First World Problems...

Amaryllis! We buy a couple of them every year from the high school band... or orchestra... or marching band. I have no idea. Some earnest and uncomfortable high school kid shows up at the door and asks whether we want to buy some flowers to finance their trip to Outer Mongolia or Poughkeepsie, and of course we say "yes."

Although...the last person to show up -- selling boxes of oranges -- we skipped the gift and just gave him some money!

Because look at the plant! It grew so quickly and produced so many flowers that it is limp. LIMP I say! I couldn't handle a box of limp oranges!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Shoveled a few less snow spots on roof again today. And cleaned as much of gutters as I could. Front house is packed with ice so its worse one

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)

3 A patient gave me an amaryllis for Christmas. It is on its 10th flower and has another bud coming up. The bulb is enconsed in red wax, makes no mess and needs nothing. I put it in a western facing window at work and it is happy happy happy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2026 02:03 PM (IhIKR)

4 Most of snow is gone here except the biggest piles. Its awesome.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 02:04 PM (zZu0s)

5 Limp oranges better than limp or crooked carrot.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 15, 2026 02:04 PM (gbOdA)

6 *ensconsed.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2026 02:05 PM (IhIKR)

7 Getting some precipitation tonight, matter of above freezing or below what will get

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2026 02:06 PM (Ia/+0)

8 I think there's medications for your "limp oranges" IYKWIM

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 15, 2026 02:07 PM (jtM2q)

9 Is that what you kids are calling it now?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at February 15, 2026 02:08 PM (2Ez/1)

10 Sunny day on the beach. Brisk wind out of the north giving me a “feels like” in the low 30s. Lots of white caps on the Sound.

After laundry, I’ll go for a walk.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2026 02:08 PM (IhIKR)

11
I didn't know people went door-to-door selling oranges. I went to my late great-uncle's house yesterday and picked dozens of them. I've been squeezing them for the fam every morning. Health in a cup. The tree is maybe 60 years old.

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Yy-RGZPqVzo

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 15, 2026 02:13 PM (n7rxJ)

12 Doesn't that mean you're under-watering and it's not getting enough to firm up the cell walls?

Clearly the only acceptable answer is to ... umm.... help me out, horde, what's the acceptably-overkill answer here besides burning down the house?

Posted by: RandomDave at February 15, 2026 02:15 PM (aJQbY)

13 Anybody watching the roundy round?

Aka Daytona?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2026 02:17 PM (IhIKR)

14 I HATED...HATED HATED HATED...all this fundraising bullshit in HS. We did so many of them in ROTC nothing will change my mind...the Army instructor was not there to teach leadership, but rather how we could all be salespeople.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:17 PM (hJH5n)

15 Clearly the only acceptable answer is to ... umm.... help me out, horde, what's the acceptably-overkill answer here besides burning down the house?
Posted by: RandomDave at February 15, 2026 02:15 PM (aJQbY)

Well, CBD is Jewish so....

Kill the first born of every household!
-Taggert

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 02:17 PM (zZu0s)

16 We did so many of them in ROTC nothing will change my mind...the Army instructor was not there to teach leadership, but rather how we could all be salespeople.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:17 PM (hJH5n)

But I loved that there were walking vending machines for chocolate bars eith almonds.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 02:18 PM (zZu0s)

17 Clearly the only acceptable answer is to ... umm.... help me out, horde, what's the acceptably-overkill answer here besides burning down the house?
Posted by: RandomDave at February 15, 2026 02:15 PM (aJQbY)

Hire a team of Japanese gardeners, who will also build you an indoor rock garden to cover up the cracks in the wood flooring?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 15, 2026 02:18 PM (DNCMS)

18 But I loved that there were walking vending machines for chocolate bars eith almonds.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 02:18 PM (zZu0s)

We did it all...pizza, candy, coupon books, other assorted crap that escapes my mind. And people wonder why I could not take anymore and why I dropped ROTC before senior year.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:20 PM (hJH5n)

19 huh, guess I was lucky enough to attend high school before the multilevel marketers took over ... we sold absolutely zip.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 15, 2026 02:22 PM (Cjt/F)

20 umm.... help me out, horde, what's the acceptably-overkill answer here besides burning down the house?
Posted by: RandomDave at February 15, 2026 02:15 PM
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Time to sell.

