ended, there was nothing left to invent.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 10:37 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:37 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 10:29 PM (uQesX)
Tornado was my last name (not really). I ain't saying what it was, but trust me, it was perfect.
I think the cojoined twin who's not the choice has a bag over her head for the activities. But that's not stopping her from enjoying it.
Otherwise, the married one would say, "Don't look at HER, I AM YOUR WIFE! Don't be making eyes at her!" and it would get ugly.
I honestly think it's weird and do wonder for a few seconds about the one/two now and then in the news. I always feel sorry for the one whose head is sideways as that looks painful, but I guess she's used to it. Hope she doesn't drive (but she does with the other one, dummy!).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (WONhk)
Sees all the comments about Siamese twin sex.
Slowly backs away.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Hey, two for the price of one! But you maybe gotta share...
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (ftFVW)
Right, for the price of 1 vayjay you got 2 heads bitching at you.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (Cjcf6)
This touches on something we’ve discussed often; in most cases male homosexuality is a much different thing than the female version. Of those females of that persuasion I’ve known personally, including some relatives, I’ve seen that their sexuality is greatly affected by having suffered sexual abuse from an older male at a very vulnerable age. My theory / observation is that this leads them to greatly fear any sexual encounter with any man ever again.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (IUuBi)
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Thought that file got deleted?
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (BWpBM)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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I wouldn't say typing was the most useful class in high school, but it has certainly served me well over the years. Like you, we learned on IBM Selectric typewriters.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Oh yeah, me too. That training was very handy as I went into IT and had to type all my punchcards during college.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)
Ironically I learned to type on a computer keyboard (self taught plus school classes) before I ever used a regular typewriter.
Posted by: Farquad at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (CFMhl)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:39 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Mike Tyson at January 23, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)
He was the best cat of all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026
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My late black longhair Wolf never *tried* to make anybody afraid. But his big frame, which looked even bigger with his long black fur, made some people nervous. I was told there was at least one maintenance guy at my complex who, when detailed to work on a problem at my place, would say, "No way I'm goin' there with that devil cat lookin' at me."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)
Sees all the comments about Siamese twin sex.
Slowly backs away.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 23, 2026 10:34 PM (x0vey)
No, no. It's all good. He married the hot one.
Posted by: Kids with bottle rockets at January 23, 2026 10:40 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 10:40 PM (IUuBi)
I usually put a picture from their website in my phone. It facilitates time spent at the desk.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:40 PM (/LXUT)
You all stay warm and safe. Except for youz in Florida; you all are smart enough to be ok. And California. Don't start any fires kidz🔥🤯!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 23, 2026 10:40 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 10:42 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Methos at January 23, 2026 10:42 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Braenyard
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This is the way!
I notice that paper checks are *much* more expensive than they used to be. It's a conspiracy! They want to coerce us into going digital. (The better to fk you over with, my dear) Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:42 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
You're not wrong.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 10:43 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 23, 2026 10:43 PM (MyjXu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 10:42 PM (XeU6L)
Rock, paper, scissors?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 10:43 PM (gh32g)
Can I call your new cat Tomahto?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 10:43 PM (erZBp)
At the time it was frigging magic. How did little ball spin so fast?
Seems quaint now but at the time it was spectacular.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)
I mean, gays have put out maybe the top seven of my ten favorite songs (or "favourite" - most were brits) but I still don't want any of them to fuck me.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 10:45 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 10:45 PM (BWpBM)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)
I feel sorry for right-thinking Canadians. That robbery victim parody must reflect some sad facts.
And as for visa-free travel to China! tfw you get a very spooky gift
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 10:46 PM (erZBp)
I learned how to type on an Underwood Five. Lemme tell ya, my pinky fingers developed frigging Charles Atlas style BICEPS!
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:46 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 10:46 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 10:46 PM (BWpBM)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Methos at January 23, 2026 10:42 PM (vSvIl)
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This is how you the IRS is absolutely evil:
Conjoined twins are considered two distinct individuals by the IRS, each with their own Social Security number and tax identity. If one twin marries, that twin files a joint or separate return with their spouse, while the unmarried twin files as a single individual, ensuring only the married twin's income and their spouse's income are subject to marital tax rules.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (dIske)
Posted by: KT at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (7vIsy)
youtu.be/CxhbVym1MY8
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Heavy Meta
No worry. We very proud of our work. Many happy customer!
Posted by: Mon Lee Hand Laundry at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)
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My mother said one of the Home Health Care RN's would ring the bell and ask if Willis was in the house. If he was she would not come in til he was outside. Even then people were nervous.
Granted, in the dark shadow of the stairs you could not see him til he attacked. I would just yell at him and hear my father laughing. He once sat next to me, purring and being good. Then dug those claws in through my jeans and I threw him (he was not small) across the room. My father was delighted.
One sitter (a lesbian we found out due to her "literature" which I did not know existed, but looked at the paperback cover), was terrified of Willis. She said one day my father, in a wheelchair, was sitting next to her watching tv. Willis got on an ottoman and she said she knew what he was thinking.
Willis leaped into her lap and she screamed, "Oh, lawd, save me!" as my father cracked up. I don't know how long Willis visited her.
He was famous.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (47diA)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (rdVOm)
I learned to type on a Selectric, with that ball head. Those were great machines.
At the time it was frigging magic. How did little ball spin so fast?
Seems quaint now but at the time it was spectacular.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Susceptible to spy attacks, too. If a hostile power could listen in on the typing, it could tell by the micro differences in the timing of the next THWACK which key had been struck.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 10:49 PM (erZBp)
It rhymes with "summer"?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (lUFok)
We had a weather girl in our AOR named Majestic Storm. Seriously.
Posted by: moki at January 23, 2026 10:50 PM (wLjpr)
Gramps was a REMF!
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 10:45 PM (BWpBM)
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To me, who, sadly, never served, it strikes me that you go where you're sent. As long as you didn't pull strings or boast later of your valor, a rear-area billet is as honorable as any other.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 10:50 PM (tgvbd)
Oh, I have a "checking account", but it just has a debit card. If I wanted paper checks I'd have to pay a monthly fee, plus whatever the printed checks cost nowadays (which would mostly be wasted... at this rate, one order of checks would more than last the rest of my life).
So far I've been winging it with money orders, which I can get at the same store where I get my prescriptions. The cost for a money order is significantly less than the monthly fee for a checking account.
I'm probably lucky that Old People Warehouse doesn't require payments in beaver pelts or wampum.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 10:51 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (rdVOm)
Thanks guys.
Has anyone seen Bulg, is he doing ok?
