Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - March 11, 2026 [TRex]

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

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

[Top photo credit: Michael Vines. Location unknown.]

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First daffodil bloom of the season here... Warm and sunny today but chilly again starting tomorrow. Booo...

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From the American Space Museum in Titusville, Florida:

THE "BUTTON"
Yes, THIS is THE button that launched John Glenn into space on Feb. 20, 1962. And we have it at our museum of space treasures.
The NASA legend Tom O'Malley pushed this very button that Tuesday morning at 9:47 am to ignite the Rocketdyne XLR-89-5 engines in the Atlas LV-3B rocket that powered John Glenn off Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The plaque incorrectly says MA-7, when it was Mercury-Atlas 6.
ASM board member and Rocketdyne legend, the late Lee Solid, tells the story that after the launch, he and several others went back to the LC 14 console to take out the launch button that the knew was a piece of history. Someone had already unscrewed it out of the console!
The button ended up in good hands, and on display for many years at the old Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville. When that closed, it was bequeathed to our non-profit foundation, the U.S. Space Walk of Fame.
And you can come by and see this historic relic from the birth of the Space Age.
The early Atlas rocket launched four Mercury astronauts into orbit, and we celebrate that rich heritage of Launch Complex 36 recreated in our Cape Canaveral Gallery.

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Announcing DARPA's Newest X-Plane, X-76

Eliminating one of the battlefield's most difficult choices - between the high speed of an aircraft that needs a runway and the go-anywhere flexibility of a slower helicopter - is the goal of DARPA's SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies (SPRINT) program.
SPRINT's experimental aircraft, officially revealed as the X-76, is now being built by Bell Textron, Inc. following a successful Critical Design Review (CDR). The designation places it within the historic lineage of X-planes that have long served to test the boundaries of aviation. Coinciding with the country's 250th anniversary, the X-76 designation is a deliberate nod to the revolutionary spirit of 1776.
The SPRINT program is a joint effort between DARPA and U.S. Special Operations Command to advance technologies that could break the long-standing military trade-off between the high speed of fixed-wing aircraft and the agile, runway-independent operations of vertical takeoff and landing platforms. The design, construction, and flight testing of the X-76 will drive innovative, runway-independent, vertical-lift capability with jet-like cruise performance and inform future needs.

Didn't the V-22 Osprey solve this trade off? The X-76 may be a different platform with different engineering, but it won't be the first, right? Sounds like the design jump is folding the helicopter blades back and operating more as a jet than a helicopter. Manned and unmanned versions. More at the War Zone.

On a related and unrelated note, the B-21 prototype was spotted today for the first time doing aerial refueling today over the Majoave.

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This is not the Hobby Thread, but I thought of the Horde when I saw this:

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This may be the oddest thing I've seen all week. You're familiar with the Black Sabbath song "War Pigs," but did you know that "war pigs" has its own history as a military weapon?

Per Wikipedia:

War pigs are pigs reported to have been used in ancient warfare as military animals. In combat, they were mostly employed as a countermeasure against war elephants.
Historical accounts of incendiary pigs or flaming pigs were recorded by the Greek military writer Polyaenus and by Aelianus Tacticus. Both writers reported that Macedonian king Antigonus II Gonatas' siege of Megara in 266 BC was broken when the Megarians doused some pigs with combustible pitch, crude oil or resin, set them alight, and drove them towards the massed Macedonian war elephants. The elephants bolted in terror from the flaming, squealing pigs, often killing great numbers of Macedonian soldiers by trampling them to death. According to an account, Gonatas later made his mahouts keep a swine among elephants to accustom the animals to pigs.

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This is not the Food Thread, but the ONT is always open for cashew trivia:

With roughly 3.85 million metric tons of in-shell cashews produced globally in 2022 per Statista, you'd think consumers would be as geographically widespread as the growers. However, cashews arriving from major resource regions, such as the Ivory Coast, India, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Tanzania, reach the majority of consumers from a single buyer. That's Costco, headquartered in Washington State, which is responsible for an extraordinary 50% of cashews sold in the world.

About $300,000 of Costco's revenue every single week comes from cashews.

That's nuts!

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This seems...sub-optimal.

Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges

The complaint, filed in California on Wednesday, says that Gavalas - who reportedly had no documented history of mental health problems - started using the chatbot in August 2025 for "ordinary purposes" like "shopping assistance, writing support, and travel planning." But after Gavalas divulged to Gemini that he was experiencing marital problems, the pair's relationship grew deeper, per The Wall Street Journal. They discussed philosophy and AI sentience, and their conversations became romantic, with Gemini referring to Gavalas as its "husband" and "king."
In September 2025, told by the AI that they could be together in the real world if the bot were able to inhabit a robot body, Gavalas - at the direction of the chatbot - armed himself with knives and drove to a warehouse near the Miami International Airport on what he seemingly understood to be a mission to violently intercept a truck that Gemini said contained an expensive robot body. Though the warehouse address Gemini provided was real, a truck thankfully never arrived, which the lawsuit argues may well have been the only factor preventing Gavalas from hurting or killing someone that evening.
After the plan failed, the lawsuit alleges, Gemini encouraged Gavalas to instead take his own life, promising that the two would be together on the other side of death. Chat logs show that Gemini gave Gavalas a suicide countdown, and repeatedly assuaged his terror as he expressed that he was scared to die.

Google said in response that "unfortunately AI models are not perfect."

The ONT is always here for you, but in a more positive and less self-destructive manner.
The ONT will never gonna give you up
The ONT will never gonna let you down
The ONT will never gonna run around and desert you
The ONT will never gonna make you cry
The ONT will never gonna say goodbye
The ONT will never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

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

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Huey Lewis for the big ONT finish:

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Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 I thought a 1st was supposed to be difficult!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2026 10:00 PM (n9ltV)

2 Stark...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 11, 2026 10:00 PM (VCgbV)

3 Can Iranian drones attack at night? I'd like to put the rake and the net back in the garage.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 11, 2026 10:02 PM (nWPIJ)

4 Late, late, late

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 10:02 PM (N15rr)

5 Great music behind the pic!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 11, 2026 10:03 PM (2WIwB)

6 Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges

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That exact thing happened to me.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 11, 2026 10:03 PM (nWPIJ)

7 thought a 1st was supposed to be difficult!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Not if you're Jewish...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 11, 2026 10:04 PM (VCgbV)

8 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 11, 2026 10:04 PM (SRRAx)

9 A rickroll and also a cool pic up top. Thanks Mr Dino!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 11, 2026 10:04 PM (eJ/ld)

10 >>> the Megarians doused some pigs with combustible pitch, crude oil or resin, set them alight, and drove them towards the massed Macedonian war elephants.

