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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - April 16,2026 [scampydog]
This 1972 DeTomaso Pantera was delivered new to the Aeronutronic division of Ford Aerospace for use as a pool vehicle before being registered to a private owner in Ventura, California, in July 1974. Chassis THPNMD04013 subsequently spent 18 years on display at the Yankee Candle Car Museum in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, prior to being offered on BaT in October 2018 and was subsequently repainted in its factory yellow finish that same year. The car was acquired by the current owner—President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motor Company Jim Farley—on BaT in June 2024.
The frieze depicts the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine: the bacchantes (also known as maenads) are portrayed as dancers, but also as ferocious hunters with slaughtered kid goats on their shoulders or holding a sword and the innards of an animal; young satyrs with pointed ears play the double flute, while another performs a sacrifice of wine (libation) in acrobatic style, squirting wine behind him from a drinking horn into a patera (shallow bowl). At the centre of the composition, there is a woman with an old Silenus who holds a torch, indicating that she is an initiate, a mortal woman who, through a nocturnal ritual, is about to be initiated into the mysteries of Dionysus, the god who dies and is reborn and who promises the same destiny to his followers.
Behold! The Screaming Mummy. The original Karen. She is outraged by the linen and hieroglyphs...she just cannot. The Pharaoh is sleeping in the ante-chamber.
Seven of the 10 visceral organs listed in Aufderheide’s visceral index were identified in CT images of mummy CIT8. In torso CT images, the heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, and intestine were observed as desiccated, relatively hyperdense structures in their approximate anatomical positions. Locks of natural hair were observed on the side of the head, yielding a total visceral index of 70% suggesting good visceral preservation.Noticeably absent from the mummy were silicone and Hyaluronic acid (fillers - for those of us learning on the fly). Noticeably present were hair extensions!
These karaoke bros have entirely too much time on their hands...I'm a bit jealous...Choreography is hilarious.
More Irreverent Content. But Make it a Banana.
“Sometimes I wish banana clips were still a thing; they got me through the eighties with big hair and zero patience.” “Not all girls could wear the banana clip. It was kind of an exclusive club of hair types.”
Banana seat bikes. Murray, AMF, HUFFY, Schwinn Sting Ray, and more!
Not a wine drinker but do love the clever wine bottle storage ideas. Any woodworkers/creative types here that have made a cool one?
This handmade wine rack from reclaimed pallets showcases your bottles with rustic charm while keeping everything neatly arranged in one place.
Iron Maiden has finally made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The RRHoF has a well deserved credibility issue and referring to it as the The Not Very RRHoF is not out of line. They got it right with Maiden induction.
Maiden is really one of the most influential metal bands of all time, and this should have happened long ago. But, the RRHOF does not really like metal bands.***
Where is Motorhead, Dio, Saxon (many do not remember how influential they were), Testament, Death (really, one of the most influential and early Death metal bands), Eodus, Pantera, Megadeth, Slayer, and so many more. Judas Priest is in under the “Musical Excellence Award” rather than as a main performer, which is absurd. One of the OGs and super influential.
Billy Idol
Iron Maiden
Joy Division/New Order
Oasis
Sade
Luther Vandross
Wu-Tang Clan
ONT Random Thoughts and Questions Fire away in the comments. - The U.S. turns 250 this year. If you’re 50 or older, you’ve been around for at least 20% of the country’s lifespan. Twenty-five-year-olds… congrats, you’re 10-percenters. - Anton Chigurh is an all-time movie villain. Same with the AoSHQ favorite, Hans Gruber. For underrated movie villains, I’ll nominate Howard Payne (Speed). What say you? - Tablets and QR codes at restaurants are a soulless blight on the restaurant experience. Just take my order. I don’t need a narrated scroll, a screen hunt, and a read-back. Sometimes tech makes things worse - this is one of those times. - Never has knowledge been more accessible—we all carry pocket computers. And yet, people know nothing. - Is being informed exhausting? And what’s actually worth debating? - Are we arguing over facts, or just the details? - Where on your importance scale does the ability to change your mind rank in terms of happiness / a good life? - Right through the webbing. Baseball's unfortunate equipment failure. There's something satisfying about restringing and repairing a glove. Whether an emergency - need the glove right now / tomorrow or a full on project. Removing the cracked, worn out laces. Threading fresh leather through seasons of a well formed pocket and stress points. Restoration work with a bit of respect built in. It's not a new glove when you're done - and that's the point.
Tactical response weiner 😂 pic.twitter.com/RsSYXPgIUR
— Patton (@GeneralPatton83) April 1, 2026
Ye Olde Fake Being Gay Scam to gain asylum in the UK. Usual suspects. Suck it, Boasberg. Highest college athlete NIL deals. *** A trio of life choices.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: nurse ratched at April 16, 2026 10:00 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 16, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 16, 2026 10:01 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 10:02 PM (41CYW)
That is one scary looking she-mummy, I'm tellin' you what.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 16, 2026 10:03 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2026 10:04 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Doof at April 16, 2026 10:04 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Doof
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It was the treats and ear scritches, Disco.
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 10:05 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 16, 2026 10:05 PM (S/Y4j)
“Not all girls could wear the banana clip. It was kind of an exclusive club of hair types.”
Heh! I'm so old that I remember that some of the gals hid transistor radios within their beehive hairdos.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 16, 2026 10:06 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: Doof at April 16, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)
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Rolling Stone published a list of the 50 greatest rock bands.
ZZ Top was not on the list.
The list is therefore invalid.
Posted by: Don Black at April 16, 2026 10:06 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:06 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 16, 2026 10:07 PM (w3u3d)
An engineer who can't change his mind when is wrong is called "unemployed."
Posted by: mikeski at April 16, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at April 16, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 16, 2026 10:08 PM (cS3Fw)
Posted by: huerfano at April 16, 2026 10:09 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 16, 2026 10:09 PM (nbLIj)
NASA just posted this IR camera view of the entire Artemis II launch and ascent. That's some impressive resolution and tracking there:
https://is.gd/edqc6L
SRB separation occurs around 4:20 in, and then the escape tower and adapter panel jettison is clearly visible at around 6:30 in.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 16, 2026 10:09 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 16, 2026 10:10 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 16, 2026 10:10 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 16, 2026 10:10 PM (Fbc0I)
Banana clips. I had those for my big old 80s high school hair.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 16, 2026 10:08 PM (cS3Fw)
___________
I confess I had a thing for big hair.
*blushes*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:10 PM (tgvbd)
You can buy the whole pizza for $10.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 16, 2026 10:10 PM (Riz8t)
Turns out that she swallowed a fly, and things just kind of escalated from there.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 16, 2026 10:11 PM (Aqg7j)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 16, 2026 10:11 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 10:11 PM (faK3k)
That was the exact lunch I had today!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 16, 2026 10:12 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 16, 2026 10:03 PM (w6EFb)
I'm guessing she was not a volunteer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 16, 2026 10:13 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: man at April 16, 2026 10:13 PM (XuXeR)
Not a fan of the bread
Posted by: Oh noes! at April 16, 2026 10:14 PM (+abK1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 16, 2026 10:14 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: buddhaha at April 16, 2026 10:14 PM (i3DU8)
Posted by: Joemarine at April 16, 2026 10:15 PM (y171U)
*blushes*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:10 PM (tgvbd)
I was envious of the hair metal guys. They had prettier hair than me.
*sobs*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 16, 2026 10:15 PM (cS3Fw)
Posted by: man at April 16, 2026 10:15 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 16, 2026 10:11 PM (Aqg7j)
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Is the horse OK?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 16, 2026 10:15 PM (gnNyN)
Thanks for the ONT!!
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 16, 2026 10:15 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: mikeski at April 16, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 16, 2026 10:15 PM (BI5O2)
I saw that. Damned kids don't know nuttin'. She got upset at the looks she got.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 16, 2026 10:16 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Iris at April 16, 2026 10:16 PM (bOJ2I)
*sobs*"
David Coverdale waves...
Posted by: man at April 16, 2026 10:17 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 16, 2026 10:17 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: Joyenz at April 16, 2026 10:17 PM (2F0/Y)
That is one scary looking she-mummy, I'm tellin' you what.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
_________
She wants to see the manager about that Ea-nāṣir bastard.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:17 PM (tgvbd)
Thanks for the ONT!!
Posted by: LRob
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That's pretty awesome, LRob. Kind of blown away about the percentages we all are - and how fast it goes.
