Sunday Overnight Open Thread - May 24, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday night ONT. Appreciate you spending some of your holiday weekend here. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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A different time

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Americana at its very best

Restore the excitement
Refresh the memories
Good Ole Days
Bring Back The Glory Days pic.twitter.com/tfn5o8to4s
— 11202011🇺🇸TINA™️ (@11202011t) May 23, 2026

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Remember when this was new cutting edge tech?

‘It’s the latest fad… tiny stereo cassette players with featherweight headphones’

— ‘CBS Evening News’ (May 22, 1981)🎶 pic.twitter.com/zSW4qda0mb
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) May 22, 2026

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Do you remember any of these old restaurants?

Farrells is the one I remember most. The one near me was in Golden Ring Mall, in eastern Baltimore County. There was an arcade next door. Such great times!

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How about old, cheap beer? Which one was your go to? One of these or a different one?

In Baltimore, our go to was National Bohemian - "Natty Boh" for short. We also had Milwaukee's Best (The Beast) and Shaeffer. What was the bargain beer in your neck of the woods?

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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My Birthday Wishlist: “Practical” Gifts? Probably not.

I’ve been asked a few times now what I want for my birthday, and it looks like successfully ignoring the whole thing isn’t going to work this year.

So here’s the current lineup. No quiet luxury snoozefest here. I’m going with fun, wearable, “yes I’m extra” energy only.

1. A Lady Dior Bag

The iconic Dior Lady Dior in classic black cannage lambskin. Medium size, please. Big enough for my essentials, lipstick, and snacks, but not so huge I look like I’m smuggling baguettes. Those D.I.O.R. charms? Chef’s kiss.
Why it’s on the list: Because it’s classic, and gorgeous.

2. Christian Louboutin Strappy Sandals

Louboutin Marilyn Slingback Sandal. Ideal for a birthday dinner where I plan to sit dramatically and pretend this is how I dress daily.
Why it’s on the list: Because nothing says glamorous like shoes that make you walk like you own the sidewalk.

3. A sundress from Zimmerman that made me gasp

A Zimmermann Indra Metallic Stripe Print Silk and Cotton Halter dress. It’s breezy, but elevated. It has such interesting details- subtle cutouts, a flattering twist, the color blocking.

Why it’s on the list: This one would be worn on repeat for summer brunches where I pretend I have my life together.

4. MOUSSY Vintage Jeans

Perfectly faded Deltona Straight selvedge jeans with a lived-in look. The kind that make you feel effortlessly chic even when you’re just running to Target.
But Piper, you may be thinking, Why these? Don’t you already have a few pairs of MOUSSY jeans hanging in the closet? Yes, but not these ones in particular!

Why it’s on the list: because I love a rigid, 100% cotton jean with a button fly.

Bonus Wishlist Wildcard:

Luxury sunglasses in a modern cat eye because I keep looking at them.

There you have it — my very mature, very reasonable birthday wishlist. Here’s to another trip around the sun in style!

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Thanks, Piper. Hope you have a wonderful birthday tomorrow!

Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.

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

Born on this date in 1969: Rich Robinson, guitarist with The Black Crowes (along with older brother Chris Robinson)

On this date in 1997: Hanson started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'MMMBop'

On this date in 1999: Queen singer Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991, was honoured on a new set of millennium stamps issued by the Royal Mail.

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by proper perspective

Don’t forget what this weekend is all about

RIP to all the heroes who gave everything for our freedom 🇺🇸🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/Ibvu5ndeOy
— TONY™ (@TONYxTWO) May 22, 2026

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Comments

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1 Po pathetic girl said people out here don’t know how to drive. Said, that the people back home in Detroit were drivers, that people out here didn’t know nothin’. Little did she understand that out here, we are the best.

https://youtu.be/kLUYf6cekMA

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 10:01 PM (D2ex+)

2 close?

Posted by: morigu at May 24, 2026 10:01 PM (RDxgA)

3 Thanks for the ONT.

Grandpa was always a fan of Michelob at restaurants.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 24, 2026 10:02 PM (bss/y)

4
omg

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 24, 2026 10:03 PM (n7rxJ)

5 Farrell's is the only one I heard of mumble mumble years ago.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 24, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

6
I read ALL the content, played the videos, talked to my mom about them! -- then looked down and saw I was the first one here.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 24, 2026 10:04 PM (n7rxJ)

7
Piper, Zimmerman is a FANTASTIC label. I'd buy their stuff if I could afford it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 24, 2026 10:05 PM (n7rxJ)

8 5 Farrell's is the only one I heard of mumble mumble years ago.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 24, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

Howard Johnson's no? Really?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 24, 2026 10:05 PM (bss/y)

9 Evening Doof and Piper!

Thank you both.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 24, 2026 10:05 PM (oyck1)

10 As for the beers... I wasn't old enough. I do remember Hamm's, Falstaff, and Burgie. Still have a Burgie bottle opener.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 24, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

11 Pabst!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 24, 2026 10:06 PM (uTEOj)

12 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 10:06 PM (sAmhv)

13 I remember Howard Johnson's, actually. I associated it with shampoo and that's why I never stopped at one

Posted by: gKWVE at May 24, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)

14 That Pup 'N' Taco looks exactly like a Whataburger. I wonder if there is some kind of relation or just coincidence.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 24, 2026 10:07 PM (vTZFs)

15 Strange, but this Oklahoma country boy once had lunch at a Horn and Hardarts automat in NYC! Weird to me, but quite a selection. Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr+re)

16 Do you remember any of these old restaurants?
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HoJos was the one I remember from family vacations. Honorable mention to the A&W chain, too, which apparently is still around, though I haven't seen one in ages.

Posted by: Methos at May 24, 2026 10:07 PM (vSvIl)

17
Hot Shoppes
Home of the "Mighty Mo"

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 10:08 PM (ZxPkt)

18 MOUSSY Vintage Jeans

Wasn't that what Obama wears? Barak, I mean.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 24, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

19 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper!

Posted by: TRex - low key fashion dino at May 24, 2026 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)

20 Beer ads as a kid was mostly Rainier, Olympia, and Hamm's

Posted by: Pug Mahon, in the field in Oregon at May 24, 2026 10:09 PM (/UBLm)

21 you take a Big Mac, put Thousand Island dressing in there, and that was the Mighty Mo

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 10:09 PM (ZxPkt)

22 Meme: When Bulg meets Death

https://tinyurl.com/87jbfshb+

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 10:09 PM (qx7Zg)

23 HoJo was my entry into the restaurant world. I spent twenty years in food, all the way from dishwasher to manager. A few years back, I realized HoJo was gone -- no more clam strip sandwiches.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at May 24, 2026 10:10 PM (DK5Sh)

24 Farrell's is the only one I heard of mumble mumble years ago.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Farrell's and older sister always wanted fried clams at Howard Johnson's

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 24, 2026 10:10 PM (oyck1)

25 as far as the old beers, I'll go with Michelob. Most the others were cat piss.
The millennials (I'm GenX) brought Pabst back. Pabst turned out to be okay. By the early 2010s anyway.
But I'm sure the commenters here would rather drink BILLY BEER. It's the best Bill Carter ever tasted and he'd tasted a lot.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 24, 2026 10:10 PM (gKWVE)

26 Farrell’s, HoJo and Burger Chef. PBR.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 24, 2026 10:10 PM (2NHgQ)

27 I don't see Pearl or Lone Star in that lineup. Remember the "Weekends are made for Michelob" campaign? It worked. It boosted their sales on weekends and cratered them the other five days of the week.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 24, 2026 10:10 PM (vTZFs)

28 Ho Jos is the only one I recognize. Hi all!

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 10:10 PM (p4NUW)

29 Howard Johnson's no? Really?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 24, 2026 10:05 PM (bss/y)

Never heard of it before the 80s. Too far west.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 24, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

30 7
Piper, Zimmerman is a FANTASTIC label. I'd buy their stuff if I could afford it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

The lost has been submitted. Now we wait. 😂

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 10:11 PM (p4NUW)

31 Farrells, Burger Chef,Lum’s,Red Barn,Howard Johnson’s. I grew up in the Midwest.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 24, 2026 10:11 PM (M4pvf)

32 My wife has a 4 figure "purse" or bag or whatever she bought when we lived in California. She was making 6 figures at Stanford University running their business college's IT department.

I haven't seen it since.