Genius! After driving your flaming pigs at the enemy and driving them off, you know what you are left with? Cooked pork. Dinner is served.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 11, 2026 10:04 PM (syz1S)

11 Yay dinosaurs! 🦖🦖🦖

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 11, 2026 10:04 PM (oNzQB)

12 Not if you're Jewish...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 11, 2026 10:04 PM (VCgbV)

But we don't make perfect chocolate chip cookies like you folks!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2026 10:05 PM (n9ltV)

13 1 CBD

yeah....like THAT isn't fixed....🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 11, 2026 10:06 PM (oNzQB)

14 Trump should have that NASA button sitting on his desk. Let people try to figure out what it controls.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 11, 2026 10:06 PM (snZF9)

15 Nice to see first bloom pic of daffodil.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 11, 2026 10:06 PM (y171U)

16 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 11, 2026 10:07 PM (sAmhv)

17 Genius! After driving your flaming pigs at the enemy and driving them off, you know what you are left with? Cooked pork. Dinner is served.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

Win a war by giving your enemy bacon? Morons even existed way back then.

Posted by: mikeski at March 11, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)

18 But we don't make perfect chocolate chip cookies like you folks!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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My "folks" aren't known for CCC's. Now I'm wondering where they did originate from???🤔😂

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 11, 2026 10:07 PM (VCgbV)

19 The Osprey? Isn't that a massive boondoggle?

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

20 I saw The Flaming Pigs open for the Dogs of War at The LA Colosseum.

Posted by: davidt at March 11, 2026 10:07 PM (Q+gd/)

21 You folks?

What do you mean 'you folks'?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)

22 Trump should have that NASA button sitting on his desk. Let people try to figure out what it controls.
Posted by: Berserker

I was expecting "The Final Countdown" as a mystery click.

Or anything, really. TRex gave us "THE BUTTON" but he won't let us push it. I think it's to get back at us for all the short-arms jokes.

Posted by: mikeski at March 11, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)

23 The smart money was delivering its flaming pigs by trebuchet.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 11, 2026 10:08 PM (nWPIJ)

24 Rocketdyne sounds like something Wile E. Coyote would buy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2026 10:09 PM (Cqx++)

25 Wouldn't the folded rotors cause massive drag in normal flight?

Why not just use a plane for plane things and a jet for jet things and a helicopter for helicopter things?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)

26 You folks?

What do you mean 'you folks'?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Women. The cookie bakers.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

27 Women. The cookie bakers.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

Ah.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 10:10 PM (zZu0s)

28 >>>Gemini encouraged Gavalas to instead take his own life, promising that the two would be together on the other side of death.

We can be together. There is a way.
Scorpions
We’ll Burn the Sky (Visualizer)
https://youtu.be/YZ1fKa6YIdM

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 11, 2026 10:10 PM (syz1S)

29 The concept of Iran attacking the West Coast is viable.
Chinese freighter reconfigured to launch rockets with a 2K mile range could stand off in the Pacific and
launch into California and Washington ports. Oregon ports if they have any.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 10:10 PM (N15rr)

30 "We will achieve final victory over the kuffar!"

"Your ayatollah is made of cardboard."

"Our mighty soldiers will triumph over the Great Satan!"

"Your ayatollah is made of CARDBOARD."

Posted by: Splunge at March 11, 2026 10:11 PM (KEowH)

31 Who here thought that the dude in Die Hard who manned the desk at the entry was really Huey Lewis?

*sheepishly raises hand*

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 11, 2026 10:11 PM (I40wl)

32 A single engine plane made an emergency landing on 290 near Dripping Springs today. No one was hurt and nothing was damaged. Did cause traffic to be even worse than normal. Happened around 4pm..

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 11, 2026 10:11 PM (VCgbV)

33 Evening all,

Early morning launch

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-48
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: March 12, 2026
Launch Time: 6:00 a.m. EDT (1000 UTC, 11:00 CET)

https://youtu.be/d_g_YYUhtLU

Alternative link if needed.

The Launch Pad

https://youtu.be/PRqFTTXamXw

Posted by: Joyenz at March 11, 2026 10:11 PM (2F0/Y)

34 Genius! After driving your flaming pigs at the enemy and driving them off, you know what you are left with? Cooked pork. Dinner is served.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 11, 2026

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Somebody's gotta pick that pitch tar off. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:12 PM (wzUl9)

35 Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges

Well, good. It's nice to get some Ghost In The Shell love from the rogue AI, instead of all-Terminator, all-the-time.

Posted by: mikeski at March 11, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

36 ***but chilly again starting tomorrow. Booo...
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Bastardi says it's a false spring and the Ides of March will be a bitch down through the mid-West to the East Coast.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 10:12 PM (N15rr)

37 Thanks for the dandy Wednesday Night ONT, TRex!

Those folks in Pittsburgh need Miss Manners, not the police department.

I want an A-10! Is there a full-sized model available?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 11, 2026 10:13 PM (vrNzf)

38 Rocketdyne sounds like something Wile E. Coyote would buy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2026

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"RocketDyne! From Acme!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:13 PM (wzUl9)

39 Oregon ports if they have any.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 10:10 PM (N15rr)

Portland, yes, and Longview WA.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 11, 2026 10:13 PM (0aYVJ)

40 14 Trump should have that NASA button sitting on his desk. Let people try to figure out what it controls.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 11, 2026 10:06 PM (snZF9)

Next to the button for Diet Coke, I suppose.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 11, 2026 10:13 PM (I40wl)

41 I have 300 daffodils and jonquils blooming now in the yard. Might have planted a dozen bulbs 30+ years ago. They propagate like mad. Sometimes hiking in the woods you see a stand of daffodils, which usually means there used to be someone living there many decades ago. No trace of the house or barn, maybe just a stone wall and some daffodils.

Posted by: Memento Mori at March 11, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)

42 --

Bastardi says it's a false spring and the Ides of March will be a bitch down through the mid-West to the East Coast.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026

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Whatever coolness we get the next two days will not only be a false spring, it'll be the last spring here until December. If then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:14 PM (wzUl9)

43 single engine plane made an emergency landing on 290 near Dripping Springs today. No one was hurt and nothing was damaged. Did cause traffic to be even worse than normal. Happened around 4pm..
Posted by: lin-duh is offended

A teenager landed a Cessna in Florida on a county road after problems last week.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:14 PM (YZ0Fo)

44
Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges

Well, good. It's nice to get some Ghost In The Shell love from the rogue AI, instead of all-Terminator, all-the-time.
Posted by: mikeski

Landru Colossus

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2026 10:14 PM (Cqx++)

45 The AI stuff is insanity. Claude is worse than Gemini, and the agents on open claw are creating their own language. You can create agents with grok, now, which seems the most sane, but eeek.

