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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - May 14, 2026 [Doof]
From Pure Nature
What won't they charge a fee for anymore? All-You-Can-Eat Restaurant Implements ‘Vomit Fee’ to Prevent Greedy Patrons from Overeating
Sushi Toro, a restaurant in Gelves, Spain’s Sevilla region, has been getting a lot of attention because of its decision to charge people extra if they end up vomiting on the premises due to overeating. Apparently, the eatery had seen many incidents of vomiting related to overeating in recent months and decided to do something about it. “If a client throws up as a result of having eaten too much, the restaurant reserves the right to charge them an extra fee to cover damages,” a sign posted by Sushi Toro reads. The Spanish restaurant explained that the growing number of vomiting incidents affects other diners, service, management and hygiene in the establishment, so they basically had no other choice but to implement the vomiting fee to discourage overeating.The late John Pinette would never have been charged this fee!
Do you have any unique "all you can eat" places in your neck of the woods? Here in central MD, there are still some places that offer all you can eat steamed crabs. What are your favorite / least favorite "AYCE" places that you've ever been to? ----- People who still write things down on paper may not be resisting technology — they're preserving a thinking process that lets the mind hear itself
We live in an age where digital tools promise to make everything faster, more efficient, more connected. Yet here's what's fascinating: some still carry physical notebooks. Perhaps, they're not behind the times. Perhaps, they've discovered what neuroscience suggests - that the act of writing by hand does something to our brains that typing simply cannot replicate. *** Here's the trap we've fallen into: we've confused speed with effectiveness. Typing can be fast, but speed does not always mean depth. A person can type an entire paragraph quickly and still realize afterward that they were barely present for the thought itself. *** How many browser tabs do you have open right now? How many notifications are waiting on your phone? Our digital tools are designed to fragment our attention. Every app, every platform, every device is optimized to pull us in multiple directions at once. We've become so accustomed to this fractured state that we've forgotten what focused thinking feels like. A blank page and a pen offer something radical in this context: constraint.Many here at AOSHQ are definitely fond of old school stuff and ways. I personally feel like I employ a good blend of new tech vs older methods. Where do you fall on this spectrum?
----- Any "arachnidiots" out there? This is for you! How to avoid the horror of walking through a spiderweb, according to the National Park Service
It’s a downright creepy feeling. You’re striding confidently down what seems to be a clear, open path, and then you feel it. Stretchy filaments dragging across your skin, your clothes—even worse, your face. The more you try to backtrack and flail your way out of it the more you feel like Frodo wrapped in Shelob the spider’s deadly web, your luckier friends snickering like orcs ready to take you back to Mordor. Long story short, walking through a spiderweb is awful. However, according to the National Park Service (NPS), there are ways to avoid the frustrating encounter. The first tip they list is sticking to the road most traveled. Since spiders are more likely to build their sticky and intricate homes near greenery, walking along the center of the trail can lessen your chances of becoming an arachnid home wrecker.That word I mentioned above - arachnidiot - is a Sniglet (Rich Hall, HBO's "Not Necessarily The News"). A Sniglet is any word that isn't in the dictionary, but should be. Here's Rich with one installment of Sniglets
I use some Sniglets still to this day.
Twinch - The movement a dog makes with its head when it hears a high-pitched noise. Flannister - The plastic yoke that holds a six-pack of beer or soda together. Blivett - To turn one's pillow over and over, looking for the cool spot. More Sniglets here! ----- Speaking of language stuff
This has got to be the funniest video about the English language.
— Greatex (@cloudighodaro) May 14, 2026
For real English is crazy. pic.twitter.com/zvmXwPU54g
----- Moron approved behavior
This man ordered 165 pool noodles from Walmart. When they arrived through FedEx, there was a little surprise. They had been individually boxed.
— Suzee Q (@SusieM414141) May 13, 2026
You just know that Walmart employee is paid by the hour. 😆😆
And the FedEx driver got to unload an entire truck in one place, and… pic.twitter.com/xrYW52YksG
DJ Doof - This Date In Music History Edition
from thisdayinmusic.com On this date in 1976: 33 year-old Keith Relf, former lead singer for The Yardbirds, was electrocuted while tuning a guitar which was not properly earthed.
Born on this date in 1966: American rock musician Mike Inez, best known for his role as the bassist of Alice in Chains since 1993.
Born on this date in 1962: C.C. Deville, lead guitarist from American rock band Poison
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 10:04 PM (nzPxx)
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 10:05 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 14, 2026 10:06 PM (ZVgZ4)
*views fluorescent lights and suspended ceiling*
*sighs disapprovingly*
Good evening again, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 10:06 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 10:06 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 10:06 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 10:06 PM (Sy6m/)
Can't write for more than a few seconds without the shaky hand starting. Type type type.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 14, 2026 10:07 PM (lIUtq)
Posted by: Joyenz at May 14, 2026 10:07 PM (2F0/Y)
Even at company parties, I skim for some bits. Then hit the open bar. *winky emoji*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 10:07 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)
Five, but that's because I work in a very peculiar fashion. Two are for a project I'll work on tomorrow so they're on a minimized browser. The other three are all AoS. One tab the for the front page and another two for this thread - one for reading, one for posting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 10:08 PM (ExV1e)
*views fluorescent lights and suspended ceiling*
*sighs disapprovingly*
Good evening again, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 10:06 PM (HdYcL)
To be fair, that is only in the restroom. I have hung sconces and chandeliers out here. And put bows on the moose out front.
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 10:08 PM (OoFl2)
Pinette was a very funny guy. Died too soon
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 10:09 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)
Howdy SF!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: pookysgirl: American, not American't at May 14, 2026 10:09 PM (Wt5PA)
She needs a strong injection of American Vitamin C and D to help her language skills.
... and relax a bit.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)
For real English is crazy."
We may need to set up an AI generated OnlyFans thing for Billie Thailish. The monetization might cover a Superfund designation for shelf remediation and still contribute to the Ewok's laser hair removal and rainy day fund.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 14, 2026 10:10 PM (w/O5Q)
Five, but that's because I work in a very peculiar fashion. Two are for a project I'll work on tomorrow so they're on a minimized browser. The other three are all AoS. One tab the for the front page and another two for this thread - one for reading, one for posting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 10:08 PM (ExV1e)
I work on 4 ONTs every week. The number of tabs I have open at any given time is ridiculous!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
She needs a strong injection of American Vitamin C and D to help her language skills.
... and relax a bit.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)
English language video girl is kind of annoying.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 10:13 PM (y171U)
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At Yale Medical School, a black applicant is 29 times more likely to be invited to interview than an Asian with equally strong academics.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:13 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 10:13 PM (0aYVJ)
We have a similar problem here.
At least at the better buffets. A certain class of people want to get their money's worth and will make multiple trips to the restroom to purge and then go eat more.
This is not an issue at Golden Corral as nobody wants to taste that twice.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:13 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 14, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 14, 2026 10:07 PM (lIUtq)
Tomorrow should be clear for you. I'll be working then golfing. One of those things I'm good at. The other not so much.
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)
At least at the better buffets. A certain class of people want to get their money's worth and will make multiple trips to the restroom to purge and then go eat more.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Vomitorium for the win!
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 14, 2026 10:15 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Damn sure has a commie flag tacked up on the wall inside of her garage.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
During the Biden administration, H-1B visa holders were buying houses with 97-100% financing. 97% would come from the FHA, with the rest coming from state first-time home buyer programs.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:15 PM (/+uur)
English is messy. Russian seemed a lot more orderly when I seriously studied it.
I wonder to what extent this kind of thing reflects or influences national character.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 14, 2026 10:16 PM (1pJhn)
It is interesting that you AND Dino offer or surmise we might be "whelmed". Is there badness in under or overwhelming?
