Wednesday Night ONT - March 18, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for very random mid-week shenanigans of the post-cafe overnight variety. Did I mention the shenanigans were random? They are indeed random.

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. Leave Tucker, Megyn, Candace and anyone similar to threads elsewhere. Your reward is an open bar with as much virtual alcohol as JQ can serve.

[Top photo credit: B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD]

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ONT Wholesome Content

This is Bethan's Rock. Who is Bethan and why does Bethan have a Rock? Glad you asked.

Bethan's Rock is on display at Poole Museum which is a maritime museum, art gallery and cultural center located in Poole, Dorset in the southwest of England. A main focus is a preserved 13th-century shipwreck known as the Mortar Wreck which is presented alongside various artifacts the vessel was carrying when it sank. The museum also features a 2,000-year-old Poole Logboat which is an Iron Age vessel found in 1964 during dredging work in Poole Harbor.

Per Atlas Obscura:

In the summer of 2019, a young girl by the name of Bethan was visiting Poole Museum with her mom. While exploring all the site had to offer, she and her mother began to discuss what museums do and why. Inspired by her visit, Bethan felt eager to support the museum's collection. She decided to donate her most precious treasure, something that she felt was appropriately significant and valuable: her favorite rock. Curators placed Bethan's Rock in a glass cabinet, just like many of the museum's other valuable artifacts, where visitors are now able to appreciate the piece as much as Bethan once did.

The rock donated by five year old Bethan became a social media phenomenon in 2021 after showing up on a Reddit post. If you're ever in Poole, stop by and have a look. Admission to the museum is free (but I doubt they're taking more rock donations).

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Random music trivia:

Look at this gent playing keyboards in the video for "Video Killed the Radio Star" in 1981. It was the first music video aired on MTV. The band's name is The Buggles.

Oddly, he was not a member of the band, did not play on the actual studio recording of the song, and reportedly did not write the song or contribute musically to the track's composition or production.

At the time of the video, the band itself only had two members - Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn (a third, Bruce Wooley, was involved when the song was written but was not with the band at the time of the video). Horn handled vocals, bass and guitar and Downes played keyboards. But the guy playing keyboards in the frame above wasn't Geoff. It was a cameo by a keyboard player that Horn knew and worked with in London in the late 1970s.

Who was the guy? Hans Zimmer. You might have heard of him. He went on to compose soundtracks to many movies, including like The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean, Crimson Tide, Gladiator, Batman, the Dark Knight, Inception, The Last Samurai, No Time to Die, Dune, Rush (the racing movie, not the Canadian trio), Top Gun:Maverick and more. What's your favorite Zimmer score?

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My apologies if this has appeared on the ONT previously but I can't recall. If this is a repeat, pretend to forget and enjoy anew. Apparently the US National Institute for Standards and Technology sells standard material samples on its website. You can shop online for...

Forty grams of domestic sludge costs $758.

Three jars of standard peanut butter costs $1246.

Five vials of Organic Contaminants in Smokers' Urine (Frozen) costs $1854. (For the record, frozen organic contaminants in non-smokers is the same price.)

Four 70 gram jars of baby food composite costs $1246.

So many questions...

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Intentionally crashing locomotives used to be an attraction in the late 1800s. Must have made an almighty sound. Amazingly, someone put together a three part series with the full history. Lots of old photos and maps.

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In case you missed it among all the St. Patrick's Day festivities, March 17 also marks the date of the launch of Vanguard 1 in 1958. It was the first satellite with solar panel and remains the oldest artificial object still in orbit around the Earth. Communications were lost in 1964. To give you a sense of size, Nikita Khrushchev nicknamed it the "grapefruit" satellite. Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2, and Explorer 1 were launched before but none are still in orbit.

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Goldfish drives custom-built car a record distance in one minute

A Netherlands engineer built a car for his pet goldfish, Blub, who drove the vehicle a distance of 40 feet in one minute to break a world record.
Thomas de Wolf constructed a four-wheeled vehicle with a water tank for a driver's seat. The vehicle is steered by analyzing the movements of the goldfish inside the tank.

Reminds me of one of my favorite pieces of fine literature.

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The ONT is not a music thread and it is not a movie thread. But what if we combine them? Wednesday cinema preview released today that will be of interest to Iron Maiden fans:

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ONT Legal Docket

The home of rapper Afroman was raided by Adams County deputies in 2022 when they served a search warrant looking for drugs. They found no drugs and brought no charges. They took $4000 in cash and eventually returned $3600 (there is a dispute about the amount involved). They also damaged the home and refused to pay for the repairs.

Afroman was not amused and put out a song and video titled "Lemon Pound Cake."

The video was ostensibly to earn money to pay for the damage. It took issue with the officers involved and used his own security footage. Video footage showed police ramming down his door, searching his wardrobe, opening CD cases, and at one point briefly glancing at a lemon pound cake on his counter. Thus the name of the song...

Seven officers sued him over the video on defamation grounds. Afroman attended depositions and trial adorned in an American flag outfit.

This afternoon the jury returned a verdict in favor of Afroman on all counts.

The unfortunate loser in all of this? The Adams County police department in Colorado received a deluge of unhappy emails and social media messages in support of Afroman. The problem is that the whole thing took place in Adams County, Ohio.

The Adams County Sheriff's Office has received a flood of social media comments, DMs, and phone calls about the #Afroman defamation trial. It�s clear this is important to a lot of people. There's just one small issue: that's the ACSO in Ohio. We are the ACSO in #Colorado.� pic.twitter.com/MJWtu96YbR
— Adams County Sheriff's Office (Colorado) (@AdamsCoSheriff) March 18, 2026

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

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Live AC DC for the big ONT finish:

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Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Thank you for your attention to this matter. We aim to whelm.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Eat

Posted by: French Jeton at March 18, 2026 10:00 PM (j0T5y)

2 USA!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 18, 2026 10:02 PM (VCgbV)

3 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at March 18, 2026 10:02 PM (w3u3d)

4 Even though I've never heard of Afroman before today, I am now a huge fan.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 18, 2026 10:03 PM (cYBz/)

5 The unfortunate loser in all of this? The Adams County police department in Colorado received a deluge of unhappy emails and social media messages in support of Afroman. The problem is that the whole thing took place in Adams County, Ohio.

Pot. Is there anything it can't do?

Posted by: mikeski is in a state of confusion at March 18, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)

6 Good evening.

Shatner channels his inner Fleet Sailor, with country music:
https://youtu.be/2OPyC-UD-t8

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2026 10:03 PM (u82oZ)

7 Macaroni > Macaroon > Macrone

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 10:05 PM (if9yV)

8 I'm thinking about getting a Senior's GPS. Not only does it tell you how to get where you're going, but why you wanted to get there in the first place.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 18, 2026 10:05 PM (S/Y4j)

9 Ok, so see a doctor if your erection lasts more than 4 hours. What if its caused from finding out the A-10's are in Iran?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:06 PM (snZF9)

10 Hour of the Wolf

*Snort* Replaces a wife.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2026 10:06 PM (u82oZ)

11 Perception is half the bottle

Posted by: mindful webworker - jus' sayin' at March 18, 2026 10:06 PM (ByrUz)

12 I have questions...

How do you have a standardized sample of domestic sludge?

What's in it that makes it "standardized?"

And and can you get a standardized sample of "foreign sludge?"

Do they accept donations of sludge?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 18, 2026 10:07 PM (ESVrU)

13 I love Hans' Zimmer's soundtrack in the Batman Trilogy. My favorite is "Like A Dog Chasing Cars" from The Dark Knight. It's a wonderful piece that builds tension, then really unleashes it at full throttle.

Posted by: pookysgirl does not want to watch the world burn at March 18, 2026 10:07 PM (Wt5PA)

14 Darn,

You should have let the Horde try to figure out if that was Hans Zimmer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:07 PM (2GVsD)

15 I was gonna read the post, but I got high.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 18, 2026 10:07 PM (w5FC4)

16 >>This is Benthan's Rock.
--

That's back when Brits were humans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 10:07 PM (if9yV)

17 March 17 also marks the date of the launch of Vanguard 1 in 1958. It was the first satellite with solar panel and remains the oldest artificial object still in orbit around the Earth.

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Very impressive ! Lockheed can do a side business in eternal washing machines based on the success of Vanguard. I think they'd be a hit !

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 10:08 PM (GD0B3)

18 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 18, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)

19 Hi kids.

Just watched the documentary "For All Mankind" for the bazillionth time. I love the beautiful, spare Brian Eno soundtrack:

https://tinyurl.com/3bvyypuv

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 18, 2026 10:08 PM (kpS4V)

20 Ok, so see a doctor if your erection lasts more than 4 hours. What if its caused from finding out the A-10's are in Iran?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:06 PM (snZF9)

Freedom goes BRRRRRRT!

Posted by: pookysgirl loves The Warthog at March 18, 2026 10:08 PM (Wt5PA)

21 Ah, I can breathe again!

Posted by: Am I Lucid Dreaming? at March 18, 2026 10:08 PM (dmDsy)

22 Who was the guy? Hans Zimmer. You might have heard of him.

Bad guy in that famous Christmas movie.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 18, 2026 10:08 PM (/lPRQ)

23 Did Zimmer do the Miami Vice theme?

Posted by: davidt at March 18, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)

24 Trump needs to find Afroman a job in the DoJ ASAP.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:09 PM (2GVsD)

25 Good evening morons e grazie Dino

Video indeed killed the radio star.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 18, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)

26 ONT Wholesome Content
This is Benthan's Rock.

I think there are 5 mispellings: all the Benthan's should be Bethan's.

Posted by: copie editer mikeski at March 18, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

27 Jan Hammer, not Zimmer.

Posted by: davidt at March 18, 2026 10:10 PM (Q+gd/)

28 >>>pretend to forget
--

Ha, ha that's funny.

what did he say?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 10:11 PM (if9yV)

29 On second thought, I'm not gonna tell that truly tasteless joke. Too many 'ettes.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 10:11 PM (DaZ/o)

30 The A-10C Thunderbolt II just does one thing - kill things. And it does it well.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:11 PM (2GVsD)

31 I was gonna go to that B & O museum, but I heard it stunk.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

32 *now serving number 42,386*

Oh, sorry... did you miss the call for your number?

