Saturday Night Club ONT - January 31, 2026 [Double Vision]

Welcome to Club ONT - Seeing double? D and D? This is a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino.

The parking lot may still not be fully cleared from last weekend's snow storm, but we are full open for both business and fun! Don't let the lyrics to tonight's mystery click give you any ideas about our guests there on that table. They are friends, not food!

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

And on the first day of creation, God created the cat.

On the second day, God created man to serve the cat.

On the third day, Gold created tuna, mice and all the animals of the earth to serve as potential food for the cat.

On the fourth day, God created honest toil so that man could labor for the good of the cat.

On the fifth day, Gold created the ball of yarn, the feather thingie on a string, and the catnip mouse so that the cat might or might not be amused.

On the sixth day, God created veterinary science to keep the cat healthy and the man broke.

On the seventh day, God tried to rest but the cat woke him up at 5:00am.

Hat tip: Iris

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Late one afternoon, the Airmen out at Area 51 were very surprised to see a Cessna landing at their "secret" base. They immediately impounded the aircraft and hauled the pilot into an interrogation room.

The pilot's story was that he took off from Vegas, got lost, and spotted the base just as he was about to run out of fuel. The Airmen started a full background check on the pilot and held him overnight during the investigation.

By the next day, they were finally convinced that the pilot really was lost and wasn't a spy. They gassed up his airplane, gave him a terrifying "you-did-not-see-a-base" briefing, complete with threats of spending the rest of his life in prison, told him Vegas was that-a-way on such-and-such a heading, and sent him on his way.

The day after that though, to the total disbelief of the Airmen, the same Cessna showed up again. Once again, the MP's surrounded the plane, only this time there were two people in the plane.

The same pilot jumped out and said, "Do anything you want to me, but my wife is in the plane and you have to tell her where I was last night!"

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Drink of the Night

Tonight we drew the 5 of Spades from our deck of playing card cocktails

Even though the word "conch" rhymes with BONK, we won't do that to you if you mispronounce it!

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Club ONT Wants It That Way

So based! 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/BwM3XjaBDx
— Liberal Tear Creator™ (@LibTearCreator1) January 29, 2026

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Club ONT Department of Fashion

Finally some crocs I could get behind pic.twitter.com/L8JaqnoBI6
— MERICA MEMED (@Mericamemed) January 23, 2026

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"What would Batman do?"

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Club ONT Music

Putting this in the mystery click would have been too easy!

How about a version you've probably never heard?

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Someone say "double"??

Some retro commercials for Doublemint Gum!

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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

Definitely not a Comment of the Week:

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Club ONT Brought to you by...
Dumb and Dumber spinoffs

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Club ONT is a retard free zone. Please leave your retard at home. Know the difference between a retard and a Moron. Please don't pet or feed the iguanas. The iguanas are sensitive to flash photography. That means do not flash them while taking a selfie. You don't want to know what happens!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 10:00 PM (cYBz/)

2 Wait! I still have music comments to be willowed.

Posted by: mindful webworker - flashy-thingied at January 31, 2026 10:00 PM (j02Vi)

3 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 10:01 PM (lUFok)

4 Yay! Double (maybe triple?) DS!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 10:01 PM (LNeRu)

5 A toilet seat with an integrated bidet feature.
Activated by a button or remote control, it uses a wand to jet water for cleaning.
Some models include air fresheners, seat heaters, and dryers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 10:02 PM (cW1mv)

6 Sorry I'm late, I couldn't find my pet slugs after clearing the ice from my sidewalk.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 31, 2026 10:03 PM (zGyLA)

7 God Bless the ONT.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:04 PM (lpTXP)

8 Oh no...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 31, 2026 10:04 PM (xcxpd)

9 They didn't deserve it, but they surely earned it.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 10:05 PM (rbvCR)

10 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)

11 I figured something would happen tonight. And I was right!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 31, 2026 10:07 PM (uQesX)

12 Points for the Harp Twins. Shooters when they were young. Possibly 'ette material.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2026 10:07 PM (Wnv9h)

13 Ha!

Berry Berry good!!

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 31, 2026 10:07 PM (pscAN)

14 Top pic should be an outtake from the classic Werner Herzog film "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" which has Nick Cage, Val Kilmer, GatorCam and IguanaCam.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 31, 2026 10:08 PM (u5LSF)

15 A warm toilet seat is not a benefit unless the house is freezing and you live alone. Otherwise, I think someone else has been sitting there and flash on being a kid and going to use the restroom after your grandparents. Ew.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)

16 Backstreet Boys Trump. That is a good one. I want it that way. I voted for that. Good and hard.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:09 PM (lpTXP)

17 LOL. The top comments:

What are your favorite shelling beaches?

Normandy.

That's like who won the first Tour de France?

7th Panzer Division

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 10:09 PM (OWbr4)

18 And I refuse to 'NOOD' as the ONT is as close to a set time as we will ever get around here. So there!

The roads around here have reached about a '9' on the shittyness scale. Not much snow but just a solid sheet of ice.

Not at bad as Kitty Hawk though from what I hear.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 10:10 PM (cYBz/)

19 A toilet seat with an integrated bidet feature.
Activated by a button or remote control, it uses a wand to jet water for cleaning.
Some models include air fresheners, seat heaters, and dryers.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Laugh if you must, but this gadget is a godsend to people with disabilities that prevent getting their hand around to their ass.

And to anyone else in olfactory distance.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 10:10 PM (36QIT)

20 Hi! Update: I am still really cold.

Posted by: Piper at January 31, 2026 10:10 PM (pZEOD)

21 Hey, I made it to the bottom of the list! Well, sort of.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 31, 2026 10:10 PM (xfRZZ)

22 Points for the Harp Twins. Shooters when they were young. Possibly 'ette material.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

They are known for just stringing guys along.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 10:11 PM (cYBz/)

23 A toilet seat with an integrated bidet feature.
Activated by a button or remote control, it uses a wand to jet water for cleaning.
Some models include air fresheners, seat heaters, and dryers.
Posted by: Braenyard

Yay! Electricity around water!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 10:11 PM (OWbr4)

24 Also, who hung all the stars on the ceiling?

Posted by: Piper at January 31, 2026 10:11 PM (pZEOD)

25 Also, there's a 'pluck' joke in there somewhere too.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 10:11 PM (cYBz/)

26 Hi! Update: I am still really cold.

Have you tried setting things on fire?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 10:12 PM (lUFok)

27 That first joke is spot on, except for the bit about the seventh day when the cat woke God up at 5am.

Not 5am. 4am.

Trust me on this.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 31, 2026 10:12 PM (q3u5l)

28 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

29 Bartender: you want ice in that drink?

Me: nah.... it's pretti good as is.

I'll not denounce myself, or the bartender.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 10:12 PM (jtM2q)

30 The leftards spent three decades smashing glitter-cream pies in people's faces and ho-ho-ho!

And then HOmar gets spritzed like a bad kitty cat and now they wanna fly fuel-laden jets into something something.

Posted by: 13times at January 31, 2026 10:13 PM (0Y1nt)

31 That's like who won the first Tour de France?

7th Panzer Division
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 10:09 PM (OWbr4)

Hah! (Auf Deutsch)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

32 26 Hi! Update: I am still really cold.

Have you tried setting things on fire?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31

I think everyone frowns on that around here.

Posted by: Piper at January 31, 2026 10:14 PM (pZEOD)

33 Also, who hung all the stars on the ceiling?
Posted by: Piper

I seem to remember it was Pythagoras in the 6th century or so.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 10:14 PM (cYBz/)

34 26 Hi! Update: I am still really cold.

Have you tried setting things on fire?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 10:12 PM (lUFok)

Build a man a fire, you warm him for a day.

Set a man on fire and you warm him for the rest of his life.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 31, 2026 10:14 PM (zGyLA)

35
Thursday, tea at three offers no resolution.
You know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 10:14 PM (cW1mv)

36 I think everyone frowns on that around here.

Party poopers.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 10:14 PM (lUFok)

37 Yeah, snow removal here in lexington has gotten a lot crappie the past couple years. It took 6 days to get to 'pretty good' here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

38 Crappier even.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

39 The top click is fun and awesome. Now I want a burrito.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:16 PM (lpTXP)

40 Pretty good bingo card 2026.

Maybe it's pronounced Eyetalian and fancy, but it's pretty good.

That last meme, wowzers! Whoa, they were not pretty good looking people, were they?

https://tinyurl.com/2zm9rs6z

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 31, 2026 10:16 PM (WONhk)

41 The Harp Twins, Paint It Black.

https://is.gd/SatdZ7

I'm pretty sure this is white supremacist.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 10:16 PM (J+Psw)

42 Imagine a Pied Piper of Ice. He's in 14th or 15th century forest garb, playing a flute or recorder. As he walks and plays, illegal immigrants are entranced and follow behind him.

What song is he playing?

(Yes, it's a partial repeat from late in yesterday's ONT. I want to see what others might come up with. Does Doof pick a song from Rush? MisHum a Zappa track?)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 10:16 PM (S/Y4j)

43 Good evening Horde. Thanks for being here. Enjoy your time in Club ONT!

Posted by: TRex - DJ Dino at January 31, 2026 10:17 PM (IQ6Gq)

44 Jay and the Americans, Come a little bit closer...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)

45 Brave asian lady stands up to batshit crazy protesters in LA live.
https://kick.com/lordhito

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at January 31, 2026 10:18 PM (9aVck)

46 42 Imagine a Pied Piper of Ice. He's in 14th or 15th century forest garb, playing a flute or recorder. As he walks and plays, illegal immigrants are entranced and follow behind him.

What song is he playing?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 10:16 PM (S/Y4j)

U2/ I Will Follow

Posted by: tankdemon at January 31, 2026 10:19 PM (zGyLA)

47 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 31, 2026 10:19 PM (AdHga)

48 Hey, I made the top ten comments (indirectly!)

Posted by: Joemarine at January 31, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

49 Thanks for another outstanding Saturday Night ONT, Double Vision!

That retard movie poster is hilarious! I read where Pretti's sister claiims the Boy Wonder was violent. Maybe that's why he lost his nursing job? Idiot.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 31, 2026 10:20 PM (kB9dk)

50 Hey, I made it to the bottom of the list! Well, sort of.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 31, 2026 10:10 PM (xfRZZ)

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Been there bro. Just bask in the reflected glory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

51 There was a near riot here at a local McDonalds when a beat up Honda with bald tires clogged the drive thru lane due to snow and ice.