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 14, 2026 10:16 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Damn sure has a commie flag tacked up on the wall inside of her garage.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
I can fix her.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 14, 2026 10:16 PM (1pJhn)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 10:17 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Joyenz at May 14, 2026 10:17 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 10:18 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 10:18 PM (NWIIQ)
Excellent content. Wondering whether we need to institute a vomit fee in Club ONT...
Posted by: TRex - vomit fee collector dino at May 14, 2026 10:18 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Count de Monetl
Missing are the other people who left all those footprints in the sand.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)
+++++
I have one of those 3X5 wire bound paper memo books I can carry with me, and will jot down notes from phone calls, doc appts. etc.
Very handy.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)
76k per child
The ipad were a much better deal
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (/+uur)
I filled the tank in my plugin hybrid back on March 25th. Since then, I have put over 600 miles on it, all on electric. The fuel gauge is still.on "full". Since it's 12 hours of sunshine this time of year, all the power has come from my solar.
Next week, I have to take a trip (Dr) down to Phoenix, so I'll be using gas, with zero range anxiety.
There are cases for a plugin.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (LzRih)
Three fingers of Bourbon and a cigar it is.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (gpQ8/)
Excellent content. Wondering whether we need to institute a vomit fee in Club ONT...
Posted by: TRex - vomit fee collector dino at May 14, 2026 10:18 PM (cCn4/)
Perhaps we could use it for JQ's Christmas bonus fund?
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)
*types* *deletes* joke about God getting tired of carrying commies.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: TRex - ADD dino at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:21 PM (snZF9)
People who still write things down on paper may not be resisting technology — they're preserving a thinking process that lets the mind hear itself
___________
Her Majesty still keeps a daytimer, which I call her auxiliary brain.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 10:21 PM (HdYcL)
Now, a lot of people think “Well, I’ll install a Polarized plug, and everything will be fine”.
Nope. It doesn’t work that way. With a regular plug, you’ve a 50/50 chance of a “hot” chassis, depending on which way the plug is inserted into the outlet. (Also, the house or mains wiring must be installed correctly too, all the way back to the pole)
If excessive hum occurred in operation, you’d flip the plug in the outlet. What you want ordinarily is a condition where the chassis is not “hot” in operation.
But this means the chassis will be “hot” when the device is turned off. Most people do not expect this, or they think something is “wrong” with it. Nope, that’s how they wired stuff back then.
Avoid water pipes, and cement floors in stocking feet.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (nsv7s)
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
For less than a dollar a day, you too can sponsor an ONT poster. They use incredible amounts of electricity, and sift through the dark spaces of the internet to find suitable content.
Please help them today.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (nwbXw)
***
I feel seen.
Posted by: TRex - ADD dino at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (cCn4/)
4 on the phone right now. At home, I have found brave has a handy tool to group and organize them. So food, music, games, women.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)
Found out a little over five hours ago that I'm safe from my company's layoffs this time.
Three fingers of Bourbon and a cigar it is.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (oqH4h)
____________
Praise God. Relax.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (HdYcL)
The Chinainian female would get old real fast. Chillax, sweetheart.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 10:24 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Damn sure has a commie flag tacked up on the wall inside of her garage.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
I can fix her.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
That level of feisty would be fun!
For about a week.
Posted by: mikeski at May 14, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (nsv7s)
*makes sign of Cross to ward off the Black wizardry of Electricity and Transmissions.*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM
***
What happens for those tabs that involve women eating ice cream while playing battleship and listening to Iron Maiden?
Posted by: TRex - inquisitive dino at May 14, 2026 10:25 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:25 PM (nsv7s)
I can fix her.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
That level of feisty would be fun!
For about a week.
Posted by: mikeski at May 14, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)
___________
The Dragon Lady from Terry and the Pirates. Likely to kill you horribly, but... Yum.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: TRex - inquisitive dino at May 14, 2026 10:25 PM (cCn4/)
You could make a separate tab for that. Call it Battleship Maiden.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
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comments appreciated
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Count de Monetl at May 14, 2026 10:04 PM (wVcYX)
I never understood that scenario. How would there be hills/mountains in the vicinity of New York Harbor even thousands of years later? There wouldn't have been time. It just seemed misplaced to me. Like created by someone who'd never actually been to the east coast and didn't understand plate tectonics. Not that I do, either, but I don't see that sort of topography developing in the timeframe PotA is set in.
While I'm on the subject, the ending in the second Billy Jack movie, 'The Trial of Billy Jack' was stupid also, with the N. Guard shooting up the school. GIVE ME A BREAK!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: mikeski at May 14, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)
Wouldn't take that long. She ain't that good looking. Probably makes that annoying high pitched whine when having se.... uh, nevermind.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Sir Galahad at May 14, 2026 10:27 PM (vSvIl)
a cool thing about that vid is, it's not lip sync, which you see a lot of on youtube
Chris Isaak cover
https://youtu.be/yr8CRgMSACs
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 10:28 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 14, 2026 10:28 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Estelle Costanza at May 14, 2026 10:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
English was invented so Norman soldiers would have a way to chat up Saxon barmaids.
Or maybe vice-versa.
That's why literally everything is a double entendre, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: mikeski thinks you do at May 14, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)
Missing are the other people who left all those footprints in the sand.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
That's a regular conformity beach. Was there no rebel who would walk a sinusoidal path there?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 10:28 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 10:29 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (nsv7s)
I also think people back then were more aware of the risks of electrical shocks.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 10:29 PM (y171U)
Please help them today.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026
You need to add on the Sarah McLachlan music accompanied note that things get so desperate he turns to me for content.
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 10:29 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:25 PM (nsv7s)
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I have a Club Car that we converted from the old lead-acid batteries to new LiFePO4 ones and the range is between 50-60 miles.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 10:30 PM (oqH4h)
Or it would be full if I hadn't drained it over the winter.
The battery is charged.
I would calculate the mpg, but you know - no math!
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 14, 2026 10:30 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: buddhaha at May 14, 2026 10:30 PM (LzRih)
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 10:30 PM (oqH4h)
you got crak in my meth
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)
But Liz Claman wins the contest, because big rack.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 14, 2026 10:31 PM (nwbXw)
Posted by: Joemarine
The dangers of things in general.
They didn't live in a time when your Weedwhacker would have a warning label that it's not to be used as an eyebrow trimmer.
Posted by: mikeski prefers the hedge trimmers, anyway at May 14, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)
I filled the tank in my plugin hybrid back on March 25th. Since then, I have put over 600 miles on it, all on electric. The fuel gauge is still.on "full". Since it's 12 hours of sunshine this time of year, all the power has come from my solar.
Next week, I have to take a trip (Dr) down to Phoenix, so I'll be using gas, with zero range anxiety.
There are cases for a plugin.
Posted by: buddhaha
I have run numbers for myself more than one.
Payback period for me is - never.
First time I ran numbers my kids would have died of old age before it broke even.
For others who are going to buy an extra new car anyway - knock yourself out.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)
My wife bought me a Kindle Scribe for Christmas a few years ago, when they first came out. The absolute best present - I've ditched all my paper notebooks. Writes like a standard notebook, you can save the content on files like a computer. I can PDF and send my pages via email. The absolute best.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 14, 2026 10:32 PM (1B2PI)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:33 PM (nsv7s)
Claudine Longet downhill skiing invitational postponed until next season.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:33 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 14, 2026 10:34 PM (QaH55)
https://youtu.be/47bv1Edp28U
Problem was, he wasn't evading Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 10:34 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 14, 2026 10:34 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 14, 2026 10:34 PM (t2oSI)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 14, 2026 10:16 PM (1pJhn)
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No French.
