Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - March 10, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Tuesday night ONT. Very nice springtime weather in my neck of the woods today. How about you? Anything fun and exciting going on with anyone here tonight? Something on your mind? Let's hear it!

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Let's learn more about Jimmy's!

Here's a clip from Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives (Triple D) from 2014

🦀 For those new to our family business, here’s a throwback to 2014 when we were featured on @GuyFieri’s #DinersDriveInsAndDives — starring a 27-year-old @TonyMinadakis!

What a journey it’s been. Grateful for every step, every customer, and every blessing along the way. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/AnujASLWpF
— Jimmy’s Famous Seafood (@JimmysSeafood) March 10, 2026

My sister was at Jimmy's for dinner tonight with her husband and daughter. My niece was very excited that she saw an influencer there interviewing someone from the staff. Still amazing how much attention and business they are getting thanks to the Huff Post. I haven't been there since the "GFY heard 'round the world". Hopefully soon!

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The 90s finds out about the future

If you are longing for a simpler time that is now gone forever, this video will likely hit HARD…
🥲 pic.twitter.com/xJcp4i9GKw
— John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) March 8, 2026

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Not quite Somali daycare levels of fraud, but fraud nonetheless

Woman admitted to making more than 1,700 fraudulent Home Depot returns, prosecutors say

A woman in Ohio made more than 1,700 fraudulent returns at Home Depot locations in multiple states.
Medina County prosecutors said Tracy A. James used counterfeit driver’s licenses and aliases to obtain store credit through fraudulent merchandise returns over several years at numerous Home Depot locations.
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Investigators said James’s scheme totaled $266,699 in fraudulent store credit she then used to buy merchandise she later resold online.

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We 29 year-olds have an advantage?

Psychology says the hidden advantage older workers have in the age of AI has nothing to do with technology skills. It’s emotional intelligence.

AI can generate a perfect email but it cannot read the room, sense the tension, or know when the real conversation is the one nobody is having
Have you ever watched a twenty-six-year-old try to figure out why a meeting went sideways when every word spoken in the meeting was perfectly reasonable? I have. I spent decades in workplaces where the official conversation and the actual conversation were two entirely different things, and the ability to tell them apart had nothing to do with intelligence or technical skill. It had to do with years.
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That ability has a name. Psychologists call it emotional intelligence. And in 2026, as AI reshapes nearly every industry on the planet, it turns out that the thing older workers have been quietly accumulating for decades is the one thing the machines can’t replicate.

Very interesting article. Definitely check it out.

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Did she consult Piper?

I inherited a storage unit from a family friend. It was full of vintage clothes, which I now sell online.

My best friend is Hannah, and her grandpa, Franz, owned a sporting goods store in the '60s, '70s, and '80s. When he went out of business, he boxed up his stock, and the unused items sat in a storage unit from 1990 until 2021.
In the summer of 2021, Hannah's mom called my mom, who is an organizer for hoarders, asking for help with the storage unit. She didn't know what to do with the stuff, and knew my mom had experience in that realm.
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It's really hard to put a number on how many items were in the storage unit. It was 10,000 pairs of shoes, 25,000 hats, 2,500 pairs of baseball pants, all in 1,000 square feet, all from a single store.
The brands Franz had were Nike, Adidas, Puma, Converse, Playboy, Pony, Champion, Wilson, and more. Teams were covered in the NFL, NBA, NHL, and collegiate sports.
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It was such a large inventory; we weren't sure how to tackle it. It's all been very word-of-mouth. We had our first sale at a flea market in early 2022. We currently sell privately on social media and on our website, which went live in December 2025.
On the website, we do 25 items per drop, and do two drops a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays. It's first-come, first-served. Not all merchandise is on the website; it's about a tenth of what we have. So we're really selective with the drops because everything is so rare and special.

Cool story. Like, totally rad!

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The Iran situation simplified

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DJ Doof - Birthday Girls Edition
from thisdayinmusic.com

Born on this date in 1964: Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper Neneh Cherry, who had the 1988 UK & US No.3 single 'Buffalo Stance'

Born on this date in 1966: American singer-songwriter Edie Brickell best known for 1988's Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went to No. 4 on the Billboard Albums chart and featured the Top Ten single 'What I Am'. Brickell married Paul Simon in 1992.

Born on this date in 1983: Carrie Underwood, American pop country music singer, winner of the fourth season of American Idol.

That may very well be my favorite vocal performance ever.

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1 Do Not Look at This link:

https://tinyurl.com/ywb8shs7

Posted by: Braenyard

Posted by: mindful webworker - no problem at March 10, 2026 10:00 PM (ByrUz)

2 Good evening good people.

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

3 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 10, 2026 10:01 PM (SRRAx)

4 slingshot

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 10, 2026 10:01 PM (FOFsU)

5 Top 5?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 10, 2026 10:01 PM (2Ez/1)

6 Dang it. Wrong stuff in the clipboard. I meant to say

Winter can be hair-raising
https://bit.ly/47lQnEk

Posted by: mindful webworker - off to a great start for the evening at March 10, 2026 10:01 PM (ByrUz)

7 Indeed.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 10, 2026 10:02 PM (2Ez/1)

8 FOOD!

Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:02 PM (77rzZ)

9 Spring? Gah, next thing you know, it'll be a hundred degrees again. I can wait.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 10, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

10 Good evening morons ותודה דיסקו.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 10, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)

11 mindfull can be ace cruel. bwhahahahaha

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

12 Thanks for the ONT, Doof! Howdy Horde

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 10, 2026 10:03 PM (DIY2E)

13 Anything fun and exciting going on with anyone here tonight?

Nothing, I said, growing red as a beet. But a plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 10, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

14 >>> Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives...

Ackshully a pretty good show.
Nice to see little hometown favorite places show up now and then. Positive vibes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 10, 2026 10:03 PM (/lPRQ)

15 The top pic is nice. Looks like a good road trip.

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

16 I see the future Mrs. Doof made music section. Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: scampydog at March 10, 2026 10:05 PM (41CYW)

17 Why do those "vegan chocolate chip cookies" look suspiciously like steak?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 10, 2026 10:06 PM (ESVrU)

18 FOOD!
Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:02 PM (77rzZ)

!ydwoH

Posted by: Doof at March 10, 2026 10:06 PM (znITT)

19 Good evening, everyone!

Posted by: Piper at March 10, 2026 10:06 PM (OoFl2)

20 Does anyone else think that nearly every bit of information we are told about anything any more is phony unless it comes out of an actual civilian whether it comes from the "left" or "right"? For a few days all we heard was oil crisis. It went up to $110 a barrel and the stocks drop. Trump casually says in an interview that oh, he thinks the war won't go on much longer. Immediately oil drops to $88 a barrel and the stocks jump up. I have never seen this sort of thing before, ever

Posted by: Azjaeger at March 10, 2026 10:06 PM (3/XaG)

21 It just may take eight decades of utter repression and the backing of the world's only remaining free nation.

And what free nation do you expect to be around after the next decade or so?

Trump 2.0 is Doing All The Things because his presidency ends this time next year.

There will never be another like him, so he is trying to give We The People the most runway he can give us by taking down Venezuela, Iran and possibly China as immediate threats before he leaves the scene.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 10, 2026 10:07 PM (a4flb)

22 I see the future Mrs. Doof made music section. Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: scampydog at March 10, 2026 10:05 PM (41CYW)

Good memory!

Posted by: Doof at March 10, 2026 10:07 PM (znITT)

23 Thanks, Doof. For the ONT That's a beautiful hymn- How Great Thou Art. I have never heard Carrie Underwood sing it. Thanks,

And I got ( almost ) willowed on the previous thread.