That was 20 years ago.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 24, 2026 10:11 PM (jehhT)

33 Farrells
Cart Before the Horse was 13 scoops (I think) in a big old bowl.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:11 PM (/+uur)

34 I didn't even know Schmidt was real
youtu.be/hCOSejS1SSY

Posted by: gKWVE at May 24, 2026 10:12 PM (gKWVE)

35 What about Blatz?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at May 24, 2026 10:12 PM (/HDaX)

36 Burger Chef and Jeff

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:12 PM (/+uur)

37 Thanks for a special Memorial Day Sunday ONT, Doof!

Happy birthday, Piper! May you receive the gifts you have on your wish list!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 24, 2026 10:12 PM (D/6p1)

38 Up "north" you could get Grain Belt . . . . for some reason.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re)

39 Beer list is legit. Iron City Beer is on it.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at May 24, 2026 10:13 PM (yO07m)

40 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to order Door Dash from Sambo's.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 24, 2026 10:13 PM (R+wYZ)

41 Honorable mention to the A&W chain, too, which apparently is still around, though I haven't seen one in ages.
Posted by: Methos at May 24, 2026 10:07 PM (vSvIl)

Original stand in Lodi is long gone, but they're still around.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 24, 2026 10:13 PM (1Ff7Z)

42 Well, my parents didn't drink but I had a neighbor who drank gallons of Schaeffers. I noticed Genesee isn't on that pic. Probably should be.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 10:14 PM (sAmhv)

43 Going up to Western PA on Tuesday. Planning on getting a 12 pack of IC Light. Not brave enough for regular ole IC.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 10:14 PM (sAmhv)

44 ‘It’s the latest fad… tiny stereo cassette players with featherweight headphones’

— ‘CBS Evening News’ (May 22, 1981)

If anyone knows featherweight, it's Dan Rather.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2026 10:15 PM (Riz8t)

45 Hanson's modern dew wop.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 10:15 PM (D2ex+)

46 Beer. Number 11 Michelob. Bottle always bottle.
Doctor took me off beer fifteen years ago. So it's been awhile.
We are about to get Summer, that's when I miss a cold one.

Posted by: Case at May 24, 2026 10:15 PM (8XBuM)

47 I just stumbled across a wild Reddit thread, specifically on the Seattle group. The post was about how Meta layoffs are hitting H1-B workers from India especially hard; all these guest workers who have brought over their families and put their kids in local schools are now panicking about being made to go back in the next few months.

What makes it wild is the comments section. Again, this is Reddit we're talking about; and Seattle is, well, Seattle. And yet, the comments were basically telling these immigrants to piss off. Among the juicier responses were "drop these anchor baby scams"; "They're so entitled they make actual Americans look humble"; "Prioritize jobs for US citizens"; and "put the temporary back in temporary work visas."

If we're seeing this kind of sentiment even among Seattle users of Reddit...eh, maybe there's hope for the country after all.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 24, 2026 10:15 PM (jGGMD)

48 You have Michelob in the cheap beer picture? Wasn't that Anheisher-Busch's "premium" label?

Posted by: tankdemon at May 24, 2026 10:16 PM (R+wYZ)

49 For various reasons we are on road trips during Memorial Day weekend. This one is no exception. But I am always grateful to see the little towns we drive through celebrating. I love America.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, in the field in Oregon at May 24, 2026 10:16 PM (/UBLm)

50 Do you remember any of these old restaurants?

I worked in a Howard Johnson's one summer. If any chain deserved oblivion, that one did.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

51 Learned a valuable lesson today, if you’re going to fall, just roll with it and into it.

Also, I ran out of whiskey,

Which is sub-optimal.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 24, 2026 10:16 PM (XV/Pl)

52 Hanson kids need a haircut. Fuckin' hippies.

Posted by: wth at May 24, 2026 10:16 PM (oq9dX)

53 Tank demon beat me to it. Where’s Sambos on the list of lost chains. Basically they renamed them since Sambos was racist and many than closed down.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 24, 2026 10:16 PM (2NHgQ)

54 List. The list. Not lost.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 10:16 PM (p4NUW)

55 The largest, the "Zoo" sundae, was delivered with great fanfare by a number of employees carrying it wildly around the restaurant on a stretcher, accompanied by the sound of ambulance sirens. Another menu item that was served in a mini pig trough was the "Trough". If the person who ordered it ate the entire sundae, employees would come out banging on a drum, announce the accomplishment to the entire restaurant, and present the customer with either a ribbon or a pinback button that said, "I made a pig of myself at Farrell's!"

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:17 PM (/+uur)

56 As for the beer, it was Coors. And we had 3.2 beer for the 18-21 crowd. When Olympia came to the store shelves, it was considered "exotic" compared to Coors.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 24, 2026 10:17 PM (D/6p1)

57 Howard Johnson's I 'memba.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 10:17 PM (sAmhv)

58 no more clam strip sandwiches.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin

Try searching for that with safe search off.

Posted by: mikeski would not at May 24, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

59 Howard Johnson's best ersatz oysters in town.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 10:18 PM (D2ex+)

60 3. A sundress from Zimmerman that made me gasp

I wonder how they got Helen of Troy to model the dress.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2026 10:18 PM (Riz8t)

61 Walkman’s are making a comeback.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 24, 2026 10:18 PM (XV/Pl)

62 Had a Burger Chef in the big town nearby. I absolutely LOVE hamburgers! Those at BC were NOT good hamburgers. Heck, I may go into the kitchen and make me a good one for a late snack!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 10:19 PM (Jr+re)

63 Farrells is the one I remember most. The one near me was in Golden Ring Mall, in eastern Baltimore County. There was an arcade next door. Such great times!

I visited the GRM arcade on almost every visit I made to my sister back in the day.

My first beer was Piels Real Draft. Think I was 12. Thanks dad...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 24, 2026 10:19 PM (nbLIj)

64 no more clam strip sandwiches.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin

25 bucks
Same as downtown

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:19 PM (/+uur)

65 We need pics of Piper in that sundress and those
Louboutin shoes.
Hot stuff.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 10:19 PM (D2ex+)

66 Evening.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 24, 2026 10:20 PM (aJQbY)

67 16:Honorable mention to the A&W chain

I went to one in Illinois way back in the late 80s. Figured it was a midwest thing as I never saw one in my little part of the world (NW PA). It was pretty good!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 10:20 PM (sAmhv)

68 When Olympia came to the store shelves, it was considered "exotic" compared to Coors.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 24, 2026 10:17 PM (D/6p1)

It's the water... and a lot more.

Posted by: Whizzing Calvin at May 24, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

69 You have Michelob in the cheap beer picture? Wasn't that Anheisher-Busch's "premium" label?

Yes. The gold foil on the bottle neck was your guarantee of quality beer. More seriously, it was better than the run-of-the-mill piss lager IMO.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 24, 2026 10:21 PM (vTZFs)

70 I'm watching "The World Wars" on the History Channel.

What is with the History Channel hiring actors who look nothing like the very famous figures they are supposed to represent?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 24, 2026 10:22 PM (kpS4V)

71 Learned a valuable lesson today, if you’re going to fall, just roll with it and into it.

Also, I ran out of whiskey,

In what order did these events happen?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 24, 2026 10:22 PM (vTZFs)

72 Guess who turned 85 years old today.

https://youtu.be/_0DkuuhvaeQ

Posted by: tankdemon at May 24, 2026 10:22 PM (R+wYZ)

73 Piper, is your birthday coming up?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 24, 2026 10:23 PM (tcsrY)

74 I'm watching "The World Wars" on the History Channel.

What is with the History Channel hiring actors who look nothing like the very famous figures they are supposed to represent?

Where do you think Christopher Nolan learned his craft?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2026 10:24 PM (Riz8t)

75 I've heard Fosters described as "Crocodile Done Pee"

Posted by: gKWVE at May 24, 2026 10:24 PM (gKWVE)

76 I had heard of Howard Johnsons, but never ate there. Never heard of the others. Used to drink Busch lite for summer thirst quencher beer. Only dropped it because of Tranheiser-Busch where InBev decided they wanted to be the beer of trannies rather than people that drank beer. Lately I have largely lost my taste for beer, and mostly for alcohol drinks at all. Probably for the best, I don't need those calories.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 24, 2026 10:24 PM (AOl+5)

77 Michelob wasn't cheap beer, it was positioned and priced as a premium beer, in the days before all the micro brews.

Old Milwaukee was a buck and a half for a six-pack at the base exchange, so it was my drink of choice when I was a poor, broke airman.

Posted by: a.moron at May 24, 2026 10:24 PM (X5Jzz)

78 What is with the History Channel hiring actors who look nothing like the very famous figures they are supposed to represent?

I don't get it.

Posted by: C. Nolan at May 24, 2026 10:24 PM (vTZFs)

79 16:Honorable mention to the A&W chain

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Root beer float!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 24, 2026 10:25 PM (tcsrY)

80 I remember Howard Johnson's, never heard of the rest of those listed.

Posted by: Case at May 24, 2026 10:25 PM (8XBuM)

81 Weekends were made for Michelob

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

82 71 Learned a valuable lesson today, if you’re going to fall, just roll with it and into it.

Also, I ran out of whiskey,

In what order did these events happen?
Posted by: Oddbob
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Also put the butt of your hands over your ears and clasp your fingers together on the top of your head.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 10:25 PM (D2ex+)

83 If youve got the time weve got the beer

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:26 PM (/+uur)

84 If anyone knows featherweight, it's Dan Rather.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2026 10:15 PM (Riz8t)

Truth. Nixon laughs...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 24, 2026 10:27 PM (nbLIj)

85 16:Honorable mention to the A&W chain

Frozen mugs for the root beer - curbside, intercom ordered service, trays that hung on the window. The root beer was very good, especially on a hot summer night!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 10:27 PM (Jr+re)

86 We're stayin' in a Holiday Inn full of surgeons
I guess they meet there once a year
They exchange physician's stories
And get drunk on Tuborg beer

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:27 PM (/+uur)

87 Falstaff with a shot of Guinness init.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 10:28 PM (D2ex+)

88 I've heard Fosters described as "Crocodile Done Pee"
Posted by: gKWVE

Because of where Fosters for the USA market is actually bottled, I've heard their tagline expanded to "Canadian for Australian for beer, eh?"

Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)

89 In Detroit it was Stroh's.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 24, 2026 10:28 PM (kpS4V)

90 I had some Fosters in Hong Kong and it was fabulous.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 24, 2026 10:29 PM (kpS4V)

91 Howdy Sunday ONTers.

I enjoyed watching the coke commercial while listening to Give My Country Back.

Posted by: mindful webworker - music to sell cars by at May 24, 2026 10:29 PM (0poB+)

92 Meisterbrau was the best cheap beer.
Closely followed by Black Label.

Posted by: Reforger at May 24, 2026 10:29 PM (594J6)

93 Been to HoJo's, Farrel's, Burger Chef, Red Barn. Stuckey's is not on the list.
Beers, Fall City, Oertel's '92 Blatz, Stroh's.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at May 24, 2026 10:30 PM (5f8xl)

94 Closely followed by Black Label.

Mabel! Black Label!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 10:30 PM (Jr+re)

95 Grain Belt was a good, cheap, green beer. They forgot Old Style too.

Henry’s was a competitor to McDs at least in the midwest. They disappeared as well.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 10:31 PM (vATra)

96 Piper, it's been a minute since I looked at the Lady Dior, probably 10 years, but the opening was horrible. Like rooting around in your own Lady Bits, and very hard to get in and out of. I trust they've improved that design. I also didn't like the handles. I did, and still do, love the charms, but I went with YSL's Sac du Jour.

Then again, I chose a Boy Bag over a classic flap, so I'm an outlier!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 24, 2026 10:31 PM (Vvh2V)

97 Meisterbrau was the best cheap beer.
Closely followed by Black Label.
Posted by: Reforger at May 24, 2026 10:29 PM (594J6)

There was always Buckhorn.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 24, 2026 10:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

98 73 Piper, is your birthday coming up?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at

It’s tomorrow.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 10:31 PM (p4NUW)

99 I remember when the NBA had some balls.

Remember hack-a-Shaq?
Remember the bad boys?
Remember when Darryl Dawkins and Moses Malone used to get hammered on every play?

This product they're pushing is a gambling script.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 24, 2026 10:31 PM (D1E+2)

100 Loved Burger Chef and Ferrel's

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 24, 2026 10:33 PM (THY4u)

101 I'm right here ya know.

Posted by: Zombie Billy Carter at May 24, 2026 10:33 PM (vTZFs)

102 White House Communications Director, Steven Cheung had a few words to say about Mike Pompeo:

"Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f*ck he’s talking about. He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He’s not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 10:33 PM (D2ex+)

103 65 We need pics of Piper in that sundress and those
Louboutin shoes.
Hot stuff.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal

I can share my Venmo to get the dress! 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 10:34 PM (p4NUW)

104 Kind of surprised Rolling Rock didn't make the cut.

33

Also, National Bohemian was the goto college cheap choice for me as well:

National Beer, National Beer;
We love the taste of our National Beer;
And while we're singing we're proud to say;
It's brewed on the shores of the Chesapeke Pay.

Posted by: Orson at May 24, 2026 10:35 PM (dIske)

105 @71

>> In what order did these events happen?

The falling happened before the whiskey at a Target which was not fun.

Luckily I didn’t run out of gin, so things aren’t all bad.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 24, 2026 10:35 PM (XV/Pl)

106 Howard Johnson's and Busch.

Posted by: Al Shabbah at May 24, 2026 10:35 PM (U4W41)

107 White House Communications Director, Steven Cheung had a few words to say about Mike Pompeo:

"Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f*ck he’s talking about. He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He’s not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know."

Posted by: Braenyard

That was not the Pompeotus of love.

Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)

108 We're stayin' in a Holiday Inn full of surgeons
I guess they meet there once a year
They exchange physician's stories
And get drunk on Tuborg beer

I know I've heard this song before, but I can't place it. A little help, please.

Posted by: Rhubarb at May 24, 2026 10:36 PM (kc0fx)

109
Piper,

Is that really your birthday wish list?

Posted by: four seasons at May 24, 2026 10:36 PM (3ek7K)

110 I miss you so badly

WWJBD

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:37 PM (/+uur)

111 Is Christopher Nolan paying Lupita two salaries since she is playing Helen and Clytemnestra?

Or is he just paying her one salary?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2026 10:37 PM (2GVsD)

112 All of those beers are great... for target practice.

Probably the most I have ever vomited was from drinking too much Oly (Olympia Beer) when I was a freshman in college. I think I had like 10 or 12 of 'em and I weighed about 150#.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 24, 2026 10:37 PM (THY4u)

113 Fosters tastes like a slightly hoppier Coors Light.

But why would anyone drink beer or a beer that’s not at least a stout, a Weiss or ipa?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 24, 2026 10:38 PM (XV/Pl)

114 Good evening morons e grazie Disco

Our fallen soldiers, may their memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 24, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

115 108 We're stayin' in a Holiday Inn full of surgeons
I guess they meet there once a year
They exchange physician's stories
And get drunk on Tuborg beer

I know I've heard this song before, but I can't place it. A little help, please.

Posted by: Rhubarb at May 24, 2026 10:36 PM (kc0fx)

Jimmy Buffet, maybe?

Posted by: a.moron at May 24, 2026 10:38 PM (X5Jzz)

116 Oh, I remember "Red Barn". I seem to recall that they had pretty good fried chicken...but it wasn't their specialty. I think they pushed burgers. The chicken was a bonus.

Posted by: Orson at May 24, 2026 10:38 PM (dIske)

117 So, are we preparing for tomorrow's infamous ONT? Are we allowed to be naughty for Old Time's Sake?

Is there anyone left who even knows what I'm talking about?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 24, 2026 10:38 PM (Vvh2V)

118 proper perspective — first thing that's really made me kinda misty-eyed this weekend.

Posted by: mindful webworker - red and white blues at May 24, 2026 10:38 PM (0poB+)

119 I'm watching "The World Wars" on the History Channel.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
......

Me too. Trenches, mustard gas and tanks.

Posted by: wth at May 24, 2026 10:38 PM (oq9dX)

120 Is Christopher Nolan paying Lupita two salaries since she is playing Helen and Clytemnestra?

Clytemnestra sounds like a species of Australian spider.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2026 10:39 PM (Riz8t)

121 Probably tried most of the beers on the post but grew up with Narragansett beer as the local libation. That beer, coffee ice cream, and coffee milk were required in the Rhode Island state charter.

Posted by: JTB at May 24, 2026 10:39 PM (yTvNw)

122 47 I just stumbled across a wild Reddit thread, specifically on the Seattle group. The post was about how Meta layoffs are hitting H1-B workers from India especially hard; all these guest workers who have brought over their families and put their kids in local schools are now panicking about being made to go back in the next few months.

What makes it wild is the comments section. Again, this is Reddit we're talking about; and Seattle is, well, Seattle. And yet, the comments were basically telling these immigrants to piss off. Among the juicier responses were "drop these anchor baby scams"; "They're so entitled they make actual Americans look humble"; "Prioritize jobs for US citizens"; and "put the temporary back in temporary work visas."

If we're seeing this kind of sentiment even among Seattle users of Reddit...eh, maybe there's hope for the country after all.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 24, 2026 10:15 PM (jGGMD)

It makes Seattle almost sound MAGA.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 24, 2026 10:39 PM (y171U)

123 Probably the most I have ever vomited was from drinking too much Oly (Olympia Beer) when I was a freshman in college. I think I had like 10 or 12 of 'em and I weighed about 150#.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 24, 2026 10:37 PM (THY4u)

Lightweight.

Posted by: Reforger at May 24, 2026 10:39 PM (594J6)

124 Dad was a big Buffet fan. I've probably absorbed his entire catalog by osmosis. Thanks.

Posted by: Rhubarb at May 24, 2026 10:40 PM (kc0fx)

125 Yes, Stroh's. My dad and his brothers grew up in Detroit, and that was the beer everyone drank. I think Stroh's still has a brewery in the city.

Posted by: Lirio100 at May 24, 2026 10:40 PM (ky7/T)

126
Andrew McCarthy got a lot of nice photos and videos of the Starship launch the other day. The massive shockwaves (changing the index of refraction of the air) are visible here:

t.ly/8mtLN

His main page there has a lot more.

IIRC, the lethal range for a Saturn V was about 800'. Within that radius, the shockwaves would be enough to kill you. I think that's greater for Starship. Of course, the minimum safe distance is a lot greater than that, that's just the lethal shockwave distance.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 24, 2026 10:40 PM (w6EFb)

127 96 Piper, it's been a minute since I looked at the Lady Dior, probably 10 years, but the opening was horrible. Like rooting around in your own Lady Bits, and very hard to get in and out of. I trust they've improved that design. I also didn't like the handles. I did, and still do, love the charms, but I went with YSL's Sac du Jour.