Cops had to be called.

Much bitching and yelling. Turned into a real shitshow.

All over some McNuggets and a Coke. Or something.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 10:21 PM (jtM2q)

52 Hey, I made the top ten comments (indirectly!)
Posted by: Joemarine at January 31, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

It helps to be the Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

Posted by: Ike at January 31, 2026 10:21 PM (uQesX)

53 RI Red's is not so much a witty comment as a simple statement of truth.

All men have Clint Eastwood from Unforgiven in their pants.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

54 Have you tried setting things on fire?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 10:12 PM (lUFok)

I suppose Burning Man could be rather enticing about now - without the psychedelics.....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 10:22 PM (LNeRu)

55 What song is he playing?

(Yes, it's a partial repeat from late in yesterday's ONT. I want to see what others might come up with. Does Doof pick a song from Rush? MisHum a Zappa track?)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 10:16 PM (S/Y4j)

Despacito

As played by the Colombian army

youtu.be/T_iWFf1CdN8

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 10:22 PM (rbvCR)

56 His own sister threw him under the bus. He was a jack wagon likely.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)

57 The Deguayo(sp?) Cutthroat song from the Siege of the Alamo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)

58 https://youtu.be/i2A5fdgMCa8?si=FQPX-
oA3JVkLt0o4

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:25 PM (zZu0s)

59 The version from Rio Bravo is not quite as fancy. Better imo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:25 PM (zZu0s)

60 Hey, I made it to the bottom of the list! Well, sort of.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 31, 2026 10:10 PM (xfRZZ)
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Flouty. Not flouncy.

As in flouting convention. Daring.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)

61 Thanks for the ONT, D's.

Posted by: scampydog at January 31, 2026 10:26 PM (41CYW)

62 I remember years ago, by mostly a mistake, I got 1st in comments.
You surely wouldn't want to see me now...
Barkeep! Another please. 😛
*practically tips over stool*

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 10:27 PM (LNeRu)

63
Can't believe the number of videos I see of people who are astonished that snow needs shoveling and that that plowing the streets might cause them problems. Like, is this your first time?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 10:27 PM (tgvbd)

64 61 Thanks for the ONT, D's.

Posted by: scampydog at January 31, 2026 10:26 PM
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Doggo!

Posted by: TRex -nostalgic dino at January 31, 2026 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

65 Tonight we drew the 5 of Spades from our deck of playing card cocktails

Christ that's lazy. Look, I made a drink; booze + juice!! I is a regular Issak an' sheeet.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 31, 2026 10:28 PM (diia5)

66 It's 25F in New Orleans currently. There goes another orange tree.

Posted by: javems at January 31, 2026 10:28 PM (vHpfQ)

67 Got all the way up to 18 degrees today.

Forecast is for sub freezing temps for the next two weeks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 31, 2026 10:29 PM (XV/Pl)

68 They can't push a Honda out of the way? Damn.
But I do get mad at some people that take all day to make an order.

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 10:29 PM (E7+ue)

69 The Incredible Story of Two Retards needs another line -

- Produced by Retard Soros
- Directed by Retard Wahl

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2026 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)

70 Pied piper song?

Skating away

J Tull

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 31, 2026 10:31 PM (pscAN)

71 Double D's, thanks for the ONT!

Like the Harp Twins (not for the same reason as Morons). I want to learn the Celtic lap harp. An idea of mine a few years ago and now again. I can play the piano. I should ask for one soon.

We had a real harp at our garden wedding because no piano could get down there. Rules of the botanical garden or something. I had my doubts but it was lovely and special, as was the entire day in 1979. We are ancient!

Extra points for Foreigner! Lou Gramm PLUS a saxophone! You could not go wrong!

Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow!

Still praying for snow and rain til Memorial Day! You lucky dogs that have it and don't want it tick me off!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 31, 2026 10:32 PM (WONhk)

72 Deguello. I can't imagine how it would have sounded to the defenders of rhe Alamo. ZZ Top had a less terrifying version.

https://tinyurl.com/yec6jzxa

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:32 PM (lpTXP)

73 63 Hadrian

Ha🤪....yep...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 10:32 PM (LNeRu)

74
High of 55 tomorrow here in Wyoming.

Grilling weather.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 31, 2026 10:35 PM (3ek7K)

75 They didn't deserve it, but they surely earned it.
Posted by: Kindltot

Similar to a line I often use
They may not have deserved but they did earn it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2026 10:35 PM (/lPRQ)

76 37 Yeah, snow removal here in lexington has gotten a lot crappie the past couple years. It took 6 days to get to 'pretty good' here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 31, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

Got to call my Brother in Mt. Sterling tomorrow to see how he's doing

Posted by: javems at January 31, 2026 10:35 PM (vHpfQ)

77 Still praying for snow and rain til Memorial Day! You lucky dogs that have it and don't want it tick me off!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 31, 2026 10:32 PM (WONhk)

Local master gardener told me I could start planting in about two weeks.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 31, 2026 10:35 PM (uQesX)

78 Doggo!
Posted by: TRex -nostalgic dino
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Dino!
Saw a hikarios drink menu at a dive bar the other day and thought of you and Disco. 3 ring binder, typed, in clear paper sleeves. Gotta love America!

Posted by: scampydog at January 31, 2026 10:35 PM (41CYW)

79 America's favorite double!

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 10:37 PM (DIAAz)

80 78 Saw a hikarios drink menu at a dive bar the other day

3 ring binder, typed, in clear paper sleeves. Gotta love America!

Posted by: scampydog at January 31, 2026 10:35 PM
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Wow! You mean someplace other than Club ONT organizes its drink menu with three ring binders too?! Whadda country!

Posted by: TRex - office depot dino at January 31, 2026 10:39 PM (IQ6Gq)

81 Can a LEGO Car Survive a Loop?

I saw 11+ minutes and thought, naw.

Watched the whole thing. Hilarious. Successes were satisfying. Failures were most entertaining.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the things we do for clicks at January 31, 2026 10:40 PM (j02Vi)

82 Ohhh! Doggo❣❣❣
Miss your triple D! Good dog anyways!🐶

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 10:42 PM (LNeRu)

83 60 was a copy/paste error

*dons dunce cap*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)

84 Supposed to be 54 here Tuesday! Break out the shorts and t-shirts!

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 10:43 PM (E7+ue)

85 Happy Saturday night silly persons!

Ii got to spend time with both of my boys today. One in person, one on the phone.

I am so blessed.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 31, 2026 10:43 PM (IhIKR)

86 7 days in Twitter jail for "stop fighting police or die"

So I'm making 3 new accounts to blast that at 11

The Nigel Maneuver: These 3 go to 11

Posted by: Fen at January 31, 2026 10:46 PM (ciYHQ)

87 I got lots of snow pics from my peeps in South Carolina. It was a big, fluffy snow. Young'uns were sledding and having fun. So not so bad for them. Better than freezing rain.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:46 PM (lpTXP)

88 > 7 days in Twitter jail for "stop fighting police or die"
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I was released from Twitter jail earlier this evening
I tweeted that protesters at football games should get a beatdown

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 10:49 PM (ZxPkt)

89 Doublemint: the mating rituals of the past were a different country.

Posted by: mindful webworker - It's a gum thread? at January 31, 2026 10:49 PM (j02Vi)

90 Iguanas in bars are cool

But they need Sparklies and Day-Glo

The kids love it

Posted by: Crazy Miklos' Tzampotli Family Fun Park and Vacation Destination at January 31, 2026 10:49 PM (AP7fj)

91 *bangs empty mug on bar*
Is there no bartender tonight?! JQ?!

OK. I'll help myself...
*falls over bar, spills beer*

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 10:50 PM (LNeRu)

92 The HarpTwins put on an incredible concert. They come to our area once a year. Stunning music, entertaining, and extremely funny. Nice to talk with. Been a fan for a long time.

Posted by: French Jeton at January 31, 2026 10:50 PM (j0T5y)

93 We got a couple of inches of the white shit here in the midlands. And it's still coming down.

So pretty. So cold.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 31, 2026 10:50 PM (qFwJc)

94 WTF? Silver dropped $30 an ounce.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 10:51 PM (OWbr4)

95 It's 34 here in Brevard and I just brought in and opened a Dogs Head from outside.

It is very cold.

Posted by: pawn at January 31, 2026 10:52 PM (uvB+6)

96 Iguanas in bars are cool

I wish I was in Tijuana…

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 31, 2026 10:52 PM (EXyHK)

97 Cold snap of sorts. Today was 83, tomorrow only 77. Swim workout still planned.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 10:52 PM (U/Byj)

98 Yo la! Calm night here on the balmy high chaparral.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 31, 2026 10:52 PM (Rmwng)

99 >Can a LEGO Car Survive a Loop?
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speaking of car racing-
Trump wants a DC Grand Prix, to celebrate the 250 years thing

I sure hope the route goes up in the hood in Northeast DC

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 10:52 PM (ZxPkt)

100 It's 34 here in Brevard and I just brought in and opened a Dogs Head from outside.

It is very cold.

Posted by: pawn at January 31, 2026 10:52 PM (uvB+6)

Are you in Florida? I ha ve family in Brevard County. They are hating life right now.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:54 PM (lpTXP)

101 My little short legged doggie saw and experienced 4 inches of snow for the first time today.

"Wait there was grass right here...there is always grass right here...this is cold and wet, me no likee"

Posted by: Miss Dixie did her business at NASCAR pit stop speed at January 31, 2026 10:54 PM (AP7fj)

102 WTF? Silver dropped $30 an ounce.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 10:51 PM (OWbr4)
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Market pricing in additional rate cuts this year due to Kevin Warsh being nominated as Fed Chair.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

103

On Feb. 3, more than 500,000 Haitians nationwide are expected to lose temporary protected status, which allows immigrants from dangerous countries to stay in the United States. Springfield is home to an estimated 15,000 Haitians − about one-fourth of its population − and another 30,000 live in central Ohio.