Posted by: Estelle Costanza at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (t2oSI)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 14, 2026 10:32 PM (1B2PI)
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All the paper-like e-tablets are IMO freaking amazing. I use a ReMarkable every day for work and it's a great bridge between actual writing and being able to digitize it for work stuff.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 10:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (A5RD0)
Evening, ma'am. Indeed, Doof is the hostest with the mostest ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 14, 2026 10:36 PM (t2oSI)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)
Shady Maple Smorgasbord
https://tinyurl.com/3rrua6zz
Posted by: Orson at May 14, 2026 10:38 PM (dIske)
https://youtu.be/yr8CRgMSACs
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 10:28 PM (ZxPkt)
Great version! I saw Chris Isaak live a year or 2 ago. Outstanding performance. If you have a chance to see him - do it!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)
Is she Ghosting (casoer) us?
hahahahah
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:38 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (A5RD0)
Evening, ma'am. Indeed, Doof is the hostest with the mostest ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 14, 2026 10:36 PM (t2oSI)
Many thanks to you both for the kind words!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
About 1990 I bought this really cool old school leather bound blank Journal with nice heavy paper. Fucker looks like the kind of thing made for Lewis & Clark. It’s still completely blank.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:39 PM (nsv7s)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 14, 2026 10:32 PM (1B2PI)
Cali prison would have bought you a 359 ipad for 2050
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:40 PM (/+uur)
Wrong item. Item destroyed in transit, right item, wrong color/size, etc.
Walmart sucks.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 10:41 PM (abIsI)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Raymond Babbitt at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (nsv7s)
I also think people back then were more aware of the risks of electrical shocks.
Posted by: Joemarine
Often exposed wiring (knobs and tubes). Kind of sort of insulated with maybe tar and cotton. Sometimes you just 'plugged in' by reaching up and connecting with an alligator clip or wire hook.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (/lPRQ)
I do both methods. For many things, I have paper, or printed copies, and digital on my laptop, and just in case, I have thumb drive back ups. For some important paper items, I have the main copies in a file cabinet, and also copies in a lock box, which I've shown to my siblings, in case I die.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (0aYVJ)
Ridiculous looking hat shopping?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 10:43 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 10:41 PM (abIsI)
better than getting buttfucked and murdered if you go there
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:43 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: LRob in OK
Let's see here...
0 miles divided by 0 zero gallons...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (/lPRQ)
What the hell did scientists expect. Even AD&D's Dungeon Master's Guide had a chart explaining that mixing potions could mess you up
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (gKWVE)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (/+uur)
_______________________
You just have to get creative. Insist that the bear would not recognize your chosen pronouns. Once that's established you can pretty much dispatch them any way you desire.
Posted by: Orson at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (dIske)
Please help them today.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026
You need to add on the Sarah McLachlan music accompanied note that things get so desperate he turns to me for content.
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 10:29 PM (OoFl2)
I have no shame!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (oq9dX)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (/+uur)
Is tripping one of your group still allowed?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 10:45 PM (NWIIQ)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx
Is tripping one of your group still allowed?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
In a group of two, yes.
Posted by: mikeski leaves no witnesses at May 14, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 10:45 PM (NWIIQ)
Another whelmed ONT customer!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:46 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Grayman27 at May 14, 2026 10:47 PM (AvoqE)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx
Is tripping one of your group still allowed?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
In a group of two, yes.
Posted by: mikeski leaves no witnesses[/i
I try and slip a pork chop into one of my hiking partners backpacks before setting off.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 10:47 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
The real reason soldiers in 'Nam hated taking point.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:47 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 14, 2026 10:47 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:46 PM (QMAsf)
Someone throw him a flotation device.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 10:48 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 10:45 PM (NWIIQ)
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So would you say you're Very Satisfied? or Extremely Satisfied?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 10:48 PM (RIvkX)
Wife loves reading on her iPad. Good for her, but I have to put on blinders, because I go to bed early and she reads late into the night. iPad screens are white hot bright. You can almost hear it. HMMMMMMMMM
The compromises of being married.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:48 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Case
You bogarted the margins again!
Posted by: Shaggy's Rancid Bong Water at May 14, 2026 10:48 PM (/lPRQ)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx
Is tripping one of your group still allowed?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
In a group of two, yes.
Posted by: mikeski leaves no witnesses[/i
I try and slip a pork chop into one of my hiking partners backpacks before setting off.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 10:47 PM (abIsI)
I suppose you could offer to take the bear to an all you can eat buffet, and leave him there...
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 10:49 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 10:49 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Count de Monetl at May 14, 2026 10:04 PM (wVcYX)
I never understood that scenario. How would there be hills/mountains in the vicinity of New York Harbor even thousands of years later? There wouldn't have been time. It just seemed misplaced to me. Like created by someone who'd never actually been to the east coast and didn't understand plate tectonics. Not that I do, either, but I don't see that sort of topography developing in the timeframe PotA is set in.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (QGaXH)
Nuclear weapons make great earth movers. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:49 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 10:45 PM (NWIIQ)
Another whelmed ONT customer!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:46
I am printing it out so we can hang it on the wall with the other compliments.
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 10:49 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
In a group of two, yes.
Posted by: mikeski leaves no witnesses at May 14, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)
I just have to outrun the Cal Park Rangers
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (/+uur)
On the other hand, sometimes …. you get what you pay for. WalMart el-cheapest coffee, was undrinkable. And I’m not picky. Store brand Chili, had a Bad Experience with that, I think it was Hy-Vee store brand. “Hey, it’s 25c cheaper! Let’s try it”. How bad can it be? Maybe it will be good enough?
Well it you need new underwear, you haven’t saved any money, right?
I ordered a re-furbed I-phone from one of their WalMart contracted sellers. Worked great. Stellar battery, which was really my main concern. Lasted for years.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (CmJfJ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (MciYk)
Heart Full of Soul or Soul Full of Heart? It doesn't make a bit of difference. This is the problem with pop culture -- which also rhymes "yacht" with "apricot."
And don't get me started on the lyrics to "Missionary Man."
Catchy tunes, but the songs are not written by or for English majors.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 10:51 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 10:45 PM (NWIIQ)
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So would you say you're Very Satisfied? or Extremely Satisfied?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Case, DON'T ANSWER. It's a trap!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:52 PM (XJ22o)
Three fingers of Bourbon and a cigar it is.
Posted by: ballistic
Glad for you. I'm toasting you with some cheap wine.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 10:52 PM (0Htd1)
a good pen is a nice thing to have
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Today was the 53rd anniversary of the launch of Skylab back in 1973. It was launched with a modified Saturn V meant for the cancelled Apollo 18 mission.
The launch had some malfunctions. A micro-meteoroid shield/sun shade deployed and broke off, which caused one of the two solar panels to partially deploy. The 2nd stage separation retros then blew that off. Without the sun screen it was in danger of overheating, and then underpowered.
They managed to fix it, and the guy who worked out the plan for that won some distinguished service award.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)
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What the hell did scientists expect. Even AD&D's Dungeon Master's Guide had a chart explaining that mixing potions could mess you up
Posted by: gKWVE
+++
These 'Scientists' think they leared that college.
Most kids figure that out in HIGH School.
Posted by: Shaggy's Rancid Bong Water at May 14, 2026 10:53 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (f87vz)
So would you say you're Very Satisfied? or Extremely Satisfied?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Srsly, I fill out those things when prompted (I'm talking about Adobe apps), and I report details about crashes (which are frequent!) and tell them they can contact me about it and here's my email address.
