Overnight Open Thread [04/20/2026]

That's a view that never fails to make me smile, and there are hundreds just like it across the American West.

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I got this text this evening:

You're making a huge mistake continuing to ignore us like this.
We're asking one last time.
Verify your voter profile ASAP. >> win26.io/le5v2b

It's from "WinRed," and directs to some stupid questionnaire from the NRSC. It is a perfect example of why the Republican Party sucks, and why we will never achieve the electoral success of the Democrats without wholesale changes. And by changes I mean the destruction of the Corporate GOP apparatus and its replacement with rabble-rousing young conservatives who hate the GOPe.

By the way, here is my answer:

Who do you think you are, saying that? Go fuck yourselves

It was interpreted by their system as a request to unsubscribe!
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Perhaps "SMOD" is the best option!

Go with the flow: Carmaker debuts voice-controlled 'in-vehicle toilet'

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NYPD cop on horseback chases down convicted killer-turned-purse snatcher in wild NYC bust

I was hoping for the mounted policeman to chase her down, knock her to the concrete, and let the horse trample her to death.

But I guess an arrest is okay too.

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1 Behind the galleries: the National Letterbox and Pillarbox Reserves.

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2026 09:51 PM (VHUov)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 20, 2026 09:51 PM (5UTWB)

3 Short OBD.

Should I be content with the content?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 20, 2026 09:54 PM (5UTWB)

4 Early! Howdy, y'all

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 20, 2026 09:55 PM (kOluj)

5 That looks like a highway in MT. When I was a kid, distances were given in "cainsees": you drive as far as you cain see...

I'm in the mountains now. I wonder if that's still true.

Posted by: Wenda at April 20, 2026 09:55 PM (JwoD2)

6 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 20, 2026 09:51 PM (5UTWB)

I emailed an interesting substack.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 09:55 PM (n9ltV)

7
Good evening.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 20, 2026 09:56 PM (n7rxJ)

8 Perhaps "SMOD" is the best option!
Go with the flow: Carmaker debuts voice-controlled 'in-vehicle toilet'

"The toilet-to-go will also boast a rotating heating element that evaporates urine and dries excrement."

Nothing like the smell of burning feces to make your countryside drive more pleasant.

Then again, it's China, so it's still probably better than the outside air.....

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2026 09:56 PM (VHUov)

9 I'm in the mountains now. I wonder if that's still true.

Posted by: Wenda at April 20, 2026 09:55 PM (JwoD2)

In the valley or at the peak?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 09:56 PM (n9ltV)

10 Well done CBD, Thank you.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 20, 2026 09:56 PM (YBtcQ)

11 4 boob girl is overachieving. This AI? or does Mr Noem have siblings

Posted by: gKWVE at April 20, 2026 09:58 PM (gKWVE)

12 Then again, it's China, so it's still probably better than the outside air.....

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2026 09:56 PM (VHUov)

It really is a disgusting culture.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 09:58 PM (n9ltV)

13 Willowed: 203 from last thread.

Thank you, TechumsehTea. I believe and hope that it will go well.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 09:58 PM (77rzZ)

14 Thanks CBD.

Your chocolate bar 1st world problems preyed on my mind until I caved today and went to the 'dollar' store for 'chocolate' bars.

Kit Kat Chunky and Coffee Crisp. Nice sizes for a loonie. I ate three.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 20, 2026 09:58 PM (Sco7b)

15 Congratulations Bulg!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 20, 2026 09:59 PM (Sco7b)

16 Willowed reply (well, whatever we call it when responding to a question in a subsequent thread).

Ben Had - yep you've mentioned lard for pie crust before, and I need to try it. Heard tell that is in fact what some commercial recipes use.

Screaming in Digital - if you're here, I can post a link to the French apple cake recipe I use (with small modifications). And/or can post that on Sunday in CBD's food thread.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2026 09:59 PM (U/Byj)

17 Nothing like the smell of burning feces to make your countryside drive more pleasant.

Ahh the dairy air. Many a drive through northwestern Texas / eastern New Mexico has been so enlivened.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 20, 2026 09:59 PM (gKWVE)

18 I'm tired.

Posted by: Forrest at April 20, 2026 09:59 PM (abIsI)

19 I remember "cleaning" the bowls and blender attachments as a kid, hehe
Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 09:44

Oh yeah. Chocolate chip cookie dough was the best.

Not first, dang it!

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 20, 2026 10:00 PM (55Qr6)

20 Were they Berbers, Barbers or Moors?

Islam on the high seas...

https://tinyurl.com/bwbjudhb

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 10:00 PM (FJMtP)

21 Chernobyl girl appears to have three nipples?

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 10:00 PM (77rzZ)

22 CBD,
Maybe a high plateau? Altitude is exactly a mile, 5280 ft on the architectural drawings.

Posted by: Wenda at April 20, 2026 10:00 PM (JwoD2)

23 I believe and hope that it will go well.
Posted by: Bulg

Oh good another tax payer
~taxman

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 20, 2026 10:01 PM (YBtcQ)

24 That's a view that never fails to make me smile, and there are hundreds just like it across the American West.

You can see Forrest Gump wayyyy way down there.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 20, 2026 10:01 PM (/lPRQ)

25 Evenin' CBD! Thanks for the mystery click and exquisitely curated content.... hearty laughs ensued.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 20, 2026 10:01 PM (kOluj)

26 Top pic could be US 50 somewhere in Nevada or Utah.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 10:01 PM (utfVc)

27
Final

Philadelphia, 3 - Pittsburgh, 0

Flyers up 2 games to none.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 10:02 PM (tgvbd)

28 By the way, here is my answer:

"Who do you think you are, saying that? Go fuck yourselves"

It was interpreted by their system as a request to unsubscribe!

Hah!

I got stuck in a loop of AI-driven customer-support hell on the phone, and its answer to my eventual F-bomb was to connect me to an actual human.

They're training me well; I won't be nearly as forgiving next time. Going "blue" early and often FTW.

Posted by: mikeski #$*#$'s the &%#$@* AI at April 20, 2026 10:02 PM (VHUov)

29 If all cultures are equal, then cannibalism is just a matter of culinary taste
_Leo Strauss

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 10:02 PM (FJMtP)

30 UT 168

Posted by: Forrest at April 20, 2026 10:02 PM (abIsI)

31 That daughter eating her brother's lunch, a new Caterina S'Forza is born.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 10:02 PM (2GVsD)

32 rhomboid, crisco will always make a good textured pie crust, but I find it to be bland. Lard or butter make a better tasting crust.

mom used to make an oil crust using corn oil, which is easier, but the flaky texture is not there. I have also experimented with a hot water crust, but I find that also has texture issues, at least the way I make it.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 10:03 PM (rbvCR)

33 Thank you, Stateless!

I hope that you and your pooch are well.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 10:03 PM (77rzZ)

34 4 boob girl is overachieving. This AI? or does Mr Noem have siblings
Posted by: gKWVE at April 20, 2026 09:58 PM (gKWVE)

Talk about motorboating opportunities, you could have a regular Gold Cup hydroplane race there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 10:04 PM (utfVc)

35 Ahh the dairy air. Many a drive through northwestern Texas / eastern New Mexico has been so enlivened.
Posted by: gKWVE

Ha! You need to drive I5.
~Harris ranch.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 20, 2026 10:04 PM (YBtcQ)

36 Nevada 50 has longer stretches of straight road that goes for hundreds of miles. A hidden NP gem is Great Basin NP. Stunning views and little to no crowds.

Posted by: Forrest at April 20, 2026 10:04 PM (abIsI)

37 Chernobyl girl is a time traveler from Mars.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 10:04 PM (2GVsD)

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I was hoping for the mounted policeman to chase her down, knock her to the concrete, and let the horse trample her to death.

He had no lasso?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 20, 2026 10:05 PM (Cqx++)

39 Maybe they should issue to mounted police sabers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 10:05 PM (2GVsD)

40 That's a view that never fails to make me smile, and there are hundreds just like it across the American West.

Yep. Just think how many bodies you can hide out there.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

41 I'm done jogging. Time to go back to Greenbow, Alabama

Posted by: Forrest Gump at April 20, 2026 10:05 PM (wVcYX)

42 There's four if you look closely.

*cough* Or so they say.

Posted by: RandomDave at April 20, 2026 10:05 PM (aJQbY)

43 Chernobyl girl appears to have three nipples?
Posted by: Bulg

There. Are. Four. Nips.

Posted by: J. L. Picard at April 20, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

44 Good evening morons und danke CBD.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 20, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

45 Son #2 told us that Uncle Jack joke years ago. Wife and I laughed so much.

We done good, raising our boys.

Posted by: My Sons are Funny at April 20, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

46 Good evening morons und danke CBD.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 20, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

Bitte!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 10:06 PM (n9ltV)

47 I drove 100 MPH twice on I-80 in the Nevada Desert. I figured, if any place was the place to do it, that was.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 10:07 PM (77rzZ)

48 Sorry I'm late, I was testing a hypothesis. I will be sibmitting the paper to scientific journals when complete, but the gist of it is, no, snowshoes are not effective in quicksand.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 20, 2026 10:07 PM (PMi3m)

49 I was hoping for the mounted policeman to chase her down, knock her to the concrete, and let the horse trample her to death.
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Never let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Or something.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 20, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

50 Up top pic, 1980 Camaro, t-tops off, cassette loaded and blasting music, speedometer pegged. Fun content, CBD. Thanks.

Posted by: scampydog at April 20, 2026 10:08 PM (41CYW)

51 Chernobyl girl appears to have three nipples?
Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 10:00 PM (77rzZ)

There are four nipples!

Posted by: Jean Luc Picard at April 20, 2026 10:08 PM (wVcYX)

52 Does she immigrate to Mars later?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2026 10:09 PM (ZVgZ4)

53 'bout time for me to make tomorrow's coffee and get ready for bed. I've just starting S.M. Stirling's The Sky People, a Heinlein-Burroughs kind of alternate-history story where the Russians and Americans find that Venus, our Venus, is very Earthlike under the cloud cover, and somehow has humans, Neanderthals, and dinosaurs roaming the two polar continents. It's fun so far, and I'll read a bit more before going to sleep.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:09 PM (+2QQb)

54 I got stuck in a loop of AI-driven customer-support hell on the phone, and its answer to my eventual F-bomb was to connect me to an actual human.
They're training me well; I won't be nearly as forgiving next time. Going "blue" early and often FTW.
Posted by: mikeski #$*#$'s the &%#$@* AI at April 20, 2026 10:02

Yep, I learned that with the hellish Walgreens phone hell. Tell them to fcku off and you get a human.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 20, 2026 10:09 PM (55Qr6)

55 Posted by: Jean Luc Picard at April 20, 2026 10:08 PM

Jinx!

Posted by: J. L. Picard at April 20, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

56 Nice ONT, CBD! Thanks.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 20, 2026 10:09 PM (7D3Aa)

57 Wait. Today was the infamous 4/20? Where were you at 4:20 p.m.?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:10 PM (+2QQb)

58 Thanks for the Monday edition of the ONT, CBD!

I love your response to WinRed and your analysis of how in particular they sucked at the email sent to you. I have made similar responses to their requests in the past, and they finally stopped sending emails. And your analysis that fresh, young thinking is sorely needed is spot on!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 20, 2026 10:10 PM (vrNzf)

59 Ha! You need to drive I5.
~Harris ranch.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 20, 2026 10:04 PM (YBtcQ)

It's the smell of money, you know. Dairy is big business. Milk from the cow, and fertilizer, too.

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

60 Thanks CBD. I laughed.

Can you get me that Chernobyl chick's phone number?