Posted by: Always the default answer at February 15, 2026 02:22 PM (2Ez/1)

21 Decades ago my grandparents who lived in Florida would send us a "box" of oranges and another one with grapefruits. Lasted for months.

They lived "amongst the groves."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 15, 2026 02:23 PM (jtM2q)

22 19 huh, guess I was lucky enough to attend high school before the multilevel marketers took over ... we sold absolutely zip.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 15, 2026 02:22 PM (Cjt/F)

Count yourself lucky.

My father: "They have spent their time ever since you were in elementary school to turn you into a salesman." I have despised selling ever since.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:24 PM (hJH5n)

23 I do, indeed.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 15, 2026 02:25 PM (Cjt/F)

24 them every year from the high school band.[/i

The girl scouts and their Mom's were out by the dozens with sandwich sign-boards selling cookies in front of the Lowes yesterday. Never seen them do demonstration size sales pitches before.

Posted by: DaveA at February 15, 2026 02:26 PM (FhXTo)

25 CBD needs a cat and this plant issue would get chewed up and done away with

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2026 02:26 PM (Ia/+0)

26
The grass in the yard is beginning to green up. Soon I'll be mowing it twice a week.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2026 02:26 PM (tgvbd)

27 Fundraising?
One of my offspring rowed on the Crew Team, which was an incredible experience but I quickly learned that even though the term sounds upscale and almost Ivy League, its actually just an acronym:

Checkbook
Required
Every
Week

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 15, 2026 02:28 PM (2Ez/1)

28 Not convinced a new Ice Age isn't upon us yet

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2026 02:28 PM (Ia/+0)

29
The girl scouts and their Mom's were out by the dozens with sandwich sign-boards selling cookies in front of the Lowes yesterday.

___________

They need to set up outside Bombshells or Twin Peaks. "We have your license plate number."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2026 02:28 PM (tgvbd)

30 Switzerland to vote on capping population at 10 million

-
Not sure on the enforcement mechanism.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 02:30 PM (J+Psw)

31 Speaking about an ice age... I still have two or three patches of ice from the late January storm "Fern."

It's been up to 70 degrees, yet, the ice persists.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 15, 2026 02:31 PM (jtM2q)

32 Lightbulbs.
People love lightbulbs.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 15, 2026 02:32 PM (/lPRQ)

33
Not sure on the enforcement mechanism.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!

____________

Isn't everyone armed?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2026 02:32 PM (tgvbd)

34 Grrrrll Power!
Now with 30 per cent more diabetes.

Posted by: GSA at February 15, 2026 02:32 PM (2Ez/1)

35 She had that Amaryllis Frillus.

Posted by: zombie Frank Zappa at February 15, 2026 02:32 PM (8zz6B)

36
Now don't dawdle, Amaryllis.
So do la ti mi,
A little slower and please
Keep the fingers curved as nice
And as high as you possibly can.
Don't get faster

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2026 02:34 PM (tgvbd)

37 Girl Scouts should follow anti-ICE tactics and set up road blocks to sell cookies

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2026 02:34 PM (Ia/+0)

38 Not sure on the enforcement mechanism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 02:30 PM (J+Psw)

We can help.

Posted by: CPSU at February 15, 2026 02:35 PM (hJH5n)

39 Bill Maher proves global warming!

Bill Maher: “Doug Burgum, he’s the interior secretary. Listen to this… He said, CO2, carbon, was never a pollutant. He said when we breathe, we emit CO2.”

“Okay, Doug, you know what? Let’s try this little experiment. Um, tonight when you get home, go in the garage, close the door, turn the car on, and let’s see if carbon is a pollutant, okay?”

-
That's science!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 02:35 PM (J+Psw)

40 30 Switzerland to vote on capping population at 10 million
-
Not sure on the enforcement mechanism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 02:30 PM
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I think it involves small red pocket knives.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 15, 2026 02:35 PM (2Ez/1)

41 39 Bill Maher proves global warming!

Bill Maher: “Doug Burgum, he’s the interior secretary. Listen to this… He said, CO2, carbon, was never a pollutant. He said when we breathe, we emit CO2.”

