Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - April 28, 2026 [Doof]

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

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I'd hate to see what the "slowest moving" project is

Key Bridge contract canceled: Gov. Wes Moore's 'fastest moving' claim tested

Maryland’s plan to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge hit a major setback Tuesday, as state officials abruptly canceled a key construction contract, undercutting Gov. Wes Moore’s repeated claim that the project was the nation’s “fastest-moving” large infrastructure effort.
The decision to off-ramp contractor Kiewit Infrastructure Co. from the project’s critical second phase came after its proposals “far exceeded” state estimates, according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
The move forces Maryland back into the market for a new builder at a pivotal moment, as project costs have surged from roughly $1.8 billion to more than $5.2 billion. It transforms what Moore has framed as a model of speed into a high-stakes test of the administration’s ability to manage one of the most expensive and politically scrutinized infrastructure projects in the country.

I imagine if this was in a state with a Republican governor and legislature, the new bridge would be open already. This is just shameful.

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A bridge of a different sort

World’s largest wildlife crossing finally has an opening date

After cost overruns and delays pushed back the project by at least a year, the world’s largest wildlife bridge finally has a ribbon-cutting date.
The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, north of Los Angeles, is expected to open on Dec. 2, four-and-a-half years after work began, project leaders announced Wednesday during an Earth Day news conference.
“What a journey this has been! And we cannot wait to celebrate with you all,” managers said.
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The project has been an emotional journey for those involved. Its goal is to reinvigorate Southern California’s iconic mountain lion population by restoring genetic diversity. Other animals that frequently get hit by cars on the 101 also stand to benefit, including bears, bobcats, foxes, coyotes, and deer.

Video segment at the link. Looks kinda cool, I think. What say you?

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The science is settled!

Does Beer Have a 'Surprising Health Benefit'? Here's What The Science Says

Saying that a beer provides 15% of your daily vitamin B6 sounds impressive, but it ignores the wider dietary picture.
Most people in the UK are not deficient in vitamin B6. And the same amount, or more, can easily be obtained from a standard healthy diet. A number of foods, such as potatoes, chickpeas, fortified cereals, grains, meat, and vegetables, provide vitamin B6 without the need for alcohol.
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The paper also links vitamin B6 to important neurological functions, but does not provide evidence that beer consumption meaningfully improves brain health.
It correctly states that vitamin B6 is involved in making the brain chemicals serotonin and dopamine, and confirms that beer contains measurable amounts of B6.
However, the interpretation that beer is therefore "brain boosting" is problematic.

Beer is good for you!

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Moron approved behavior

Men being men 😂pic.twitter.com/X6xKFUcG7K
— Community Notes & Violations (@CNviolations) April 28, 2026

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Hard to argue with this

Well... he's not wrong... 😅 pic.twitter.com/lNOYUXFSwc
— Dr. Clown, PhD (@DrClownPhD) April 28, 2026

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Well played, whoever runs the Dire Straits X account!

Dire Straits 🎸
— Dire Straits 🎸 (@DireStraits77) April 27, 2026

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DJ Doof - This Date in Music History Edition
from thisdayinmusic.com

On this date in 2023: Canadian guitarist and vocalist Tim Bachman died age 71 after battling cancer. He was best known as a member of Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO)

On this date in 1999: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

On this date in 1980: Marshall Tucker Band bass player Tommy Caldwell died of injuries from a car accident aged 30 in his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Caldwell was the original frontman for the Marshall Tucker Band between 1973 and 1980.

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1 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 28, 2026 09:57 PM (+9wcF)

2 World’s largest wildlife crossing finally has an opening date

Looks more like someone's playing miniature wargames.

Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 09:58 PM (VHUov)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 28, 2026 09:59 PM (LdBR/)

4 Not first!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 09:59 PM (WONhk)

5 Is that the wildlife bridge that will be funneling coyotes, mountain lions, and bears into the suburbs?

Posted by: huerfano at April 28, 2026 10:00 PM (98kQX)

6 However, the interpretation that beer is therefore "brain boosting" is problematic.

If the benefits of the vitamin B6 balance out the damage done by the C2H5OH, I'll call it good enough.

Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)

7 Kash Patel was specifically excluded from assassin boy's hitlist in his manifesto.

When everybody else was ducking under tables or crawling out, Kash stood there directing his team.

How did Kash know he was safe? Hmmm. Obviously an op.

Posted by: mindful webworker - American royalty at April 28, 2026 10:01 PM (y3Pql)

8 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (zZu0s)

9 Video segment at the link. Looks kinda cool, I think. What say you?

Ok, but how much did it cost? What, massive overruns you say? In California?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

10 Sorry I'm late, I got into a knife fight with a gerbil.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (edmpr)

11 >>Beer is good for you!

fuckin' a

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 10:03 PM (viF8m)

12 Is that the wildlife bridge that will be funneling coyotes, mountain lions, and bears into the suburbs?
Posted by: huerfano

Oh my!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 28, 2026 10:03 PM (Kyh8Y)

13 Mulva? I hardly knew a!

Posted by: Grandpa Jones at April 28, 2026 10:05 PM (vFG9F)

14 Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (zZu0s)

Thanks for commenting!

Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)

15 “'What a journey this has been! And we cannot wait to celebrate with you all,' managers said."

That's exactly what the mountain lions will be saying to the pets in the Agora Hills neighborhoods.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:06 PM (edmpr)

16 Looks more like someone's playing miniature wargames.
Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 09:58 PM (VHUov)
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World record for largest Warhammer 40K battlefield?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 28, 2026 10:06 PM (gnNyN)

17 Good evening!

Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:06 PM (tHSRx)

18
*looks at books in ONT library*
*snorts derisively*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:06 PM (HdYcL)

19 well done the Dire Straits account.
It's gotta be great to be in that band who do the one classic album and then disappear though. Joy Division skates by because the rest of the band got away with putting out tripe like "Brotherhood" as New Order.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 28, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)

20 Of course beer has health benefits. It's basically breakfast cereal in liquid form, without all the added sugar.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:07 PM (edmpr)

21 Sorry I'm late, I got into a knife fight with a gerbil.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (edmpr)
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Never bring a gerbil to a knife fight.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 28, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)

22 Is that the wildlife bridge that will be funneling coyotes, mountain lions, and bears into the suburbs?

Coming soon: a pipeline to funnel sharks into the local water park.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 10:08 PM (Riz8t)

23 Never bring a gerbil to a knife fight.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 28, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)

Words to live by.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 28, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)

24 18
*looks at books in ONT library*
*snorts derisively*

Good evening, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28

I appreciate that you didn’t touch them as I used the Dewey Decimal system to set them up. I was waiting to see how long it took for someone to notice.

Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:09 PM (pZEOD)

25 Conan the Librarian.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 28, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)

26 Somebody pointed out that the animal overpass will give predators like Bobcats easy access to people's pets.

Posted by: steevy at April 28, 2026 10:10 PM (YwEeS)

27 Good evening morons und danke Disko.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 28, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)

28 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:11 PM (77rzZ)

29 Good evening morons und danke Disko.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 28, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)

Howdy SF!

Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

30 From THE MAN WHO DARES

So..... he's just daring to look directly at the setting sun?

That's still dumb, but pretty low on the "doing daring s--t" scale.

The guy in the Cafe, topping the palm tree? He was legit.

Posted by: mikeski dares to use a kitchen chair as a stepladder at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

31
Dewey Decimal System >>>> Library of Congress System

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (HdYcL)

32 Wes Moore ought to call Gavin Newsom for some pointers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (Cqx++)

33 Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

I cannot help but think there is something either missing or that could go obviously wrong with that wildlife crossing. Most states build much smaller crossings that go under the roadway, leaving moving traffic out of the animal's sight.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (vrNzf)

34 Watch for falling deer.

(Being chased by bobcats.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 28, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

35 Does Beer Have a 'Surprising Health Benefit'? Here's What The Science Says
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Guinness For Health!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 28, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)

36
Most states build much smaller crossings that go under the roadway, leaving moving traffic out of the animal's sight.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient

Oh, gangs of Chipmunk muggers just love arrangements like that!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 28, 2026 10:15 PM (xG4kz)

37 When everybody else was ducking under tables or crawling out, Kash stood there directing his team.

How did Kash know he was safe? Hmmm. Obviously an op.
Posted by: mindful webworker - American royalty at April

Or perhaps Kash isnt a cowardly pussy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 28, 2026 10:15 PM (A5RD0)

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Most states build much smaller crossings that go under the roadway, leaving moving traffic out of the animal's sight.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (vrNzf)

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California has Bridge Studies professors advising the state.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (HdYcL)

39 >>> Tim Bachman died age 71 after battling cancer. He was best known as a member of Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO)...

I have no idea who this Tim guy is... wait, Tim BACHMAN?
Of Bachman–Turner Overdrive.

Yeah, OK. Almost as famous as that Van Halen guy.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (/lPRQ)

40 >>So..... he's just daring to look directly at the setting sun?

I bet that's a sunrise.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m)

41 Wes Moore ought to call Gavin Newsom for some pointers.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (Cqx++)

Wes Moore makes Martin O'Malley look almost like an effective governor. Almost.

Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

42 I'd hate to see what the "slowest moving" project is

Key Bridge contract canceled: Gov. Wes Moore's 'fastest moving' claim tested
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California's bullet train has entered the conversation....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

43
The All-Girl Wildlife Crossing Bridge Design Team

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:17 PM (HdYcL)

44
California has Bridge Studies professors advising the state.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Maryland needs some.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 10:17 PM (Cqx++)

45 21 Never bring a gerbil to a knife fight.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 28, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)

To be fair, I had no inkling thst I would be involved in a knife fight when I left the house. That activity was definitely not listed in the daily planner.

I still don't know where that gerbil was able to stash a Bowie knife.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:17 PM (edmpr)

46 Key Bridge contract canceled: Gov. Wes Moore's 'fastest moving' claim tested
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California's bullet train has entered the conversation....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

At least Alaska's "bridge to nowhere" was actually a bridge!

Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

47 I did see Marshall Tucker in college as the Southern Belle friend of my male gang. For some reason I was the only girl with them most of the time: 5 boys. Southern Rock was big in the mid-
70's and we all loved it.

One guy was dating a classmate of mine. Some not dating or not often. I was their concert mascot I guess, or the chick who would go anywhere anytime. Two of them almost talked me into skydiving. This was pre bf/husband. Half of them liked him, half of them did not and too bad.

Great concert, I'm sure. I'm also sure I don't remember much of it but I was there.

Thanks, Doof, for the ONT.

I also agree on the dumb people on the Internet. Not on this blog, of course of intelligent people male and female.

On another I want to scream, "You dumbarse, Google it!" Yet then I feel badly for someone so stupid or wanting a link and ignore them.

Tonight there was a total dimwit (super dumb very often. I think he might be Somolian) saying that Comer probably has "his" people in the US Marshal's. Right. Right. Right. Of course.

I'd like to send a US Marshal to arrest this guy for being dumb and having a bird he is in love with (I am serious). I guess better than a furry.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (WONhk)

48 I'd hate to see what the "slowest moving" project is

Key Bridge contract canceled: Gov. Wes Moore's 'fastest moving' claim tested
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California's bullet train has entered the conversation....

Nah...I'm retired.

Posted by: The Big Dig at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (Riz8t)

49 Tom Petty is awesome. His song “Wildflowers” was my anthem when I was going through divorce.

I was heartbroken.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (A5RD0)

50 I cannot help but think there is something either missing or that could go obviously wrong with that wildlife crossing.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (vrNzf)

Oh no. I was there.