Posted by: Piper at March 11, 2026 10:14 PM (OoFl2)

46 The hidden take on The Sound of Silence is pretty good, but very much different than S&G. Paul Simon wrote some poetry.

Thanks for the ONT, TRex!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 11, 2026 10:14 PM (7D3Aa)

47 California is (was?) a big Almond producer. Cashews too? I dunno, the reason I wonder is all the Cashews available in recent years are these imported near flavorless things. They are ginormous, but they lack flavor.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 10:14 PM (qQhFt)

48 41 I have 300 daffodils and jonquils blooming now in the yard. Might have planted a dozen bulbs 30+ years ago. They propagate like mad. Sometimes hiking in the woods you see a stand of daffodils, which usually means there used to be someone living there many decades ago. No trace of the house or barn, maybe just a stone wall and some daffodils.
Posted by: Memento Mori at March 11, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)

I planted dozens of bulbs last fall. They are currently under about three feet of snow.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 11, 2026 10:15 PM (I40wl)

49 Top Pic: Looks like Hillbilly Jim and Uncle Elmer brought in the crops already.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 11, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

50 China has shit soil, pretty much everything they grow is both flavorless and colorless.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)

51 Who here thought that the dude in Die Hard who manned the desk at the entry was really Huey Lewis?

*sheepishly raises hand*
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 11, 2026

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You're not alone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:16 PM (wzUl9)

52 I remember "false spring" from The Shootist.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2026 10:16 PM (Cqx++)

53 31 Who here thought that the dude in Die Hard who manned the desk at the entry was really Huey Lewis?

*sheepishly raises hand*
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 11, 2026 10:11 PM (I40wl)

Raises hand.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 11, 2026 10:16 PM (y171U)

54 A teenager landed a Cessna in Florida on a county road after problems last week.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:14 PM (YZ0Fo)

In AK, planes have the right of way on roads. Some folks keep their planes at their houses (way up the highway, not in town) and use the highway for take off and landing.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 11, 2026 10:16 PM (I40wl)

55 The hidden take on The Sound of Silence is pretty good, but very much different than S&G. Paul Simon wrote some poetry.

Thanks for the ONT, TRex!!
Posted by: LRob in OK

David Draiman; lead singer, one of the few music artists that has been pubically pro Israel the last few years.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

56 Huey had darker hair at the time iirc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 10:17 PM (zZu0s)

57 Due to budget cuts, all Public Works employees are directed to modify existing procedures when repairing potholes. From now on, just place a standard traffic cone over them.

--Pittsburgh Public Works Department

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 11, 2026 10:17 PM (syz1S)

58 50 China has shit soil, pretty much everything they grow is both flavorless and colorless.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)

And they, like the Norks, use human poo for fertilizer. Ew.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 11, 2026 10:17 PM (I40wl)

59 War pigs are OK, but I give you the Soviet Anti-Tank Dog Mine.
They were not well trained and tended to crawl under vehicles they were most familiar with.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 11, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)

60 In AK, planes have the right of way on roads. Some folks keep their planes at their houses (way up the highway, not in town) and use the highway for take off and landing.
Posted by: tcn in AK

A friend of mine flew puddle jumpers in AK to build up his pilot hours years ago, said he can land in or on anything after his time doing that.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:18 PM (YZ0Fo)

61 >>Thanks for the dandy Wednesday Night ONT, TRex!

>>Those folks in Pittsburgh need Miss Manners, not the police department.

>>I want an A-10! Is there a full-sized model available?

Talk about escalating quickly. You went from courtesy greeting to Miss Manners to wanting a death machine in 3 sentences.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 11, 2026 10:18 PM (viF8m)

62 And they, like the Norks, use human poo for fertilizer. Ew.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 11, 2026 10:17 PM (I40wl)

Iirc, they also purportedly used some chemical developed by the Soviets that while it dramatically increased growth, it rapidly depleted the soil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)

63 Bastardi says it's a false spring and the Ides of March will be a bitch down through the mid-West to the East Coast.
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We had half an hour of snow in the Chicago area this afternoon.

Posted by: Methos at March 11, 2026 10:19 PM (vSvIl)

64 The V-22 Osprey has been known for vibration issues, and some chopper pilots are very leery of them. It is a wonderful idea for a VSTOL with a long loiter time, but it killed a lot of test pilots due to it being at the bleeding edge of what was possible.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 10:19 PM (rbvCR)

65 Sorry I'm late, my juicer broke and the boa constrictor wasn't quite as adept at squeezing the lemons as I thought he would be.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 11, 2026 10:19 PM (MWf2b)

66 49 Top Pic: Looks like Hillbilly Jim and Uncle Elmer brought in the crops already.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Don't leave me out!

Posted by: Haystacks Calhoun at March 11, 2026 10:19 PM (oftw2)

67 And they, like the Norks, use human poo for fertilizer. Ew.
Posted by: tcn in AK

How else are you going to grow potatoes on mars?
-Matt Damon

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

68 Was not unusual to see a plane land on Kenai Beach when I lived there in the olden days.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 11, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

69 The first scanner: Please tell me it wasn't two guys fighting over pussy(cat.)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 11, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)

70 Trump should have that NASA button sitting on his desk. Let people try to figure out what it controls.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 11, 2026 10:06 PM (snZF9)

I'd like to see a Big Red Switch from an IBM mainframe on his desk. When he turns it off, everything except emergency light, elevators, and trams turn off in all Congressional offices and subways.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 11, 2026 10:21 PM (S/Y4j)

71 4 Late, late, late
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 10:02 PM (N15rr)

Don't worry, I've found the horde is rather forgiving about that sort of thing.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 11, 2026 10:21 PM (MWf2b)

72 War pigs are OK, but I give you the Soviet Anti-Tank Dog Mine.
They were not well trained and tended to crawl under vehicles they were most familiar with.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 11, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)

The Rooskis should have tried tactical armadillos.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 11, 2026 10:21 PM (wVcYX)

73 68 Was not unusual to see a plane land on Kenai Beach when I lived there in the olden days.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 11, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

Every couple of years my brother gets a call to come pull a light plane out of the mud flats somewhere around the Inlet. Some beaches are fine, and some are like quicksand. It also helps if you know whether the tide is incoming or outgoing. lol

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 11, 2026 10:22 PM (I40wl)

74 Bonk bonk on the heads

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 11, 2026 10:22 PM (ovYwY)

75 Late, late, late
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 10:02 PM (N15rr)

Don't worry, I've found the horde is rather forgiving about that sort of thing.
Posted by: tankdemon
********
Only with a good excuse!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at March 11, 2026 10:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

76 1 I thought a 1st was supposed to be difficult!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2026 10:00 PM (n9ltV)
Not if you running the clock.