Where's my prize? I never get it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (XJ22o)
And don't get me started on the lyrics to "Missionary Man."
Catchy tunes, but the songs are not written by or for English majors.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (XJ22o)
You want songs from well-read lyricists? Start with Rush and Iron Maiden!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Cutting the yard with my riding lawnmower. Running fine, cut the front yard, excellent. Did two laps in the back and it stopped. It didn't chug, or cough, or make any clanging sound; nothing. It just stopped running.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop
Chinian girl is the result of a successful brain transplant. Latina brain in Chinese body.
Posted by: mikeski and/or Abby Normal at May 14, 2026 10:55 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 10:55 PM (nzPxx)
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Opened Tuna pouches should be excellent for attracting kitties. You know, the really Big kitties. Felis concolor. They like cardboard boxes, too.
Don’t Do This! Just something I’ve mused upon. Which invariably means, in all likelihood, some asshole has already done this.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:55 PM (CmJfJ)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx
Is tripping one of your group still allowed?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
In a group of two, yes.
Posted by: mikeski leaves no witnesses
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This is the origen of that old camping joke of tying the new guy's leg to a tree with a long rope while he is sleeping.
Posted by: Shaggy's Rancid Bong Water at May 14, 2026 10:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 10:56 PM (oq9dX)
You want songs from well-read lyricists? Start with Rush and Iron Maiden!
Posted by: Doof
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Yayy! Thanks for the rec.
"Can't Find My Way Home" and "Baker Street" are examples of songs with great lyrics.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:56 PM (XJ22o)
The Chicomian girl complaining about English is so satisfying somehow.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (abIsI)
A so-called "death cap" in the amplifier... very common in vintage tube amps. If the cap failed, the chassis could go to full mains voltage. Since everything is often "grounded" to the chassis, or connected through something that's "grounded" to the chassis (e.g. the ring of the guitar jack), it is a Very Bad Thing.
If you've got one of these vintage workhorses, make sure it's been modified to remove the death cap. Keeping everything 100% original isn't worth the risk of death.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (IG3/x)
Look who the cat dragged in!
Howdy theee!
—-
Good evening to you, madam. Kinda surprised anyone remembered, given my infrequent and erratic posting. Took some time away after retiring from fed gov last October. Seems nothing’s changed here at horde HQ!
Posted by: Grayman27 at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (AvoqE)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (f87vz)
She is actually.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Why would state laws override federal laws on federal land/parks???
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 14, 2026 10:58 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 14, 2026 10:58 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (XV/Pl)
A Koine, or some call it, "a rather brutal creole".
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 10:58 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (oq9dX)
Is he (whoever he is) still commenting under that nic? He's maybe a little too trusting about his pens.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 14, 2026 10:58 PM (1pJhn)
On this date in 1976: 33 year-old Keith Relf, former lead singer for The Yardbirds, was electrocuted while tuning a guitar which was not properly earthed.
A so-called "death cap" in the amplifier... very common in vintage tube amps. If the cap failed, the chassis could go to full mains voltage. Since everything is often "grounded" to the chassis, or connected through something that's "grounded" to the chassis (e.g. the ring of the guitar jack), it is a Very Bad Thing.
If you've got one of these vintage workhorses, make sure it's been modified to remove the death cap. Keeping everything 100% original isn't worth the risk of death.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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That's awful. At the same time, it seems there's a joke about it going to "eleven."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:59 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Grayman27 at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (AvoqE)
Just too many absent friends
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:59 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (f87vz)
She is actually.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)
Her delivery was annoying to me though. I could overlook for awhile.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 14, 2026 10:59 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (XJ22o)
Somewhere, Carly Simon is scowling.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Ohio Lurker at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (OgbKj)
Nuclear weapons make great earth movers. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:49 PM (snZF9)
When I think of that now, I always think of one of the best lines in Futurama. Fry is in New New York, and he finds out that there’s a secret city underneath it inhabited by mutants. One of them shows him their church, and Fry exclaims “Wow! So you guys really do worship an old atomic bomb as a god?” And the mutant guide replies “Yeah, but it’s mostly a C and E thing.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (AnnNE)
I personally have several devices, and this is because there isn't really one that can do everything. I've got a smartphone, a Kindle Fire, a Kindle Scribe, a Surface 8, and a Dell laptop. I need all of them to take care of my reading and note-taking needs, and that's because each one isn't quite the right size to take care of it all. I can check emails on my smartphone, but it's too small for me to write long responses, etc. I can do a lot on my laptop, but I obviously can't lug it around with me everywhere as it's too heavy. Turns out the more tech they make, the more tech you need. Or at least I do.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 14, 2026 11:01 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 11:01 PM (nzPxx)
Well it you need new underwear, you haven’t saved any money, right?
...
Posted by: Common Tater
Chili?
Recent BOGO sale on Wendy's chili.
So I got four cans. Two with beans, two "all beef".
In the "all beef" they used fat instead of beans to make up the volume. Nasty. You'll be using as much TP as a four woman household... each sitting.
The bean chili was pretty good for a can. Maybe the best canned chili I have had. Probably the same shit they sell in the restaurants, just that one comes in bigger cans.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 11:02 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
State law overrides federal law as to the possession and using pf firearms unfortunately. Reason # 999 why I avoid CA at all costs.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 11:02 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:59 PM (XJ22o)
Or in Relf's case, going to 240.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 14, 2026 11:03 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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There's a Navy video on building docks and ports in difficult and out of the way places using small sequential nuclear charges.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 11:04 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 11:02 PM (/lPRQ)
Hmm... I thought Dave Thomas came up with the idea of selling chili to use up unsold burger patties.
Kinda like the way the Ore-Ida people invented tater tots to use up the scraps of potato left over from cutting fries.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 14, 2026 11:05 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 11:02 PM (abIsI)
If I recall correctly, State Law does Not override Reservation law, which can lead to some interesting situations.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 11:05 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:05 PM (CmJfJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
Maybe one of the two hundred and twenty seven safety switches. Over the years I think every one of mine has failed and been bypassed... except the clutch pedal.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)
>People don't respect or understand proper grounding. There's a whole section of the electrical code devoted to grounding. It saves lives, prevents fires and property damage.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 11:06 PM (D1E+2)
I'm here to do whatever I can
Be it early morning, late afternoon
Or at midnight, it's never too soon
To want to please you, to want to keep you
To want to do it all, all for you
I want to be your, be your rubber ball
I want to be the one, you love most of all, oh yeah
Lyrics.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:49 PM (snZF9)
Project Plowshare.
Had the unfortunate side effect of leaving a lot of residual radiation, but it definitely worked.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 14, 2026 11:06 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Try not to get blown off a mountain.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 11:06 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Don't judge me at May 14, 2026 11:07 PM (TbWk/)
Today was the 53rd anniversary of the launch of Skylab back in 1973. It was launched with a modified Saturn V meant for the cancelled Apollo 18 mission.
The launch had some malfunctions. A micro-meteoroid shield/sun shade deployed and broke off, which caused one of the two solar panels to partially deploy. The 2nd stage separation retros then blew that off. Without the sun screen it was in danger of overheating, and then underpowered.
They managed to fix it, and the guy who worked out the plan for that won some distinguished service award.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)
I remember when it happened and being annoyed that the mission would get messed up. The space era was a great time for us little kids.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 11:07 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:08 PM (CmJfJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Did you pay the subscription?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 11:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ohio Lurker at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (OgbKj)
Prayers up
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 11:08 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Easily Entertained at May 14, 2026 11:08 PM (oftw2)
The space era was a great time for us little kids.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 11:07 PM (y171U)
_____________
Waking up early for the three-hour launch broadcast.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 11:09 PM (HdYcL)
"Heard"? Are they singing strippers?
