Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - April 21, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! The Tuesday night ONT has arrived. Glad you stopped by. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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When ya gotta go...

Built-In Car Toilet: The Future of Comfort on The Road?

Long road trips can be uncomfortable, especially when there’s no easy place to stop for a bathroom break. To solve this problem, Chinese engineers are developing a car toilet that can be built directly into electric vehicles.
Seres, a company focused on high-end electric cars and smart technology, has received a patent for an in-vehicle toilet system. This car toilet is designed to slide out from under a passenger seat, making it easy to use during long drives, camping trips, or when staying inside the vehicle for extended periods.
The system is designed for convenience. Drivers or passengers can activate the car toilet either by pressing a button or using voice commands. When not in use, it stays hidden under the seat, saving space and keeping the interior neat.
To manage odor, the toilet includes a ventilation system with a fan and exhaust pipe that pushes smells outside the vehicle. Waste is stored in a tank that needs to be emptied manually. There is also a heating element that helps evaporate liquid waste and dry solid waste, improving cleanliness and reducing odor.

You know who might not like this idea?

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Welcome to the rock? Not now!

All tours to San Francisco's Alcatraz Island suddenly canceled

A day after San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island closed to visitors for a week of repairs at its ferry dock, National Park Service spokesperson Joshua Winchell provided more details regarding what led up to the shutdown — and why another closure is on the horizon.
The island was briefly closed on Jan. 14 so staff could inspect the pilings that secure the dock on the island. “Results from this inspection confirmed the need for repair,” he said in an email. “Additional improvements to the dock and pilings are anticipated later this year, which will necessitate another temporary closure of the island.”
Alcatraz City Cruises makes more than 3,200 ferry trips to the island annually, according to Winchell, transporting 1.5 million visitors per year.

Any of you ever been to "The Rock"? Please share your experience!

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There was a discussion on a daytime thread last week about new music. Several Hordelings were of the opinion that there is no new rock music being made. I disagree with that. There is plenty of new rock (and other genres, too), we just don't get exposed to new music the way we used to.

Here's an interesting article on the subject. It is from an Australian perspective, but its points apply globally, I would say.

Streaming platforms give us access to new music, so why are fewer people listening to it?

In 2017, music streaming platforms, led by Spotify, became the dominant form of recorded music distribution in Australia. The shift from a purchase-based (CDs, vinyl and downloads) to an access-based (streaming) economy represented a fundamental change in the music business.
Streaming platforms, with close to unlimited repertoire, enable and encourage passive listening via playlists and algorithmic recommendation. The result is that catalogue music has become the mainstay of the recorded music industry.

The algorithmic recommendations mentioned above are where users have the power / choice as to what to be fed. If you allow the algorithm to feed you tracks related or similar to those on your playlist, you have a better chance of hearing something new (or at least new to you).

What are your thoughts, fellow music lovers?

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Speaking of music. This is another interesting topic, I think.

Comparison of $4,000 boutique audio cable to $7 Amazon Basics cable shows audiophiles waste a lot of money — scientific audio equipment analysis with analyzer shows no difference in quality

Should you splash out on those upgraded audio cables to take your music listening pleasure up a notch? Probably not - affordable Amazon Basics RCA cables are more than good enough - confirms audio TechTuber Amir from Audio Science Review. This won’t be a surprise to regular readers. However, it is interesting to see Amir’s $7 vs $4,000 cable analysis using scientific audio equipment – as well as drawing from his personal music listening experience.

Check out the whole thing. Very thorough analysis and comparisons.

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Couldn't agree with this more! The influencer culture is asshoe.

Let’s find whoever started all that crap and LOCK THEIR ASSES UP.

Not even exaggerating.

Lock ‘em up. pic.twitter.com/sY4ouhL7iG
— Kentucky Girl (@Notwokenow) April 21, 2026

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Very kewl to see an old baseball glove restored

This dude restored a glove and it might be the best thing I’ve ever seen. Especially when it was being re-laced. If you have a couple minutes to spare, I highly recommend watching this video. pic.twitter.com/jw0XqKch8w
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) April 20, 2026

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Smoooooooooth. REAL smooooooth!

These are some pretty smooth moves.😲 pic.twitter.com/d8Zd0n8W4Q
— Linda (@LndamyDark) April 20, 2026

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DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

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1 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (A5RD0)

2 Tag balance

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (YvvFZ)

3 Never one!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (A9n1A)

4 Nice filter work on that top pic.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

5 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)

6 Yay Doof!

Thank you for ONT!

Good job nurse - #1

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:02 PM (QGaXH)

7 ....but always glad to be here...hiya DOOF!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:02 PM (A9n1A)

8 looks like I'm sharing a bath tub

Posted by: gKWVE at April 21, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)

9 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

10 Howdy, ARIK - and Howdy, COMM!

Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (QMAsf)

11 "Who Started This?" girl is cute. And she has a very good point.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (+2QQb)

12 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

You noticed that, too?

Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (QMAsf)

13 *Puts on hat*

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:06 PM (+0Wk3)

14 Doof! 'Ettes! 'Rons!

Now off to read the girthy content...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 21, 2026 10:06 PM (t2oSI)

15 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:06 PM (sAmhv)

16 Sorry I'm late, perhaps it was a mistake to ask the slug to pass the salt.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 21, 2026 10:07 PM (PjoYe)

17 "Who Started This?" girl is cute. And she has a very good point.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (+2QQb)

See any likelies today?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

18 Doof, I hate to nitpick but I'm pretty sure that is a mitt rather than a glove. First base, I think.

Great ONT! Thanks.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (7D3Aa)

19 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco! Great content!

Posted by: TRex - smooth dino at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (cCn4/)

20 Jeesh, I was STILL Number 2? Glad I’m getting a job.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (77rzZ)

21 I read that PDJT wants to reopen Alcatraz as a prison.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (y171U)

22 Willowed: Wolfus, why Salinas?
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026

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Salina is a small city, and I like city amenities without too many people and cars. Plus Salty and NotSoThoreau have been talking the state up for a while and urging me to visit.

Why not? I hate Da Swamp and the humidity-drenched regions around it. When I got to Pine Bluff, AR, on Friday evening, I was exhausted, damp, and wrung out. When I arrived at Fort Scott, KS, on Saturday, I was tired but not wasted. And the same on Sunday at Salina -- though that was the short leg of the trip.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (+2QQb)

23 *Puts on hat*
Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:06 PM (+0Wk3)

Despite your misspelling of "platypus" - you've reminded me of something I've been meaning to add to an ONT for many months but keep forgetting. Perhaps Thursday. We'll see.

Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

24 When she's right, she's right

Posted by: RandomDave at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (aJQbY)

25 Seen the Rock plenty of times. Never been interested to go, though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

26 So dems adding even more reps in VA easily passed as predicted with all of our ruling class masters around the royal city voting yes, outnumbering the peasants in the south. The left means to win.

And the GOPe leadership is thrilled they’ll be able to don their gimp suits again in two years when they hand control back to their masters.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (aQZli)

27 My old man would redo my ball glove about every three years. He was a farm boy and I don't think he had any specific training. I rebuilt a few while in the service, too.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:10 PM (7D3Aa)

28 I think it might take longer than 2:26 to refurb that glove.
Pretty work though.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 21, 2026 10:10 PM (YBtcQ)

29 Those moves were smoother than a Billy Dee Williams malt liquor commercial.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (PjoYe)

30 12 I always notice cute chicks.

It’s why the ‘ettes are always slapping me around.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (77rzZ)

31 Yeah...
I remember days when my guy friends would use a pop bottle to pee on a road trip. Funniest thing when the pressure built up...hahahaha.....🤪
Us girls....honey, you might want to pull over...I'll just hang my butt out the door...or...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (A9n1A)

32 "scientific audio equipment analysis with analyzer shows no difference in quality"

Well, no "scientific equipment analysis" can listen with the emotional accuracy of the human audiophile ear!

Hidy ho, Hordies. Top 20 maybe? I would have been here sooner but I wasn't. Son's birthday today, so we went out to dinner. Mexican, since you asked. *brrp*

Posted by: mindful webworker - not a cafe -- a zoo at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (iMJMF)

33 2 unskippable ads, which one am I watching first? Neither. My anti-advert plug-ins in Firefox, plus my bind9 DNS server ate all that crap for lunch before I ever saw it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 21, 2026 10:12 PM (O7YUW)

34 The VA stuff reminds me that I've told my kids over many years that the political divide wasn't state-to-state but urban versus rural/small town. It's that way in OK. Most of the population is in either OKC or Tulsa. Not enough to sway the votes but substantial.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:12 PM (7D3Aa)

35 Oh man! I had this morning's Iran thread tab still open and posted on it rather than here!

Stupid Stupid Stupid!

Hope I don't end up in the barrel or banneded.

325 I been to The Rock. Twice-t. It was cold and damp and a little sad to wander thru just another old, abandoned building. Smelled musty. I don't recall seeing anything interesting. Nice little boat ride to and from.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:10 PM (QGaXH)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (QGaXH)

36 Doof, I hate to nitpick but I'm pretty sure that is a mitt rather than a glove. First base, I think.

Great ONT! Thanks.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (7D3Aa)

You may pick your nit
however you see fit
but expect no love
when I see a glove
and you say it's a mitt

Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

37 Us girls....honey, you might want to pull over...I'll just hang my butt out the door...or...
Posted by: COMountainMarie

I knew the lovely Mrs. was 'The Old' when dating very early on during a road trip, she insisted I pull over so she could visit the cornfield.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (cYBz/)

38 Any of you ever been to "The Rock"? Please share your experience!

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He charged me $50 for an autograph at ComiCon.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (+HNx/)

39 "Who Started This?" girl is cute. And she has a very good point.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (+2QQb)

See any likelies today?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026

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Well, there was one cute girl who got off the elevator in my hotel this morning . . . but she was guarded by a Doberman.

Oh, you mean houses? Yes, one, a blue-and-white bungalow with a white picket fence (really!) and a two-car garage, plus a partially finished basement that almost doubles the usable space. The floors are hardwood or have been resurfaced with laminate, the garage has a door opener, and there is even a little windowed pantry space off the kitchen that I know the cats would love. Main bedroom and bath downstairs, two smaller bedrooms or offices upstairs. It faces east on a N-S street, too.

A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (+2QQb)

40 30 Not that I’ve got a problem with that…

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (77rzZ)

41 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.

Yep. Delightful accent. had no idea Kentuckians sounded like that!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)

42 I remember days when my guy friends would use a pop bottle to pee on a road trip.

A buddy of mine always takes a Gatorade bottle because it has a wide mouth. I hope he stops and pulls over to use it but I've never asked.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026 10:14 PM (vTZFs)

43 Shit! "The One" rather.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2026 10:14 PM (cYBz/)

44 Hidy ho, Hordies. Top 20 maybe? I would have been here sooner but I wasn't. Son's birthday today, so we went out to dinner. Mexican, since you asked. *brrp*
Posted by: mindful webworker - not a cafe -- a zoo at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (iMJMF)

I hope to took the Chinese car here.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

45 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco! Great content!
Posted by: TRex - smooth dino at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (cCn4/)

*short arm fist bump*

Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

46 There was a project on Hackaday where some guy made audio cables out of poly tubes filled with Mercury.
Apparently there was no real difference found with that either, though that might have been due to the fittings.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)

47 "pretty smooth moves"

Aww, that's nothing. I managed to get out of the car and into the house tonight and barely relied on my cane!

Posted by: mindful webworker - on solid pavement! at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (iMJMF)

48 26 So dems adding even more reps in VA easily passed as predicted with all of our ruling class masters around the royal city voting yes, outnumbering the peasants in the south. The left means to win.

And the GOPe leadership is thrilled they’ll be able to don their gimp suits again in two years when they hand control back to their masters.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (aQZli)

"The Left means to win"

One correction to that.

The Left means to KILL.

You win by killing your enemies.

Posted by: XTC at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (6Uni8)

49 Well it has been an eventful evening. The Dems did dem things in VA, and the SPLC is the biggest hate group of all.

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (p4NUW)

50 Thanks for the girthy Tuesday Night ONT, Mr. Doof Meister!

And, yes, I am dutifully whelmed.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (vrNzf)

51 9 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

Why is she wasting her time watching other people emote about things everyone sees already?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (DwqWV)

52 Oy baby! Those smooth moves..how can you not like manly men😋!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (A9n1A)

53 And, yes, I am dutifully whelmed.

That's where Archimedes can help.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (gKWVE)

54 Proudly not on the top commenters list. Again.

Posted by: mindful webworker - not even sockpuppets at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (iMJMF)

55 Aww, that's nothing. I managed to get out of the car and into the house tonight and barely relied on my cane!
Posted by: mindful webworker - on solid pavement! at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (iMJMF)

I used to consider it a win if I got out of the car, didn't slip on the ice and end up under the car looking up.