Posted by: Graft at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

51
I'd hate to see what the "slowest moving" project is

Are there not some cathedrals in Europe that are considered to still be unfinished after decades, if not centuries?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 28, 2026 10:19 PM (xG4kz)

52 Of course beer has health benefits. It's basically breakfast cereal in liquid form, without all the added sugar.
Posted by: tankdemon

The sugars turned to booze.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 28, 2026 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)

53 Read somewhere that the big holdups for ports in the west coast are commies. The holdups for ports in the east are the mafia. The commies came out better.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 28, 2026 10:19 PM (gKWVE)

54 I still don't know where that gerbil was able to stash a Bowie knife.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:17 PM

His cheeks. Duh! 😊

Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:19 PM (pZEOD)

55 I'd hate to see what the "slowest moving" project is

Are there not some cathedrals in Europe that are considered to still be unfinished after decades, if not centuries?

Pffffft

Posted by: Stalagmites and stalactites at April 28, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

56 California has Bridge Studies professors advising the state.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Maryland needs some.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot,
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And here I thought every blue state had them....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 28, 2026 10:20 PM (IQ6Gq)

57 Some links for to follow, later, you know, when the chatter gets slow.

Some guy named David enjoyed Pizza Movie by BriTANicK, which you have to subscribe to some stream to watch. On the plus side, it's only 9½ minutes.
youtu.be/qIho1YMlYro

@PeachProof23: Watching her soul leave her body when she realizes
https://t.co/wvbfZWXRYz
(hey, it turns out Xwitter does have short urls. It's tricky to get to them, though)

Babylon Bee: Californians Move To Texas | Season 2 Episode 4: The Baby Shower
youtu.be/LyjhN_IJXug

Posted by: mindful webworker - never slow down, Horde! at April 28, 2026 10:20 PM (y3Pql)

58 Looks kinda cool, I think. What say you?

Yeah, the bridge looks beautiful. But will wildlife use it? Anyone who has ever driven on I-40 knows that deer are not chickens, but they love to cross the road. They just seldom get to the other side.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (CHHv1)

59 His cheeks. Duh! 😊
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:19 PM (pZEOD)

Which set?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

60 The wildlife crossing will become a vermin and insect crossing.

Same, same.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (Fbc0I)

61
Great concert, I'm sure. I'm also sure I don't remember much of it but I was there.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Were you at Woodstock?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (Cqx++)

62
Saying that a beer provides 15% of your daily vitamin B6 sounds impressive, but it ignores the wider dietary picture.
Most people in the UK are not deficient in vitamin B6. And the same amount, or more, can easily be obtained from a standard healthy diet. A number of foods, such as potatoes, chickpeas, fortified cereals, grains, meat, and vegetables, provide vitamin B6 without the need for alcohol.

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muslim call to prayer faintly in the background.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (VWtfl)

63 Tom Petty is awesome. His song “Wildflowers” was my anthem when I was going through divorce.

I was heartbroken.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (A5RD0)

Never got to see him live, which I really regret.

Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

64 I still don't know where that gerbil was able to stash a Bowie knife.
Posted by: tankdemon

His cheeks. Duh! 😊
Posted by: Piper

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE AW HELL I KNOW YOU PEOPLE AND YOU'RE ALL THINKING IT.

Posted by: BEN ROFLCOPTER at April 28, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

65 Are there not some cathedrals in Europe that are considered to still be unfinished after decades, if not centuries?

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La Sagrada Família in Barcelona. 140 years and still not finished.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 28, 2026 10:23 PM (+HNx/)

66
Never got to see him live, which I really regret.
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

Same.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 28, 2026 10:23 PM (T6aVk)

67 Never got to see him live, which I really regret.
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

Thanks for the memorex....

Posted by: Bob The Singer Hope at April 28, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

68 I'd hate to see what the "slowest moving" project is

Key Bridge contract canceled: Gov. Wes Moore's 'fastest moving' claim tested
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Not seeing how they had a 'contract' if they had not discussed price yet
Unless they sole-sourced a cost plus contract to Kiewit w/o any working estimates on the front end. AND then Kiewit ef'd up and didn't offer the Guvnor enough of a skim.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 28, 2026 10:24 PM (/lPRQ)

69 I got a new roof put on the house today. They just have a few finishing touches and some cleaning up to do tomorrow. I know the animals will be happy. All the noise and falling debris was freaking everyone out!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 28, 2026 10:24 PM (VCgbV)

70
La Sagrada Família in Barcelona. 140 years and still not finished.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 28, 2026 10:23 PM (+HNx/)

Just finished. Heard it's turning into a mosque.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 28, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

71 Does the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing have a bullet train?

Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 10:25 PM (b3Yos)

72
I'd hate to see what the "slowest moving" project is

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I-45 Gulf Freeway

Fred Hartman Bridge took 10 years

Houston Ship Channel bridge has taken 8 years and the first span is nowhere near done.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:25 PM (HdYcL)

73 64 I still don't know where that gerbil was able to stash a Bowie knife.
Posted by: tankdemon

His cheeks. Duh! 😊
Posted by: Piper

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE AW HELL I KNOW YOU PEOPLE AND YOU'RE ALL THINKING IT.
Posted by: BEN ROFLCOPTER at April 28, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

I'm not only thinking where but who.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:26 PM (WONhk)

74 La Sagrada Família in Barcelona. 140 years and still not finished.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Without looking, I think it's due to finish in the next 2 years.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 28, 2026 10:26 PM (mJreO)

75 54 I still don't know where that gerbil was able to stash a Bowie knife.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:17 PM

His cheeks. Duh! 😊
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:19 PM (pZEOD)

Of course! I was a bit worried that he got some ideas from his time spent with Richard Gere.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (edmpr)

76 Or perhaps Kash isnt a cowardly pussy.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Considering he !!always!! has that bug-eyed look like someone just poked him in the ass, I think he may be a robot. Sounds human, but AI is pretty advanced now.

Fox News: Kash Patel reveals what went on behind the scenes of WHCA Dinner shooting
youtu.be/UpTxGn17JR8

Posted by: mindful webworker - who names a kid Kash? Is it short for Kashew? at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (y3Pql)

77 mystery click

That's just a great album.

This track's my favorite; great harmonies:

https://youtu.be/nOOm5YciACc

Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

78 71 Does the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing have a bullet train?
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 10:25 PM (b3Yos)

The wildlife crossing bridge is a great idea for those who can read the sign.

Or maybe a few will learn and teach their babies how to cross safely.