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (Cjcf6)
This touches on something we’ve discussed often; in most cases male homosexuality is a much different thing than the female version. Of those females of that persuasion I’ve known personally, including some relatives, I’ve seen that their sexuality is greatly affected by having suffered sexual abuse from an older male at a very vulnerable age. My theory / observation is that this leads them to greatly fear any sexual encounter with any man ever again.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (IUuBi)
I don't care if a 2 headed helen thomas conjoined twin locked me in a cave for 5 years and beat me with a fire poker, I'm never..ever..going to say hmm, maybe I'll try hairy man ass. I'm more likely to chew through my chain, break free, and jam that poker through both their heads and go find me a Sophia Vergara. The woman can do what they want, but as for me, give me chick tits or give me death. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (snZF9)
The panhandle gets over 15 inches a year.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (KDPiq)
I have pounds of pure copper pennies. Can I sell them by the pound? Probably not🤨....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (LNeRu)
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I'm sure my draft answers to interrogatories brought in big money on the international black market.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (+HNx/)
the spending bill also sends millions to Colorado for child gender reassignment surgery
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: mindful webworker - staying inside at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: skywch at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (uqhmb)
It rhymes with "summer"?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (lUFok)
We had a weather girl in our AOR named Majestic Storm. Seriously.
Posted by: moki at January 23, 2026 10:50 PM (wLjpr)
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Went to school with a girl named April Showers. And, I'm sorry, but if we get to name the weather girl with the first name of Summer, her surname shall be "Hummer." Summer Hummer.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (dIske)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (MyjXu)
Yeah, it sucks. But remember the happy birthdays, because that's what they wanted you to have.
Or at least that's what I tell myself.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (lUFok)
I write checks for my weekly offering at church. That's about 95% of occasions where I use checks.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (Cjcf6)
I was in undergrad with a girl named Tempest Fox.
No, she was not a stripper.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 10:54 PM (IG3/x)
I find it disturbing how much thought you put into that.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:54 PM (dIske)
It rhymes with "summer"?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (lUFok)
We had a weather girl in our AOR named Majestic Storm. Seriously.
Posted by: moki at January 23, 2026 10:50 PM (wLjpr)
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Ok...her name was better than mine. But mine was pretty good, I thought. And I would have nailed it and been famous.
Probably married a rich guy who had affairs and then I murdered him famous.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:54 PM (WONhk)
Do the women have arguments with each other?
I wonder how their brains are wired for sensation, pain, muscular control, etc. Fascinating, I'd bet.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)
I think (and this is not a joke) the only thing to do is ask the twins. Some conjoined twins seem to control separate appendages or feel in certain areas and others have much more control than the other twin. You often can't study this in animal models due to a) you can't ask a mouse questions and get answers and b) they often die while in utero or shortly out of the womb.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 23, 2026 10:54 PM (NZPfR)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (MyjXu)
The card catalog! I loved that. And microfiche.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 10:54 PM (gh32g)
Don't get me wrong. I suck at typing and the Selectric just helped me suck faster.
I'm one of the chosen few who had their GPA go down by taking high school typing.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 10:55 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 10:55 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Uncle Joe, Movin' Kinda Slow at January 23, 2026 10:55 PM (oftw2)
Abby of Abby-and-Brittany also got married. She knows everyone's curious about the sex so she posted a few answers about it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 10:55 PM (erZBp)
Posted by: Dalhart at January 23, 2026 10:57 PM (gf7Ez)
Morbidly curious, because fascinated while being weirded out is too long.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:57 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Zelda Star at January 23, 2026 10:57 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 23, 2026 10:57 PM (S/Y4j)
Thanks skywch. It's hard to imagine life without them and one can never prepare for it.
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:57 PM (2F0/Y)
What I loved even more was the key lights shining in JPM's sunglasses, makes him look like an absolute lunatic.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 10:58 PM (XV/Pl)
Of course, I probably hadn't seen more than 2 or 3 trannies, until it became the hot fashion trend a few years ago.
Posted by: Wally at January 23, 2026 10:58 PM (0e5Te)
https://x.com/NiedsG/status/2014747526855811336?s=20
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 23, 2026 10:59 PM (gUs21)
I find it disturbing how much thought you put into that.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:54 PM (dIske)
I'll back Berserker on this one. As a former teenage boy, I spent a lot of time thinking about chick tits to the exclusion of...almost everything else.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 23, 2026 10:59 PM (NZPfR)
I have pounds of pure copper pennies. Can I sell them by the pound? Probably not🤨....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (LNeRu)
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You should take them to a grocery store. They might buy them off you now that pennies are no longer being made.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 10:59 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Methos
They file separately.
BUT! A case could easily be made such that they should file jointly!!
swidt? I'm killing me today!!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:59 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Crusader
I read somewhere that criminals can scan your credit card as you walk past them, also that they can scan your key fob and start your car. So I got little Faraday pouches for my credit cards and my fobs. I don't even know if all that is true, but the pouches aren't very expensive on Amazon.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 11:00 PM (0Htd1)
On the other hand, Capital One, my second Visa card, just informed me that they have *reduced* my credit limit to $5K because I hadn't been charging anywhere near my previous limit. In other words, I had not been risking impoverishment often enough for their liking.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:00 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Onnor Stoodent at January 23, 2026 11:00 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)
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Well now, we're birthday buddies. Today is my birthday as well. Lost one parent 2 years ago, and the funeral was on my birthday. Lost the other parent excactly a year ago, ON my birthday. I'm starting to think The Almighty is messing with me.
Took a while to get a handle on it. I internalize. But, today I called up my brother and told him to be nice to me or else.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 11:01 PM (dIske)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 11:02 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)
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They would both want you to have a Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Mike Tyson at January 23, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)
Easy "A" on the second go-round!
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (rdVOm)
Actually, it doesn't. Most big businesses use the check they receive from you as permission to electronically dip into your bank account for the amount of the check. Then they scan the check, send the scan to your bank, and shred the actual check.
I'm not talking about when you write a check to the kid next door for shoveling your driveway, but the checks you write to the electric company, or to your credit card company, or to the county for your property taxes are almost certainly handled that way.
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 11:03 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: mindful webworker - feel a whole lot better when I'm gone? at January 23, 2026 11:03 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (snZF9)
I believe you, sir.
I simply try not to think about homo stuff. I think most of the lesbians are just weirdos who never had a guy look at them and resorted to whatever they do.
It is always reassuring to me to figure out who is the pretend male vs female in a couple. Now you can't tell (ok the Widow of MN you can tell). I did note her "wife" went downhill in looks after coming out of the closet she should have stayed in.
I worked with some ED RN's who were lesbians. I was there for a couple of years before someone told me and laughed at my tardation. I am that vague.