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 10:55 PM (DIAAz)

104
Good evening, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2026 10:55 PM (LeyXC)

105 Trump wants a DC Grand Prix, to celebrate the 250 years thing

We have an amazing President.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 31, 2026 10:55 PM (EXyHK)

106 I'm pretty sure "Double your pleasure, double your fun" is in the Epstein files somewhere

Posted by: Miklos with Educated Guess at January 31, 2026 10:56 PM (AP7fj)

107 My little brother used to run around naked wearing only sandals and a red
Superman cape.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Ratting out your little brother. You are the most big sister ever.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 31, 2026 10:56 PM (Rmwng)

108 A toilet seat with an integrated bidet feature.

I misread that as "A toilet seat with an integrated biden feature" and was really confused.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 10:56 PM (xComp)

109 WTF? Silver dropped $30 an ounce.

Coordinated attack. Check the price on the Shanghai exchange.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 31, 2026 10:56 PM (lUFok)

110 On Feb. 3, more than 500,000 Haitians nationwide are expected to lose temporary protected status, which allows immigrants from dangerous countries to stay in the United States. Springfield is home to an estimated 15,000 Haitians − about one-fourth of its population − and another 30,000 live in central Ohio.

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 10:55 PM (DIAAz)

Who will eat the cats?
Eat the dogs?
Eat the pets of the people who live there?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 10:57 PM (lpTXP)

111 Revard, namely Melbourne but I haver lived all over it in my time. The place never really gets this cold.

I always set out a jar of water to see if it turns to ice just for SNG.

Posted by: pawn at January 31, 2026 10:57 PM (uvB+6)

112 Trump wants a DC Grand Prix, to celebrate the 250 years thing

We have an amazing President.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

NASCAR

cause "Murican

Posted by: Miklos kindly corrects at January 31, 2026 10:57 PM (AP7fj)

113 It's 34 here in Brevard and I just brought in and opened a Dogs Head from outside.

It is very cold.
Posted by: pawn
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Yeah, I knew it wasn't Brevard, NC. Currently 7 deg. here, up from 6.2.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 10:58 PM (XeU6L)

114 Old college buddy joined me and Boy F. for a walk up Lone Mountain this afternoon. He used to stash his weed under a rock in the forest a mile away from his house. but He's been sober now over 25 years.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

115 Quality Learing Center parody from X:

https://tinyurl.com/2s4fjxwf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 10:59 PM (KxQqp)

116 It's 34 here in Brevard and I just brought in and opened a Dogs Head from outside.

It is very cold.
Posted by: pawn

32 in this Brevard.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2026 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)

117
On Feb. 3, more than 500,000 Haitians nationwide are expected to lose temporary protected status, which allows immigrants from dangerous countries to stay in the United States. Springfield is home to an estimated 15,000 Haitians − about one-fourth of its population − and another 30,000 live in central Ohio.
Posted by: Crabby Appleton

=============

Here we go...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2026 11:00 PM (LeyXC)

118 NASCAR

cause "Murican
Posted by: Miklos kindly corrects at January 31, 2026 10:57 PM (AP7fj)

CrashCAR. 'Cause real 'Murican.

If it ain't broke, we'll take care of that.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 11:00 PM (gKDq2)

119 Revard, namely Melbourne but I haver lived all over it in my time. The place never really gets this cold.

I always set out a jar of water to see if it turns to ice just for SNG.

Posted by: pawn at January 31, 2026 10:57 PM (uvB+6)

My family is on Merritt Island Hope you all stay warm..This cold isn't normal for you all.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 31, 2026 11:00 PM (lpTXP)

120 "My idea of a good night out is staying in.” — Martin Freeman

Stay safe and warm good Horde. Me and girldog will now commence to snuggle💤💤💤

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (LNeRu)

121 I finally saw a real picture of Renee Good yesterday, not the ridiculous fuzzy Polaroid from 20 years ago.
Yeah, she did it, and yeah, you can judge a crazy book by its crazy cover.

Posted by: Wally at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (0e5Te)

122 Oh great. I spend precious minutes on a serious analogy about how bad the SLS / Artemis / Orion system is, and what do I get credit for? gay porn

Posted by: gKWVE at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (gKWVE)

123 A concept

NASCAR Waffle House

No drive thru, drive in

I mean IN

Posted by: Miklos gonna be RICH at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (AP7fj)

124 Trump wants a DC Grand Prix, to celebrate the 250 years thing
I sure hope the route goes up in the hood in Northeast DC
Posted by: Don Black
----
Good.
Maybe they can screw up DC as bad as they do LV.
I can hope.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (36QIT)

125 Are you in Florida? I ha ve family in Brevard County. They are hating life right now.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

People got many trees all snug in blankees.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (/lPRQ)

126 Mike are you in Brevard, NC? I love that place.

Glad I'm not there now though. My house was built in the 50s and doesn't have any heat other than the stove.

Posted by: pawn at January 31, 2026 11:01 PM (uvB+6)

127 Oh great. I spend precious minutes on a serious analogy about how bad the SLS / Artemis / Orion system is, and what do I get credit for? gay porn
Posted by: gKWVE

Hopefully not a "reap what you sow" situation.

Posted by: Miklos defers judgement at January 31, 2026 11:02 PM (AP7fj)

128 On Feb. 3, more than 500,000 Haitians nationwide are expected to lose temporary protected status, which allows immigrants from dangerous countries to stay in the United States. Springfield is home to an estimated 15,000 Haitians − about one-fourth of its population − and another 30,000 live in central Ohio.
Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 10:55 PM (DIAAz)

Not that things aren't now, but after Feb. 3rd, things should get real interesting.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 11:02 PM (gKDq2)

129 94 WTF? Silver dropped $30 an ounce.
Posted by: rickb223
---

Copper's up.
_your local PD

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:03 PM (cW1mv)

130 Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 10:55 PM (DIAAz)

Not that things aren't now, but after Feb. 3rd, things should get real interesting.
Posted by: RickZ
--

Ohio dogs and cats will be safe again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:04 PM (cW1mv)

131 Mike are you in Brevard, NC? I love that place.

Glad I'm not there now though. My house was built in the 50s and doesn't have any heat other than the stove.
Posted by: pawn
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Just up the road, Asheville.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 11:05 PM (XeU6L)

132 Gold dropped $484.00 an ounce. Dang.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:06 PM (OWbr4)

133 WTF? Silver dropped $30 an ounce.
Posted by: rickb223

Pump and Dump

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2026 11:07 PM (/lPRQ)

134 I am refining the NASCAR Waffle House concept

You do drive both in and out

Within 13.3 seconds change tires, change oil, gas up, and a double hash browns, smothered and covered (for safety reasons)

Posted by: Miklos needs investors at January 31, 2026 11:07 PM (AP7fj)

135 Go Wild

Beat the Oilers like a ... steel drum!

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 31, 2026 11:08 PM (pscAN)

136
35°F

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:08 PM (cW1mv)

137 NASCAR

cause "Murican
Posted by: Miklos kindly corrects at January 31, 2026 10:57 PM (AP7fj)

CrashCAR. 'Cause real 'Murican.

If it ain't broke, we'll take care of that.
Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 11:00 PM (gKDq2)

NHRA, up to top fuel.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2026 11:08 PM (S/Y4j)

138 Completed a draft run of my fed taxes tonight - getting a small refund this year. Finally got it dialed in where I'm not loaning the feds bunches of $$.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 11:09 PM (cYBz/)

139 Just up the road, Asheville.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

We used to go there in the Fall to see all the colors on the trees.

Now you can see all the colors of the hair anytime.

Posted by: Miklos from Conestee Falls at January 31, 2026 11:10 PM (AP7fj)

140 NHRA, up to top fuel.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
-------
1600 hp Pennsylvania Ave

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 11:11 PM (XeU6L)

141 Piano cover of Exciter (Judas Priest)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENsclYynk3o

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 31, 2026 11:11 PM (KAi1n)

142 37 degrees and dropping in the citrus groves

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 31, 2026 11:12 PM (pscAN)

143 CrashCAR. 'Cause real 'Murican.

If it ain't broke, we'll take care of that.
Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 11:00 PM (gKDq2)

NHRA, up to top fuel.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

MONSTER TRUCK RALLY AND DEMOLITION DERBY

Posted by: Miklos would pay for this at January 31, 2026 11:12 PM (AP7fj)

144 Been looking for a tax program they don't run online.
Not sure there is one.
It's coming that people have no concept of personal property.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:12 PM (cW1mv)

145 "Go Wild"

I was glad to see that, while the T-Wolves canceled a game and did the usual Trump blasting, the Wild played as scheduled and only issued a harmless "Hope nobody else dies" statement.

Posted by: Wally at January 31, 2026 11:12 PM (0e5Te)

146 Epstein files. DOJ discussed plea deal with Epstein just before he "hanged himself." DOJ wanted names of clients he procured young girls for like the girl in the hot tub with Bill Clinton. Epstein said he could name 29 mostly democrat men and foreign nationals.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 31, 2026 11:13 PM (pwJhL)

147 142 37 degrees and dropping in the citrus groves
Posted by: Zeera.
--

Put out the smudge pots and light 'em.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:14 PM (cW1mv)

148 Put out the smudge pots and light 'em.

Posted by: Braenyard

"Smudge Pot"

I call Darleen that sometimes

Posted by: Miklos stays warm regardless at January 31, 2026 11:16 PM (AP7fj)

149 WTF? Silver dropped $30 an ounce.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 10:51 PM (OWbr4)

The explanation I heard was that the London Bullion Market Association and the Chinese were hit by demands for physical delivery to cover their futures, and they didn't have the metal on hand, causing them to scramble. JPMorgan is rumored to have the largest supply of Silver on hand and when asked, said they didn't really want to sell any Silver today, but they would see who would. China has been buying anything they could get, which punched the value sky-high, and this triggered the speculators who also bought, to the point that the refiners are now backlogged on lower purity silver alloys, the smelters are backlogged, and apparently everyone has all they can absorb for a while.