Or got in the car, same dealio.

Of course, now I have a garage. Times change.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (DwqWV)

56 Shit! "The One" rather.
Posted by: Tonypete

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There are no accidents

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (gpQ8/)

57 Hey that Dem gerrymander in Virginia passed

35,000 absentee ballots in Fairfax just in time sealed it

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (ZxPkt)

58 That was pretty good, Doof!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:18 PM (7D3Aa)

59 1 Yeet!
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (A5RD0)

Yeet yaself, ya fucking ray of sunshine!

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 10:18 PM (DwqWV)

60 Jack LaLanne, in 1955 at the age of 41, swam 1.23 miles from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco while handcuffed.

In 1957 at the age of 43, he swam across the Golden Gate channel while towing a 2500-pound cabin cruiser.

Bitch

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (YvvFZ)

61 There was a project on Hackaday where some guy made audio cables out of poly tubes filled with Mercury.
Apparently there was no real difference found with that either, though that might have been due to the fittings.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)

There is one Hell of a lot of woo associated with audio cables, both for home and car audio.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (utfVc)

62 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.

Yep. Delightful accent. had no idea Kentuckians sounded like that!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)

The girl in the vid isn't Kentucky Girl.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

63 No surprise that audiophiles spend silly money on cables. I know guitar players that swear they can hear the difference depending on what end of a guitar cord they plug into the guitar verses the end they plug into the amp, as if its directional. I heard some theories why it could be the case, and some cord makers actually do mark each end as if they test them. Could be a troll move, who knows.

That glove restore was cool. Looked relaxing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (snZF9)

64 Yes. As expected, CIA Barbie and her merry band of marxists got the votes needed. Though expecting it, I'm still disappointed. I really do like Virginia. I'm planning to bail anyway, hopefully within the next 2-3 years, God willing. The vote outcome wasn't going to change that plan.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (sAmhv)

65 nurse, is yeet "first" in some alien language?

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (7D3Aa)

66 I remember days when my guy friends would use a pop bottle to pee on a road trip.

A buddy of mine always takes a Gatorade bottle because it has a wide mouth. I hope he stops and pulls over to use it but I've never asked.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026

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I wondered about facilities when I set out on my Indiana trip last year. I needn't have worried. There are 24-hour Love's Travel Stops on every Interstate.

Of course if you are heading out to remote West Texas, or U.S. 50 farther out west, the problem may recur.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:20 PM (+2QQb)

67 Good evening morons e grazie Disco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

68 Seres, a company focused on high-end electric cars and smart technology, has received a patent for an in-vehicle toilet system.
__________________________

I'm going to have to stop you right there. It's my understanding that duplicate patents are null and void.

Sincerely,
You Friendly Neighborhood Big Gulp Cup

Posted by: Orson at April 21, 2026 10:20 PM (dIske)

69 A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (+2QQb)

How long has it been on the market? Can you even consider doing that without discussing it with....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)

70 62 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.

Yep. Delightful accent. had no idea Kentuckians sounded like that!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)

The girl in the vid isn't Kentucky Girl.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

LoL! I know. Forgot the /s tag.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)

71 The marchers are Congolese Tutsis protesting against the governments of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
They accuse both states of anti-Tutsi violence and say the U.S. isn’t doing enough to help.

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OMG! Where will we get our Tutsi Rolls?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (ndZc7)

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A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

It sounds adorable!

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (p4NUW)

73 There was a project on Hackaday where some guy made audio cables out of poly tubes filled with Mercury.

Apparently there was no real difference found with that either, though that might have been due to the fittings.
Posted by: Kindltot

The old standard, going back to at least the Usenet days, is "megabuck cables vs. a wire coat hanger."

Nobody could tell the difference there, either.

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

74 I read that PDJT wants to reopen Alcatraz as a prison.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (y171U)

Goood. Pack it full of dems and shell the fucking place.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:22 PM (snZF9)

75 How long has it been on the market? Can you even consider doing that without discussing it with....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026

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About two weeks, which is longer than average in the Salina market. As for Miss Linda, I wrote her about it this p.m. No reply.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:23 PM (+2QQb)

76 The marchers are Congolese Tutsis protesting against the governments of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
They accuse both states of anti-Tutsi violence and say the U.S. isn’t doing enough to help.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Well, we better get on that, tutsuite!

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)

77 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (+9wcF)

78 *short arm fist bump*

Be careful Doof. A TRex could be lurking🦖....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (A9n1A)

79 Goodnight, Y’all, from the Peoples Comministwealth of Virginia.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)

80 Going to the TACO range tomorrow, maybe I zero in a BURRITO

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (I5fLw)

81
Sleep well Bulg

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (3ek7K)

82 Shit! "The One" rather.
Posted by: Tonypete

Glad you clarified that. I was wondering…!

Posted by: mindful webworker - the Old What? at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (iMJMF)

83 No surprise that audiophiles spend silly money on cables. I know guitar players that swear they can hear the difference depending on what end of a guitar cord they plug into the guitar verses the end they plug into the amp, as if its directional. I heard some theories why it could be the case, and some cord makers actually do mark each end as if they test them. Could be a troll move, who knows.
Posted by: Berserker

About the only way that would work is if there was a ground shield that only attached at one end. Then putting it on the amp end might help in a really electrically noisy environment?

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

84 I've been to Alcatraz once, it was fun and interesting historically. It has the best view of San Francisco I've ever seen. It's a sh*thole but it is still incredibly beautiful from a distance.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)

85 LoL! I know. Forgot the /s tag.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)

Others seemed to think it was her. I thought, wait a minute, the posters photo isn't the same as the girl talking.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

86 A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
It sounds adorable!
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026

***
Cuter than that. It's medium blue with white trim, it has a little astroturfed front yard with two garden patches trimmed with bricks, and while there are no porches, there is space out back to make a kind of patio.