At a college party I was pretty wasted and a girl asked me to a concert that night, after asking if I was straight. I told her no I was not straight, being wasted, and yes I would go with her to the concert.
My bf/husband, lurking around but we were not dating at the time due to his frequent breakups, told her I was with him and was straight. I argued with him til he explained quietly to me what I was agreeing to.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:03 PM (WONhk)
Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself?
Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:04 PM (KDPiq)
Niedermeyer's Dead Horse (NDH) is having a bad time. Everyone's prayers would be wonderful.
https://x.com/NiedsG/status/2014747526855811336?s=20
Posted by: Jeff Weimer
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Is it my imagination, or has she been absent from these parts for a while?
And best wishes to her in the challenges she now faces.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:04 PM (erZBp)
Posted by: skywch at January 23, 2026
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My mother died at age 70 when I was 33. (I was a late kid.) My father had already passed when I was about 24 -- though I did not find that out until a couple of years ago thanks to Miss Linda's genealogy hobby.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:04 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Because . . . She was a lamb?
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 11:04 PM (rbvCR)
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So true. The sting of rejection, and all.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:05 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 23, 2026 10:59 PM (NZPfR)
Damn right, especially if you lived through the tube top era. That was proof god loves us and wants us to have nice things.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 11:05 PM (snZF9)
I used a typewriter once. In high school, borrowed my mom’s portable to write a school paper. It was incredibly annoying. And I had a computer, with a printer. But I did not have a word processor. As it happened there was a hamfest that month so I set aside some money thinking there would be software on sale since hams were very much early adopters.
Which there was. I could have bought a word processor. But there were also video games including a wonderful version of Space Invaders. I figured, I can write a word processing in BASIC but not a Space Invaders clone. So I bought the game and wrote the word processor that I used for the rest of high school.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 11:05 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)
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They would both want you to have a Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Mike Tyson at January 23, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)
Happy Birthday, because you are here, Joyenz.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:05 PM (WONhk)
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2h
🚨 NEW: The House GOP just RAMMED through a $1.2 TRILLION spending package, despite an almost $40 TRILLION DEBT.
Which was "only" $28 TRILLION when Biden took office five years ago.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 10:36
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With all the bad news out there , this may be the worst.
"What can't go on forever, won't."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 11:06 PM (0/b2/)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq)
I think I would have been awesome and gone national. I also had the perfect last name for a weather girl. Bummer.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (WONhk)
OK, guys, ChristyBlinkyTheGreat has issued a challenge to guess her real, weather related, last name.
How about "Christy Sunshine" ?
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 11:07 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026
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Yes; there's all the boilerplate text now saying you consent to have the money electronically drawn from your account. In other words, there is no one- or two- day delay now when you write a check; when they slip it in their machine, they get the funds right away.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:07 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 11:07 PM (RIvkX)
On the other hand, Capital One, my second Visa card, just informed me that they have *reduced* my credit limit to $5K because I hadn't been charging anywhere near my previous limit. In other words, I had not been risking impoverishment often enough for their liking.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:00 PM (wzUl9)
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I dropped my Capital One card years ago when they raised my rate, and changed it from fixed to variable, citing the economic climate as the reason.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 11:07 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 11:08 PM (EXyHK)
Today is my birthday and the first without any parent here. It just isn't the same.
Posted by: Joyenz
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My mother is the only person on earth who sends me a Valentine's card or gives me Sees chocolate from "the Easter Bunny."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:08 PM (erZBp)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:08 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: EastBayLarry at January 23, 2026 11:08 PM (T8fnh)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)
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You've perpetuated the legacy of your excellent and well-loved dad and the blog is a better place for your presence here.
*clink*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:08 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 11:09 PM (uQesX)
The latest 0Z GFS model run is out. It will take a while for the 0Z Euro run to finish:
https://is.gd/VemBiv
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 11:09 PM (w6EFb)
They have to tell you if that is what they are going to do.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:09 PM (KDPiq)
It rhymes with "summer"?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (lUFok)
Rhymes with hummer too.
Just sayin'
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:09 PM (2WIwB)
Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself?
Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026
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Never did the first, though we did have TV repair guys come out to the house once or twice in my youth.
I walked to grammar school by myself, and rode buses to school after that. And my mother used to send me down to the corner tavern when I was about ten to get her a pack of Pall Malls from the vending machine. Nobody seemed to care.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:10 PM (wzUl9)
Anyone who grew up in the Boston area in the 70s knows the legend that was Stu Soroka. I'm still convinced he was the inspiration for George Carlin's hippy dippy weatherman.
He was obviously stoned during many of his weather reports. It was awesome. A bunch of us would get together and watch some of his reports and laugh our asses off.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:10 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: a.moron
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Let me clarify--
As long as I have not authorized ongoing automatic deductions, I get no surprises re: amount or date of withdrawal.
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 11:11 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 11:11 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: EastBayLarry at January 23, 2026
***
I never bought one. But a girlfriend in 1991 gave me one for my birthday, and I used it when I would go running and on other occasions.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:11 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 23, 2026 11:11 PM (LNeRu)
I think most of the lesbians are just weirdos who never had a guy look at them and resorted to whatever they do.
__________
I think everyone at one of our vets is a lesbian. The one who treats The Big Dummy is a pretty good looking lady.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 11:11 PM (tgvbd)
Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself? Took the bus
Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine? Yeah dad smoked Kents
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 11:13 PM (RIvkX)
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I guess they want to run on runaway inflation and free money for Somalia.
Posted by: Methos at January 23, 2026 11:13 PM (vSvIl)
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Lee Marvin counted the digits dialed on a rotary phone by the suspect. Followed that number later on for the catch.
_M Squad
youtube.com/watch?v=PAhXez5Ib2k
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:13 PM (/LXUT)
Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself?
Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:04 PM (KDPiq)
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Well, I didn't walk to kindergarten by myself exactly. It was a neighborhood school, so it was like a mass migration of kids every morning.
In 4th and 5th grade, I was a crossing guard. They didn't give us flags on poles back then. We got a bright orange reflective belt, and walked out into the middle of the road (to be fair, the crossings were four-way stops, but still...)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 11:13 PM (OGOaV)
Have you ever snuck into a drive in theater?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:14 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Solutus at January 23, 2026 11:14 PM (Ds9EH)
The White House
@WhiteHouse
Embrace the penguin.
x.com/WhiteHouse/status/
2014819683757678654
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[Also:]
The Lunduke Journal
@LundukeJournal
That sound you hear is Leftist Linux users, around the globe, having a simultaneous meltdown.
x.com/LundukeJournal/status/
2014830787086958917
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 11:15 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 23, 2026 11:15 PM (XLQLg)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026
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I pay my balance, which is generally small, each month in full. Probably that's part of what they hate.