201 If you don't live in OK, here are some things you may not know about Markwayne Mullin, Trumps new pick for head of DHS. I didn't know much of this. From "Christian Post" website:

https://tinyurl.com/4km9xfkz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2026 10:08 PM (ix8EF)

24 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 10, 2026 10:08 PM (sAmhv)

25 On Thursday, my department is hosting our annual teaching and learning conference.

Just yesterday I get the campus newsletter in which the facilities maintenance folks announce there's a planned power outage for all of campus from 6:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., right when we will be setting up for our conference (registration opens at 8 am).

It's only supposed to last 30 minutes, but it's darned inconvenient timing.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 10, 2026 10:08 PM (ESVrU)

26 Anything fun and exciting going on with anyone here tonight?

I actually broke down and bought a Harbor Freight pipe threading set today. Couldn't find anyone that had one I could borrow and #3 son can't find the Ridgid set I let him borrow 10 years ago. Harumph!

I only have to thread 3 or 4 black pipe ends for my project so I should be okay and I'll still be saving hundreds of $$ from having to hire someone to come out and do it.

It will probably only bring $10 in the estate sale after I leave this mortal coil.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 10, 2026 10:08 PM (cYBz/)

27 I made a pizza for dinner tonight. My secret is to leave it in the oven until there is just a tiny bit of char on the chunks of pineapple.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 10, 2026 10:09 PM (vJisi)

28 Hey, Piper!

Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

29 Edie Brick Hell

No, thanks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 10, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)

30 Hi Bulg!

Posted by: Piper at March 10, 2026 10:09 PM (OoFl2)

31 Good evening Horde and thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex- mmmm cookies... at March 10, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

32 I made a pizza for dinner tonight. My secret is to leave it in the oven until there is just a tiny bit of char on the chunks of pineapple.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 10, 2026 10:09 PM (vJisi)

So you baked a salad.

Posted by: RickZ at March 10, 2026 10:11 PM (gKDq2)

33 Piper, how’s the pup?

Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:11 PM (77rzZ)

34 Trump 2.0 is Doing All The Things because his presidency ends this time next year.

I. Certainly hope and pray not. He's supposed to be president till 2029.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2026 10:11 PM (ix8EF)

35 Sorry I'm late, I was a little sloppy with the crazy glue and ended up stuck to tile craft table

Posted by: tankdemon at March 10, 2026 10:12 PM (2sQ2F)

36 Edie Brick Hell

No, thanks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 10, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)

It's also Bad Bunny's birthday. All things considered, Edie was the better choice.

Posted by: Doof at March 10, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

37 I need more sleep. This just popped into my head.

Has the Somali Learing Center re-opened as a flight school for corporate Lear jet pilots?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 10, 2026 10:12 PM (S/Y4j)

38 I love pineapple on pizza.

Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

39 My best friend is Hannah, and her grandpa, Franz, owned a sporting goods store in the '60s, '70s, and '80s. When he went out of business, he boxed up his stock, and the unused items sat in a storage unit from 1990 until 2021.

They paid on a storage unit for 31 YEARS?!

Posted by: Archimedes at March 10, 2026 10:12 PM (Riz8t)

40 Hi Horde, to your planet...welcome!

I have a car question. I retarded at the end of December, and since then I've barely driven my car at all. Maybe 20 miles, when my weekly commute was 200.

I start it up every few days, just to make sure it starts, so far so good.

My question is what might happen to the gasoline? I filled up January 2nd and I'm not even down an eighth of a tank. Might the gas coagulate, or turn into delicious candy? Should I do more driving just to make sure stuff circulates?

I know next to nothing about cars. I kind of know how to drive and that's much of the extent.

Thanks in advance for any and all replies.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 10, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)

41 For a few days all we heard was oil crisis. It went up to $110 a barrel and the stocks drop. Trump casually says in an interview that oh, he thinks the war won't go on much longer. Immediately oil drops to $88 a barrel and the stocks jump up. I have never seen this sort of thing before, ever
Posted by: Azjaeger at March 10, 2026 10:06 PM (3/XaG)
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Dear Goldman Sachs,

How's my ass taste?

Love, President Trump

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 10, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)

42

Anything fun and exciting going on with anyone here tonight?

I actually broke down and bought a Harbor Freight pipe threading set today. Couldn't find anyone that had one I could borrow and #3 son can't find the Ridgid set I let him borrow 10 years ago. Harumph!

I only have to thread 3 or 4 black pipe ends for my project so I should be okay and I'll still be saving hundreds of $$ from having to hire someone to come out and do it.

It will probably only bring $10 in the estate sale after I leave this mortal coil.
Posted by: Tonypete

I'll give you $5.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 10, 2026 10:14 PM (IivNP)

43 That may very well be my favorite vocal performance ever.
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Have to agree with you Doof, that was just incredible.

And nice to see Doggo in the comments!

Posted by: The Grateful at March 10, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

44 39 I thought that the Learing Center had something to do with training Shakespearean actors.

Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:14 PM (77rzZ)

45 It's also Bad Bunny's birthday. All things considered, Edie was the better choice.
Posted by: Doof at March 10, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
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Whwew! Dodged a bullet! *fistbump*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 10, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

46 Good evening Horde and thanks Disco!
Posted by: TRex- mmmm cookies... at March 10, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

*short armed fistbump*

Posted by: Doof at March 10, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

47 34 Piper, how’s the pup?
Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:11 PM (77rzZ)

Currently snoozled on my leg. We went for a big walk in the preserve today, he was a very happy doge.

Posted by: Piper at March 10, 2026 10:16 PM (OoFl2)

48 There's a product on the market called Sta-bil for stored gasoline.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 10, 2026 10:16 PM (2Ez/1)

49 Thanks for the Tuesday Night ONT, Mr. Doof!

That road up top sure looks lonely, and straight.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 10, 2026 10:16 PM (vrNzf)

50 I looked up the Ford recall someone mentioned the other night. It essentially hits any t ruck they made since 2021. The towing electricals can evidently 'lose contact' and cause loss of lights and braking(!) On any towed thing.

I would NOT want to be that supplier right now.

Details matter.

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

51 Oh, also thanks for the ONT.

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

52
I have a car question. I retarded at the end of December, and since then I've barely driven my car at all.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

I've been retarded since 8/2019 and I drive all over the place.

Am I doing it wrong?

Posted by: Tonypete at March 10, 2026 10:16 PM (cYBz/)

53 45 39 I thought that the Learing Center had something to do with training Shakespearean actors.
Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:14 PM (77rzZ)

If it was the Leering Center, I think Bill Clinton would be one of the professors.

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

54 AI can generate a perfect email but it cannot read the room, sense the tension, or know when the real conversation is the one nobody is having

I have people skills!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 10, 2026 10:17 PM (W/QOq)

55 36 Sorry I'm late, I was a little sloppy with the crazy glue and ended up stuck to tile craft table
Posted by: tankdemon

That's bad, but could be worse. A local prominent attorney here had his wiener glued to his tummy by his wife after he got home late after a night of carousing. I'm guessing the acetone in the Emergency Department stung a bit.

Posted by: Hints From Heloise at March 10, 2026 10:17 PM (oftw2)

56 48 “snoozed”

I like that.

Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:18 PM (77rzZ)

57 Why do those "vegan chocolate chip cookies" look suspiciously like steak?

And why is it reminding me of the old joke whose punch line is “I guess I’m a lesbian, too.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 10, 2026 10:19 PM (W/QOq)

58 The 90s finds out about the future

Fun Fact: In the 1990s, the average person watched a box (TV) on average of over four hours a day.