The world is interesting today.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 11:17 PM (rbvCR)

150 141 Piano cover of Exciter (Judas Priest)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENsclYynk3o
Posted by: Dark Litigator
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Sounds like a movie background to a 1920s train robbery.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:17 PM (cW1mv)

151 53yrs ago, Morons and 'ettes...

Over the hills and far away, and apparently pretty wasted but great:

https://tinyurl.com/3eke8msx

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 31, 2026 11:17 PM (WONhk)

152 Wow, if I'd known all I had to do was this lame comment
How does one go about getting a comment of the week?
I would have done it long ago.
😲
Kidding. Fame is not all it's cracked up to be.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Rather be First than CotW at January 31, 2026 11:19 PM (j02Vi)

153 The elderly lefties can have a gas-powered mobility scooter competition.

*we added nitrous packs, see if they notice*

Posted by: Big Daddy Don "Miklos" Garlits at January 31, 2026 11:19 PM (AP7fj)

154 Kidding. Fame is not all it's cracked up to be.
Posted by: mindful webworker

yep

Posted by: Ozymandias at January 31, 2026 11:21 PM (AP7fj)

155 i think the problem is that epstein's "democrat" clients were predominantly the sane ones.
i could live under clinton and summers (we did live under clinton and summers) and gates.
mamdani? walz? they didn't go to the island

Posted by: gKWVE at January 31, 2026 11:22 PM (gKWVE)

156 Been looking for a tax program they don't run online. Not sure there is one.

What do you mean by “not online”? I use HR Block and it appears to not require internet to use. Of course, updates require a connection to download. At a certain point they probably aren’t necessary but I don’t know when that is. And it still provides the option of printing out tax forms and mailing them in.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 31, 2026 11:22 PM (EXyHK)

157 Crap. I'm hungry. I wonder if I should make some cheddar and cream cheese stuffed jalapeños wrapped in bacon? 🥓

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:23 PM (OWbr4)

158 Evening, folken,

We had a nice taco dinner of mostly lean meat, sizzled in olive oil and seasoned with chili powder, pepper, and paprika; toasted corn taco shells; bean-bearing chili with corn mixed in; and a little salsa and shredded cheese. Two tacos each. Nice stuff.

(I plan to use up one shell tomorrow with scrambled eggs & cheese.)

Then I dozed off during an episode of Deep Space Nine. No Saturday evening is complete without that.

It's 30 F. now, wind chill of 18, dropping to about 26 by dawn. Not as cold as they were predicting, but I'm still going to trickle water from a couple of taps.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 11:24 PM (wzUl9)

159 Been looking for a tax program they don't run online.
Not sure there is one.
It's coming that people have no concept of personal property.

Posted by: Braenyard
-------
FWIW , H&R Block is downloaded, then unlocked.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 11:24 PM (XeU6L)

160 Clinton was the crack in the dam.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:25 PM (cW1mv)

161 China has been buying anything they could get, which punched the value sky-high, and this triggered the speculators who also bought, to the point that the refiners are now backlogged on lower purity silver alloys, the smelters are backlogged, and apparently everyone has all they can absorb for a while.

The world is interesting today.
Posted by: Kindltot

Crap. Guess I'm not buying any more for awhile.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:25 PM (OWbr4)

162 i guess that's why clinton kept cigars

Posted by: gKWVE at January 31, 2026 11:26 PM (gKWVE)

163 Clinton was the crack in the dam.
Posted by: Braenyard

If there was a crack in something, Clinton probably stuck a cigar in it.

The surprising thing about the Epstein files is that he's not on every ledger.

Posted by: mikeski at January 31, 2026 11:27 PM (VHUov)

164 Rickb223-- that's what I'm taking a break from right now! LOL, I need a relief mat in the kitchen... starting to get sore, standing there, stuffing the poppers.

After resting, will finish stuffing them. Then sit a while, then do the bacon-wrapping, & pack a bunch into freezer containers, cook maybe a dozen.

Posted by: JQ at January 31, 2026 11:27 PM (rdVOm)

165

Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Friday on Newsmax that the Don Lemon criminal case is unlikely to result in a conviction.

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 11:30 PM (DIAAz)

166 USS Missouri fires a full broadside

https://tinyurl.com/26t57t37

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 11:30 PM (ZxPkt)

167 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtpSl1dm_fw

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 31, 2026 11:31 PM (jrgJz)

168 "Mamdani? Walz? They didn't go to the island."

I don't think it was really Walz thing, IYKWIMAITYD.
That's why he coached football. No expensive travel and it was expected that he'd be in the locker room.

Posted by: Wally at January 31, 2026 11:31 PM (0e5Te)

169 Whoops.

In an unexpected turn of events, the name "Al Gore" has appeared in the latest Epstein file dump 794 times, second only to Bill Clinton.

"It makes sense that they engaged in perversion together."

Congressional Democrats are burying their heads in the sand. Republicans want answers.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:32 PM (OWbr4)

170 It's 30 F. now, wind chill of 18, dropping to about 26 by dawn. Not as cold as they were predicting, but I'm still going to trickle water from a couple of taps.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I remember being woken up at about 3-4 in the morning by odd noises in Uptown NOLA. I think it was 82, first snow in Nawlins in 50 years.

Girlfriend said go back to sleep-it's the kids outside who have never seen snow-they're FROLICKING!

Posted by: Miklos prefers palm trees and etc at January 31, 2026 11:32 PM (AP7fj)

171 Girlfriend said go back to sleep-it's the kids outside who have never seen snow-they're FROLICKING!

Posted by: Miklos prefers palm trees

You know what FROLICKING! can lead to?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 11:33 PM (cYBz/)

172 Rickb223-- that's what I'm taking a break from right now! LOL, I need a relief mat in the kitchen... starting to get sore, standing there, stuffing the poppers.

After resting, will finish stuffing them. Then sit a while, then do the bacon-wrapping, & pack a bunch into freezer containers, cook maybe a dozen.
Posted by: JQ

I need more center cut bacon. I forgot to get more when I was in town today. 😡

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:34 PM (OWbr4)

173 37 degrees and dropping in the citrus groves
Posted by: Zeera.
+++
Gonna freeze a lot of pipes and break a lot of records in the sunshine state tonight.
I liked the old records just fine.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 31, 2026 11:34 PM (Lo97M)

174 Fro licking

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 11:34 PM (DIAAz)

175 "And on the seventh day, God tried to rest but the cat woke him up at 5:00 am."

God's lucky. Mine goes springing happily across me at 3:30.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 11:34 PM (wzUl9)

176 USS Missouri fires a full broadside

https://tinyurl.com/26t57t37
Posted by: Don Black

Tell me that just happened, and the target was DC

Posted by: Miklos wants an unconditional surrender from the Bolshies on the back of that boat at January 31, 2026 11:34 PM (AP7fj)

177 stuffing the poppers.

So

That's what the kids call it these days

Posted by: Miklos listens and lears at January 31, 2026 11:36 PM (AP7fj)

178 I've seen hippies frolicking in Golden Gate Park. Not pretty.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 31, 2026 11:36 PM (RIvkX)

179 Fro licking
Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 11:34 PM (DIAAz)

Bro licking.

Wait, what? Sounds like a Diddy party.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 11:36 PM (gKDq2)

180 I remember being woken up at about 3-4 in the morning by odd noises in Uptown NOLA. I think it was 82, first snow in Nawlins in 50 years.

Girlfriend said go back to sleep-it's the kids outside who have never seen snow-they're FROLICKING!

Posted by: Miklos prefers palm trees and etc at January 31, 2026

***
There were some flakes visible in January of '85, at least out in Jeff Parish where I lived. I don't recall any news of snow in '82. But I didn't visit Uptown much then.

The Big Snow was the one just before Xmas in '89. Stuff stayed on the ground for three days, because temps never rose above freezing.

And then the Bigger Snow was last January.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 11:37 PM (wzUl9)

181 It's 25F in New Orleans currently. There goes another orange tree.
Posted by: javems at January 31, 2026 10:28 PM (vHpfQ)

Chatted with a friend from Alberta this evening. Temperature in Calgary hit 11C today. That is about 50 F. Snow is all gone.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 11:37 PM (8zz6B)

182 Sounds like a movie background to a 1920s train robbery.
Posted by: Braenyard

It does!

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 31, 2026 11:37 PM (KAi1n)

183 In an unexpected turn of events, the name "Al Gore" has appeared in the latest Epstein file dump 794 times, second only to Bill Clinton.

Gore "releasing his third chakra" with that masseuse used to be a running gag. Of course he's a pervert.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 11:38 PM (v8+Kf)

184 5 A toilet seat with an integrated bidet feature.
Activated by a button or remote control, it uses a wand to jet water for cleaning.
Some models include air fresheners, seat heaters, and dryers.
Posted by: Braenyard

Just at a fancy pants hotel / casino place with that kind of public restroom

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 31, 2026 11:38 PM (uHEbo)

185
Remarkably, very few traditional Blues songs reference pipes freezing

Posted by: Blind Muddy Jefferson-Waters at January 31, 2026 11:39 PM (AP7fj)

186 Thanks

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:39 PM (cW1mv)

187 You can actually easily see the off-set timing in that broadside. Three barrels in each turret fire at a slightly different time, to avoid "fratricidal" effects of one on the other as they exit the muzzle.

A beautiful sight never to be seen again. Sad!

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 11:39 PM (U/Byj)

188 And Da Swamp had snow on New Year's Eve of '63, extending into New Year's Day of '64. That was the first time I ever saw and handled snow. Darn near froze my little paws trying to make snowballs to hurl at my brother.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 11:40 PM (wzUl9)

189 Just at a fancy pants hotel / casino place with that kind of public restroom
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

It got my meat
Got my meat

Jumped up off the bidet seat

Posted by: Modififed lyrics for the fancy pants crowd at January 31, 2026 11:40 PM (AP7fj)

190 Goaltender change at 5-2

Ha!