I got the card in 2019 because they offered 0% on purchases and balance transfers for, I think it was three months. I swapped a Chase balance to it and charged some work on my car, paid no interest, had it paid off by the deadline, no problems. It's nice to have a card to back up the Chase one. Both have ridiculous interest rates, but no fees.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:15 PM (wzUl9)
>>Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself?
>>Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine?
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:16 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Stacy0311 at January 23, 2026 11:16 PM (///6J)
Plus:
Milk delivery.
Play video games at an Arcade.
Drive-in movies.
Pump gas for the boat *at the dock*
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 11:16 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 10:49 PM (erZBp)
This is true.
Every key had a different electromagnetic signature.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:16 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Free Range at January 23, 2026 11:17 PM (oftw2)
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I could do it by jangling my car keys.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:18 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
She critiques and gives pointers.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 11:19 PM (ftFVW)
However, I want every.single.one.of.you who has snow to do this for me:
Inside, safe and warm, look up to the heavens as it snows. It's awesome. I miss it. And I pray for snow out West. Blow some our way, please. Good night.
https://tinyurl.com/y8aeum8m
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:19 PM (WONhk)
I hope all of you in the path of this bad weather and frozen temperatures will be ok. All our stores are wiped out of products.
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Tried those. Pall Mall tall non filter were the tits.
Couldn't talk after a week.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (/LXUT)
He was obviously stoned during many of his weather reports. It was awesome. A bunch of us would get together and watch some of his reports and laugh our asses off.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:10 PM
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Anyone here remember Captain Mike in San Diego? Not stoned, but certainly did seem to like his adult beverages.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (gf7Ez)
The weather where I am is very comfortable. Sometimes I think I would like some snow, but not if I have to drive in it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (erZBp)
That's likely almost all of what they hate.
Their ideal customer is someone who maxes out the card, then makes the minimum payment every month
Within the industry, people like you, who pay their balances in full every month, are called "deadbeats", exactly the same as people who renege on the debt altogether.
Nope. I'm not making that up.
Both of you are costing the company money, and they're not in business to lose money.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (IG3/x)
I got the card in 2019 because they offered 0% on purchases and balance transfers for, I think it was three months. I swapped a Chase balance to it and charged some work on my car, paid no interest, had it paid off by the deadline, no problems. It's nice to have a card to back up the Chase one. Both have ridiculous interest rates, but no fees.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:15 PM (wzUl9)
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Yeah, I was carrying a balance back then (it's been a while). Been keeping them paid off for years now. Surprisingly, none have reduced my limits.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 11:21 PM (OGOaV)
That GFS model is your tax dollars at work. 29 petaflops of processing power, and about $1.4B per year to operates. It runs every 6 hours, and takes about 4 - 5 hours to complete each run.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)
I did.
Out the back door. Across the pasture.
Thru the fence.
Up the street.
Turn right (before I knew left from right).
Go two blocks.
School on right.
Don't be late!!!
Seemed normal at the time.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:21 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 23, 2026 11:15 PM (XLQLg)
Tonging his nads if he positions her right. Its just too fucked up to imagine what goes on in that situation.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)
Two genetically identical Moms?
Again, I want all involved to live happy, fulfilling lives but wow - this is wack.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 11:23 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 11:23 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:24 PM (wzUl9)
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To be fair, nad-tongueing is probably the best case scenario.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:24 PM (+HNx/)
Must have been all the damn yankees that moved in.
Posted by: GWB at January 23, 2026 11:24 PM (Xmgkb)
Nope. I'm not making that up.
Both of you are costing the company money, and they're not in business to lose money.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (IG3/x)
Yes. Paid in full each month. The customer they hate. I love being a deadbeat.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 11:25 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:25 PM (KDPiq)
I don't want to even think about the conjoined twins thing. Nope, just nope, my mind just can't go there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 11:25 PM (w6EFb)
Within the industry, people like you, who pay their balances in full every month, are called "deadbeats", exactly the same as people who renege on the debt altogether.
Nope. I'm not making that up.
Both of you are costing the company money, and they're not in business to lose money.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026
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Oh, I know. But there are plenty of the pound-foolish types to make up the difference, I'll bet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:26 PM (wzUl9)
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I've poured beers in the tank to get the level up enough to make it to the station.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:26 PM (/LXUT)
Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself?
Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine?
Posted by: Opinion fact
3/3
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 11:27 PM (/lPRQ)
...Both have ridiculous interest rates, but no fees.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Yeah, pay it off every month & have no annual fee. The CC companies call us "freeloaders" which is BS. They get, what, 3% fee on every CC transaction, whether or not it's listed separately on your receipt. It's just part of the price of goods and services in most places.
Whenever you pay cash somewhere, realize that CC fees are built-in to the prices you pay.
Are you getting a discount for cash? Probably not, although some gas stations here used to offer it.
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 11:27 PM (rdVOm)
>>I guess they want to run on runaway inflation and free money for Somalia.
As noted, at a minimum, 30% of every local, state and federal budget is pure corruption, fraud and graft.
So 360B of that is going to end up in the pockets of the people who voted for that package, one way or the other.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 11:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Obviously, that doesn't apply to morons.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 23, 2026 11:27 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Free Range
***********
And I know that was great pizza, because Brooklyn pizza is the best!
Posted by: The Grateful at January 23, 2026 11:28 PM (IQ6Gq)
the spending bill also sends millions to Colorado for child gender reassignment surgery
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (ZxPkt)
Remember, that is just a House bill. Still has to make it through the Senate. And Trump has a veto pen.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:28 PM (8zz6B)
I was just north of you but in a much quieter neighborhood. No highways. I lived 3 suburban blocks from my grammar school. All of us walked to school. I thought everyone did. We even went home for lunch.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:28 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 11:28 PM (ovff8)
The thing of it is, they are used to dealing with account issues by phone for all their customers that are deployed all the time.
Side benefit - when you spell out your name using the NATO alphabet, they actually know what the hell you are doing.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 11:29 PM (cYBz/)
Have you ever snuck into a drive in theater?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:14 PM (KDPiq)
Yes, and yes, if driving into the drive-in with someone in my trunk counts.
Gas was like 30 cents a gallon when I started driving.
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 11:29 PM (X5Jzz)
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"When your platform is stealing from Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on the support of Paul."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:29 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 11:29 PM (gh32g)
Ice storm supposed to start about 3pm. Not supposed to clock out from work until 4pm.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 11:30 PM (2GVsD)
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Those old tuners were akin to radio tuners, they could be adjusted for frequency. Dad made an extra long screwdriver; take the channel knob off and insert screwdriver for picky channel reception.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:30 PM (/LXUT)
Also, as a kid, my friend's phone was a party line.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Savatage fan at January 23, 2026 11:31 PM (0aYVJ)
Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself?
Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:04
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All on the same day!
In fairness though, I was nine at the time.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 23, 2026 11:31 PM (gf7Ez)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 11:29 PM (gh32g)
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That was what I used to pay for getting to play the triangle instead of the sanding blocks.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:31 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 11:29 PM (gh32g)
That is so metal. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 11:32 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 23, 2026 11:32 PM (47diA)
Posted by: The Grift at January 23, 2026 11:32 PM (ovff8)
Hah, I'm another deadbeat then! And it's easy. I have my credit card programmed to automatically pay off three days before the end of the month so there's never a penny of interest charged.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:32 PM (erZBp)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026
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Yes, most of the major gas stations now charge .10/gal. more for credit card purchases. But both my gas company credit cards give me .10/gal. off, so I'm getting the cash price anyway.
The Exxon convenience store I've gone to for years has ethanol-free gas at about $1.00 more than E10 regular. I've since found cheaper outlets for E0. But the major annoyance at that one is that the E0 pumps are fantastically slow -- 90 seconds per gallon! I bought four gallons today and had to wait almost six minutes. And this has happened for several months now. Regular pump? No delays at all.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:32 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 11:30 PM (2GVsD)
What you make in that last hour of work won't cover the deductible on your insurance when you slide into something.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:33 PM (2WIwB)
Heh. My Dad even had us use a pipe wrench to turn the antenna to try to pull in Pittsburgh stations if the Cleveland stations didn't carry the game due to local blackout.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 11:33 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Free Range
***********
And I know that was great pizza, because Brooklyn pizza is the best!
Posted by: The Grateful
It was. Pat was Italian, could not speak English. His wife answered the phone. He watched wrestling on a little B/W TV and had framed autographed pics of wrestlers on his wall in the "dining room". Bobo Brazil, Wahoo McDaniel, Haystacks Calhoun, and of course his fave, Bruno Sammartino. Remember it like it was yesterday, but it was 1962.
Posted by: Free Range. at January 23, 2026 11:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 23, 2026 11:15 PM (XLQLg)
Tonging his nads if he positions her right. Its just too fucked up to imagine what goes on in that situation.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
And do they share one set of lungs so only one head has to breath while other focuses on the task at hand?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 11:35 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026
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I could have gone home for lunch, I guess, though I never asked. Mom was usually sleeping in the daytime -- she worked nights as a private-duty nurse.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:36 PM (wzUl9)
We even went home for lunch.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Going home for lunch is good livin'. I had a job in bustling downtown for a while, a short drive to my apartment. I'd go home for lunch and it felt like heaven being there in the middle of the work day.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:36 PM (erZBp)
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Oh. A wise guy, eh?
Nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk
Posted by: Moe Howard at January 23, 2026 11:36 PM (+HNx/)
Hah, I'm another deadbeat then! And it's easy. I have my credit card programmed to automatically pay off three days before the end of the month so there's never a penny of interest charged.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:32 PM (erZBp)
Right there with ya! Haven't paid credit card interest in 40 years or more.
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 11:36 PM (X5Jzz)
20/20 on quiz.
Spot on the Texas snow.
Nice pussy you got Weirddave!
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 23, 2026 11:37 PM (VCgbV)
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The merchant fees on my monthly charges more than make up for the interest that they never collect.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:38 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: EastBayLarry at January 23, 2026 11:08 PM (T8fnh)
I had a Walkman look-alike, some unknown brand. Later I got some Sony gadget that looked like a pocket watch, and could hold several hours worth of music. Weird software needed to load it up. Still kicking around somewhere, I think.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:39 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 23, 2026 11:39 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026
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I haven't either since I paid off my first home computer purchase, an 8088 PC from CompuAdd. I had to have one for night school classes. I carried the balance -- making more than minimum payments, yes, but still had a balance -- until I got a better job in 1991. Then, zip, I paid it off.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:40 PM (wzUl9)
If they’re losing money on their two to four percent cut of every purchase, they have no right to call me a deadbeat.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 11:40 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: 496 at January 23, 2026 11:40 PM (t+VLa)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:41 PM (wzUl9)
Have you ever opened a can of beer with a bottle/can opener?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:41 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 11:42 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:43 PM (2WIwB)
Hah, I'm another deadbeat then! And it's easy. I have my credit card programmed to automatically pay off three days before the end of the month so there's never a penny of interest charged.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Bravo!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:44 PM (/LXUT)
As a kid I had no idea that every kid wasn't doing the same. We thought it was normal. We walked or rode our bikes everywhere.
Then my dad got transferred to New Jersey and I learned what about school buses. That was the end of my innocence.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 11:44 PM (IUuBi)
Well hell. It was right there between the "f" and the "s".
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:44 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 11:23 PM (X5Jzz)
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We've been a credit union member for a long time. Loved our credit union. Then they decided to do a major system upgrade. Can't fault them for that, but it was a disaster. Months later, and there's still functionality missing. We're switching to a new credit union. Unfortunately, the old CU has our mortgage, so we can't fully separate.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 11:45 PM (OGOaV)
Hah, I'm another deadbeat then! And it's easy. I have my credit card programmed to automatically pay off three days before the end of the month so there's never a penny of interest charged.
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Autopay is your friend.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:45 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:46 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 11:44 PM (IUuBi)
RRREEEEEEEE!!!!!
We're all gonna die! Global.warming!!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:46 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 23, 2026 11:47 PM (uaYsl)
Because I like this song:
https://tinyurl.com/4m2n64e2
Sang this one at a big party with my roommate, and my on and off again bf was there:
https://tinyurl.com/w3jf6j27
What I should have sung at the same party:
https://tinyurl.com/rna2akp4
I married him anyway. My parents kept all my letters from college (which are hilarious). In one I said I hoped I never saw him again!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:47 PM (WONhk)
Autopay is your friend.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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There are people who have been found mummified in their homes. No one looked for them until auto pay was empty and the bill collector came to call.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:48 PM (/LXUT)
I hung up fast and I always thought I was gonna get in trouble for that, but luckily that never happened.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 11:48 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:48 PM (KDPiq)
@aj_inapi
Jan 22
Europe: Greenland is sovereign territory. Not on the market. End of discussion.
Trump: Everything’s on the market. I’ll write a $700B check and drop six figures into every Greenlander’s pocket. Fast. Clean. Done.
Europe: We don’t need American money. Still not selling.
NATO: Push this further and you’re out. No alliance cover.
Trump: Fine. Cut us loose. Take our 5% contribution with us. Let’s be honest — without the U.S., NATO is a museum exhibit. And those two sled dogs you call defense aren’t stopping anyone.