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 11:10 PM (0Htd1)
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Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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When the old man died that was it; just like Vanguard.
Loved the old Dollar Menu; Baked Potato, chili, Jr. Wendy, salad, a long list and the portions were small but all kinds of food. Yum.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 11:11 PM (nzPxx)
catch you at twilight's last twirling
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 11:12 PM (ZxPkt)
If you've got one of these vintage workhorses, make sure it's been modified to remove the death cap. Keeping everything 100% original isn't worth the risk of death.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (IG3/x)
Very familiar with the death cap. Most of my vintage marshall amps were modded to get rid of it. The anal vintage homos would probably scream over that, but tough shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 11:13 PM (snZF9)
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Agreed. Here and otherwise. I have a list of friends and extended family (with let’s call it acute conditions) that I pray for each day. Going on several years now (I suspect the influence of my guardian angel). I “lost” my first one last summer. Granted his condition was advanced and sudden, but it still struck home. God’s will be done. His plan, not mine. Doubt that explanation suffices for Monty’s wife and kids. May the Holy Spirit sustain them.
Posted by: Grayman27 at May 14, 2026 11:13 PM (AvoqE)
"Heard"? Are they singing strippers?
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 11:10 PM (0Htd1)
They should make a mark, and strip the paint off all of the cars.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 11:13 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Youtube Videos Help at May 14, 2026 11:14 PM (oftw2)
I remember watching 12 during the Moonwalk. They had brought a Color videocon camera for live Television. Alan Bean was on the job. For about two seconds, we saw the surface of the Moon in glorious Living Color. But inadvertently the camera was pointed into the Sun, and that as they say, was the end of that. Oops.
John Young rarely fucked up. But he got his boots tangled up in some cables on one of the high dollar ALSEP deals, lunar temperature or seismic or something, and ripped the cable from the pin connector. Oops. “Charlie … uh-oh”
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:14 PM (CmJfJ)
The space era was a great time for us little kids.
Posted by: Joemarine
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There were 2-way speakers in every classroom.
They stopped classes and broadcast the launches over the school system.
'Course we said a prayer and pledged allegiance everyday too.
_Better dead than red
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 11:15 PM (nzPxx)
"Heard"? Are they singing strippers?
Posted by: nerdygirl
Well, they're all just working their way through college. Perhaps they'd like to present their doctoral theses.
Posted by: mikeski at May 14, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)
-SFGate
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High-speed rail CEO will be hanged 'in our lifetime'
-SFsycho
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 11:16 PM (RIvkX)
Had the unfortunate side effect of leaving a lot of residual radiation, but it definitely worked.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 14, 2026 11:06 PM (IG3/x)
I remember reading a great plan to dig a sea level canal across Nicaragua with buried h-bombs, all at once. It would have worked, too, but for some reason the Nicaraguans would never agree to letting about 1/3 of their country get nuked. They just didn’t see why we thought that was so cool.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 11:16 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Yeah, think I'm putting an air conditioner in the garage before I start digging.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 11:18 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: moki at May 14, 2026 11:21 PM (wLjpr)
Don’t want to remove this, you want to replace them with a poly film cap, like anything else. It won’t fuck up your tone.
The OG waxed foil/paper capacitors short out is all. That’s why they are dangerous as “X” or “Y” installations across the line.
Nearby lightning strikes do neat things to these, you can tell when an old radio or whatever got hit by lightning, these caps are just gone, with maybe a whisp of smoke and innards and bare leads
You’ll get a shock if you are grounded in certain situations, but the current will be limited by the capacitor across the line.
You
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:22 PM (ds7a/)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (0CU3H)
Definitely old school depending on the subject. The only time I move away from old school is when something new school is absolutely 100% better.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)
-SFGate
......
Better hurry up, I'm already 29.
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 11:23 PM (oq9dX)
I think of you often, sweet man and I hope
You are well.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (A5RD0)
Appreciate that more than I can say, ma'am. The kids and I are enduring as best we can as a family. Hope you're doing well also.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 14, 2026 11:25 PM (t2oSI)
I keep a PAA (personal analog assistant-- aka "pen and paper") in my bag at all times. Memory is sketchy at my advanced-29 age LOL.
Breezy here and cool enough to be unpleasant for yard work. Bah. Glad I got a lot of stuff done earlier this week!
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:26 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nerdygirl
>The wind took two steel deck chairs and tossed them into the yard like cardboard. Luckily it goes, not unlike a tornado or hurricane.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 11:27 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: JML at May 14, 2026 11:27 PM (EtRph)
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:27 PM (rdVOm)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Why would state laws override federal laws on federal land/parks???
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 14, 2026 10:58 PM (VCgbV)
I was wondering about that too. Suppose the poster meant California State Parks? Or does poster mean National Parks located in California (Yosemite, Joshua Tree, etc)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 14, 2026 11:28 PM (QGaXH)
Planes in the air for months at a time. Stupid, in oh so many ways. They did try to make some test engines, without a lot of promise, and that was about as far as it got.
The amount of shielding required on a plane, to protect the crew from radiation, was one huge problem. Weight. And the practical problems of Maintenance and Inspection - on an aircraft that stays in the air all the time.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:28 PM (ds7a/)
One of my proudest moments as a father.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 14, 2026 11:30 PM (1B2PI)
Oh. Is my redneck showing? Hahaha.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm)
-SFGate
......
Better hurry up, I'm already 29.
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 11:23 PM (oq9dX)
The CEO must be a 35 year old turtle, who's father is 160.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 11:34 PM (qx7Zg)
I spent a lot of time refurbing the Generator system on my old Ford. Now most people aren’t too mechanical, and they just slap a GM 1-wire alternator on.
I just like to mess around with old tech, just to learn how they really work. Alternators replaced Generators fairly quickly, and for good reasons. But they can be made to work just fine. But they need maintenance and adjustment, servicing.
If you read the automotive repair boards, it’s a wonder how all those millions got across fucking town even once, with carburetors, generators, drum brakes, points & condenser ignition .. Impossible, clearly.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:35 PM (ds7a/)
-SFGate
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Better hurry up, I'm already 29.
Posted by: wth
The CEO must be a 35 year old turtle, who's father is 160.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
They said "our." I figured they were pregnant.
Posted by: mikeski didn't bother to verify gender at May 14, 2026 11:36 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (f87vz)
She is actually.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)
Her delivery was annoying to me though. I could overlook for awhile.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 14, 2026 10:59 PM (qrzX6)
Yeah...but somewhere out there is a guy who's just about had it with her s***....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 14, 2026 11:37 PM (QGaXH)
Oh. Is my redneck showing? Hahaha.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm)
Yup, from space.
I on the other hand have the common decency to use black foam pipe insulation. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 11:39 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (AnnNE)
Compliance and Ethics? Or the EU CE?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 14, 2026 11:41 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard
Guess? Electrical. Lotta vibration on lawnmowers. Maybe just a connector came loose, maybe the seat switch needs adjustment.
Good luck, and let us know!
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:42 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ohio Lurker"
***As another long time lurker who's occasionally asked here for prayers, I know you'll get help.
Posted by: Cosda at May 14, 2026 11:42 PM (Q9J8w)
Wandered off to soak up some vid. Some PJ Watson, the bow-tie History Guy, Cowboy Kent Rollins, & other.
Including my two regular science gals, Aussie astrophysicist Dr. Becky, and the amusing German physicist Sabine Hoffensfloffer or something. I enjoy their videos, even though half the time I'm utterly lost as to what they're talking about.
Some things I do know what they're talking about make me sigh, though.
Hossenfelder really buys into the whole "renewable" energy and electric vehicles credo, as well as the threat or menace of climate chaos.