We just changed the size of the box and how much we interact with it.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 10, 2026 10:19 PM (a4flb)

59 Hey, Hour of the Wolf, good to see you.

Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

60 I've been retarded since 8/07 and am down to about 3,000 miles of driving a year. Yet I have 4 vehicles.

Posted by: Doin' It Wrong? at March 10, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)

61 Trump 2.0 is Doing All The Things because his presidency ends this time next year.

There will never be another like him, so he is trying to give We The People the most runway he can give us by taking down Venezuela, Iran and possibly China as immediate threats before he leaves the scene.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 10, 2026 10:07 PM (a4flb)

What he isn't doing is cementing long term protection for Americans against the lunatic left should they ever come to power again. You thought biden was bad? The next time it will make him look like Reagan. You see what they did in virginia, you see NYC, and everywhere else the lunatics got in control. They come straight at the people, pedal to the metal vengeance, constitution be damned. They don't give a fuck.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 10:20 PM (snZF9)

62 There's a product on the market called Sta-bil for stored gasoline.

I use it in the gasoline I keep for my lawn mower, which, due to the perfect Texas weather I rarely need. It seems to work.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 10, 2026 10:20 PM (W/QOq)

63 That Carrie Underwood gal can sure carry a tune! I don't listen to her much but a beautiful voice and she's gorgeous. She's married to a former hockey player (now retired). Can't remember his name.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 10, 2026 10:20 PM (sAmhv)

64 57 “snoozled,” I meant.

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

65 That's bad, but could be worse. A local prominent attorney here had his wiener glued to his tummy by his wife after he got home late after a night of carousing. I'm guessing the acetone in the Emergency Department stung a bit.
Posted by: Hints From Heloise at March 10, 2026 10:17 PM (oftw2)

All you need to do it rub veg oil on it. Oil dissolves the glue.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 10, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

66 Oh my G d! Gas is up 50 cents a gallon! Let Iran have the bomb! We can't afford these prices!

No. We can't afford Iran to have the bomb, idiots. Sorry but some people are idiots. I'm tired of hearing them say stupid things.

Posted by: Case at March 10, 2026 10:21 PM (pvf3X)

67 Evening all,

I like the Iran situation simplified.

On a personal note. Some of you might remember a few weeks ago I mentioned that my British Uncle (married to Ciampino's sister) had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. This morning he passed away. Please keep his family in your thoughts. This is especially hard on our Aunt since she has now lost her brother and her husband within a few months.

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

68 DOOF

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 10, 2026 10:21 PM (DoBxX)

69 The 90s finds out about the future

Thanks for being exhausting, y'all.

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

70 That may very well be my favorite vocal performance ever.
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Have to agree with you Doof, that was just incredible.

And nice to see Doggo in the comments!
Posted by: The Grateful at March 10, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

Any chance I have to post that, I'm doing so!

Posted by: Doof at March 10, 2026 10:22 PM (QMAsf)

71 Gas is up 50 cents a gallon!

For me, gas is up about $4.50 a gallon.

Because I just took a flight from Texas to California.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 10, 2026 10:22 PM (W/QOq)

72 ONT, Thanks DOOF!!

Go Wild, hammer the Mammoths

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at March 10, 2026 10:22 PM (t/Eo5)

73 woman in Ohio made more than 1,700 fraudulent returns at Home Depot locations in multiple states.
Medina County prosecutors said Tracy A. James used counterfeit driver’s licenses and aliases to obtain store credit through fraudulent merchandise returns over several years at numerous Home Depot locations.

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Hah! The jokes on her.

She created what's called "a full time job."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 10, 2026 10:22 PM (JkO4W)

74 Doof!

Did you watch the USA beat Mejico in the baseball classic last night? Awesome game. Holy carp!

Thank you for the Ont. you rock.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 10, 2026 10:23 PM (A5RD0)

75 I haven't heard that dumb Popeye song by Edie Brickell in a real long time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 10, 2026 10:23 PM (BI5O2)

76 Prayer up, Joyenz.

Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:23 PM (77rzZ)

77 It will probably only bring $10 in the estate sale after I leave this mortal coil.
Posted by: Tonypete

I'll take it off your hands now for $5 if you cover shipping.

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

78 They're throwing everything at the wall to try to drive the oil prices back up. The latest is that Iran has super-sneaky minelayers that have forced the straits to close again.

Posted by: Midnight Rambler at March 10, 2026 10:23 PM (xverI)

79 Very nice springtime weather in my neck of the woods today. How about you? No.

Anything fun and exciting going on with anyone here tonight? No.

Something on your mind? Loads.

Let's hear it! Trust me you really don't want to.

Posted by: Mind full of demons, antagonists and desperation at March 10, 2026 10:24 PM (TbWk/)

80 Evening all,

I like the Iran situation simplified.

On a personal note. Some of you might remember a few weeks ago I mentioned that my British Uncle (married to Ciampino's sister) had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. This morning he passed away. Please keep his family in your thoughts. This is especially hard on our Aunt since she has now lost her brother and her husband within a few months.
Posted by: Joyenz at March 10, 2026 10:21 PM (2F0/Y)

So sorry to hear that. Prayers up.

Posted by: Doof at March 10, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

81 Hello, Nurse Ratched.

Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)

82 Anyone under 30 is already showing signs of atrophy, shorter, T Rex arms, from using phone as an appendage.

Posted by: Ol' Codger at March 10, 2026 10:25 PM (oftw2)

83 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 10:20 PM (snZF9)

How do you think he should do that? And I have to go to sleep, but consider passing on your suggestions to the WH site, B-D.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2026 10:25 PM (ix8EF)

84 All you need to do it rub veg oil on it. Oil dissolves the glue.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

The dude probably knew that but couldn't get any takers.

Not even for $20.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 10, 2026 10:25 PM (cYBz/)

85 I. Certainly hope and pray not. He's supposed to be president till 2029.

Beat the Cheat 2.0 for this November. The GOP sure doesn't want to keep both chambers.

It will be particularly difficult this voting season when so many people are being black-pilled by watching their feckless Senators mock and gas light them - daring us to vote.

Lose both chambers, you know for a fact they will impeach him. Then block any judge and US Attorney appointments.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 10, 2026 10:25 PM (a4flb)

86 I thought that the Learing Center had something to do with training Shakespearean actors.
Posted by: Bulg

If it was the Leering Center, I think Bill Clinton would be one of the professors.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Did he graduate Magna, Summa, or Aqualung?

Posted by: mikeski at March 10, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)

87 Hey, Hour of the Wolf, good to see you.
Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

Likewise. We'll see how long I'm online tonight - the sky is loud. I think heaven is holding top fuel funny car races.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 10, 2026 10:26 PM (S/Y4j)

88 Dang it. Wrong stuff in the clipboard. I meant to say

Heh - now that was funny!

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 10, 2026 10:26 PM (eYxxH)

89 I start it up every few days, just to make sure it starts, so far so good.

My question is what might happen to the gasoline? I filled up January 2nd and I'm not even down an eighth of a tank. Might the gas coagulate, or turn into delicious candy? Should I do more driving just to make sure stuff circulates?

I know next to nothing about cars. I kind of know how to drive and that's much of the extent.

Thanks in advance for any and all replies.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Starting every couple of days is good.
Maybe run it through the gears, around the block, once a week.
Top off with ethanol free gas. Should be good for six months/year with current use.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 10, 2026 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)

90 Very nice springtime weather in my neck of the woods today. How about you?

I was feeling blessed having such a mild winter, until I was buzzed by the first deer fly of the season - three months early.