Back of the line!
- - - - -

Heh. Howdy, horde!

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:12 PM (rdVOm)

33 26 I think there are 5 mispellings: all the Benthan's should be Bethan's.

Posted by: copie editer mikeski at March 18, 2026 10:09 PM
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Fine. Have it your way.

Posted by: TRex - Afroman did the proofreading at March 18, 2026 10:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

34 Sorry I'm late, I was on a tricycle and accidently passed my street. For some reason, I couldn't do a 180, and had to settle for a three-point turn.

(This doesn't count as math, does it?)

Posted by: tankdemon at March 18, 2026 10:13 PM (vbHr6)

35 Zimmer is great. Between him and Williams, they did all the (great) music for all the films. Now it's Ramin Djawadi. Who is also great, and I believe was Zimmer's protégé.

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 10:13 PM (GD0B3)

36 Let's hear it for Trevor Horn everyone

https://youtu.be/bYbQXiEmevw

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)

37 I saw Organic Contaminants in Smokers' Urine (Frozen) open for Baby Food Composite at the Penny Arcade Expo in 2006.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 18, 2026 10:13 PM (kpS4V)

38 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 18, 2026 10:13 PM (s1NDj)

39 I have questions...
How do you have a standardized sample of domestic sludge?

What's in it that makes it "standardized?"

And and can you get a standardized sample of "foreign sludge?"

Do they accept donations of sludge?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

1) In a jar.

B) If it's the only sample they have, it's the standard by default.

iii) $20, same as in town. (Plus $800 S&H.)

四

Are you trying to define a competing standard?

Posted by: mikeski has answers, occasionally correct at March 18, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

40 Ok, so see a doctor if your erection lasts more than 4 hours. What if its caused from finding out the A-10's are in Iran?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:06 PM (snZF9)

A-10's toting 8 anti-drone rockets per-pylon makes me happy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 18, 2026 10:14 PM (dK+Kv)

41 I love me some AC/DC . It's heavy rock that puts you in a good mood.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 18, 2026 10:15 PM (oob1u)

42 Whether you like AC/DC or not, they're living the life every schoolboy dreams of. Good stuff.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 18, 2026 10:15 PM (M9gjJ)

43 Boy F. will love those train crash videos. He loves cartoon-style crashes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 18, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

44 Crashing locomotives IS fun!!

Posted by: Gomez Addams at March 18, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

45 Zimmer?

Interstellar.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 18, 2026 10:15 PM (/HDaX)

46 Quite obviouly, didn't watch the "Crashing" vids, since I'm #46

Posted by: buddhaha at March 18, 2026 10:16 PM (qiHcY)

47 I will sell you a reused Copenhagen can of sub-standardized sludge for a bargain basement price of $99.99.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 18, 2026 10:16 PM (dK+Kv)

48 Elon ought to go fix Vanguard's radio.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2026 10:17 PM (Cqx++)

49 That Zimmer fact is so funny...he only shows up in the last 20 seconds of the video, I guess to make it seem like there were more people in the band?

Either way, great catch!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 10:17 PM (dmDsy)

50 What's your favorite Zimmer score?

Did music on 'Miami Vice' too. The main theme and closing credits, plus a ton of music during the show.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 18, 2026 10:17 PM (s1NDj)

51 Howdy Dino!

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

52 A note on the sidebar A-10 comment: I don't think they load depleted uranium unless they intend to shoot armored devices. I am certain they have normal bullets, too.

But I love the danged things anyway!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 18, 2026 10:18 PM (7D3Aa)

53 https://youtu.be/bYbQXiEmevw
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)

Didn't go there, just a guess... Sophie Grey?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 10:18 PM (dmDsy)

54 Zimmer?

Interstellar.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 18, 2026 10:15 PM (/HDaX)

My oldest has been working on that one. What a treat.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 18, 2026 10:18 PM (dK+Kv)

55 People who were around when Sputnick was announced told me it had a very profound effect on the public.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 18, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

56 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 18, 2026 10:19 PM (S7WXb)

57 With the sexual assault allegations against cesar chavez dump will make his birthday a national holiday!

Posted by: jojo at March 18, 2026 10:19 PM (AyNQT)

58 51 Howdy Dino!

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:18 PM
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Disco! Glad you stopped by. JQ is tending bar if you want a virtual beverage.

Posted by: TRex - thunderstruck dino at March 18, 2026 10:19 PM (IQ6Gq)

59 Good evening, 'ettes and 'rons of the ONT Horde, and thanks to the short-armed one for the ONT.

Fascinating cameo by Hans Zimmer!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at March 18, 2026 10:19 PM (t2oSI)

60 People who were around when Sputnick was announced told me it had a very profound effect on the public.

I was small, but my dad took me outside that evening or the next so we could see it pass overhead. Bright and fast.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 18, 2026 10:20 PM (7D3Aa)

61 Still got some green beer here at the bar-- last keg of it (I hope!)

A little hair o' the dog, to cure what ails ya after last night?

youtu.be/7KHqU7l4NIk

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:21 PM (rdVOm)

62 The problem is that the whole thing took place in Adams County, Ohio. Not Adams county, Colo.
——-

Yeah, but it sounds like something they would do, amiright? We’ll allow it. (This also serves to put every Adams county in the U.S.A. on notice. Be Better, Adams county.

Without looking, I bet there are a lot of Adams counties, easily half. We’ll be keeping an eye on you fuckers in Polk and Jefferson counties next.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 18, 2026 10:22 PM (tJ+Xw)

63 PGU-13/B Hight Explosive Incendiary as opposed to the PGU-14/B which uses a DU sabot.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:22 PM (2GVsD)

64 Did Zimmer do the Miami Vice theme?
Posted by: davidt at March 18, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)

No, that was Franz Klamer.

Posted by: Emily Littela at March 18, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ)

65
Freedom goes BRRRRRRT!

Posted by: pookysgirl loves The Warthog at March 18, 2026 10:08 PM (Wt5PA)

The wet fart of liberation.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:23 PM (snZF9)

66 Standard peanut butter but no standard grape jelly to go along!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 18, 2026 10:23 PM (7D3Aa)

67 Yes, Sophie with Trevor

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:23 PM (2GVsD)

68 March 17 also marks the date of the launch of Vanguard 1 in 1958. It was the first satellite with solar panel and remains the oldest artificial object still in orbit around the Earth. Communications were lost in 1964

If communications were lost, how do they know it's still in orbit?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 18, 2026 10:23 PM (s1NDj)

69 Posted by: jojo at March 18, 2026 10:19 PM (AyNQT)

I guess raimondo finally married his sister after all.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 10:24 PM (gKWVE)

70 Thanks for another outstanding Wednesday Night ONT, TRex!

Love-love-love the Pittsburgh scanner.

The B&O Railroad Museum looks very interesting!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 18, 2026 10:24 PM (vrNzf)

71 Happy Wednesday! What a fun ONT! I have driven by that facility in Gaithersburg. Didn’t know they had a shop!

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:24 PM (Dd38x)

72 11 Perception is half the bottle
Posted by: mindful webworker - jus' sayin'
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Gimme that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 10:24 PM (if9yV)

73 Disco! Glad you stopped by. JQ is tending bar if you want a virtual beverage.
Posted by: TRex - thunderstruck dino at March 18, 2026 10:19 PM (IQ6Gq)

I'll have a duck fart. See if JQ remembers how to make it!

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

74 Seriously, any military brass that even thinks about retiring the A-10 needs their silly ass railroad spiked to an A-10 gunnery range.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:24 PM (snZF9)

75 I have always been at war with Cesar Chavez!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 18, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)

76 62
Without looking, I bet there are a lot of Adams counties, easily half.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 18, 2026 10:22 PM
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Grok says 12 across the US.

Posted by: TRex - adams family dino at March 18, 2026 10:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

77 Hans Zimmer played keyboards on the Damned song "History of the World Part 1." It was intended for the movie of the same name but was made too late to be included. Mel Brooks, from what I've heard, liked the song.

It is a pretty good song. One of those that proved Dave Vanian could really sing.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2026 10:25 PM (CHHv1)

78 If communications were lost, how do they know it's still in orbit?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 18, 2026 10:23 PM (s1NDj)
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Actually, sensors confirm its orbit is stable.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at March 18, 2026 10:26 PM (RIvkX)

79 Shut up Wesley

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:26 PM (2GVsD)

80 I seem to have mixed up my music composeres. Jan Hammer did the Miami Vice soundtrack. Not Zimmer.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 18, 2026 10:27 PM (s1NDj)

81 I'll have a duck fart. See if JQ remembers how to make it!
Posted by: Doof
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Dude. Seriously? If you *really* want one, I'll make it. I know how to layer the booze.

(But it's considered a girly drink in my AO, also-- a waste of good whiskey)

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:27 PM (rdVOm)

82 Surprised to read that Vanguard 1 has been in orbit for 67 years.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 18, 2026 10:27 PM (y171U)

83 Duck fart

Khulna
Baileys
Floater of Crown.

Drank those on the salmon seiner in Alaska.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2026 10:28 PM (XgKq6)

84 66 Standard peanut butter but no standard grape jelly to go along!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 18, 2026 10:23 PM
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Good point. I looked but couldn't find one. Must be sold out.

Posted by: TRex - PBJ dino at March 18, 2026 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

85 Alexi Leonov, first space walk.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:28 PM (2GVsD)

86 Seriously, any military brass that even thinks about retiring the A-10 needs their silly ass railroad spiked to an A-10 gunnery range.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:24 PM (snZF9)

As a warning, use their staff car as an A-10 target. After the range clears, they have to personally return it to fully operational status.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 18, 2026 10:28 PM (S/Y4j)

87 *Duck fart for Doof*

LOL

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:28 PM (rdVOm)

88 Dude. Seriously? If you *really* want one, I'll make it. I know how to layer the booze.

(But it's considered a girly drink in my AO, also-- a waste of good whiskey)
Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:27 PM (rdVOm)

Use average whiskey then!