You KNOW some won't read the sign. Including illegals.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (WONhk)

79 By the way, we need to celebrate the one year anniversary of our official unofficial AOSHQ mascot in honor of DOGE. Saijo “Soup” Shiba!

Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (hftzA)

80 Is that the wildlife bridge that will be funneling coyotes, mountain lions, and bears into the suburbs?
Posted by: huerfano at April 28, 2026 10:00 PM (98kQX

The next brushfire will reduce it to ash. LA county will have no funds to restore the habitat. It will, in short order, turn into a homeless encampment/outdoor drug market, funneling junkies looking to score a quick fix into the same hillside communities that are currently applauding this stupidity...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (nbLIj)

81
Cathedral of St. John the Divine has been going on for 134 years.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (HdYcL)

82 When everybody else was ducking under tables or crawling out, Kash stood there directing his team.

How did Kash know he was safe?
Posted by: mindful webworker

Because his eyes afford him a 270-degree field of view.

Posted by: mikeski bugs out at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)

83 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 28, 2026 10:29 PM (sAmhv)

84 This track's my favorite; great harmonies:

https://youtu.be/nOOm5YciACc
Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

Great song. Toad the Wet Sprocket is highly underrated. They (and other similar bands) seem to have been overshadowed by the grunge era.

Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:29 PM (QMAsf)

85 The Big Dig

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 10:29 PM (Cqx++)

86 Without looking, I think it's due to finish in the next 2 years.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 28, 2026 10:26 PM (mJreO)

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They estimate that the punch list items will require another 70 years.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 28, 2026 10:30 PM (+HNx/)

87 By the way, we need to celebrate the one year anniversary of our official unofficial AOSHQ mascot in honor of DOGE. Saijo “Soup” Shiba!
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (hftzA)

I saw your X post after I finished the ONT. Maybe it'll show up here on Thursday!

Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)

88 >>How did Kash know he was safe?

He's the top cop in the federal government and a straight shooter. Who says he knew?

His job is to stand up when bullets fly.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 10:32 PM (viF8m)

89
For the money and time spent on the CA wildlife bridge, a competent state government could have built ten of them. It's a cash cow for the connected, like the non-functional bullet train.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 28, 2026 10:32 PM (VWtfl)

90 I wish state's residents had the standing to sue the state government for graft or it would lead to losing statehood for territory status.

Posted by: Iris at April 28, 2026 10:33 PM (bOJ2I)

91 Wildlife bridge.... where's our damn fish ladder?

Posted by: Delta Smelt at April 28, 2026 10:33 PM (a992C)

92 I got a new roof put on the house today. They just have a few finishing touches and some cleaning up to do tomorrow. I know the animals will be happy. All the noise and falling debris was freaking everyone out!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 28, 2026 10:24 PM (VCgbV)

What, you don't like the sound of somebody driving a snowplow around on your roof among a reenactment of the battle of Thermopylai?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 10:34 PM (snZF9)

93 Funny twitter thread. Auron MAcintyre posts about how you can either have a free traditional society oriented around shared tradition or a multicultural authoritarian one.

Musk posts: Yep.

To which Auron says "That means you have to stop importing Indians Elon"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 28, 2026 10:34 PM (sKqQm)

94
Shibas combine a highly demanding nature with a remarkable ability to ignore anything you say.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:34 PM (HdYcL)

95 The next brushfire will reduce it to ash. LA county will have no funds to restore the habitat. It will, in short order, turn into a homeless encampment/outdoor drug market, funneling junkies looking to score a quick fix into the same hillside communities that are currently applauding this stupidity...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (nbLIj)

They have had animal overpasses on the Trans-Canada Highway through Bumf National Park for decades now. Much narrower than that monstrosity, but planted with trees, and decorated to blend in with the terrain.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 28, 2026 10:35 PM (utfVc)

96 Shibas combine a highly demanding nature with a remarkable ability to ignore anything you say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:34 PM (HdYcL)
====

That sounds like someone in the next room.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 28, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)

97 Were you at Woodstock?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (Cqx++

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Lol. No, not quite that olde...was in 9th grade and watched the dirty druggie hippies on tv.

Once I was in HS we saw some great bands.
Mountain (who was at Woodstock) was my first due to Mississippi Queen. I went with my brother and friends.

I think second was the Allman Brothers.

Third: Doobie Brothers with a rare date, one and done.

Many more in college. Then Jethro Tull in 1975, the day before I was to return West to nursing school and the bass player fancied meeting me. My brother and friends said no to the after party and ended my only chance as a groupie.

Then many more in college. I had a lot of fun!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:36 PM (WONhk)

98 The next brushfire will reduce it to ash. LA county will have no funds to restore the habitat. It will, in short order, turn into a homeless encampment/outdoor drug market, funneling junkies looking to score a quick fix into the same hillside communities that are currently applauding this stupidity...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (nbLIj)

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was thinking that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 10:37 PM (snZF9)

99 87 By the way, we need to celebrate the one year anniversary of our official unofficial AOSHQ mascot in honor of DOGE. Saijo “Soup” Shiba!
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (hftzA)

I saw your X post after I finished the ONT. Maybe it'll show up here on Thursday!
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:31 PM

He feels a week long celebration and parade are sufficient.

Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:37 PM (hftzA)

100
Frickin' Bruins win in OT

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:38 PM (HdYcL)

101 Hey, Piper!

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:39 PM (77rzZ)

102 Key Bridge contract canceled: Gov. Wes Moore's 'fastest moving' claim tested
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California's bullet train has entered the conversation....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

At least Alaska's "bridge to nowhere" was actually a bridge!
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

He never said how speed was measured. I bet it was, if you count money moving into offshore accounts.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 10:39 PM (S/Y4j)

103 Because his eyes afford him a 270-degree field of view.
Posted by: mikeski bugs out at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)

His eyes make me nervous. If I was a criminal I'd wet my mylar blanket or suicide vest the second he sat down with me. Confess to anything to go hide, even if I was totally innocent.

"Did you once make a bomb?" Me: "Yes. May I be excused now?"