Then again, I chose a Boy Bag over a classic flap, so I'm an outlier!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May

I honestly don’t think this will be the year I get a Lady Dior. I did get a Unity bag- but it’s first edition so I don’t think I will carry it. It’s not quite the same league, of course.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 10:40 PM (p4NUW)

128 Is there anyone left who even knows what I'm talking about?

I remember, Tammy.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 10:40 PM (Jr+re)

129 61 Walkman’s are making a comeback.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 24, 2026 10:18 PM (XV/Pl)

I thought the term was "rewind." 😉

Posted by: Rex B at May 24, 2026 10:40 PM (rgnea)

130 Stroh's was our go to cheap beer growing up in Cleveland.

I seem to recall Michelob was expensive.

I remember going to Horn and Hardardt's when we went the the Worlds Fair in NYC back in '64. I may have memories of the place from living in Philly prior to that, but definitely the '64 WF.

There was an active HoJo's in Buffalo when I moved here back in 1980. It was closed some time in the 90's. The last active one was in Lake George ... but it's been closed now for a few years.

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 24, 2026 10:40 PM (3sXRv)

131 If we're seeing this kind of sentiment even among Seattle users of Reddit...eh, maybe there's hope for the country after all.
Posted by: Dr. T

This is typical of the liberals I know. They think liberal policies are wonderful, until they negatively affect their own lives. As I've said before, the liberals I know, including members of my own family, just happen to live in the whitest suburbs they can find.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 24, 2026 10:40 PM (0Htd1)

132 Clytemnestra sounds like a species of Australian spider.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2026 10:39 PM (Riz8t)

Or Salutatorian at MLK Jr 5th Grade Graduation

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:41 PM (/+uur)

133 I like those slingback sandals and had no idea what they were called.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 24, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX)

134 95

I was thinking of Grain Belt, but I figured nobody here would remember it but me.

It really wasn't very GOOD, you know.

Posted by: mnw at May 24, 2026 10:41 PM (RCjYY)

135 Americana at its very best

I have a theory about this - that back during the cold war America's elites felt they had to keep the corruption to a manageable level because they had real opponents and if they screwed up badly enough they could have gotten the Che Guevara treatment.

But when the Soviets felt that evaporated. Since the US was the only hyperpower...why not dip your hand in the till? Ruling the world is hard work and no one will notice...

And then 30 years later you have the Biden junta stealing $4T and no one really batted an eye.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2026 10:41 PM (sKqQm)

136 Iron City beer is one of those they should have paid people to drink. Probably the worst lager beer ever made.

Posted by: JTB at May 24, 2026 10:41 PM (yTvNw)

137 107 White House Communications Director, Steven Cheung had a few words to say about Mike Pompeo:

"Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f*ck he’s talking about. He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He’s not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know."

Posted by: Braenyard

_______________________________

Cheung, in his capacity as Com. Dir doesn't give public statements like this very often. BUT every single one I've seen had profanity included. He must be hilarious around the White House. The man doesn't sugar coat it.

Posted by: Orson at May 24, 2026 10:43 PM (dIske)

138 Andrew McCarthy got a lot of nice photos and videos of the Starship launch the other day. The massive shockwaves (changing the index of refraction of the air) are visible here:

t.ly/8mtLN

That's the coolest thing I expect to see this week.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2026 10:43 PM (Riz8t)

139 Just noticed that the beer list is missing Rainier.

Not a forgivable omission, considering the old Rainier Beer commercials:

https://tinyurl.com/33kczef3

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at May 24, 2026 10:43 PM (yO07m)

140 More cheap beer memories: Stegmaier, from Wilkes-Barre, PA. Whenever dad saw it on sale for 4.99 a case, he'd stock up. Liebotschaner Cream Ale, also out of W-B and went for about 6.99/case. If dad felt flush, he'd spring for that. Then there was Yuengling Porter. My first dark beer, unless you counted the Pabst Bock, which was a seasonal, and I wasn't old enough to handle a 12 oz on my own and had to make do with occasional sips from dad's pilsner glass. Again, thanks dad...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 24, 2026 10:43 PM (nbLIj)

141 There was always Buckhorn.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
.......

and Colt 45 Malt Liquor

Posted by: wth at May 24, 2026 10:43 PM (oq9dX)

142 Happy birthday, Piper!
Finally old enough to legally drink, yeah?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 24, 2026 10:43 PM (eZ5tL)

143 I remember going to Horn and Hardardt's when we went the the Worlds Fair in NYC back in '64.

browndog, that's exactly when/where I ate at Horn and Hardart's! Just a kid, with a bunch of Boy Scouts headed to the National Jamboree at Valley Forge.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 10:44 PM (Jr+re)

144 132 Clytemnestra sounds like a species of Australian spider.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2026 10:39 PM (Riz8t)

______________________

I thought maybe a Crime Cartel named after women's anatomy.

Posted by: Orson at May 24, 2026 10:44 PM (dIske)

145 This is typical of the liberals I know. They think liberal policies are wonderful, until they negatively affect their own lives. As I've said before, the liberals I know, including members of my own family, just happen to live in the whitest suburbs they can find.

Things wealthy leftist people I know complain about:

Their taxes are too high
Black people have too many damn kids
Young men are supposed to give up their seats for a "lady"
All these people on the roads should be taking public transit so it doesn't take so long for me to get where I am going
Why aren't there more minorities in our neighborhood (note they moved to neighbor a few years ago "for the schools")

Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2026 10:45 PM (sKqQm)

146 93 Been to HoJo's, Farrel's, Burger Chef, Red Barn. Stuckey's is not on the list.
Beers, Fall City, Oertel's '92 Blatz, Stroh's.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at May 24, 2026 10:30 PM (5f8xl)

NOT THE STROH'S!

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 10:45 PM (DwqWV)

147 PBR, $1.80 per six pack 1966

Posted by: Javems at May 24, 2026 10:45 PM (zFsEm)

148 What's "White Tower"?
A White Castle copy cat? Vice versa?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)

149 136 Iron City beer is one of those they should have paid people to drink. Probably the worst lager beer ever made.
Posted by: JTB at May 24, 2026 10:41 PM (yTvNw)

************

Second worst. Samichlaus is worse.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at May 24, 2026 10:45 PM (yO07m)

150 116 Oh, I remember "Red Barn".
---

You jogged my memory. It was out on the highway (roadtrip), not close to anything, terrible location, would not have known it was there except for its size. Food wasn't bad. Terrible location.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 10:45 PM (D2ex+)

151 109
Piper,

Is that really your birthday wish list?

Posted by: four seasons at May 24, 2026

Yes, as I noted it’s my very mature, very reasonable birthday wishlist. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 10:46 PM (p4NUW)

152 104 Kind of surprised Rolling Rock didn't make the cut.

33

Rolling Rock was drinkable when it was still brewed in Latrobe, PA. Anheuser/Busch bought it, moved operations to St. Louis and I don't know what the hell they did with it, but the last time I tried to drink it, it was awful.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 10:46 PM (sAmhv)

153 Yeah Michelob and Lowenbrau were a little more expensive and not ordinarily chosen when quantities desired were maximized

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 10:46 PM (vATra)

154 The Bicentennial Coke commercial got me the thinking about the Tall Ship parade in NY Harbor for that Birthday. First hit that come up for "Operation Sail" on YT and there in plain sight and still standing 25 years ago are the Twin Towers. Too much has changed.

https://youtu.be/nppINIM3fEI?

Posted by: Rex B at May 24, 2026 10:46 PM (rgnea)

155 NOT THE STROH'S!
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 10:45 PM (DwqWV)

Strohly I turn....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 24, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

156 OK, here is a fashion question.

I'm fairly thin and I have no hips.

So when I buy jeans invariably they get loose after a couple of washes and while I can always use a belt its not the most comfortable thing in the world.

Am I just buying crappy brands of jeans?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2026 10:47 PM (sKqQm)

157 /sock and goodnight.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 24, 2026 10:47 PM (vTZFs)

158 Root beer float!
Posted by: vmom deport

I still make floats sometimes. You can also make them with grape pop.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 24, 2026 10:48 PM (0Htd1)

159 browndog, that's exactly when/where I ate at Horn and Hardart's! Just a kid, with a bunch of Boy Scouts headed to the National Jamboree at Valley Forge.
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 10:44 PM (Jr+re)

I thought H&H was a nifty operation.

Along with my father, and brothers, we took the train from Philly up to NYC. Wish I could remember whether we came into the old Penn Station, or Grand Central.
I remember the Cherry Pie to this day ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 24, 2026 10:48 PM (3sXRv)

160 1985 in NoVa, Schmidt was the go-to. It sucked but it was $1.50/6 and when you're 17, that's what matters.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 24, 2026 10:48 PM (W5mpo)

161 Cracker Barrel's not on the list. Oh, that's right
they'll be on it next year.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 10:48 PM (D2ex+)

162 Heilmans Special Ex was 109 or 119 a six in Austin in 1981.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:48 PM (/+uur)

163 Beer has to be handled correctly too. Even cheap watered down lagers will not benefit from sitting on a loading dock in the sun for a week or back of a truck or something.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 10:48 PM (vATra)

164 142 Happy birthday, Piper!
Finally old enough to legally drink, yeah?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 24, 2026 10:

Yes, but if you missed last night’s ONT, it was a reminder why I don’t. 2 glasses of wine with dinner and I was prepared to tell anybody anything! And then I just went to bed.