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:29 PM (QMAsf)

89 Organic Contaminants in Smokers' Urine was by far the worst King Crimson album.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at March 18, 2026 10:29 PM (BGygK)

90
People who were around when Sputnick was announced told me it had a very profound effect on the public.

I was small, but my dad took me outside that evening or the next so we could see it pass overhead. Bright and fast.
Posted by: LRob in OK

I was almost six. I don't remember it. I do remember seeing ECHO.

https://t.ly/wlGWc

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2026 10:29 PM (Cqx++)

91 Getting From Here to There
Exploring the history, current state, and future of transporting people and stuff from here to there

(May include crashing locomotives)

Posted by: mindful webworker - random self-promotion at March 18, 2026 10:30 PM (ByrUz)

92 Use average whiskey then!
Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:29 PM (QMAsf)

That's what Jim Beam is for.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 18, 2026 10:30 PM (0aYVJ)

93 In case anyone missed this as a nod to yesterday....

https://tinyurl.com/5n85964v

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 10:30 PM (dmDsy)

94 Only reason the A-10 came into existence is because of embarrassment by the USAF.

Their best CAS/Sandy planes for Vietnam were both ex-Navy: A-1 Sykraider and A-7D Corsair II.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:30 PM (2GVsD)

95 Anna Puma, when I was stationed at Edwards, 1980 or so, they test fired an A-10 gun on the ground right across the taxiway from our program. Tightly secured with cables. I think it was a 10 round burst which lifted the aircraft off the ground a couple of inches! I strolled over and got an empty cartridge case. I just looked at it and the markings are not decipherable. But the projectiles didn't explode when they hit the embankment. That was long ago. Thanks for the updated info!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 18, 2026 10:30 PM (7D3Aa)

96 Why is that called a duck fart, dare I ask?

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:30 PM (Dd38x)

97 Holy Crap. I can’t thumb type to save my ass.

Oh well.

Cheers!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2026 10:30 PM (XgKq6)

98 https://www.youtube.com/live/zHFfjtCWw6w

Iran is going out with a bang ( TOUSI link above ).

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 18, 2026 10:31 PM (kvcnI)

99 I was gonna go to that B & O museum, but I heard it stunk.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

Golfclap. Took me a minute.

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)

100 Dude. Seriously? If you *really* want one, I'll make it. I know how to layer the booze.

(But it's considered a girly drink in my AO, also-- a waste of good whiskey)
Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:27 PM (rdVOm)

Use average whiskey then!

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:29 PM (QMAsf)

Warned its a girly drink and yet he still orders one. Playing fast and loose with the man card I see. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:31 PM (snZF9)

101 People who were around when Sputnick was announced told me it had a very profound effect on the public.
——

The assumption was, the Soviets were not capable of such things. Sputnik weighed 184 pounds. The top scientists in the US thought somebody must have dropped a decimal in the translation. 18.4 pounds was believable, maybe. 184 pounds meant they had heavy lift capability.

One thing it did do, that secretly relieved Eisenhower. The path of Sputnik put it right over the US. Prior to that, there was some legal questions, internationally speaking, about overflights.

Aircraft were right out, considered sovereign airspace or whatever. But, the Soviets couldn’t complain about our satellites overflying the Soviet Union very well, now could they? The precedent had been set.

The Democrats made hell for Eisenhower over this issue, politically speaking. Lyndon Johnson particularly, and later, JFK against Nixon. In those days, it was a contest to brand the other guy as “soft” on communism for electoral purposes.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 18, 2026 10:31 PM (B4klT)

102 BTW, putting the A-10 over Iran is going to complicate the tanker plan. Ugh. We had to slow almost 100 knots and put down flaps if we had much gas onboard. With a couple now out of commission, even more so.

(I could make it work, but it would limit the number of "Hey, I've got extra gas. I'm going to loiter and offload to anyone needing it" scenarios.)

Posted by: GWB at March 18, 2026 10:32 PM (EbSRB)

103 Afroman was not amused and put out a song and video titled "Lemon Pound Cake."

The video was ostensibly to earn money to pay for the damage. It took issue with the officers involved and used his own security footage. Video footage showed police ramming down his door, searching his wardrobe, opening CD cases, and at one point briefly glancing at a lemon pound cake on his counter. Thus the name of the song...

Seven officers sued him over the video on defamation grounds.

These cops are gay and retarded, and deserve to be hounded not just out of law enforcement but civil society at large. Also, chicks should not be cops. Especially ones that cry on the stand.

Posted by: As if law enforcement isn't in enough disrepute at March 18, 2026 10:32 PM (TbWk/)

104 Without looking, I bet there are a lot of Adams counties, easily half. We’ll be keeping an eye on you fuckers in Polk and Jefferson counties next.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 18, 2026 10:22 PM (tJ+Xw)

YOU HAVE NO IDEA. Seriously, you have no idea how many Adams, Jefferson, and Washington counties there are in the US.

What's even worse is that Massachusetts and New Hampshire effectively do not have counties when it comes to elections, and so many of their towns share names!

Posted by: pookysgirl has worked at Decision Desk for over a decade at March 18, 2026 10:32 PM (Wt5PA)

105 Why is that called a duck fart, dare I ask?
Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:30 PM (Dd38x)

What?!? That was a "drink of the night" in the early days of Club ONT. You don't have them all committed to memory?

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)

106 GWB

So bring back the KC-97 tanker for the A-10?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:33 PM (2GVsD)

107 Seriously, any military brass that even thinks about retiring the A-10 needs their silly ass railroad spiked to an A-10 gunnery range.
Posted by: Berserker

I mean, it's a jet with engines that produce just over 9000 pounds of thrust, and a cannon that produces 10000 pounds of thrust.

Anyone who wants to get rid of an engineering marvel like that has no testicles.

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

108 Also, NURSE (caps so she sees it) if I could ask a quick personal medical question? I just did a B12 shot, but guess I hit a little vein or something because it bled not a lot, but more than a little. It kind of hurts now. Am I going to die? I have never done that before.

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:34 PM (Dd38x)

109 Seriously, any military brass that even thinks about retiring the A-10 needs their silly ass railroad spiked to an A-10 gunnery range.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:24 PM (snZF9)
* * * *
Roger that!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 18, 2026 10:34 PM (vrNzf)

110 "Perfessor" Squirrel

The point of the NIST sludge is a calibration standard for instrumentation that measures sludge. What is in it is very well known, and reproducible.

Don't want a bad sensor around sludge, which is put on cropland. Heavy metal contamination is a bad thing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2026 10:34 PM (u82oZ)

111 Warned its a girly drink and yet he still orders one. Playing fast and loose with the man card I see. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:31 PM (snZF9)

I'll follow it with a 2 finger neat pour of 130 proof Old Forester single barrel.

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf)

112 The A-10 was a stroke of genius. As a military commander, how you deploy it determines whether or not you're competent to be a leader.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 18, 2026 10:34 PM (M9gjJ)

113 The GAU-8 recoil is roughly equivalent to the thrust of one engine mounted on the A-10.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:34 PM (2GVsD)

114 I vote that particular Adams County should rename itself Bozo County.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 10:35 PM (gKWVE)

115 For fun Internet picture search, look for the image of a GAU-8 with its drum magazine placed next to a Cessna 172.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:35 PM (2GVsD)

116 80 I seem to have mixed up my music composeres. Jan Hammer did the Miami Vice soundtrack. Not Zimmer.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work

And Norma Zimmer was on The Lawrence Welk Show.

Posted by: Anna One, Anna Two at March 18, 2026 10:36 PM (oftw2)

117 The A-10 was a stroke of genius. As a military commander, how you deploy it determines whether or not you're competent to be a leader.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 18, 2026 10:34 PM (M9gjJ)

It's a technical for the air. Mount any damned thing you want to on it, and many things you haven't even thought up yet. Freaking homo bean counters, man.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 18, 2026 10:36 PM (dK+Kv)

118 Just teasing you, Doof! All in good fun. Drink whatever you like!

Open bar, after all... Dino said so!

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:36 PM (rdVOm)

119 Golfclap. Took me a minute.
Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)

The more time it takes to get it is half the fun.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2026 10:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

120 105 Why is that called a duck fart, dare I ask?
Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:30 PM (Dd38x)

What?!? That was a "drink of the night" in the early days of Club ONT. You don't have them all committed to memory?
Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10

Well…see, I am having a bit of a medical situation with my…um…well…part of my posterior chain. So I forgot. lol.

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:36 PM (Dd38x)

121 GWB

So bring back the KC-97 tanker for the A-10?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:33 PM (2GVsD)

Why not use KC-130s? The Air Force might need to borrow some from the Marine Corps.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 18, 2026 10:36 PM (S/Y4j)

122 66 Standard peanut butter but no standard grape jelly to go along!!
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 18, 2026 10:23 PM (7D3Aa)

Uhhhh ... STRAWBERRY !

Posted by: browndog says woof at March 18, 2026 10:37 PM (3sXRv)

123 Y'all are going to think I'm joking, but dinner tonight was a few peanut butter and honey sammiches. I did not pay $1246 for the peanut butter.

I must say, those government sample prices must have anticipated continued Biden-level inflation.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 18, 2026 10:37 PM (vbHr6)

124 Just teasing you, Doof! All in good fun. Drink whatever you like!

Open bar, after all... Dino said so!
Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:36 PM (rdVOm)

All good - I'm not offended!
*slides that Old Forester bottle to JQ*

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)

125 90
People who were around when Sputnick was announced told me it had a very profound effect on the public.