“Okay, Doug, you know what? Let’s try this little experiment. Um, tonight when you get home, go in the garage, close the door, turn the car on, and let’s see if carbon is a pollutant, okay?”

-
That's science!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 02:35 PM (J+Psw)

So we exhale CO?

Good to know!

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:37 PM (hJH5n)

42 Bill Maher, who is a retard and a fag, doesn't know that CO and CO2 are two vastly different things, nor does he know that the catalytic converters on modern cars burn all the CO that the engine can make.

Posted by: zombie Frank Zappa at February 15, 2026 02:38 PM (8zz6B)

43 30 Switzerland to vote on capping population at 10 million

-
Not sure on the enforcement mechanism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 02:30 PM (J+Psw)

We can reduce it to 7.5 million, no problem.

Posted by: Khmer Rouge at February 15, 2026 02:38 PM (hJH5n)

44 Maher, in his progressive ignorance, fails to grasp the difference between CO and CO2.
But, his INTENTION (owning the MAGA's) was what really matters. Not his ignorance or misinformation.
Typical.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at February 15, 2026 02:39 PM (MNCvZ)

45 35 She had that Amaryllis Frillus.
Posted by: zombie Frank Zappa at February 15, 2026 02:32 PM (8zz6B)

Is this the way to Amaryllis?

Posted by: Tony Christie at February 15, 2026 02:39 PM (hJH5n)

46 Is this the way to Amaryllis?
Posted by: Tony Christie at February 15, 2026 02:39 PM (hJH5n)

Should get there by morning.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 02:41 PM (8zz6B)

47 37 Girl Scouts should follow anti-ICE tactics and set up road blocks to sell cookies
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2026 02:34 PM (Ia/+0)

Time was where I would buy them and also support BSA fundraisers.

No more.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:41 PM (hJH5n)

48 Re 41 cow demon

Don’t blow CO containing cigarette smoke up my behind either.

Posted by: epador at February 15, 2026 02:41 PM (TRnzq)

49 Amaryllis By Morning?
One of my fav George Strait tunes.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at February 15, 2026 02:41 PM (MNCvZ)

50 Should get there by morning.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 02:41 PM (8zz6B)

Up from San Antone?

Posted by: George Strait at February 15, 2026 02:42 PM (hJH5n)

51
We got one of those wax-bulb Amaryllis plants, and it produced flowers like a champ. A lot of them, until-

It produced a single giant bud and...stopped. The bud has gone no further in 3 weeks.

I guess the Amaryllis just ran out of gas.
..
..
Slacker.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 15, 2026 02:42 PM (iJfKG)

52 Girl scout cookies?

Soon as I take delivery on those I bought and paid for in 2001

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 15, 2026 02:42 PM (Kt19C)

53 Should get there by morning.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 02:41 PM (8zz6B)

I figured you were more a Corb Lund guy myself. The roughest neck around...

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:43 PM (hJH5n)

54 30 Switzerland to vote on capping population at 10 million

Call me!

https://tinyurl.com/46h5nwpr

Posted by: Dr. Levine at February 15, 2026 02:43 PM (Ksqrb)

55 It produced a single giant bud and...stopped. The bud has gone no further in 3 weeks.

I guess the Amaryllis just ran out of gas.
..
..
Slacker.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 15, 2026 02:42 PM (iJfKG)

The bud does not want to be bogarted. Pass it on.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 02:44 PM (8zz6B)

56 Keith Olbermann
@KeithOlbermann
So let's see. You do the weather and you think you're an expert on how the atmosphere changes over thousands of years. Or dozens
You're an imbecile. STFU, child, and remember that if we listen to you, when you're "Granpa" you'll get to watch your grandchildren suffocate

-
Well, Keith does have a PhD in bullshitology.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 02:44 PM (J+Psw)

57 56 Keith Olbermann
@KeithOlbermann
So let's see. You do the weather and you think you're an expert on how the atmosphere changes over thousands of years. Or dozens
You're an imbecile. STFU, child, and remember that if we listen to you, when you're "Granpa" you'll get to watch your grandchildren suffocate

-
Well, Keith does have a PhD in bullshitology.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 02:44 PM (J+Psw)

What an angry, bitter old man. Hey Keith, if you weren't such an asshole you might still have your ESPN gig.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:45 PM (hJH5n)