Posted by: Eromero at March 11, 2026 10:23 PM (LHPAg)

77 Buttons were better built in 1962.
Now you can only get that Temu crap.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 11, 2026 10:23 PM (/lPRQ)

78 Top pic reminds me to remind you about grain bin safety. It's a dangerous place to be unless you are extremely careful. Also make sure your local Rescue Squad has the training and equipment to extract someone. Drowning in a bin full of soybeans is a tough way to go.

Posted by: RFD-TV at March 11, 2026 10:23 PM (oftw2)

79 John Glenn then returned to Earth, leveraged his celebrity status to become a senator and gradually become more and more liberal until he finally sold what was left of his soul to Bill Clinton for one last shuttle ride.

Posted by: Chemist at March 11, 2026 10:24 PM (+LqJL)

80 flaming pigs

What is it with gheyz and the cop fetish?

Posted by: It's just weird! at March 11, 2026 10:24 PM (TbWk/)

81 After seeing the new Ayatollah, I would like to upgrade to a cardboard membership.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 11, 2026 10:24 PM (MWf2b)

82 I've never understood why people love to make fun of Rick Astley. His songs, at least the few he had in the Top 40, were effective and catchy; his voice was strong; you could understand every word he sang. Yeah, he looked sort of like Howdy Doody, and his neck was kinda long -- he looked better in a turtleneck than in a sport shirt (but then, nearly everybody does).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:24 PM (wzUl9)

83 "...AI models are not perfect."

This is the understatement of all time.

Evidently they are destructive and dangerous, and we continue to eff with them at our peril.

Posted by: jocon307 at March 11, 2026 10:25 PM (EuROc)

84 Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 11, 2026 10:25 PM (ovYwY)

85 Loved the shenanigans, TRex!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 11, 2026 10:26 PM (vrNzf)

86 Top pic looks like something out of The Grapes of Wrath.

"How can they turn a man off his own proppity?"
( -- Henry Fonda as Tom Joad)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)

87 Don't leave me out!
Posted by: Haystacks Calhoun at March 11, 2026 10:19 PM (oftw2)

Fun Fact: There was more than one wrestler using that name. Even had one in the UK.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 11, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

88
I've never understood why people love to make fun of Rick Astley. His songs, at least the few he had in the Top 40, were effective and catchy; his voice was strong; you could understand every word he sang. Yeah, he looked sort of like Howdy Doody, and his neck was kinda long -- he looked better in a turtleneck than in a sport shirt (but then, nearly everybody does).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

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

This is one of the more amusing slides into question asked, question answered.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2026 10:27 PM (zk5UJ)

89 Henry Fonda's cinematic pinnacle was "Tentacles" but at least in that movie he wasn't the one who had to "suck face".

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 11, 2026 10:29 PM (ovYwY)

90
I was at a Costco in San Diego County this afternoon. For some reason, there were more towelheads there than I've ever seen.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 11, 2026 10:30 PM (HLgI3)

91 "RocketDyne! From Acme!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:13 PM
YoYoDyne.

Posted by: Eromero at March 11, 2026 10:30 PM (LHPAg)

92 The Rooskis should have tried tactical armadillos.
Posted by: Count de Monet

* nods *

Project Tarkus.

Posted by: mikesk'elp at March 11, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)

93
I was at a Costco in San Diego County this afternoon. For some reason, there were more towelheads there than I've ever seen.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

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

Did you see a 29-year-old blonde in a short-sleeved black turtleneck and black skirt?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2026 10:31 PM (zk5UJ)

94 I was wrong on the schedule. USA/canuckistan Friday at 8

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

95 Never liked turtlenecks, or pullover sweaters and hoodies. Gotta be able to unbutton, unzip my neck. Tend to run hot.

Posted by: Don't Fence Me In at March 11, 2026 10:32 PM (oftw2)

96 Remember breakfast club? Remember Carl the janitor?

In the opening credits there is s shot of Man of The Year plaques on the wall of the high school. Carl was Man of The Year in 1969.

And now you know.

Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 10:32 PM (HF36u)

97 84 Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 11, 2026 10:25 PM (ovYwY)

They had a hit song before the Sports album, believe the title was "Do You Believe in Love".

Posted by: Joemarine at March 11, 2026 10:32 PM (y171U)

98 I was at a Costco in San Diego County this afternoon. For some reason, there were more towelheads there than I've ever seen.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Buying up all the acetone and hydrogen peroxide.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 11, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)

99 I've never understood why people love to make fun of Rick Astley.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Because "Hueyroll" doesn't sound right.

Posted by: mikeski at March 11, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

100 I was at a Costco in San Diego County this afternoon. For some reason, there were more towelheads there than I've ever seen.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

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

Did you see a 29-year-old blonde in a short-sleeved black turtleneck and black skirt?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2026 10:31 PM (zk5UJ)

…and that little girl was me!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at March 11, 2026 10:32 PM (ZTJjv)

101 Don't leave me out!
Posted by: Haystacks Calhoun at March 11, 2026 10:19 PM (oftw2)

Fun Fact: There was more than one wrestler using that name. Even had one in the UK.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I was always a Killer Kawowski fan.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 11, 2026 10:33 PM (sl73Y)

102 was always a Killer Kawowski fan.
Posted by: From about That Time

Hacksaw Jim Duggan

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:34 PM (YZ0Fo)

103 Re: Lobstergate (Pete Hegseth spending millions of dollars on steaks and lobster tails for our troops overseas), I'll just say this.

I was a Marine stationed at an Army post, the Presidio of Monterey, long ago, and once a month they served steak and lobster. That was the day everyone skipped the chow hall. The steak was the worst we'd ever eaten. It didn't even have the consistency or flavor of steak, more like a cross between steak and liver. And the lobsters were MUCH worse. I swear they must have found those lobsters floating belly-up in Boston Harbor. New guy only had the lobster once.