The odd thing: The big refrigerator is in the dining room just outside the kitchen. There's an alcove for a fridge in the kitchen proper -- but this big thing just won't go through the archway. Realtor lady said I could have it moved to the garage, buy a new smaller one, and sell the old for more money than the new one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (+2QQb)

87 Me: 44 Hidy ho, Hordies. Top 20 maybe?

Top 50 - that's what I was trying to type. Yeah.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 2 and 5 so close together on the keypad at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (iMJMF)

88 A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

It sounds adorable!
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (p4NUW)

If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

89 About two weeks, which is longer than average in the Salina market. As for Miss Linda, I wrote her about it this p.m. No reply.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

This is none of my business, so please feel free to give it the attention it deserves…but pick up the phone. Tell her what you loved. Tell her you can just picture her in the kitchen, or planting flowers. Send her the listing to look at the pictures with a you are going to be so cute right here arrow by text while you are on the phone.

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:28 PM (p4NUW)

90 There was a project on Hackaday where some guy made audio cables out of poly tubes filled with Mercury.

Apparently there was no real difference found with that either, though that might have been due to the fittings.
Posted by: Kindltot

The old standard, going back to at least the Usenet days, is "megabuck cables vs. a wire coat hanger."

Nobody could tell the difference there, either.

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

I get good cables for the guitar and amp speaker cabinets because they take a beating. The better cables are thicker, have better ends on them, and they last way longer compared to cheaper stuff. I don't do it for sound though. At home I'll use the cheap shit because they don't get hammered, but I have all good ones in the road cases for when it counts.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:28 PM (snZF9)

91 My bladder doesn’t seem to fill faster than my tank empties. So the occasional station I’m stoping for anyway works fine. I guess truckers and even some pickup trucks have huge tanks that might be challenging. But none of that matters when I’m traveling with my wife. We are stopping constantly for bathroom breaks. Every few hours. Driving in areas with fewer stops makes her want to stop even more.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:28 PM (aQZli)

92 78 *short arm fist bump*

Be careful Doof. A TRex could be lurking🦖....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (A9n1A)

*lurks behind a potted plant*

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM (+0Wk3)

93 Any of you ever been to "The Rock"? Please share your experience!

Twice. Once as a kid, once as an adult. First time they had a tour guide who actually told us interesting facts about the place and some of the more famous (or infamous, if you prefer) inmates and answered questions. Second time you could rent a headset.

One the first tour the guide told us a story about when they would let you "feel" how it was to be an inmate by letting people go into the cells and closing the cell doors. Then the mechanism had a failure and a group got stuck in the cells for a few hours. They don't do that any more.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM (+9wcF)

94 Love the smooth moves! Needs Disco Doof posting the ONT! :-) Happy Tuesday!

Posted by: Iris at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM (bOJ2I)

95 I read that PDJT wants to reopen Alcatraz as a prison.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (y171U)

Goood. Pack it full of dems and shell the fucking place.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:22 PM (snZF9)

Useful test for new Iowa class main battery shells and powder charges.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 21, 2026 10:30 PM (S/Y4j)

96 Me: 44

32, not 44.

This computer keeps making mistakes tonight.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 32, 44, whatever it takes at April 21, 2026 10:30 PM (iMJMF)

97 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 21, 2026 10:30 PM (SRRAx)

98 92 *lurks behind a potted plant*

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM
***
*already lurking behind a potted plant and wondering why it got so crowded all of a sudden*

Posted by: TRex - "how YOU doin?" dino at April 21, 2026 10:31 PM (cCn4/)

99 If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:27

Oh I bet that would be very helpful! He should do that. Lol.

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:32 PM (p4NUW)

100 If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

But then if he buys it, he's pre-doxxed himself.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

101 100 If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

But then if he buys it, he's pre-doxxed himself.
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10

How else are we going to show up with the house warming potted plant?

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:33 PM (p4NUW)

102 About the only way that would work is if there was a ground shield that only attached at one end. Then putting it on the amp end might help in a really electrically noisy environment?

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

Well the cables I have that are actually marked from the factory are shielded as all guitar cables are, but they are grounded at both ends, as guitar guitar cables usually are. Thats the weird thing, no physical difference at either end.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:33 PM (snZF9)

103 *checks map for Salina*
https://tinyurl.com/b4zj2cbn

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)

104
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy made it to their intermediate stop, the RV site at the Winstar Casino just over the TX-OK border. It's a favorite stop when heading north and only $35 a night with full hookups.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (tgvbd)

105 >>> One the first tour the guide told us a story about when they would let you "feel" how it was to be an inmate by letting people go into the cells and closing the cell doors. Then the mechanism had a failure and a group got stuck in the cells for a few hours. They don't do that any more.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM (+9wcF)

They still do that at the old prison in St. Augustine or at least did when I was on a tour a few years ago.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:36 PM (aQZli)

106 >>The Dems did dem things in VA, and the SPLC is the biggest hate group of all.

I don't think it's sunk in yet how big that second is. Under the Biden administration, the SPLC was both government funded and a partner of the DOJ.

They would point out the target and the DOJ would go after them.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 10:36 PM (viF8m)

107 Well the cables I have that are actually marked from the factory are shielded as all guitar cables are, but they are grounded at both ends, as guitar guitar cables usually are. Thats the weird thing, no physical difference at either end.
Posted by: Berserker

Then it's a quantum thing, where they make the cables out of metal where all the electrons have the same spin, so they..... nah, I can't even make that BS work.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

108 Not my joke:

What do you call a snake that works for the government?

A civil serpent.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 21, 2026 10:37 PM (S/Y4j)

109 74 Goood. Pack it full of dems and shell the fucking place.

Oh yeah honey. That has to be racist/transphobic/homophobic/sexist/islamaphobic/zionist/
etc.ect...
Probably white supremist too....or something....
(I understand you all get the very much sarcasm😛

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:37 PM (A9n1A)

110 This is none of my business, so please feel free to give it the attention it deserves…but pick up the phone. Tell her what you loved. Tell her you can just picture her in the kitchen, or planting flowers. Send her the listing to look at the pictures with a you are going to be so cute right here arrow by text while you are on the phone.
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:28 PM (p4NUW)
====

Great idea and right timing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

111 How else are we going to show up with the house warming potted plant?
Posted by: Piper

True!