I was small, but my dad took me outside that evening or the next so we could see it pass overhead. Bright and fast.
Posted by: LRob in OK

I was almost six. I don't remember it. I do remember seeing ECHO.

https://t.ly/wlGWc
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2026 10:29 PM (Cqx++)

No one ever thinks about me

Posted by: Telstar at March 18, 2026 10:38 PM (3sXRv)

126 Well…see, I am having a bit of a medical situation with my…um…well…part of my posterior chain. So I forgot. lol.
Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:36 PM (Dd38x)

*types*

*deletes*

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)

127 Posted by: Common Tater at March 18, 2026 10:31 PM (B4klT)

====
Actually, that's fascinating.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at March 18, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

128 Being a former foot soldier (medic), I loved seeing the Hogs fly overhead during ARTEPs and FTXs. the grunt's best friend.

I see them flying around the Boise area now and again. Fucking love those ugly beasts.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 18, 2026 10:40 PM (0aYVJ)

129 123 Y'all are going to think I'm joking, but dinner tonight was a few peanut butter and honey sammiches.
Posted by: tankdemon

Are you posting from jail?

Posted by: Trustee, Cell Block H at March 18, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)

130 I remember seeing Chinese "weather balloons"...

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 10:40 PM (GD0B3)

131 *pours 2 fingers of Old Forester cask strength for Doof*

*places bottle safely behind the bar*

Cheers, Doof!

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)

132 Peeked at the Tousi link. They have rocket attacked Qatar and SA. Big technical damage. I don't know how we will respond to this.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 18, 2026 10:40 PM (7D3Aa)

133 Warned its a girly drink and yet he still orders one. Playing fast and loose with the man card I see. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:31 PM (snZF9)

I'll follow it with a 2 finger neat pour of 130 proof Old Forester single barrel.

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf)

There is iron in your words. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:41 PM (snZF9)

134 They searched the house of Afroman, the guy who recorded the song "Because I Got High" and THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY DRUGS?!?!? Holy shit, they're the worst cops in the world.

Posted by: Wally at March 18, 2026 10:41 PM (zG4BR)

135 Adams county, Idaho:

"Adams County is a rural county in the state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 4,379, making it the sixth-least populous county in Idaho."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 18, 2026 10:41 PM (4mmkh)

136 What's even worse is that Massachusetts and New Hampshire effectively do not have counties when it comes to elections, and so many of their towns share names!
Posted by: pookysgirl

And I thought our lake names were bad. At least the Post Office doesn't have to sort them out.

200-or-so Mud Lakes, 113 Long Lakes, 62 Round Lakes, 35 Johnson Lakes.....

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)

137 126 *types*

*deletes*
Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026

Laugh all you want but if I die, you have to do the announcement as to why and the fashion part of the ONT.

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:42 PM (Dd38x)

138 browndog, I started to type strawberry, but assumed the moron crowd would think it pretentious.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 18, 2026 10:42 PM (7D3Aa)

139 No one ever thinks about me

Posted by: Telstar at March 18, 2026 10:38 PM (3sXRv)

https://youtu.be/ryrEPzsx1gQ?si=evoSTSwJxwJ0GzjI

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 18, 2026 10:42 PM (kvcnI)

140 No one ever thinks about me
Posted by: Telstar at March 18, 2026 10:38 PM (3sXRv)
--

Sure we do!

https://tinyurl.com/3xe8acm2

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 18, 2026 10:42 PM (kpS4V)

141 No one ever thinks about me
Posted by: Telstar

I remember you. My Grandpa woke me when I was a wee lad and took me outside so we could view it. I was barefoot and the dew on the grass was really cold and the whole affair was a bit scary for me. It was a beautifully clear night I remember and the satellite just raced across the sky.

I miss being a kid visiting my grandfolks. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at March 18, 2026 10:42 PM (cYBz/)

142 *pours 2 fingers of Old Forester cask strength for Doof*

*places bottle safely behind the bar*

Cheers, Doof!
Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)

Hope you took some for yourself!

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf)

143 Here is an A-10 close air support video:
https://youtu.be/12B9Ua-vzi4

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2026 10:43 PM (u82oZ)

144 200-or-so Mud Lakes, 113 Long Lakes, 62 Round Lakes, 35 Johnson Lakes.....
Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)

heh heh heh...

you said johnson leaks.....

Posted by: Butthead at March 18, 2026 10:43 PM (dmDsy)

145 Irish coffee please

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 18, 2026 10:44 PM (znREB)

146 Good evening. Am glad to be here.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2026 10:44 PM (wVcYX)

147 138 browndog, I started to type strawberry, but assumed the moron crowd would think it pretentious.
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 18, 2026 10:42 PM (7D3Aa)

Pretentious ... moi ... c'est impossible

Posted by: browndog says woof at March 18, 2026 10:44 PM (3sXRv)

148 137 126 *types*

*deletes*
Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026

Laugh all you want but if I die, you have to do the announcement as to why and the fashion part of the ONT.
Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:42 PM (Dd38x)

Dang, no pressure there! lol

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 10:45 PM (dmDsy)

149 139 No one ever thinks about me

Posted by: Telstar at March 18, 2026 10:38 PM (3sXRv)

https://youtu.be/ryrEPzsx1gQ?si=evoSTSwJxwJ0GzjI
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 18, 2026 10:42 PM (kvcnI)

140 No one ever thinks about me
Posted by: Telstar at March 18, 2026 10:38 PM (3sXRv)
--

Sure we do!

https://tinyurl.com/3xe8acm2
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 18, 2026 10:42 PM (kpS4V)

I left that door wide open for all y'all, and you did not let me down.

***golf clap***

Posted by: browndog says woof at March 18, 2026 10:45 PM (3sXRv)

150 I'll follow it with a 2 finger neat pour of 130 proof Old Forester single barrel.

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf)

There is iron in your words. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:41 PM (snZF9)

That's the stuff I brought to Texas one year and nearly put Sponge-bro in a coma

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:45 PM (QMAsf)

151 One of the most spectacular planned train crashes was the “Crash at Crush” near Waco, Texas in 1896. Thousand of tickets were sold and the Katy Train Line (M-K-T) offered transport to the site as part of the ticket price.
Only 2 people were killed by flying debris and 6 injured, but everyone else had a good time and it was considered a great success.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2026 10:45 PM (Li94Y)

152 Well hello, Count!

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:45 PM (Dd38x)

153 Yes, I know about all the plot holes. Still entertaining.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2026 10:45 PM (u82oZ)

154 What fun we had!

Posted by: Headless Train Crash Enthusiast at March 18, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

155 I left that door wide open for all y'all, and you did not let me down.

***golf clap***

Posted by: browndog says woof at March 18, 2026 10:45 PM (3sXRv)

I figured it was a trap ... but also a race.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 18, 2026 10:46 PM (kvcnI)

156 A guy I worked with worked at Edwards when they were developing the GAU-8, the gun the A-10 was built around. They test fired the thing right next to the building he worked in. When they set it up.outside, the word would go through his building, and lots of people would come out to watch.
He made the acquaintance of one of the techs, who told him that the original test fire had all the slugs going through the same hole - it was too accurate. They redesigned it to "scatter" the shots out to about a 15" diameter.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 18, 2026 10:46 PM (qiHcY)

157 nearly put Sponge-bro in a coma

From which he has never recovered . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 18, 2026 10:47 PM (7D3Aa)

158 Top 5 county names.

Washington 31 states
Jefferson 26
Franklin 25
Jackson/Lincoln 24 each

Adams is in 17th place with 12

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 10:47 PM (zh37m)

159 150 I'll follow it with a 2 finger neat pour of 130 proof Old Forester single barrel.

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf)

There is iron in your words. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:41 PM (snZF9)

That's the stuff I brought to Texas one year and nearly put Sponge-bro in a coma
Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:45 PM (QMAsf)

***mumbles under breath***

That shit will do that to you ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at March 18, 2026 10:47 PM (3sXRv)

160 My favorite thing I've heard about the A-10 was from the Sean Ryan Show, where a former pilot told was describing the function of the cannon. While it carries a lot of ammo, it also burns through it all in something like ten seconds. So they have a specific training mantra to get the timing right, in order to get enough hits on a target, but still leave enough for four or five other targets.

1 Pull trigger
2 Shout "Die commie, die!"
3 Release trigger

Posted by: Methos at March 18, 2026 10:48 PM (vSvIl)

161 It's a technical for the air. Mount any damned thing you want to on it, and many things you haven't even thought up yet. Freaking homo bean counters, man.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

But first it is an airplane wrapped around a BFG.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 18, 2026 10:49 PM (/lPRQ)

162 I saw a cartoon recently with two signs

Beware of Dog
Fear the Cat.

I think the Sunday ONT has similar signs.

Beware Doof
Fear Piper

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 18, 2026 10:51 PM (S/Y4j)

163 So bring back the KC-97 tanker for the A-10?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2026 10:33 PM (2GVsD)

Why not use KC-130s? The Air Force might need to borrow some from the Marine Corps.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

PJ got the KC-130... that or they just refuel the HH-60s with five gallon Jerry cans with the horse dick.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 18, 2026 10:51 PM (/lPRQ)

164 Afroman's sartorial excellence.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 10:51 PM (if9yV)

165 PIPER

You’ll be fine. You prolly hit a capillary on the way into the muscle.

Rub an ice cube on it.

You’ll survive.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2026 10:51 PM (A5RD0)

166 My opinion? Sinead O'Connor may be a hothead, and is probably insane by now, but man could she sing!

https://tinyurl.com/4atkdstx

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Believe She Shaved Her Head Because Of Our Hookup. at March 18, 2026 10:52 PM (dmDsy)

167 129 Are you posting from jail?

Posted by: Trustee, Cell Block H at March 18, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)

Bunk of a truck in a rest area. I was just too lazy to plug in the microwave.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 18, 2026 10:53 PM (vbHr6)

168 My opinion? Sinead O'Connor may be a hothead, and is probably insane by now, . . ..

Posted by: Denny Crane

Um, , , ,, she est mort.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 18, 2026 10:53 PM (cYBz/)

169 165 - thank you!

Hope Doof isn’t drafting an announcement.

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:54 PM (Dd38x)

170 Hope you took some for yourself!
Posted by: Doof

Thanksh...

*hic*

You have noooooo idea...how much I needed that!