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:39 PM (WONhk)

104 Baah ...

Boston wins in OT 2-1

Back to Boston for game 6

Sabres 3 / Bruins 2

Posted by: browndog says woof at April 28, 2026 10:40 PM (3sXRv)

105 Sorry I'm late, I got into a knife fight with a gerbil.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (edmpr)

that you richard?

Posted by: SturmToddler at April 28, 2026 10:40 PM (nsSpm)

106 Piper...happy birthday to Soup and why is that his name?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:40 PM (WONhk)

107 By the way, we need to celebrate the one year anniversary of our official unofficial AOSHQ mascot in honor of DOGE. Saijo “Soup” Shiba!
Posted by: Piper

* wanders off looking for bourbon *

* returns, after remembering he has some Japanese whiskey *

.....The Matsui, sakura cask edition.

Kampai!

Posted by: mikeski-san at April 28, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)

108 The guys with the map: A couple years back, there was a hellacious storm that hit Omaha. The XO turned on a local tv channel. The weatherman and all his underlings were all gathered in front of their map, making it execute all sorts of silly commands. The new map thingie had just become functional a few days earlier and this was their first chance to play with it. Half of Omaha was being washed away? They were too busy playing with for new toy.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at April 28, 2026 10:41 PM (DK5Sh)

109 *Puts on hat*

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 28, 2026 10:41 PM (+0Wk3)

110 Moron approved behavior

Absolutely an excellent example!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 28, 2026 10:41 PM (YBtcQ)

111 Wildlife bridge.... where's our damn fish ladder?
Posted by: Delta Smelt
.......

Forget it. You still can't even ride the bicycles we got you.

Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (b3Yos)

112 94
Shibas combine a highly demanding nature with a remarkable ability to ignore anything you say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28

It’s uncanny, really.

Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (hftzA)

113 Biggest concert crowd I was ever in, Marshall Tucker was on the bill. 125,000 at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. September 3, 1977. The Dead headed the bill, NRPS and Marshall Tucker opened. Still the biggest concert crowd in NJ history. 14 hours of music.

Posted by: Hearing Impaired at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (oftw2)

114 Damn, tonight’s TCM offering is The Cincinnati Kid, with both Ann-Margaret and Tuesday Weld, sometimes in the same scene. Damn.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (77rzZ)

115 108 The guys with the map: A couple years back, there was a hellacious storm that hit Omaha. The XO turned on a local tv channel. The weatherman and all his underlings were all gathered in front of their map, making it execute all sorts of silly commands. The new map thingie had just become functional a few days earlier and this was their first chance to play with it. Half of Omaha was being washed away? They were too busy playing with for new toy.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at April 28, 2026 10:41 PM (DK5Sh)

And don’t you dare call me a weather girl!!!

Posted by: Caitlin Connell at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (T6aVk)

116
Happy birfday, Soup! Did Mommy make you steak? That you deserved?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (HdYcL)

117 Wildlife bridge.... where's our damn fish ladder?
Posted by: Delta Smelt
.......

Forget it. You still can't even ride the bicycles we got you.
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (b3Yos)

Y"all are next with the cocaine experiments. Wait your turn!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 10:44 PM (S/Y4j)

118 I-45 Gulf Freeway

Fred Hartman Bridge took 10 years

Houston Ship Channel bridge has taken 8 years and the first span is nowhere near done.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:25 PM (HdYcL)

They were doing fine with the Ship Channel Bridge and then fired the contractor halfway through. The same in Corpus.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 28, 2026 10:47 PM (T6aVk)

119 “Soup” is a great name for a dog.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:47 PM (77rzZ)

120 anchovies > Delta smelt

Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 10:47 PM (b3Yos)

121 106 Piper...happy birthday to Soup and why is that his name?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:40 PM

It’s actually his adoption day, but don’t worry, we will also celebrate his birthday.

If Doof is doing an expose on him, which I think is just hysterical and sweet at the same time, I will wait to give the tale (tail?) then. Anna Puma, if you are here, don’t tell the story yet, please. 😊. Or anyone else who knows.

Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:47 PM (hftzA)

122 Have y'all seen this meme today?

Adding a bit of lemon or limon to the mylar gyro pita.

https://tinyurl.com/y3pakuac

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:49 PM (WONhk)

123 I thought they made signs that said 'slow down' and 'try not to plow thru the wildlife'. Has the seismic data been proven?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 28, 2026 10:50 PM (Fbc0I)

124 >>Biggest concert crowd I was ever in, Marshall Tucker was on the bill. 125,000 at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. September 3, 1977. The Dead headed the bill, NRPS and Marshall Tucker opened. Still the biggest concert crowd in NJ history. 14 hours of music.

Depending on what numbers you believe it's the biggest concert in US history outside events like Woodstock.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 10:51 PM (viF8m)

125 TRex needs to be careful...

https://tinyurl.com/43hcupd9

(Photo, suitable for work)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 10:52 PM (S/Y4j)

126 We're rich! We're rich!!!

"RESTON, Va. — The Appalachian region of the eastern United States contains an estimated 2.3 million metric tons of undiscovered, economically recoverable lithium, enough to replace 328 years of U.S. imports at last year’s level, according to new research by the U.S. Geological Survey."

Posted by: runner at April 28, 2026 10:52 PM (GD0B3)

127 94
Shibas combine a highly demanding nature with a remarkable ability to ignore anything you say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:34 PM (HdYcL)

Are you saying that they're cats?

Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:55 PM (edmpr)

128 BEST concert I ever attended was Pink Floyd at Cleveland Muni Stadium in June of '77. The giant inflatable pig over the stadium was epic. It was the only time I ever got scared at a concert. The crowd surged towards the stage at one point and there was a very real danger of a crush. I was lifted off of my feet and my girlfriend du jour had ingested a bit too much fun and lost her mind and started to fight.