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 10:18 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 16, 2026 10:18 PM (gLYp7)
None of them should be in the R&RHoF. It's like saying that Old Town Road is a country song (it's not).
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 16, 2026 10:18 PM (+z7ta)
Alan Arkin in Wait Until Dark.
Bruce Dern in The Cowboys.
Bruce Dern in Black Thursday.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:19 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 10:19 PM (41CYW)
That screaming mummy would make the toughest, meanest, badass Klingon shit his pants and run.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 16, 2026 10:20 PM (w6EFb)
That mummy is pretty scary. Reminds me of "Esther" at Mesa Verde...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 16, 2026 10:20 PM (vrNzf)
Howard Carter says "I didn't see a thing"
Posted by: man at April 16, 2026 10:21 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: The Nose Knows at April 16, 2026 10:21 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: buddhaha
I saw that. Damned kids don't know nuttin'. She got upset at the looks she got.
Posted by: publius
C'mon, she's old enough to know him. He put out nine of his albums in her lifetime. Last one in 2003, and she was born in 1988.
Therefore, she does not need to get off my lawn, but should bring a beach blanket and a bikini.
Posted by: mikeski at April 16, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at April 16, 2026 10:21 PM (xaNfJ)
Posted by: man at April 16, 2026 10:22 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 16, 2026 10:22 PM (bss/y)
Sade
Luther Vandross
Wu-Tang Clan
No R&R. The R&R HoF is a joke.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 16, 2026 10:18 PM (gLYp7)
Oasis I wouldn't exactly count as "rock and roll" either. But yeah, it's a bad joke. Maiden should've been inducted ages ago.
Posted by: yes, that Bruce Dickinson at April 16, 2026 10:22 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 16, 2026 10:23 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: man at April 16, 2026 10:23 PM (XuXeR)
If you saw the film you'd understand why it was so impressionable.
Posted by: Orson at April 16, 2026 10:23 PM (dIske)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 16, 2026 10:23 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Rock on, cowboy from hell at April 16, 2026 10:24 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Mayor Pete at April 16, 2026 10:25 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Don Black at April 16, 2026 10:25 PM (ZxPkt)
The Prairie Moons
I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart
https://youtu.be/DqWWayImQeI
Every time I hear this I wish for a black light poster of cattle brands. This song was originally recorded in 1934 by Pasty Montana. The Prairie Moons' cover crushes that.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 16, 2026 10:25 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:26 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 16, 2026 10:27 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 10:27 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:28 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: man at April 16, 2026 10:28 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Hah!
But seriously: "empty orchestra." Not "empty head."
kara - empty. same as in "karate," "empty hand."
oke - the start of the word "orchestra," transliterated into Japanese.
The Japanese like making four-kanji and (in this case) four-mora words out of longer compound words.
And that makes the Japanese pronunciation "kah-rah-owe-keh," not "kay-ree-owe-key."
Posted by: mikeski at April 16, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 16, 2026 10:30 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 16, 2026 10:15 PM (gnNyN)
The good news is that the glue factory received some unexpected raw materials.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 16, 2026 10:30 PM (Aqg7j)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 16, 2026 10:30 PM (0Htd1)
Must be shoulder or higher... with chrome sissy bar
Posted by: man at April 16, 2026 10:30 PM (XuXeR)
Lionel Atwill could portray an epic villain, Professor Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes movies, mad scientist in others.
Posted by: Old School Needs New Roof at April 16, 2026 10:31 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 16, 2026 10:31 PM (V4IXI)
*sobs*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Beserker has entered the chat. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Bulg
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Cool! Congrats. Pretty decent gig - my daughter did some ACT tutoring prep while in college. Foreign students, mostly. Good luck!
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 10:31 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: man at April 16, 2026 10:32 PM (XuXeR)
Sure, Trump was the principle target, and one could try to pass this off as 'politics' but as Chief SCROTUS assures us, there are no politics in the Courts, which is why this POS should be crushed under ever increasing weights for the remainder of his life. May it be long and in agony.
If nothing else, formally charge the nazgul of leading a conspiracy which end effect was rummaging through a totally innocent immigrant and naturalized citizens underwear drawers for shits and giggles. Not as bad as being a pig fucker but make him deny the clear line he helped execute.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 16, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)
Alan Arkin in Wait Until Dark.
Bruce Dern in The Cowboys.
Bruce Dern in Black Thursday.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:19 PM (ndZc7)
Robin Williams. IYKYK...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 16, 2026 10:32 PM (nbLIj)
Lionel Atwill could portray an epic villain, Professor Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes movies, mad scientist in others.
Posted by: Old School Needs New Roof at April 16, 2026 10:31 PM (oftw2)
The remake of Kiss of Death was actually pretty good. AOS favorite actor , Nic Cage played the villain.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 16, 2026 10:33 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 10:33 PM (41CYW)
"I'm a black man in America calling for the reparations of black people!"
Johnson then asserted the restaurant industry is tied to slavery.
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Make it repatriation of black people and we'll talk.
Also, I don't like those pushed tips either but I wouldn't call it slavery.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:34 PM (ndZc7)
Or perhaps something like this?
https://is.gd/5O27BU
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 16, 2026 10:34 PM (w6EFb)
There was an Alfred Hitchcock Presents tv episode with Bruce Dern. He is frighteningly good at playing a bad guy. Alfred Hitchcock Presents had some great episodes. There is nothing as good on modern television.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 16, 2026 10:34 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Wind Beneath My Wings at April 16, 2026 10:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 10:35 PM (faK3k)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 16, 2026 10:23 PM (7D3Aa)
"- Anton Chigurh is an all-time movie villain."
Looks like scampy beat you to that one.
*pulls out coin
Call it.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 16, 2026 10:35 PM (Aqg7j)
Alan Arkin in Wait Until Dark.
Bruce Dern in The Cowboys.
Bruce Dern in Black Thursday.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:19 PM (ndZc7)
Robin Williams. IYKYK...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 16, 2026 10:32 PM (nbLIj)
He's been a villain in a couple of movies. Are you thinking the far north one or the picture one?
Posted by: Guy was very talented at April 16, 2026 10:36 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 16, 2026 10:36 PM (xHKWa)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
If you had it still BIB it would be worth $250+ easily.
It's a WAG, but I once wandered across a collectors page and apparently I had some rare ones that got destroyed.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 16, 2026 10:36 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Yyrog the Necromancer at April 16, 2026 10:36 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Don Black at April 16, 2026 10:37 PM (ZxPkt)
*pours one out for Dimebag*
Posted by: Rock on, cowboy from hell at April 16, 2026 10:24 PM (TbWk/)
Don’t forget Vinnie.
(Been to both their graves in Arlington, TX)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 16, 2026 10:37 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 10:37 PM (faK3k)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 16, 2026 10:37 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 16, 2026 10:32 PM (nbLIj)
He's been a villain in a couple of movies. Are you thinking the far north one or the picture one?
Posted by: Guy was very talented at April 16, 2026 10:36 PM (TbWk/)
I assumed he was referring to Popeye.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 16, 2026 10:37 PM (Aqg7j)
Posted by: Montresor at April 16, 2026 10:37 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Don Black at April 16, 2026 10:25 PM (ZxPkt)
The Wall of Death to “Sweetest Taboo”.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 16, 2026 10:38 PM (hJH5n)
*sobs*"
Senmut might have better hair than me, at that.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 16, 2026 10:38 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 16, 2026 10:37 PM (Aqg7j)
A fucking musical!
PASS
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 16, 2026 10:38 PM (hJH5n)
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That was a great scene and Widmark played it to the max.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:39 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 16, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 16, 2026 10:32 PM (nbLIj)
He's been a villain in a couple of movies. Are you thinking the far north one or the picture one?
Posted by: Guy was very talented at April 16, 2026 10:36 PM (TbWk/)
I assumed he was referring to Popeye.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 16, 2026 10:37 PM (Aqg7j)
Popeye was the hero, Bluto was the villain.
Posted by: Very weird movie it was at April 16, 2026 10:39 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Methos at April 16, 2026 10:39 PM (vSvIl)
I had a 5speed (twist handle to shift!) bicycle... Pink-to-purple metallic paint, sparkly purple banana seat and chrome sissy bar. Hi-rise handlebars & handbrakes, oh yeah!