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:54 PM (rdVOm)

171 Piper, if you were a 'ron versus 'ette, the advice would have been to rub dirt on it.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 18, 2026 10:54 PM (7D3Aa)

172 Posted by: Denny Crane

Um, , , ,, she est mort.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 18, 2026 10:53 PM (cYBz/)

Sadly, that's why I used the word "could"

*Sad Face Emoji*

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Believe She Shaved Her Head Because Of Our Hookup. at March 18, 2026 10:55 PM (dmDsy)

173 I'm home for the next 2 days thanks to YANG POON. I guess I can drink early and finish late.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:55 PM (snZF9)

174 I watched the video for Lemon Pound Cake. It's hilarious and Afroman can sing. Good vibrato. Not a rap song.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 18, 2026 10:57 PM (KAi1n)

175 I have a Bethan's Rock. It looks just like a T-Bone steak.

I found it almost 40 years ago.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 18, 2026 10:57 PM (4NO2D)

176
108 Also, NURSE (caps so she sees it) if I could ask a quick personal medical question? I just did a B12 shot, but guess I hit a little vein or something because it bled not a lot, but more than a little. It kind of hurts now. Am I going to die? I have never done that before.
Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:34 PM (Dd38x)

I’m no nurse, but out of necessity I learned to give imitrex and B-12 shots when needed, learned by doing. The bleeding happens once in a while, but it’s easier to avoid it with a second person doing it, rather than having to jab yourself.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2026 10:57 PM (Li94Y)

177 Hope Doof isn’t drafting an announcement.
Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:54 PM (Dd38x)

*cancels want-ad listing for new fashion maven*

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 10:57 PM (QMAsf)

178 The rock donated by five year old Bethan became a social media phenomenon in 2021 after showing up on a Reddit post. If you're ever in Poole, stop by and have a look. Admission to the museum is free (but I doubt they're taking more rock donations).

--------

Personally, I avoid museums with collections curated by five year-olds.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2026 10:57 PM (JkO4W)

179 My favorite thing I've heard about the A-10 was from the Sean Ryan Show, where a former pilot told was describing the function of the cannon. While it carries a lot of ammo, it also burns through it all in something like ten seconds. So they have a specific training mantra to get the timing right, in order to get enough hits on a target, but still leave enough for four or five other targets.

1 Pull trigger
2 Shout "Die commie, die!"
3 Release trigger
Posted by: Methos

18 seconds, according to Wiki, at 3900 rounds per minute.

They can burn it all in one shot, but it shortens the barrel(s) life too much. Thus the mantra, I suppose.

The rounds are each almost a foot long and weigh a pound-and-a-half.

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

180 Woodford, Bers?

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)

181 Thank you for the picture of the B&O museum. Having the roof of the roundhouse collapse in that huge snowstorm was probably the best thing that happened to it. Suddenly people cared about the museum. They used to have a great G scale outdoor model railroad. Haven't been there in a very long time.

Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at March 18, 2026 10:58 PM (4qIhJ)

182 Woodford, Bers?

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)

Hell yeah!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 10:59 PM (snZF9)

183 I'm home for the next 2 days thanks to YANG POON.

==

Oh, no!!

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 10:59 PM (GD0B3)

184 The rounds are each almost a foot long and weigh a pound-and-a-half.

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

We got to see them on the firing range, and my Dad had a couple of dummy rounds. Bigger than an average forearm, as I recall.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 18, 2026 11:00 PM (dK+Kv)

185 centcom has a youtube channel but nothing to say about tonight's festivities ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 18, 2026 11:00 PM (kvcnI)

186 What was ours is ours again.

Posted by: Cloud William at March 18, 2026 11:00 PM (UL/b4)

187 *slides bottle of Woodford, and a rocks glass to Bers*

Ice cube upon request...

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 11:01 PM (rdVOm)

188 I think the Sunday ONT has similar signs.

Beware Doof
Fear Piper
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 18, 2026 10:51 PM (S/Y4j)

She'll make you do yoga and eat kale of you make her mad

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2026 11:01 PM (QMAsf)

189 Have a great night, everyone.

Head on a swivel and have a plan.

Remember, one under a blanket freezes, two under a blanket thrive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2026 11:02 PM (u82oZ)

190 HA!

AI alternate ending for the Titanic movie
x.com/futuristicaiguy/status/
2022212632753975434

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 18, 2026 11:03 PM (DoBxX)

191 My most recent web search: "can polish sausage be baked like a pork chop"

I'm about to bake.. well actually it's some kind of thin bone-in pork steak, because it was cheaper this time, but whatever. There was too much for one pan the other day, so in doing the remainder today (which is why I don't have the wrapper with the label), there's room for a kielbasa that I keep forgetting to prepare.

And the Brave AI answer was a resounding, "Yes!!" Just poke some holes in the casing so it doesn't burst, maybe brush it with some oil, turn it once, and it doesn't even need to reach a specific temp since it's pre-cooked. Just bake until nicely browned. Nice.

Posted by: SciVo at March 18, 2026 11:03 PM (Sy6m/)

192 We visited the B & O Museum a long time ago when the kids were small. 3 minutes in while gawking at the trains in the wheelhouse I can't put eyes on my young son. Start checking every coach and engine in the wheelhouse and ... no son. I backtracked to the front entrance (a long walk) and there he is, cute as a button, charming the security desk and other museum visitors. Got the stinkeye from most of them for being a negligent father.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2026 11:04 PM (wVcYX)

193 I'm home for the next 2 days thanks to YANG POON.

==

Oh, no!!

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 10:59 PM (GD0B3)

Yup, they didn't order what I told them to, they ordered a yang poon part. They broke my rule. No yang poon in the engine OR the transmission. Oh but it was just a side cover. Uh, that side cover holds the kicker gears and the throw out bearing fork. Guess what? Nothing fit, not even close. I said get an S&S cover, and call me when it comes in. Cya.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 11:05 PM (snZF9)

194 Watched the train wreck videos.

Takeaway number one: presenter kept reusing pics from one wreck venue in other wreck venues. The "boys on telegraph pole" was used at least 3 times. Shoddy workmanship.

Takeaway number two: the promoters of these spectacles were not big on originality. At.All.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2026 11:05 PM (8zz6B)

195 My mother used to mix Gerber's pears and pineapple with another of the fruits, plums I think. Is that a baby food composite?

Posted by: From about That Time at March 18, 2026 11:05 PM (sl73Y)

196 *slides bottle of Woodford, and a rocks glass to Bers*

Ice cube upon request...

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 11:01 PM (rdVOm)

No ice, but I'll take an IV line.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 11:07 PM (snZF9)

197 SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-33
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: March 19, 2026
Launch Time: 6:35 a.m. EDT (1035 UTC, 11:35 CET.)

https://youtu.be/wGSb-7iAd9E

Posted by: Joyenz at March 18, 2026 11:07 PM (2F0/Y)

198 And and can you get a standardized sample of "foreign sludge?"

Do they accept donations of sludge?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 18, 2026 10:07 PM (ESVrU)

Ahem! It's not "foreign Sludge", it's "Sludge Appelation Controlee".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2026 11:08 PM (8zz6B)

199 No ice, but I'll take an IV line.
Posted by: Berserker
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Um.. I'm not trained for IVs.

Help! Nurse!

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 11:08 PM (rdVOm)

200 JQ,

Easy peasy. I’ll walk you through it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2026 11:10 PM (A5RD0)

201 Just watched the documentary "For All Mankind" for the bazillionth time. I love the beautiful, spare Brian Eno soundtrack:

https://tinyurl.com/3bvyypuv
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 18, 2026 10:08 PM (kpS4V)

His Fruit Salts are good, too, if you have a gippy tummy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2026 11:10 PM (8zz6B)

202 Hmm it might be a drunk berserker is best berserker night. I'm long over due. Its taken from the second week of december to now to drink 2 1/2 bottles of bourbon leftover from the christmas party. I don't know if thats great moderation, or just pitiful. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 11:10 PM (snZF9)

203 Um.. I'm not trained for IVs.

Help! Nurse!
Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 11:08 PM (rdVOm)
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Do you have "shy" veins?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 18, 2026 11:11 PM (RIvkX)

204 Trump is unhappy.

Unofficial Trump on X
@trump_repost
52m
Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran. A relatively small section of the whole has been hit.

The United States knew nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen.
Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, or any of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar's LNG Gas facility. NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless...
https://tinyurl.com/5cyrwzp7

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 11:11 PM (if9yV)

205 No ice, but I'll take an IV line.
Posted by: Berserker
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Um.. I'm not trained for IVs.

Help! Nurse!

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 11:08 PM (rdVOm)

Screw it, just give me a fuel pump and a drinking hose.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 11:11 PM (snZF9)

206 Posted by: jojo at March 18, 2026 10:19 PM (AyNQT)

You bastard! You ate raimondo!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2026 11:13 PM (8zz6B)

207 176 . The bleeding happens once in a while, but it’s easier to avoid it with a second person doing it, rather than having to jab yourself.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March

I feel like this is a trap. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 11:13 PM (hftzA)

208 My mother used to mix Gerber's pears and pineapple with another of the fruits, plums I think. Is that a baby food composite?
Posted by: From about That Time at March 18, 2026 11:05 PM (sl73Y)

when my boys were wee lads, I would often feed them. When it was the fruits, banana-pineapple, apple, apricot, etc., it was "one for you, one for me." Squash and peas, not so much.

They were on real food by 9 months. We were rebels.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at March 18, 2026 11:14 PM (0aYVJ)

209 NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field
Posted by: Braenyard

So, "Bad dog, no biscuit."

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)

210 204 Trump is unhappy.

Unofficial Trump on X

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 11:11 PM (if9yV)

Account name looks sus.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 18, 2026 11:15 PM (kvcnI)

211 Easy peasy. I’ll walk you through it.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Oh, thank you thank you!

Hey, there's no isopropyl around here... shall we rub his skin with EverClear instead?

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 11:15 PM (rdVOm)

212 Posted by: jojo at March 18, 2026 10:19 PM (AyNQT)

You bastard! You ate raimondo!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Mooooojo Jojo thought that should have been posted in Mojo Jojo's voice.