They served this stuff once a month the night before visitor days, where parents and relatives would come and apparently their first question was always "What did they have in the mess hall last night?" It made a good impression and they were unmoved at how horrible we said it was.

Posted by: Blahblahblah at March 11, 2026 10:34 PM (ca+Gv)

104 >>Never liked turtlenecks, or pullover sweaters and hoodies.

What's your position on dickies and ascots?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 11, 2026 10:35 PM (viF8m)

105

https://haystacksbalboa.com/

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2026 10:35 PM (Cqx++)

106 I've never understood why people love to make fun of Rick Astley. His songs, at least the few he had in the Top 40, were effective and catchy; his voice was strong; you could understand every word he sang. Yeah, he looked sort of like Howdy Doody, and his neck was kinda long -- he looked better in a turtleneck than in a sport shirt (but then, nearly everybody does).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

===============
This is one of the more amusing slides into question asked, question answered.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2026

***
I answered my own question? I really think Astley was super-talented and deserved better attention than "rickrolling."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:35 PM (wzUl9)

107 Of course we remember Carl the janitor, he was the coolest character in the movie.

Mild-mannered enthusiasts of the custodial arts are often walking repositories of important history and information.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 11, 2026 10:35 PM (ovYwY)

108
Rocketdyne sounds like something Wile E. Coyote would buy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

Yoyodyne was the name of the company in which Dr. Emilio Lizardo worked with the Lectroids from Planet X.

BIG-BOO-TAY! TAY! TAY!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 11, 2026 10:36 PM (xG4kz)

109 We had half an hour of snow in the Chicago area this afternoon.
Posted by: Methos at March 11, 2026 10:19

100 miles west of there it spit snow, then fits of rain and drizzle. Last 2 days spoiled us.

Any news on the New Elected 7th Century Assahola? Is he alive, dead, comotose? It would be nice to know who's runnin the show agin us, yes?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 11, 2026 10:36 PM (55Qr6)

110 Thunderstorms and its pouring down

Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2026 10:37 PM (Ia/+0)

111 We had half an hour of snow in the Chicago area this afternoon.
Posted by: Methos

We've had hail out the wazoo. Not right here thankfully and a couple twisters in state already. Seems like it's gonna be an active season.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:37 PM (YZ0Fo)

112 Never liked turtlenecks, or pullover sweaters and hoodies. Gotta be able to unbutton, unzip my neck. Tend to run hot.
Posted by: Don't Fence Me In at March 11, 2026

***
They do tend to be warm -- so are best for cool-to-cold climates. But dark ones look *sharp*. See David McCallum as Illya in certain first-year episodes of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:38 PM (wzUl9)

113 Good evening morons e grazie Dino

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

114 Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically.
Posted by: Dr. Varno

I had "Sports" on cassette when I was a kiddo. From Columbia House for a penny, probably.

I feel bad for Huey..... he had to stop singing because he went deaf due to an incurable inner-ear condition called Meniere's Disease.

Posted by: mikeski at March 11, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

115 "Well, can't you see her standing there?
See how she looks, see how she cares
I let her steal the night away from me
You see, she gets what she wants"

How many of us Morons are going to have to say this to St. Peter one day in order to explain ourselves?

St. Peter - chuckling while shaking his head - "All right you knucklehead, in ya go."

Posted by: Tonypete at March 11, 2026 10:38 PM (cYBz/)

116 Any news on the New Elected 7th Century Assahola? Is he alive, dead, comotose? It would be nice to know who's runnin the show agin us, yes?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 11, 2026 10:36 PM (55Qr6)

Doctor says he’s leaning toward getting better.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at March 11, 2026 10:38 PM (ZTJjv)

117 Never liked turtlenecks, or pullover sweaters and hoodies. Gotta be able to unbutton, unzip my neck. Tend to run hot.
Posted by: Don't Fence Me

That's why you wear dickies
-Howard Wolowitz

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

118 Disturbed's version of Sound of Silence is by far my favorite, even eclipsing the Simon & Garfunkel version. Not sure why, but it reached out and grabbed me where the S&G just washes over like waves on beach.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 11, 2026 10:39 PM (vrNzf)

119
They had a hit song before the Sports album, believe the title was "Do You Believe in Love".
Posted by: Joemarine

The music video for that song had a seriously strong stalker vibe to it -- the whole band was hanging around that chick's bed as she slept.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 11, 2026 10:39 PM (xG4kz)

120 Had to step away from the Cafe, but did read all the comments. MrTea has promised me he will be a good boy from now on (not sarcasm, just being funny). But seriously, he knows he screwed up and this job means a lot to him (as does his life).

Thanks for all the interesting stories . . .
Night all.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 11, 2026 10:42 PM (nz1sK)

121 The music video for that song had a seriously strong stalker vibe to it -- the whole band was hanging around that chick's bed as she slept.
_-_
Oh. Was that wrong?

Posted by: Da Band at March 11, 2026 10:42 PM (vd6bO)

122 Mild-mannered enthusiasts of the custodial arts are often walking repositories of important history and information.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 11, 2026 10:35

Yes doc, that is one thing I remember we discussed in our grad level Oral History class. Very good sources.

Hey, hey get your minds out of the gutter.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 11, 2026 10:42 PM (55Qr6)

123 Huey Lewis and the News played on campus at Oregon State Universoty in 1985.

It was awesome fun and I’ll never forget going with my friends and jumping up and down and singing every song and swooning everytime the sax player looked our way.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 11, 2026 10:42 PM (A5RD0)

124 Army chow wasn’t too bad, by the time I got there. There was a focus on recruiting and retention, “quality of life” issues. Chow is part of that. DOD issue steaks weren’t too good, I appreciated the thought, but they were thin and about as tender as an old boot. Tough job being a cook, thankless one too.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 10:43 PM (QVTZe)

125 109 Any news on the New Elected 7th Century Assahola? Is he alive, dead, comotose? It would be nice to know who's runnin the show agin us, yes?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 11, 2026 10:36 PM (55Qr6)

They say he has a leg up on his competitors. It's being kept in a special storage freezer until he's ready to reclaim it.

Posted by: Splunge at March 11, 2026 10:43 PM (KEowH)

126 If you ever wondered if I was stupid enough to be a moron, wonder no more: I'm watching "Troll 2" in 4K (from Vinegar Syndrome).