Posted by: tankdemon at April 20, 2026 10:10 PM (PMi3m)

61 I generally hate the interstates. But the stretch of I-25 between Casper and Buffalo is wonderful. Very little truck traffic, following the east slope of the Bighorns. Just stay away around Rally time in August. Fooking bikers ruin everything.

Posted by: I Drive a Lot at April 20, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)

62 Stateless, are you doing better? It sounds like it from your posts.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 10:10 PM (nz1sK)

63 "NYPD cop on horseback chases down convicted killer-turned-purse snatcher in wild NYC bust"
++++++

Convicted killers walking the streets of NYC is no big deal, in fact Alvin Bragg encourages it.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 10:10 PM (y171U)

64 Sorry I'm late, I was testing a hypothesis. I will be sibmitting the paper to scientific journals when complete, but the gist of it is, no, snowshoes are not effective in quicksand.
Posted by: tankdemon

I'm glad one of your fellow researchers was studying the tensile strength of jungle vines.

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

65 "But I guess an arrest is okay too."

Well, she got turned loose on her own recognizance right away, so she can resume her life of crime.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (utfVc)

66 Are we sure that WinRed isn't run by the same people as ActBlue? Possibly literally?

Posted by: RandomDave at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (aJQbY)

67 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:09 PM (+2QQb)

How's the trip so far?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

68 Perhaps 4 breasted lady is a genius.

I think she noticed how women were always trying to enhance their breasts to make themselves more attractive to men.

This brave, intelligent woman thought "Hmmm, instead of size, let's try quantity."

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (Sco7b)

69 I drove 100 MPH twice on I-80 in the Nevada Desert. I figured, if any place was the place to do it, that was.
Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026

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I ran the '86 Mercedes S-Class up to 100 in NE New Mexico, out in the middle of nowhere, the old route of the Santa Fe Trail. A grand experience.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (+2QQb)

70 Boob number 4 is a little caddywampus.

Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (BT3km)

71 Japan, nuked too much or not enough?

https://youtu.be/xGOneMdjpw4

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (2GVsD)

72 Field was charged with grand larceny and false impersonation for allegedly lying about her name. She has 14 prior arrests on her record.

She has been arrested for three other crimes this year, including allegedly threatening someone with scissors, kicking a man and stealing $900 in merchandise.
_______________________________

AND, somehow she was out on Parole.

Posted by: Orson at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (dIske)

73 It is my cat’s birthday. He is 6 today. It’s also J’s birthday. lol.

Posted by: Piper at April 20, 2026 10:13 PM (Wmg4n)

74 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:09 PM (+2QQb)

How's the trip so far?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026

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Enjoying the dryness and lower temps. The roads are pretty good in town, even better outside. The houses I looked at today, well, one was okay, one was meh, and one would need a lot more work than its Realtor pics indicated.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:14 PM (+2QQb)

75 There are some roads in far west Texas that look like that.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2026 10:14 PM (ZVgZ4)

76 Piper, how is Soup?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 10:15 PM (2GVsD)

77 I just watched Nancy Grace try to explain anti gravity to Sean Hannity. It was like the monkey thought he could get the football off.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 20, 2026 10:15 PM (w/O5Q)

78 Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 20, 2026 10:10 PM (vrNzf)

WinRed is total GOPe scum.

They sell phone numbers to anyone with cash, but they claim no responsibility for the spam that ensues.

Fuck them. I will never give them a penny...ever. And they have soured me on about 99% of the rest of the Republican cash-slurping world.

Nice job...Assholes!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 10:15 PM (n9ltV)

79 Enjoying the dryness and lower temps. The roads are pretty good in town, even better outside. The houses I looked at today, well, one was okay, one was meh, and one would need a lot more work than its Realtor pics indicated.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:14 PM (+2QQb)

City amenities, the people, shopping venues? Maybe a couple of book stores? What's the price range?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)

80 Anna, it looks like the setting might be more interesting than the story

Posted by: RandomDave at April 20, 2026 10:16 PM (aJQbY)

81 62 Stateless, are you doing better? It sounds like it from your posts.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 20, 2026 10:10 PM (nz1sK

Thank you for asking. Getting there. I'm starting work on my projects so I can have income too.

Ralphy needs me here to take care of him, but I have a plan.

And I read about your husbands' first day. That made me happy. Thanks.

Back to the last part of my surreal Japanese movie. Chernobyl lady would fit right in.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 20, 2026 10:16 PM (Sco7b)

82 We once drove US 50 through Utah and Nevada. It was amazing. And we were lucky to see the Shoe Tree, before it was cut down by some crazy bitch. just wish we had taken some pics.

Great Basin National Park was fun, pointing out that there are oases in Nevada, and they are the numerous mountain ranges.

Posted by: I Drive a Lot, and I love America at April 20, 2026 10:16 PM (0aYVJ)

83 There's still a lot of highways in the SW where it's a pretty good idea to have some extra water and a little food in case of a breakdown. No cell service, no traffic sometimes for many hours or even days.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 20, 2026 10:16 PM (gm9Sb)

84 AND, somehow she was out on Parole.
Posted by: Orson at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (dIske)

What's remarkable, is that according to the story, she actually served 25 years on the 2000 murder rap. Leads me to think she was a troublesome prisoner, or she would have gotten paroled sooner?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 10:16 PM (utfVc)

85 My family played a game on road trips where we would try to guess the mileage on the next road sign.

That and the license plate alphabet game.

But mostly there was a line down the middle of the backseat and I got yelled at for looking through the other window.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 20, 2026 10:16 PM (A5RD0)

86 There are some roads in far west Texas that look like that.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2026

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When I was coming back from Carlsbad, NM, headed to San Antonio in '93, Dwight Yoakum's "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere" was the perfect song.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:17 PM (+2QQb)

87 Jeez...what kind of fags are AoSHQ drivers?

I routinely exceed 100mph on the fucking NJ Turnpike! And when I am in Vermont on I-91? Yippee!

Do better. Be better.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 10:17 PM (n9ltV)

88 78 “cash-slurping”

Well said, CBD. And so stolen.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 10:18 PM (77rzZ)

89 I drove 100 MPH twice on I-80 in the Nevada Desert. I figured, if any place was the place to do it, that was.
Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026

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I ran the '86 Mercedes S-Class up to 100 in NE New Mexico, out in the middle of nowhere, the old route of the Santa Fe Trail. A grand experience.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (+2QQ

100 MPH on the Garden State Parkway, The Staties were..not amused..

Posted by: I can't drive 55 at April 20, 2026 10:18 PM (nbLIj)

90 Enjoying the dryness and lower temps. The roads are pretty good in town, even better outside. The houses I looked at today, well, one was okay, one was meh, and one would need a lot more work than its Realtor pics indicated.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:14 PM (+2QQb)
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Do you have other destinations planned?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 20, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

91 And they have soured me on about 99% of the rest of the Republican cash-slurping world.

You are late to the party. Been there for a couple of decades.

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

92
Motorcyclist stopped by police horse.

https://youtu.be/lmc0ynhZSas

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 10:19 PM (tgvbd)

93 Driving from Texas to Utah. Once you clear Austin, the gps instruction reads something like, “follow this route 300 miles.”

Posted by: Advo at April 20, 2026 10:19 PM (jO4mz)

94 100 MPH on the Garden State Parkway, The Staties were..not amused..

Posted by: I can't drive 55 at April 20, 2026 10:18 PM (nbLIj)

Yeah...the GSP is far more aggressively patrolled than the NJTP.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 10:19 PM (n9ltV)

95 City amenities, the people, shopping venues? Maybe a couple of book stores? What's the price range?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026

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All good so far, though I haven't checked the bookstores. I know they have some. Their downtown is amazing: a super wide main street with angle parking, no parking garages or meters (though the angle spots are three hours only, but I can live with that). Lots of different, thriving stores.

I won't incite hilarity among the patrons of this fine blog by mentioning the price range I'm hoping to stay within.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:20 PM (+2QQb)

96 Thanks Kindltot. I have realistic expectations, don't expect to duplicate a good professional crust. Just want mine less chewy. They do vary from one to the other, some better. Pretty much keep same technique (either pastry blender or food processor), everything's very cold, etc. I'll just keep experimenting, including trying shortening again (half shortening/half butter) and then lard.

Leaf lard, per Ben Had, to be precise. Reco'd for fruit/sweet pie crusts - apparently a neutral flavor, so also OK for savory (might just use salted butter for those combos).

This place makes me hungry!

Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2026 10:20 PM (U/Byj)

97 The Oxford Comma would like a word with your example ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at April 20, 2026 10:21 PM (3sXRv)

98 76 Piper, how is Soup?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026

He is good! He is still silly. He is laying in bed with the kitties and everyone is keeping their paws to themselves.

Posted by: Piper at April 20, 2026 10:21 PM (Wmg4n)

99 I made CCC's yesterday... with the chocolate feves.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 20, 2026 10:21 PM (VCgbV)

100 4 breasted lady you say?

Posted by: Captain Kirk at April 20, 2026 10:21 PM (41CYW)

101 I drove 100 MPH twice on I-80 in the Nevada Desert. I figured, if any place was the place to do it, that was.
Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026

The aforementioned stretch of I-25 between Casper and Buffalo WY, I would drive my Nissan Frontier well over 100 mph. First, fun. Second, I love my truck. Smooth as silk.

Posted by: I Drive a Lot, and I love America at April 20, 2026 10:21 PM (0aYVJ)

102 WinRed is total GOPe scum.

They sell phone numbers to anyone with cash, but they claim no responsibility for the spam that ensues.

Fuck them. I will never give them a penny...ever. And they have soured me on about 99% of the rest of the Republican cash-slurping world.

Nice job...Assholes!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

* nods *

Third Law.

Posted by: zombie Robert Conquest at April 20, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

103 "You're making a huge mistake continuing to ignore us like this.
We're asking one last time.

Verify your voter profile ASAP. >> win26.io/le5v2b"

I am wondering who thought this was a good idea. One thing I have noticed is that the more recent generations have ... issues communicating properly. In a tone and manner that actually works. Even though they are 'writing' more than almost any preceding generation before them with texting, they seem to lack all decorum when doing so. It's as though they cannot predict how what they write will be interpreted in text without context- even though they communicate in the same way all the time.

A better way to say it might have been: 'With the issues we face, please lend your support. We cannot afford not to fight these battles.' Make it a group thing rather than a confrontational, insulting mess that a retard wrote.

Just my two cents.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2026 10:22 PM (bss/y)

104 Do you have other destinations planned?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 20, 2026

***
Going to look at the famous cowtown Abilene, a pipe shop in Wichita, and a town known as "Little Sweden" for its high percentage of Scandinavian ancestry, Lindsborg. And I'll be back in Fort Scott on Sunday and may be able to look around there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:22 PM (+2QQb)

105 I won't incite hilarity among the patrons of this fine blog by mentioning the price range I'm hoping to stay within.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:20 PM (+2QQb)

I can't recall the area Week Geek suggested in MO, but on YT there's a guy, Jed The Realtor, who shows houses in the Jefferson City area.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

106 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 20, 2026 10:23 PM (+9wcF)

107 This brave, intelligent woman thought "Hmmm, instead of size, let's try quantity."
Posted by: Stateless

She went with both -
Volume volume volume.

Big

and

Chunky

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 20, 2026 10:23 PM (/lPRQ)

108 I woke up this evening and I got myself a beer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 20, 2026 10:23 PM (Fbc0I)

109 I may have a classic nova lox bagel in the morning. Just because,

Posted by: Eromero at April 20, 2026 10:24 PM (LHPAg)

110 Well, that's makes sense

@nicksortor
🚨 HOLY CRAP! The Iranian-flagged ship Touska, which the US military seized yesterday, was in-bound from China “loaded with dual-use chemicals used to manufacture ballistic missiles,” per WP
US Marines are now searching 5,000 containers on board.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 20, 2026 10:24 PM (diia5)

111 I woke up this evening and I got myself a beer.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 20, 2026 10:23 PM (Fbc0I)

Hungover Jim Morrison? *urp*

Posted by: I Drive a Lot, and I love America at April 20, 2026 10:24 PM (0aYVJ)

112 64 I'm glad one of your fellow researchers was studying the tensile strength of jungle vines.
Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

Me too. But why did he have to include poison ivy in his study?