I guess I need to put away all my blue clothing for the next six months.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 10, 2026 10:27 PM (a4flb)

91 I actually broke down and bought a Harbor Freight pipe threading set today. Couldn't find anyone that had one I could borrow and #3 son can't find the Ridgid set I let him borrow 10 years ago. Harumph!

I only have to thread 3 or 4 black pipe ends for my project so I should be okay and I'll still be saving hundreds of $$ from having to hire someone to come out and do it.

It will probably only bring $10 in the estate sale after I leave this mortal coil.
Posted by: Tonypete

Around here the home depots have serious threading machines and will thread pipe for you if you buy it there. At the same time the tool whore that I am says yeeeusss to buying threading dies and do it on the fly and thread as you need to. I have a set and the rigid vice. No gas in the house, or the street, but I got the shit to do pipe. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 10:28 PM (snZF9)

92 Doof!

Did you watch the USA beat Mejico in the baseball classic last night? Awesome game. Holy carp!

Thank you for the Ont. you rock.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 10, 2026 10:23 PM (A5RD0)

I did not. Asleep early last night. Was on the road at 0500 this morning returning from Kentucky.

Posted by: Doof at March 10, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)

93 Psychology says the hidden advantage older workers have in the age of AI has nothing to do with technology skills. It’s emotional intelligence.

Well, I'm boned.

Posted by: mikeski at March 10, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

94 Likewise. We'll see how long I'm online tonight - the sky is loud. I think heaven is holding top fuel funny car races.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 10, 2026 10:26 PM (S/Y4j)

That’s funny, I was just thinking the same thing. It’s just partly cloudy here, but I stepped outside and that was my thought - wow, the sky is loud tonight!

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 10, 2026 10:30 PM (eYxxH)

95 Prayers for you and your family, Joyenz.

Posted by: Piper at March 10, 2026 10:30 PM (Wmg4n)

96 Yup.
Kerry Underwood is awesome!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 10, 2026 10:30 PM (2WIwB)

97 Oh my G d! Gas is up 50 cents a gallon! Let Iran have the bomb! We can't afford these prices!

Think of it as chemotherapy.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 10, 2026 10:30 PM (a4flb)

98 Was watching Atomic Snack Bar a few days ago and ran across this description of a Japanese movie:

“Turns out back in World War II, the living heart of the Frankenstein's monster ended up in Japan right before the bomb was dropped. Over time, the radiation caused the heart to mutate into a real boy. A boy that starts rapidly growing into a giant now known as Frankenstein. The creature escapes and ends up battling the giant monster Baragon. And in the alternate ending of the film, he also battles a giant octopus, just like in the original Shelly novel.”

Frankenstein vs Baragon (1965). Sounds awesome, even without the giant octopus.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 10, 2026 10:31 PM (W/QOq)

99 It’s bed time. Have a great night, friends.

Posted by: Piper at March 10, 2026 10:31 PM (Wmg4n)

100 On a personal note. Some of you might remember a few weeks ago I mentioned that my British Uncle (married to Ciampino's sister) had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. This morning he passed away. Please keep his family in your thoughts. This is especially hard on our Aunt since she has now lost her brother and her husband within a few months.
Posted by: Joyenz at March 10, 2026 10:21 PM (2F0/Y)

I am truly very sorry.

Posted by: Fuck cancer. at March 10, 2026 10:31 PM (TbWk/)

101 Prayers up for your family, Joyenz. Such great losses in so short a time. ((((hugs))))

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 10, 2026 10:31 PM (vrNzf)

102 Joyenz
Prayers to you and yours.

Posted by: MkY at March 10, 2026 10:32 PM (q6tQZ)

103 Doof...Thank you for the Carrie Underwood/Vince Gill duet of "How Great Thou Art."

I saw it live, had welling tears (I rarely cry) and chills. Anytime I see/hear this video again it is the same as it is that powerful. Thank you.

Man she's got some pipes! I think the only American Idol season I watched was with her. Vince Gill is also incredibly talented, altho I don't have a lot of music from either on my phone.

This Lent I am back to my Celtic roots. I love this one, an American folk hymn with lyrics that are perfect for Easter. Love the melody as well.

The little history says the unusual meter goes back to 1549, Dorian mode. I love songs and hymns in the minor key.

I think it's beautiful. Blessings:

https://tinyurl.com/2ebuhtux

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

104 Sleep well, Piper.

Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:34 PM (77rzZ)

105 Writing a tui backend for my dashboard touch screen, ever since moving platformIO from vscode to neovim for ESP32 development, I’ve been a happy camper.

The problem with vscode is that Msoft is forcing ai into everything whether you want it or not. Make no mistake, I use ai, but I use it the way I want to use it, not the way Microsoft insists I use it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 10, 2026 10:34 PM (XV/Pl)

106 CHHv1)

42 For a few days all we heard was oil crisis. It went up to $110 a barrel and the stocks drop. Trump casually says in an interview that oh, he thinks the war won't go on much longer. Immediately oil drops to $88 a barrel and the stocks jump up. I have never seen this sort of thing before, ever
Posted by: Azjaeger at March 10, 2026 10:06 PM (3/XaG)

That’s what happens when you have day traders and hype driving spot prices rather than fundamentals. And as soon as the price broke, everyone covered their positions and sold.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 10, 2026 10:35 PM (eYxxH)

107 @90 - thank you!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 10, 2026 10:35 PM (CHHv1)

108 Why do those "vegan chocolate chip cookies" look suspiciously like steak?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
=========

Red dye No. 3.

One hell of a job making those cookies!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2026 10:35 PM (XeU6L)

109 Berserker-Dragonheads Division - my real issue is I need to cut an already installed pipe in the house, and then put threads on the cut end to receive an elbow to head off into a new direction.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 10, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)

110 68. This is especially hard on our Aunt since she has now lost her brother and her husband within a few months.
Posted by: Joyenz

You've endured a lot in a short time. Prayers for peace and comfort for your Aunt and all of your family.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 10, 2026 10:36 PM (NFX2v)

111 It’s blowing stink out here on the beach.

Power will prolly go out and there’s a cold front storming in. Blizzard conditions in the mountains.

Batten down the hatches!
Let’s GOOOOOO!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 10, 2026 10:37 PM (A5RD0)

112 Doof...Thank you for the Carrie Underwood/Vince Gill duet of "How Great Thou Art."

I saw it live, had welling tears (I rarely cry) and chills. Anytime I see/hear this video again it is the same as it is that powerful. Thank you.

Man she's got some pipes! I think the only American Idol season I watched was with her. Vince Gill is also incredibly talented, altho I don't have a lot of music from either on my phone.

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

Glad you enjoyed it!

Posted by: Doof at March 10, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)

113 Posted by: mindful webworker - off to a great start for the evening at March 10, 2026 10:01 PM (ByrUz

That was awesome, thank you!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2026 10:38 PM (Vvh2V)

114 Prayers to your family, Joyenz.

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 10, 2026 10:38 PM (X+xvk)

115 That road up top sure looks lonely, and straight.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient

https://youtu.be/5AspVxHqw_E

Posted by: mikeski at March 10, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)

116 Prayers for you and your family, Joyenz.
Strength and peace.

Posted by: sal at March 10, 2026 10:39 PM (f+FmA)

117 Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 10, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

You and me, both. I hate the heat. I'd skip summer altogether if I could.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2026 10:39 PM (Vvh2V)

118 Writing a tui backend for my dashboard touch screen, ever since moving platformIO from vscode to neovim for ESP32 development, I’ve been a happy camper.
--

[scratches head]

I'm clueless. A foreign language.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2026 10:40 PM (XeU6L)

119 That’s what happens when you have day traders and hype driving spot prices rather than fundamentals. And as soon as the price broke, everyone covered their positions and sold.