Whatta night!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 28, 2026 10:55 PM (Kyh8Y)

129 Steve McQueen just blew off Ann-Margaret.

Damn. Must be nice to be able to blow off hotties at the drop of a hat, knowing that plenty of others are always there waiting in the wings.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:56 PM (77rzZ)

130 I am off to bed. Teaching tomorrow, dentist visit for the kid in Operation Summer Braces, and I need to finish wallpaper in the laundry room. Which one of you should have talked me out of - or reminded me there was a reason I paid someone else to do the foyer. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:57 PM (hftzA)

131 I am off to bed. Teaching tomorrow, dentist visit for the kid in Operation Summer Braces, and I need to finish wallpaper in the laundry room. Which one of you should have talked me out of - or reminded me there was a reason I paid someone else to do the foyer. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:57 PM (hftzA)

You can always ask Saijo to help with the wallpaper... ; )

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 10:59 PM (S/Y4j)

132 130 Piper, I thought that you had people for that stuff.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:59 PM (77rzZ)

133 127 94
Shibas combine a highly demanding nature with a remarkable ability to ignore anything you say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:34 PM (HdYcL)

Are you saying that they're cats?
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28

My cats’ recall is 100 times better than my Shiba’s.

Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:59 PM (hftzA)

134 Hi! What did I miss?

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 10:59 PM (I0N4X)

135 I'm surprised at the wildlife bridge being built in California. You KNOW it messed up a habitat of rare Mexican fruit flies or something.

My Marine father was ticked off that fire ants were almost eradicated in the South. The EPA or similar stepped in and stopped it due to a rare minnow or stupid fish no one cared about. Planes used to fly over and dump poison, which did not faze me since I rode bikes through DDT clouds (and explains a lot).

Fire ants on our cattle farm built ant beds like you see in Africa. Can kill calves if they fall on them. One of my sons had an allergy and I once scraped them off his legs in FL as he waited to cross a street with his bike. Nasty ants and mean repeat biters. Glad to have left them behind when we moved!

I know the habitat of something slowed down the border wall during the Obungo Error of Time I'd like to forget.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:00 PM (WONhk)

136 129 Steve McQueen just blew off Ann-Margaret.

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I hear she smelled a lot like baked beans.

Posted by: Tommy at April 28, 2026 11:01 PM (JkO4W)

137 I need to finish wallpaper in the laundry room. Which one of you should have talked me out of
Posted by: Piper

Sounds like I'm too late, but yeah, the edges of paint almost always line up.

Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)

138 132 130 Piper, I thought that you had people for that stuff.
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:59

Normally I do, but hitting a tight timeframe. Ok, goodnight for real. Sweet dreams, everyone!

Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 11:02 PM (hftzA)

139 134 Muldoon, everything.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:02 PM (77rzZ)

140 Eugene Merle Shoemaker was born on this day in 1928.

Posted by: your trivia for the day at April 28, 2026 11:04 PM (kkpxq)

141 Muldoon, everything.
Posted by: Bulg

********

*pouts*

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:04 PM (I0N4X)

142 Hi! What did I miss?
Posted by: muldoon
......

Everybody is very concerned about Los Angeles wildlife.

Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 11:05 PM (b3Yos)

143 I was lifted off of my feet and my girlfriend du jour had ingested a bit too much fun and lost her mind and started to fight.

Whatta night!!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 28, 2026 10:55 PM (Kyh8Y)

Crowd surges are scary. The glass doors bowed with our bodies against them for Jethro Tull.

Then for ZZ Top security lost control of those in the stadium above us on the floor. Fun times! My guys held onto my arms as we were standing on chairs.

At Mardi Gras the crowd surge pushed my head up against the flank of a police horse. Which was better than his tail, before we got into Pat O'Brien's.

Was your gf fighting everyone or just you to add to your fun? Curious.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:06 PM (WONhk)

144 125 TRex needs to be careful...

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 10:52 PM
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Good thing T-Rexes are known for keeping a low profile and staying below the radar. Peril lurks everywhere!

Posted by: TRex- bullet resistant dino at April 28, 2026 11:06 PM (NQnfP)

145 >>Sounds like I'm too late, but yeah, the edges of paint almost always line up.

I was so bored one night I watched a wallpaper pro make invisible edges. After watching it it made perfect sense but I never would have thought of it. It's actually embarrassingly easy.

More useful knowledge I will never use.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:06 PM (viF8m)

146 Perpetual never ending construction: The reason for this, is often due to taxing authority policies. So long as certain classes of buildings are “under construction” they save a lot of money. So the windup is, they are never quite done. Ever

Posted by: Common Tater at April 28, 2026 11:07 PM (rA756)

147 Hold on! I know dirt bikers are going to love the new wildlife crossing!

If there is a sign they'll just knock it down.

It's a great idea til a deer falls off the top onto your windshield. Maybe a fence I can't see as I barely looked. A dirt bike landing on your windshield would not be great, either.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:08 PM (WONhk)

148 Christy - she fought everyone - she was completely freaked out. Luckily, she eventually passed out and we just carted her off.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 28, 2026 11:11 PM (Kyh8Y)

149 The Wallis Annenberg Dirt Bike Crossing?

Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 11:12 PM (b3Yos)

150 It's a great idea til a deer falls off the top onto your windshield. Maybe a fence I can't see as I barely looked. A dirt bike landing on your windshield would not be great, either.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:08 PM (WONhk)

I wouldn't want to have a pissed-off puma fall into the back seat of a convertible, either.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 11:14 PM (S/Y4j)

151 Throw a bunch of seeds on that bridge, flowers, trees and see what happens. It's going to happen anyway. Bees, ants, yellow jackets, mosquitoes, standing water, good stuff. Snakes. They'll need snakes to control the field mice.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 28, 2026 11:15 PM (Fbc0I)

152 Just checking in. I love being a grandpa, but my little (a 3 year old girl and 6 month old boy/girl twins) live 1000 miles away. Technology is great, but I need to see them more often.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at April 28, 2026 11:15 PM (mUuSF)

153 Watkins Glen, NY was bigger than Woodstock. 1973. 600,000 people. Dead played there, too.

Posted by: Hardly Hearing at April 28, 2026 11:17 PM (oftw2)

154 Around here they erect dozens and dozens of miles of eight-foot high fence to keep deer and migrating elk from wandering onto the highway.