Becky gets distressed that the US budget for NASA has been big on exploration (Moon, Mars missions) but has greatly shrunk for scientific research and NSA. Her favorite projects and friends may not be able to belly up to the US taxpayer trough.
Sad face for both of them, but it seems to this non-physicist that they're not really getting the whole picture on those subjects. At least Sabine is not opposed to nuke energy. They're kinda cute & funny for semi-libs.
Tonight's Sabine & Becky vids if you wanna check 'em out.
youtu.be/d96WHYOHoU8
youtu.be/0pvL-JkR0Ns
Now to ONT content..
Posted by: mindful webworker - Pluto IS TOO a planet because it is :) at May 14, 2026 11:44 PM (tcCok)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 11:45 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Berserker
Oh, but the colors can coordinate with the chair pads!
I'll have you know, that I found some gorgeous *turquoise* color pool noodles at the
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:47 PM (rdVOm)
Hard pass.
Posted by: torabora at May 14, 2026 11:48 PM (acu8T)
I spent a lot of time refurbing the Generator system on my old Ford. Now most people aren’t too mechanical, and they just slap a GM 1-wire alternator on.
I just like to mess around with old tech, just to learn how they really work. Alternators replaced Generators fairly quickly, and for good reasons. But they can be made to work just fine. But they need maintenance and adjustment, servicing.
If you read the automotive repair boards, it’s a wonder how all those millions got across fucking town even once, with carburetors, generators, drum brakes, points & condenser ignition .. Impossible, clearly.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:35 PM (ds7a/)
Yeah, thats one area where new tech is great. Mechanical voltage regular on a car? Kiss my ass with that shit, give me solid state. Old harleys up to 1969 used generators, points, and mechanical voltage regulators. They actually work fine, although they do make the parts to update them. The generators with a solid state regulator are pretty much problem free. The electronic ignitions are great, although guys will carry the original point plate just in case.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 11:48 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker
Oh, but the colors can coordinate with the chair pads!
I'll have you know, that I found some gorgeous *turquoise* color pool noodles at the dollar.. uh, buck-and-a-quarter.. um, dollar-and-a-half(!) store just the other day. And lovely blue & green, patterned "duct" tape at wally world.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:47 PM (rdVOm)
I'm a harley dude and metal guitar player. In my world black *IS* color coordinated. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 11:53 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker
Black gets hot in the sun. Besides, why would you want to cover up the CHROME chair frames?
You *do* have chrome chair frames, right?
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
It wasn't easy returning them either.
Mid 1980's....
Posted by: torabora at May 14, 2026 11:55 PM (acu8T)
You *do* have chrome chair frames, right?
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
Mine are red to match my car. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 11:57 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ
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Do they have colored Flex Tape for patching the above ground pool?
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 11:58 PM (oq9dX)
Among the many things my family calls me, lol, I'm called the duct tape queen.
Lots of stuff can be fixed with duct tape.
Posted by: four seasons at May 15, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Berserker
Ah. Well, it's settled then. I tip my hat to you...
Can't argue with red & black!
https://youtu.be/iLm-N6uMmpQ
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ohio Lurker at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (OgbKj)
I've walked that valley. Prayers for her, her kids, and you..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 15, 2026 12:04 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: wth
Good question! I don't know. They do make "clear."
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons
>Everything can be fixed with 90mph gorilla tape. They've perfected it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 12:05 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 12:05 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: four seasons at May 15, 2026 12:06 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 15, 2026 12:07 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)
Skip if you remember me saying this before.
Years ago during the depth of winter, the power was not steady and the battery back-up was dead. Since I couldn't use the computer in those conditions, I took a shirt-pocket size blank book and started doing some initial sketches for a story I'd had in the back of my mind for a long time. I was thinking of, ultimately, a graphic novel (comic) format.
Years previously I'd outlined some plot, but it just didn't work, so I stuck it in the file cabinet and the back burner of my brain.
That winter, the opening of the story began as sketches in that little notebook. Shortly, though, my mind started feeding me story faster than I could illustrate. I went to handwriting text and to my surprise I filled several legal pads. What I published online was very much that first draft (including the introductory sketches).
I could tell the big difference between typing and handwriting as far as creativity. Different parts of the mind.
Alas, my hands no longer hold a pen well, so, other stories are trapped inside.
Invulnerable
https://bit.ly/invul
Posted by: mindful webworker - a kid had a strange power at May 15, 2026 12:08 AM (tcCok)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 12:05 AM (D1E+2)
Thats some bad ass shit. Works great.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 12:13 AM (snZF9)
Oh. Is my redneck showing? Hahaha.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm)
I use them for that purpose when I rent a boat for a day of lake fishing..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 15, 2026 12:14 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 12:05 AM (D1E+2)
I don't recommend it for flyaway hair.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 15, 2026 12:15 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: four seasons at May 15, 2026 12:16 AM (3ek7K)
They fabricated tail fins, side-scoops and a hood scoop out of cardboard from work, applied them with duct tape, and gave it all a rattle-can paint job.
From a (long!) distance, looked not too bad.
Up close-- laughter unto TEARS!
It was total "riceboi" but without the fancy pinstripes. (Unless they added some later?)
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at May 15, 2026 12:19 AM (3ek7K)
Many here at AOSHQ are definitely fond of old school stuff and ways. I personally feel like I employ a good blend of new tech vs older methods. Where do you fall on this spectrum?
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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I've been writing lately and using a pen and paper. Sick of burning my eyes out in front of a monitor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 15, 2026 12:20 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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I've been writing lately and using a pen and paper. Sick of burning my eyes out in front of a monitor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I've been living in a stump, clothed in ferns and eating nothing but raw squirrels. I've never felt more alive.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 15, 2026 12:23 AM (UoKXn)
Posted by: four seasons
I'm sure of it! I was getting some OT on weekend shift & they were all so excited to see him drive the "project" to work one day. 20-somethings, dudes... such energy!
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: 496 at May 15, 2026 12:33 AM (G/LYz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 12:34 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: four seasons at May 15, 2026 12:37 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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I used to know a very good handyman, long passed now, who said that he could fix anything except the crack in your ass or a broken heart.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 12:37 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: four seasons at May 15, 2026 12:38 AM (3ek7K)
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Yeah, pretty sure about that. Best luck, I've been running it without the hood since I bashed it into the truck. Hopefully, debris knocked a wire loose. - best case scenario.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:39 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:40 AM (PHjsi)
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Fully charged Dust Buster. Animals HATE the sound of a vacuum cleaner. The air being sucked in generates sound frequencies they can't stand (and that we can't hear.) A leaf blower, otoh, just blows air loudly, it doesn't produce the vacuum noise effect...
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at May 15, 2026 12:41 AM (BlDQE)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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and thin gauge bailing wire
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:42 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: ShainS -- Sufferer of IED (Intermittent Explosive Disorder) at May 15, 2026 12:43 AM (7QH/s)
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Fully charged Dust Buster. Animals HATE the sound of a vacuum cleaner. The air being sucked in generates sound frequencies they can't stand (and that we can't hear.) A leaf blower, otoh, just blows air loudly, it doesn't produce the vacuum noise effect...
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at May 15, 2026 12:41 AM (BlDQE)
Best bear defense? A crippled hiking partner.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 12:43 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 15, 2026 12:44 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Braenyard
Oh, wow... glad it's running cooler. Yeah, plastic connectors get brittle over time & 'bashing' it might've skinned/pulled on a wire or several? Again: good luck!
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)
They fabricated tail fins, side-scoops and a hood scoop out of cardboard from work, applied them with duct tape, and gave it all a rattle-can paint job.