* packages up a potted plant *

* wonders why there were a half-dozen Morons behind it *

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)

112 Any of you ever been to "The Rock"? Please share your experience!

I lived in San Francisco for several years and went to Alcatraz quite a few times. It's best to go around May when the flowers are in bloom and the baby seagulls have hatched. They’re adorable. The audioguide of the prison is a must. It's very well done and there are sound clips of former prisoners that are quite haunting. Plus, the ferry ride over offers exquisite views of the city. I highly recommend it!

Posted by: Moonbeam at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (rbKZ6)

113 "..If you allow the algorithm to feed you tracks related or similar to those on your playlist, you have a better chance of hearing something new (or at least new to you)".

I may not get recent tracks / artists, but I do get fed suggestions of artists from the past that I didn't listen to because ... "reasons".

So I'm filling in holes in my catalogue from the heyday of CMTV.

I should be smacked for passing on Hal Ketchum, Dwight Yokhum, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kathy Mattea, Suzy Boggus ... and so many more

Posted by: browndog on replay at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (3sXRv)

114 This is none of my business, so please feel free to give it the attention it deserves…but pick up the phone. Tell her what you loved. Tell her you can just picture her in the kitchen, or planting flowers. Send her the listing to look at the pictures with a you are going to be so cute right here arrow by text while you are on the phone.
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 1

***
Piper, I did send her the link with pics galore. I can call her tomorrow. I've *been* telling her about all the things we can do, separately or together, once we have a place of our own -- trying to stress the excitement. Response? Generally silence, or "I don't know."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (+2QQb)

115 Tut tut Tutsi good bye

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 10:40 PM (Cqx++)

116 Then it's a quantum thing, where they make the cables out of metal where all the electrons have the same spin, so they..... nah, I can't even make that BS work.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

Right, I heard a lot of weird shit. From the strand orientation of the shield, to how the copper wire is extruded or drawn, to frigging alien influence, etc.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:40 PM (snZF9)

117 Almost feel sorry for Johnny Somali. Almost.

Because appeals have been filed, he is stuck in a detention center until his case is heard again by a three-judge panel in five to seven months.

Which means he is in a cell with no A/C and five other roommates.
Johnny will be sleeping next to the shithole in the floor, at least initially as the new guy.
He will only be allowed out of the cell for 30 minutes a day.
There will no talking, only passing letters allowed.
One hot shower a week and there are fights over the hot water.
His food will consist of bad rice and soup unless it's a holiday and then gets white rice.
Only way for him to buy stuff from the commissary is to speak fluent Korean or find someone to buy for him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 10:41 PM (2GVsD)

118 *already lurking behind a potted plant and wondering why it got so crowded all of a sudden*
Posted by: TRex - "how YOU doin?" dino at April 21, 2026 10:31 PM (cCn4/)

Back off!

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at April 21, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

119 Built-In Car Toilet: The Future of Comfort on The Road?
Wouldn't you have to drive with your pants off? I mean that's ok for the Horde, but some police officers get all cranky about that shit.

Posted by: GWB at April 21, 2026 10:41 PM (mdaV5)

120 If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

One thing I spend too much time on is researching photos online of places in non-fiction books, especially memoirs.
If they're mid-century or less, addresses are available in the Census and the sites may still be standing.

Sometimes the picture in your head is better than the reality, though.

Mr. S sometimes regrets teaching me how to use Ancestry.

Posted by: sal at April 21, 2026 10:41 PM (f+FmA)

121 I was pretty young when they released me from Alcatraz. It was a bum rap, I tell ya.

Posted by: mindful webworker - served 5 to life for stealing a candy bar at April 21, 2026 10:42 PM (iMJMF)

122 Tut tut Tutsi good bye
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026

***
I heard it as

"Hutu, Tutsi, goodbye,
Hutu, Tutsi, don't cry . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:42 PM (+2QQb)

123 But then if he buys it, he's pre-doxxed himself.
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

He can buy the fake glasses and mustache. No one will ever know!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

124 Actually, some guitar cords are made where the ground is lifted on the guitar side, but the ones I had weren't even they were marked. Either they were made wrong, or the company was lying.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:43 PM (snZF9)

125
Anna,

Fuck him. Maybe he will learn to not be an asshole.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 10:43 PM (3ek7K)

126 *already lurking behind a potted plant and wondering why it got so crowded all of a sudden*
Posted by: TRex - "how YOU doin?" dino at April 21, 2026 10:31 PM (cCn4/)

So the Saturday ONT will be filled with potted plants, so the lurkers have more cover to post comfortably? Nice idea!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 21, 2026 10:44 PM (S/Y4j)

127 >>>He charged me $50 for an autograph at ComiCon.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

>Folks pay for autographs? I've never heard of such a thing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 10:44 PM (Fbc0I)

128 Folks pay for autographs?

Sure.

Posted by: Pete Rose maybe at April 21, 2026 10:45 PM (7D3Aa)

129 Stan Lee was $80.
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy in 2010 was $75 each.

It used to be the cons covered the guests' expenses and such so autographs were free. But now they charge for autographs to fleece the con-goers for even more money.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 10:47 PM (2GVsD)

130 Folks pay for autographs? I've never heard of such a thing.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 10:44 PM (Fbc0I)

Lots of old tv and movie stars do when they go to conventions. It's a way for those who were somebody before the big money to stay afloat financially.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)

131 I will say one thing about KS climate wise for you to be aware of, understand it can get extremely hot in the summer. It does have a wide variety of temps, a full four seasons, wonderful fall, but July Aug can get to 119-120 deg, well in the southern parts, maybe not Salina. And it has plenty of humidity.

One important factor is you have a constant strong breeze with all of that. So the temp and humidity won’t seem anywhere as bad as some places. But there will be a few weeks of oppressive heat.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:48 PM (aQZli)

132 Been reading about Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice today. What a based gal (paganism notwithstanding). It's a shame she's fallen into relative historical obscurity.

Posted by: First time poster longtime lurker at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (20WTV)

133 All this playing around with selecting “representatives” and gerrymandering - I don’t think it will happen in my lifetime, but sooner or later some executive is going to be strong enough to just declare himself First Citizen and abolish Congress, and no one will care because it will have been a sad joke for long time by then.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (Fmj+u)

134

Wolfus,

Make sure you have the house inspected.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (3ek7K)

135 I met Leonard Nimoy after waiting in a line for 2 hours at the Alexander's on Merrick Road in 1973.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (RIvkX)

136 Anything over 75 is unbearable.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (A5RD0)

137 98 *already lurking behind a potted plant and wondering why it got so crowded all of a sudden*

Yeah. Because any old TREX can just hide out anywhere....🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (A9n1A)

138 Been reading about Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice today. What a based gal (paganism notwithstanding). It's a shame she's fallen into relative historical obscurity.
Posted by: First time poster longtime lurker at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (20WTV)

I can run the country or I can control Alice. I cannot do both.