Thanks,
Posted by: JQ at April 16, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ah Cain't Reed Gud Now at April 16, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 16, 2026 10:40 PM (V4IXI)
This is intentional.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 10:40 PM (faK3k)
Posted by: Don Black at April 16, 2026 10:37 PM (ZxPkt)
Andrew Robinson was also great as Garak in DS9. But Dirty Harry is a favorite.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 16, 2026 10:40 PM (cS3Fw)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 16, 2026 10:40 PM (xHKWa)
Posted by: Paolo at April 16, 2026 10:41 PM (gKWVE)
It does have it's advantages, though. The amount of useless stuff I carry around in my head clutters the mind at times.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 16, 2026 10:41 PM (QaH55)
Patsy Montana 1934
https://youtu.be/rAYwYscqXJQ?
Suzy Bogguss (1990s ?)
https://youtu.be/KhTp713heic
The Petersen Band (2017)
https://youtu.be/jk58CUE7-B0
The Prairie Moons (2026)
https://youtu.be/DqWWayImQeI
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 16, 2026 10:41 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: davidt at April 16, 2026 10:41 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2026 10:42 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 16, 2026 10:42 PM (xHKWa)
Turns out that she swallowed a fly, and things just kind of escalated from there.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 16, 2026 10:11 PM (Aqg7j)
Then stepped on by a shoe-fly, run over by a horsefly, the the housefly dropped onto her?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 16, 2026 10:42 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Still Ride 50 Miles A Week at April 16, 2026 10:42 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Don Black
Foam Party
Posted by: Marco at April 16, 2026 10:42 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 10:43 PM (faK3k)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 16, 2026 10:37 PM (CHHv1)
Good call.
Heineken?! Fuck that shit. PABST! BLUE! RIBBON!
Posted by: Candy coated clown they call the sandman at April 16, 2026 10:43 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Eyyy... so wasted... that woman suuuucks...
Posted by: Superfly! at April 16, 2026 10:44 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 16, 2026 10:44 PM (V4IXI)
So, had a FWP today. I have been going through the process of getting dental implants on 2 of my teeth - one in front and one in the back. It has been over 6 months since this all started, and today was "New Teeth" day - all of the steps had been completed, and the implants were ready at the office.
I was SO excited! Got to the office, had the bottom one installed, the dentist took out the one for my front tooth....
....and there was something wrong with it.
It has to be sent back and a new one made.
Y'all - I haven't cried once about my cancer diagnosis, but I was >>>this close
Just wanted to vent.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 16, 2026 10:44 PM (SRRAx)
I saw that. Damned kids don't know nuttin'. She got upset at the looks she got.
Posted by: publius,
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My wife didn't recognize the name either. I pulled up Never Too Much on my tablet and she said, "Oh, I know that. That's who did it?"
It's understandable. I know this admission is gonna cost me DEI points, but she's not black. She's second generation, and probably shares some genetic material with Melania.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 16, 2026 10:44 PM (i3DU8)
Never got a name but the lunatic killer from Dirty Harry, played perfectly by Andrew Robinson. IMdB just lists the characters name as 'Killer'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 16, 2026 10:44 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 16, 2026 10:40 PM (V4IXI)
Insomnia and One Hour Photo were the two I had in mind. Al Pacino was the cop pursuing him in the former...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 16, 2026 10:45 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 16, 2026 10:46 PM (xHKWa)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 16, 2026 10:46 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 10:46 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 16, 2026 10:40 PM (xHKW
Not many people can pull off a five head but she's one of them.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 16, 2026 10:46 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Old School Needs New Roof at April 16, 2026 10:31 PM (oftw2)
I remember that Widmark movie. A shocking scene for the time.
And Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear was a terrifying villain.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 16, 2026 10:46 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 16, 2026 10:45 PM (nbLIj)
He was great in both but One Hour Photo was by far the better film IMHO.
Posted by: Snapshot. A hunting term. at April 16, 2026 10:46 PM (TbWk/)
https://is.gd/5O27BU
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr.
What the hell is that vent?
Posted by: From about That Time at April 16, 2026 10:47 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 16, 2026 10:47 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 16, 2026 10:47 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 10:47 PM (faK3k)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 16, 2026 10:47 PM (CHHv1)
Brandon Johnson today on his administration's transparency regarding his Reparations Task Force:
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As long as we're allowed to talk about stupid Dem leaders, I can't fathom the proposed NYC pied-a-terre tax.
You TAX someone for NOT using city services. I mean, they don't use the fire department because you're not there being set aflame in the subway, you don't use the police department because you're not there being shot on the street, you don't use the garbage collection because you're not there throwing anything away, you're not walking on the sidewalks or strolling in the park or visiting the library or museum...
Then, how does the city determine pied-a-terre status? Do you self-report the amount of time you spend in your apartment? (Hallllooooo, Quality Learing Center folks!) Is there a specific amount of time you have to spend at your residence -- total, consecutive?
I thought this was wildly imaginative silliness, but I found out the concept has been around for a while.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 16, 2026 10:47 PM (n7rxJ)
It's understandable. I know this admission is gonna cost me DEI points, but she's not black. She's second generation, and probably shares some genetic material with Melania.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 16, 2026 10:44 PM (i3DU
Next you'll tell me she's from Scarsdale. Say no more!
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 16, 2026 10:48 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Black Flag at April 16, 2026 10:48 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 16, 2026 10:48 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 16, 2026 10:48 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 16, 2026 10:48 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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Same sentiment, but quite a difference...
Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy
Posted by: buddhaha at April 16, 2026 10:48 PM (i3DU8)
Posted by: I'll never let you go! *shove* at April 16, 2026 10:49 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 16, 2026 10:49 PM (2WIwB)
I jealously protect/uphold my sense of direction and belligerently refuse to use GPS. I use Apple Maps like I previously used a road atlas. I refuse to listen to some electronic whore tell me how to navigate. And once I've driven there once, I don't need to look next time... it's locked in. Freaks out my younger co-workers.
Seriously, if there was an EMP event that wiped out all smartphones, how many people could actually fucking get anywhere ?!?
(apologies if the interrobang was over-the-top...)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 16, 2026 10:49 PM (kOluj)
https://is.gd/5O27BU
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr.
What the hell is that vent?
Posted by: From about That Time
Pressure relief when you close the meat locker door in the background.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 16, 2026 10:49 PM (/lPRQ)
How long must you wait for the re-made tooth?
Posted by: JQ at April 16, 2026 10:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 16, 2026 10:44 PM (SRRAx)
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Soooo frustrating. Sorry you had that kind of day.
But we luvs ya! Hug hug hug!!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 16, 2026 10:50 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Dr. Wellington Yueh at April 16, 2026 10:50 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 16, 2026 10:50 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 16, 2026 10:50 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Big Mike at April 16, 2026 10:51 PM (41CYW)
In The Line Of Fire.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 16, 2026 10:51 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 16, 2026 10:51 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: davidt at April 16, 2026 10:51 PM (Q+gd/)
Seriously, if there was an EMP event that wiped out all smartphones, how many people could actually fucking get anywhere ?!?
(apologies if the interrobang was over-the-top...)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 16, 2026 10:49 PM (kOluj)
I’m the same way. In San Antonio I’ve known people who are freaked out at my never using a phone for navigation there. “I’ve lived in San Antonio most of my life. I know where most everything is!”
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 16, 2026 10:52 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Adriane the Type, Think Twice, Hit Refresh Button Critic . . . at April 16, 2026 10:52 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 16, 2026 10:42 PM (S/Y4j)
Andre Delambre came seeking revenge.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 16, 2026 10:52 PM (Aqg7j)
Only in a city named Morehead would the police arrive in a weiner.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
With ketchup on it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 16, 2026 10:52 PM (Cqx++)
https://youtu.be/7J2Zz9foE9Q
Arrrrre ya hankin?
(Yup yup)
Forrrr some bacon?
(Yup yup)
Posted by: pookysgirl loved the original Lion King at April 16, 2026 10:52 PM (Wt5PA)
Watched The Mummy yesterday
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 16, 2026 10:52 PM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: Joe Kidd
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Nope. Literally a Coal Miners (step) Daughter. Although she did live in NYC for awhile.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 16, 2026 10:53 PM (i3DU8)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 16, 2026 10:54 PM (Aqg7j)
Barker nods to the nickname "Pinhead" and reveals that the demon really, really dislikes it.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 16, 2026 10:54 PM (gKWVE)
https://youtu.be/7J2Zz9foE9Q
Arrrrre ya hankin?
(Yup yup)
Forrrr some bacon?