But since that doesn't keep the deer and elk from getting onto the highway, every quarter mile or so they put in a one-way dirt ramp that allows the deer or elk to walk up and jump back down outside the fence line. I always mentally try to calculate the cost per mile of this mitigation effort. Seems spendy to me.

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:17 PM (I0N4X)

155 Dewey Decimal System >>>> Library of Congress System
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Yeah. If you're in elementary school.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 28, 2026 11:18 PM (3tF5Z)

156 148 Christy - she fought everyone - she was completely freaked out. Luckily, she eventually passed out and we just carted her off.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 28, 2026 11:11 PM (Kyh8Y)
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Wow. I stay calm for everything unless snakes are involved, which cause me to levitate & run in space til my feet touch ground.

I was alarmed but not panicked for my crowd surges.

Two of my guy friends and I did get busted at Disneyland and I felt a huge panic coming on but stayed quiet. We/they did not know about security cameras in the parking lot. We were very excited to ride Space Mountain as we called ourselves the Space Cadets.

They put us on golf carts & asked for ID. Which always led me to they are going to call my parents in MS freak out. Then they confiscated my friend's stuff & kicked us out of the park. That was my first trip to Disneyland & I saw the parking lot but lived. Crazy times.

I was going to California to see the beach and ride back with one of my classmates who lived above me in the old rental party house to start the semester. I still saw the Pacific and rode back with her.

My friends I did not see again til I got back in town.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:20 PM (WONhk)

157 On another I want to scream, "You dumbarse, Google it!" Yet then I feel badly for someone so stupid or wanting a link and ignore them.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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No, No!
Google is asshoe!
Duck Duck Go

Posted by: buddhaha at April 28, 2026 11:20 PM (3tF5Z)

158 Seriously, can we stop with assigning Anthropomorphism to freakin stupid, pea brain sized animals. A coyote will cross the road where it wants to cross the road. It will be the closest to where it is standing when it gets the whim to move that way.

Animals don't look both ways before crossing the street. Hell, most humans don't. Animals won't stare into the distance, and think..."hey, check that out. A safe place for me to cross over the road. That's great."

Nope, a coyote will lick it's nuts after chowing down on a rather slow rabbit, and head across all four lanes for no particular reason other than it feels like it.

What a damn waste of tax dollars.

Posted by: Orson at April 28, 2026 11:21 PM (dIske)

159 I wouldn't want to have a pissed-off puma fall into the back seat of a convertible, either.

**********

And we sure don't need no steenking badgers!

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:21 PM (I0N4X)

160 >>Watkins Glen, NY was bigger than Woodstock. 1973. 600,000 people. Dead played there, too.

Of course they did. What have I been saying?

When you are trying to match wallpaper remember you aren't trying to make one side fit another, you are trying to make 2 piecies fit together. Both sides have to match.

That's the trick.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:21 PM (viF8m)

161 How did Kash know he was safe?
Posted by: mindful webworker

Because his eyes afford him a 270-degree field of view.
Posted by: mikeski bugs out at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)

The more I think about that the funnier it gets!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 28, 2026 11:23 PM (tVVBJ)

162 On another I want to scream, "You dumbarse, Google it!" Yet then I feel badly for someone so stupid or wanting a link and ignore them.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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No, No!
Google is asshoe!
Duck Duck Go
Posted by: buddhaha

But you have to enunciate carefully if you're going to scream "Duck It!" at someone.

Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 11:25 PM (VHUov)

163 I got a new roof put on the house today. They just have a few finishing touches and some cleaning up to do tomorrow. I know the animals will be happy. All the noise and falling debris was freaking everyone out!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 28, 2026 10:24 PM (VCgbV)
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Nails. Roofing nails. Three years after my new roof, I still find the occasional roofing nail or screw (new metal roof).
So far, been lucky - none in a tire.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 28, 2026 11:25 PM (3tF5Z)

164 The more I think about that the funnier it gets!
Posted by: Tom Servo

Once in a while, my jokes work.

Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 11:26 PM (VHUov)

165 152 Just checking in. I love being a grandpa, but my little (a 3 year old girl and 6 month old boy/girl twins) live 1000 miles away. Technology is great, but I need to see them more often.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at April 28, 2026 11:15 PM (mUuSF)

It's the sweetest thing about getting olde. And way more fun than being a parent! Mine live 10min away and I know I am beyond blessed. The others will be in FL, God willing.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:26 PM (WONhk)

166 If it really was an op, And Kash was in on it, he would have made certain the perp got deaded, because dead perps tell no tales.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 28, 2026 11:27 PM (utfVc)

167 No dirt bikes allowed. They will just upset the homeless camps.

Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 11:27 PM (b3Yos)

168 Biggest concert crowd I was ever in, Marshall Tucker was on the bill. 125,000 at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. September 3, 1977. The Dead headed the bill, NRPS and Marshall Tucker opened. Still the biggest concert crowd in NJ history. 14 hours of music.

Posted by: Hearing Impaired at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (oftw2)

Ah, my old stomping grounds. I drive by there every so often. Frigging shame what happened to the place.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 11:27 PM (snZF9)

169 Damn, tonight’s TCM offering is The Cincinnati Kid, with both Ann-Margaret and Tuesday Weld, sometimes in the same scene. Damn.
Posted by: Bulg

Speaking of Ann-Margret (not Margaret, like my mom)

Jack Benny & George Burns introduce Ann-Margret in her national debut
https://youtu.be/nYNhTBjgZ3w

George: "I was sitting in my office, this little girl came in, sang two songs, and I took her to Las Vegas with me."

Posted by: mindful webworker - Yeah, George I'll just bet you did! at April 28, 2026 11:29 PM (y3Pql)

170 how do the animals know where the bridge is

Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:31 PM (ZxPkt)

171 >>Ah, my old stomping grounds. I drive by there every so often. Frigging shame what happened to the place.

I will always remember the ads on AM radio for Raceway Park.

Sunday!

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:31 PM (viF8m)

172 I took her to Las Vegas with me."

**********

Is that what you kids are calling it now?