Posted by: Mojo Jojo at March 18, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)

213 Why is that called a duck fart, dare I ask?
Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 10:30 PM (Dd38x)

Drink three, and you quack up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2026 11:17 PM (8zz6B)

214 I am off to bed. Good night everyone! Be as good as possible!

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 11:18 PM (hftzA)

215 Screw it, just give me a fuel pump and a drinking hose.
Posted by: Berserker
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I know-- got this nice little 12v windshield washer pump and tank & tube... provides a nice & easy steady flow rate that you should be able to *keep up* with-- wouldn't want to spill any of that precious Woodford, after all.

(worked great for booze in the car, back in the day)

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 11:19 PM (rdVOm)

216 Train museum is a neat place. Make sure to check out the monster engines kept in the back building.

Posted by: Piercello at March 18, 2026 11:19 PM (NRGJj)

217 So if I'm following this correctly, Israel hit the gas field, probably because they don't appreciate the cluster bombs being aimed their way (even if they're mainly falling on palestinians) and Trump wants them not to do it againso that we can do it later?

Posted by: Methos at March 18, 2026 11:20 PM (vSvIl)

218 Trump is unhappy.

==

He is very happy. can't tell it's the bad cop good cop routine? Pars is the money laundering vehicle for Iran and serves all the Euros. Trump just told them that if they don't get their shit together he will bomb it. Now NATO is saying, hey we might be able to do something with that traffic business.. You guys don't see that ?

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 11:21 PM (GD0B3)

219 I know-- got this nice little 12v windshield washer pump and tank & tube... provides a nice & easy steady flow rate that you should be able to *keep up* with-- wouldn't want to spill any of that precious Woodford, after all.

(worked great for booze in the car, back in the day)

Posted by: JQ at March 18, 2026 11:19 PM (rdVOm)

Nice, the booze version of the dashboard hookah. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 11:23 PM (snZF9)

220 ASPERATE BEFORE YOU PUSH!

Posted by: GigantorX at March 18, 2026 11:23 PM (GhvP1)

221 "the very in this case innocent Qatar" ? this is fookign hilarious.. his best tweets are after hours

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 11:24 PM (GD0B3)

222 The US knew that Israel was going to hit the Pars field, they don’t do shit without consulting. These statements are just good cop/bad cop, Trump does that all the time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2026 11:24 PM (Li94Y)

223 My mother used to mix Gerber's pears and pineapple with another of the fruits, plums I think. Is that a baby food composite?
Posted by: From about That Time

My little Charlie (11 months) eats damn near anything. That includes the Italian stuff I make him and Indian food from the other Grandma - Moong dal, khichdi, and fish curries.

The kid has an ironclad stomach.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 18, 2026 11:24 PM (cYBz/)

224 see, Tom gets it

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 11:24 PM (GD0B3)

225 I can see Trump and Bibi loling over this one

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 11:25 PM (GD0B3)

226 217 So if I'm following this correctly, Israel hit the gas field, probably because they don't appreciate the cluster bombs being aimed their way (even if they're mainly falling on palestinians) and Trump wants them not to do it againso that we can do it later?
Posted by: Methos
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Infrastructure. They've been avoiding it assiduously.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 11:25 PM (if9yV)

227 SciVo, Polish sausage and sauerkraut was one of our regular meals when I was a child. Yum.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 18, 2026 11:26 PM (0Htd1)

228 He is very happy. can't tell it's the bad cop good cop routine? Pars is the money laundering vehicle for Iran and serves all the Euros. Trump just told them that if they don't get their shit together he will bomb it. Now NATO is saying, hey we might be able to do something with that traffic business.. You guys don't see that ?

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 11:21 PM (GD0B3)

Its trump's way of saying hey nice gas field you got there...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 11:26 PM (snZF9)

229 I knew nothing, nothing , nothing about this, aaaaand , btw, if something happens I will bomb it into oblivion, we have our own gas, don't need it..

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 11:27 PM (GD0B3)

230 Let's be clear, Williams is the GOAT.

Every other Composer is multiple levels below him.

I generally like Zimmer, but his soundscapes are generally akin to an elephant kicking a garbage can full of hornets as loudly as possible.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 18, 2026 11:27 PM (XV/Pl)

231 Also, NURSE (caps so she sees it) if I could ask a quick personal medical question? I just did a B12 shot, but guess I hit a little vein or something because it bled not a lot, but more than a little. It kind of hurts now. Am I going to die? I have never done that before.
Posted by: Piper at

Yah know, everybody injecting themselves with fat drugs and vitamins and the like make me somewhat less ashamed for maybe hitting up a drug or two in my misbegotten youth.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 18, 2026 11:27 PM (sl73Y)

232 I'm indifferent to "Hans Zimmer's" scores -- though "his" score to that silly movie Interstellar was alright.

The most interesting thing about that photo from the video is the provenance of the main part of the synth-wall behind him -- the main part of it was purchased from Tangerine Dream.

Posted by: goozer at March 18, 2026 11:27 PM (BAs8w)

233 Fine. Have it your way.
Posted by: TRex - Afroman did the proofreading at March 18, 2026 10:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

Well, he WAS going to do the proofreading.

But then he got high.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at March 18, 2026 11:28 PM (aKQEb)

234 Its trump's way of saying hey nice gas field you got there...

==

pretty much, and "see what little disruption can do? I ca make it BIG, DON"T MAKE ME !"

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 11:28 PM (GD0B3)

235 Now NATO is saying, hey we might be able to do something with that traffic business.. You guys don't see that ?
Posted by: runner
---

Haven't seen them say anything other than Macaroni's apology. Displeased that Japan hasn't stepped up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 11:29 PM (if9yV)

236 Qatar spent years sucking up to Iran.
Fat lot a good that did ya.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2026 11:31 PM (Li94Y)

237 I gave myself testosterone injections for a couple years. That stuff is thick, like gear oil. Not easy to push.

Posted by: Panic In Needle Park at March 18, 2026 11:31 PM (oftw2)

238 The kid has an ironclad stomach.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Genetics. New stock strengthens the herd.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 11:31 PM (if9yV)

239 Today was a great day. I'll thank myself. Plus I was wearing my Moron Ace of Spades shirt Ben Had gave me. Scotch is flowing.

Posted by: DBCooper at March 18, 2026 11:31 PM (eMh8N)

240 Qatar spent years sucking up to Iran.
Fat lot a good that did ya.

==

no honor among thieves, I tell you...

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 11:32 PM (GD0B3)

241 If oil supply does get tight, it’s kinda funny that even though it’s the US fighting the war, Europe will be the one that gets kicked in the nuts.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2026 11:33 PM (Li94Y)

242
55 People who were around when Sputnick was announced told me it had a very profound effect on the public.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 18, 2026 10:18 PM

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Wh- wh- what- what the--

Posted by: Sputternicks at March 18, 2026 11:33 PM (azNOR)

243 236 Qatar spent years sucking up to Iran.
Fat lot a good that did ya.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2026 11:31 PM (Li94Y)

There is false belief about Islam.

That they will follow the 'strong horse'...

It is not true, they follow the strong leader.

/Points at Trump Picture.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 18, 2026 11:34 PM (mP0Kj)

244 Mom used to make a baked macaroni & cheese with Polish sausage. I still make that once in a great while, just because. Still tastes the same. Good ole’ trailer-trash cuisine right there. Thanks, Mom!

Posted by: Common Tater at March 18, 2026 11:35 PM (rIXF2)

245 97 Holy Crap. I can’t thumb type to save my ass.

OMG! Let's start a GoFundMe to save nurse ratchet's ass! Such a natural treasure must be preserved!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2026 11:36 PM (CHHv1)

246 241 If oil supply does get tight, it’s kinda funny that even though it’s the US fighting the war, Europe will be the one that gets kicked in the nuts.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2026 11:33 PM (Li94Y)

I've said before.... Canada, US, Mexico..... create an energy set of international agreements.... create a Norto Americana sphere... where we develop energy here... and use Tariffs to import or EXPORT any other energy.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 18, 2026 11:37 PM (mP0Kj)

247 242
55 People who were around when Sputnick was announced told me it had a very profound effect on the public.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
----

At the time of Alan Shepherd's launch they stopped school classes and played the launch over the speakers in every room.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 11:38 PM (if9yV)

248 Those fields are more for LNG than for oil or gas/petrol.
LNG matters to Europe.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 11:38 PM (gKWVE)

249 245 97 Holy Crap. I can’t thumb type to save my ass.

OMG! Let's start a GoFundMe to save nurse ratchet's ass! Such a natural treasure must be preserved!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2026 11:36 PM (CHHv1)

Sorry, but internet rules must now be enforced...

Pics... or is aint real... /smile

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 18, 2026 11:39 PM (mP0Kj)

250 One Islamic family's immigration story in the USA. It is easily confused with the classic late 19th century immigration tales of arriving with nothing, working hard, assimilating, and becoming the seed that would flower over the generations, provided you overlook the fraud, theft, sharia law and culture that ended up in the murders of two daughter's husbands and a close friend, an Iranian woman who defied the liberating middle eastern culture. Given the massive fraud in Minnesota, the ROP terrorists attacks, how immigration is working out in England, and the current dust up with Iran it all seems relevant. I take it as learing moment.