Posted by: tankdemon at April 20, 2026 10:25 PM (PMi3m)

113 Jeez...what kind of fags are AoSHQ drivers?

I routinely exceed 100mph on the fucking NJ Turnpike! And when I am in Vermont on I-91? Yippee!

Do better. Be better.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 10:17 PM (n9ltV)

*pulls out in front of CBD in the fast lane, doing 10 under and with blinker on*

Posted by: Mr. Count de Magoo at April 20, 2026 10:26 PM (wVcYX)

114 77 I just watched Nancy Grace try to explain anti gravity to Sean Hannity. It was like the monkey thought he could get the football off.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 20, 2026 10:15 PM (w/O5Q)

Nancy also thinks the 11 mysterious scientist deaths are a problem...

Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 10:26 PM (y171U)

115 I made CCC's yesterday... with the chocolate feves.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 20, 2026 10:21 PM (VCgbV)

I have a two-pound bag of them waiting for the correct moment. But I need your recipe for the jumbo-sized cookies!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 10:26 PM (n9ltV)

116 Uncle Timmy here, here to see a man about a horse...

Posted by: Gov. Tim Walz at April 20, 2026 10:26 PM (d9i2R)

117 I may have a classic nova lox bagel in the morning. Just because,

Posted by: Eromero at April 20, 2026 10:24 PM (LHPAg)

Good man!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 10:26 PM (n9ltV)

118 All this 100-mph talk reminds me that I don't think I've ever run the Buick over about 80. It's as solid at that speed, given a smooth road, as it is at 60 or 70, so I could do it. But nowadays, with the surveillance on us everywhere, with my luck I'd run the car up to a smooth 100 and get a huge ticket in the mail.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:26 PM (+2QQb)

119 Fuck them. I will never give them a penny...ever. And they have soured me on about 99% of the rest of the Republican cash-slurping world.

Nice job...Assholes!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 10:15 PM (n9ltV)
* * * *
I wouldn't mind tossing some dollars Trump's way, but it goes through an allocation process that includes asshats such as Thune and Cornyn (and so many others!). Not gonna do it.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 20, 2026 10:27 PM (vrNzf)

120 *pulls out in front of CBD in the fast lane, doing 10 under and with blinker on*

Posted by: Mr. Count de Magoo at April 20, 2026 10:26 PM (wVcYX)

You and every third NJ driver.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 10:27 PM (n9ltV)

121 I had to send a letter to WinRed to get them to stop spamming my phone. I have no idea how they got me #. Took some doing but now they leave me alone. I never give money to politicians, ever.

Posted by: Bob at April 20, 2026 10:27 PM (hWhmF)

122 Can you get me that Chernobyl chick's phone number?
Posted by: tankdemon

I don't know her phone number, but I bet her three sizes are around 34CD-22D-32.

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

123 4 breasted lady you say?
Posted by: Captain Kirk

It's not a tumah!

Posted by: Ahnold at April 20, 2026 10:27 PM (BT3km)

124 License plate alphabet game?
Never heard of that variation- did it take forever?

Our version was:
1) it must be first letter in the word, but "X" was any word excluding Texas, Tex, and Texaco (later, Exxon). Because we lived there, so too easy.
2) no license plates
3) You can use any roadside signs or lettering on trucks.

We were all so close together in age, that the much younger annoying sibling wasn't an issue.

Posted by: sal at April 20, 2026 10:27 PM (f+FmA)

125 CCC is either Commodity Credit Corp. or Civilian Conservation Corps to me. What's its meaning here?

Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2026 10:29 PM (U/Byj)

126 84 AND, somehow she was out on Parole.
Posted by: Orson at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (dIske)

What's remarkable, is that according to the story, she actually served 25 years on the 2000 murder rap. Leads me to think she was a troublesome prisoner, or she would have gotten paroled sooner?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 10:16 PM (utfVc)

Republicans were in charge of NYC back then.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 10:29 PM (y171U)

127 I can't recall the area Week Geek suggested in MO, but on YT there's a guy, Jed The Realtor, who shows houses in the Jefferson City area.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026

***
Joplin, way down in the SW corner of Missouri.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:30 PM (+2QQb)

128 We were all so close together in age, that the much younger annoying sibling wasn't an issue.
Posted by: sal at April 20, 2026 10:27 PM (f+FmA)

4. First one to call "bug" when you see a Volkswagen Beetle.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 10:30 PM (1Ff7Z)

129 I wonder if she had quadruplets.

Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 10:30 PM (BT3km)

130 Nancy also thinks the 11 mysterious scientist deaths are a problem...
Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 10:26 PM (y171U)

Looking at the list that was posted here the other night, only about half are "mysterious" or unsolved. Three appeared to be a love triangle murder-suicide, two on the East coast were the work of a nutbar who thought one of the scientists had screwed him over for a research job, and one in California was murdered by a hobo, for reasons yet unknown.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 10:31 PM (utfVc)

131 4-breasted chilly gal is like the double drive thru lanes at Chic-Fil-A or McDonalds.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 20, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)

132 125 CCC is either Commodity Credit Corp. or Civilian Conservation Corps to me. What's its meaning here?
Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2026 10:29 PM (U/Byj)

Based on the context, I am guessing chocolate chip cookies.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 20, 2026 10:31 PM (PMi3m)

133 I wonder if she had quadruplets.
Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 10:30 PM (BT3km)

Makes it easier to feed.

Posted by: Lady Madonna at April 20, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

134 One of our favorite road games when the boys were teenagers was Mad-Libs. We would get to laughing so hard.

Posted by: I Drive a Lot, and I love America at April 20, 2026 10:32 PM (0aYVJ)

135 CCC is either Commodity Credit Corp. or Civilian Conservation Corps to me. What's its meaning here?
Posted by: rhomboid

Did not read up thread but . . .

Catechism of the Catholic Church?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 20, 2026 10:32 PM (cYBz/)

136 Don't remember road trip games. Do remember going to Disneyland, older brothers were responsible for calling out when they first saw the Matterhorn. Would happen somewhere amidst the orange groves that surrounded the southern approaches.

A few years ago I went to a hockey store that is almost literally across the 5 from the Matterhorn. Could barely see it.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2026 10:32 PM (U/Byj)

137 114 77 I just watched Nancy Grace try to explain anti gravity to Sean Hannity. It was like the monkey thought he could get the football off.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 20, 2026 10:15 PM (w/O5Q)

Nancy also thinks the 11 mysterious scientist deaths are a problem...
Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 10:26 PM (y171U)

Maybe they are, I don't know, what I do know is that Nancy Grace trying to convey gravitational lensing to Sean Hannity was like a bird flying into a window. Nothing gets through but it sure is annoying.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 20, 2026 10:33 PM (w/O5Q)

138 95 Their downtown is amazing: a super wide main street with angle parking, no parking garages or meters (though the angle spots are three hours only, but I can live with that). Lots of different, thriving stores.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:20 PM (+2QQb)

Sounds like 1950's-1970s USA downtowns.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 10:33 PM (y171U)

139 130 "and one in California was murdered by a hobo, for reasons yet unknown."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 10:31 PM (utfVc)

It really makes you appreciate Ace doing so much to cull the hobo population.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 20, 2026 10:34 PM (PMi3m)

140 Sounds like 1950's-1970s USA downtowns.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 10:33 PM (y171U)

Long since gone. Except the meters are still there.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 10:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

141 95 Their downtown is amazing: a super wide main street with angle parking, no parking garages or meters (though the angle spots are three hours only, but I can live with that). Lots of different, thriving stores.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:20 PM (+2QQb)

Sounds like 1950's-1970s USA downtowns.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 10:33 PM (y171U)

It's not Willoughby by chance, is it? Give it a miss.

Posted by: Rod Serling at April 20, 2026 10:36 PM (wVcYX)

142 Top pic gave me an instant "Carefree Highway" vibe.

Posted by: Rex B at April 20, 2026 10:37 PM (a992C)

143 Sounds like 1950's-1970s USA downtowns.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 10:33 PM (y171U)

Long since gone. Except the meters are still there.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 10:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

On it!

Posted by: Cool Hand Luke at April 20, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

144 On it!
Posted by: Cool Hand Luke at April 20, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

Anyone who cuts off meter heads spends a night in the box.

Posted by: Floorwalker at April 20, 2026 10:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

145 > I just watched Nancy Grace try to explain anti gravity to Sean Hannity.
----

how in the hell did the subject even come up

Posted by: Don Black, because someone has to at April 20, 2026 10:38 PM (ZxPkt)

146 100mph.
Pikers
~AZ drivers

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 20, 2026 10:39 PM (YBtcQ)

147 I just watched Nancy Grace try to explain anti gravity to Sean Hannity.
----

how in the hell did the subject even come up
Posted by: Don Black, because someone has to at April 20, 2026 10:38 PM (ZxPkt)

He was staring at her pendulous orbs?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

148 130 Nancy also thinks the 11 mysterious scientist deaths are a problem...
Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 10:26 PM (y171U)

Looking at the list that was posted here the other night, only about half are "mysterious" or unsolved. Three appeared to be a love triangle murder-suicide, two on the East coast were the work of a nutbar who thought one of the scientists had screwed him over for a research job, and one in California was murdered by a hobo, for reasons yet unknown.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 10:31 PM (utfVc)

That won't stop our intrepid sleuth Nancy "Drew" Grace.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 10:40 PM (y171U)

149 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 20, 2026 10:41 PM (sAmhv)

150 >>>I routinely exceed 100mph on the fucking NJ Turnpike! And when I am in Vermont on I-91? Yippee!

Do better. Be better.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

>Come out here to flyover country and we'll introduce you to Bambi and the pronghorn. You can haul ass when the sun is out, but those nighttime critters will ruin your day.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 20, 2026 10:41 PM (Fbc0I)

151 I will often speed up to 100 to pass the inevitable line of trucks, before they can try to pass one another going uphill.

For the most part I try to avoid the interstate, but between Boise and Mountain Home it is very difficult.

Still ,got home from SLC pretty quickly yesterday. Just very nerve-wracking.

Posted by: I Drive a Lot, and I hate I-84 at April 20, 2026 10:43 PM (0aYVJ)

152 I remember driving Columbus to Canada.

Ohio, beautifully maintained roads but I drove the speed limit because pilice were everywhere.

Michigan, I drove slow because I didn't want to lose a tire.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 20, 2026 10:43 PM (Sco7b)

153 NYPD cop on horseback chases down convicted killer-turned-purse snatcher in wild NYC bust
I was hoping for the mounted policeman to chase her down, knock her to the concrete, and let the horse trample her to death.

But I guess an arrest is okay too.

>>> Was that a citizen's arrest at the end? Either way, that guy did not look like someone you want to mess with.

Posted by: pookysgirl wishes her county used more horseback patrols at April 20, 2026 10:44 PM (Wt5PA)

154 I needed to change the oil of my 2018 F-150 5.0. It takes 9 (nine!) quarts of oil. I have done it before, and it is always an adventure, mainly due to a frame cross member being less than an inch from the plastic drain plug in the plastic oil pan.

I was doing my usual "one-weird-trick" of using a sheet of cardboard to deflect the oil into my used oil basin, when I noticed the big dip pan under the basin was rapidly filling with oil. My plastic oil drain basin had a crack in it at about the 2-quart level.