Also TDS drives some of it. Those of us who don't have it know that Trump 2.0 is very aware of the fact that gasoline prices drive inflation and Affordability™ and he isn't interested in Forever Warz so, like his other blitzkrieg attacks, they are in and out, and he is willing to use many tools as his disposal to bring prices back in line.

For Trump, he cares about the consumer, with every president before him, they hated the consumer and thought that was an added sadistic benefit to their war grift.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 10, 2026 10:41 PM (a4flb)

120 Do Not Look at This link:

https://tinyurl.com/ywb8shs7

Posted by: Braenyard
***

You're not the boss of me!

* looks*

Damn!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 10, 2026 10:42 PM (2WIwB)

121 That road up top sure looks lonely, and straight.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
--

Bob Segar lyrics immediately came to mind:

On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha
You can listen to the engine moanin' out his one note song..

But your thoughts will soon be wanderin' the way they always do
When you're ridin' sixteen hours and there's nothin' there to do
And you don't feel much like ridin', you just wish the trip was through..."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2026 10:43 PM (XeU6L)

122 The problem with vscode is that Msoft is forcing ai into everything whether you want it or not. Make no mistake, I use ai, but I use it the way I want to use it, not the way Microsoft insists I use it.

I just go with the JetBrains suite because I'm tired of Microslop's AI trying to finish my thoughts and getting it wrong 90%+ of the time. I spend more time backspacing over its mistakes then I do actually typing everything out.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 10, 2026 10:44 PM (a4flb)

123 My prayers join the rest, Joyenz. What a horrible year it's been for your family.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2026 10:45 PM (Vvh2V)

124 Thune & McConnell busy plotting another Republican loss in both the House and Senate. They'll do everything they can to thwart Donald Trump and screw the GOP base.

It's time we did something. These douchebags need to be relentlessly vilified, every second of every day, in every single conservative forum. Call them out for what they are. Cowards, traitors, corrupt, hostile to the will of the American people. Hound them. Ask them at every appearance. Make it impossible for them to approach a microphone with any degree of comfort. Organize protests at their homes. They're okay with that, right?

Let's light a fire under John Thune's corrupt ass, and watch the turd-blossom dance.

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 10, 2026 10:45 PM (X+xvk)

125 This Lent I am back to my Celtic roots. I love this one, an American folk hymn with lyrics that are perfect for Easter. Love the melody as well.

The little history says the unusual meter goes back to 1549, Dorian mode. I love songs and hymns in the minor key.

I think it's beautiful. Blessings:
https://tinyurl.com/2ebuhtux
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

That was beautiful.

Here's another for you. "Iona" is the answer to the question "what if an Irish folk band wanted to change it up, but couldn't decide if they wanted to be Christian rock, world music, or a Pink Floyd cover band?"

https://youtu.be/yf7TSIIwOa4

I've linked that one before over the years, probably 2 or 3 times. But I love her voice. If you don't like the intro bit, the lyrics start about 2:35.

Posted by: mikeski at March 10, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)

126 @119

>> I'm clueless. A foreign language.

It’s just a terminal user interface instead of a graphical user interface, although the dashboard has a gui as well.

And with modern tui libraries, they pretty much are gui’s.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 10, 2026 10:46 PM (XV/Pl)

127 The dude probably knew that but couldn't get any takers.

Not even for $20.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 10, 2026 10:25 PM (cYBz/)

His hands were in casts?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 10, 2026 10:46 PM (1Ff7Z)

128 Lose both chambers, you know for a fact they will impeach him. Then block any judge and US Attorney appointments.

----

They already are blocking the appointments. The GOP is actively obstructing their own Executive. It's infuriating.

Posted by: Midnight Rambler at March 10, 2026 10:46 PM (xverI)

129 Joyenz, prayers for your family.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 10, 2026 10:46 PM (eZ5tL)

130 SlingShot, in case you missed it.

https://tinyurl.com/3ab3vuvd

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

131 “ Ithink it's beautiful. Blessings:

https://tinyurl.com/2ebuhtux

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

I love that tune, those words.
Looked it up - that one was in the 1840 Sacred Harp collection of Southern Hymns, which I’ve got a copy of somewhere. It’s an amazing collection of hymns, especially since most of them never made their way into the mainstream churches. (Too countrified, I think)

Sacred Harp is the most well known use of shaped note music, where the relative pitch of the note is indicated by its shape. Sounds tricky, but if you know music it’s not hard to pick up at all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 10, 2026 10:48 PM (eYxxH)

132 They already are blocking the appointments. The GOP is actively obstructing their own Executive. It's infuriating.
Posted by: Midnight Rambler

"Their own" is the issue with that sentence. He's "ours," not "theirs," and it chaps their hide.

Posted by: mikeski at March 10, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)

133 I have never reverse-seared chocolate chip cookies before but I'm willing to try

Posted by: 496 at March 10, 2026 10:50 PM (jCuBf)

134 131 SlingShot, in case you missed it.

https://tinyurl.com/3ab3vuvd

Posted by: Braenyard

Why is he holding the slingshot sideways, ghetto-style?

Posted by: davidt at March 10, 2026 10:51 PM (Q+gd/)

135 They already are blocking the appointments. The GOP is actively obstructing their own Executive. It's infuriating.
Posted by: Midnight Rambler

Yep. And we're sitting here taking it. It's time to start asking them why they're defying the most popular Republican President in history, and why they're defying the will of the American people on the SAVE Act.

Hound them everywhere. Beat them over the head with questions. Don't let them skate. Make every second of their public lives absolutely miserable.

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 10, 2026 10:51 PM (X+xvk)

136 @123

>> I just go with the JetBrains suite

Well that’s the great thing about neovim, it’s just vim out of the box and you have to add anything you want into it manually.

If you don’t want ai, or auto complete or code snippets, you don’t have to add them.

The two biggest things I’ve configured lately are breadcrumbs and code dimming.

I didn’t think that would be a big deal but it’s become a big deal and a game changer for my concentration.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 10, 2026 10:52 PM (XV/Pl)

137 "I looked up the Ford recall someone mentioned the other night. It essentially hits any truck they made since 2021."

Speaking of Ford Truck recalls, when are they going to come up with a fix for that idiotic auto-shutoff that was mandatory until Trump killed it? It's the only complaint I have about my Ranger I bought 3 years ago.

Posted by: Ripley at March 10, 2026 10:52 PM (PTDkx)

138 >>Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 10:28 PM (snZF9)

I stumbled into a vein of old SST LPs last night and found a NM Copy of the Blasting Concept. Had a fun time listening to that one while I flipped some old pinball machines.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 10:53 PM (erF49)

139 Waffles the Cat's prime objective is to complain about everything especially Maple the Dog and the Spare Human.

https://youtu.be/HktF2G2E4pE

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 10, 2026 10:53 PM (BnDlA)

140 Berserker-Dragonheads Division - my real issue is I need to cut an already installed pipe in the house, and then put threads on the cut end to receive an elbow to head off into a new direction.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 10, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)

Let me guess, the other end is in no man's land where you can't access it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 10:53 PM (snZF9)

141 SlingShot, in case you missed it.
https://tinyurl.com/3ab3vuvd
Posted by: Braenyard

Why is he holding the slingshot sideways, ghetto-style?
Posted by: davidt

If you hold a slingshot the right way, misfires are likely to be high or low, not left or right. So if you're trying to keep all your magnetic ammo behind your backstop for easy collection, holding it like a gangsta keeps you from launching them over the wall?