Posted by: TR at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

139 88 A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

It sounds adorable!
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (p4NUW)

If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

. . . and surprise him by all dropping by a week after he moves in! Kansas MoMeet at Wolfus' new place !

Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (X5Jzz)

140 I meant to type 110 - 120 deg and flubbed it but that’s the upper end

Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (aQZli)

141 75 How long has it been on the market? Can you even consider doing that without discussing it with....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026

***
About two weeks, which is longer than average in the Salina market. As for Miss Linda, I wrote her about it this p.m. No reply.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:23 PM (+2QQb)

Don't they have tornados in Kansas? I seem to remember a documentary about a girl named Dorothy....and her little dog, too!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (QGaXH)

142 Wolfus,

Make sure you have the house inspected.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (3ek7K)

Just make sure it's not Mike Holmes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

143 Oh! And Piper!
Giant hugs darlin'💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (A9n1A)

144 Anything over 75 is unbearable.

For an autograph or the temperature?

You oughta come to OK in the summer. Sometimes 75 is the low for the day!

Did I mention tornados?

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (7D3Aa)

145 Anything over 75 is unbearable.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (A5RD0)
====

Heh you sound like my wife and kids they start showing symptoms of heat exhaustion.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)

146 Piper, I did send her the link with pics galore. I can call her tomorrow. I've *been* telling her about all the things we can do, separately or together, once we have a place of our own -- trying to stress the excitement. Response? Generally silence, or "I don't know."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (+2QQb)

I hate to mention it, but perhaps Miss Linda likes the arrangement you guys have right now - separate residences, right? Sometimes women don't like to move once they are established someplace.

I could be wrong....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (SRRAx)

147 82 Shit! "The One" rather.
Posted by: Tonypete

Glad you clarified that. I was wondering…!
Posted by: mindful webworker - the Old What? at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (iMJMF)

Given enough time, doesn't The One become The Old?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:53 PM (QGaXH)

148 . . . and surprise him by all dropping by a week after he moves in! Kansas MoMeet at Wolfus' new place !
Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (X5Jzz)

Right. Don't want to be there if there's still unpacking to do.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

149 103 *checks map for Salina*
https://tinyurl.com/b4zj2cbn

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)

Looks like you nailed it !

Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:53 PM (X5Jzz)

150 (paganism notwithstanding)

=====

Say what now?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

151 I will say one thing about KS climate wise for you to be aware of, understand it can get extremely hot in the summer. It does have a wide variety of temps, a full four seasons, wonderful fall, but July Aug can get to 119-120 deg, well in the southern parts, maybe not Salina. And it has plenty of humidity.

One important factor is you have a constant strong breeze with all of that. So the temp and humidity won’t seem anywhere as bad as some places. But there will be a few weeks of oppressive heat.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026

***
Which is why I want a house that will be easy to air-condition. And a "few weeks" of oppressive heat sounds like a dream after a climate with *ten months* of oppressive heat, and warm humid days possible in the other two.

The 82 F. today felt so dry by comparison to Da Swamp that it was more like 72. My hands were dry and not feeling dipped in glue. People have said it was one of those perfect days they get every year -- but then they don't know what I'm fleeing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:54 PM (+2QQb)

152 I hate to mention it, but perhaps Miss Linda likes the arrangement you guys have right now - separate residences, right? Sometimes women don't like to move once they are established someplace.

I could be wrong....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 21, 2026

***
That's probably a big part of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:55 PM (+2QQb)

153 Wolfus

Salina is the Undiscovered Country far from what she knows or knows.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 10:56 PM (2GVsD)

154 103 *checks map for Salina*
https://tinyurl.com/b4zj2cbn

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)

I even see the big-assed fridge in the dining room that won't fit through the doorway to the kitchen in one of the pictures !

Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:56 PM (X5Jzz)

155 That's probably a big part of it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:55 PM (+2QQb)
====

She can always get her own place.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

156 Wolfus, did you check out Minden? Far enough from NOLA, but still in the area? Of course, the weather wouldn't change.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

157 *Looks at time*

Come on Miracle!

*Goes to find the lottery tickets*

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (2GVsD)

158 Given enough time, doesn't The One become The Old?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:53 PM (QGaXH)

Well, yeah. But you're both each other's "The Old".

Posted by: sal at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (f+FmA)

159 You oughta come to OK in the summer. Sometimes 75 is the low for the day!

Did I mention tornados?
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026

***
The lows in Da Swamp in July and August, and September and June, and many other months, can be close to 80, with a heat index of 90 -- *before* the sun comes up.

As for tornadoes, various people here have told me that they seem to veer to one side of Salina or the other; that the town has rarely been hit direclty.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (+2QQb)

160 I don’t understand why congressional
Districts are any different than counties.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (JButp)

161 Wolfus--you will like Salina. Great town.

Now for your politics lesson: Despite what you may read or hear in the MSM, Kansas is not a "deep red" state. GOPes and a good share of leftwing Dems generally refer to themselves as "Bob Dole conservatives." Demoncrats have held the governorship for 16 of the last 24 years.

Posted by: Stacey Abrams, Topless at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (gf7Ez)

162 Wolfus, did you consider Arkansas? The countryside around Mena is very pretty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:00 PM (utfVc)

163 Did Nimoy sign his autograph in the vulcan alphabet? That would be nifty.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 11:01 PM (Fbc0I)

164 Nurse Ratched

Because the US House limited the seats in the House in 1913, each district's population grows.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)

165 Wolfus, did you consider Arkansas? The countryside around Mena is very pretty.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026

***
I didn't consider it especially. If this doesn't work out, well, who knows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 11:02 PM (+2QQb)

166 To sign it in Vulcan would be akin to having Orlando Bloom sign his autograph in Middle Earth Elven.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)

167 132 Been reading about Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice today. What a based gal (paganism notwithstanding). It's a shame she's fallen into relative historical obscurity.
Posted by: First time poster longtime lurker at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (20WTV)

My favorite story about Alice Roosevelt Longfellow is that she used to throw the most exclusive parties at her house in DC. She had an embroidered pillow on one of her sofas that had a quote sewn into it. "If you don't have anything nice to say about someone, come sit next to me."