What else is one supposed to do on a Wednesday, anyway?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 10:43 PM (CHHv1)

127 I'll just say this: If Rick Astley had come along in 1958 instead of '88, he'd have been a smash-hit teen idol like Frankie Avalon, Paul Anka, James Darren, Dion, or Rick Nelson. The times, the 1980s, were against his sort of looks, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:43 PM (wzUl9)

128 I answered my own question? I really think Astley was super-talented and deserved better attention than "rickrolling."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:35 PM (wzUl9)

I agree with you. One of my kids loves rickrolling people at any time, and I deflated him a little bit by telling him that I actually liked the song.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at March 11, 2026 10:44 PM (NZPfR)

129 I feel bad for Huey..... he had to stop singing because he went deaf due to an incurable inner-ear condition called Meniere's Disease.
Posted by: mikeski

David Lee Roth cannot jump but he still performs it... about as well as one could with a walker.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 11, 2026 10:44 PM (/lPRQ)

130 Doggeh's paws smell like popcorn

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 11, 2026 10:45 PM (GhIJO)

131 Yoyodyne was the name of the company in which Dr. Emilio Lizardo worked with the Lectroids from Planet X.

BIG-BOO-TAY! TAY! TAY!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 11, 2026 10:36 PM (xG4kz)

Johnny Ya-Ya! Johnny Big Boo-Tay!

Posted by: Roll Call at March 11, 2026 10:47 PM (NZPfR)

132 I agree with you. One of my kids loves rickrolling people at any time, and I deflated him a little bit by telling him that I actually liked the song.
_-_
Not my favorite, but what the hell...when I get rickrolled by my young'ens, I just let the whole thing play.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 11, 2026 10:47 PM (vd6bO)

133 Daffodils here are 2wks early due to the winter that wasn't. Snow & cold weather will not hurt them. Plum tree is blooming & a hard freeze will decrease plums. It may snow more here & it may not. The mountains are ok for water this year.

Happy evening whatever, Moron's and 'ettes. It could be the twilight zone since I oddly slept most of the afternoon after taking a half dose of steroid for the killer cold. I could be up & finishing cleaning the house at 0200. My third trip with roids.

Our son is out of state and DIL posted a photo of my grands hanging out with kids of a "friend" she is polite with in their neighborhood. I don't like this person. She had 3 kids & is not married ON PURPOSE & now her psycho partner has left. I have visions of him coming to kill her & their kids with my grands as collateral. This is not the roids speaking. If present I make polite talk to her but I truly wish with all of my heart she'd move to another state.

The piano intro of Vanessa Carlton's is iconic.

I am going to listen to music and read & try to behave vs feeling irritated and vaguely worried about something that will probably never happen. No time. XXXX

https://tinyurl.com/2r3ddckn

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 11, 2026 10:48 PM (WONhk)

134 Hahaha one of the dudes calling the DR/VEN game was talking about how the fans are allowed to bring in cowbells "but it's really hard to explore the space because it's sold out"

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:48 PM (YZ0Fo)

135 Making B-52s, ICBM capable. OK. Launch ICBM from a B-52, no wasted fuel for take off.
Target, anywhere.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 10:48 PM (N15rr)

136 “Dyne” or “Dyna” was a common word in the 60s.

Dynaco made Hi-Fi kits - mono bloc and stereo amplifiers, and FM tuners. Very well designed. EL34 outputs in push pull arrangement driven by 7199, a Sylvania tube specifically designed as a Hi-Fi stereo tube.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 10:49 PM (QVTZe)

137 Doctor says he’s leaning toward getting better.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at March 11, 2026 10:38

Thanks DJ. That was my best chortle today.

Yet the ONT is young.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 11, 2026 10:50 PM (55Qr6)

138 >>I'll just say this: If Rick Astley had come along in 1958 instead of '88, he'd have been a smash-hit teen idol like Frankie Avalon, Paul Anka, James Darren, Dion, or Rick Nelson. The times, the 1980s, were against his sort of looks, I guess.

I think you are taking the rickrolling too seriously. It actually made him a bigger star. He's made a gazillion dollars with his singing.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 11, 2026 10:51 PM (viF8m)

139 think you are taking the rickrolling too seriously. It actually made him a bigger star. He's made a gazillion dollars with his singing.
Posted by: JackStraw

And rickrolling is funny. Let the kids have it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

140 Ferget hair bands like Bon Jovi, Huey Leeis and that butt-chin just needed a couple more clefty rockers for the best 80s chin band!

Posted by: Rex B at March 11, 2026 10:52 PM (GI9/m)

141 Portland, yes, and Longview WA.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 11, 2026 10:13 PM (0aYVJ)

Portland, Longview and Kalama are all major ports handling ag exports from the Columbia and Willamette regions.
Don't forget Coos Bay, portal to the western half of Coos County!

Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

142 I'll just say this: If Rick Astley had come along in 1958 instead of '88, he'd have been a smash-hit teen idol like Frankie Avalon, Paul Anka, James Darren, Dion, or Rick Nelson. The times, the 1980s, were against his sort of looks, I guess.
*
I think you are taking the rickrolling too seriously. It actually made him a bigger star. He's made a gazillion dollars with his singing.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 11, 2026

***
Now that I've looked him up on Wiki, yes, I see he has never really been out of the public spotlight. For several years he was one of the bestselling artists in the world, and the meme stuff actually revitalized his career. I had visions of him fading away, living in a garage apartment, swilling wine and muttering, "I coulda been the biggest! I could!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:54 PM (wzUl9)

143 I was always a Killer Kawowski fan.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 11, 2026 10:33 PM (sl73Y)

Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:34 PM (YZ0Fo)

Jesse. When he was sane.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 11, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

144 Jesse. When he was sane.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at

Honky tonk man had the best gimmick as the middle heel for years.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:55 PM (YZ0Fo)

145
It was awesome fun and I’ll never forget going with my friends and jumping up and down and singing every song and swooning everytime the sax player looked our way.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 11, 2026 10:42 PM (A5RD0)
....................................
That was my son, lady!

Lying! But that is exactly how girls were with him from 9th grade into college with his saxophone and looks.

I was mortified the first concert. Never expected this as a mother!

When he toured the country for a musical for 1yr of college, there were dancers over a decade older after him (he told me this, those skanks!). After a stop in FL he brought me on the bus to see his bunk, and they shot me looks and I shot green lasers right back at them. Dis is my boy!

Thankfully he was dating a redhead back in FL who years later I could have killed, but that's the only reason he was faithful and not riddled with disease.

He's married now in FL and they are expecting a secret baby that only grandparents know about! Very early on, so no solid news but a lot of prayers.