Posted by: mikeski at March 10, 2026 10:54 PM (VHUov)

142 >>I have never reverse-seared chocolate chip cookies before but I'm willing to try

The best thing you can do for Chocolate Chip Cookies is to portion them out on a parchment lined baking sheet, no spacing required and freeze them. The whole batch.

Then bake from frozen.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 10:54 PM (erF49)

143 27

I actually broke down and bought a Harbor Freight pipe threading set today. Couldn't find anyone that had one I could borrow and #3 son can't find the Ridgid set I let him borrow 10 years ago. Harumph!

I only have to thread 3 or 4 black pipe ends for my project so I should be okay and I'll still be saving hundreds of $$ from having to hire someone to come out and do it.

It will probably only bring $10 in the estate sale after I leave this mortal coil.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 10, 2026 10:08 PM (cYBz/)

It's cute that you think a Harbor Freight tool can be used 3 or 4 times and still be worth putting in an estate sale.

Posted by: a.moron at March 10, 2026 10:55 PM (X5Jzz)

144 This ONT seems on time... must be something in the stars.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 10, 2026 10:55 PM (diia5)

145 Neneh Cherry has a sister Titiyo, who did the Millennial #woke anthem "Come Along".

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

146 I stumbled into a vein of old SST LPs last night and found a NM Copy of the Blasting Concept. Had a fun time listening to that one while I flipped some old pinball machines.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 10:53 PM (erF49)

Feel like translating that? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 10:55 PM (snZF9)

147 >>Feel like translating that? lol

I would. But, I prefer to keep up the ruse that you are in fact CC Deville.

I'm not gonna dox a bro.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 10:57 PM (erF49)

148 Thanks in advance for any and all replies.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
------
Yes, gas goes bad. As the lighter fractions evaporate, the gasoline starts to no longer act like gasoline, sorta like a wet cigar - hard to light. As well, the heavier fractions wind up coating parts with "varnish" which blocks smaller passages. There are things called fuel stabilizers which will prevent this. The best-known brand is probably Sta-Bil, but I prefer Pri-G.
Oil goes bad, too, just sitting around. Next oil change make sure to go to full synthetic,it takes longer to break down and oxidize.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 10, 2026 10:58 PM (o8Zcb)

149 Good night, All. Sleep well.

Posted by: Bulg at March 10, 2026 10:59 PM (77rzZ)

150 41 Hi Horde, to your planet...welcome!

I have a car question. I retarded at the end of December, and since then I've barely driven my car at all. Maybe 20 miles, when my weekly commute was 200.

I start it up every few days, just to make sure it starts, so far so good.

My question is what might happen to the gasoline? I filled up January 2nd and I'm not even down an eighth of a tank. Might the gas coagulate, or turn into delicious candy? Should I do more driving just to make sure stuff circulates?

I know next to nothing about cars. I kind of know how to drive and that's much of the extent.

Thanks in advance for any and all replies.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 10, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)

I faced the same situation when I retired. You may want to take it out for a long drive (half hour) once a week and try to do some highway miles. Burn off some gas, get it down to 3/4 tank and then fill it up to mix the old and the new gas.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 10, 2026 10:59 PM (y171U)

151 67 Oh my G d! Gas is up 50 cents a gallon! Let Iran have the bomb! We can't afford these prices!
I retarded over 15 years ago, and I don't drive all over the place, so I don't care that the Donald has bombed the shit out of Iran and caused gas to go up.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 10, 2026 10:59 PM (0Htd1)

152 Hound them everywhere. Beat them over the head with questions.
Posted by: Sam Adams at March 10, 2026 10:51 PM (X+xvk)

With questions. You are a fine gentleman! I hope someone would be less gentlemanly.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 10, 2026 11:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

153 Apple kind of blew up the budget laptop market. In a good way. This is something I never thought I would be saying.

https://youtu.be/91zQ6Pyxb3Y

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 10, 2026 11:00 PM (BnDlA)

154
Anything fun and exciting going on with anyone here tonight?

Does contemplating my navel count?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 10, 2026 11:00 PM (QVmho)

155 Jeff Ament, bassist and songwriter with Pearl Jam, was born today in 1963. Since this is about him, here's a track where he has sole writing credit and plays upright bass, off their sixth album Binaural. (Headphones recommended; they did, in fact, use binaural recording techniques.)

Pearl Jam - Nothing As It Seems (Audio)
https://youtu.be/A2QLjPU7Opo

Posted by: SciVo at March 10, 2026 11:00 PM (Sy6m/)

156 80 CENT SECRET DIXK PILLS

I CLICK ON THE BOX TTOU GQYS

Posted by: GigantorX at March 10, 2026 11:01 PM (pFl8W)

157 >>Jeff Ament, bassist and songwriter with Pearl Jam, was born today in 1963.

And he is a douche. I never get tired of telling him that, either.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 11:02 PM (erF49)

158 Last night I posted about the new Supreme Ayatollah whom Tousi has said is missing. There has been no appearance by him since he was ordained top Azzhole.

Now today stories are he is in the hospital in a coma. So these cleric experts elected a comatose leader. I guess that's one approach to leadership.

After all we "elected" Joe Biden, heck he got 81 million votes.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 10, 2026 11:05 PM (55Qr6)

159 I wonder if you layered a gas can with nitrogen if that would work?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 10, 2026 11:06 PM (zZu0s)

160 Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 10, 2026 11:05 PM (55Qr6)

...

Posted by: Konstantin "DOA" Chernenko at March 10, 2026 11:08 PM (gKWVE)

161 Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Posted by: Tarbender at March 10, 2026 11:08 PM (rdVOm)

162 I am reading a novel written in the mid-19th century and I keep having to look up words.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 10, 2026 11:08 PM (eZ5tL)

163 "Their own" is the issue with that sentence. He's "ours," not "theirs," and it chaps their hide.

Most Congress critters aren't there for the power (some absolutely are), many just to be podcasters (Cruz, Crocket), many just want the status and the loot.

When Trump came in and said "We Are Going To Do All The Things", at first they thought that he was gas lighting the constituents and would continue the grift with the donor class and the cocktail circuit.

Then he did things. Like close the border, instead of mouthing "comprehensive immigration policy". Reshoring jobs as opposed to helping congress critter cronies exploit foreign labor and lax regulations. Trump was cutting into their grift, showing that it was easy to follow through on promises Congress had been making and breaking for generations.

He exposed them all as frauds, and now that they are known, they are just open about it and dare you to do something about it, knowing we will whine and not lynch.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 10, 2026 11:09 PM (a4flb)

164 Let me guess, the other end is in no man's land where you can't access it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Exactly.

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

165 >>Jeff Ament, bassist and songwriter with Pearl Jam, was born today in 1963.

And he is a douche. I never get tired of telling him that, either.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 11:02 PM (erF49)

*snicker*

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

166 Thanks guys. I will forward your messages to them.

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Waffles and Maple
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 10, 2026 10:53 PM (BnDlA)

So funny, ty for sharing.

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

167 I am reading a novel written in the mid-19th century and I keep having to look up words.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 10, 2026 11:08 PM (eZ5tL)

Our edumacation system is just as good- better- then theirs. All they had was dull, boring memorization. Teachers are so much better now!
-education drone.

Plus word choice matters that would tend to drift with time, but remember, writing letters was their ONLY way to communicate over long distances. It tends to broaden the vocabulary, I am thinking.