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (U9juq)

168 162 Wolfus, did you consider Arkansas? The countryside around Mena is very pretty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:00 PM (utfVc)

Another suggestion is south-east Oklahoma, basically south of I-40 and east of US-69. Somewhat hilly and green, maybe a little warm and humid for your taste, however.

Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (X5Jzz)

169 He came down the line and shook everyone's hand barely it took all of 30 seconds for him to come and go.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (RIvkX)

170
160 I don’t understand why congressional
Districts are any different than counties.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (JButp)

I think that is a great idea!!! Texas of course has 254 counties.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (Fmj+u)

171 'bout time for me to head off to Dreamland, all. I have to get up early and bring the car to the tire shop; they open at 7:30, so I need to leave about 7:10 or so.

Thanks for all the comments!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (+2QQb)

172 ***
Piper, I did send her the link with pics galore. I can call her tomorrow. I've *been* telling her about all the things we can do, separately or together, once we have a place of our own -- trying to stress the excitement. Response? Generally silence, or "I don't know."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I hope it works out how you would like it - and I hope she tells you what she needs.

But remember I never even got to see this house - a supposed scouting trip turned into “I put an offer in, oh hey! It was accepted. Hope you like it!” And it wasn’t even our first house. I have also been engaged for 3 years now. So maybe don’t listen to me for relationship advice. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 11:05 PM (OoFl2)

173 I redid my 1972 Chris Chambliss first basemen's mitt about 5 years ago. The results were nearly that good. It's a good old glove.

Posted by: Batted Left/Threw Right at April 21, 2026 11:05 PM (oftw2)

174 Good luck Wolfus

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)

175 Thanks for the ONT of awesomeness, Disco. Opening night for 3 man golf scramble league here. We went 3 under, 9 holes. Meh on the golf score, tons of laughs.

Posted by: scampydog at April 21, 2026 11:07 PM (41CYW)

176 140 I meant to type 110 - 120 deg and flubbed it but that’s the upper end
Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (aQZli)

I thought that range was oddly specific.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 11:09 PM (QGaXH)

177 143 Oh! And Piper!
Giant hugs darlin'💕
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (A9n1A)

Awww! Back to you! But they are good night hugs. Everyone is settled, so it’s bedtime. J is still in India so we have the whole bed to ourselves, me, the doge and the 2 cats.

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 11:09 PM (OoFl2)

178 My favorite story about Alice Roosevelt Longfellow is that she used to throw the most exclusive parties at her house in DC. She had an embroidered pillow on one of her sofas that had a quote sewn into it. "If you don't have anything nice to say about someone, come sit next to me."
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (U9juq)

Sounds like something Dorothy Parker would say.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 11:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

179 The ABWH song was quite lovely.

Posted by: Mel's Rockpile at April 21, 2026 11:11 PM (oftw2)

180 So this gerrymander leaves VA with 9 D seats and 1 R (right?), in a state where the actual House vote, state-wide, is fairly close, right? Lol.

Think NV has long wildly over-represented Ds, based on total House state-wide votes. Probably other states as well.

Don't the TX and prospective FL redistrictings still leave Ds over-represented?

With unaccountable courts substantially running/ruining the country by ignoring the constitution and building a ridiculous edifice of court-made law, federal institutions under Dem prezes mere weapons against the public and their pathetic political "opponents", nothing resembling an actual press, and rampant official lawlessness at state and municipal level (with enormous costs and body counts) - just to what degree is the US actually a constitutional republic with representative govt. and rule of law?

Rhetorical question.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:11 PM (U/Byj)

181 Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman play well together. Thank you, sir.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at April 21, 2026 11:12 PM (9PxHJ)

182 To sign it in Vulcan would be akin to having Orlando Bloom sign his autograph in Middle Earth Elven.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)

I don't think Nimmers will be signing any more autographs. He's gone to the Great Holodeck in the sky, has he not?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:14 PM (utfVc)

183 154 103 *checks map for Salina*
https://tinyurl.com/b4zj2cbn

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)

I even see the big-assed fridge in the dining room that won't fit through the doorway to the kitchen in one of the pictures !

Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:56 PM (X5Jzz)

Nice work!

2200 sq feet for 159 K??

My Gawd! The loft in my garage costs more than that!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 11:14 PM (QGaXH)

184 Wow, imagine how much tourist money is vacuumed up by that rock in the Bay! And the city's cut from it.

Posted by: Rocco In Cell Block D at April 21, 2026 11:15 PM (oftw2)

185 Yes, Leonard Nimoy has passed away. 2010 was pretty much the last year he signed any autographs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:15 PM (2GVsD)

186 From personal experience, buying a house changes your perspective on what "expensive" actually means.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 11:16 PM (rbvCR)

187 Alcatraz is the coolest national park tour I've done. We'll worth it

Posted by: 496 at April 21, 2026 11:16 PM (tXY4l)

188 It's COLD out there on Alcatraz. I'm only going there as an inmate.

Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 11:17 PM (Pl1+s)

189 The ABWH song was quite lovely.
Posted by: Mel's Rockpile

It's a pretty good album overall.

Prog rock algebra:

YES - S = ABWH

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)

190 I suppose I should drift off. Thanks sweet Doof!
Good night best Horde!

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” ― William Shakespeare

Good night loves.❣

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 11:18 PM (A9n1A)

191 ...just to what degree is the US actually a constitutional republic with representative govt. and rule of law?
====

Compared to what?
Germany in 1933?
Indonesia in 1965?
Chile in 1973?
Spain in 1975?

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

192 Joe Bidung needs a toilet seat in his corvette.

Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 11:21 PM (Pl1+s)

193 Good Night Everyone!

It was very nice visiting for a short while.

I hope we didn't actually dox Wolfus' new address. He's probably safe anyway - but I'd be wary of the street name. Could be a bad omen.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 11:22 PM (QGaXH)

194
Eev-ning, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 11:22 PM (n7rxJ)

195 No wonder this house is only $210K.

It is a mobile home with expansions and standalone Home Depot mini barn on 1.5 acres with a lake view, opposite shoreline you can see the trailer park.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)

196 >>> Seres, a company focused on high-end electric cars and smart technology, has received a patent for an in-vehicle toilet system. This car toilet is designed to slide out from under a passenger seat, making it easy to use during long drives, camping trips, or when staying inside the vehicle for extended periods.