Very sad. lol.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 10:48 PM (p4NUW)

165

My birthday list has one item.

A day off from cleaning up the dog shit in the yard.

Posted by: four seasons at May 24, 2026 10:48 PM (3ek7K)

166 I remember the Cherry Pie to this day ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at May 24, 2026 10:48 PM (3sXRv)

...

Posted by: Warrant at May 24, 2026 10:48 PM (gKWVE)

167 Evening, Doof, Piper, and ONT Horde!
House is hot, except for the air-conditioned rooms.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2026 10:49 PM (8zz6B)

168 I still make floats sometimes. You can also make them with grape pop.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 24, 2026

If you make it with grape coke, it’s a purple cow.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 10:49 PM (p4NUW)

169 I didn't see Lucky Lager or Rainier or Olympia beer on that chart. I know my cheap beers, though they may have been mostly regional. Weekends of a misspent youth.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 24, 2026 10:50 PM (D1E+2)

170 Frozen mugs for the root beer - curbside, intercom ordered service, trays that hung on the window. The root beer was very good, especially on a hot summer night!
Posted by: LRob in OK

When I drink beer, I put a glass mug in the freezer.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 24, 2026 10:50 PM (0Htd1)

171 It sounds like the Greeks would like a few sharp words with Christopher Nolan about his casting choices - no Greeks in a movie about Greeks.

I suspect they'll have some cutting words if he ever visits.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)

172 Farrell's was sponsored by Big Diabetes
Not that a Zoo wasn't tasty AF

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 24, 2026 10:50 PM (W5mpo)

173 Am I just buying crappy brands of jeans?
Posted by: 18-1
--

No, you're paying too much. Buy cheap jeans and they will shrink on you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 10:50 PM (D2ex+)

174 Has anyone mentioned Weideman yet. Or Old Style.

Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2026 10:50 PM (QMAsf)

175 Evening Doof! Old Mil Light was the go-to beverage of my misspent youth....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 24, 2026 10:50 PM (kOluj)

176 Have had fair experiences with the HoJo's, but my most memorable experience was in college days, a friend and I on a long drive, stopped for a late lunch at a HoJo's.

The two of us were the only customers in the place. We sat down and the counter and were just talking. We waited. And waited, for the one waitress to finally come and take our order.

When she did come up to us, she practically sneered something like, if you boys had been better (we were doing nothing wrong), she'd have come to take our order sooner. No idea what her problem was.

My friend, with the friendliest smile, twinkling eyes, and bright voice, looked her in the face and said, "Oh, that's all right, ma'am. We like bad service." Shut her up good.

I think our burgers arrived unadulterated.

Posted by: mindful webworker - classic memory at May 24, 2026 10:50 PM (0poB+)

177 152 104 Kind of surprised Rolling Rock didn't make the cut.

33

Rolling Rock was drinkable when it was still brewed in Latrobe, PA. Anheuser/Busch bought it, moved operations to St. Louis and I don't know what the hell they did with it, but the last time I tried to drink it, it was awful.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 24, 2026 10:46 PM (sAmhv)

I used to date a young lass, whose dad maintained a fridge soley for the purpose of chilling cases of Old Latrobe, and kept frozen crystal mugs in the upper freezer.

Many was the night I stumbled back home ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 24, 2026 10:51 PM (3sXRv)

178 165

My birthday list has one item.

A day off from cleaning up the dog shit in the yard.

Posted by: four seasons at May 24, 2026 10

My dog won’t go to the bathroom in the yard. It’s too close to the house and therefore not appropriate in the rules according to Shibas.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 10:51 PM (p4NUW)

179 Beer has to be handled correctly too.

Toured the Coors brewery early 70s. They told all of us to never buy Coors not refrigerated. They didn't (then) pasteurize their beer and it went south pretty fast if warmed.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 10:51 PM (Jr+re)

180 Yes, as I noted it’s my very mature, very reasonable birthday wishlist. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 10:46 PM (p4NUW)

I got my eyes fixed this year, so now I have a bunch of lovely cheap sunglasses--all cat eyes, all in obnoxious colors, including one that's black with white polka dots--and a pile of cheap cheaters, likewise cat eyes, one pink, one green. With chains. Likewise, very mature, very reasonable, and one hell of a lot of fun.

I had blue cat-eye glasses in 2nd grade and I never got over those, I suppose. Stylish is just as functional as... well... functional.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 10:52 PM (DwqWV)

181 62 Had a Burger Chef in the big town nearby. I absolutely LOVE hamburgers! Those at BC were NOT good hamburgers. Heck, I may go into the kitchen and make me a good one for a late snack!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 10:19 PM (Jr+re)

---

I grew up a few blocks from a Burger Chef and thought their burgers and fries were great. I ate at a different BC across town (Louisville) one time and the burger was way overcooked and had no seasoning and it was dry as hell. I think it depends on the franchise owner. They definitely didn't have the same quality control across franchises like McDonald's does.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 24, 2026 10:52 PM (THY4u)

182 Agamemnon should have read the warning label - Do not take Clytemnestra if Clytemnestra is not for you.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2026 10:52 PM (2GVsD)

183 Let it be Lowenbrau

Translates to roughly the low gal, the cheap whore

Save the bucks as you dick dont know the diff.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:53 PM (/+uur)

184 89 In Detroit it was Stroh's.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Back in the seventies, I went on a " factory tour" of Stroh's in Detroit. You didn't even have to go on the tour. They just took you to a hospitality room where you were given free beer and sandwiches, and watched Stroh's commercials. Best factory tour evah.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 24, 2026 10:53 PM (0Htd1)

185 172 Farrell's was sponsored by Big Diabetes
Not that a Zoo wasn't tasty AF
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 24, 2026 10:50 PM (W5mpo)

I think most of my cousins worked at Farrell's, so of course, we had to go there to support them when we were in Seattle... at least, I think that was the excuse.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 10:54 PM (DwqWV)

186 Can Mamdani fix NYC?

https://tinyurl.com/3kw7zf5r

https://tinyurl.com/4f5efdme

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 24, 2026 10:55 PM (ndZc7)

187 Yes, Stroh's. My dad and his brothers grew up in Detroit, and that was the beer everyone drank. I think Stroh's still has a brewery in the city.
Posted by: Lirio100

Beechwood Aged

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 10:55 PM (/lPRQ)

188 No love for Stag beer? It’s as if I don’t know you people any more.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at May 24, 2026 10:55 PM (ZTJjv)

189 ... Beechwood Aged
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 10:55 PM (/lPRQ)

***coughBudweisercough***

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 24, 2026 10:56 PM (3sXRv)

190 Translates to roughly the low gal, the cheap whore

or, maybe, Lion's Brew . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 10:56 PM (Jr+re)

191 Avs going down in flames

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 10:57 PM (ZxPkt)

192 Can Mamdani fix NYC?

https://tinyurl.com/3kw7zf5r

https://tinyurl.com/4f5efdme
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 24, 2026 10:55 PM (ndZc7)

He's going to spay or neuter every New Yorker?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 10:57 PM (qx7Zg)

193 She's cute and makes cool post-punk songs.

https://tinyurl.com/3vk5ccvt

Otherwise, hello folks.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 24, 2026 10:57 PM (CHHv1)

194 Best factory tour evah.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 24, 2026 10:53 PM (0Htd1)

Went to Wash U in StL. Did the Anheiser Busch tour repeatedly. They have cool pretzels in the shape of the Anheiser "A", and all the beer you can put down in about 15 minutes. Plus, Clydesdales and Dalmatian puppies, and a really high wooden moving staircase. Pre-Escalator, I believe. Anyway, it's a very cool tour and lots of free beer.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 10:57 PM (DwqWV)

195 He's going to spay or neuter every New Yorker?

uh oh, Ace . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 10:58 PM (Jr+re)

196 Primo
Hawaiian Beer starts with P

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:58 PM (/+uur)

197 I don't even know what the brand of beer we drank in college was. Both the Oar House and Papa Joe's had draft beer so cheap you could get a bucket of beer for $4.

Not a bucket full of bottled beer. No. Rather a real bucket full of beer. After my freshman year they no longer served any drinks in glass pitchers. Someone, I won't say who, learned those dumbasses that one could use it as a weapon.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 24, 2026 10:58 PM (vhPr1)

198 Farrell's has a tragic claim to fame.

Back in 1971, a civilian owned Canadair Sabre failed to get airborne at Sacramento airport, skipped over the perimeter road, crashed into a shopping center parking lot, and ploughed into a Farrell's ice cream shop full of parents and kids.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2026 10:59 PM (2GVsD)

199 There is Four Xs in Austrailia
XXXX is Australian for BEER

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 24, 2026 10:59 PM (/+uur)

200 Sometimes one thinks, one asks oneself, where is Taylor Lorenz brain?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 10:59 PM (D2ex+)

201 Mickeys Big Mouth

Posted by: wth at May 24, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)

202 Ersatz bagels, really?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 10:59 PM (D2ex+)

203 Walkman’s are making a comeback.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

For heaven's sake, why? With what? Cassettes?

Cell with wireless headphones is all you need. Your own saved playlist, or infinite sources online.