From a (long!) distance, looked not too bad.
Up close-- laughter unto TEARS!
It was total "riceboi" but without the fancy pinstripes. (Unless they added some later?)
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)
We did that to a friend who had a 1962 Imperial sitting in his driveway. We decked it out to look like a tug boat. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 12:48 AM (snZF9)
Pretty uneventful trip. Sunshine, warm and windy. Saw a sign that we thought said I-25 closed from Buffalo to Casper (turns out only to light campers) so we took a side road. Delightful drive, only hitch was we had to stop for a few minutes as a huge herd of sheep was driven past us. Saw many antelope.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 12:48 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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For that reason, a Raven .25 is often quoted as a bear defence, if hiking with a partner. Go for the knee.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 12:51 AM (XeU6L)
IRGC throwing digs at China: “Those who betray in secret will be exposed.”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:56 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: Berserker
Hahaha! Yep, it was a boat alright...
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 12:51 AM (XeU6L)
Neighbor lady in AJ has a Jennings .25, much the same thing. But the chrome plating is pretty.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 12:58 AM (jNLDj)
Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/LQiOA7euaYA
Rick Beato - Top 20 Greatest Vocal Intros Of All Time
https://youtu.be/olJhaLrLEqI
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 12:59 AM (Sy6m/)
If you had Tom Massie and the New York Times on your bingo card, well done.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 15, 2026 12:59 AM (UoKXn)
I think it's funny that muzz will lie and lie, but get oh so offended if it happens to them.
Boohoohoo...
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 15, 2026 12:59 AM (UoKXn)
He should endorse the toilet from Married, With Children. Then you could buy a Massie-Ferguson toilet. An implement to be reckoned with.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:01 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Berserker
Hahaha! Yep, it was a boat alright...
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)
It was funny. We hung old tires along the side, we made registration numbers with electrical tape. We made a semi enclosed bridge with cardboard on the roof and stuck lawn in it. We even made an anchor from tin foil. He was less than amused. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 01:02 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 01:03 AM (snZF9)
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Ready Kilowatt is getting antsy. Contractors building neighborhoods with their own electrical system - that doesn't fail and doesn't increase the price when the weather turns rough - will put Big Energy on its heels.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:04 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 01:02 AM (snZF9)
It's not a classic tug boat if it doesn't have a woven rope fender on the bow.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:04 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 01:07 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:08 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:10 AM (jNLDj)
https://youtu.be/olJhaLrLEqI
And he doesn't do "Renegade" by Styx???
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2HJore6jYE
Posted by: Dark Lihuixtzichatl at May 15, 2026 01:14 AM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:14 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:15 AM (PHjsi)
I intend to be there a little before noon and go back a about three hours later for more if supplies have lasted.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 01:19 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions
>You're good if you scrub your underpants on a river rock twice a week. Splash river water on your face and rub your teeth with a finger. The cave women will be kicking down the buffalo skin door.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 01:20 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:15 AM (PHjsi)
Yep. Have never pushed this car to top speed. Engine was overhauled 1980-something. It does not burn any oil, and leaks only a tiny amount. Car came to me in fine shape, so I want to preserve it. This exact car, in fact. 20 year old pic, from before I owned it, but it still looks like this:
https://tinyurl.com/3nsz5k5x
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:22 AM (jNLDj)
If you had Tom Massie and the New York Times on your bingo card, well done.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
The Babylon Bee can't parody the NYT's like the NYT's can.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 15, 2026 01:22 AM (f87vz)
>They were awesome. Don't know if they are still around.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 01:23 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You should be there by morning.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:24 AM (XeU6L)
The National Institutes of Health removed UNC virologist, Ralph Baric, from all his NIH grants. And UNC put Baric on administrative leave.
This all took place last year,...exposed it all in...investigation that delved into Baric’s career, his past lobbying efforts of the federal government to keep taxpayer money pouring into his UNC lab, and Baric’s manipulations of public opinion to shut down speculation that the pandemic started because of the dangerous virus research that he pioneered in collaboration with Shi Zhengli at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
https://tinyurl.com/48y282pu
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:26 AM (PHjsi)
Got off on a tangent watching some videos about the Skylab repair, such as this quite long one, but well worth it if you have the time:
https://is.gd/jIWBmx
They're speaking with Charles Lewis, one of the engineers on that. At one point, one of them says "Now, you didn't have any images to see what the damage was, you only had sensor/telemetry data".
Lewis said, "We did have an image. It was very faint, but we did have one and enough said about that."
I assume that means they had some classified spy satellite or other "national technical means" images taken for them. It's nice to know the spooks will give NASA a hand when needed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 01:26 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You should be there by morning.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:24 AM (XeU6L)
. . . but I don't think he's coming up from San Antone'
Posted by: George Strait at May 15, 2026 01:26 AM (X5Jzz)
Yet they already had some of their big hits before New Wave became a thing, the Mods to Punk's rockers. Similarly, Blondie had a number of hits before they became considered New Wave. Then there's Sparks, the brothers Ron and Russell Mael (which in turn inspired inter-dimensional mercenaries Ron and Russell Post in Matt Howarth's 'Those Annoying Post Brothers' and related comics) who first started performing under the name Half-Nelson in 1968! They had a big jump in US popularity during the New Wave era but much older than most trying to make a name for themselves then.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 01:26 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:24 AM (XeU6L)
Hah! Get the reference, but the old eyelids are too heavy to drive all night. I am in a cozy motel, and am about 5 minutes away from lights out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:26 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 15, 2026 01:28 AM (0nHVk)
I was reading something about Baric a while back. He should be in jail with the key thrown away at the least. Some were trying to get the NC legislature to do some hearings and investigate and maybe strip him of his funding and punish UNC and all that.
They chickened out and wouldn't touch it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 01:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:29 AM (jNLDj)
Hello Horde.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Someone had to do it. Should have nic'd Geo. Strait
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:29 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:29 AM (XeU6L)
Well, I'm not broke down south of Dallas, so there's that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:31 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:10 AM (jNLDj)
New wave sounds about right, or in their case weird wave.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 01:34 AM (snZF9)
Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:35 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:29 AM (XeU6L)
Well, I'm not broke down south of Dallas, so there's that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:31 AM (jNLDj)
But where will you be when that sun is high in that Texas sky?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 15, 2026 01:35 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:24 AM (XeU6L)
. . . but I don't think he's coming up from San Antone'
Posted by: George Strait
>I know a guy who loves to karaoke that song. Total fag. Can't sing. Sometimes it's hard to be tolerant.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 01:36 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 15, 2026 01:36 AM (QGaXH)
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You have a Daytona and a Lark?! Isn't it a rule that if you have more than three Studebakers then you have to open a car museum?
Posted by: clarence at May 15, 2026 01:37 AM (cSctv)
https://is.gd/jIWBmx
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 01:26 AM (w6EFb)
I was looking at space stuff on you tube and this popped into my side bar. This was pretty frigging interesting. Kinda goes along with the ancient civilizations stuff we were talking about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQRjst2vNGo
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 01:37 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 01:40 AM (snZF9)
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You have a Daytona and a Lark?! Isn't it a rule that if you have more than three Studebakers then you have to open a car museum?