$10 worth of Pig Mat later, I had most of the oil mopped up. I was glad to find I could wring out a sheet of Pig Mat and use it a couple of times. Then I got to deal with the stuck oil filter, which felt like some inbred, mouth-breathing hillbilly had installed it with an impact wrench, even though I know it was me who put it on, just a hair past finger-tight. Nearly two hours after I started, I was finally done with a 30 minute job.

I hereby declare myself to be the Anti-AOP!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 20, 2026 10:45 PM (9P99/)

155 I went real fast on a motorcycle once
near Hartsel CO
some wide open roads out there

Posted by: Don Black, because someone has to at April 20, 2026 10:46 PM (ZxPkt)

156 Happy to report that cocoa powder has been obtained. Placed on a shelf so that anyone under 5'8 would have missed it, and it was turned to the back, so you didn't know what it was until you grabbed it. I took the one behind it and moved it to the front, facing forward to make it easier to spot for the more vertically-challenged..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 20, 2026 10:46 PM (nbLIj)

157 79 Enjoying the dryness and lower temps. The roads are pretty good in town, even better outside. The houses I looked at today, well, one was okay, one was meh, and one would need a lot more work than its Realtor pics indicated.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:14 PM (+2QQb)

City amenities, the people, shopping venues? Maybe a couple of book stores? What's the price range?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)

Wolfus: From previous thread, you're in Salina, Ks?

Wasn't Judy Barton* from there?

FWIW, California doesn't tax social security. They do tax everything else, however and 25 gallons of regular at Costco today cost me >125$$

*Jimmy Stewart's love interest in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026 10:46 PM (QGaXH)

158 Anyone who cuts off meter heads spends a night in the box.
Posted by: Floorwalker

I first watched that film with my Dad and Grandpa. Dad and Pops argued long into the night about what brand of pipe cutter it was.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 20, 2026 10:47 PM (cYBz/)

159 @79.
Oh, I love those questions.
City Amenities- one red light and three cops
The people- best not to talk to them
Shopping venues- Dollar General
Book Stores- you kidding?
Price range- how much you got?

Posted by: Case at April 20, 2026 10:48 PM (pvf3X)

160 I first watched that film with my Dad and Grandpa. Dad and Pops argued long into the night about what brand of pipe cutter it was.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 20, 2026 10:47 PM (cYBz/)

Did they ever decide which of them was right?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)

161 Speaking of tires, I should check the psi in mine tomorrow morning. The temps have been lower in the mornings here than they were in NO, of course, and the tires were set to 35 there on Thursday. They may have lost a bit here. I have a Home Depot portable tire compressor in the trunk, and it takes me only a few minutes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:49 PM (+2QQb)

162 Bob Dole was from Russel, Kansas.

Also, best parts of Kansas are away from I-70. It's a pretty state.

Posted by: Not Bob Dole at April 20, 2026 10:50 PM (0aYVJ)

163 That highway pic reminds me of the final scene of the movie "Shooter".

Posted by: illiniwek at April 20, 2026 10:50 PM (vbXSk)

164 It's the same recipe x1.5 and use a big ice cream scoop to portion the cookies. Just be careful when adding the chocolate, you don't want to break the disks too much. A little is inevitable when using the stand mixer.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 20, 2026 10:51 PM (VCgbV)

165 Wolfus: From previous thread, you're in Salina, Ks?

Wasn't Judy Barton* from there?. . .

*Jimmy Stewart's love interest in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026

***
It's been a while since I saw that movie. Kim Novak's character? Yes, Salina it is!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:52 PM (+2QQb)

166 Most critters are predictable, they follow the sunrise and sunset. But not the moose and bears, they'll jump into the road at any hour. I've seen commuters hit a bear and total their vehicle. And piss the bear off.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 20, 2026 10:53 PM (Fbc0I)

167 163 That highway pic reminds me of the final scene of the movie "Shooter".

--------

Or Vanishing Point

Which has the distinction of featuring the first set of bare boobs I ever saw in a movie.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 20, 2026 10:53 PM (nWPIJ)

168 Speaking of tires, I should check the psi in mine tomorrow morning. The temps have been lower in the mornings here than they were in NO, of course, and the tires were set to 35 there on Thursday. They may have lost a bit here. I have a Home Depot portable tire compressor in the trunk, and it takes me only a few minutes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:49 PM (+2QQb)

Every fall, our "tire light" comes on. I am about five hours north-northeast of where you are now. (I only know this because my brother lives on the south side of Kansas City, KS.)

Posted by: pookysgirl wants the warm weather to continue at April 20, 2026 10:53 PM (Wt5PA)

169 @nicksortor
🚨 HOLY CRAP! The Iranian-flagged ship Touska, which the US military seized yesterday, was in-bound from China “loaded with dual-use chemicals used to manufacture ballistic missiles,” per WP
US Marines are now searching 5,000 containers on board.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Wouldn't it be terrible if some unknown underwater drone f'ed up some Chyna port facility?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 20, 2026 10:54 PM (/lPRQ)

170 Bob Dole was from Russel, Kansas.

Also, best parts of Kansas are away from I-70. It's a pretty state.
Posted by: Not Bob Dole at April 20, 2026

***
I recall passing through Russell on I-70 when moving to Denver in '97. Abilene, east of Salina on the same interstate, was the home of Eisenhower.

In the movie version of Man From U.N.C.L.E.'s pilot, Robert Vaughn's Solo tells Luciana Paluzzi about his paranoid grandmother from Kansas. She asks, "Are you from Kansas?" He says, "Isn't everybody?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:55 PM (+2QQb)

171 161 Speaking of tires, I should check the psi in mine tomorrow morning. The temps have been lower in the mornings here than they were in NO, of course, and the tires were set to 35 there on Thursday. They may have lost a bit here. I have a Home Depot portable tire compressor in the trunk, and it takes me only a few minutes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:49 PM (+2QQb)

You mentioned in the Cafe thread how nice Denver or Santa Fe must have been back in the '60's. The movie Vertigo (195

has a lot of background scenes of 1958 San Francisco. Truly a beautiful town.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026 10:55 PM (QGaXH)

172 I got that stupid text too.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 20, 2026 10:56 PM (Fmj+u)

173 I've been getting a ton of political mail about CIA Barbie and her Merry band of marxists plan to gerrymander VA in favor of the Soviets. The one from some progressive outfit letting me know that voting is public record and THEY know whether I did or not, is kind of East German chic for me. I will be voting No. I suspect this will pass anyway because voting has been broken. I fully expect CIA Barbie and her Merry band of marxists to monkey wrench everything in order to get there desired results.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 20, 2026 10:57 PM (sAmhv)

174 171 161 Speaking of tires, I should check the psi in mine tomorrow morning. The temps have been lower in the mornings here than they were in NO, of course, and the tires were set to 35 there on Thursday

----------

TPMS is your friend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 20, 2026 10:57 PM (nWPIJ)

175
Every fall, our "tire light" comes on. I am about five hours north-northeast of where you are now. (I only know this because my brother lives on the south side of Kansas City, KS.)
Posted by: pookysgirl wants the warm weather to continue at April 20, 2026

***
The Buick doesn't have a tire light, but the TPMS reports in near-real time: After a lag, the readout shows you the PSI in each tire. If there is a sudden loss of pressure, such as in a blowout, the system spits out a warning

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:57 PM (+2QQb)

176 93 Driving from Texas to Utah. Once you clear Austin, the gps instruction reads something like, “follow this route 300 miles.”
Posted by: Advo at April 20, 2026 10:19 PM (jO4mz)

I-10 west from Phoenix headed home to Orange County 'bear left at Ca-60, 250+ miles'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026 10:58 PM (QGaXH)

177 I won't incite hilarity among the patrons of this fine blog by mentioning the price range I'm hoping to stay within.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:20 PM (+2QQb)

I was looking at KS houses for sale on Redfin, and the prices there are more reasonable than the ones here in Oregon.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 10:59 PM (rbvCR)

178 Kansas comments: Eisenhower lived in Kansas, of course, but was born in Denison, TX, almost in OK.

Salina is where I turn on the way to Denver.

Salina has a great car show every summer. Hundreds of cars in the city park. Hotter than Hades!

I-70 from the CO line to Salina is a very boring drive.

End of comments.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 20, 2026 11:00 PM (7D3Aa)

179 I-10 west from Phoenix headed home to Orange County 'bear left at Ca-60, 250+ miles'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

U-Turn east & drive 447 miles to Bucee's !!!

Posted by: Adriane the Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May in April Critic . . . at April 20, 2026 11:00 PM (3ZUWJ)

180 95 City amenities, the people, shopping venues? Maybe a couple of book stores? What's the price range?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026

***
All good so far, though I haven't checked the bookstores. I know they have some. Their downtown is amazing: a super wide main street with angle parking, no parking garages or meters (though the angle spots are three hours only, but I can live with that). Lots of different, thriving stores.

I won't incite hilarity among the patrons of this fine blog by mentioning the price range I'm hoping to stay within.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:20 PM (+2QQb)

Did you look at Zillow? You can set it to only show you properties with garages.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026 11:00 PM (QGaXH)

181 HOLY CRAP! The Iranian-flagged ship Touska, which the US military seized yesterday, was in-bound from China “loaded with dual-use chemicals used to manufacture ballistic missiles,” per WP
US Marines are now searching 5,000 containers on board.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

But. Orange Man Bad, or some shit. All I know is that PDT is quite possibly our last best hope.

I am genuinely afraid of what will happen after he leaves office. This might just be a glitch in the matrix. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Posted by: America, you guys at April 20, 2026 11:00 PM (0aYVJ)

182 Or Vanishing Point

Which has the distinction of featuring the first set of bare boobs I ever saw in a movie.
Posted by: Cicero
................................
If it's the scene I'm thinking about, you saw more than boobs.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 20, 2026 11:01 PM (sAmhv)

183 Time I packed it in, all. Workout early tomorrow in the fitness center, cleanup and breakfast, and then the realtor lady is coming by for 9:30 so we can look at some more houses. After seeing for myself the variation between the look of a house on Realtor dot com and its look in the real world, I'm not very sanguine.

We will see.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 11:02 PM (+2QQb)

184 Vehicle toilet....Indian truck driver # hole in the floor

Posted by: Muchas buchas at April 20, 2026 11:02 PM (CDX35)

185 A 4-way intersection in that highway pic would be nice.

Posted by: Director of Castaway at April 20, 2026 11:02 PM (a992C)

186 Chelsea Clinton completed the Boston Marathon today, and wouldn't you know that both Hillary and Bill were at the finish line.

Her time was 3:40:52, which is actually very good.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 20, 2026 11:03 PM (y171U)

187 Did you look at Zillow? You can set it to only show you properties with garages.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026

***
You can do that with Realtor too, though sometimes it doesn't work. Maybe Zillow would be better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 11:03 PM (+2QQb)

188 Integration is non-committal and border controls barely exist, …
_ Belgian MEP @Assita_Kanko

If we accept the blackmail of radical Muslims who always scream “Islamophobia” when you have an opinion, then we stop fighting for our own ideas, … Refuse to submit...We need to stop being naive about radical Islam.

https://tinyurl.com/2thu347y

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 11:03 PM (FJMtP)

189 82 We once drove US 50 through Utah and Nevada. It was amazing. And we were lucky to see the Shoe Tree, before it was cut down by some crazy bitch. just wish we had taken some pics.

Great Basin National Park was fun, pointing out that there are oases in Nevada, and they are the numerous mountain ranges.
Posted by: I Drive a Lot, and I love America at April 20, 2026 10:16 PM (0aYVJ)

Shoe Tree was cut down by a spurned dude. Not a crazy bitch. I was practically living in Middlegate at the time.