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

168 With questions. You are a fine gentleman! I hope someone would be less gentlemanly.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

One can dream...

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 10, 2026 11:12 PM (X+xvk)

169 >*snicker*

I hate dealing with the 'stars'.

They are almost worse than the 'experts'.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 11:13 PM (erF49)

170 Last night I posted about the new Supreme Ayatollah whom Tousi has said is missing. There has been no appearance by him since he was ordained top Azzhole.

Now today stories are he is in the hospital in a coma. So these cleric experts elected a comatose leader.
Posted by: Farmer

Nice to see them giving Sloth a chance, after thousands of years of Wrath, Lust, and Pride, with token showing by Greed and Envy.

Maybe Gluttony will get a turn eventually, too.

Posted by: mikeski at March 10, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)

171 Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 10:54 PM (erF49)

I refrigerate the dough for a day before portioning and freezing. That allows the flour to hydrate completely, and the cookie is simply better.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2026 11:13 PM (n9ltV)

172 I stumbled into a vein of old SST LPs last night and found a NM Copy of the Blasting Concept. Had a fun time listening to that one while I flipped some old pinball machines.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 10:53 PM (erF49)

Feel like translating that? lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Damn.
I almost, almost know what that is.
Might have had a Blasting Concept LP at one time.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 10, 2026 11:15 PM (/lPRQ)

173 >>I refrigerate the dough for a day before portioning and freezing. That allows the flour to hydrate completely, and the cookie is simply better.

I usually throw the entire batch in the fridge for 4 hours to keep the butter from melting after mixing / before portioning.

It simply makes a better cookie. No other alteration of the process works better, imo.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 11:15 PM (erF49)

174 >>Might have had a Blasting Concept LP at one time.

Electric Lime Green Sleeve with Bright Orange Text.

SST Sampler from 83...maybe? Might be off by a year or two, though.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 11:16 PM (erF49)

175 If you hold a slingshot the right way, misfires are likely to be high or low, not left or right. So if you're trying to keep all your magnetic ammo behind your backstop for easy collection, holding it like a gangsta keeps you from launching them over the wall?
Posted by: mikeski
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Or a photographic angle allowing the viewer to see the operation better.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 10, 2026 11:17 PM (ozLBa)

176 Looked it up
SST LP
SST is a German disc mastering and lacquer cutting company that operated under this name from 1969 until November 2016.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 10, 2026 11:17 PM (znREB)

177 Apple kind of blew up the budget laptop market. In a good way. This is something I never thought I would be saying.

For decades I would only run Dell Precision or XPS class notebooks. They are boring now and are just commodities.

Now that Windows 11 has gone full Mumbai, a glorious presentation of mediocrity and shameless advertising platform, Apple is looking to be the last man standing for solid development machinery.

With almost all tooling available on the MacBook Pro, and with the M5 Max silicon, 128GB of RAM and PCIe 5, what is out there that can compete?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 10, 2026 11:17 PM (a4flb)

178 I refrigerate the dough for a day before portioning and freezing. That allows the flour to hydrate completely, and the cookie is simply better.

Dittos for pizza crust.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 10, 2026 11:19 PM (a4flb)

179 The Cookie Wars begun, they have.

Posted by: Yoda at March 10, 2026 11:20 PM (JkO4W)

180 >>SST is a German disc mastering and lacquer cutting company that operated under this name from 1969 until November 2016.

Also a Punk Label out of CA. Greg Ginn.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 11:20 PM (erF49)

181 Also there's no arm brace to steady it; holding it sideways would be a stronger hold. It needs an arm brace.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 10, 2026 11:21 PM (ozLBa)

182 >>Also there's no arm brace to steady it; holding it sideways would be a stronger hold. It needs an arm brace.

You people are monsters!

Posted by: Michele Fields at March 10, 2026 11:22 PM (erF49)

183 Maybe Gluttony will get a turn eventually, too.
Posted by: mikeski at March 10, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)

I'm ready!

Posted by: Vitellius at March 10, 2026 11:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

184 That Carrie Underwood "How Great Thou Art" really is amazingly good. With Vince Gill, btw for any who may have hesitated to watch.

Posted by: jocon307 at March 10, 2026 11:22 PM (EuROc)

185 Why do those "vegan chocolate chip cookies" look suspiciously like steak?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 10, 2026 10:06 PM (ESVrU)

--------------

The Wifey pointed out that it's a mis-steak.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 10, 2026 11:24 PM (xIFh6)

186 Maybe Gluttony will get a turn eventually, too.
Posted by: mikeski at March 10, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)

I'm ready!
Posted by: Vitellius at March 10, 2026 11:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

Michael Moore, AKA Jabba the Butt, is eagerly awaiting their call.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 10, 2026 11:24 PM (S/Y4j)

187 I watched Melania on prime today.
Actually quite nice - behind the scenes look, narrated by FLOTUS. Low-key.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 10, 2026 11:26 PM (znREB)

188 182 Also there's no arm brace to steady it; holding it sideways would be a stronger hold.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 10, 2026 11:21 PM (ozLBa)

Oh, so it bees jes like a gun.

Posted by: JaMarqis T. at March 10, 2026 11:26 PM (eYxxH)

189 I retarded over 15 years ago, and I don't drive all over the place....
Posted by: nerdygirl

Taking the short bus, huh?

Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 10, 2026 11:29 PM (KAi1n)

190 SST
Among others,
Minutemen, Husker Du, Firehose, Black Flag, Meat Puppets...

Seems to be LPs available online.
Maybe they are pressing more.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 10, 2026 11:29 PM (/lPRQ)

191 Country Joe Mcdonald's fixin to die rag that ended the Vietnam War was not subtle ;but born in the U.S.A and Copper head road were more subtle anti-war songs.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at March 10, 2026 11:30 PM (dELhT)

192 The Cookie Wars begun, they have.
Posted by: Yoda

I thought the Dark Side had the cookies.

Posted by: mikeski at March 10, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)

193 >>Maybe they are pressing more.

SST re-runs stuff all the time. Never large pressings, and usually nothing to denote them as individually different than original pressings from decades earlier.
You have to look at things like color dyes and inner sleeve construction to discern the real ones from the new ones.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 11:34 PM (erF49)

194 Damn.
I almost, almost know what that is.
Might have had a Blasting Concept LP at one time.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 10, 2026 11:15 PM (/lPRQ)

It was so long ago I completely forgot wtf it was.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 11:35 PM (snZF9)

195 @178

>>With almost all tooling available on the MacBook Pro, and with the M5 Max silicon, 128GB of RAM and PCIe 5, what is out there that can compete?

Pretty much nothing, I have a pimped out M4 Max, I can run my dev setup, I can run a vm of win11 to access the apps that have no mac or linux ports like Autocad*, Visio and MS Project, it runs seamlessly integrated, no hickups, no slowdown, the only ai slop on the mac is injected by the win11 and win apps.

Mac make the best all around laptops out there.

*Autocad is available for the mac but I'm using my companies seat, which costs around 4k a year, so, there's that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 10, 2026 11:36 PM (XV/Pl)

196 Looking at the Wiki article on their catalog I may have had a few dozen LPs, or cassettes I got from friends LPs, all gone. Lost decades ago.

If I happen to see one at Wal-Mart I might just get it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 10, 2026 11:37 PM (/lPRQ)

197 "I love pineapple on pizza."

You can have my share, gladly. As for me, pile on the anchovies!

Posted by: Nemo at March 10, 2026 11:37 PM (4RPgu)

198 "That may very well be my favorite vocal performance ever."