Posted by: mindful webworker - what is this, 1980s? at May 24, 2026 10:59 PM (0poB+)

204 It isn't American, but the worst and cheapest beer I ever encountered was San Miguel in Spain. They used formaldehyde as a preservative! It was bad.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 11:00 PM (Jr+re)

205 156 OK, here is a fashion question.

I'm fairly thin and I have no hips.

So when I buy jeans invariably they get loose after a couple of washes and while I can always use a belt its not the most comfortable thing in the world.

Am I just buying crappy brands of jeans?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2026 10:47 PM

Jeans bagging out can be a problem, especially jeans with stretch, but you might be buying them too big to start. If you can handle the break in, find 100% cotton, like zero stretch at all, in the slimmest fit you can handle.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 11:00 PM (p4NUW)

206 I still make floats sometimes. You can also make them with grape pop.
Posted by: nerdygirl

If you make it with grape coke, it’s a purple cow.
Posted by: Piper

Translation note for Northerners: that's "grape soda" or "grape pop." I don't think coca-cola comes in grape.

Posted by: The Narrator at May 24, 2026 11:00 PM (VHUov)

207 Like Queers For Palestine and Chickens For the Colonel.

Bernie Sanders
@BernieSanders
On our way to Bangor, Maine for a rally with @grahamformaine.
The crises facing our country are too serious for establishment politics and tinkering around the edges.
We need candidates like Graham who will take on the greed of the oligarchs and deliver for working families.

-
"Nazi Schmazi," Bernie explained.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 24, 2026 11:01 PM (ndZc7)

208 It isn't American, but the worst and cheapest beer I ever encountered was San Miguel in Spain. They used formaldehyde as a preservative! It was bad.

So that is where the Dominican Republic stole the recipe for their El Presidente beer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)

209 200 Sometimes one thinks, one asks oneself, where is Taylor Lorenz brain?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal

As my Mexican nanny used to say, it has fallen out of her face.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 11:01 PM (p4NUW)

210 ploughed into a Farrell's ice cream shop full of parents and kids.

I'd forgotten that one. Was stationed in Sacto a few years later and saw the empty place where the joint HAD been.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr+re)

211 Thank you, narrator!

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 11:02 PM (p4NUW)

212 When we floated the Yellowstone river we would load up on Schmidt Animal beer. There was no reason to buy anything better as more often than not you had to put your beer down as you hit the rapids. In the ensuing run through the rapids, the beer spilled or fell to the bottom of the raft. Though, sometimes the river water improved the taste.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 24, 2026 11:02 PM (IYeV+)

213 201 Mickeys Big Mouth
Posted by: wth at May 24, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)

Mickey's WIDE Mouth. A college beer staple. How many drunken asshats cut themselves on the pull-lids?

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 11:02 PM (DwqWV)

214 Oh, I remember "Red Barn".
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You jogged my memory. It was out on the highway (roadtrip), not close to anything, terrible location, would not have known it was there except for its size. Food wasn't bad. Terrible location.

Posted by: Braenyard
==

The Red Barn in Van Rapids Michigan was an indoor adult movie theater. Same architecture so may have been the restaurant in a previous life.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 11:02 PM (/lPRQ)

215 If anyone is still interested in my washer issues, I was just about ready to tear into it, and decided to try running it, and it is running just fine. I can't make it fault out, or stop running.
I ran a hose and a power cord to the back yard and ran three loads of laundry. Couldn't make it not work.

Since it is already in the back yard, I plan to strip the cabinet off it and strip and repaint the rusty area around the bleach well tomorrow.

It might be the electro-mechanical timer. It is the one part that could mean an intermittent fault.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 24, 2026 11:03 PM (rbvCR)

216 “ I have commanded those I prepared for battle; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath— those who rejoice in my triumph.”

Isaiah 13.3

Posted by: Marcus T at May 24, 2026 11:03 PM (hZXic)

217 Sometimes one thinks, one asks oneself, where is Taylor Lorenz brain?

Posted by: Braenyard

Mickeys Big Mouth
Posted by: wth

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Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

218 We called OB beer off base in Korea during the early 70s “tree frog beer” as it tasted so green.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at May 24, 2026 11:03 PM (ZTJjv)

219 Credence Clearwater Revival took the "clear water" slogan from Olympia Beer for part of their name.

Posted by: Rex B at May 24, 2026 11:03 PM (rgnea)

220 The beers are biased toward the Northeast and Midwest. Missing are such brands as Rainier, Olympia, Coors, Lone Star, and Henry Weinhart's.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 24, 2026 11:04 PM (7Lzky)

221 Let's see. Farrell's had really good ice cream although Milwaukee Custard was better. I remember they had signs asking people not to smoke since it would effect the taste of the ice cream. My dad was a big fan of Lum's patty melts and onion rings. HoJo's was a very occasional family treat. I miss Red Barn. Their chicken was decent and they had a great all you can eat salad bar and it was inexpensive for the quality. Burger Chef was just another fast food burger place, nothing special.

Posted by: JTB at May 24, 2026 11:04 PM (yTvNw)

222 Translation note for Northerners: that's "grape soda" or "grape pop." I don't think coca-cola comes in grape.
Posted by: The Narrator at May 24, 2026 11:00 PM (VHUov)

I, like an idiot, tried to order a "pop" passing through the Atlanta airport. I think I got the "bless yer heart" look in response.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 11:04 PM (DwqWV)

223 I'm not quite as 29 as some of y'all. The cheap shit beers of my youth were Keystone and Icehouse.

Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 11:05 PM (VHUov)

224 I got my eyes fixed this year, so now I have a bunch of lovely cheap sunglasses--all cat eyes, all in obnoxious colors, including one that's black with white polka dots--and a pile of cheap cheaters, likewise cat eyes, one pink, one green. With chains. Likewise, very mature, very reasonable, and one hell of a lot of fun.

I had blue cat-eye glasses in 2nd grade and I never got over those, I suppose. Stylish is just as functional as... well... functional.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 10

I love this!

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 11:05 PM (p4NUW)

225 ==

The Red Barn in Van Rapids Michigan was an indoor adult movie theater. Same architecture so may have been the restaurant in a previous life.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Did it have a Green Door?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 11:06 PM (D2ex+)

226 Primo
Hawaiian Beer starts with P
Posted by: r hennigantx
.....

So does poi.

Posted by: wth at May 24, 2026 11:06 PM (oq9dX)

227 “ But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.”

Jeremiah 20:11

Posted by: Marcus T at May 24, 2026 11:06 PM (hZXic)

228 Heidelberg! 🍻

Posted by: Rex B at May 24, 2026 11:07 PM (rgnea)

229 I love the polite but firm way the White House is dealing with the ceasefire critics:

"Shut your whore mouth!" about covers it, right?

Posted by: mnw at May 24, 2026 11:07 PM (RCjYY)

230 America, F*ck Yeah!

https://tinyurl.com/2p6m3pam

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 24, 2026 11:07 PM (ndZc7)

231 Ted Drewes Frozen Custard in St Louis has, by far, the best frozen custard anywhere, but I would certainly settle for Culver's, particularly if I get it in Sauk Prairie, WI at the mothership.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 11:07 PM (DwqWV)

232 > Farrell's was sponsored by Big Diabetes
Not that a Zoo wasn't tasty AF
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Hot fudge nutty-nutty.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 24, 2026 11:07 PM (jehhT)

233 Buckhorn beer. We found a 6er in a river after a 10 mile hike and we decided to drink it. Don't know how long it was there, but we managed to choke down most of it because we were thirsty.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 24, 2026 11:07 PM (D1E+2)

234 tcn, we called just about any soft drink other than Coca Cola pop here in Oklahoma, especially fruit flavored stuff. Got blank stares in Georgia later - but no Bless Yer Heart look!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 11:07 PM (Jr+re)

235
Re those enormous shockwaves. Damping those is the main purpose of the water deluge system. I remember as a little kid back in the Apollo days, the water deluge was explained as protecting the pad from the intense heat of the rocket flame plume and blast.

It does that, but that "direct fire heat" is not the majority. The majority comes from the shockwaves, which is why they call it the "sound suppression system" sometimes. It's enough to flash water to steam right there.

Just imagine "sound" that powerful. Enough energy to flash water to steam.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 24, 2026 11:07 PM (w6EFb)

236 Avs going down in flames
Posted by: Don Black

What the heck happened? After they stomped a mudhole in my Wild, I figured they were already engraving names on the Cup.

Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)

237 Mrs. MKC and I both loved Michelob Light. Extremely drinkable for a national brand. Bastards did away with it during the plandemic.

Another reason Fauci needs to meet up with a the business end of a silage cutter....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 24, 2026 11:08 PM (kOluj)

238 IF I had been paying attention to Christopher Nolan last year, I would have known his butchering of The Odyssey was a foregone conclusion.

Found a video from a year ago on YouTube, Nolan paid to have shipped from Norway to Greece a Viking longship.

Wouldn't it have been cheaper just to pay the Greeks to build a Mycenean warship of the time of the Iliad?

Authenticity schmaltzticity.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2026 11:08 PM (2GVsD)

239 I'm not quite as 29 as some of y'all. The cheap shit beers of my youth were Keystone and Icehouse.
Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 11:05 PM (VHUov)

Icehouse was pretty good. I remember Red Dog aground the same time. Were they related?

Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2026 11:09 PM (QMAsf)

240 219 Credence Clearwater Revival took the "clear water" slogan from Olympia Beer for part of their name.
Posted by: Rex B at May 24, 2026 11:03 PM (rgnea)

"It's the water.... and a lot more." They never said what the lot more consisted of, but I have my guess.

Also, nothing wrong with Henry Weinhart. Plus they made a damned fine cream soda.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 11:10 PM (DwqWV)

241 The Red Barn in Van Rapids Michigan was an indoor adult movie theater. Same architecture so may have been the restaurant in a previous life.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Did it have a Green Door?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 11:06 PM (D2ex+

Did it have Feel-Around?

https://youtu.be/rjm_zmBoxjw

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 11:10 PM (qx7Zg)

242 Anna, it's worse. The Greeks paid Nolan 6.5 million euros to produce the Odyssey for national representation.
Metatron is livid

Posted by: gKWVE at May 24, 2026 11:11 PM (gKWVE)

243 We didn't have a HoJos close so the only time we ate there was during our annual summer trip east via the Penna Turnpike. HoJos had to food concession at the rest plazas then. They always rolled their eyes at having to seat the 10 of us.

Once, we accidently left little Martha behind and Mom and Dad knew something was wrong but didn't figure it out for ten minutes or so after we were back on the road.

Dad pulled a Uooie, you could do that then, and we headed back to retrieve her. I still remember pulling up to her sitting on the curb in front of the restaurant with a VERY pissed off PA State Trooper.

Good times. Good times.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 24, 2026 11:12 PM (vhPr1)

244 Buckhorn beer. We found a 6er in a river after a 10 mile hike and we decided to drink it. Don't know how long it was there, but we managed to choke down most of it because we were thirsty.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
......

That's some quality beer that got tossed in the river!

Posted by: wth at May 24, 2026 11:12 PM (oq9dX)

245 I'm not quite as 29 as some of y'all. The cheap shit beers of my youth were Keystone and Icehouse.
Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 11:05 PM (VHUov)

Icehouse was pretty good. I remember Red Dog aground the same time. Were they related?
Posted by: Doof

I forgot Red Dog. It and Icehouse were both Miller products. Supposedly a notch above the cheapo labels, but not really.

Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 11:12 PM (VHUov)

246 Red Dog was terrible.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 24, 2026 11:13 PM (gKWVE)

247 Also, nothing wrong with Henry Weinhart. Plus they made a damned fine cream soda.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 11:10 PM (DwqWV)

Henry's folded but has been brewed under license thru a Eugene Oregon Brewer, Hop Valley. I still grab some from time to time. I really miss Henry's Dark tho.

Posted by: Rex B at May 24, 2026 11:13 PM (rgnea)

248 I wonder if Greece can charge Nolan with theft and cultural vandalism. I want Interpol to issue a red notice on him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2026 11:13 PM (2GVsD)

249 What the heck happened? After they stomped a mudhole in my Wild, I figured they were already engraving names on the Cup.
Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)

There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 24, 2026 11:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

250 Mickey's WIDE Mouth. A college beer staple. How many drunken asshats cut themselves on the pull-lids?
Posted by: tcn in AK

The lid comes all the way off the bottle before you put your lips to it to drink.
/ legal notice

Now I know why they switched to twist-offs.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 11:15 PM (/lPRQ)

251 Translation note for Northerners: that's "grape soda" or "grape pop." I don't think coca-cola comes in grape.
Posted by: The Narrator

Calling "pop" "soda" just sounds pretentious to me. I would feel like I had to hold my pinky out when I drank it.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 24, 2026 11:15 PM (0Htd1)

252 Red Dog was terrible.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 24, 2026 11:13 PM (gKWVE)

Nor terrible. Sufficiently whelming.

Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2026 11:15 PM (QMAsf)

253 I actually read a book once about the Strohs' beer family owners.

It wasn't that long ago-- remember the Swedish Bikini Team parody commercial (all gay guys) on SNL? That was a Strohs ad. John Candy was in the parody commercial.

Anyway, Anheuser-Busch tried to buy Strohs out. The Strohs owners decided to duke it out with AB, instead... with predictable results.

A LOT of these nostalgia beers we're discussing tonight were not nimble enough to work around (& survive) the brewery industry's yuuge consolidation.

Posted by: mnw at May 24, 2026 11:16 PM (RCjYY)

254 >>>That's some quality beer that got tossed in the river!

Posted by: wth

>Most likely it was the victim of a boat wreck and it washed up near shore.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 24, 2026 11:17 PM (D1E+2)

255 If that Pup & Taco roof were extended to the ground, it would pass for Der Weinerschnitzel.

When I resided briefly (but not briefly enough) in Little Rock, I alternated between the Roy Rogers RB place and a burger chain called Minuteman. I think RR may still have a restaurant somewhere. Probably not Minuteman.

I couldn't really afford to go out to eat much, but had to do something to get out of my dark, stuffy closet of a residence.

Another classy memory: I was sitting on the hood of my car in the parking lot of one of those places, eating my food and reading some SF paperback. A cop pulled up to talk to me; said he'd had a report of some kid "freaking out" in the parking lot. I said, yeah, sitting here reading a book probably seems like freaking out to some folks.

The cop and I chatted a bit. I looked at the seal on the car door and read the Latin logo, "Populus Regnat," I read, "The people rule."

"Is that what it means?" asks the cop. Yeah, I said. He sourly replied, "Not anymore they don't." And off he went.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and that was back in the better olde days at May 24, 2026 11:17 PM (0poB+)

256 I would feel like I had to hold my pinky out when I drank it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 24, 2026 11:15 PM (0Htd1)

Pop was a luxury item in our house growing up, brother and I got to share one can of orange or grape pop on the last day of school, assuming we got good grades. Also, the occasional float for dessert if Dad was in the mood for one. Now it's ubiquitous, which is a shame. It used to be quite the treat.

I can't have it any more, so I guess it's back to being a rare treat, so that's okay.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2026 11:18 PM (DwqWV)

257 Soda fountain and soda jerk. Not pop fountain or pop jerk.

Although I do recall a soda called Drink Me Pop.

Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2026 11:18 PM (QMAsf)

258 yayyy there's an honest trailer for Ryan Gosling Saves The Galaxy
youtu.be/QurZzARCihA

Posted by: gKWVE at May 24, 2026 11:19 PM (gKWVE)

259 Icehouse was fine. It worked. And by "worked" I mean it killed all sensory input and allowed calmness (before the vomiting).

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 24, 2026 11:20 PM (CHHv1)

260 252 Red Dog was terrible.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 24, 2026 11:13 PM (gKWVE)

Nor terrible. Sufficiently whelming.
Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2026 11:15 PM
***
Red Dog was at least whelming. Not terrible at that price point. Nice to see it remembered here.

Posted by: TRex - Red Dog drinker dino at May 24, 2026 11:20 PM (IQ6Gq)

261 A few of us, mostly former service members, went out to the cemetery in my hometown Friday afternoon. Placed US flags alongside all the veteran's graves. As may be typical for smaller, middle America towns, there are a lot of flags up for tomorrow's Memorial Day service. There are two tombstones with names and dates for two WW2 men who didn't come home and their bodies are in the ocean. Each year at this time I remember that my dad and his fellow soldiers, airmen, marines and sailors just didn't talk about those times often. It's a serious date here.

That's all for me tonight. I'll tune in again tomorrow to see what happens!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 24, 2026 11:20 PM (Jr+re)

262 203 Walkman’s are making a comeback.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

For heaven's sake, why? With what? Cassettes?

Cell with wireless headphones is all you need. Your own saved playlist, or infinite sources online.
Posted by: mindful webworker - what is this, 1980s? at May 24, 2026 10:59 PM (0poB+)

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I'm waiting for wax tubes to come back.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2026 11:21 PM (u/oMr)

263 I ran a hose and a power cord to the back yard and ran three loads of laundry. Couldn't make it not work.

Since it is already in the back yard, I plan to strip the cabinet off it and strip and repaint the rusty area around the bleach well tomorrow.

It might be the electro-mechanical timer. It is the one part that could mean an intermittent fault.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Show some class and put in the front yard.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 11:22 PM (/lPRQ)

264 Henry's folded but has been brewed under license thru a Eugene Oregon Brewer, Hop Valley. I still grab some from time to time. I really miss Henry's Dark tho.
Posted by: Rex B at May 24, 2026 11:13 PM (rgnea)

Henry's makes my go to root beer. Though I use A&W for my floats. Grandkids absolutely love the cream sodas. They make a point of raiding the fridge for them when they come over.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 24, 2026 11:22 PM (IYeV+)

265 And every once in a while, the jumbo oil can known as Fosters.

Posted by: Rex B at May 24, 2026 11:22 PM (rgnea)

266
So we were promised some earth-shattering event this weekend? What happened? Except the Avs are now down 3 games to none against Vegas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 24, 2026 11:22 PM (HdYcL)

267 248 I wonder if Greece can charge Nolan with theft and cultural vandalism. I want Interpol to issue a red notice on him.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 24, 2026 11:13 PM (2GVsD)

I want them to put him through the agoge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 24, 2026 11:23 PM (xcxpd)

268 Duff beer deserves a mention!

Posted by: TRex - duffman dino at May 24, 2026 11:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

269 Posted by: browndog says woof at May 24, 2026 10:51 PM (3sXRv)
______________________

Coolest thing about Rolling Rock was the large number 33 stamped on every bottle. There were all kinds of theories as to what it meant. They finally admitted that the guy designing the bottle screwed up way back in 1939. It was his margin notes and it was mistaken for part of the design....(something to do with font size). As Rolling Rock used returnable bottles...the "33" endured. And, eventually they just made it part of their modern lables. People came up with all kinds of outlandish rationailizations including 1933 (end of prohibition), 33 words total on the side of the bottle. 33 steps to the brewmaster's office from the brewery....etc.