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 31, 2026 11:41 PM (pscAN)

191 Darn near froze my little paws trying to make snowballs to hurl at my brother.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

It's the thought that counts.

Posted by: Miklos ax how you makin' at January 31, 2026 11:42 PM (AP7fj)

192 Time I headed off to the blankets, all. Stay warm.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 31, 2026 11:42 PM (wzUl9)

193 Crap. Guess I'm not buying any more for awhile.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:25 PM (OWbr4)

I think it will hit $150-200 in the next couple of years. There are some new silver applications for Li batteries to make them safer and that means there will be growth in demand.
It might be time to do some counter-trend buying if you have some extra coin. There is that whole thing that the new Fed President has the odd idea that the cause of inflation is money printing so we might see some actual fall-off on inflation, but the Euro and Pound are still directed by Keynesians

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 11:44 PM (rbvCR)

194 Just at a fancy pants hotel / casino place with that kind of public restroom
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
---

Hey, been missing you and your deport support.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:45 PM (cW1mv)

195 And then the Bigger Snow was last January.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Where is all that Global Warmening I was promised?

Gumbo needs some HEAT

Posted by: Miklos stirs the pot at January 31, 2026 11:45 PM (AP7fj)

196 Girlfriend said go back to sleep-it's the kids outside who have never seen snow-they're FROLICKING!

Posted by: Miklos prefers palm trees

You know what FROLICKING! can lead to?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2026 11:33 PM (cYBz/)

Children who like the snow!

Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 31, 2026 11:47 PM (NZPfR)

197 Gore "releasing his third chakra" with that masseuse used to be a running gag. Of course he's a pervert.
Posted by: Ian S.

splchk

Posted by: it's "prevert" according to Slim Pickens, and that's good enough for me at January 31, 2026 11:48 PM (AP7fj)

198 Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Friday on Newsmax that the Don Lemon criminal case is unlikely to result in a conviction.
Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 31, 2026 11:30 PM (DIAAz)

Yeah, well J6 showed that they are really unwilling to convict a CHS

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 11:48 PM (rbvCR)

199 CGI went from cheesy but cool, to way more realistic and cool, to instantly recognizable and cheesy over about 10 years. AI slop ran that whole course in about 10 months.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2026 11:50 PM (BI5O2)

200 187 You can actually easily see the off-set timing in that broadside. Three barrels in each turret fire at a slightly different time, to avoid "fratricidal" effects of one on the other as they exit the muzzle.

A beautiful sight never to be seen again. Sad!
Posted by: rhomboid
---

1, 3, 2 - keeps the over blast from interfering with the shell trajectory.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 11:50 PM (cW1mv)

201 I think it will hit $150-200 in the next couple of years. There are some new silver applications for Li batteries to make them safer and that means there will be growth in demand.
It might be time to do some counter-trend buying if you have some extra coin. There is that whole thing that the new Fed President has the odd idea that the cause of inflation is money printing so we might see some actual fall-off on inflation, but the Euro and Pound are still directed by Keynesians
Posted by: Kindltot

APMEX is wanting $103.00 per silver round. Ouch.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:50 PM (OWbr4)

202 No comment of the week.

*kicks dirt*

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 11:51 PM (2WIwB)

203
Got some exercise running up some steps today, then had a long drive up the I-5. It was too hot to wear my leggings on a long, sunny drive, so I changed into some baggy cotton pants before I left.

There's my weather report for the day.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2026 11:52 PM (LeyXC)

204 the new Fed President has the odd idea that the cause of inflation is money printing
Posted by: Kindltot

Now that....that's Crazy talk

Posted by: Miklos of the Austrian Old Skool at January 31, 2026 11:53 PM (AP7fj)

205 I fed the dogs and let them out. They got their business done and are back inside. Now they are piled up for the night ready for bed. They know the routine. 26 degrees and the wind is still blowing with gusts around 18 mph. Supposed to get warmer this week. High 40's and 50's.

Posted by: Case at January 31, 2026 11:54 PM (E7+ue)

206 Blonde M. you in SoCal?

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 11:54 PM (U/Byj)

207 No comment of the week.

*kicks dirt*
Posted by: Diogenes

The great advantage of being able or inclined to kick dirt, is that you are on the right side of it

Posted by: Blind Monk Miklos of Shaolin at January 31, 2026 11:55 PM (AP7fj)

208 Remarkably, very few traditional Blues songs reference pipes freezing
Posted by: Blind Muddy Jefferson-Waters at January 31, 2026 11:39 PM (AP7fj)

Well, at nine below zero, pipes freeze, even if Sonny Boy failed to mention it:

https://youtu.be/JO88meallgA

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2026 11:56 PM (8zz6B)

209 They didn't deserve it, but they surely earned it.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 10:05 PM (rbvCR)

...and I laughed way too hard at it..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 11:57 PM (nbLIj)

210
Blonde M. you in SoCal?
Posted by: rhomboid

===============

Yes indeedy. Although at the exact moment I'm on the Central Coast because I had to drive up today.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 31, 2026 11:58 PM (LeyXC)

211 I went to the liquor store today. Wanted to buy a bottle of Bailey's. I only saw a cheap knock-off so I asked the kid working if they had any Bailey's. He said no.

So I picked up a bottle of port and when I went to pay, there was an older gentleman. I mentioned it was a shame he didn't have Bailey's. He said, 'We have the little bottles'. I said, crudulously, 'The airplane bottles?' 'Yes.' 'A lot?' Then I walked around the cash register and saw about 50 of them. Bought 8.

Little airplane bottles do the trick.

Posted by: RickZ at January 31, 2026 11:58 PM (gKDq2)

212 Butter is down to $8.94/4lbs from a high around $14.00 awhile back.

$11.47 on 11/22/25

$14.22 on 12/14/24

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2026 11:58 PM (OWbr4)

213 I think 150-200 for silver is possible after the next couple spikes. Maybe 7-10 years. In the near term I think 60s-70s is probably where it hangs out until the next spike.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2026 11:59 PM (BI5O2)

214 Hey, been missing you and your deport support.

Posted by: Braenyard

Gallivanting around
We fly back tomorrow

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 01, 2026 12:00 AM (uHEbo)

215 I went to the liquor store today. Wanted to buy a bottle of Bailey's. I only saw a cheap knock-off so I asked the kid working if they had any Bailey's. He said no.

Posted by: RickZ

Carolans. Just as good and cheaper.
Carolans Irish Cream is a liqueur made from a mixture of cream, Irish spirits, Irish whiskey and honey.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:01 AM (OWbr4)

216 I think 150-200 for silver is possible after the next couple spikes. Maybe 7-10 years. In the near term I think 60s-70s is probably where it hangs out until the next spike.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2026 11:59 PM (BI5O2)

Hi-ho Pewter!

Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger at February 01, 2026 12:02 AM (8zz6B)

217 IMHO, the sell-off of gold and silver is just end of the month, end of the week profit-taking.

The fundamental shortage of silver is real.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 12:02 AM (qFwJc)

218 So the hotel we snooped at to see how the rich travel has security guards with bomb sniffing dogs snd under-car mirrors screening every car.

Don't know if that makes me feel more or less safe

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 01, 2026 12:03 AM (uHEbo)

219 My pipe done froze baby
Somethin' I don't lie about

I make you wiggle
I make you shout

You loves to holler
And move it all about

We do it one time
We go for a dozen

But tonite honey
This man's pipe is frozen

Posted by: Blind Little Sonny Boy Miklos Jefferson at February 01, 2026 12:03 AM (AP7fj)

220 Carolans. Just as good and half the price of Baileys.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 01, 2026 12:03 AM (qFwJc)

221 Freedom of Choice.
Really?
Try this. (the next part is a click on the right)

Spoiler - he wins you lose

https://shorturl.at/ZDTDa - click the triangle

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 12:04 AM (cW1mv)

222 It started snowing again this evening and the roads finally got cold enough for the snow to stick. So yay icy roads tomorrow morning and freezing temperatures through lunchtime tomorrow. So basically a mostly dead Sunday which I don't mind.

Posted by: Farquad at February 01, 2026 12:04 AM (CFMhl)

223 Do they make some kind of man-portable salt spreader, kind of like a seed spreader, but heavier duty? I figure if the city won't do my block, I can at least salt the street up to the school bus route.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 12:08 AM (BI5O2)

224 Rick223, this is a follow up from a Twitter Rando -- By the way, January is the month for clearing year end gold and silver futures.

shanghai exchange halted trading because it was getting overheated, and that reset the market. Vince Lanci thinks this is going to be a form of capital control on Silver, and that Shanghai exchange is now dictating the world market price.
And that should last as long as it does

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 12:08 AM (rbvCR)

225 Butter is down to $8.94/4lbs from a high around $14.00 awhile back.

Posted by: rickb223

That will make Darleen's little hobby more affordable.

Gotta wait until it warms up and we can use the inflatable pool.

Not having that mess inside the trailer

Posted by: Miklos likes butter anyway at February 01, 2026 12:08 AM (AP7fj)

226 Another thumbs up for Carolans.

It's not quite as sickly-sweet as Baileys, but just as good overall flavor, and much easier on the wallet.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)

227 Do they make some kind of man-portable salt spreader, kind of like a seed spreader, but heavier duty? I figure if the city won't do my block, I can at least salt the street up to the school bus route.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Home Depot ones work just fine. When we used to plow snow, we used that very thing for walks.