(Yup yup)
Posted by: pookysgirl loved the original Lion King at April 16, 2026 10:52 PM (Wt5PA)
He's a big pig!
(Yup yup)
You can be a big pig too! paahoyyyyeee!
Posted by: AYAAAAA BAWEMBAAAA at April 16, 2026 10:54 PM (TbWk/)
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Widmark is one of my favorites, he was good and he worked all his life. He was a nut burger in old Cagney/Robinson gangster movies several in between then Bam there he is in against all odds.
He worked as long as they made real movies.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 10:55 PM (faK3k)
Posted by: From about That Time at April 16, 2026 10:55 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Orson at April 16, 2026 10:55 PM (dIske)
(Yes, I understand he has a medical condition. He's used that himself though.)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 16, 2026 10:55 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: davidt at April 16, 2026 10:56 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 16, 2026 10:56 PM (Aqg7j)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 16, 2026 10:56 PM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 16, 2026 10:56 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Orson at April 16, 2026 10:55 PM (dIske)
TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU STUPID FUCKING BASTARD!!!
Posted by: Hey Paul! at April 16, 2026 10:56 PM (TbWk/)
Tres cool.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 16, 2026 10:57 PM (qFwJc)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XTFtzUaNN7c
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 16, 2026 10:57 PM (E0Kkk)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 16, 2026 10:57 PM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 16, 2026 10:58 PM (2WIwB)
Who had the banana seat?
I had a bike similar to #8 at the link, but it was a 3 speed. Heavy crappy bike, but it did look cool.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 16, 2026 10:58 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 16, 2026 10:58 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: davidt
Gary Oldman was a spectacular bad guy in The Professional.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 16, 2026 10:59 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Iris at April 16, 2026 10:59 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 16, 2026 10:59 PM (A9n1A)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 16, 2026 10:59 PM (V4IXI)
Uncle Billy in "It's a Wonderful Life."
Fucker has one job to do: deposit $5,000 in cash at the Potter Bank.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 16, 2026 10:59 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 16, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper at April 16, 2026 11:00 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: gKWVE floats down here at April 16, 2026 11:00 PM (gKWVE)
Alan Arkin in Wait Until Dark.
Bruce Dern in The Cowboys.
Bruce Dern in Black Thursday.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!
.......
Ken in Barbie
Posted by: wth at April 16, 2026 11:00 PM (BT3km)
("Cabal" is excruciating.)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 16, 2026 11:00 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at April 16, 2026 11:00 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 16, 2026 11:01 PM (RIvkX)
"All I know is, this Lo Pan character comes out of thin air in the middle of a goddamn alley while his buddies are flying around on wires cutting everybody to shreds, and he just stands there waiting for me to drive my truck straight through him with *light* coming out of his mouth!"
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 16, 2026 11:01 PM (Fbc0I)
The upgrades this time were the fresh roasted and peeled green chiles, jalapenos, tomatoes. The usual suspects included some lean hamburger, cilantro, onion, red bell, pinto beans, pepper, salt, cumin, smoked paprika, minced garlic, and the always important fresh squeezed lime.
It is most tasty and the house hours later still smells lovely.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 16, 2026 11:01 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Heroq at April 16, 2026 11:01 PM (b4qzS)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 16, 2026 10:44 PM (V4IXI)
I don't know if there was ever a better bike.
When I got too old for a stingray, I got a yellow Schwinn 10 speed, I think it was a varsity. My brother had a better one- continental maybe. They were light weight and seemed fancy, but they really weren't nearly as fun as the no-speed Stingrays.
Posted by: LASue at April 16, 2026 11:02 PM (QBhXE)
Finally. In my dream, I remembered my wife’s first name. Except, her first name in the dream wasn’t the same as her first name in real life.
Weird.
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 11:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Piper at April 16, 2026 11:02 PM (Wmg4n)
daughter to her high school prom..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 16, 2026 11:02 PM (nbLIj)
Uncle Billy in "It's a Wonderful Life."
Fucker has one job to do: deposit $5,000 in cash at the Potter Bank.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 16, 2026 10:59 PM (qFwJc)
***
Not so much a villain but a dumbass. He's why you don't hire family.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 16, 2026 11:02 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: gKWVE floats down here at April 16, 2026 11:00 PM (gKWVE)
Tim Curry was a bad guy in an episode of Cromulent Minds. He was so excellent that you kind of sympathized with him just a wee bit. Outstanding actor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 16, 2026 11:03 PM (3xR9y)
Posted by: Piper
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'Evening, Piper. Doof seems fine - we have been chatting on the back channel off / on for a few days.
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 11:03 PM (41CYW)
Hubby says he will just retire in that case and is obviously putting a brave face to hide nervousness about it all.
I am also faking calm while being a mass of anxiety.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 16, 2026 11:03 PM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 16, 2026 11:03 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Heroq at April 16, 2026 11:01 PM (b4qz
It pisses off the Left so I'm excited about it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 16, 2026 11:03 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: davidt at April 16, 2026 11:04 PM (Q+gd/)
Nurse Ratched
Doctor Sapirstein
Whoa -- am I starting a pattern? Hmm, according to google there are quite a few movies in which medical professionals are the villain, but I haven't seen them all so I can't say. The Human Centipede doctor is probably rather awful.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 16, 2026 11:04 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Heroq at April 16, 2026 11:04 PM (b4qzS)
Alan Arkin in Wait Until Dark.
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Good job. Hard to imagine Alan (the Russians are Coming) Arkin being a vicious killer.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 11:04 PM (faK3k)
Posted by: gKWVE floats down here at April 16, 2026 11:00 PM (gKWVE)
Oh, that miniseries was nightmare fuel. Clowns are horrifying.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 16, 2026 11:05 PM (cS3Fw)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at April 16, 2026 11:05 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Puddleglum
An amusing typo to come across is when the 'r' in Gary Oldman is left out. Yes, my pleasures are simple and frequent.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 16, 2026 11:05 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 16, 2026 11:05 PM (A9n1A)
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 11:05 PM (41CYW)
216 But also now concerned about Doof. I know he has a lot going on, but won’t bother him this late.
Posted by: Piper
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'Evening, Piper. Doof seems fine - we have been chatting on the back channel off / on for a few days.
Posted by: scampydog at April
Okay, good. I will stalk him tomorrow.
Posted by: Piper at April 16, 2026 11:06 PM (Wmg4n)
Spirit Airlines is reportedly flirting with liquidation, sending shockwaves through an economy that quietly relied on $19 flights and emotional resilience training.
For years, Spirit offered Americans a simple value proposition: we will get you there, but not before testing your relationship with God, strangers, and the concept of personal space [ . . . ]
Posted by: Montresor at April 16, 2026 11:06 PM (rbvCR)
You TAX someone for NOT using city services.
======
Taxes are social policy.
The idea that we pay for public services with taxes is false. There is no connection.
Yes, they collect and they spend. But they collect what they want, how they want, irrespective of the "services" they provide.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 16, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)
Finally. In my dream, I remembered my wife’s first name. Except, her first name in the dream wasn’t the same as her first name in real life.
Weird.
Posted by: Bulg
That's easy to explain. You were dreaming somebody else's dream.
Posted by: mikeski at April 16, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 16, 2026 11:07 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Sho' Nuff at April 16, 2026 11:07 PM (zUFRX)
It was identical to this one: https://pin.it/71TTa81ro
Posted by: Bert G at April 16, 2026 11:07 PM (VARTN)
Posted by: Don Black at April 16, 2026 11:07 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: tankdemon
Yep. When I was traveling for work all week, every week for years, I learned to just tell the waitress "Surprise me."
Never failed. They knew what was good and what to avoid.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2026 11:08 PM (cYBz/)
Hubby says he will just retire in that case and is obviously putting a brave face to hide nervousness about it all.
I am also faking calm while being a mass of anxiety.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
They could stay in Chapter 11 for longer than 90 days, unless that is what they are communicating. Grace Davison was in chapter 11 for YEARS.
Posted by: Piper at April 16, 2026 11:08 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2026 11:09 PM (cYBz/)
Am I the prettiest?
Am I the baddest mo-fo low down around this town?
Posted by: Sho' Nuff at April 16, 2026 11:07 PM (zUFRX)
Who's the Master, LEEROY?!
Posted by: Lord Bowler, er, Sho Nuff at April 16, 2026 11:10 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 16, 2026 11:10 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at April 16, 2026 11:11 PM (DK5Sh)
Lee Van Cleef - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Henry Fonda - Once Upon a Time in The West
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 16, 2026 11:12 PM (gLYp7)
I won another bike in a contest an sold the Royce-Union.