58 Watch your grandchildren suffocate sounds like a deadly threat, Keith. Too bad words are violence.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)

59 I figured you were more a Corb Lund guy myself. The roughest neck around...
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:43 PM (hJH5n)

Corb is definitely Moron material. But George Strait has some fine tunes, as do many fine Texas musicians.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 02:45 PM (8zz6B)

60 In Brattleboro tomorrow we be celebrating Presdent Obana Day as. Are offishal Hollerday. We loves him and miss him.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 15, 2026 02:46 PM (jwBFW)

61 What is that black band?

Why is your amaryllis in bondage?

Did it consent?

Posted by: a Plants-Rights activist at February 15, 2026 02:46 PM (VHUov)

62 CBD needs a cat and this plant issue would get chewed up and done away with

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2026 02:26 PM (Ia/+0)

CBD does not need a cat, and in fact he is deeply suspicious of anyone who keeps those vile animals as pets.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2026 02:46 PM (n9ltV)

63 Corb is definitely Moron material. But George Strait has some fine tunes, as do many fine Texas musicians.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 02:45 PM (8zz6B)

Admittedly when I think of fine TX musicians, I think of Pantera and SRV. (RIP to the Abbott brothers and SRV)

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:47 PM (hJH5n)

64 CBD does not need a cat, and in fact he is deeply suspicious of anyone who keeps those vile animals as pets.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2026 02:46 PM (n9ltV)

Cow Demon notices that CBD is posting in the third person. : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:48 PM (hJH5n)

65 By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working
She'll probably stop at lunch, and give me a call

Posted by: Glen Campbell at February 15, 2026 02:49 PM (2Ez/1)

66 Wait, CBD is going third person now too?

Someone tell pixy to punch in the self destruct. We have to stop this here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 02:51 PM (zZu0s)

67 > Cow Demon notices that CBD is posting in the third person. : )
----------
Probably a bot.

Dildo bot. (trademarked)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 15, 2026 02:52 PM (jtM2q)

68 Bob Dole notices that Cow Demon notices that CBD is posting in the third person.
Bob Dole isn't sure WHAT Bob Dole thinks.

Posted by: The ghost of Bob Dole at February 15, 2026 02:52 PM (2Ez/1)

69 Admittedly when I think of fine TX musicians, I think of Pantera and SRV. (RIP to the Abbott brothers and SRV)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:47 PM (hJH5n)

Off the top of my head: ZZ Top, SRV, Lightnin' Hopkins, T-Bone Walker, Joe Ely, Delbert McClinton, Gatemouth Brown, Doug Sahm, and many more.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 02:53 PM (8zz6B)

70
One of my offspring rowed on the Crew Team

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

WHAT? And you still say "Crew Team"?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 15, 2026 02:53 PM (n7rxJ)

71 What is that black band?

Why is your amaryllis in bondage?

Did it consent?
Posted by: a Plants-Rights activist

Its safety word is Miracle-Gro.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 02:53 PM (J+Psw)

72
@KeithOlbermann
So let's see. You do the weather and you think you're an expert on how the atmosphere changes over thousands of years.

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

I don't know who Keith Olbermann is talking to, but in fact some weather announcers ARE meteorologists.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 15, 2026 02:54 PM (n7rxJ)

73 I don't know who Keith Olbermann is talking to, but in fact some weather announcers ARE meteorologists.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 15, 2026 02:54 PM (n7rxJ)

And some of the Mexican ones have heavenly bodies, too!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 02:55 PM (8zz6B)

74 Hmmmmmm.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2026 02:55 PM (IhIKR)

75
Admittedly when I think of fine TX musicians, I think of Pantera and SRV. (RIP to the Abbott brothers and SRV)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:47 PM (hJH5n)

__________

Van Cliburn

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2026 02:55 PM (tgvbd)

76 So why did CBD murder a houseplant again?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 02:56 PM (RIvkX)

77 Mr Green Thumb.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 15, 2026 02:57 PM (liTrP)

78 76 So why did CBD murder a houseplant again?
---
Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: Dennis Miller throwback at February 15, 2026 02:58 PM (2Ez/1)