It is dense story...keeping the names straight is a chore.
https://is.gd/iG2Y0L

Texas Criminal Court of Appeals Opinion
https://is.gd/tJ5ix4

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 18, 2026 11:39 PM (glnUu)

251 I've said before.... Canada, US, Mexico..... create an energy set of international agreements.... create a Norto Americana sphere... where we develop energy here... and use Tariffs to import or EXPORT any other energy.
Posted by: Romeo13
--

Don't forget Venezuela and other countries producing tangible assets. We're going to have Hemispherical Independence.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 11:41 PM (if9yV)

252 Those fields are more for LNG than for oil or gas/petrol.
LNG matters to Europe.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 11:38 PM (gKWVE)

Part of Iran's export infrastructure, domestic, not so much.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2026 11:42 PM (8zz6B)

253 Hey, there's no isopropyl around here... shall we rub his skin with EverClear instead?
Posted by: JQ
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190 or 151?
There's a bunch of wussy states that prohibit the 190 stuff. Beats the hell out of me as to why.
BTW, 190 is as high as you can get without special precautions. Beside the fact that you can't distill above 190 (95% ethanol, 5% water has a lower boiling point than pure ethanol), the pure stuff is hygroscopic. It'll suck water out of the air to get to the 190 point.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 18, 2026 11:42 PM (qiHcY)

254 Frankly, these hits on Qatar and South Pars look bad.
tinyurl.com/9abwfaer
And that is why Trump and Israel seem to be pointing fingers at one another.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 11:42 PM (gKWVE)

255 Calgon!
Take me awaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2026 11:44 PM (A5RD0)

256 >>>It is dense story...keeping the names straight is a chore.
https://is.gd/iG2Y0L

Texas Criminal Court of Appeals Opinion
https://is.gd/tJ5ix4
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions
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Exactly. Send them all back now and avoid much heartache and trouble on both sides.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 11:44 PM (if9yV)

257 Hey, there's no isopropyl around here... shall we rub his skin with EverClear instead?
Posted by: JQ
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190 or 151?
There's a bunch of wussy states that prohibit the 190 stuff. Beats the hell out of me as to why.
BTW, 190 is as high as you can get without special precautions. Beside the fact that you can't distill above 190 (95% ethanol, 5% water has a lower boiling point than pure ethanol), the pure stuff is hygroscopic. It'll suck water out of the air to get to the 190 point.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 18, 2026 11:42 PM (qiHcY)

I can get 190 in jersey. I use it to make shellac for french polishing. Jersey of all places.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 11:46 PM (snZF9)

258

Frankly, these hits on Qatar and South Pars look bad.
tinyurl.com/9abwfaer
And that is why Trump and Israel seem to be pointing fingers at one another.

==

yeah, go with that

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 11:48 PM (GD0B3)

259 245 97 Holy Crap. I can’t thumb type to save my ass.

OMG! Let's start a GoFundMe to save nurse ratchet's ass! Such a natural treasure must be preserved!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2026 11:36 PM (CHHv1)

It would be a sad day for morons if we relied on GoFundMe to save nurse's ass. We would be forever known as the no chivalry motherfuckers. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 11:48 PM (snZF9)

260 Heh. Misread the album cover as 'Iran Maiden'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2026 11:49 PM (XeU6L)

261 what is wrong with nurse's ass

Posted by: Don Black at March 18, 2026 11:50 PM (ZxPkt)

262 Nothing humorous to add. The NIST standards are real materials that are used by industry, academia, and governmental labs to assure that instruments and testing procedures are working correctly. All of them have a purpose needed in commerce. Each one of the standards has a certification sheet that relates how each standard is to be used. Without them, the numbers quoted by analysts could not be compared and would there would be complete chaos in the "testing world". NIST gets requests for developing specific standards and does extremely elaborate internal testing to assure each standard. I believe the organization started with weights and measures eons ago. In a previous life, I used the X-ray diffraction standards in my work.

Posted by: Myles B at March 18, 2026 11:51 PM (sjqOB)

263 There's "Polish sausage", and then there's real kielbasa. When we lived in the Bay Area, all we could get was Polish sausage. Ehh. When either one of us went back, or when we had family coming to visit, one of the requirements was to throw 5#or so of real Pgh area kielbasa in the luggage.
There is a big difference.
When we moved to OR, we found a German butcher shop in Beaverton that made good kielbasa.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 18, 2026 11:52 PM (qiHcY)

264 yeah, go with that
Posted by: runner

Elon Musk commented on that thread if you scroll down. His business uses methane as rocket fuel.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 11:53 PM (gKWVE)

265 what is wrong with nurse's ass
Posted by: Don Black

Some comments are hanging curve balls.

Some comments are lobbed grenades.

* dives behind sandbag berm *

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2026 11:54 PM (VHUov)

266 261 what is wrong with nurse's ass
Posted by: Don Black at March 18, 2026 11:50 PM (ZxPkt)

I'm possibly more concerned with the part where she's no thumbs

Posted by: SciVo at March 18, 2026 11:55 PM (Sy6m/)

267 what is wrong with nurse's ass
Posted by: Don Black

Some comments are hanging curve balls.

Some comments are lobbed grenades.

* dives behind sandbag berm *

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2026 11:54 PM (VHUov)

I was thinking 35 miles away in a concrete bunker.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 11:55 PM (snZF9)

268 Before: Meal Team Six

Now: Lemon Pound Cake Posse

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:57 PM (sKqQm)

269 good time to get a drink

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 11:57 PM (if9yV)

270 More methane leaks in west texas than Elon will use in his lifetime. He doesn't have to go overseas to find it.

Posted by: DBCooper at March 18, 2026 11:58 PM (eMh8N)

271 Yep, NIST calibration is a big thing in chromatography world. Big Food depends on it to insure consistent flavor.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 18, 2026 11:59 PM (qiHcY)

272 Frankly, these hits on Qatar and South Pars look bad.
tinyurl.com/9abwfaer
And that is why Trump and Israel seem to be pointing fingers at one another.
Posted by: gKWVE

Never heard of this "arnaud bertrand" before, but I suspect he is a famous sinophile antisemite based on the other posts proudly pinned top of his home page.

"We typically mix up "freedom" with personal freedom, that is your right to act on individual desires (what philosophers call "negative liberty"). But we typically forget that this "freedom" is largely meaningless if you concretely don't have the material conditions to exercise it."
- - arnaud bertrand

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 18, 2026 11:59 PM (/lPRQ)

273 Texas Criminal Court of Appeals Opinion
https://is.gd/tJ5ix4
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

"the home Appellant shared with Jacobs, Nasemah, Nadia, Nesreen, and Nada"

I thought I had it rough

Posted by: Miklos sees reason for some gratitude at March 18, 2026 11:59 PM (Al4HM)

274 Gotta say if the cops broke down my front door and stole $4K and I didn't actually have any drugs I'd be a lot more pissed then Afroman seems to be

Posted by: 18-1 at March 19, 2026 12:00 AM (sKqQm)

275 268 Before: Meal Team Six

Now: Lemon Pound Cake Posse
Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:57 PM (sKqQm)

Drop the lemon:

Pound Cake Posse

Now *that's* catchy.

Posted by: SciVo at March 19, 2026 12:05 AM (Sy6m/)

276 I thought I had it rough
Posted by: Miklos
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Heh. Me too.

Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 12:05 AM (rdVOm)

277 I'm too late to the thread to make any sense of what's going on

Posted by: Don Black at March 19, 2026 12:06 AM (ZxPkt)

278 Well everybody is figuring out it’s a real war now, not just a game. It was inevitable that the energy infrastructure was going to become part of it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 19, 2026 12:07 AM (Li94Y)

279 It is dense story...keeping the names straight is a chore.
https://is.gd/iG2Y0L

Texas Criminal Court of Appeals Opinion
https://is.gd/tJ5ix4
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 18, 2026 11:39 PM (glnUu)

So shitmaggot lost his appeal. When does he get the needle?

And Coty Beavers should have hunted Irsan down and whacked him, as a matter of self-defense.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 12:07 AM (8zz6B)

280 I'm too late to the thread to make any sense of what's going on
Posted by: Don Black
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Don't worry about it... Have a drink. Open bar!

Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)

281 Ahem! It's not "foreign Sludge", it's "Sludge Appelation Controlee".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

A lovely selection, Sir.

Subtle earthy undertones.

*Fritz Feld POP!*

Posted by: GeoSommelier Mikleuse at March 19, 2026 12:08 AM (Al4HM)

282 Okay, I have never seen nurse ratchet's ass. Or her thumbs. I'm still pretty sure both are worth preserving. Those who say I am wrong, well, I made my decision without proof. Your turn.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 19, 2026 12:12 AM (CHHv1)

283 Frankly, these hits on Qatar and South Pars look bad.
tinyurl.com/9abwfaer
And that is why Trump and Israel seem to be pointing fingers at one another.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 11:42 PM (gKWVE)

What's really bad is the Iranians didn't have time to fill a building in the target zone full of schoolgirls.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 12:12 AM (8zz6B)

284 11 hours ago
Operation Epic Fury just escalated as the U.S. deploys the A-10 Warthog against Iran, bringing a new level of aerial dominance. With unmatched loitering ability, versatile weapons, and anti-drone precision, the Warthog can strike ground and naval targets while supporting America’s broader strategy. CENTCOM...

youtube.com/watch?v=eDnbenFdyAs

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 12:13 AM (if9yV)

285 "the home Appellant shared with Jacobs, Nasemah, Nadia, Nesreen, and Nada"

I thought I had it rough
Posted by: Miklos

Now that's funny.

Posted by: mikeski s-een what you did there at March 19, 2026 12:14 AM (VHUov)

286 Rutan's ARES low cost fighter was designed around the GAU 25 mm to offset the recoil and avoid sucking spent brass into the turbofan

Of course they only ever built one demonstration model.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 19, 2026 12:14 AM (rbvCR)

287 Avs-Stars going to OT

Posted by: Don Black at March 19, 2026 12:19 AM (ZxPkt)

288 I was going to post about Afroman, but then I got stoned.

Pretty sure the A-10 at minimum airspeed, cannon craters overlap, so it's basically digging a trench. A righteous trench.

Musical interlude:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIpYRjnpGjQ

Posted by: Goy George at March 19, 2026 12:19 AM (ZlJbE)

289 I can get 190 in jersey. I use it to make shellac for french polishing. Jersey of all places.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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Yep. Connecticut and Vermont are the other NE states that allow it. The whole Atlantic coast all the way to SC, along with PA are 151 only.
That's an expensive way to make shellac; you're paying big bucks for the drinking tax. But, the hoops required by the BATF to get an industrial license are probably not worth it.