(Pause. Silence. Calculations happening.)
Europe & NATO: Greenland remains Danish… but the U.S. can operate freely there. Military, logistics, Arctic access. Whatever you need.
Trump: Perfect. Then I’ll keep the $700B, skip the payouts, and secure Greenland and the Arctic without buying the deed.
Europe: …Deal.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 11:49 PM (rbvCR)
Sucked sitting inside for five straight hours, and put an end to recess.
Posted by: The Grift at January 23, 2026 11:49 PM (dDXqG)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:49 PM (2WIwB)
What if one wants to become a Transgender ??
Posted by: Jackson at January 23, 2026 11:50 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:49 PM (2WIwB)
Yep. I still have my 45 of the Archies Sugar Sugar.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:51 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 11:51 PM (2F0/Y)
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It's a sad commentary on your life when the first people who notice you're dead are the credit card collection squad.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:52 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:51 PM (KDPiq)
Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:52 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:48 PM
DON'T LIE ????????? The Earth is Boiling and we are all going to die from eating Soylent Green which is at the top of the Progressive Food Pyramid...
Posted by: Jackson at January 23, 2026 11:52 PM (X7dyz)
Used a phone with no dial, went to the town switchboard
have used a party line
Wrong tense for several items, (should be present tense not past) still use: typewriter, film camera, CDs and cassette tapes, paper maps (hate the uppity GPS voice), dictionary, paper checks.
Posted by: JTB at January 23, 2026 11:53 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 23, 2026 11:53 PM (gUs21)
Right there with ya! Haven't paid credit card interest in 40 years or more.
Posted by: a.moron
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They tell you that you can "automatically pay off a portion or all of your balance periodically from a selected account," but they never advertise "No interest!"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:54 PM (erZBp)
I will check back in with everyone once I get back from Hawaii because it is too damn cold in Tennessee...
Posted by: Al Gore at January 23, 2026 11:55 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 11:55 PM (slJUi)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:56 PM (WONhk)
The last presenter was a secret service agent and his 'charge'. It was a guy he had put away for skimming operations(at gas pumps). It was a fascinating talk and at the end the felon took questions. Someone asked him how he protects his card from people skimming him.
He said "I don't ever put my card in anything"
So don't put your card in anything. He recommended tap-to-pay or apple wallet or Google wallet
Posted by: 496 at January 23, 2026 11:56 PM (t+VLa)
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*thumbs up*
Posted by: Sylvester the Cat at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 11:55 PM (slJUi)
How was their eyesight?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (8zz6B)
What wouldn't surprise me would be if all the "superstorm" stuff was used by the media to get people's minds off the Somali corruption, overthrowing the mullahs, anti-ICE types invading churches, etc
Posted by: Azjaeger at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 11:55 PM (slJUi)
Three blind mice!
See how they run.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (2WIwB)
No matter what the weather is, it's always climate change. Heat wave? Global warming. Snowicemaggedon? Climate change. The earth is warming, and somehow that makes it colder.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:58 PM (KDPiq)
I excelled at recess. My grammar school was a big brick building and the side by the playing fields was our stickball stadium. Hit a curve? pfft.
If recess was a class I would have graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:58 PM (viF8m)
Those who have their cell phones surgically attached to the side of their head are a mental mess and clueless.
Thank GOOOOOOOOOD I was born in the late 1950's !!!
Posted by: Wally at January 23, 2026 11:59 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 11:55 PM (slJUi)
-8 here in Cook County already. We're far enough north not to get any snow out of this one. We were allegedly going to get 4 inches overnight a couple days ago, but it was just a dusting.
Posted by: Methos at January 24, 2026 12:00 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 24, 2026 12:00 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:58 PM (viF8m)
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Pfft. I'd kick your ass on the monkey bars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 12:01 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 12:02 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 12:05 AM (wDs+a)
What part of Summa do I have to explain to you?
I peaked in 4th grade. There wasn't a playground that could contain me. It's been all downhill since then.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:06 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:58 PM (viF8m)
Something tells me you didn't ride the short bus.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 12:08 AM (gh32g)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
Well Global Warming is Tricksie that way, dontcha know.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 12:08 AM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Nemo at January 24, 2026 12:09 AM (4RPgu)
-8 here in Cook County already. We're far enough north not to get any snow out of this one. We were allegedly going to get 4 inches overnight a couple days ago, but it was just a dusting.
Posted by: Methos at January 24, 2026 12:00 AM (vSvIl)
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Kankakee county, about fifty miles south. We may get snow , but we won't be as cold as you. Easily twenty degrees below normal temperatures for January.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 12:09 AM (9Aku2)
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Asphalt or rubber composite?
It was asphalt for me.
Hard. Asphalt.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 12:10 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: SamIam at January 24, 2026 12:10 AM (cjT1m)
Checking in late but here. No pithy excuse either.
I am 20 for 20 on today's game.
A few weeks ago - just before Christmas I was in an antique store in Riverside. There was a 1950's style rotary phone and a young couple - early 20's maybe was looking at it. The guy was telling the girl - 'my grandma had one like this - this is how you made a call.....'. I told them tedious it was to dial and wait, dial and wait and how when the push buttons came in it was 'the cats meow'.
I think I scared them a little......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:13 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:58 PM (KDPiq)
I used the deLorme gazetteer, it covered the entire state, and often even had farmer's roads that were blocked by gates on them.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 12:14 AM (rbvCR)
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It's a sad commentary on your life when the first people who notice you're dead are the credit card collection squad.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:52 PM (+HNx/)
There was a dude that used to hang at this guitar store that I was at quite a bit. He was a character. Used to buy gear, then trade it in or sell it in a matter of days or weeks because he needed money for bills. Then he would get his check at the beginning of the month and do the same thing all over again. I bought a few guitars and amps from him over the years. Anyway, after 40 years the store eventually closed about 2 years ago because the rent got stupid. Last year I saw one of the regulars and asked about some of the other regulars, just to catch up. I asked about that dude, and the guy says oh man he died. I said wtf happened, when? The guy says the nearest they can tell, he died around december, but didn't find out until april when his trailer caught fire and they found a charred skeleton.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9)
The best part about this place is nobody who found their way here and made this place what it is ever rode the short bus.
Other than garrett.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:15 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:58 PM (KDPiq)
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The legendary Thomas Guide. Mrs. Cicero still bemoans its passing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 12:16 AM (+HNx/)
Maybe the hawk was hunting birds in the bushes.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 12:17 AM (0/b2/)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:17 AM (viF8m)
Thomas Guides were a local icon in Southern California for decades, with many companies including the Thomas Guide map grid information for their locations in Yellow Pages listings and other advertisements.
https://tinyurl.com/4kzk6m2c
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 12:21 AM (+HNx/)
Barrister please.