79 Bob Wills, and Lyle Lovett.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 02:58 PM (8zz6B)

80 Van Cliburn
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2026 02:55 PM (tgvbd)

He and Pantera took Moscow by storm in their respective times.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:59 PM (hJH5n)

81 So why did CBD murder a houseplant again?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 02:56 PM (RIvkX)

The ways of the Jew are often inscrutable to the Gentile.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 02:59 PM (zZu0s)

82 79 Bob Wills, and Lyle Lovett.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 02:58 PM (8zz6B)

Not terribly far from me is Bob Wills's hometown of Turkey. They have a tour bus there for Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys that you can see from the road.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 03:00 PM (hJH5n)

83
Next on the Olympics: Threesome figure skating

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2026 03:00 PM (tgvbd)

84 They used to call that scissoring.

Posted by: But what do I know at February 15, 2026 03:03 PM (2Ez/1)

85 Next on the Olympics: Threesome figure skating
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

That's hawt

Posted by: She Hobbit at February 15, 2026 03:04 PM (ftFVW)

86 Not terribly far from me is Bob Wills's hometown of Turkey. They have a tour bus there for Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys that you can see from the road.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 03:00 PM (hJH5n)

If the photos are any hint, looks like his tour coach was a pre-War Flxible Clipper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 15, 2026 03:05 PM (8zz6B)

87 They used to call that scissoring.
Posted by: But what do I know at February 15, 2026 03:03 PM (2Ez/1)

I thought that was the weird twosome lesbian act that never made sense to me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 03:05 PM (zZu0s)

88 OT, but this is fun. Iranian stealth tech:

https://instapundit.com/776497/
#disqus_thread

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 03:06 PM (zZu0s)

89 Minor FWP... ordered a new thicker, cushier barbell pad for heavy hip thrusts. Thanks to USPS it arrived an hour AFTER this week's hip thrust workout. *sigh*

There's always next week.

Posted by: She Hobbit at February 15, 2026 03:07 PM (ftFVW)

90 ordered a new thicker, cushier barbell pad for heavy hip thrusts. Thanks to USPS it arrived an hour AFTER this week's hip thrust workout. *sigh*

Are you... are you really just going to leave that laying there?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 03:08 PM (zZu0s)

91 14 I HATED...HATED HATED HATED...all this fundraising bullshit in HS. We did so many of them in ROTC nothing will change my mind...the Army instructor was not there to teach leadership, but rather how we could all be salespeople.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 15, 2026 02:17 PM (hJH5n)

So, I wasn't the only one who said no to the Girl Scout cookie sellers today...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 15, 2026 03:09 PM (tOcjL)

92 Heavy hip thrusts?

Oh dear.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2026 03:09 PM (IhIKR)

93
Do HS band kids still sell giant chocolate bars to fund raise? I was no good at that.

Nowadays I only see the HS chocolate bars being offered to uncomfortable grocery store customers as they enter and leave, by equally uncomfortable skinny black kids. I'm not buying one of those bars.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 15, 2026 03:12 PM (azNOR)

94 Heavy hip thrusts?

Could lead to dancing.

Posted by: Church lady at February 15, 2026 03:12 PM (2Ez/1)

95 Maybe thst center span of the overpass was removed so that BBB ( big beautiful bomber) could be driven to its location.

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2026 03:12 PM (Ia/+0)

96 93
Do HS band kids still sell giant chocolate bars to fund raise? I was no good at that.

Nowadays I only see the HS chocolate bars being offered to uncomfortable grocery store customers as they enter and leave, by equally uncomfortable skinny black kids. I'm not buying one of those bars.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 15, 2026 03:12 PM (azNOR)

No - they come to my door for "tag" day. I admit, as a homeschooler, who pays for all my own kids' schooling and extras, I leave other folks to pay for the extras of the public schoolers...especially since a "tag" is nothing. It's just asking for donations, which my tax dollars already are...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 15, 2026 03:13 PM (tOcjL)

97 Now that said, I do pay for my nieces and nephews fundraisers b/c that's supporting family.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 15, 2026 03:14 PM (tOcjL)

98 Not so much a first world problem as an ongoing bitch. I'm a big fella and many things in the world are not designed for me: airline seats intended for anorexic midgets, those frickin' center consoles between car front seats when the leg room is a joke to start with, and plastic chairs in public that are appropriate only if you weigh less than the average firefly.