That was my Dad's favorite. Shame he never got to hear her sing it.

Posted by: javems at March 10, 2026 11:40 PM (zFsEm)

199 I hate dealing with the 'stars'.

They are almost worse than the 'experts'.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2026 11:13 PM (erF49)

You mean "artists". I hate artist mentality. The guitar player "artists" are why we get silly guitars with a bridge humbucker, a P-90 in the neck and a strat middle pickup and the top of the guitar looks like the Zappa burnt weenie sandwich album cover.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 11:40 PM (snZF9)

200 So,is the Strait of Hormuz actually open, or not?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 10, 2026 11:41 PM (vd6bO)

201 198 "I love pineapple on pizza."

You can have my share, gladly. As for me, pile on the anchovies!
Posted by: Nemo at March 10, 2026 11:37 PM (4RPgu)

Ketchup instead of tomato sauce and Limburger cheese instead of mozzarella. Yum!!!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at March 10, 2026 11:42 PM (ZTJjv)

202
Haagen-Dazs Strawberry is very nice.

That is all.

Posted by: Don Black at March 10, 2026 11:43 PM (ZxPkt)

203 "I love pineapple on pizza."

You can have my share, gladly. As for me, pile on the anchovies!
Posted by: Nemo at March 10, 2026 11:37 PM (4RPgu)

Ketchup instead of tomato sauce and Limburger cheese instead of mozzarella. Yum!!!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at March 10, 2026 11:42 PM (ZTJjv)

You know, fuck you all. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 11:44 PM (snZF9)

204 I hate artist mentality. The guitar player "artists" are why we get silly guitars with a bridge humbucker, a P-90 in the neck and a strat middle pickup and the top of the guitar looks like the Zappa burnt weenie sandwich album cover.
Posted by: Berserker

You're just jealous. This guitar is the tits.

https://youtu.be/46qjDJ0lLdE

Posted by: S. Vai at March 10, 2026 11:44 PM (VHUov)

205 So,is the Strait of Hormuz actually open, or not?
Posted by: Don in SoCo

It was only "closed" by Lloyds.
Canceled their insurance they did.

Kind of risky to run the Strait with $100M in crude and a ship that costs many times that when islamonazi pirates are threatening to blow everything up... but then the ships idle costs start adding up and the crews figure out they can just turn off their tracking devices and not paint that target on their backs...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 10, 2026 11:45 PM (/lPRQ)

206 Other than the SST, I lost a bunch of Virus and Cherry LPs. Decades ago.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 10, 2026 11:47 PM (/lPRQ)

207 With almost all tooling available on the MacBook Pro, and with the M5 Max silicon, 128GB of RAM and PCIe 5, what is out there that can compete?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Out in the world of competition I'd go out of my way to dump all things Alphabet. At home the little $200 Beelink is working just fine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 10, 2026 11:49 PM (ozLBa)

208 So,is the Strait of Hormuz actually open, or not?
Posted by: Don in SoCo

It was only "closed" by Lloyds.
Canceled their insurance they did.

Kind of risky to run the Strait with $100M in crude and a ship that costs many times that when islamonazi pirates are threatening to blow everything up... but then the ships idle costs start adding up and the crews figure out they can just turn off their tracking devices and not paint that target on their backs...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 10, 2026 11:45 PM (/lPRQ)

trump said he would take care of the insurance, but then the UK threatened the companies if they deal with trump. Any reason the UK isn't on the list of the next adventure??

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 11:49 PM (snZF9)

209 just turn off their tracking devices
_-_
I wonder how effective that is...I guess if there are no loitering drones (probably aren't any of theirs roaming around anymore) or human observers with eyes on target...hmmm...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 10, 2026 11:50 PM (vd6bO)

210 You're just jealous. This guitar is the tits.

https://youtu.be/46qjDJ0lLdE

Posted by: S. Vai at March 10, 2026 11:44 PM (VHUov)

Thats some crazy shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 11:50 PM (snZF9)

211 You know, fuck you all. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 11:44 PM (snZF9)

Seconded.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 10, 2026 11:52 PM (zZu0s)

212 Any reason the UK isn't on the list of the next adventure??
_-_
And, demographics carefully considered, fast-forward 40 years, and that nation's character will fundamentally change.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 10, 2026 11:53 PM (vd6bO)

213 This guitar is the tits.
_-_
All fun and games til the power goes out.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 10, 2026 11:56 PM (vd6bO)

214 Any reason the UK isn't on the list of the next adventure??
_-_
And, demographics carefully considered, fast-forward 40 years, and that nation's character will fundamentally change.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 10, 2026 11:53 PM (vd6bO)

I'm thinking they are a land conquered by islam thats hostile to the west...and with nukes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 11:57 PM (snZF9)

215 This guitar is the tits.
_-_
All fun and games til the power goes out.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 10, 2026 11:56 PM (vd6bO)

All fun and games til your back goes out.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 10, 2026 11:58 PM (snZF9)

216 I'm thinking they are a land conquered by islam thats hostile to the west...and with nukes.
_-_
Sorta sets a fella to thinkin...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 10, 2026 11:59 PM (vd6bO)

217 til your back goes out.
_-_
That thing's gotta be heavy. Can't deny the skill in that guy.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 11, 2026 12:01 AM (vd6bO)

218 I'm thinking they are a land conquered by islam thats hostile to the west...and with nukes.
_-_
Sorta sets a fella to thinkin...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 10, 2026 11:59 PM (vd6bO)

Its no joke, the native brits are in deep shit. They better decide what they believe in real frigging quick.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 11, 2026 12:02 AM (snZF9)

219 Thanks again, people. You're all the best!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 12:06 AM (CHHv1)

220 They better decide what they believe in real frigging quick.
_-_
Yep. And the same here. We have a very short amount of time before we are in exactly the same situation. We have a brief respite here where we can correct our course, but we are not making it happen to the degree necessary just yet.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 11, 2026 12:06 AM (vd6bO)

221 >>You mean "artists". I hate artist mentality. The guitar player "artists" are why we get silly guitars with a bridge humbucker, a P-90 in the neck and a strat middle pickup and the top of the guitar looks like the Zappa burnt weenie sandwich album cover.

LOL

Ted McCarty had the recipe right. Make it out of Mahogany.

Posted by: garrett at March 11, 2026 12:07 AM (erF49)

222 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 10, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)

I faced the same situation when I retired. You may want to take it out for a long drive (half hour) once a week and try to do some highway miles. Burn off some gas, get it down to 3/4 tank and then fill it up to mix the old and the new gas.
Posted by: Joemarine
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Right. Also it circulates the grease and oils on all the parts that move. (a necessary thing) And things tend to flatten under the same pressure. At once a week your tires will develop a flat spot - a block or two and they will soften up but that's an example.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 12:08 AM (ozLBa)

223 Sacred Harp is the most well known use of shaped note music, where the relative pitch of the note is indicated by its shape. Sounds tricky, but if you know music it’s not hard to pick up at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 10, 2026 10:48 PM (eYxxH)

Will have to look it up.

In the last 10yrs I had a wish to play the harp...a big one. Now I'm back to a lap harp...which I know has nothing to do with what you are mentioning.

We had a harp at our wedding almost 47yrs ago on St. Patrick's Day (the only day of my dude's college spring break...we didn't choose it). Altho Irish is our only common ancestry. The harp was due to it being a botanical garden wedding and a piano could not be played. As it turned out I was glad.

So when y'all raise a beer next Tuesday think of the poor man who has been stuck with me all these years.

Are you from the South, Tom?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 11, 2026 12:08 AM (WONhk)

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