Posted by: MkY at February 01, 2026 12:09 AM (q6tQZ)

228 Carolans. Just as good and half the price of Baileys.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Instant coffee

Store brand cream

Military Special Whiskey (there's different kinds)

Posted by: Thrifty Miklos at the Class 6 at February 01, 2026 12:10 AM (AP7fj)

229 207 miklos
The great advantage of being able or inclined to kick dirt, is that you are on the right side of it

This.
Any day above ground is a good day🙂

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 12:10 AM (LNeRu)

230 It's not quite as sickly-sweet as Baileys, but just as good overall flavor, and much easier on the wallet.
Posted by: JQ

The guy who invented Baileys later gave interviews (on Yootoob) in which he laughed that people bought the stuff

Posted by: Meticulous Mixologist Miklos at February 01, 2026 12:12 AM (AP7fj)

231 Home Depot ones work just fine. When we used to plow snow, we used that very thing for walks.
Posted by: MkY at February 01, 2026 12:09 AM (q6tQZ)

Thx, ill probably get one for next year.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 12:12 AM (BI5O2)

232 YD, a yard fertilizer spreader works well. One winter I used mine to spread cat litter on my sidewalk to make it less slippery.
Next time I will pick the cat turds out of it.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 12:13 AM (rbvCR)

233 Howdy, COMM! Sorry you had to pound your beer mug on the bar! I was in the kitchen, making poppers! (IRL!)

Still not quite done...

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:14 AM (rdVOm)

234 I used to like to put bourbon and brown sugar in my coffee when camping.
Never held much for Baileys, but some of the people I camped with liked it.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 12:14 AM (rbvCR)

235 Ok. Poppers are in the oven.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:14 AM (OWbr4)

236 Happy Saturday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 12:15 AM (0nHVk)

237 This ONT is pretty good 👍
Thanks

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 01, 2026 12:15 AM (w3u3d)

238 Did the "Bomb Cyclone" do its thing?

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at February 01, 2026 12:16 AM (DIAAz)

239 YD, a yard fertilizer spreader works well. One winter I used mine to spread cat litter on my sidewalk to make it less slippery.

Next time I will pick the cat turds out of it.
Posted by: Kindltot

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:17 AM (OWbr4)

240 Poppers are in the oven.

REPEAT

Poppers are in the oven
----
The chair is against the wall

REPEAT

The chair is against the wall

Posted by: Miklos calling with a Long Moustache at February 01, 2026 12:17 AM (AP7fj)

241 I have extra cheese filling. More than expected. Pressed it into a container, covered with plastic, snapped the lid on & put it in the freezer. Shoulda bought another 6 or 8 peppers, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

242 Ohhh! Doggo❣❣❣
Miss your triple D! Good dog anyways!🐶
Posted by: COMountainMarie
--------
*waves to COMM* cheers!

Posted by: scampydog at February 01, 2026 12:19 AM (41CYW)

243 It made the grass grow green

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 12:19 AM (rbvCR)

244 I have extra cheese filling. More than expected. Pressed it into a container, covered with plastic, snapped the lid on & put it in the freezer. Shoulda bought another 6 or 8 peppers, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

Do you have wonton wrappers or phyllo dough? Mmmm.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2026 12:20 AM (rbvCR)

245 Do they make some kind of man-portable salt spreader, kind of like a seed spreader, but heavier duty? I figure if the city won't do my block, I can at least salt the street up to the school bus route.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 12:08 AM (BI5O2)

If you are de-icing your own property, I recommend you get pelletized urea, and not salt. Has better melting effectiveness, and is a nitrogen fertilizer, and feeds plants, instead of killing them.

You might need a ton of salt to do an entire block.

Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger at February 01, 2026 12:20 AM (8zz6B)

246 I have extra cheese filling. More than expected.
Posted by: JQ

Pro Tip-

In such cases, Professional Chefs...just eat it then and there

Posted by: Maitre d'Mikleuse at February 01, 2026 12:21 AM (AP7fj)

247 Hi-ho Pewter!
Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger

Go to your room.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2026 12:21 AM (diia5)

248 I have extra cheese filling. More than expected.
Posted by: JQ

Pro Tip-

In such cases, Professional Chefs...just eat it then and there
Posted by: Maitre d'Mikleuse

So do us amateurs.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:21 AM (OWbr4)

249 Do you have wonton wrappers or phyllo dough? Mmmm.
Posted by: Kindltot
-------

Sadly, no. I usually do have a pack of wonton wrappers in freezer.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)

250 Yay! JQ! Thank heavens you made it...
Girldog and I were getting ready to nap down behind the stage in our cozy sleeping bag....

Hi DDS! join me for a nightcap😜

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 12:22 AM (LNeRu)

251 (desocks)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 12:23 AM (8zz6B)

252 Pelletized Urea? Like Kidney Stones?

Posted by: Urethra Franklin at February 01, 2026 12:23 AM (oftw2)

253 If you are de-icing your own property, I recommend you get pelletized urea, and not salt.
Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger

Downside; your yard smells like piss.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2026 12:23 AM (diia5)

254 This batch of cheese filling is special. Very spicy and garlicky! Heck, I don't even have any crackers in the house... *sigh*

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:24 AM (rdVOm)

255 Do they make some kind of man-portable salt spreader, kind of like a seed spreader, but heavier duty? I figure if the city won't do my block, I can at least salt the street up to the school bus route.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 01, 2026 12:08 AM (BI5O2)

If you are de-icing your own property, I recommend you get pelletized urea, and not salt. Has better melting effectiveness, and is a nitrogen fertilizer, and feeds plants, instead of killing them.

You might need a ton of salt to do an entire block.
Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger

Calcium Chloride. PELADOW.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:25 AM (OWbr4)

256 If you are de-icing your own property, I recommend you get pelletized urea, and not salt.
Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger

Downside; your yard smells like piss.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2026 12:23 AM (diia5)

But if it already does, what's the problem?

Posted by: Water Bills Are Expensive at February 01, 2026 12:25 AM (NZPfR)

257 So do us amateurs.
Posted by: rickb223

You are awarded Certificate of Merit for having that one sharp knife, and an Honorary French Accent

Posted by: Ecole Culinaire de L'Universite de Miklos at February 01, 2026 12:25 AM (AP7fj)

258 YD, a yard fertilizer spreader works well. One winter I used mine to spread cat litter on my sidewalk to make it less slippery.
Next time I will pick the cat turds out of it.
Posted by: Kindltot

Tip your veal; try the waitress.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 12:26 AM (VHUov)

259 Downside; your yard smells like piss.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 01, 2026 12:23 AM (diia5)

No, really it doesn't. Pure industrial urea is odorless, and is manufactured, not refined out of cow piss. It's a good ice melter because it releases heat as it goes into solution in water, and it is sold for that very purpose. Also not as heavy as salt, so less work to carry it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 12:27 AM (8zz6B)

260 If you are de-icing your own property, I recommend you get pelletized urea, and not salt.
Posted by: The Thrifty Ranger

If it's cold enough, you can make your own on the spot.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 12:27 AM (VHUov)

261 This batch of cheese filling is special. Very spicy and garlicky! Heck, I don't even have any crackers in the house... *sigh*
Posted by: JQ

You could mail it to me.

Will probably stay pretty cold in transit

Posted by: Miklos ain't proud when he's hongry at February 01, 2026 12:27 AM (AP7fj)

262 Dang. That sounds good.

My popper filling is cream cheese and mild cheddar. I was thinking of adding gruyere.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:27 AM (OWbr4)

263 If it's cold enough, you can make your own on the spot.
Posted by: mikeski

Or buy more and bigger dogs

Posted by: Miklos sees solutions at February 01, 2026 12:28 AM (AP7fj)

264 Do they make some kind of man-portable salt spreader, kind of like a seed spreader, but heavier duty? I figure if the city won't do my block, I can at least salt the street up to the school bus route.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Granular fertilizer spreader.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 01, 2026 12:30 AM (/lPRQ)

265 Rickb223-- I add several things to the cheese filling:

Soften the cream cheese, then add salt & black pepper, crushed garlic, hatch chile powder, favorite hot sauce (I like a pineapple-habanero flavor) and mix thoroughly before adding shredded pepper-jack and/or marble-jack and/or cheddar...

Very versatile.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm)

266 Maybe I should tell Darleen, Marleen, and Charleen that the toilet pipe is frozen, and they have to go outside (not like they're shy or nothin').

Problem solved and don't cost me nothin'

Posted by: Miklos sees quick and effective solutions at February 01, 2026 12:33 AM (AP7fj)

267 > If it's cold enough, you can make your own on the spot.
Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 12:27 AM (VHUov)

Plus the yellow color serves as a marker so you can tell which areas have already been taken care of.

Heh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 01, 2026 12:33 AM (IG3/x)

268 Remember, guys: If you're gonna write in the snow... DON'T write you OWN name!

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:35 AM (rdVOm)

269 I'm hungry.

JQ, could you smoosh a couple o' poppers through the USB port? Most appreciated 😝....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 12:35 AM (LNeRu)

270 268 Remember, guys: If you're gonna write in the snow... DON'T write you OWN name!
Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:35 AM (rdVOm)

At least be certain it isn't in your own hand writing.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 01, 2026 12:36 AM (w/O5Q)

271 >>could you smoosh a couple o' poppers through the USB port?
-------

Absolutely, COMM! Coming up!

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

272 It is now time for me to go undercover.

Adios, au revoir, auf wiedersehen to you

Posted by: a-Miklos anna Sissy anna Bobby and the Miklos Welk Family at February 01, 2026 12:37 AM (AP7fj)

273 I am kinda hungry...
Maybe I'll see if girldog left anything in her bowl...hmmm...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 12:38 AM (LNeRu)

274 Soften the cream cheese, then add salt & black pepper, crushed garlic, hatch chile powder, favorite hot sauce (I like a pineapple-habanero flavor) and mix thoroughly before adding shredded pepper-jack and/or marble-jack and/or cheddar...

Very versatile.
Posted by: JQ

Good idea. Thank you. I've added crushed pineapple before. That was pretty good.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:39 AM (OWbr4)

275
Just discovered a little bug with the weather station. I noticed the wind speed had been dead zero nearly all evening after sundown, but the wind vane was moving around. Turned out the snow had piled up on top of the unit enough to block the wind cups from turning.