But can someone tell me why the finger hole in the middle of a DVD has to be so damn small? I can get just enough of my little finger in there to hold the DVD. Were they designed by some sylph-like creature who makes Tinkerbell look like an Amazon warrior? If it was just a matter of being heavy, that would be my fault. But even down to a good weight won't solve these irritations.

Bummer and annoying.

Mini rant off (for the moment).

Posted by: JTB at February 15, 2026 03:14 PM (yTvNw)

99 I always thought the money we collected at Halloween with those orange UNICEF boxes was scarfed by the teachers and used to buy booze.

To be frank, I still think that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 15, 2026 03:14 PM (jtM2q)

100 Wouldn't you like to be a big brother to someone like me?

https://youtu.be/WgwQV97m5TU

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at February 15, 2026 03:15 PM (2Ez/1)

101 My daughter is a Girl Scout. The cookie sales have meant I don’t have to pay for camp, or other activities. Her troop is not woke at all and has been amazing for her.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 03:17 PM (Wmg4n)

102 CBD is posting in the third person. : )

The Paolo, he has entered the chat.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 15, 2026 03:19 PM (Kt19C)

103 My FWP: Those damned commercials that include the sound of a doorbell. Jeez! I'm killing my self getting up all the damned time.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 15, 2026 03:20 PM (2WIwB)

104 101 My daughter is a Girl Scout. The cookie sales have meant I don’t have to pay for camp, or other activities. Her troop is not woke at all and has been amazing for her.
Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 03:17 PM (Wmg4n)

Yeah...still not buying...if I have grandkids eventually as scouts, I'll suck it up. But for now, I'm thankful my kids and my nieces are all not scouts...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 15, 2026 03:20 PM (tOcjL)

105
101 My daughter is a Girl Scout. The cookie sales have meant I don’t have to pay for camp, or other activities. Her troop is not woke at all and has been amazing for her.
Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 03:17 PM

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Any Girl Scout cookies purchased around here are by my wife. She likes the cookies.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 15, 2026 03:21 PM (azNOR)

106 There are a couple of rooms in the vaccine plant where we work that have two warning lights: one red for low oxygen and one amber for high levels. High as in immediately hazardous to life.

Posted by: Accomack at February 15, 2026 03:21 PM (8jVAy)

107 CBD is posting in the third person. : )

The Paolo, he has entered the chat.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 15, 2026 03:19 PM (Kt19C)

But is the Paolo really referring to his dick when he is talking?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 03:22 PM (zZu0s)

108 Bearded Spock World.

Obama: Democrats have a harder job because they aren’t as “mean, tough and nasty” as Republicans.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 03:23 PM (J+Psw)

109 JTB,
My twin brother was 6'6" tall. When he neared a doorway he lowered his head to the side w/o even checking the height. It was automatic. And that was just one of the adjustments he made. Flying? A joke.

Posted by: Wenda at February 15, 2026 03:23 PM (v9ee3)

110 Heavy hip thrusts?

Oh dear.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Oh yeah, load that bar up real good. lol

Posted by: She Hobbit at February 15, 2026 03:23 PM (ftFVW)

111 Any Girl Scout cookies purchased around here are by my wife. She likes the cookies.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 15, 2026 03:21 PM (azNOR)

There was a time around here when Nookie for some Cookies was a thing. Now it's "There's chocolate chips in the pantry. Make your own."
Sigh...

Posted by: Diogenes at February 15, 2026 03:24 PM (2WIwB)

112 94 Heavy hip thrusts?