Big mistake. The bike I won was a piece of crap.
Eventually got the 10 speed from another older brother.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 16, 2026 11:12 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 16, 2026 10:56 PM (V4IXI)
Early in his career, Bogie played a mobster in the movie "Dead End" with the Dead End kids, Sylvia Sydney and Joel McCrea.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 16, 2026 11:13 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Don Black
*******
I'm so old that what first came to my mind was Bret, Bart, and Beau.
Posted by: Cosda at April 16, 2026 11:13 PM (9RQU8)
The upgrades this time were the fresh roasted and peeled green chiles, jalapenos, tomatoes. The usual suspects included some lean hamburger, cilantro, onion, red bell, pinto beans, pepper, salt, cumin, smoked paprika, minced garlic, and the always important fresh squeezed lime.
It is most tasty and the house hours later still smells lovely.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
But no actual Trash Panda?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 16, 2026 11:13 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2026 11:09 PM (cYBz/)
must have been a Tom Bombadil chapter
Posted by: gKWVE at April 16, 2026 11:13 PM (gKWVE)
Not a fan of the bread
Posted by: Oh noes! at April 16, 2026 10:14 PM (+abK1)
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How did you like the Roman Centurion?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 16, 2026 11:13 PM (nWPIJ)
You know, the one where THAT FUCKING COURT signed off on spying on a BUNCH of Republicans... and didn't vote for it..
Oh... the horror...
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 16, 2026 11:14 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Cicero
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Fine, I’ll exhume some better content in the future.
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 11:14 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 16, 2026 11:14 PM (rUN8k)
Posted by: Bert G at April 16, 2026 11:15 PM (VARTN)
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I understand the Celtic Briton chicks were hot. Think Boudicca.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 16, 2026 11:15 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 16, 2026 11:07 PM (gKWVE)
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I just finished watching DS9 for the first time this week. The acting was very good. Better than TOS or TNG.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 16, 2026 11:15 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Joemarine at April 16, 2026 11:13 PM (y171U)
Dead End was in an anthology of American plays that included The Front Page, and several others including Night of the Iguana. For reasons that anthology, and the novels Ivanhoe and Island in the Stream were the only books I had to read for a summer
Posted by: Montresor at April 16, 2026 11:16 PM (rbvCR)
I rewatched "The Last Dragon" a few months ago, just because it was the 40th anniversary of its release. It's sooooo bad in so many ways, but the fight scenes were fun. And Vanity was gorgeous, but you could tell she was coked up like Tony Montana.
Posted by: PabloD at April 16, 2026 11:16 PM (zUFRX)
Posted by: Cicero
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That's actually damned good reading. You have a point.
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 11:17 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 16, 2026 11:17 PM (rbvCR)
Too much debt.
Tomorrow they have an all hands town hall.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 16, 2026 11:18 PM (LmPA0)
Worst villain?
LT Sobel, in Band of Brothers. Dude was a total jerk face. Casting David Schwimmer in that role was perfect.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 16, 2026 11:18 PM (QVmho)
Thanks Scampy and Horde (I guess?).
I simply can't keep up 🤯...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 16, 2026 11:18 PM (A9n1A)
Posted by: Case at April 16, 2026 11:19 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 16, 2026 11:20 PM (yGQJD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 16, 2026 11:20 PM (nWPIJ)
You know, the one where THAT FUCKING COURT signed off on spying on a BUNCH of Republicans... and didn't vote for it..
Oh... the horror...
Posted by: Romeo13
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If spying on Americans is not what the FISA is for then what the hell is it for? Not like you really need permission to spy on foreigners.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 16, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 16, 2026 11:21 PM (cYBz/)
Why yes, I am watching one on YouTube.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 16, 2026 11:21 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Case at April 16, 2026 11:19 PM (pvf3X)
Same here! I got mine when I was 7. Mine was gold, my brothers was purple. Loved those big handlebars.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 16, 2026 11:23 PM (yGQJD)
We're adding an arbitration provision to your Credit Card Agreement.
Here's what you nee to know.
Bend over and spread 'em
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 11:23 PM (faK3k)
Condition: A well-preserved mummy. Skin all present tanned hard and thick, and a deep reddish brown in color. White mold around legs and feet and over breast. Finger and toenails preserved. Eyes tight closed (lower lids flattened down). Vagina open, mouth wide-open.
I think they found an ancient blow up doll.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 16, 2026 11:24 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker
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Somebody clicked the link.
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 11:26 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Nemo at April 16, 2026 11:26 PM (4RPgu)
Adrian Barbeau in Play Misty for Me.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 16, 2026 11:27 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
>Let me guess, you had a unicycle on a pogo stick, and you liked it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 16, 2026 11:28 PM (Fbc0I)
Too much debt.
Tomorrow they have an all hands town hall.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 16
I am sorry you are going through this, amazingly stressful, I am sure.
Posted by: Piper at April 16, 2026 11:29 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Cosda at April 16, 2026 11:30 PM (9RQU8)
Condition: A well-preserved mummy. Skin all present tanned hard and thick, and a deep reddish brown in color. White mold around legs and feet and over breast. Finger and toenails preserved. Eyes tight closed (lower lids flattened down). Vagina open, mouth wide-open.
I think they found an ancient blow up doll.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Muslims got there before the archaeologists.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 16, 2026 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 16, 2026 11:28 PM (Fbc0I)
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My brother and I got roller skates for Christmas. He got the right one and I got the left one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 16, 2026 11:30 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Berserker
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Somebody clicked the link.
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 11:26 PM (41CYW)
Ancient egypt used to be a hobby, I had to click on the link. Truth is I read about that mummy a few times over the years, but this one was in pretty good detail.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 16, 2026 11:32 PM (snZF9)
Adrian Barbeau in Play Misty for Me.
*********
That was Jessica Walters.
Posted by: Cosda
>That one hit too close to home. I had to turn it off. Stalkers are never something to be trifled with.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 16, 2026 11:32 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Cosda at April 16, 2026 11:30 PM (9RQU
Far better chance you are right than that I am.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 16, 2026 11:32 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 16, 2026 11:33 PM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: Berserker
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Saw it and thought, why is this in the news again? Clicked and read. Thought about blockquoting the section you quoted. Heh.
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 11:35 PM (41CYW)
....and there was something wrong with it.
It has to be sent back and a new one made.
Y'all - I haven't cried once about my cancer diagnosis, but I was >>>this close
Just wanted to vent.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 16, 2026 10:44 PM (SRRAx)
Sometimes it’s the little things that get you the worst.
It’s no consolation but, I had to have my two upper front teeth replaced by implants due to a hidden infection in my upper jaw. It was supposed to take a total of two visits 3 weeks apart. Ended up taking 3 oral surgeries and two separate bone grafts over 13 months before I finally got two front teeth back in my mouth.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 16, 2026 11:35 PM (yGQJD)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 16, 2026 11:37 PM (Fbc0I)
Soul Asylum - Runaway Train (Official HD Video)
https://youtu.be/NRtvqT_wMeY
Posted by: SciVo at April 16, 2026 11:37 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 16, 2026 11:39 PM (LmPA0)
We are not arguing, we are fighting over good and evil.
There's no way to argue with today's Left because they do not acknowledge the existence of facts. Because they are evil.
Posted by: jocon307 at April 16, 2026 11:39 PM (EuROc)
Posted by: Case at April 16, 2026 11:40 PM (pvf3X)
Judas Priest >>>>>>> Any of the current nominees. Sade???
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 16, 2026 11:41 PM (IurJ0)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 16, 2026 10:32 PM (nbLIj)
He's been a villain in a couple of movies. Are you thinking the far north one or the picture one?
Posted by: Guy was very talented at April 16, 2026 10:36 PM (TbWk/)
I was thinking the picture one myself. I'd forgotten about the far north one and that was the one of the two I've actually seen.
Posted by: farquad at April 16, 2026 11:43 PM (CFMhl)
{vmom}
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 16, 2026 11:44 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 16, 2026 11:44 PM (CHHv1)
But it was sooooooo coooooooooooool!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 16, 2026 11:45 PM (5UTWB)
Posted by: Nemo at April 16, 2026 11:26 PM (4RPgu)
That was the role that told me what an incredibly great actor John Hurt was. Several actors have played Caligula, but Hurt did it so well that it’s impossible to imagine anyone else playing the role.