I decided I wasn't going to go out and try to clear it, but just now it came a strong enough gust of wind to clear some and the cups are spinning again. :-)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

276 here's something to write in the snow ﷲ

Posted by: gKWVE at February 01, 2026 12:40 AM (gKWVE)

277 Remember, guys: If you're gonna write in the snow... DON'T write you OWN name!
Posted by: JQ

C

B

D

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:40 AM (OWbr4)

278 Yeah....gonna go get in the sleeping bag with the girldog.
G'night pals👋💤💤💤

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 01, 2026 12:42 AM (LNeRu)

279 Just discovered a little bug with the weather station. I noticed the wind speed had been dead zero nearly all evening after sundown, but the wind vane was moving around. Turned out the snow had piled up on top of the unit enough to block the wind cups from turning.

I decided I wasn't going to go out and try to clear it, but just now it came a strong enough gust of wind to clear some and the cups are spinning again. :-)
Posted by: publius

What station would you recommend for hooking up to Weather Underground?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:43 AM (OWbr4)

280
It's 28F in Orlando, now. And 42 - 45 around Fort Lauderdale and Miami. 33F at Cape Canaveral.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 12:43 AM (w6EFb)

281 Fresno peppers make good poppers too-- bright red and a bit hotter than jalapenos. Some of both make an attractive party tray!

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm)

282 Late morning. Shise and rine!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2026 12:43 AM (gK5jz)

283 I'd love to join you for a nightcap, COMM, or perhaps two, right now I need to grab some of those poppers though, the sound delish. I just did a reconnoiter of the kitchen and I have a limited food selection right now, I'll be shopping in the morning.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 12:44 AM (0nHVk)

284 Weather Underground: Tomorrow's temperature is forecast to be MUCH WARMER than today.

😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:46 AM (OWbr4)

285 >> What station would you recommend for hooking up to Weather Underground?

I don't know enough about it to make it any decent recommendation, really. I've got an Ambient Weather WS-2000. Getting it connected to Wunderground was poorly documented, you have to use some upload URL that's sort of poorly documented, but I got it.

Davis PWS units are supposed to be the best, but are quite pricey. I see a lot of Acurite units on the network as well. I like this WS-2000. There's a pricier unit next tier above, ultrasonic wind speed sensor. The WS-2902 is the tier just below the 2000. It uses the same outdoor unit, it's just the console has some features disabled. So, as far as Ambient goes, I'd recommend the WS-2000.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 12:48 AM (w6EFb)

286 Hi, Debby! Help yourself to the poppers... I made LOTS.

I should dial it down in the future, I guess. Just seems so much work, why not make extra & freeze for later?

On the other hand, it wouldn't BE so much work, if I only made a dozen at a time. Hahaha.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)

287 I'd love to join you for a nightcap, COMM, or perhaps two, right now I need to grab some of those poppers though, the sound delish. I just did a reconnoiter of the kitchen and I have a limited food selection right now, I'll be shopping in the morning.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Covid killed the 24 hour grocery store or I'd be at Wal Mart right now.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:50 AM (OWbr4)

288 Goodnight COMM, good night Miklos, the place will be kind of quiet without.

JQ, poppers are yummy and thank you rickb too. I'll be needing a Chivas next, if it is not too much trouble.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 12:51 AM (0nHVk)

289 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

We had mucho excitement at Chez TiFW today - we bought a "Countertop Oven" because the oven portion of our Chambers stove that we had refurbished in August STILL isn't working (they are coming to look at it, but they go all over the country to repair old stoves) the other day. I also ordered a shelving unit to set it on above our mini fridge and with our microwave.

Today, Paul and his friend Gary had great fun assembling the shelving unit and unboxing the oven (they are both engineers). So now I get to figure out how to use the air fryer feature as well as the convection oven feature.

It's a good sized unit - it will hold up to a 9x13 baking dish, and it has space for 2 racks in it.

The new chemo that I am on has made me less tired, and they add a small amount of steroids to prevent issues with liver toxicity, so I am actually thinkers by about food again!

So tomorrow, a new culinary adventure begins 🎉🎉🎉

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 01, 2026 12:53 AM (SRRAx)

290
Freeze line looks to be down about Tampa latitude. I'm seeing some 32s and 33s inland east of Tampa. Tampa Bay itself is still holding 37 - 39. The models have been keeping that freeze line pushed inland all night, so it's likely not going to freeze right in Tampa, but that freeze line is head town pretty far south to the east.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 12:53 AM (w6EFb)

291 Night of the Iguana was a pretty good movie.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 01, 2026 12:53 AM (QGaXH)

292 24hr grocery was so awesome, back when I worked night shift...

Aisles clear & freshly stocked, no screaming children or long lines at checkout.

Posted by: JQ at February 01, 2026 12:54 AM (rdVOm)

293 Wow. Fog had rolled in. Big time. The ferries are all tooting at each other. I can’t see them at all. But I can hear them.

Spooky.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2026 12:55 AM (IhIKR)

294 Well, bed time for me. Have to get up at 0700, to make ready for a raod trip to a car parts swap meet in Glendale. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 12:55 AM (8zz6B)

295 The WS-2902 is the tier just below the 2000. It uses the same outdoor unit, it's just the console has some features disabled. So, as far as Ambient goes, I'd recommend the WS-2000.
Posted by: publius

Amazon has it. Thanks!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:57 AM (OWbr4)

296 >> Amazon has it. Thanks!

If you get one, let me know when it arrives and you get mounted and powered up, and I'll look and help you get it hooked up to Wunderground. Ambient has its own weather network, which is easy to hook up to.

Wundeground can be infuriating sometimes, keep in mind.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 12:59 AM (w6EFb)

297 So tomorrow, a new culinary adventure begins 🎉🎉🎉
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

Yay!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 01:01 AM (OWbr4)

298 If you get one, let me know when it arrives and you get mounted and powered up, and I'll look and help you get it hooked up to Wunderground. Ambient has its own weather network, which is easy to hook up to.

Wundeground can be infuriating sometimes, keep in mind.
Posted by: publius

10-4!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 01:02 AM (OWbr4)

299 >
What station would you recommend for hooking up to Weather Underground?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 12:43 AM (OWbr4)

In the old days, Radio Moscow World Service.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Here we are in 2026 and those asswipes Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn are still consuming oxygen that could be used something useful.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 01, 2026 01:03 AM (IG3/x)

300 Teresa, your new stove sounds like fun, I am doing more cold weather cooking myself, time to make some old favorites.

I haven't heard any news from Iran today, is there any?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 01:05 AM (0nHVk)

301 The ferries are all tooting at each other.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Seattle: it's foggy tonight

San Fran: there was a chili cook-off

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 01:05 AM (VHUov)

302 >> 10-4!

Also, be sure you have a micro SD card on had to plug in the console. A few GB will be all you need -- you can store years worth of data. If you don't have it, the console memory can only hold so many days worth of data depending on what your update interval is. 5 minutes is the default, which is good enough.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb)

303 > 291 Night of the Iguana was a pretty good movie.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 01, 2026 12:53 AM (QGaXH)

I should check it out as an adult. I remember being pissed off as a kid when the TV Guide listed it as the late-night movie.

Going by the title, I thought it was going to be a horror film.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 01, 2026 01:05 AM (IG3/x)

304 Also, be sure you have a micro SD card on had to plug in the console. A few GB will be all you need -- you can store years worth of data. If you don't have it, the console memory can only hold so many days worth of data depending on what your update interval is. 5 minutes is the default, which is good enough.
Posted by: publius

Good idea!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 01:07 AM (OWbr4)

305 Also, be sure you have a micro SD card on had to plug in the console. A few GB will be all you need -- you can store years worth of data. If you don't have it, the console memory can only hold so many days worth of data depending on what your update interval is. 5 minutes is the default, which is good enough.
Posted by: publius

One terabyte should be enough. 😉

Posted by: rickb223 at February 01, 2026 01:08 AM (OWbr4)

306 5 A toilet seat with an integrated bidet feature.
Activated by a button or remote control, it uses a wand to jet water for cleaning.
Some models include air fresheners, seat heaters, and dryers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2026 10:02 PM (cW1mv)

We have one in each bath complete with heated water, seat warmer, air freshener and remote.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 01, 2026 01:14 AM (QGaXH)

307 I have an Acurite. It's OK. My wind vane is 8 feet off the ground... how much snow you get, publius?
Also, we're well into the woods, so highest wind speed we've ever recorded was 26 mph. There were 65 mph winds that day

Posted by: MkY at February 01, 2026 01:23 AM (q6tQZ)

308 >> how much snow you get, publius?

5" - 6". Simpsonville official was 3", but to the east here we got into the heavier zone.

Today was one of those days where the high temp was right at midnight, and it just slowly cooled down all day even through midday.

It's a bummer, but GSP only tied the lowest high record today because of that. Jan 31 was a bit high, 31F compared to 20s for most other mid and late Jan days. Even though mid afternoon highs were in the mid-20s, it still counts as a high of 31F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 01:28 AM (w6EFb)

309 We have one in each bath complete with heated water, seat warmer, air freshener and remote.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Even when I was actually 29, I don't think I had that kind of range.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 01:29 AM (VHUov)

310 ARIK, I um, need to use the bathroom.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 01:30 AM (0nHVk)

311
Nick Shirley is about to drop a vid on San Diego. I'm so glad he's gotten to California.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 01:33 AM (LeyXC)

312 I’m old enough that I remember the punchline in the yellow urine inscription in the snow:
“ It’s Henry Kissinger’s handwriting.”

Posted by: Fenderbender at February 01, 2026 01:37 AM (x8own)

313 >>>Going by the title, I thought it was going to be a horror film.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Rented Kiss of the Spider Woman thinking it would be SciFi. Boy, was I suprised. OK, though.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 01:38 AM (cW1mv)

314 Microed a 3yr old tub of Rice a Roni, it's cooling down.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 01:40 AM (cW1mv)

315 309 We have one in each bath complete with heated water, seat warmer, air freshener and remote.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Toto?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 01:42 AM (cW1mv)

316 310 ARIK, I um, need to use the bathroom.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 01:30 AM (0nHVk)

DDS - if you are still here - you are welcome to but house rule is 'no evidence'.

We had boys so.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 01, 2026 01:52 AM (QGaXH)

317 315 309 We have one in each bath complete with heated water, seat warmer, air freshener and remote.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Toto?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 01:42 AM (cW1mv)

I believe so but don't have the model number handy.