Could lead to dancing.
Posted by: Church lady at February 15, 2026 03:12 PM (2Ez/1)

Obligatory:

https://youtu.be/FezOkjeNs5Y

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 15, 2026 03:24 PM (/F7JY)

113 Yeah...still not buying...if I have grandkids eventually as scouts, I'll suck it up. But for now, I'm thankful my kids and my nieces are all not scouts...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 15, 2026 03

You do you, of course. No one is forced to do anything. Just letting you know without it, my child wouldn’t get to do a lot of things because I don’t have the money, and I don’t ask J to support my child. It’s not all terrible horrible stuff.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 03:24 PM (OoFl2)

114 Wait, are we implying that The Paolo is Bob Dole, because I did not have that on my Bingo card...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 15, 2026 03:25 PM (/F7JY)

115 My FWP is using too much fabric softer on my sheets. Now, I have to wash them again

Posted by: Accomack at February 15, 2026 03:26 PM (8jVAy)

116 I took possession of three boxes of GS cookies today. My neighbor sent her granddaughter over to sell some. And since she checked on me when I was sick, and I had to sell cookies as a GS, I bought some from the granddaughter.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 15, 2026 03:27 PM (+mUZM)

117 I got kicked out of a karaoke bar for singing Danger Zone more than five times. Apparently I exceeded the maximum number of Loggins attempts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 03:27 PM (J+Psw)

118 I got kicked out of a karaoke bar for singing Danger Zone more than five times. Apparently I exceeded the maximum number of Loggins attempts.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 15, 2026 03:27 PM (J+Psw)

Wait.

Between you doing horrible jokes and shehobbitt testing porno story set ups, wtf are we doing here today?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

119 Sierra is getting another major winter storm I see at a link

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2026 03:31 PM (Ia/+0)

120 *wtf are we doing here today?*

If you have to ask...

Posted by: It's President's Eve at February 15, 2026 03:33 PM (2Ez/1)

121 116 I took possession of three boxes of GS cookies today. My neighbor sent her granddaughter over to sell some. And since she checked on me when I was sick, and I had to sell cookies as a GS, I bought some from the granddaughter.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 15, 2026 03:27 PM (+mUZM)

I don’t have my go daughter to door to door. She does the booths (though this year, it’s been harder to do as many as normal, she is also now joining the youth group at Church and has tutoring and a leadership class Sunday afternoon after Church). She has her online link that her sisters have loaded up on, and my clients who know buy from her. J buys a boatload, because I am fairly stubborn about not asking him for a lot, he does enough with the house. Without us, he did not need to buy a 4 bedroom house ,etc etc. He takes them to Boston to share with his team when he has to go to the office.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 03:34 PM (Wmg4n)

122 Speaking of first world problems, I need to go scoop out the pool before it down pours here again. We had crazy wind and rain over night.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 03:36 PM (Wmg4n)

123 108, that has been a recurring theme in their ongoing campaign of lies; right up there with the right-wing domination of the news.

*spit*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 15, 2026 03:38 PM (Cjt/F)

124 My amaryllis just started to show signs of growth this week.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 15, 2026 03:38 PM (rKh00)

125 I would never subsidize some kid's trip to Poughkeepsie. That's just cruel.

Posted by: Happy Harry at February 15, 2026 03:39 PM (oftw2)

126 At a previous job, there was a south facing window on the 7th floor, with no office, but a floor to ceiling window. It was christened the Amaryllis Rehab Center, and there were at least three old amaryllis plants basking in the sunshine. Other plants showed up, and one of the younger engineers used to sit on the floor eating her lunch in there.

Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at February 15, 2026 03:39 PM (4qIhJ)

127 Poughkeepsie, the City of Sin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 03:44 PM (RIvkX)

128 >>>Anybody watching the roundy round?

Aka Daytona?

Posted by: nurse ratched

>Hells no.

Too many invasive subscriptions, accounts, providers, monthly fees, - streaming and gambling has ruined all sporting activities and competition.

I'm old enough to remember when all of these broadcasts were free.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 15, 2026 03:45 PM (gVUi7)

129 Piper,
You don’t need to justify your time and efforts to
Anyone. You don’t have to justify activities or clubs or what you watch or how you spend money.