Almost every frat at school.had their own secret stash of 190, used for spiking punch or whatever. Any ChemE student knew how to get around the BATF inspectors when they ran a batch of ethanol. There were multiple testing taps on the distilling setup, and one inspector. Nobody needs to get into the locked, logged storage room with the multiple 55gal barrels full of the stuff.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 19, 2026 12:23 AM (qiHcY)

290 going to shootout
if the Avs would quit fucking around and shoot the damn puck FFS

Posted by: Don Black at March 19, 2026 12:25 AM (ZxPkt)

291 When we moved to OR, we found a German butcher shop in Beaverton that made good kielbasa.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 18, 2026 11:52 PM (qiHcY)

The German butcher in Metzger?

Posted by: Kindltot at March 19, 2026 12:25 AM (rbvCR)

292 And Dallas wins

Posted by: Don Black at March 19, 2026 12:29 AM (ZxPkt)

293 https://culinarysolvent.com/
Premium, pure 200 Proof Food Grade Ethanol
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They'll ship anywhere.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 19, 2026 12:30 AM (XeU6L)

294 The German butcher in Metzger?
Posted by: Kindltot

If true he'd better be double good

Posted by: Miklos knows what "metzger" means in German at March 19, 2026 12:32 AM (Al4HM)

295 Time to buy a pellet stove.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 19, 2026 12:33 AM (glnUu)

296 woah. Sigma Aldrich charges $157/liter for 190 proof.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 19, 2026 12:33 AM (rbvCR)

297 If true he'd better be double good
Posted by: Miklos knows what "metzger" means in German at March 19, 2026 12:32 AM (Al4HM)

That was always the joke when we went there.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 19, 2026 12:34 AM (rbvCR)

298 WaPo pay wall but I caught enough

Drones over base where Rubio, Hegseth live raise security concerns
Lockdowns at U.S. bases and a global security alert underscore concerns that Iranian retaliation could extend to officials on U.S. soil

March 18, 2026 at 10:35 p.m. EDTToday at 10:35 p.m. EDT

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 12:34 AM (if9yV)

299 Sigma Aldrich charges $157/liter for 190 proof.

Posted by: Kindltot

I can set you up with Bubba and Bubba Jr.

Give it about a week

Posted by: Miklos knows some folks at March 19, 2026 12:35 AM (Al4HM)

300 That was always the joke when we went there.
Posted by: Kindltot

Tell that one right

Don't want to butcher a good joke

Posted by: Miklos, also he has sharp things at March 19, 2026 12:37 AM (Al4HM)

301 I can set you up with Bubba and Bubba Jr.

Give it about a week
Posted by: Miklos knows some folks at March 19, 2026 12:35 AM (Al4HM)

Oh, hell, I can rig my own distilling rig in a weekend. The expensive part is the copper tubing for the worm.
Cheaper to buy Johnny Walker and drink twice as much.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 19, 2026 12:37 AM (rbvCR)

302 Don't mess up a joke in the dairy section; the yolk will be on you.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 19, 2026 12:38 AM (S/Y4j)

303 Dad used to buy Georgia Moon Corn Whiskey and bring it to camp in a couple of old blue mason jars so it looked even more authentic.

He liked Georgia Moon because it was guaranteed to be aged for less than a month in a paraffin lined barrel, which he felt was truly working overtime for the taste and the brand.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 19, 2026 12:41 AM (rbvCR)

304 Elon Musk retweeted
Michael A. Arouet@MichaelAArouet . 12h

There is a popular myth that Poland enjoys its economic miracle because it didn’t accept immigrants.

In reality, it did let them in, but unlike Western Europe, Poland offers no lavish welfare. Most immigrants work, integrate, and contribute to society. That’s the difference.
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[NO, the difference is that they are Ukrainian Christians]

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 12:42 AM (if9yV)

305 Don't mess up a joke in the dairy section; the yolk will be on you.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

End up with egg on your face

Posted by: Miklos is about to be semi-vegetative at March 19, 2026 12:45 AM (Al4HM)

306
See 293

USDA Certified Organic 200 Proof Food Grade Ethanol
239 reviews
Regular price Sale price $49.50 qt.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 19, 2026 12:46 AM (XeU6L)

307 In reality, it did let them in, but unlike Western Europe, Poland offers no lavish welfare. Most immigrants work, integrate, and contribute to society. That’s the difference.
--

[NO, the difference is that they are Ukrainian Christians]

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 12:42 AM (if9yV)

Well, Christian immigrants do tend to work, integrate, and contribute to society.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 12:46 AM (8zz6B)

308 USDA Certified Organic 200 Proof Food Grade Ethanol
239 reviews
Regular price Sale price $49.50 qt.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,

Certified?

For that it oughtta be Prime or Choice

Posted by: Miklos wants Valu for money at March 19, 2026 12:49 AM (Al4HM)

309 USDA Certified Organic 200 Proof Food Grade Ethanol
239 reviews
Regular price Sale price $49.50 qt.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 19, 2026 12:46 AM (XeU6L)

Heh. They make a big to-do about their product's purity, but with that level of purification, it would not matter if their source sugars came from certified organic Maine cranberries, or Hostess Twinkies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 12:51 AM (8zz6B)

310 @zerohedge
3h
Australia Has One Month Before Energy Crisis And Fuel Rationing
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That's what you get when you suck China's tit.
Japan has eight months.
Too bad Japan hasn't stepped up to defend in the Persian Gulf.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2026 12:52 AM (if9yV)

311 At some point, if the Iranian regime is truly in free-fall towards termination - the only result that is not just kicking the can, although it's a very robust kick to be sure - they'll almost certainly go after the softest/most valuable targets, energy infrastructure. Of course. The obvious Samson move.

The implication that somehow this conflict can be kept within artificial bounds, where certain things are off-limits, is delusional, and dangerous.

Trump's second post on the Pars gas field thing, while characteristically a bit odd, is at least much better than the one earlier today. In that he said the Israeli strike *was* known/OK to the US (a separate head-scratcher here), but the concerning bit was where he said he thought Iran had gotten the "message" - and that more such attacks would follow if they didn't behave. I felt transported to the late 60s (minus the gas prices).

Posted by: rhomboid at March 19, 2026 12:55 AM (U/Byj)

312 Okay, I'm watching the Pound Cake video now, and you have to see this. Piper! In addition to the home security footage, he also uses footage from different live shows, and the man has a CHALICE that matches his SHIRT. Either different chalices for different shirts, or he has wraps for it or something, I don't know. Either way, the man is a FASHION PLATE and deserves credit for it! (no homo)

Posted by: SciVo at March 19, 2026 12:56 AM (Sy6m/)

313 Afroman - Lemon Pound Cake
https://youtu.be/9xxK5yyecRo

Posted by: SciVo at March 19, 2026 12:56 AM (Sy6m/)

314 The German butcher in Metzger?
Posted by: Kindltot
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No, this guy was on Cedar Hills just above the Shopping Center. Probably folded early 90s.
We did get meat from Metzger later, it was good.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 19, 2026 12:58 AM (qiHcY)

315 Afroman's shirt design givin' me Da Munchies! LOL

Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)

316 In reality, it did let them in, but unlike Western Europe, Poland offers no lavish welfare. Most immigrants work, integrate, and contribute to society. That’s the difference.
--
[NO, the difference is that they are Ukrainian Christians]
Posted by: Braenyard

Well, Christian immigrants do tend to work, integrate, and contribute to society.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Also, Ukrainian Christians integrating into Poland? How much effort is that? They have to learn 1/3 of a spoken language, and a new alphabet?

Posted by: mikeski at March 19, 2026 01:07 AM (VHUov)

317 Afroman - Lemon Pound Cake
https://youtu.be/9xxK5yyecRo
Posted by: SciVo at March 19, 2026 12:56 AM (Sy6m/)

Heh, that was real fun. But I think the tune comes from some '50's or '60's pop song.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 01:07 AM (8zz6B)

318 Afroman - Lemon Pound Cake
https://youtu.be/9xxK5yyecRo
Posted by: SciVo

This is to the tune of the Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk"

Posted by: Musically minded Miklos at March 19, 2026 01:08 AM (Al4HM)

319 Australia Has One Month Before Energy Crisis And Fuel Rationing
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Headed to the world of Mad Max

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 19, 2026 01:10 AM (/lPRQ)

320 Let it burn.

We don't need to be engaged in regime change, or controlling the flow of commerce as long as we have our own resources.

Let the EU and NATO and the UN and our middle eastern partners handle their own shit.

The goal, the endgame here, was the threat of nuclear and ballistic missiles, and a threat to our security.

Pull back. Resupply. Let it play out. If we're targeted, reengage.

Chances are we won't do that because we are being handsomely paid.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 19, 2026 01:11 AM (M9gjJ)

321 One more day. One more day. One more day!

Aaaaaaggggghhhhhh.

I need to sleep, but am so *wound up*. Can't wait to ditch the freeloader!

Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 01:11 AM (rdVOm)

322
This is to the tune of the Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk"
Posted by: Musically minded Miklos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPEqRMVnZNU

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 19, 2026 01:13 AM (XeU6L)

323 >>Let the EU and NATO and the UN and our middle eastern partners handle their own shit.
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If only!

Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2026 01:13 AM (rdVOm)

324 Slides into the bar before last call, I'll have a double JQ.

Nice ONT, TRex, I do get a kick out of the people of Pittsburgh, nice shenanigans on a Wednesday night.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 19, 2026 01:14 AM (0nHVk)

325 This is to the tune of the Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk"
Posted by: Musically minded Miklos at March 19, 2026 01:08 AM (Al4HM)

That's it!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2026 01:15 AM (8zz6B)

326 I actually saw the Original Drifters a few times in my very youthful days

Posted by: Miklos from the State of the Shag at March 19, 2026 01:15 AM (Al4HM)

327 OMG! Let's start a GoFundMe to save nurse ratchet's ass! Such a natural treasure must be preserved!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2026 11:36 PM (CHHv1)
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I'll mail in a cheek.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2026 01:16 AM (RkR9o)

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