Posted by: Reforger at April 20, 2026 11:04 PM (WYOCN)

190 TPMS is your friend.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 20, 2026 10:57 PM (nWPIJ)

Until the sensors cack out, then it becomes a PITA.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 11:04 PM (utfVc)

191 I somehow got on a Dem text message list--I let one keep coming through out of morbid curiosity. The Dem one is just as one note as the WinRed, but the Dem one is hysterical TDS messaging. Maybe WinRed would be more effective if they switched to hysterical anti Dem messaging.

Posted by: Lirio100 at April 20, 2026 11:04 PM (ky7/T)

192 We used to play license plate scrabble, the three letters on the plate had to be used in a word, in order.

NAP could be "Snap" or 'Unappreciated" for example.
the winner came up with the most words, taking turns.
This was the GF who used to smoke my butt playing Scrabble, by the way, and she really enjoyed the game

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 11:05 PM (rbvCR)

193 studying the tensile strength of jungle vines.

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)
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As a young boy I tested the strength of vines growing in the woods behind my friend's house. I was 20 feet up or so and that vine didn't hold anything... certainly not me. When I tried to stand up the world looked sideways... the horizon was vertical.

Too much Tarzan as a kid I guess

Posted by: 496 at April 20, 2026 11:06 PM (xA5Rj)

194 I-70 from the CO line to Salina is a very boring drive.

End of comments.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 20, 2026

***
I've done it twice, once in a car and once, horribly, the first time, in a rented Ryder truck hauling my car behind it. Heading uphill into a spring wind. In a vehicle limited to 55 mph (this was '97, and some companies still went with that stuff).

It took five times forever.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 11:06 PM (+2QQb)

195 China to import record amount of US Ehane as Iran war chokes off Naphtha, LPG supplies...

The fate of Chinese plastics production is suddenly in the hands of Uncle Sam.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 11:07 PM (FJMtP)

196 Chelsea Clinton completed the Boston Marathon today, and wouldn't you know that both Hillary and Bill were at the finish line.
Posted by: Joemarine

Too bad both her natural parents weren't there.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 20, 2026 11:07 PM (cYBz/)

197 I don't get the joke with story about Uncle Jack ????

Cackle................. Cackle.................. Cackle !!!!

Posted by: Kami Harris at April 20, 2026 11:11 PM (38587)

198 Great top picture. I'm getting a serious itch to tour the country on a motorcycle.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 11:11 PM (snZF9)

199 Chelsea Clinton completed the Boston Marathon today, and wouldn't you know that both Hillary and Bill were at the finish line.

Her time was 3:40:52, which is actually very good.
Posted by: Joemarine

Run like Joe Biden is chasing you.....

Run like Dad is chasing you.....

Run like Teddy Kennedy is chasing you.....

Posted by: running through Chelsea's mind at April 20, 2026 11:11 PM (VHUov)

200 TPMS is your friend.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 20, 2026 10:57 PM (nWPIJ)

Until the sensors cack out, then it becomes a PITA.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 11:04 PM (utfVc)

I yanked them all out of the colorado a few months ago when I had the tires done.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 11:13 PM (snZF9)

201 In fact I think that pic at the top is HWY 50. About 50 miles east of Fallon. Just over the crest of Eastgate heading to Middlegate.

Posted by: Reforger at April 20, 2026 11:14 PM (WYOCN)

202 Do better. Be better.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

If driving the speed limit is good, driving double the speed limit is twice as good.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 20, 2026 11:14 PM (HZniy)

203 Greetin's, cretins. Would have been here sooner, but we were dining at daughter's with her husband and her mom-in-law, a delightful lady, native Italian, one-time briefly Texan, mostly New Yorker, getting her taste of Oklahoma cultchuh. Also our son, whose birthday is tomorrow. So, you can understand our priorities.

Now that I'm here, I'm listening to classic Doors, remembering driving west like the top pic, and anticipating more content & comments. It's a CBD Monday.

Posted by: mindful webworker - let it roll all night long at April 20, 2026 11:14 PM (iMJMF)

204 Maybe WinRed would be more effective if they switched to hysterical anti Dem messaging.
Posted by: Lirio100 at April 20, 2026 11:04 PM (ky7/T)

Why would they want to insult their friends?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 11:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

205 Up top pic, 1980 Camaro, t-tops off, cassette loaded and blasting music, speedometer pegged. Fun content, CBD. Thanks.
Posted by: scampydog

Not just any music. Judas Priest. Point of Entry.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 20, 2026 11:17 PM (HZniy)

206 Up top pic, 1980 Camaro, t-tops off, cassette loaded and blasting music, speedometer pegged. Fun content, CBD. Thanks.
Posted by: scampydog

Not just any music. Judas Priest. Point of Entry.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 20, 2026 11:17 PM (HZniy)

Desert Plains.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 11:17 PM (snZF9)

207
The Iranian-flagged ship Touska, which the US military seized yesterday, was in-bound from China “loaded with dual-use chemicals used to manufacture ballistic missiles,”

____________

"Experts"

A) The Republic of Iran has no ballistic missile program.

B) The Iranians have thousands of ballistic missiles that Drumpf failed to destroy!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 11:18 PM (mKHS2)

208 127

***
Joplin, way down in the SW corner of Missouri.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2026 10:30 PM (+2QQb)

I grew up in Joplin, somewhat more than 29 years ago. It's OK-ish, but not real high on my list of desirable places to live.

Posted by: a.moron at April 20, 2026 11:18 PM (X5Jzz)

209
Chelsea Clinton completed the Boston Marathon today

__________

This year's Boston Marathon?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 11:19 PM (mKHS2)

210 I routinely exceed 100mph on the fucking NJ Turnpike! And when I am in Vermont on I-91? Yippee!

Do better. Be better.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 10:17 PM (n9ltV)

Hubs had a 93 Ford Escort GT (5 speed Mazda engine) before we got married. One perfect Saturday morning, we drove from our house outside Boston to my parents house just north of Stowe, VT and did it in under 2 hours. Hubs hit 100 mph on I-89 just over the NH border and held steady until almost Waterbury. Scared the pants off me.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at April 20, 2026 11:20 PM (b77PF)

211 "I've been getting a ton of political mail about CIA Barbie and her Merry band of marxists plan to gerrymander VA."

Getting real fucking tired of that Gaylord cocksucker infesting youtube with his faggy lies.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 20, 2026 11:20 PM (HZniy)

212 ____________

"Experts"

A) The Republic of Iran has no ballistic missile program.

B) The Iranians have thousands of ballistic missiles that Drumpf failed to destroy!!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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You can't fix stupid. It's a form of nitrogen (fertilizer) they use for propellant and bombas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 11:21 PM (FJMtP)

213 Chelsea Clinton completed the Boston Marathon today

__________

This year's Boston Marathon?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 11:19 PM (mKHS2)
------------------
Oh damn, that's funny. Threadwinner.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 20, 2026 11:21 PM (HEno2)

214 It's from "WinRed," and directs to some stupid questionnaire from the NRSC. It is a perfect example of why the Republican Party sucks, and why we will never achieve the electoral success of the Democrats without wholesale changes.

Somehow I got on a leftwing list. They send me gimme money texts sure, but they also have actual human beings call me and offer to drive me to the polls and you know "help me vote"

All I have ever gotten from the GOPe are things like, "Donate in the next 20 minutes and get a 12X match" or "I can't believe you won't support the President, I thought we knew you better 18-1"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 20, 2026 11:22 PM (sKqQm)

215 I like my little Corolla, mostly... but I have the minimal package on it, so the TPMS only does a single 'low pressure yes/no' lamp (by which it means 'one is significantly off from the others', or possibly 'the highest is too far from the lowest'?), no indication of which tire or by how much. So it's always an adventure when I get 'round to testing them when it decides to come on.

That minimal package, however, means I miss out on a lot of BS that otherwise I'd have to figure out how to turn off or trace and cut wires or pop chips or pull fuses or w/e.

Posted by: RandomDave at April 20, 2026 11:22 PM (aJQbY)

216 nicksortor
🚨 HOLY CRAP! The Iranian-flagged ship Touska, which the US military seized yesterday, was in-bound from China “loaded with dual-use chemicals used to manufacture ballistic missiles,” per WP
US Marines are now searching 5,000 containers on board.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 20, 2026 10:24 PM (diia5)

I think we knew it before the ship was stopped. (Hence the reason we were so determined to stop it). The ships last port of call was a Chinese city known for prodding chemical stocks, including the perchlorate used for solid rocket motors.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 20, 2026 11:22 PM (Fmj+u)

217 190 TPMS is your friend.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 20, 2026 10:57 PM (nWPIJ)

Until the sensors cack out, then it becomes a PITA.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 11:04 PM (utfVc)

I'm struggling with that very issue right now on my 2019 Ram.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026 11:23 PM (QGaXH)

218 Amy Klobuchar is calling for a congressional hearing on a cabinet official's alleged drinking by anonymous, uninformed source.

Her own state just lost $9 billion to fraud on her watch.

She has not called for a hearing on that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 11:23 PM (FJMtP)

219 I've had the TPMS alarm and there was nothing wrong with the tires. It is an old Honda Civic, so my that's why. Usually on my trips to Western PA. Doesn't go off around Babylon DC.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 20, 2026 11:25 PM (sAmhv)

220 Not just any music. Judas Priest. Point of Entry.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 20, 2026 11:17 PM (HZniy)

Red Barchetta, by Rush.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 20, 2026 11:25 PM (Fmj+u)

221 By the way, if we ever add another weekend Topic, I vote for 'car (repair) talk', and I nominate Alberta Oil Peon to be the primary host.

Posted by: RandomDave at April 20, 2026 11:26 PM (aJQbY)

222 Her own state just lost $9 billion to fraud on her watch.

She has not called for a hearing on that.

Government theft doesn't occur in blue states because the politicians aren't watching.

Government theft occurs in blue states because that is the POINT of government in blue states

Posted by: 18-1 at April 20, 2026 11:26 PM (sKqQm)

223 The ships captain is also an IRGC man.

---

Bob Cummings was born & raised? in Joplin, Missouri.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 11:27 PM (FJMtP)

224
I have learned that my TPMS will also go off if the tires are over-inflated.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 11:27 PM (mKHS2)

225
Speaking of tires, I should check the psi in mine tomorrow morning. The temps have been lower in the mornings here than they were in NO, of course, and the tires were set to 35 there on Thursday
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TPMS is your friend.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Every fall, our "tire light" comes on. I am about five hours north-northeast of where you are now. (I only know this because my brother lives on the south side of Kansas City, KS.)
Posted by: pookysgirl wants the warm weather to continue

How to tell you and your spouse are both Army to the core.
Smash: "Bif? Did you do the monthly pmcs on the bikes, cars, and check the tire pressure in the spare tires?
Bif (on the inside): *ahhhhh fuck! It's fucking Saturday! I've worked six 10 hour days and want to sit on my ass today!*
Smash: "if you do the monthkies now, we can go on a nice motorcycle ride, then stop for bbq"
Bif: "I'm on it."

Girl knows how to push my damned buttons. She has house pmcs monthlies for checking the plumbing for leaks, seeps, and moldy growth under the sinks.

*sigh*

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 20, 2026 11:28 PM (Jf2Xp)

226 Oh. And every damned thing we have, has the tpms sensors.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 20, 2026 11:29 PM (Jf2Xp)

227 That pretty girl with four tits was denied symmetry.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 11:29 PM (FJMtP)

228 Tire pressure idiot lights are a waste. Seasonal temp swings caused me a few undue panic stops to check tire pressure, better to not have them and the false sense of security. But the tpms that reports pressure saved my ass from a tire losing a pound a minute at CBD speeds...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 20, 2026 11:29 PM (HZniy)

229 TPMS to me sounds like a tire leak waiting to happen.

Posted by: Reforger at April 20, 2026 11:29 PM (WYOCN)

230 87 Jeez...what kind of fags are AoSHQ drivers?