The bullshit on here regarding the shaming and the “I’m better than you because….” Is tedious and infantile

You’re a great mom and partner and friend.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2026 03:45 PM (hFkc6)

130 Cleveland, the Factory of Sadness.

Posted by: Ask the Browns at February 15, 2026 03:45 PM (2Ez/1)

131 Poughkeepsie was once the chip fab capital of the world.
When IBM was a thing.

Posted by: Accomack at February 15, 2026 03:45 PM (GbONR)

132 Amaryllis has too many syllables for such a short word. Poughkeepsie has only three, by contrast.

Posted by: Mr. Do-Bee at February 15, 2026 03:46 PM (oftw2)

133 Heavy hip thrusts?

Oh dear.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Oh yeah, load that bar up real good. lol
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 15, 2026 03:23 PM

What in the wide, wide world of sports did I just walk into?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 15, 2026 03:46 PM (rKh00)

134 What in the wide, wide world of sports did I just walk into?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 15, 2026 03:46 PM (rKh00)

Thats what I said.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 15, 2026 03:47 PM (zZu0s)

135 You’re a great mom and partner and friend.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2026 03:45 PM (hFkc6)
====

And a great Thin Mint!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2026 03:47 PM (RIvkX)

136 Water
Sunlight
Dirt

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 15, 2026 03:47 PM (gAc7u)

137 "before the multilevel marketers took over"

When my kids were in HS in the DC burbs of NoVA, the teachers all followed the AWFL mommies from bunco groups into Creative Memories, i.e. scrapbooking with more pricey accoutrements than God.

Lo and behold, all of a sudden, every subject had a curated notebook, with color-coded sections on different paper in different inks, that you were graded on more than any test, and in fact could take to the test if up-to-date.

My kids refused, on the grounds that they shouldn't still be coloring, cutting and pasting in HIGH SCHOOL, and how could it be a test if they were allowed to BRING THE BOOK?

They took the lower grades with my blessing.
(and aced every test, much to AWFL-teachers' chagrin)

Posted by: barbarausa at February 15, 2026 03:47 PM (enw9G)

138 I really liked Roddy Piper, too, though he rubbed some people the wrong way.

Posted by: Hey Roddy, Pipe This! at February 15, 2026 03:48 PM (oftw2)

139 130 Cleveland, the Factory of Sadness.
Posted by: Ask the Browns at February 15, 2026 03:45 PM (2Ez/1)

And home of bloody difficult stages to find.

Posted by: Derek Smalls at February 15, 2026 03:49 PM (/F7JY)

140 109 ... "My twin brother was 6'6" tall. When he neared a doorway he lowered his head to the side w/o even checking the height. It was automatic. And that was just one of the adjustments he made. Flying? A joke."

Wenda, That made me smile. Our house when I was born had doorways at 5'10" and an upper floor ceiling at 6'. My dad was 6'1". I'm surprised he survived. (We eventually moved into a Victorian era house with normal doorways and ceilings which must have been a relief.) My grandparents moved there when they retired but they were both short so no problem. When my cousin and I visited them, both about 6'5", we should have worn safety helmets. It became a running family joke. And sometimes painful.

Posted by: JTB at February 15, 2026 03:51 PM (yTvNw)

141 139 130 Cleveland, the Factory of Sadness.
Posted by: Ask the Browns

Had some memorable Steamers there!

Posted by: The Great Poof at February 15, 2026 03:51 PM (oftw2)

142 You’re a great mom and partner and friend.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February

Thank you, Nurse. I appreciate you. Especially when I text you out of nowhere and you are always right there.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 03:52 PM (Wmg4n)

143 That dying amaryllis would look much more presentable with a doily under it. Don't people have couth anymore?

Posted by: The happy Homemaker at February 15, 2026 03:53 PM (oftw2)

144 135 You’re a great mom and partner and friend.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2026 03:45 PM (hFkc6)
====

And a great Thin Mint!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February

My down fall. I crumble them over Greek yogurt and pretend it’s healthy.

Posted by: Piper at February 15, 2026 03:53 PM (Wmg4n)

145 My niece is a girl scout. She likes it and has learned some valuable skills. The troupes do what the girls and parents want. Some are woke, some aren’t.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 15, 2026 03:54 PM (Pjo0m)

146 143 That dying amaryllis would look much more presentable with a doily under it. Don't people have couth anymore?
Posted by: The happy Homemaker at February 15, 2026 03:53 PM (oftw2)

In a pinch, antimacassars can be repurposed as doilies.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 15, 2026 03:54 PM (/F7JY)

147 During my college stints I spent some time at a school in Ohio. One of the guys on my dorm floor was from Cleveland and took a couple of us up to his parents house for a long weekend.

Miserable, dirty, depressing place.

Cleveland, not his folks place. Mostly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 15, 2026 03:56 PM (jtM2q)

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