I still have gravel imbedded in my knee.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:17 AM (viF8m
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Asphalt. Knocked the wind out of me more than once when I fell off the bars.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 12:25 AM (ieuZS)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (MyjXu)
Same here - for years I kept the remnants of a Traveler's Check in my wallet 'just in case'....I think it finally disintegrated....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:27 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 12:27 AM (Yl2Ob)
We had dirt under the monkey bars. Bare, compacted dirt.
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 12:29 AM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 11:40 PM (EXyHK)
Well, they don't get all of that. It's split between the issuing bank and the merchant's processing company (usually not the same entity), with a smaller amount paid to Visa and Mastercard for operating the network, branding, etc.
Also, the default rate on cards pretty high...around 5% of it winds up getting charged off. Gotta cover that risk somehow. When push comes to shove, people will stop paying their Visa bill before they stop paying rent/mortgage, food, utilities, car payments, etc. It's at the bottom of their priority queue. To make matters worse, it's unsecured debt. There's no house to foreclose or car to repo.
They are definitely making money, but not as much as you might think.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:31 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:32 AM (IG3/x)
Back in college, we could pick up the audio of one of our TV stations on the radio, so we were watching Star Trek: TNG with the sound piped through our stereo. Closest we had to surround sound.
Posted by: No One of Consequence
Channel 6
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 12:34 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
Ain't that some shit?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 12:34 AM (snZF9)
Here's is Wunderground's "Wundermap":
https://is.gd/yi6qco
Zoom in and you can see the various PWS stations in their network in the area.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 12:34 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)
The powers that be at my elementary school got fed up with the kids wearing ruts underneath the swings, which would fill with water when it rained and result in a big mess.
They fixed it by filling the ruts with concrete.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:34 AM (IG3/x)
We had dirt under the monkey bars. Bare, compacted dirt.
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)
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We would have LOVED compacted dirt. The ground glass and carpet tacks could really smart when you dropped onto it from eight feet up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 12:35 AM (+HNx/)
https://tinyurl.com/3kmhkvrc
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 12:36 AM (Yl2Ob)
Thomas Guides were a local icon in Southern California for decades, with many companies including the Thomas Guide map grid information for their locations in Yellow Pages listings and other advertisements.
https://tinyurl.com/4kzk6m2c
Posted by: Cicero
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Analog is awesome.
But digital, it's so irresistible.
"Dunkin' Donuts near me!"
"Continue on the I-5 south for three-quarters of a mile. Then take Exit 8A for Delandro Street."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 12:36 AM (HxSSW)
if reading this
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 12:37 AM (gKWVE)
One of the best things about the Trump administration isn't arrests or deportations or even Greenland. It's a renewed interest in letting kids be kids. Let them play, exercise and eat real food and learn to think. It's going to pay dividends long after we are all gone and it makes me happy. If todays kids get to grow up with just a bit of what we did it's going to be worth all of it.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:38 AM (viF8m)
I'm about to clock out for a nap. Probably be back in about 2 hours.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 12:39 AM (HxSSW)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 12:40 AM (0nHVk)
Special circumstances there... even on the (minimal) road system, there are a LOT of places with no cell phone service.
Once Musk gets mobile Starlink fully built out, the Milepost will probably go away too.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:40 AM (IG3/x)
It's 25F in Hot Springs, AR. Springs ain't so hot right now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)
0F in Beaver, OK. Cold beaver.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:43 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: 496
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Some stores charge extra for tap to pay.
There's another way to protect your card without inserting.
Pay cash.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 12:44 AM (/LXUT)
Save your money, build a cash reserve, and then buy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 12:47 AM (/LXUT)
Barrister please.
I still have gravel imbedded in my knee.
Posted by: JackStraw
Gravel everywhere at my former grade school.
(Former in both senses, there's no school there anymore. Even the old building is gone. The upper floors were condemned due to fire code when I was attending in 1980-ish.)
The sixth graders would get the merry-go-round going as fast as they could run, and you held on until your fingers gave out. Then you got the road rash.
I think the whole playground was funded by Bactine(tm).
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 12:48 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 12:48 AM (VHUov)
The school playground was a very Darwinian environment back in those days.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:51 AM (IG3/x)
I get a kick out of the obviously malfunctioning stations that pop up on Wunderground. Some guy in Maine is reading 73F surrounded by single digits, both + and -.
When you zoom in tight enough on some area of interest, you'll sometimes see those lunatics pop up every so often.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 12:53 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 12:40 AM (0nHVk)
yeah I'm 20/20 to but with some conditions. I always had cable internet, so the dial up wasn't mine, it was a friend who had it. The walkman wasn't mine either, but the dude plugged it into a power amp and speakers, so technically I heard music from a walkman. As for the rest, guilty.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 12:57 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:57 AM (IG3/x)
A funny one happened locally when I first got into this with my station and was looking at the network all around.
There's chemical plant between Simpsonville and Ft. Inn SC. They had a weather station, a very expensive fancy Davis one. The damned thing was reading some ridiculous solar irradiance, well over 1000W/m^2 in the middle of the night.
They had mounted the thing right close to one of their big outdoor arc lights.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)
This is everything. We were free range kids who could not wait to push limits, rub some dirt on it and then push again. On the playground, in class, everywhere.
Our bikes were our freedom machines and the only thing we feared was it getting dark because that meant going home for dinner. What made America great wasn't a bunch of clowns in DC, it was us. We need more of us. Let kids be kids. We have plenty of dirt to rub on it.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:58 AM (viF8m)
https://tinyurl.com/3kmhkvrc
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Feel good post of the evening.
Hope they can get Niedermeyer fixed up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 12:58 AM (/LXUT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 01:01 AM (2sfNr)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:38 AM (viF8m)
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Yes, getting kids out of a comfort bubble. To explore, to take kids' risks. I'm out of touch and I don't know if they ride bikes much or play pick up games of baseball in the park. I hope it's not all phones in video games.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 01:01 AM (p503p)
Left to right was east to west, top of the page was north and associated with another set of allocated and corresponding numbered pages.
One could go in any direction and keep continuity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 01:02 AM (/LXUT)
20/20, easily.
The "vinyl record" thing shows the list might be a bit old. Vinyl's making a comeback with the Kids These Days.
I still listen to CDs. Other than that, I wonder which of those things was the last thing I did. That might put a limit on how "29" you have to be to get 20/20.
It's probably the phone book one. "Free phone book on the front porch every year" didn't stop until the late 2010's.