I routinely exceed 100mph on the fucking NJ Turnpike! And when I am in Vermont on I-91? Yippee!

Do better. Be better.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 10:17 PM (n9ltV)

I hit 130 on the I-35 overhead managed lanes between 635 and Loop 12 in my Q60. That was fun!

Posted by: goozer at April 20, 2026 11:30 PM (BAs8w)

231 Speaking of The Doors, Tiny Tim does the best cover of People are Strange.

Posted by: On the Old Front Porch at April 20, 2026 11:30 PM (oftw2)

232 221 By the way, if we ever add another weekend Topic, I vote for 'car (repair) talk', and I nominate Alberta Oil Peon to be the primary host.
Posted by: RandomDave at April 20, 2026 11:26 PM (aJQbY)

As long as we add talk about classic cars, I'm in.

Doesn't have to be every weekend, could be an occasional topic.

Might work in either the Hobby or FWP threads too.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026 11:31 PM (QGaXH)

233 Amy Klobuchar is calling for a congressional hearing on a cabinet official's alleged drinking by anonymous, uninformed source.
Her own state just lost $9 billion to fraud on her watch.
She has not called for a hearing on that.
Posted by: Braenyard

I'm an anonymous uninformed source, and I'd like to call for an investigation into HER drinking. Bitch.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 20, 2026 11:31 PM (HZniy)

234 I couldn't send money to WinRed. It sounds like it's a Communist front; nowadays, Chinese.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 20, 2026 11:33 PM (S/Y4j)

235 Reason #349340854 why car dealers blow hairy ass. Mrs B had her RDX at the Acura dealer for an oil change and to see about a noise coming from one of the wheels. I figure let them find it and I'll fix it. They tell her the back shocks are bad and it needs brakes. I can see the shocks needing to be replaced, I noticed it sometimes gets an extra bounce on the right dip in the road, and as far as the brakes go they're not all that old, and the backs usually last a while. I'm on speaker phone with her and the mechanic is there. I asked how much are the shocks, he says $1200 and $600 to put them in, and $600 for the brakes. $2400 for everything. I laughed in the phone. I said not in this lifetime, sell that shit to some Q-tip, not happening. I bought KYB gas adjust shocks for $90 each, they took 10 minutes each to change after the wheels were off, and I did the brakes while I was at it. She had at least 50% of her brake pads left, so they weren't bad, so that was a lie, but I changed them anyway. $220 for parts, and an hours worth of time. Still need to find the noise though. It could be the tires. Fucking dealers..

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 11:34 PM (snZF9)

236 168 Every fall, our "tire light" comes on. I am about five hours north-northeast of where you are now. (I only know this because my brother lives on the south side of Kansas City, KS.)
Posted by: pookysgirl wants the warm weather to continue at April 20, 2026 10:53 PM (Wt5PA)

Even here in relatively mild southern California I'll have a tire light come on in the fall.

That's how I know it's fall.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026 11:34 PM (QGaXH)

237 Looks like desolate, parched, wasteland in that top photo. You couldn't get two bucks an acre for it.

Posted by: Sunshine Realty at April 20, 2026 11:35 PM (oftw2)

238 Speaking of scams, I got one recently claiming my drivers license would be irrevocably cancelled if I didn't pay a fee. It had a link to a site ending in "pay.me", so I deleted it.

I don't think it would trip most of the Horde, but forewarned is forearmed.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 20, 2026 11:36 PM (S/Y4j)

239 Fire Ant Report:

Until now, overseas transfers of domestically produced finished products have been limited to rescue, transportation, vigilance, surveillance, and minesweeping (the so-called "five types"), but with this amendment, in principle, all defense equipment can be transferred.

As the security environment becomes increasingly difficult, no country can now protect its own peace and security with just one country...partner countries are expressing their expectations for the defense equipment that Japan is developing under the concept of "exclusive defense."

Meeting these needs and transferring defense equipment will contribute to improving the defense capabilities of these countries and ultimately preventing conflict from occurring, thereby ensuring Japan's security...
_Sanae Takaichi@takaichi_sanae

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 11:36 PM (FJMtP)

240 223

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Bob Cummings was born & raised? in Joplin, Missouri.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 11:27 PM (FJMtP)

As was Dennis Weaver, Chester on Gunsmoke.

Posted by: a.moron at April 20, 2026 11:37 PM (X5Jzz)

241 Looks like desolate, parched, wasteland in that top photo. You couldn't get two bucks an acre for it.
Posted by: Sunshine Realty

Ok, I'll take a 100,000 acres please.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 20, 2026 11:38 PM (HZniy)

242 I have learned that my TPMS will also go off if the tires are over-inflated.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

That has got to annoy Obama.
His hottest tip in his shit economy was to overinflate your tires for more mpg.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 20, 2026 11:39 PM (/lPRQ)

243 240 223

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Bob Cummings was born & raised? in Joplin, Missouri.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 11:27 PM (FJMtP)

As was Dennis Weaver, Chester on Gunsmoke.

Posted by: a.moron at April 20, 2026 11:37 PM (X5Jzz)

MCCLOUD!!!!

Posted by: Chief Peter B. Clifford at April 20, 2026 11:39 PM (QGaXH)

244 The TPMS light can be a useful warning, but it also gives "false positives." I did once drive a rental car that told me (quite accurately) the pressure of each individual tire, and that was a nice feature.

As for political fundraising texts and emails, most of them read like they were written by a not-particularly literate scammer in Bangalore. No, I don't believe that President Trump personally asked whether I had responded to any of the last 500 emails you sent.

Posted by: PabloD at April 20, 2026 11:41 PM (zUFRX)

245 Off Sunday Mystery Movie sock.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026 11:41 PM (QGaXH)

246 Hubs had a 93 Ford Escort GT (5 speed Mazda engine) before we got married. One perfect Saturday morning, we drove from our house outside Boston to my parents house just north of Stowe, VT and did it in under 2 hours. Hubs hit 100 mph on I-89 just over the NH border and held steady until almost Waterbury. Scared the pants off me.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at April 20, 2026 11:20 PM (b77PF)

sounds like it worked....

-_-

Posted by: SturmToddler at April 20, 2026 11:41 PM (nsSpm)

247 Point, OrangeEnt.

As far as offering rides, etc. Might be that the Repubs here in NoVa need to recruit younger members to do that...

Posted by: Lirio100 at April 20, 2026 11:42 PM (ky7/T)

248 I have no TPMS. I don't feel deprived.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 11:43 PM (FJMtP)

249 Looks like desolate, parched, wasteland in that top photo. You couldn't get two bucks an acre for it.
Posted by: Sunshine Realty at April 20, 2026 11:35 PM (oftw2)

If only land accessible from a road was that cheap.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 11:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

250
Carolina wins in double OT and take a 2-0 lead in games over Ottawa. The faster Canadian teams get eliminated the better.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 11:44 PM (tgvbd)

251 Carolina wins in double OT and take a 2-0 lead in games over Ottawa. The faster Canadian teams get eliminated the better.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 11:44 PM (tgvbd)

idk, i kinda want a buf - mtl second round. would be wild i think.

Posted by: SturmToddler at April 20, 2026 11:44 PM (nsSpm)

252 Irony alert at ChiTrib: Nunda Township is being inundated by the Fox River in Illinois.

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 11:45 PM (N8ZBc)

253 *BEZOS CLOSE TO $10B FUNDRAISING DEAL FOR PROJECT PROMETHEUS: _FT
--

Don't telll TJM

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 11:46 PM (FJMtP)

254 Geez...

Shoeless Nigerian man was arrested in Italy after grilling a cat near a park.

If that is 'cultural diversity,' I don't want any part of it. Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 11:46 PM (2GVsD)

255 Point, OrangeEnt.

As far as offering rides, etc. Might be that the Repubs here in NoVa need to recruit younger members to do that...
Posted by: Lirio100 at April 20, 2026 11:42 PM (ky7/T)

Someone else, maybe? Or I forgot what I posted, which isn't beyond belief.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 11:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

256 I Knead Dem Biscuits:

https://tinyurl.com/4u4x5uma

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 20, 2026 11:47 PM (kpS4V)

257
Jeez...what kind of fags are AoSHQ drivers?
I routinely exceed 100mph on the fucking NJ Turnpike! And when I am in Vermont on I-91? Yippee!
Do better. Be better.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
=====
I hit 130 on the I-35 overhead managed lanes between 635 and Loop 12 in my Q60. That was fun!
Posted by: goozer

I've signed out on leave at Ft. Bliss at midnight, and stopped for breakfast in Abilene at 1000. Does that count? The pasta burner saw 142mph two saturdays ago headed down to Auburn. Felt like 80mph. Damed bike is skeery smooth.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 20, 2026 11:48 PM (Jf2Xp)

258 Hey guys,

We have a launch in 2 hous.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - GPS III SV10
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - GPS III SV10
Launch Date: April 21, 2026
Launch Time: 2:53 a.m. EDT (0653 UTC, 08:53 CEST)

https://youtu.be/ZQA2q5dqly0

Posted by: Joyenz at April 20, 2026 11:48 PM (2F0/Y)

259 Why did Bezos name his giant phallus Glen?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 11:48 PM (2GVsD)

260 Shoeless Nigerian man was arrested in Italy after grilling a cat near a park.

If that is 'cultural diversity,' I don't want any part of it. Nyah
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 11:46 PM (2GVsD)

Hopefully the Nigerian gets grilled by local police....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 20, 2026 11:49 PM (S/Y4j)

261 Why did Bezos name his giant phallus Glen?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 11:48 PM (2GVsD)

Didn't want to be too obvious?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 11:49 PM (1Ff7Z)

262
259 Why did Bezos name his giant phallus Glen?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 11:48 PM (2GVsD)

He wanted to name it Glans.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 20, 2026 11:50 PM (Fmj+u)

263 260 If it's any consolation, a lion killed a Nigerian in 2024, according to the internet.

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 11:50 PM (N8ZBc)

264 If it's any consolation, a lion killed a Nigerian in 2024, according to the internet.

Hakuna mata. the circle of life.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 11:51 PM (2GVsD)

265 Unearthed interview of Gavin Newsom losing his temper goes viral after California governor, then 38, is grilled about giving booze to, Brittanie Mountz, his NINETEEN-year-old girlfriend.
(Is that a stripper name or what?)

https://tinyurl.com/4n2u38jp

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 11:52 PM (FJMtP)

266 Pittsburgh finishes the season in second place in the Metropolitan Division, have home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs, and promptly crapped on all of that. Down 0-2 to there hated cross state rival.

Yea, that's about right. Can't have nice things. Oh well, racing and golf season is in full swing and that's occupying my spare time! Haven't gone golfing myself yet. In May, the driving range at Burke Lake, VA is open an extra hour, 10pm.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 20, 2026 11:52 PM (sAmhv)

267
263 260 If it's any consolation, a lion killed a Nigerian in 2024, according to the internet.
Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 11:50 PM (N8ZBc)

The lion was really pissed off when he found that his winning lottery ticket was in fact worth nothing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 20, 2026 11:53 PM (Fmj+u)

268 Gotta be a stripper name

Posted by: RandomDave at April 20, 2026 11:53 PM (aJQbY)

269 237 Looks like desolate, parched, wasteland in that top photo. You couldn't get two bucks an acre for it.
Posted by: Sunshine Realty at April 20, 2026 11:35 PM (oftw2)

Back in the day you could find 40 acre parcels for 10 or 20 grand. Hard to find now. I've been eyeballing a place called Yerrington for a while now. 10 acres for about $20,000 is more the going rate. There was a guy selling 40s for $5,000 a few years ago out on I80 between Button Point and Golconda but I think he passed away.
The property is weird out here. The railroads got paid in land so there are checkerboards all along wherever there was track laid. A lot of the private property is landlocked by federal property.
The pic up top if, I am correct in where it is, is Navy land, Fallon Naval Air Station, on both sides. There is a place called The Centroid Facility just to the left out of camera view and there are huge earthquake faults to the right.