They each cost a pretty penny, but wife likes her creature comforts...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 01, 2026 01:54 AM (QGaXH)

318 @WatcherGuru . Jan 26

Last month, Rep. Kevin Hern sold up to $500,000 worth of UnitedHealth stock.

Today, the Trump administration proposed flat Medicare reimbursement rates for insurers, causing $UNH to crash over 10%.

Hern is a member of the House Subcommittee on Health

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 01:54 AM (cW1mv)

319 but house rule is 'no evidence'.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

What about ShowerCamTM?

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 01:55 AM (VHUov)

320 Thanks ARIK. got a few boys of my own, I know what you mean. I am off to bed, I am feeling sleepy. Sweet dreams Horde, and JQ, thanks as always for tending bar.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 01, 2026 01:56 AM (0nHVk)

321 Rented Kiss of the Spider Woman thinking it would be SciFi. Boy, was I suprised. OK, though.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Was that the one with two dudes in a prison cell? A Marxist and a gay? If so, in many ways this is the story of Keith Ellison and Tim Walz.

Posted by: scampydog at February 01, 2026 01:56 AM (41CYW)

322 315 309 We have one in each bath complete with heated water, seat warmer, air freshener and remote.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Toto?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 01:42 AM (cW1mv)

Toto Washlet is the model.

I didn't like the idea of water and electricity but - as usual - overruled.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 01, 2026 01:58 AM (QGaXH)

323 The idiots in my district elected a Democrat for the first time since 1991 (Texas SD-9). The overwhelming number of votes cast were early voting.

The local Facebook page for our neighborhood has been gloating all night.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 01, 2026 02:07 AM (SRRAx)

324 @WatcherGuru . Jan 26
Last month, Rep. Kevin Hern sold up to $500,000 worth of UnitedHealth stock.
Today, the Trump administration proposed flat Medicare reimbursement rates for insurers, causing $UNH to crash over 10%.
Hern is a member of the House Subcommittee on Health
Posted by: Braenyard

If mikeski were King for a day, nobody working for the government at any decision-making level could own individual stocks or bonds. Get elected to congress, become a judge, etc, and you sell it all before you take your oath, and buy broad-market tracking mutual funds. S&P500 tracker, Dow tracker, etc.

If mikeski were Emperor for a day, there would be a special government "fund" that changed in value based on something like [GDP minus inflation] or [average worker's real wages]. Everyone working for the government at any level has 100% of their investments put in there.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 02:08 AM (VHUov)

325 I didn't like the idea of water and electricity where I put my junk but - as usual - overruled.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

FIFY.

Posted by: mikeski at February 01, 2026 02:09 AM (VHUov)

326 Had to go look - 29 moments - yes it was
William Hurt and Raul Julia.
Expecting SciFi, at first it was WTF? But it is a real movie, with plot and dialogue. Recommend

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:10 AM (cW1mv)

327 Always interesting to see what the dominant topic is late on the ONT. Toilets, it looks like. Toilets, and misleading movie titles. But, mostly, toilets.

Sugar Tits is funny, sarcastic, and what I guess the kids are calling based. If you like that kind of thing.
Gender-bender activists have lost their minds (16:19)
https://youtu.be/b6H0iaNG7_s

And for tonight and for January, 2026, this is the end.
https://youtu.be/9pRGoSbYHQE

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - catch ya next month which it is already here at February 01, 2026 02:12 AM (j02Vi)

328
The idiots in my district elected a Democrat for the first time since 1991 (Texas SD-9). The overwhelming number of votes cast were early voting.

The local Facebook page for our neighborhood has been gloating all night.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

=================

That scares me a bit, to be honest.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 02:14 AM (LeyXC)

329
Freeze line is trying to push over into Tampa. It's 32 and 31F right to the east. In the middle toward the Atlantic, it's pushing to the north side of Lake Okeechobee. It's in the high 30s around Palm Beach.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 02:16 AM (w6EFb)

330 The idiots in my district elected a Democrat for the first time since 1991 (Texas SD-9). The overwhelming number of votes cast were early voting.

The local Facebook page for our neighborhood has been gloating all night.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

=================

That scares me a bit, to be honest.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 02:14 AM (LeyXC)
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Teresa, what issues drove the election?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 02:22 AM (s5hGr)

331
It's currently 14F in Sugar Tit, SC. Things are getting pretty hard and pointy there, I imagine.

It's 16F right here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2026 02:25 AM (w6EFb)

332 Texas state Senate story

https://tinyurl.com/kzv2bdmh

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 02:27 AM (Vwn5y)

333 Doors did some really good stuff but most of it wasn't.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:28 AM (cW1mv)

334 Another 10 degree day here, looks like. Our neighborhood fox looked unperturbed, waltzing across my front yard yesterday afternoon

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 02:30 AM (Vwn5y)

335 Ft. Wort has been moving to the left for a good while.
Prolly elected U.T. graduates who want to keep up with Dallas instead of preserving its identity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:31 AM (cW1mv)

336 Hi all!

Nurse, we had fog too. So pretty.

>>> 168 "Mamdani? Walz? They didn't go to the island."

Mamdami's mom went to the island. Possibly just in her movie director role. But there's speculation that her meetings with Epstein set her son on a path to be an anointed one in politics.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 02:31 AM (gWBY1)

337 Doors manager said he was relieved when Morrison died. Most evil person he'd ever encountered.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:35 AM (cW1mv)

338 I like a window open at night, even just a crack. As temps get closer to zero I question that habit

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 02:35 AM (Vwn5y)

339 I'm so relieved to see box office receipts are rolling in, and Melania's documentary is one of the top grossing openers in the past 14 years! (Excluding concerts docs like Tay-Tay.) Over 8 million and has an A cinema score.

The media was crowing it had low pre-sales, but the majority of tickets were bought by people 55 and older. People who probably go and buy their tickets in person, and you can't track. Also did gangbusters with women in the south.

Another thing for Hollywood to have TDS over.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 02:36 AM (gWBY1)

340 Yay "Melania"!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 02:37 AM (Vwn5y)

341 Doors manager said he was relieved when Morrison died. Most evil person he'd ever encountered.

Posted by: Braenyard

Sugarman or Botnik? I've never heard this.

Posted by: Dark L at February 01, 2026 02:46 AM (KAi1n)

342 I've never seen the doors movie with Val Kilmer. Worth a watch?

Ana I just found out Target is pulling out of a bunch of blue cities, including NYC. Too much shoplifting and violence against employees. I've been at the Targets in both Harlem and the Bronx. One of the few one-stop shopping stores by subway and bus lines. I feel bad for all the good families impacted by the bad actors.

Posted by: LizLem at February 01, 2026 02:51 AM (gWBY1)

343 Memory fails, it was the keyboard player.

Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist of The Doors, described Jim Morrison ... referred to Morrison as the world's "most evil person."

The manager of Jim Morrison, Jim Siddons, expressed a strong sentiment about his time with Morrison, stating he was glad to be rid of him. This reflects the tension and challenges that arose from Morrison

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:07 AM (cW1mv)

344 342 I've never seen the doors movie with Val Kilmer. Worth a watch?

Ana I just found out Target is pulling out of a bunch of blue cities, including NYC. Too much shoplifting and violence against employees. I've been at the Targets in both Harlem and the Bronx. One of the few one-stop shopping stores by subway and bus lines. I feel bad for all the good families impacted by the bad actors.
Posted by: LizLem
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Bet they are still selling homosexual gear for boys and girls.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:09 AM (cW1mv)

345 Folks are starting to dig into the released Epstein records. Frightening example by Dom Lucre:

https://tinyurl.com/228vbdtf

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2026 03:10 AM (gK5jz)

346 Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
are you here?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:10 AM (cW1mv)

347 NYC does not have any laws against stealing. Even if they did arrest the thief they would let 'em walk. The Governor of Minnesota helped rip US taxpayers off 8 billion dollars. He is still in office. Laws are not enforced anymore. Laws are nothing but a suggestion. And it seems like nobody cares.

Posted by: Case at February 01, 2026 03:19 AM (E7+ue)

348 Bush family, under the radar, under the covers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:26 AM (cW1mv)

349 330 The idiots in my district elected a Democrat for the first time since 1991 (Texas SD-9). The overwhelming number of votes cast were early voting.

The local Facebook page for our neighborhood has been gloating all night.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

=================

That scares me a bit, to be honest.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 01, 2026 02:14 AM (LeyXC)
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Teresa, what issues drove the election?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2026 02:22 AM (s5hGr)

Hell if I know! We have had a LOT of new construction in the area (which frankly, in an area this small is too much for the infrastructure to handle). Lots of multi units - high end, but more than this area can accommodate. We are just south of all of the hospitals.

Our neighborhood has finally become "trendy" - all of the urban pioneers from 40 years ago like ourselves, who bought fixer-uppers in a historic area that had seen better days, sold their renovated houses for a small fortune to the "new" occupants of the neighborhood/area. They all have money and liberal attitudes and no common sense. Lots of social justice ideas, though. Idiots.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 01, 2026 03:28 AM (SRRAx)

350 Running late again. Got to go. See yall tomorrow.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 03:29 AM (cW1mv)

351 On the plus side, the Legislature is out of session until after the next election, so it's kind of a nothing burger win.

We did our part and went and voted tonight - we have always been "day of" voters. Dinosaurs.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 01, 2026 03:36 AM (SRRAx)

352 Doors did some really good stuff but most of it wasn't.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2026 02:28 AM (cW1mv)

Back in the real early 80's when twisted sister was just a local band playing the circuit they did a tribute to the doors by burning a door on stage.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 01, 2026 03:51 AM (snZF9)

353 Almost to the end, my friend.

For reference, we just crossed freezing, and the low tonight is supposed to only get down to 30F. Usually in the teens this time of year. But for now, I'm going to enjoy it.
Tomorrow... predicted 61F

Posted by: buddhaha at February 01, 2026 04:00 AM (36QIT)

354 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at February 01, 2026 04:02 AM (SSiCQ)

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