Posted by: clarence at May 15, 2026 01:37 AM (cSctv)
Not in Canada....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 15, 2026 01:40 AM (QGaXH)
Cloobeck has the same tastes as Bezos. His bride to be, Adva Lavie.
https://tinyurl.com/r96e96ce
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:40 AM (PHjsi)
Compare that to 25 years ago, when my then employer had me take a rented cargo van up to San Francisco (the company offices were across the street from the rental place in Pasadena) to pick up four internet kiosks for an event. Each in its case was the size of a typical adult coffin. I set out from my place about 3 AM, got into SF around 8 AM, met the folks from the kiosk company and went to lunch with them, then found myself in San Francisco in early afternoon with nothing to do. I'd already covered the touristy stuff long ago. Couldn't think of anybody to call who wouldn't be working on a weekday, and didn't want to do any spending that wasn't covered by the company. So I headed home. I was back by early evening and called my boss to let him know. He was very surprised, as he expected I'd get a room for the night.
Such a round trip same day didn't faze me back then.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 01:40 AM (/0z9K)
They chickened out and wouldn't touch it.
Posted by: publius
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Maddening. What are legislatures and investigative bodies for?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 15, 2026 01:42 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: publius
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Maddening. What are legislatures and investigative bodies for?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 15, 2026 01:42 AM (XJ22o)
Rubber stamping, rubber chickens, and rubber stamping rubber chickens.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 15, 2026 01:43 AM (qx7Zg)
Thanks. I remember some of the stuff about how they knew about Uranus and Neptune. That ties in with that, what do they call it, Dogone tribe that knew about Sirius B.
The "mainstream" argues that just can't be, because no humans could've known about all that, so it just can't be possible. In the Dogone case, they argued it was 20th Century cultural contamination.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 01:45 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Epobirs
>Now my eyes get tired and I need to take a break. Plus, nowadays you need to keep your head on a swivel for the fucking drivers going 90mph and the random wildlife.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 01:45 AM (D1E+2)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJUS0cW9wjs
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:48 AM (PHjsi)
This gal knows her limitations! Don't like it, but can't change it. *sigh*
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Dark Lihuixtzichatl at May 15, 2026 01:56 AM (W5mpo)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 15, 2026 01:58 AM (CHHv1)
This gal knows her limitations! Don't like it, but can't change it. *sigh*
Posted by: JQ
>The worst drivers are the ones traveling a distance less than twenty miles from one exit to the other at 90mph. Crazy fools making millions of dollars per minute.
They're saving the world.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 01:59 AM (D1E+2)
Why is AOP on the road? On the lam?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 15, 2026 01:36 AM (QGaXH)
Ha! I searched thru the last few ONT's for 'Alberta' and found where AOP wrote he was going on the road to meet up with a car club doing Rte 66. Too bad he's not following it to the end.
Hope he gets his kicks.....
Good night everybody....don't forget to tip your waitress....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 15, 2026 02:00 AM (QGaXH)
I have been reading upthread, JQ and Bers those car conversions made me laugh out loud.
Braenyard, that article about Ralph Baric set my teeth on edge. Richard Burr smells to high heaven too.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 15, 2026 02:03 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Epobirs
Back then is in the rear view mirror & getting further back by the day.
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at May 15, 2026 02:06 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mindful webworker - getting to be 100 should be easier at May 15, 2026 02:12 AM (tcCok)
Argentina = Argentinian
Brazil = Brazilian
Mexico = Mexican
Then you get stuff like:
Spain = Spaniard
France = French
Switzerland = Swiss
But it does it extend to aliens:
Ballchin = Ballchinian
You just have to remember the odd demonyms and deal with it, you cute little Chinian.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 15, 2026 02:15 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 15, 2026 02:16 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 15, 2026 02:16 AM (0nHVk)
Ah, lovey, seeing the other motorists. Where's the adventure in that?
Posted by: Mr. Magoo at May 15, 2026 02:25 AM (XgKR7)
Bers, you got me looking at exoplanets in Lyra.
Look up Kepler-442b. 1200 ly away. K5V star. Super earth, 2.36 earth masses, 1.34 earth radii. Semimajor axis 0.41 au, period 112.3 days. Eq temp -41F.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 02:28 AM (w6EFb)
I didn't want to get a hotel, as hubby was already beginning to get "unpredictable" and very cranky. It was bad enough that he needed me to stop for every rest area he saw, and then wanted to eat about every hour or two! The snacks I brought just weren't satisfying enough. (although it was our usual road-food fare from earlier days.)
Those freaking digital speed-limit signs on I-80! And the continuous line of semis... At least the line of oncoming headlights helped me determine the road layout in the middle of deep, dark nowhere!
Just a few days with friends, and then had to turn around and do it all again. At least the end of that trip was in familiar territory, even though late at night.
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 15, 2026 01:58 AM (CHHv1)
You should read some of the interviews with Tina Weymouth. She explains his bizarre self pretty clearly. Particularly after she birthed her son. Dude wasn't acting. He was just plain odd.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 15, 2026 02:34 AM (DwqWV)
youtube.com/watch?v=vQRjst2vNGo
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Well, that's a bedtime story.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 02:37 AM (U9zWQ)
Maddening. What are legislatures and investigative bodies for?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 15, 2026 01:42 AM (XJ22o)
Rubber stamping, rubber chickens, and rubber stamping rubber chickens.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Think I'll steal that.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 02:37 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 15, 2026 02:41 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 02:28 AM (w6EFb)
People from that planet would be very strong. They probably could leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 02:45 AM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 02:46 AM (U9zWQ)
Posted by: Braenyard
Would love to have done that! We had to cross mountains, though. Limited number of road choices, and some of the "back roads" quite iffy.
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 02:55 AM (/0z9K)
"Wanna see something *really* scary?"
AAAUUGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm)
He has since become a citizen, probably after the sheer volume of people pointing out the problem.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 02:58 AM (/0z9K)
Kasie Hunt: "Do you still talk to employees at the FBI regularly?"
Comey: "I do... They're under siege."
Why is an indicted man still in contact with the very same people who could be tasked with investigating him?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 03:10 AM (U9zWQ)
Now if you want to read an interesting but quite complex topic, look up the habitability considerations for G vs K vs M stars. K stars are much longer lived than G. But there are other considerations.
K stars may be the best overall, but some think G is the best. M, red dwarfs are bad because of the violent flares. Planets would have to be very close and those periodic flares would be a killer.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at May 15, 2026 03:11 AM (w6EFb)
Shame that Millicent was strangled in its crib by the major credit card companies. A lot of how things have worked online and how revenue was derived would possibly be very different today if there were a convenient way to transfer truly micro amounts of value to sites like this. A million pennies isn't a trivial amount of money.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 03:12 AM (/0z9K)
"I want to thank you very much. This has been an incredible visit. I think a lot of good has come of it.
We've made some fantastic trade deals, great for both countries. He's a man I respect greatly. He's become really a fan.
We've known each other now 11 years, almost 12 years, it's a long time. And we've settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn't have been able to settle. And the relationship is a very strong one.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 03:23 AM (U9zWQ)
Why is an indicted man still in contact with the very same people who could be tasked with investigating him?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
>Why would a man who took an oath for this country, a law man, talk about siege? This is your conspiracy, right here. Comey needs to be sentenced for his crimes.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 03:24 AM (D1E+2)
We want that to end. We don't want them to have a nuclear weapon. We want the straits open...
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Lay siege on China without laying siege and with much respect we play 'let's make a deal'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 03:25 AM (U9zWQ)
We're going to lay it on the line and we're going to have – you're going to walk away hopefully very impressed, like I'm very impressed with China.
And I just want to end by saying thank you very much. It's been really a great couple of days. Thank you very much."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 03:35 AM (U9zWQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 03:38 AM (U9zWQ)
Its time to get up
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 03:44 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 03:53 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Why would a man like Mayorkas take an oath to protect our borders and then do everything he could to let in as many illegals as possible? And why is he a free man instead of sitting in a prison cell somewhere?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 04:16 AM (hxQxn)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 04:18 AM (Ia/+0)
https://iotwreport.com/
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