Posted by: Reforger at April 20, 2026 11:53 PM (WYOCN)

270 Gavin and Keir should be stranded on the same remote island.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 11:53 PM (2GVsD)

271 Thanks for the ONT!

We once were in Salinas on the hottest temp of the day in the USA...120. Car overheated on new road Driving from the Intermountain West to MS, married 1yr.

I nearly overheated, & was busy keeping our husky/malamute/German shepherd doggie alive...feeding her ice from the cooler. She was super hot & I had to force it on her. Normally she would have wanted to be barking & biting strangers.

My husband did something & we decided to quit driving early for the day. Found the first motel & it had blissful A/C. Our pup lay down & was in heaven, as were we, in the AC. Watched black & white TV...I think Andy Griffith...in nirvana. Got something for dinner & left the next morning under cooler weather & a tornado warning.

Here's a song I like for the road, and may the road not rise up to meet you if you are going too fast (as I tended to do in my prime).Favorite by this band.

Hope Ace feels better soon and the US Navy and Marines take out all the IRGC barbarians soon.

Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow. I will have a good one with 7mo old baby grandgirl all to myself, husband and tulips.

https://tinyurl.com/2rx3bbd5

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 20, 2026 11:54 PM (WONhk)

272 Hedley Lamarr to the governor, "your secretary's name is Brittanie Mountz?"

Governor, "yeah she mounts everything."

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 11:54 PM (2GVsD)

273 "That's a view that never fails to make me smile, and there are hundreds just like it across the American West."

Hwy 50 in long stretches across Nevada.

Posted by: 13times at April 20, 2026 11:55 PM (enMZU)

274 270 Gavin and Keir should be stranded on the same remote island.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 11:53 PM (2GVsD)

Add Macron for a throple.

I'm glad no one has ever invited me to a throple.Sounds icky and I know I'd start laughing at an inappropriate moment, if not projectile vomiting. I ain't no fool.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 20, 2026 11:56 PM (WONhk)

275 The pic up top if, I am correct in where it is, is Navy land, Fallon Naval Air Station, on both sides. There is a place called The Centroid Facility just to the left out of camera view and there are huge earthquake faults to the right.
Posted by: Reforger at April 20, 2026 11:53 PM (WYOCN)

That landlocked deal kills any interest in buying open desert land for me. Maybe BLM leasing is a better option for a retreat.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 20, 2026 11:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

276 Orange Ent

Look for a decommissioned missile silo complex.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 11:58 PM (2GVsD)

277 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 20, 2026 11:59 PM (SRRAx)

278 "I'm glad no one has ever invited me to a throple."

People seem to be so lusty these days. I'm the only person on earth left who hasn't ever taken a naked selfie, I reckon.

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 11:59 PM (N8ZBc)

279 Ok. I don't usually give money in political races, but I think I found one in Iowa to contribute to . It is absolutely appalling to me that a Christian "minister in training" would officiate at a Satanist wedding . This is not even now. It is two decades ago, all because apparently because it was a "loving" thing to . She should never have been ordained story . From Fox News. So I will give to the Republican in the race, Zack Nunn

https://tinyurl.com/2p9p8u5u

And it's late here so I can't stay around to debate women in ministry. I don't see any point in that anyway. Have a good evening .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2026 12:00 AM (As86G)

280 Look for a decommissioned missile silo complex.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 11:58 PM (2GVsD)

Too pricey for my wallet. Just would like a little mountain top somewhere to put up a Home Depot shed and turn it into a part time use cabin.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 12:00 AM (1Ff7Z)

281 279 Link broken, Fen. Sounds interesting.

Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 12:02 AM (N8ZBc)

282 People seem to be so lusty these days. I'm the only person on earth left who hasn't ever taken a naked selfie, I reckon.
Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 11:59M (N8ZBc)

Well, there are two of us. I mean, what would be the point? Have my sons find it on my phone if I have a sudden trip to heaven?

"Mom! What were you thinking?" Nah. What is a mystery to me is all the wacko women teachers rapin 15yr old boys (who I am sure don't mind). But what are the teachers thinking and has this always gone on, or just weird times since Obama?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 21, 2026 12:03 AM (WONhk)

283 I like the gallery cartoon very much.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 21, 2026 12:03 AM (YlWIZ)

284 281 OOoops, I found it. Ima derp. Carry on!

Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 12:03 AM (N8ZBc)

285 Look for a decommissioned missile silo complex.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Old AT&T Long Lines facilities are pretty cool too.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 21, 2026 12:03 AM (WixR9)

286 Link broken, Fen. Sounds interesting.
Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 12:02 AM (N8ZBc)

Works for me. Brave browser.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 12:04 AM (1Ff7Z)

287 People seem to be so lusty these days. I'm the only person on earth left who hasn't ever taken a naked selfie, I reckon.
Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 11:59 PM (N8ZBc)

I haven't either. Nobody needs to see that.

Posted by: Reforger at April 21, 2026 12:04 AM (WYOCN)

288 Gavin and Keir should be stranded on the same remote island.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 11:53 PM (2GVsD)

Preferably on a different planet. Maybe one with constant asteroid bombardment.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 12:06 AM (snZF9)

289 118 All this 100-mph talk reminds me that I don't think I've ever run the Buick over about 80. It's as solid at that speed, given a smooth road, as it is at 60 or 70, so I could do it. But nowadays, with the surveillance on us everywhere, with my luck I'd run the car up to a smooth 100 and get a huge ticket in the mail.

I do believe the main purpose of modern traffic enforcement is to identify and catch the people who they figure will pay the ticket. Perhaps the insurance companies kick back some of the money from the following rate hike even if what brought the ticket caused no claim to be filed by anyone.

Posted by: Azjaeger at April 21, 2026 12:06 AM (3/XaG)

290 Sorry; Try this link for the Lutheran pastor officiating at a Satanist wedding. This is from X:

https://tinyurl.com/4nymsrfc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2026 12:06 AM (As86G)

291 "has this always gone on"

I attended Lane Tech 1967-2001. All boys HS, 5000 of us. If the female teachers were putting out, the boys would have been bragging about it, and I didn't hear anything. We had one hot English teacher who taught Paul Simon lyrics as Literature. She would have been the one to bet on, but I heard bupkis.

Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 12:07 AM (N8ZBc)

292 I've signed out on leave at Ft. Bliss at midnight, and stopped for breakfast in Abilene at 1000. Does that count? The pasta burner saw 142mph two saturdays ago headed down to Auburn. Felt like 80mph. Damed bike is skeery smooth.
Posted by: BifBewalski

Lubie's !!!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 12:07 AM (/lPRQ)

293 290 Your link was good, Fen. It was my brain that was broken.

Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 12:08 AM (N8ZBc)

294 1967-1971. Brain still broken.

Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 12:08 AM (N8ZBc)

295 >>>Old AT&T Long Lines facilities are pretty cool too.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings
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Cheapest fort you'll ever buy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 12:09 AM (FJMtP)

296 If I had Musk money I'd be buying every inch of desert land I could find.

Posted by: Reforger at April 21, 2026 12:11 AM (WYOCN)

297 Excerpt: "Though Trone Garriott expressed initial concern about the wedding [of the two satanists,] by the end of the ceremony she spoke tenderly about the man with a pentagram tattooed on his face.

"Was he getting teary?" Trone Garriott asked during her remarks. "They had a lot of baggage between the two of them, but there was no denying how they were looking at each other.""

Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 12:12 AM (N8ZBc)

298
I don't believe the story about the Chinese car toilet as presented. Maybe somebody got a patent for this idiocy, but I think the vast majority of Chinese would find the idea weird and disgusting.

Look at some of the stupid things that have been patented in the US.

Posted by: Pillsbury Corp at April 21, 2026 12:14 AM (bYpLU)

299 I'm glad no one has ever invited me to a throple.Sounds icky and I know I'd start laughing at an inappropriate moment, if not projectile vomiting. I ain't no fool.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 20, 2026 11:56 PM (WONhk)

1 dude with 2 lipstick lesbians is more fun than a human male should legally be allowed.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9)

300 >>Look at some of the stupid things that have been patented in the US.
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Fidgit Spinner at April 21, 2026 12:15 AM (rdVOm)

301 Brain still broken.
Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 12:08 AM (N8ZBc)

Brain, brain. What is brain?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 12:16 AM (1Ff7Z)

302 1 dude with 2 lipstick lesbians is more fun than a human male should legally be allowed.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9)

$1000. Just outside of town.

Posted by: Reforger at April 21, 2026 12:17 AM (WYOCN)

303 Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Clackers at April 21, 2026 12:18 AM (2Ez/1)

304 Abby. Abby somebody.

Posted by: Marty Feldman at April 21, 2026 12:19 AM (2Ez/1)

305 Top Picture... on the Left? Government land... on the RIGHT... oh... Government land.

They will not allow those of us in the West US, to actually OWN our own land.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2026 12:21 AM (mP0Kj)

306 more outlets unable to confirm @TheAtlantic and @S_Fitzpatrick’s reporting that @FBIDirectorKash has a drinking problem that poses a security threat.

For @MorningWire today I spoke to on-the-record sources like @DissidentClint who have worked very closely with Patel and say they have never seen him abuse alcohol.

They further told me that, though they are the obvious people that Fitzpatrick should have contacted for comment, they never heard from her.

Now, @Reuters also says they have been unable to confirm the Atlantic’s claims.

And Reuters further notes that the Atlantic has inexplicably changed the title of the story from “Kash Patel's Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His ‌Job” to “The FBI Director Is MIA.”

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 12:21 AM (FJMtP)

307
Bezos' New Glans has been grounded by the FAA pending an investigation of the 2nd stage failure.

While the Glans booster re-use and barge landing was a success, the 2nd stage failed to get the payload in the proper orbit. That comms satellite is now unusable and will have to be de-orbited to burn up.

The payload was fully insured. I wonder just how much payload insurance costs for experimental rockets?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 12:23 AM (w6EFb)

308 299 I'm glad no one has ever invited me to a throple.Sounds icky and I know I'd start laughing at an inappropriate moment, if not projectile vomiting. I ain't no fool.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 20, 2026 11:56 PM (WONhk)

1 dude with 2 lipstick lesbians is more fun than a human male should legally be allowed.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9)

Tried a Threesome once.... never again.

I was an accessory...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2026 12:23 AM (mP0Kj)

309 My brain! Pow! Straight to the Moon, Alice!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 21, 2026 12:23 AM (S/Y4j)

310 >>> For @MorningWire today I spoke to on-the-record sources like @DissidentClint who have worked very closely with Patel and say they have never seen him abuse alcohol.
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I have heard it said that two drinks a day is alcohol abuse.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 12:25 AM (/lPRQ)

311 the Atlantic has inexplicably changed the title of the story from “Kash Patel's Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His ‌Job” to “The FBI Director Is MIA.”
Posted by: Braenyard

They may need to change the title - Patel's title - to "FBI Director and owner of The Atlantic".