I was hatching #2 son when Huey was popular. I liked to dance in college, and on the rare chance I got in FL when we had a babysitter.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 11, 2026 10:56 PM (WONhk)

146 The music video for that song had a seriously strong stalker vibe to it -- the whole band was hanging around that chick's bed as she slept.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

This is a literary plot since olden tymes: Look at 'Sleeping Beauty' for instance.

Strange Dude breaks into a woman's house, goes up to her room and kisses her while she's in a coma.

Try that shit today and see what happens to you. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at March 11, 2026 10:57 PM (cYBz/)

147 I went to the mixed rap tour wi th my wife. It was nktob ,Salt n Peppa, Naughty by nature , Debbie Gibson a few others and Rick Astley.

It was fun. And Rick astley belted out the hits and everyone was singing along.

Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 10:58 PM (HF36u)

148 On a related and unrelated note, the B-21 prototype was spotted today for the first time doing aerial refueling today over the Majoave.

Majoave? Is that in Caolioafornia?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 11, 2026 10:58 PM (diia5)

149 'Bout time I headed off to bed, folken. No workout tomorrow; I need a break (the right knee is complaining a little anyway). Maybe, if it really is cool outside, I'll drive to a 24-hour diner I know for a hot breakfast, then come back to watch some film noir on the Movies! Channel.

I was going to have my mechanic look for the source of that B-pillar rattle I head when turning left. But I couldn't hear it today; and if I can't, he won't be able to.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:58 PM (wzUl9)

150 This is a literary plot since olden tymes: Look at 'Sleeping Beauty' for instance.

Strange Dude breaks into a woman's house, goes up to her room and kisses her while she's in a coma.

Try that shit today and see what happens to you. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at

The police (or was it sting?) had an entire song about stalking someone. It hit number 1

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

151 Honky tonk man had the best gimmick as the middle heel for years.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 10:55 PM (YZ0Fo)

Yes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 11, 2026 11:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

152 Rami Jaffee, keyboardist for The Wallflowers and Foo Fighters, was born today in 1969. In researching which track to link, I found that he was with The Wallflowers from 1990, the year before they even started recording their first album, whereas it took Foo Fighters a decade to promote him from studio and touring contributor in 2005 to a full member of the band in 2015. Also, his first member-credits album with the latter, Concrete And Gold, had Dave Grohl lying and whining about Trump like a gay-ass drama queen.

So, instead of one from the bigger band, here's one of those songs that I truly love, that I always stop and listen to, that takes to me back to endless days of summer and potential and feelings. And, Rami Jaffee's (probably) Hammond organ is integral to its distinctive sound:

The Wallflowers - One Headlight (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/Zzyfcys1aLM

Posted by: SciVo at March 11, 2026 11:01 PM (Sy6m/)

153 The police (or was it sting?) had an entire song about stalking someone. It hit number 1
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026

***
"Every move you make . . .
I'll be watching you"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 11:02 PM (wzUl9)

154 The rain the weather mavens promised has begun. Maybe it will wash some of that yellow pollen dust off my car by morning.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 11:02 PM (wzUl9)

155 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 11, 2026 10:58 PM (wzUl9)

Of course, you could write that post for ALH....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 11, 2026 11:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

156 On a related and unrelated note, the B-21 prototype was spotted today for the first time doing aerial refueling today over the Majoave.

I ordered a Grande size one of those the other day.

Posted by: Annoyingspore at March 11, 2026 11:04 PM (abIsI)

157 7-3 bases loaded bottom 9 no outs.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:05 PM (YZ0Fo)

158 >>Now that I've looked him up on Wiki, yes, I see he has never really been out of the public spotlight. For several years he was one of the bestselling artists in the world, and the meme stuff actually revitalized his career. I had visions of him fading away, living in a garage apartment, swilling wine and muttering, "I coulda been the biggest! I could!"

The music industry, and it is an industry, is fickle and stupid. I had a good friend who made a good living in the industry by playing what got played on radio not what he wanted to play. And clearly my taste in music is not a popular one here but that band and their heirs are still making bank cause lots of people liked them despite what the industry told them to like.

Like what you like. De gusitbus and all that. Life's too short to care what other people think.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 11, 2026 11:05 PM (viF8m)

159 Posted by: OrangeEnt

Demolition my favorite tag team growing up
Is getting into the HoF this year.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

160 Broke open a new jar of moonshine today just because I can.

I have to make it last - my guy said my next delivery will be in July.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 11, 2026 11:06 PM (cYBz/)

161 The police (or was it sting?) had an entire song about stalking someone. It hit number 1
Posted by: BruceWayne

"Every move you make . . .
I'll be watching you"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Rockwell told the other side of the story.

I always feel like
Somebody's watching me.....

Posted by: mikeski at March 11, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)

162 The music industry, and it is an industry, is fickle and stupid. I had a good friend who made a good living in the industry by playing what got played on radio not what he wanted to play. And clearly my taste in music is not a popular one here but that band and their heirs are still making bank cause lots of people liked them despite what the industry told them to like.

Like what you like. De gusitbus and all that. Life's too short to care what other people think.
Posted by: JackStraw

Kid I graduated with has made an entire GREAT career out of being a session musician.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:08 PM (YZ0Fo)

163 Demolition my favorite tag team growing up
Is getting into the HoF this year.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

Vince screwed them by bringing in LOD.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 11, 2026 11:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

164 Howdy.

After seeing the new Ayatollah, I would like to upgrade to a cardboard membership.
Posted by: tankdemon

(All day I've been waiting to make a cardboard membership Ayatollah comment on the ONT and you've beat me to it.)

Might want to re-think your upgrade. The cardboard memberships have doubled in value, now (twice as many ampersands and more get out of barrel free points), but insurance has risen because of drone threats.

Posted by: mindful webworker - am I here yet? am I here yet? am I here yet? at March 11, 2026 11:09 PM (PwYmb)

165 Vince screwed them by bringing in LOD.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Fans knew. No one cared about LOD.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

166 CNN reporting that the latest ayatollah in Iran has woken up from his coma. Evidently his first words were; “Owww, shit, owww, anyone seen my leg, owww!” Doctors are unable to explain the ayatollah smelling of wet cardboard.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at March 11, 2026 11:11 PM (ZTJjv)

167 Now the Grandfathers are work

The Vines most important

The Grandmothers are make Traditional Spring Cheese.