Save your business for the next charge as you will sitting there for hours anyway.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 11:25 PM (/lPRQ)

197 Franpsycho, how about compared to the US before 1980 (or pick a date)?

Or compared to those qualities, as we understand them, that I listed? All lofty principles and goals are aspirational. I'm not nit-picking imperfection. Not remotely.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:25 PM (U/Byj)

198
Man, I'm really getting in astro-space geek mode. I just watched, with some excitement, NASA's presser today on the new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope. Isaacman was there, and he was happy to tout it came under under budget and ahead of schedule. Let's hope he gets that ethic burned in some hides in NASA.

The thing is fully racked, stacked, and packed ready to be mounted on the launch rocket (Falcon 9 Heavy) to launch it to L2 sometime in Sept.

This thing is going to blow away all the previous ones, as impressive as they've been. It will survey and map in one year what would take 2000 years with Hubble, for instance. It will produce over 1TB of data every day, and will have amassed 20 PB of data after 5 years.

And it will discover tens of thousands of new exoplanets. As of now, there are about 6000 confirmed exoplanets. They expect this thing will raise that to 100,000 when it's done all it can.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)

199 And it will discover tens of thousands of new exoplanets. As of now, there are about 6000 confirmed exoplanets. They expect this thing will raise that to 100,000 when it's done all it can.

Off-world colonies with your Nexus-6 companion.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:28 PM (2GVsD)

200 Anything over 75 is unbearable.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (A5RD0)

At Puget Sound's humidity you are absolutely correct.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR)

201 Alcatraz is a must-do in SF. Views, history, place. Cold, always cold (to the extent there are still tourists in SF, do large numbers still show up in shorts and t-shirts, and instantly become customers to the sweatshirt guys who used to infest Union Square?).

Friend who's a world-class ocean swimmer used to have business trips up there, with one client they would *go for a swim in the Bay* instead of lunch. !!!! He also used to do the swim where they start (I think) from the Marina, swim out and around Alcatraz, and back. There's a current on the back (north) side that's like 2-3 knots or something, so it takes a while just to swim that portion.

He also won, or placed, in the swim where they drop the contestants out beyond the south pier of the Golden Gate - the finish line is the Bay Bridge. !!!!!! He laughingly described how the "newbies" would seek the warmer water - which was actually the outbound current. Vets knew to find the coldest water on the swim in - in-bound current. Tenders kept ships from killing these guys. This guy's not really human, something different with him.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:31 PM (U/Byj)

202 From earlier today, and inline with everything we already suspected. Hope for more confirmation from the admin

@C__Herridge
Multiple sources tell me that a credible whistleblower complaint was filed alleging the CIA, FBI and other IC agencies suppressed intelligence about China’s influence operations during the 2020 election targeting President Trump and his campaign. ...
x.com/C__Herridge/status/2046665072798212389

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 21, 2026 11:33 PM (diia5)

203 It is a mobile home with expansions and standalone Home Depot mini barn on 1.5 acres with a lake view, opposite shoreline you can see the trailer park.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)

That's not the one I see linked above.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 11:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

204
The technology here with this thing is amazing. It has a fancy coronograph instrument that, bottom line, will allow *direct imaging* of exoplanets close enough.

You've probably seen the LASCO corona graphs and similar. They block out the light of the sun, allowing the corona to be imaged.

Well Nancy Grace will do that with the little points of starlight, and get images of even tinier little dust specks, which are the exoplanets, buzzing in the glare of those points of starlight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)

205 >> 51 9 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

> Why is she wasting her time watching other people emote about things everyone sees already?
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (DwqWV)

Scoping out the competition. That's how she knew how to put them down.

Posted by: SciVo at April 21, 2026 11:37 PM (Sy6m/)

206 This thing is going to blow away all the previous ones, as impressive as they've been. It will survey and map in one year what would take 2000 years with Hubble, for instance. It will produce over 1TB of data every day, and will have amassed 20 PB of data after 5 years.

And it will discover tens of thousands of new exoplanets. As of now, there are about 6000 confirmed exoplanets. They expect this thing will raise that to 100,000 when it's done all it can.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)

Thats some serious shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 11:38 PM (snZF9)

207 A shitter in the car? Really? It's a new world.

Does the Pope shit in the woods?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 11:39 PM (Fbc0I)

208 66 I remember days when my guy friends would use a pop bottle to pee on a road trip.

A buddy of mine always takes a Gatorade bottle because it has a wide mouth. I hope he stops and pulls over to use it but I've never asked.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026
---

Yes, both are odd statements.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 11:40 PM (YvvFZ)

209 Or compared to those qualities, as we understand them, that I listed? All lofty principles and goals are aspirational. I'm not nit-picking imperfection. Not remotely.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:25 PM (U/Byj)
====

I don't think 1980 is even comparable to the crisis today. Jimmy Carter was on-trend with Kennedy and LBJ and arguably less damaging. Obama was the inflection point and represented a clearly anti constitutional attitude that called to my mind Allende, but also Hitler. Pretending allegiance to a system of governance while tearing it down.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 11:40 PM (RIvkX)

210 Does the Pope shit in the woods?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 11:39 PM (Fbc0I)

Not any more. He uses the Poopmobile.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:41 PM (utfVc)

211 I used to listen to pandora and then later youtube a lot.

To be honest the amount of good new music I can find has been dropped every year.

The issue isn't the platform - I don't think pandora, or youtube, or spotify are restricting my access to new music.

The issue is less good new music is being produced. And fewer good movies. And fewer good books. And on and on.

Its cultural rot.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:41 PM (sKqQm)

212 The oddest thing about the "Russia collusion" crap is that European collusion, Saudi collusion, Chinese collusion, British collusion etc etc were all real things, perfectly well documented, that weren't considered in any way a crime until Trump won an election.

Remember a British newspaper sent British citizens to campaign for John Kerry in 2004. And...that was ok apparently.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:42 PM (sKqQm)

213 Does the Pope shit in the woods?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Not any more. He uses the Poopmobile.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

* flat stare *

* begrudging golf clap *

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 11:43 PM (VHUov)

214 I don't know how big this is, but it seems big

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
@SecWar
14h
The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force.

We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 11:44 PM (rbvCR)

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