And he had the unique ability to be incredibly charming at the same time he was being evil. You wonder if the real Caligula was like that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 16, 2026 11:46 PM (yGQJD)
I think it was Clifford Stoll in Silicon Snake Oil that pointed out there's a the huge difference between information, knowledge, and wisdom. And that if having lots of information was powerful, librarians would rule the world.
And sympathies, Teresa! When you've got no control over the Big Things, then the Little Things become hugely important and that's okay. And it's frustrating not to have your teeth working properly!
Posted by: tankascribe at April 16, 2026 11:46 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
>Take up golf as a hobby and channel your anxiety to frustration. The club house is always open.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 16, 2026 11:47 PM (Fbc0I)
Good to see you doing an occasional ONT scampydog. Thank you for content.
Spent a few busy days getting our camper ready for the road. We reserved a 'full hook-up' (not as much fun as it sounds it means electric/water/sewer hook-ups) spot at Prado Regional park, about 25 miles east of here. It was a very nice park, peaceful, and the sites weren't on top of each other. More like a park rather than a parking lot. In a few months it will be brutally hot there. It was close enough to home we didn't stay in the camper overnight.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 16, 2026 11:48 PM (QGaXH)
She frequents the FedEx package store that my son used to manage. He said she's the sweetest old lady you could meet.
Posted by: Cosda at April 16, 2026 11:48 PM (9RQU8)
Hezbollah members are celebrating the ceasefire in Beirut suburbs.
https://tinyurl.com/mrnxtnxs
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 11:48 PM (faK3k)
Posted by: raimondo at April 16, 2026 11:48 PM (XS9je)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 16, 2026 11:48 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 16, 2026 11:50 PM (S/Y4j)
I'm sorry but I don't want to see dead Egyptian chicks on the ONT.
Posted by: Cicero
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They look like Kathy Griffin.
https://t.ly/XqRnU
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 16, 2026 11:51 PM (Cqx++)
The attorney for the “Olaolukitan Adon Abel” who m*rdered Lauren Bullis by sho*ting her in the face 6 times and then st*bbing her to de*th...
...has requested that Olaolukitan be able to BOND OUT OF JAIL because:
"He is not a danger and he won't flee."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 11:51 PM (faK3k)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 16, 2026 10:23 PM (Fbc0I)
I always wanted the variant with the flared rear fender and the flat slick tire. I think Schwinn called it the Mach 1 or something like that after the mustang car.
Posted by: Advo at April 16, 2026 11:55 PM (jO4mz)
Posted by: Cicero
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They look like Kathy Griffin.
https://t.ly/XqRnU
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 16, 2026 11:51 PM (Cqx++)
Oh shit, that one escaped before they could pack her in Natron.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 16, 2026 11:55 PM (snZF9)
Turned the page on the binding arbitration letter thinking that contained in this missive is a bill, No, it's a three page legal document from the lawyers.
Gonna' look into this in the daylight.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 11:55 PM (faK3k)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 16, 2026 11:56 PM (faK3k)
Posted by: Uncle Slayton at April 16, 2026 11:57 PM (pSaL/)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 16, 2026 11:48 PM (QGaXH)
Are you going on a big road trip?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 16, 2026 11:57 PM (cS3Fw)
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 11:58 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Advo at April 16, 2026 11:55 PM (jO4mz)
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The famous Apple Krate and Orange Krate.
That was back before the Schwinn name got sold off to the Chinese.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 16, 2026 11:58 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: From about That Time at April 16, 2026 11:58 PM (sl73Y)
The dental scene in that movie was brutal.
Posted by: Orson at April 17, 2026 12:01 AM (dIske)
Link goes to X: https://is.gd/yt8Qk0
Posted by: Bert G at April 17, 2026 12:01 AM (VARTN)
That was back before the Schwinn name got sold off to the Chinese.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 16, 2026 11:58 PM (nWPIJ)
Those bikes are stooooopid frigging money right now. 10-15K. You can buy 3 frigging used harleys for that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 17, 2026 12:02 AM (snZF9)
Turned the page on the binding arbitration letter thinking that contained in this missive is a bill, No, it's a three page legal document from the lawyers.
Gonna' look into this in the daylight.
Posted by: Braenyard
Your choices are limited -
- Pay in full and close the account, or
- Accept it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 17, 2026 12:02 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Texican ette at April 17, 2026 12:03 AM (SNf74)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at April 17, 2026 12:07 AM (EP7Sw)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2026 12:08 AM (utfVc)
Posted by: Azjaeger at April 17, 2026 12:11 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Azjaeger at April 17, 2026 12:12 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: From about That Time
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You have 60 days to opt out. Think I'm going to put it in Grok and let it interpret it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 12:18 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: Uncle Slayton at April 17, 2026 12:22 AM (V2rw/)
Posted by: scampydog at April 16, 2026 11:58 PM (41CYW)
I'm trying to get back into hiking. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Nothing physically wrong, just too lazy.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 17, 2026 12:29 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 12:30 AM (faK3k)
- Tablets and QR codes at restaurants are a soulless blight on the restaurant experience. Just take my order. I don’t need a narrated scroll, a screen hunt, and a read-back. Sometimes tech makes things worse - this is one of those times.
I find this infuriating as it is clear that the restaurant is simply outsourcing their wait staff duties to me. My response when I see this is: "how much are you going to pay me for doing your job?" And I am not paraphrasing. I have asked that a number of times now. When I get a quizzical look I explain: they are forcing me to do their job, which is not what you expect when you go to a restaurant. I expect the restaurant to serve me. That includes going over the menu, telling me specials and taking my order. Don't get me started on lost revenue opportunities that the place loses on upsells or drink orders etc. It's Restaurant 101 - fer chrissakes! (I worked just about every job in restaurants during my college years)
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 17, 2026 12:31 AM (Gu66x)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2026 12:31 AM (yGQJD)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 16, 2026 11:57 PM (cS3Fw)
We're going to meet friends at San Clemente State Beach in a few weeks for a few days. I'd like to do a more extensive trip like we did two years ago when we went to Grand Teton/Yellowstone and east across Wyoming and South Dakota before turning back.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 17, 2026 12:32 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Don Black at April 16, 2026 10:06 PM (ZxPkt)
Back when Rolling Stone was something that some people pretended mattered, I always wondered why they hired "rock critics" who manifestly did not like rock music.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 17, 2026 12:33 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rex B at April 17, 2026 12:34 AM (a992C)
10h
Ilhan Omar is now vocally supportive of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Candace Owens.
If you are still an MTG or Candace supporter, you may wish to consider this fact.
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I support her, fully.
I support her and her family and associates complete and full deportation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 12:37 AM (faK3k)
That was back before the Schwinn name got sold off to the Chinese.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 16, 2026 11:58 PM (nWPIJ)
Trivia for 29-year-olds: do you remember which models did not have "Krate" in their names?
I remember Captain Kangaroo used to shill for Schwinn, back when it was still considered ethical for kiddie show hosts to push products.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 17, 2026 12:37 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yep. Both sides of that.
Posted by: scampydog at April 17, 2026 12:37 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: RandomDave at April 17, 2026 12:38 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 12:30 AM (faK3k)
Yes. In my retail work days, we were taught to be wary when a customer's check had a low number.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 17, 2026 12:38 AM (cS3Fw)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 12:30 AM (faK3k)
Yep. When I got my first checking account in high school, the rep actually asked me what number I wanted the checks to start with, and suggested choosing a high number.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 17, 2026 12:40 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Publius Redux
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Greetings to Publius Redux in Southeast Asia it's good to hear from you. Any cultural observations of America from there?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 12:41 AM (faK3k)
Now? I have 2 major credit cards. One, with a very low limit (at my request) for small things like annual renewals of a few subscription services, so I don't even carry it with me. The other, with a more "normal" limit, for emergencies-- but I keep it active with gasoline purchases and hubby's cigs.
Neither have an annual fee. Both are paid in full when statements arrive. I do have a Homedespot card & generally use it only for *major* purchases and again, pay within the time limit for their interest-free deal. They send me promo offers all the time, wanting me to rack that baby up! I might need to buy some flowers and potting soil, just to keep it active; been a while since I used it.
All other cards were cancelled years ago. There were many, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 12:30 AM (faK3k)
Yep. When I got my first checking account in high school, the rep actually asked me what number I wanted the checks to start with, and suggested choosing a high number.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgi
My latest account I started about 5 years ago is on check number 108.