Dial-up internet, maybe, for the non-nerds. I had my first DSL box sometime around 1999.
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 01:03 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 01:09 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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"Traveler's Check"? Is that what the kids today are calling it?
Posted by: buddhaha at January 24, 2026 01:09 AM (IMmiQ)
And now I feel like I need to inventory my cigars, so... that's what I'm doing for the rest of the evening,
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 24, 2026 01:09 AM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 01:03 AM (VHUov)
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1993. My first Windows "real" PC. (My Commodore 64 didn't really count.)
93 MB of storage on the hard drive. It was virtually bottomless in capacity.
Now one high-res jpeg would take up the entire drive. Times move forward, I guess.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 01:13 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 24, 2026 01:14 AM (edLbw)
Posted by: turambar at January 24, 2026 01:17 AM (Q0yOR)
Good afternoon.
The doctor came through just now.
I was contingently approved for a heart transplant pending these last few tests, which I have now passed, so they are presenting me to the committee this afternoon for final approval to be listed.
There are different paths they can take, but they're going to start out by presenting the path that we've discussed here, which is to put in the impella and keep me in the hospital until a heart becomes available. The committee could also decide that there is a better course of action. Whatever they decide, I will know by tomorrow.
So now it's all very real, all over again, and as much as I hate to do this, I must. It hurts to have to ask, but if i'm going to ask, you deserve to know why.
My daughter has set up a GoGundMe for support through this process. I had already lost most of my real estate income due to not being able to work two jobs and, while I'm fortunate to have disability at my day job, it's at reduced pay after 60 days. Even if I received a transplant tomorrow, it would be months before I could return to work.
cont.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 01:19 AM (/LXUT)
or those of you who can help, I thank you, and for those who cannot, I thank you for your support and encouraging words all the same.
If you could please share the link, I would be very grateful.
Thank you again for your support and your prayers.
Michele
https://gofund.me/cac05b9c6
https://xcancel.com/NiedsG
https://x.com/NiedsG
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 01:19 AM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 01:19 AM (8zz6B)
I still listen to CDs. Other than that, I wonder which of those things was the last thing I did. That might put a limit on how "29" you have to be to get 20/20.
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 01:03 AM (VHUov)
People were listening to vinyl albums easily to the late 70's early 80's. People were transitioning pretty rapidly from 8 track players to cassette decks in cars by 1980 because by then people were sick to death of dragging 8 tracks across the line with matchbook shims (thats one for the list). I'll say one thing, as a guitar player having to learn songs from vinyl seriously blew ass. Lifting that needle every few seconds to learn a lead, or some other part was right up there with ball surgery with a rusty soup can lid. Forget doing it with an 8 track, miserable pieces of shit they were. Cassettes were a godsend, but I do remember quite a few people using vinyl in the early 80's still. They had cassette players in their car before getting them at home.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 01:20 AM (snZF9)
https://x.com/Super70sSports/status/2014885917719249008
Lewis and Clark heard explosive sounds in the deep winter not far from the Rockies - they had no idea it was trees exploding.
Posted by: 13times at January 24, 2026 01:21 AM (jaEwf)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 01:21 AM (0nHVk)
My Lord, they've got a high wind warning for a little strip running SW-NE over Gatlinburg, TN. The mountains act as a little funnel that accelerates the air when that cold air damming mess moves in.
20-30 mph sustained, with 60 mph gusts. With all the ice...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 01:22 AM (w6EFb)
Yup. Trees and power lines down all over the place.
Godspeed, Tennesseans.
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 01:27 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Worthwhile project.
Is it an original French or Spanish?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 01:30 AM (/LXUT)
@alaskalandmine
My god. The derrick basically disintegrates when it hits the ground. Doyon 26 weighs nearly 10 million pounds. Absolutely no clue how the rig could tip over like that.
Damn we’ve received some reports that the rig Doyon 26, known as the Beast, tipped over and caught on fire! Sources confirm the fire has been extinguished and no one was seriously hurt. The rig is on the North Slope near Alpine and is being used by Conoco
Posted by: 13times at January 24, 2026 01:40 AM (n9lbh)
I made some beef stew today, all the flavors will meld and it should taste pretty damn good when the snow starts falling. I have a gas stove and if we lose power I can still light it with a match. I got some matches recently at the wedding I went to after Christmas. Nobody carries matches anymore, I found some books of matches from hubs and my wedding, 1983. I am going to put them in my kid's stockings next year.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 01:42 AM (0nHVk)
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'98 or '99 bought a portable radio recorder from Sears scratch & dent. Cassette. It would record directly from the built in radio. No air interference.
Had standard stop, forward, reverse it was like a miracle.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 01:43 AM (/LXUT)
Well, that mess is nosing into Miss. and Tenn. now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 01:43 AM (w6EFb)
Criminy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 01:59 AM (/LXUT)
Forgot the tomatoes. Have a can of Tappy's okra and tomato gumbo. It's going in the pot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 02:03 AM (/LXUT)
Posted by: turambar at January 24, 2026 02:06 AM (Q0yOR)
I generally just cancel old credit card, and then re-authorize payments by new credit card when they remind me.
Now, I may be mistaken, but a certain supposedly anti-virus company had me unknowingly on two accounts. I cancelled the credit card, but they apparently snooped on me enough to know what my new credit card number was.
Posted by: Fenderbender at January 24, 2026 02:08 AM (x8own)
Forgot the tomatoes. Have a can of Tappy's okra and tomato gumbo. It's going in the pot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 02:03 AM (/LXUT)
Went shopping myself, getting in some supplies for the Storm and after, especially milk. 10-14 inches and freezing cold for the next week plus. It's cold right now, about 15 F. Whatever comes down will most surely stick.
Got red sauce made for eggplant rollatini. Also bought fixings for a stir-fry. Don't know if it's chicken or pork yet. Put away some hamburges, too. I shouldn't starve
Posted by: RickZ at January 24, 2026 02:09 AM (gKDq2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=L6_Sm4b5HX8&list=RDL6_Sm4b5HX8&start_radio=1
One space because I'm lazy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 24, 2026 02:10 AM (oT7pT)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 01:42 AM (0nHVk)
I still have matches in the house. Boxes of stick matches.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 02:17 AM (snZF9)
Not happening this time. so it's drip city and crossed fingers.
I've got my temper to keep me warm.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 02:19 AM (/LXUT)
Ahoy, Walter, I hope that you are doing ok.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 02:22 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 24, 2026 02:26 AM (oT7pT)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 02:22 AM (0nHVk)
Remember Matchbook Law Schools?
Law school ads on the inside of matchbooks.
Posted by: RickZ at January 24, 2026 02:27 AM (gKDq2)
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Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)