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 21, 2026 12:26 AM (/mca3)

312 I have heard it said that two drinks a day is alcohol abuse.

Leaving it in the bottle qualifies as neglect.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 12:28 AM (+9wcF)

313 Old AT&T Long Lines facilities are pretty cool too.

I did a lot of IT work in telecom back in the day. Spent some time in one of those facilities and it was indeed somewhat of a fortress. Pretty cool experience.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 21, 2026 12:28 AM (ceJ0R)

314 I have heard it said that two drinks a day is alcohol abuse.

Hell, when I was a drinker that was just priming the pump.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 21, 2026 12:31 AM (ceJ0R)

315 >>I have heard it said that two drinks a day is alcohol abuse.
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Or... so many (I've forgotten the #) per week. The goalposts shift I guess. *shrug*

Like with cigs-- the doctors can ask a few questions and then dust their hands & blame the patient.

Posted by: JQ at April 21, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm)

316 I saw Cold Morning at Chernobyl open for Bad Day at Black Rock at the Cow Palace '69.

Posted by: 13times at April 21, 2026 12:32 AM (ohuUL)

317 Just reading the summaries on the Kash thing, I can _see_ how the lies are architected so as to be 'well, technically...' statements, like, you found one person to claim he was out drinking, another to report on a rescheduled meetings as if they were absenteeism...

as for "women pastors", I've known some very good ones. But there are a higher percentage that go for 'sounds good' theology. I think, man or woman, regardless of your denomination, we need to remember to not only love the sinner, but to teach the sinner to hate their sin.

Posted by: RandomDave at April 21, 2026 12:32 AM (aJQbY)

318 96
have realistic expectations, don't expect to duplicate a good professional crust. Just want mine less chewy. They do vary from one to the other, some better. Pretty much keep same technique (either pastry blender or food processor), everything's very cold, etc. I'll just keep experimenting, including trying shortening again (half shortening/half butter)
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Blend flour and shortening with a fork. Use the least amount of water that you can (flour + water = glue), and roll it out on a pastry cloth.

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at April 21, 2026 12:33 AM (egaH/)

319 Unearthed interview of Gavin Newsom losing his temper goes viral after California governor, then 38, is grilled about giving booze to, Brittanie Mountz, his NINETEEN-year-old girlfriend.
(Is that a stripper name or what?)
Posted by: Braenyard

That's past stripper name, and straight to streetwalker name.

Posted by: didn't pass go, did collect $200 at April 21, 2026 12:34 AM (VHUov)

320 I have heard it said that two drinks a day is alcohol abuse.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Not long ago that was considered reasonable for an adult male...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 21, 2026 12:35 AM (194J0)

321
I'm actually pulling for Blue Origin now, really. Competition is good, the more the merrier, and we're gonna need 'em all if we're gonna pull off the Moon landing and Moon base.

Bezos is working on a lander dubbed Blue Moon (I think I would've named it Alice), and they plan a text flight with landing around Shackleton Crater, maybe this year, although I think it will be at least 2027.

Elon's Starship HLS has some delays, and competition from Bezos will help to get their asses -- all their asses -- in gear to do this right.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 12:39 AM (w6EFb)

322 Lisa Bloom, [Gloria AllReds daughter] lawyer for the woman who accused Swalwell of drugging and raping her last week, says after two meetings with law enforcement, the woman still has to locate evidence in a storage unit, including the names of purported witnesses she talked to after the incident? Huh...?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 12:39 AM (FJMtP)

323 Lisa Bloom, [Gloria AllReds daughter] lawyer for the woman who accused Swalwell of drugging and raping her last week, says after two meetings with law enforcement, the woman still has to locate evidence in a storage unit, including the names of purported witnesses she talked to after the incident? Huh...?
Posted by: Braenyard

Acquaintances are kept in storage units.

Close friends go in your freezer.

Posted by: J. Dahmer at April 21, 2026 12:45 AM (VHUov)

324 Old AT&T Long Lines facilities are pretty cool too.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings

I warehoused and delivered equipment for AT&T in the mid-late 70s. Worked for a moving, storage, rigging, company. There was one fallout Long Lines facility 40 feet underground in the middle of Harriman State Park in Rockland County, NY. Everything was delivered by a hoist down a shaft. Very little visible above ground, just a little stone building that fit into the Park building motif. Gravel road, don't think many people even notice it.

Posted by: Piper's Pit at April 21, 2026 12:46 AM (oftw2)

325 Lisa Bloom, [Gloria AllReds daughter] lawyer for the woman who accused Swalwell of drugging and raping her last week, says after two meetings with law enforcement, the woman still has to locate evidence in a storage unit, including the names of purported witnesses she talked to after the incident? Huh...?
Posted by: Braenyard
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Maybe she can't remember which box contains her Blue Dress?

Posted by: JQ at April 21, 2026 12:47 AM (rdVOm)

326 I have heard it said that two drinks a day is alcohol abuse.

How about one day a week but it's vast quantities of booze that comes with a hangover that last for days? Not saying I did this for decades but.....I don't anymore.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 12:48 AM (sAmhv)

327 320 I have heard it said that two drinks a day is alcohol abuse.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Not long ago that was considered reasonable for an adult male...
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings
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A few year's before Elizabeth's passing, her butler did an interview with DM and published her drinking menu. It started with a little something at lunch. DM also published the NIH standards by which she was evaluated a lush.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 12:48 AM (FJMtP)

328 Watched some YT videos on people get trapped exploring caves. Happens more often than we hear about. Oh, to die, stuck in a head-down position! Color me a coward

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 21, 2026 12:54 AM (AuqUK)

329 Watched some YT videos on people get trapped exploring caves. Happens more often than we hear about. Oh, to die, stuck in a head-down position! Color me a coward

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 21, 2026 12:54 AM (AuqUK)
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As per the viral Aussie music video title: Dumb Ways to Die.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2026 12:55 AM (5UTWB)

330 Oh, to die, stuck in a head-down position!
Posted by: JM in Illinois

So many socks, so little time.....

Posted by: P. Bootyjudge, B. Obama, etc. at April 21, 2026 12:56 AM (VHUov)

331 Another secure! underground large facility I worked in was the "vault" at the Federal Reserve near Wall Street. Way underground with the hardest concrete imaginable. Armed men pushing little metal carts loaded with gold. This was in the mid-80s, but even then, the place was covered with cameras and surveillance. Was putting up temporary partitions for a job to start there. Wasn't any BS or tomfoolery going on down there.

Posted by: Strictly Bidness at April 21, 2026 12:56 AM (oftw2)

332 Great top picture. I'm getting a serious itch to tour the country on a motorcycle.
Posted by: Berserker
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Pick your season, and route(s), carefully.

Posted by: Manuel at April 21, 2026 12:59 AM (XeU6L)

333 4/20 is almost over here.

It's been years since I inhaled. (Never did edibles.) Just gave up because it wasn't doing anything for me anymore. That allegedly dangerous "20x better than grampaw's pot" was ditch weed compared to the Acapulco Gold, Jamaican Red, Thai Stick, New Mexico Blue, Tulsa Tops, and Killer Brazilian 'way back in the day. Anyway, really wanted that black Afghani finger hash, and it's probably a good thing that I only found that once.

Fortunately, I can still get good black coffee.
https://youtu.be/2tNoSmlnxwQ?t=39

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - have a great 4/21 at April 21, 2026 12:59 AM (iMJMF)

334 17 Nothing like the smell of burning feces to make your countryside drive more pleasant.

Ahh the dairy air. Many a drive through northwestern Texas / eastern New Mexico has been so enlivened.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 20, 2026 09:59 PM (gKWVE)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE DERRIERE AND SMELLS LIKE BUTT

Posted by: BEN R. at April 21, 2026 01:00 AM (Sy6m/)

335
Not long ago that was considered reasonable for an adult male...
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings
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At lunch.

Posted by: Manuel at April 21, 2026 01:01 AM (XeU6L)

336 Heh, I remember the "chug-a-lug" contests at our annual company picnics! And beer trucks on-site for the event. A whole day in the sun, with sack races and 3-legged races, balloons and games for the children, swimming in the river, live music, food and fun.

Fighting was a no-no, (subject to employee disciplinary action) but simply "being drunk" while there, wasn't... Just don't try to drive. Most people were cool; very few problems for years & years.

And then came MADD. No more beer trucks, no alcohol of any kind allowed at the event. People said F it and stopped attending. The picnics ceased.

Posted by: JQ at April 21, 2026 01:01 AM (rdVOm)

337 It's 20x more potent than the truckloads of super compressed mexican seed and stem shit that was flooding America back then.

Posted by: Reforger at April 21, 2026 01:04 AM (WYOCN)

338 Here's to sister JQ, sister JQ
Drink up sister JQ drink it all right now.
Yea, and hugs.
Have another.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 01:04 AM (FJMtP)

339 Hubby nec and I are returning from our last European excursion. Currently in a hotel outside of JFK. Both not feeling at all well. Two flights to go and we’re home to peace & quiet, our own bed and the puppy. I’m praying that both flights are on time. As I told him last week, never again when we can travel by car around the western states or just stay home in the mountains of MT. Whining done.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 21, 2026 01:04 AM (KTltd)

340 Those fucking mad mothers ruined everything. I bet they are all government funded now.

Posted by: Reforger at April 21, 2026 01:06 AM (WYOCN)

341 How do you say in Persian "Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet?"

https://tinyurl.com/yvxcy2xv

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2026 01:06 AM (5UTWB)

342 Some You Might Be a Redneck jokes. The follow up on the floor buffer is probably the best.

https://youtube.com/shorts/B3DzV6gDlg0

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 21, 2026 01:06 AM (S/Y4j)

343
I remember a joke about "DAMM", Drunks Against Mad Mothers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)

344 Biden’s Dog. WTH did I just watch?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 21, 2026 01:09 AM (KTltd)

345 I thought you were talking college.
Campus was not too far from a national forest of which we learned paths into the deepness. (no federales) Bonfires, kegs and red hot machetes with greens in between the blades.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 01:09 AM (FJMtP)

346 LOL Braenyard! I never drank competitively, though.

Posted by: JQ at April 21, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

347 Biden’s Dog. WTH did I just watch?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 21, 2026 01:09 AM (KTltd)
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Teheran's top TV show, "Iran I Stretch."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2026 01:10 AM (5UTWB)

348 343
I remember a joke about "DAMM", Drunks Against Mad Mothers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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A murder of Karens. They are doing guns also.
I may have started as an honest impulse but it is now a money maker.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 01:11 AM (FJMtP)

349 I remember a joke about "DAMM", Drunks Against Mad Mothers.
Posted by: publius
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Joke?

We had a local Chapter!

Posted by: JQ at April 21, 2026 01:11 AM (rdVOm)

350 I remember a joke about "DAMM", Drunks Against Mad Mothers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Been to some house parties hosted by DAMM,
"Another DAMM Party"

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 01:12 AM (/lPRQ)

351 How do you say in Persian "Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet?"

https://tinyurl.com/yvxcy2xv
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2026 01:06 AM (5UTWB)

Looks like a practice session for pole dancers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 01:12 AM (utfVc)

352 233 Amy Klobuchar is calling for a congressional hearing on a cabinet official's alleged drinking by anonymous, uninformed source.
Her own state just lost $9 billion to fraud on her watch.
She has not called for a hearing on that.
Posted by: Braenyard

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This is just a preview of what the democrats will do.If they win in 2028. Trump better get his autopen ready to issue thousands of pardons before he leaves office.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 21, 2026 01:13 AM (YPfsU)

353 Well, quarter past eleven here, and I am getting sleepy. Good Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 01:15 AM (utfVc)

354 Never ridden a floor buffer, but *have* used a pallet jack like a scooter.

Yes, have emptied truck bed by the "reverse and sudden stop" method!

LMAO! Love Jeff Foxworthy...

Posted by: JQ at April 21, 2026 01:16 AM (rdVOm)

355 341 How do you say in Persian "Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet?"

https://tinyurl.com/yvxcy2xv
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
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That's straight out of an Indian book of asanas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 01:19 AM (FJMtP)

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