Until then whenever I moved I ordered new checks and started with another 1,000 on the odometer. Before this latest account I was in the 6,000 series.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 17, 2026 12:43 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 12:30 AM (faK3k)
Yep. When I got my first checking account in high school, the rep actually asked me what number I wanted the checks to start with, and suggested choosing a high number.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgi
My latest account I started about 5 years ago is on check number 108.
Until then whenever I moved I ordered new checks and started with another 1,000 on the odometer. Before this latest account I was in the 6,000 series.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 17, 2026 12:43 AM (/lPRQ)
I have a Credit Union Checking Account that I opened in 1992 starting at check #100. I'm up to the 6000's now though with on-line banking and kids having grown up I write considerably fewer checks - one or two/three per month maybe.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 17, 2026 12:46 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 17, 2026 12:49 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 12:51 AM (faK3k)
For whatever reason, OPH doesn't accept online payments.
In fact, I still haven't written a check. They take money orders (another vestige of history) and my grocery store sells them.
They cost a couple of bucks, but for only one check a month it's cheaper than the checking account fee (not to mention buying checks I'll never use).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 17, 2026 12:51 AM (IG3/x)
We helped late MiL pay off debt until I put a foot down. She couldn't quit spending, and we couldn't afford to bail her out every time, as we also carried her rent and other expenses. Last time we paid off her card, I told Hubby never again. He made sure her cards got canceled.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 17, 2026 12:55 AM (cS3Fw)
Greetings to Publius Redux in Southeast Asia it's good to hear from you. Any cultural observations of America from there?
Posted by: Braenyard
Hey Braenard - all well here and although many here buy into the "Trump is casing chaos, hair on fire eleventy!!!" bs that the MSM commies put out (especially EU UK Ex-Pats) many more are circumspect and appreciate what he is doing to counter China. I do note that when I explain things like "no, there isn't widespread unrest in the US, what goes on in a small section of Minneapolis is not representative of the US. Ain't nuthin goin' on in Spring, Texas." They listen and start to understand - I let them know that they are being fed lies and to keep an open mind. They get it. People are overly concerned about the Iran situation - but, again, from my spot in insurance, we have had very little in the way of insurance related claims for my company (a very large multinational insurance broker). So we are counselling caution but certainly not panic. In many areas they love Trump and still respect and sometimes envy the US.
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 17, 2026 12:55 AM (Gu66x)
An American POW was nicknamed "The Incredibly Stupid one: by his Vietnamese captors. Upon returning to the US, he provided the names of over 300 prisoners of war, which he had memorized to the tune of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm".
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 12:57 AM (faK3k)
Cable company now charges $3 extra per month to process check payments. They've always sent statements *just in time* with due date a week (or less!) from statement arrival! Trying to coerce customers into autopay.
Fk them. They're too expensive anyway, even for just internet. I'm looking at Starlink. If there's gonna be autopay, it won't be to that cable outfit.
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)
That was Jessica Walters.
Posted by: Cosda at April 16, 2026 11:30 PM (9RQU
Far better chance you are right than that I am.
Posted by: From about That Time
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Jessica walter no s
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at April 17, 2026 12:59 AM (n7rxJ)
Taxes are social policy.
The idea that we pay for public services with taxes is false. There is no connection.
Yes, they collect and they spend. But they collect what they want, how they want, irrespective of the "services" they provide.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I will remember this.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at April 17, 2026 01:01 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 17, 2026 01:02 AM (cS3Fw)
Posted by: free tibet at April 17, 2026 01:03 AM (iNp3L)
Jessica Walter was one of my favorites. She was quite prolific, and her IMBD page must scroll a mile or two down. She was in everything back in the '70s (all the shows MeTV runs), and kept up until the end.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 17, 2026 01:04 AM (w6EFb)
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The city I live in is butthurt that us voters wouldn't approve a $25 million bond for a new, larger police station. Now they are talking about disbanding the police dept & turning to the county to fill in "because we can't afford it anymore!"
Really? you want to go there? Betting a deep audit of the city finances would dig up all kinds of corruption & waste...
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at April 17, 2026 01:05 AM (/SX4J)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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All three make options me grumpy. Scampywife handles it, thankfully.
Posted by: scampydog at April 17, 2026 01:06 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm)
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Bill folds would come with clear plastic holders that would fan out like an accordion. A card for every store.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 01:06 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: Uncle Slayton at April 17, 2026 12:22 AM (V2rw/)
I was at the dentist today. I have an upper back tooth that had a root canal and was capped before my dentist was frigging born, literally. Well over the weekend it broke off flush with my gum line. Implant time, but since its an upper in the back they have to do what they call a sinus lift to make room for the added bone and implant or else the implant would be into the sinus cavity. It all sounds horrifying.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 17, 2026 01:07 AM (snZF9)
Uncle Billy in "It's a Wonderful Life."
Fucker has one job to do: deposit $5,000 in cash at the Potter Bank.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 16, 2026 10:59 PM (qFwJc)
My money is on Arthur Lake (Dagwood Bumstead). He is the singularity back to which you can trace the entire decline of male authority and dominance in our culture.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 17, 2026 01:07 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Heh. Yep. Gotta admit, the dumbest one in my wallet was a Mervyn's Department Store card. In my youthful head, I was 'stylin.'
Posted by: scampydog at April 17, 2026 01:08 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 01:09 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 01:10 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: scampydog at April 17, 2026 01:06 AM (41CYW)
Mr Scary does not like dealing with finances either. I keep him apprised of things and he is agreeable with that.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 17, 2026 01:12 AM (cS3Fw)
Posted by: Braenyard
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LOL. Mine had pages like a book. Chevron, Sears, JCP, Macy's, BofA, Chase, Discover, Amex, couple of local dept stores.... UGH.
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 17, 2026 01:12 AM (IG3/x)
Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman from the $6M Dollar Man) was another one who was in everything.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 17, 2026 01:13 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 01:06 AM (faK3k)
My grandparents used those plastic holders for family pictures. Like the Olan Mills portraits taken for church. They were dear people
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 17, 2026 01:19 AM (cS3Fw)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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They want my routing number so that they may go into my account and take my money. No. If you want my money in your account you give me your routing number and I'll put my money in your account.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 01:19 AM (faK3k)
Japan, with a $60 billion military budget, already produces high-tech systems — ranging from submarines and warships to its own missiles, tanks, and combat aircraft. Corporations like Toshiba and Mitsubishi Electric are beginning massive hiring and factory expansions, expecting defense sales to grow by more than 50% by 2031
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 01:22 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scampydog at April 17, 2026 01:06 AM (41CYW)
Mr Scary does not like dealing with finances either. I keep him apprised of things and he is agreeable with that.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 17, 2026 01:12 AM (cS3Fw)
Mrs B deals with it. She's the one with the MBA and she worked in a bank and a credit union out of high school. She is waaaay more suited than me to deal with it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 17, 2026 01:23 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 01:19 AM (faK3k)
Braenyard, no, I do bill pay from the credit union website. They do an electronic transfer or send a check directly. I never give my banking info out to anyone.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 17, 2026 01:24 AM (cS3Fw)
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No way buddy, keep your ass out of that place.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 01:25 AM (faK3k)
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No way buddy, keep your ass out of that place.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 01:25 AM (faK3k)
Unless he's traveling in a frigging Death Star with 100,000 storm troopers he would be out of his fucking mind to go anywhere near there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 17, 2026 01:27 AM (snZF9)
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Posted by: Braenyard
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Saw some headlines and a bit of commentary on this topic. Have not yet made time to read/study it yet. Interesting for sure.
Posted by: scampydog at April 17, 2026 01:27 AM (41CYW)
Of course he was a little afraid, as his XW was rather like my XH-- spend until the bank starts sending nasty-grams, LOL
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
One day the paper bill (I like paper!) came in the same day I got an offer from Fidelity, 2% on everything. I liked at my "everything else" purchases and got it. No annual fee on it either. So far this year, I've spent almost $1K at Amazon (I live in the boonies) so that $20 into my brokerage account at Fidelity where it goes into.a MMF that's paying ~ 3.7%. 90+% of my discretionary spending is through those cards, hell, I even charged my homeowners & auto insurance bills (>$2K). Pay them off every month, pay no interest.