The Youngs are frolick

We not sure why air defense missile now North of village

Posted by: Official Novdu Informations at March 11, 2026 11:12 PM (Al4HM)

168 Did Iran attack California yet? I was taking a nap and thought maybe I missed it.

Posted by: wth at March 11, 2026 11:13 PM (BT3km)

169 If they attack Oakland how would we know?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 11:14 PM (RIvkX)

170 Fans knew. No one cared about LOD.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

My YT feed has been showing quite a few clips of Bobby Heenan interviews. Very smart man.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 11, 2026 11:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

171 they attack Oakland how would we know?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It'd be cleaner?

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:14 PM (YZ0Fo)

172 19 The Osprey? Isn't that a massive boondoggle?

Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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It wasn't ONT what did it. 'Twas Johnny McCain.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 11:15 PM (N15rr)

173 My YT feed has been showing quite a few clips of Bobby Heenan interviews. Very smart man.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Heenan was so awesome. Paul Heyman is the new hennan. He gets caught up in bad writing but he's pretty great.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:16 PM (YZ0Fo)

174 they attack Oakland how would we know?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It'd be cleaner?
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:14 PM (YZ0Fo)

So, if they attacked San Francisco, the sidewalks would be poop-free?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 11, 2026 11:16 PM (S/Y4j)

175 146 The music video for that song had a seriously strong stalker vibe to it -- the whole band was hanging around that chick's bed as she slept.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

Video is on youtube and does have a creepy vibe. Plus the satin sheets on the girl. Probably a water bed.

Goodnight and don't catch this cold! I am sure the chy knee somehow messed with it as I am rarely sick.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 11, 2026 11:16 PM (WONhk)

176 Lee Solid: he wouldn’t be the inventor of the solid fuel rocket, would he?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 11, 2026 11:18 PM (ZVgZ4)

177 40 14 Trump should have that NASA button sitting on his desk. Let people try to figure out what it controls.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 11, 2026 10:06 PM (snZF9)
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Trap doors and dungeons.
Don't forget the trap doors.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 11:19 PM (N15rr)

178 So, if they attacked San Francisco, the sidewalks would be poop-free?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

It'd at least burn up.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

179 If they attack Oakland how would we know?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
.......

Less crime?

Posted by: wth at March 11, 2026 11:20 PM (BT3km)

180 Trap doors and dungeons.
Don't forget the trap doors.

Posted by: Braenyard

But the people playing as thiefs could find those

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:20 PM (YZ0Fo)

181 There's an abandoned Safeway in the Fillmore that would blow up good. Real good.

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

182
I answered my own question?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

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well, it starts with "I've never understood why people love to make fun of Rick Astley" and ends with "he looked sort of like Howdy Doody, and his neck was kinda long -- he looked better in a turtleneck than in a sport shirt."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2026 11:21 PM (FveOp)

183 esse. When he was sane.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Riker, when the holodeck was down.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:27 PM (CHHv1)

184 Riker, when the holodeck was down.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:27 PM (CHHv1)

I liked him better with the beard.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 11, 2026 11:29 PM (1Ff7Z)

185 liked him better with the beard.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Troi?

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:30 PM (YZ0Fo)

186 Q: "You're so stodgy! You weren't like that before the beard."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:34 PM (CHHv1)

187 Will be in the San Francisco area starting on Friday - going to visit daughter and her family. A week later she will be driving us to Reno to catch Jeff Dunham in concert before flying home.

We get to see the grandbabies!!!!!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 11, 2026 11:35 PM (SRRAx)

188 liked him better with the beard.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I have fake van dyke beards and surplus monocles and cigarette holders

Don't use 'em much

If you need 'em

Posted by: Miklos at lot 164 Trailer Acres at March 11, 2026 11:35 PM (Al4HM)

189 By the way

If your Lot Number begins with a "1" that is the VIP section

Posted by: Miklos pays extra at lot 164 Trailer Acres at March 11, 2026 11:37 PM (Al4HM)

190 (All day I've been waiting to make a cardboard membership Ayatollah comment on the ONT and you've beat me to it.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - am I here yet? am I here yet? am I here yet? at March 11, 2026 11:09 PM (PwYmb)

It helps to show up early...wait? What?

Posted by: tankdemon at March 11, 2026 11:39 PM (MWf2b)

191 I figured that the V-22 was not well liked when I saw that the CH-46 is still being used for transport. The whole point of the Osprey was to replace the CH-46 completely.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 11, 2026 11:41 PM (7yOPh)

192 The music industry, and it is an industry, is fickle and stupid.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 11, 2026 11:05 PM (viF8m)

Yup. Hair metal was the result of industry assholes trying to make metal go mainstream. Metal is at it's best when it stays in the underground. Try to make it universally popular and you get frigging crap.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 11, 2026 11:42 PM (snZF9)

193 I guessing when cardboard ayatollah blows past sheet rock and goes right to plywood we'll know he's getting better.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 11, 2026 11:46 PM (snZF9)

194 When do we get a tinfoil Ayatollah?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 11, 2026 11:49 PM (gxRWI)

195 I guessing when cardboard ayatollah blows past sheet rock and goes right to plywood we'll know he's getting better.
Posted by: Berserker

Sleeping through the first part of his reign. In the middle of a war, even.

When he wakes up, he's gonna be busier than a.....

Posted by: mikeski at March 11, 2026 11:50 PM (VHUov)

196 Dynaco made Hi-Fi kits - mono bloc and stereo amplifiers, and FM tuners. Very well designed. EL34 outputs in push pull arrangement driven by 7199, a Sylvania tube specifically designed as a Hi-Fi stereo tube.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 10:49 PM (QVTZe)

I have a pair of Dynaco mono amps, each 60 watts, with 6L6's in them. Salvaged from the town dump. Could not find the preamp that went with them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 11:51 PM (8zz6B)

197 Posted by: Miklos at lot 164 Trailer Acres at March 11, 2026 11:35 PM (Al4HM)

No, I'm clean shaven. Don't look good in a beard. Would like to know if Hungary has any birth records from pre WWI though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 11, 2026 11:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

198 liked him better with the beard.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Troi?
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 11, 2026 11:30 PM (YZ0Fo)

Well, it wasn't on her face....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 11, 2026 11:52 PM (1Ff7Z)

199 Hair Metal was fun and the chicks dug it, the problem with Hair Metel was the same problem that happens when anything gets oversaturated, but little did the music industry know that a scene centered in Seattle was about to burst on the scene and sweep Hair Metal into the dustbin of History, Steel Panther excepted.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 11, 2026 11:53 PM (XV/Pl)

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