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:31 PM (I0N4X)

173 lovely photo at top
crepuscular rays

Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:32 PM (ZxPkt)

174 It's official.
NCIS sucks.
Took 'em over 20 years but now it's just poorly written DEI garbage.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 28, 2026 11:33 PM (2WIwB)

175 Posted by: Don Black

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Hey! How are you spending your week while the Avs heal up their bumps and bruises while watching the Stars and Wild beat each other up?

I'm enjoying it.

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:35 PM (I0N4X)

176 the Germans call beer 'liquid bread'

they drank a lot during World War 6, which began when they bombed Pearl Harbor

Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:35 PM (ZxPkt)

177 >I'm enjoying it.

Posted by: muldoon
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the sweep of the Kings was impressive
Wild or Stars will be tough

Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:37 PM (ZxPkt)

178 Karma AND a bitch:

https://tinyurl.com/4pd45yu8

OK. I take that back. Sorry for insulting all the bitches out there.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 28, 2026 11:37 PM (74zY1)

179 >>Ah, my old stomping grounds. I drive by there every so often. Frigging shame what happened to the place.

I will always remember the ads on AM radio for Raceway Park.

Sunday!

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:31 PM (viF8m)

Yeah that place was great. We used to go on a Wednesday night and watch people grenade their cars. I used to hear the jet cars running from my house, and the funny cars. Its all deserted and overgrown now.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 11:38 PM (snZF9)

180 170 how do the animals know where the bridge is
Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:31 PM (ZxPkt)

They read the signs,Don! With arrows pointing and telling them how many miles to the dirt bike crossing.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:38 PM (WONhk)

181
the sweep of the Kings was impressive

Charles is here right now!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 11:39 PM (Cqx++)

182 I don't get the Dolores/Mulva Hall thing.

Posted by: GWB at April 28, 2026 11:40 PM (D4VUo)

183 Things I leared today about the assassination attempt, the validity of which I have no idea.

1. The cop who looked like he was diving for cover when the perp came barreling through was actually the cop who got shot in the protective vest.

2. He was also the only one to get a shot off at the perp.

3. The perp was actually stopped by a chef, not the cops.

No links to sources. But I read it on the web, so…

Posted by: mindful webworker - ...it must be true at April 28, 2026 11:41 PM (y3Pql)

184 I think it's a Seinfeld thing.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 11:41 PM (Cqx++)

185 Wild or Stars will be tough
Posted by: Don Black

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Yeah, but the Avs are stacked top to bottom and can play fast OR physical, take your pick. Whichever team comes out of the Wild/ Stars series will have to step up their game.

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:41 PM (I0N4X)

186 how do the animals know where the bridge is
Posted by: Don Black

The same way deer know to only cross at the marked "deer crossing" areas.

Posted by: mindful webworker - watch for falling ufos at April 28, 2026 11:43 PM (y3Pql)

187 I imagine parades of forest creatures headed for that bridge, all to the tune of "Elephant Walk"

Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:43 PM (ZxPkt)

188 >>Yeah that place was great. We used to go on a Wednesday night and watch people grenade their cars. I used to hear the jet cars running from my house, and the funny cars. Its all deserted and overgrown now.

That's sad. The whole dragster/funny car era seems to have disappeared but for a while there was some crazy stuff being built.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:44 PM (viF8m)

189 3. The perp was actually stopped by a chef, not the cops.
......

Raw chicken will do that to you.

Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 11:44 PM (b3Yos)

190 Posted by: mindful webworker

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Good to see you. How's the family?

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:45 PM (I0N4X)

191 how do the animals know where the bridge is
Posted by: Don Black

The same way deer know to only cross at the marked "deer crossing" areas.
Posted by: mindful webworker - watch for falling ufos at April 28, 2026 11:43 PM (y3Pql)

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Not a single.birdhoise anywhere.
That's specieist.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 28, 2026 11:46 PM (2WIwB)

192 Sheesh.
I'm going to bed.
Can't type worth a damn.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 28, 2026 11:47 PM (2WIwB)

193 >> crepuscular rays

Those prove the earth is flat and the sun is local......

:eyeroll:

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 28, 2026 11:47 PM (w6EFb)

194 The perp was actually stopped by a chef, not the cops.

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Then he was whisked off to jail?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 28, 2026 11:48 PM (JkO4W)

195 The perp was actually stopped by a chef, not the cops.
......

Raw chicken will do that to you.
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 11:44 PM (b3Yos)

I thought the chef threw a couple live lobsters at the idiot's crotch. That would slow me down.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 11:49 PM (S/Y4j)

196 I'm going to bed.
Can't type worth a damn.
Posted by: Diogenes

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Maybe you should go looking for coffee...

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:49 PM (I0N4X)

197 Well in somewhat sane places where they do the 'wildlife bridges' or tunnels they site them where deer and elk traditionally crossed the area, and they fence off the interstate with the 8-10 foot fences to deter the wildlife from darting out in front of vehicles. California might, maybe, build some fences once their bridge is complete.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 28, 2026 11:51 PM (PV+Zw)

198 And while I'm at it, let's hoist one for Jim Sunk New Dawn. I miss him.

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:52 PM (I0N4X)

199
Crepuscular rays as seen from the ISS in orbit:

https://is.gd/ZrkwDs

https://is.gd/Qz30Ii

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 28, 2026 11:53 PM (w6EFb)

200 y'all be cool

Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:53 PM (ZxPkt)

201 Ah geez. I killed another thread.

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:55 PM (I0N4X)

202 Question for Rosa DeLauro: does the carpet match the drapes?

Posted by: Beverly at April 28, 2026 11:57 PM (reMys)

203 Poke...

...poke, poke...

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:57 PM (I0N4X)

204 Just got here...

To Jim SND!

*raises glass*

Posted by: JQ at April 28, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)

205 Ah geez. I killed another thread.

At least you did it with surgical precision.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 28, 2026 11:58 PM (+9wcF)

206 At least you did it with surgical precision.
Posted by: Blanco Basura

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Heh!

Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:59 PM (I0N4X)

207 Too tired to read more upthread. Did some minor logging in the back yard, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at April 29, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

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