You gotta play the game.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 17, 2026 01:32 AM (i3DU8)
Havent heard of whether either of the 2 resistance forces against the regime, the Immortal Guard and Homeland Defenders Organization, were the attackers, but this could be a major sign in an uprising brewing among the Iranian people (which is arguably the most important step towards actual regime change)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 01:33 AM (faK3k)
Looks like the Lebanon "ceasefire" might have failed before the digital ink was dry, though not sure about exact timing. Rocket attack (surprise!) on Israel, some serious injured, appears to be after formal beginning of pause.
US policy towards Lebanon, and obscure thing barely even noticed by anyone for many years, is almost comically absurd. All based on an absurd premise that there is a Lebanese state with the ability or will to neuter the Hezbollah state-within-a-state. Haven't checked but I can only imagine how Arabs interpret this nonsense. They know the fantasy on which it's all based, and assume we do too - so US policy *MUST BE SOME 10-DIMENSIONAL TRICKERY TO HARM THE ARAB WORLD AND BABY BUNNIES!!!!!*.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 17, 2026 01:36 AM (U/Byj)
I don't spend enough or travel enough to make it all worthwhile, really. Costco is great, but I can't even make the Executive membership pay off any more, so dropped back to Standard level.
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)
https://youtu.be/KJVS0SPSYNs
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - would I keed? at April 17, 2026 01:39 AM (Cl/mc)
Saw some headlines and a bit of commentary on this topic. Have not yet made time to read/study it yet. Interesting for sure.
Posted by: scampydog
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They are supplying second-hand missile frigates to the Philippines and doing joint projects w/Poland in electronic warfare and anti-drone systems. And probably giving chairman Xi night sweats.
Takaichi's moving fast.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 01:41 AM (faK3k)
I thought we were going to stay in touch but lost contact and never heard from him. I assume his US posting meant he'd be CO of a sub on his return, and was destined for higher things after. Very interesting and impressive guy. Was a docent at a military museum and we talked a lot about WWII in the Pacific.
It's sort of glorious how some of the JMSDF "helicopter carriers" (cough cough) use the names of famous WWII Kido Butai carriers.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 17, 2026 01:41 AM (U/Byj)
No. No way. If they make it mandatory, I will drop membership.
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)
If they can't shove a mandate down your throat, they'll coerce you or simply convince you into thinking it's your own idea.
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 01:48 AM (rdVOm)
Takaichi's moving fast.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Cool. Just drafted a delayed/scheduled text to a big shot in the investment world. See if their firm has any research around this. Might be worth an investment look.
Posted by: scampydog at April 17, 2026 01:49 AM (41CYW)
The Arab commander cabled the Arab Liberation Army: “Our morale is very high, the young people are enthusiastic, we’re going to massacre them."
The outnumbered Jews chose to stay and fight rather than flee; and, along with a small garrison of Haganah fighters, they managed to repel the attack.
The Arab assault was part of the “civil war” portion of the 1948 War that was launched the moment the UN voted to partition Mandate Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state on November 29, 1947.
From day one, the Arabs rejected any Jewish state on any part of the Land.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 01:50 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 17, 2026 01:55 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scampydog at April 17, 2026 02:00 AM (41CYW)
There's a big Quick Stop just outside my neighborhood. It's always been operated by a middle Easterner. Never ate at the food bar that offered traditional fare. Well, the other day, make or
ptomaine it was the choice. WHAT? It's changed, the big colorful menu is in Spanish but I don't know any of the words. I try to talk to the lady but she speaks no English, zip. This is interesting.
They are Cubans. There are no Cubans in this town. There are now Cubans in this state but I'm here in this colorful, clean Cuban food bar. Not only that I ask the guy behind me to explain 'sunny side up' to the lady but he doesn't understand the jargon. He's Cuban!
We work it out and I get two eggs sunny side up and two strips of bacon with different but good type of toast at a reasonable price. I'll be back.
Cubans?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 02:02 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: scampydog
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Toto Ltd. best ceramic toilets in the world. Bidets and heated seats are a given. In business since 1917. My people were running to the outhouse.
Other things too.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 02:06 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: 496 at April 17, 2026 02:07 AM (dfWnK)
Posted by: 496 at April 17, 2026 02:10 AM (7MeQV)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 17, 2026 01:07 AM (snZF9)
I got a sinus lift. Spookiest part was when the surgeon routed out the existing bone to make room for the bone graft material. Mine healed up with a minimum of pain and swelling.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 17, 2026 02:10 AM (rUN8k)
https://tinyurl.com/y6hzm68f
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 02:10 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)
Kind of mellow tonight, I've just been listening to some tunes and putting away any and all tax stuff for another year.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 17, 2026 02:23 AM (0nHVk)
I got off on the tangent of prolific actors who seemed to be in everything, at least as far as classic TV goes.
Jessica Walter had 160+ credits, and Richard Anderson had 180+ or so. That's impressive, but would you believe Ed Asner had over 400? And probably one of the most prolific was someone whose name wouldn't ring a bell, but you'd recognize him instantly: William Schallert.
He was truly in everything, 400+ credits. He was "old reliable", almost a human prop, who played character roles. He never really stood out, but he could if called upon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 17, 2026 02:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 17, 2026 02:10 AM (rUN8k)
It sounds brutal. Did you notice any difference in how you breath?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 17, 2026 02:26 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ
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Credit Card, some places will take credit card payments. I do that, credit cards offer protection for your exchanges and will go to court for you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 02:27 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 02:30 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 17, 2026 02:35 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 17, 2026 02:35 AM (0nHVk)
yeah it sounds like a bitch. I had an implant before, but nothing like this.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 17, 2026 02:39 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 02:48 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 17, 2026 02:53 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 02:53 AM (faK3k)
Posted by: Braenyard
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WTF? What does it actually 'say'?
Utoob changed something a couple months ago. It used to keep a history & list related suggestions, at least until I closed my browser (I always use "private" mode), but no more. If I close the utoob tab, it will now come up prompting a new search upon re-open.
*shrug*
Buy you a drink?
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 17, 2026 02:26 AM (snZF9)
Nope. They just need to build up enough bone to have a spot to screw the implant bases into. I'm having two implants done right now, finally got the bases screwed in this week, after getting a sinus lift three months ago. I hope to get finished in three or four more months.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 17, 2026 02:59 AM (rUN8k)
Here's one where I didn't recognize him, until MeTV did a tribute upon his death, and they mentioned this. "The Admiral" in Get Smart:
https://is.gd/d9R9U9
That's an example of his slapstick comedy chops.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 17, 2026 03:00 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 03:00 AM (5xo/K)
Posted by: wth at April 16, 2026 11:00 PM (BT3km)
I haven't seen the movie, but I've seen a persuasive argument that he was the hero, and Margot Robbie played the villain in a tragedy.
Posted by: SciVo at April 17, 2026 03:03 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)
Went to 4 locations and got the same Google message: ~ we've notice unusually high traffic at this and take it up with.. Then when I got the spinner to work, and on Pulbius too, I get Video unavailable.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 03:04 AM (5xo/K)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 03:06 AM (5xo/K)
Posted by: SciVo at April 17, 2026 03:08 AM (Sy6m/)
I used to have a utoob acct, probly 20ish years ago...had just signed up and hadn't really had a chance to upload anything before *oooogle took over and demanded an acct with themselves, in order to continue utoob acct.
Nope. 'bye utoob acct! (fk off, *oooogle!)
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scampydog at April 17, 2026 03:10 AM (41CYW)
The Panopticon is being forced upon all of us.
I love surfing the 'net. I REALLY enjoy chatting here! But it's getting to the point that we can't even have light-hearted, innocuous convos anymore, without some EVESDROPPER misinterpreting and freaking TF out & causing problems. Seriously considering checking myself *offline* after win10 support goes t.u.
Remember how the 0-bots exaggerated any displeasure with 0bastard as being some kind of fking *threat* to that SOB?
Yes, I realize there is no such thing as privacy online. I get it!
But when it all goes totally, unavoidably, annoyingly, chronically commercial? I'm out.
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 03:22 AM (rdVOm)
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Streaming teevee is *there* already, IMO.
Gimme back the channel up/down, and FUCK all that 'click here' (for some crap I don't want or need) and 'subscribe' there bullshit!
Posted by: JQ at April 17, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 03:32 AM (5xo/K)
'night.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 17, 2026 03:34 AM (5xo/K)
How to 'wipe' windows and then install Linux? I dunno.
How to preserve my pics and docs, in a way that Linux would be able to 'read' upon reloading them? I dunno.
Stay up late enough to ask on the tech thread? uuuugghh...
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