Posted by: Orson at May 24, 2026 11:23 PM (dIske)

270 soda pop is what it is

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 11:24 PM (D2ex+)

271 Schlitz was the #1 beer in American for decades. It was really good.

Posted by: Happy at May 24, 2026 11:24 PM (iiHzL)

272
OK, so every mass-produced beer in the US is awful. That's all I get told. Are mass-produced foreign beers any better?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 24, 2026 11:24 PM (HdYcL)

273 Did anybody mention Hamms-- from The Land of Sky Blue Waters? Hamms the beer refreshing.

Hamms used to sponsor about half the major sports events on TV, as I recall.

Anybody remember. St. Louis' own Griesedieck Beer? Pronounced "Greasy Dick"? According to Wiki, Griesedieck Brewery still exists... but I haven't seen one of their branded beers in at least 40 years.

Posted by: mnw at May 24, 2026 11:25 PM (RCjYY)

274 The first Saturn V launch Apollo 4 (unmanned) didn’t have the water deluge system setup yet. It was much louder than the other launches. This was where Uncle Walter Cronkite started getting concerned, as the walls of the press box started shaking and the ceiling started falling apart. I’ve read the vibrations were really something at a Saturn V launch.

I remember vaguely our parents talking about driving down for a launch in the latter years but it was quite a drive and commitment. Launch delays or scrubbed missions were always a possibility

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 11:26 PM (vATra)

275 Henry's makes my go to root beer. Though I use A&W for my floats. Grandkids absolutely love the cream sodas. They make a point of raiding the fridge for them when they come over.
Posted by: Beartooth at May 24, 2026 11:22 PM (IYeV+)

Never knew that about their root beer. Might keep an eye out for some.

Posted by: Rex B at May 24, 2026 11:26 PM (rgnea)

276 Lucky Lager had the concentration type puzzles inside the cap.

Posted by: Cosda at May 24, 2026 11:26 PM (CLMmB)

277 Cell with wireless headphones is all you need. Your own saved playlist, or infinite sources online.
Posted by: mindful webworker - what is this, 1980s? at May 24, 2026 10:59 PM (0poB+)

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I'm waiting for wax tubes to come back.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2026 11:21 PM (u/oMr)

I'd rather get 45's first, and a home jukebox!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 11:26 PM (qx7Zg)

278
48 You have Michelob in the cheap beer picture? Wasn't that Anheisher-Busch's "premium" label?
Posted by: tankdemon at May 24, 2026 10:16 PM

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We considered it the good stuff.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 24, 2026 11:27 PM (t1fZA)

279 266
So we were promised some earth-shattering event this weekend? What happened? ...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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It's about 7 AM in Tehran so nothing's happening over there.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 11:27 PM (D2ex+)

280 My one memory of HoJo's is grabbing a late-nite meal with my dad after he picked me up at the airport for a visit. There was a tremendous crashing sound, and we turned to see a semi-truck plummeting off an overpass onto the street below. The driver apparently swerved to avoid an oncoming car and breached the guard rail.

Posted by: PabloD at May 24, 2026 11:28 PM (PCZFY)

281 Pacifico is a decent Budweiser clone. I’d say they beat Budweiser at their game. Nice and crisp, good summer beer.

Prohibition killed American beer for a hundred years. Prior to that every town of any size had a brewery.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 24, 2026 11:28 PM (vATra)

282 @amuse

TEXAS SENATE RACE:
James Talarico (CIS) claims to oppose dark money. It turns out his super PAC is funded by the darkest money imaginable ...from Epstein associate Reid Hoffman, ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 11:30 PM (D2ex+)

283 Think what the country was like in 1972. I don't want to go back there. And we elected Carter in 1976.

The Turning Point type kids are more numerous than you might think.

Posted by: polynikes at May 24, 2026 11:30 PM (qrzX6)

284 Duff beer deserves a mention!
Posted by: TRex - duffman dino at May 24, 2026 11:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

I prefer Alamo.

Posted by: polynikes at May 24, 2026 11:32 PM (qrzX6)

285 OK, so every mass-produced beer in the US is awful. That's all I get told. Are mass-produced foreign beers any better?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 24, 2026 11:24 PM (HdYcL)

They really aren't awful, there just so-so. Average. Whelming.
Plenty of the same from other countries. Labatts and Molson from Canada. Harp and Smithwicks from across the pond. Varying degrees of whelm. Nothing great about them. But they don't need to be great.

Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2026 11:32 PM (QMAsf)

286 A PNW restaurant chain long gone as far as I know is Royal Fork. Buffet style dining for families on a budget.

Posted by: Rex B at May 24, 2026 11:33 PM (rgnea)

287 Iron City beer was not good. Sorry to those in Pittsburgh.

Posted by: polynikes at May 24, 2026 11:33 PM (qrzX6)

288 287 Iron City beer was not good. Sorry to those in Pittsburgh.
Posted by: polynikes at May 24, 2026 11:33 PM (qrzX6)

Mmmm. Tastes like slag.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 24, 2026 11:35 PM (bss/y)

289 " Iron City beer was not good. Sorry to those in Pittsburgh"
************
Iron City was made for people who breathed in coal dust or sweated in a steel mill. It didn't need to be good.

Posted by: Cosda at May 24, 2026 11:35 PM (CLMmB)

290 278

Michelob still IS one of AB's premium beers.

In answer to the question about whether mass-produced foreign beers are better than their U.S. counterparts, I would say it depends on what "mass produced" means in the European context.

Several German beers (and Guinness extra stout too) are clearly better, imo, than anything available in the U.S...., but what does "mass produced" mean?

Posted by: mnw at May 24, 2026 11:36 PM (RCjYY)

291 156, for the opposite reason as me... maybe try suspenders? No lack-a-friction to frustrate you.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 24, 2026 11:37 PM (aJQbY)

292 My one memory of HoJo's is grabbing a late-nite meal with my dad after he picked me up at the airport for a visit. There was a tremendous crashing sound, and we turned to see a semi-truck plummeting off an overpass onto the street below. The driver apparently swerved to avoid an oncoming car and breached the guard rail.
Posted by: PabloD

Hope he hadn't just left the HoJo's, because that would be a sphincter check.

Also hope he survived an 18-wheeler landing on him.....

Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 11:38 PM (VHUov)

293
I'm reading some more. This water deluge being more "flame/heat" protection vs sound suppression is complicate. As a near as can gather, the Saturn V system was the former.

They used a huge lateral flame trench and deflector setup to channel the shockwaves sideways so they didn't bounce back to the rocket. That was the "sound suppression" system. The water deluge was indeed just about flame/plume protection.

It was with the Shuttle they started used the water deluge for active sound suppression.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 24, 2026 11:38 PM (w6EFb)

294 Little Kings

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 24, 2026 11:38 PM (Cqx++)

295 I worked for a couple months at a Burger Chef in Pine Bluff Arkansas, can't quite recall the (rich guy) owner's name.

My mom's bowling team was sponsored by Pabst for a couple years, back in the 60's. They moved up to Pepsi sponsorship later. All I recall of the beer is it had a sort of "twang" to it.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 24, 2026 11:38 PM (vbXSk)

296 286 A PNW restaurant chain long gone as far as I know is Royal Fork. Buffet style dining for families on a budget.

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Another royalty-themed buffet was Sir George's in SoCal. They had this cut-rate knight motif -- think Camelot meets Chuckie Cheese. It was fine dining to me and we only got to go there on special occasions.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2026 11:39 PM (6/7Fs)

297 For the washer, its probably the mechanical timer. the contacts get burnt and won't connect well. you can get an old ignition file at the auto parts and clean them up the file is about a quarter inch wide and flexible just do a few stroke between each set of contacts you'll probably see that some are rougher (burnt) than others

Posted by: Lord Percy at May 24, 2026 11:39 PM (nftVU)

298 @clashreport
5h
Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee:

Our finger is on the trigger for the fourth battle.

On the other hand, of course, our officials are also negotiating to properly restore the rights of the Iranian nation.

This is the final stage, where the entirety of these 47 years, by the grace of Almighty God, will reach a conclusion that will ensure security is established in Iran for the next 50 years.
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Just nuke 'em.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 11:39 PM (D2ex+)

299 Had reheated baby back ribs, salad, and microwaved "baked" potatoes for dinner. Ribs very tasty, as was the salad. Taters were meh. Did not eat much. In 90+ degree heat my appetite is flagging.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2026 11:39 PM (8zz6B)

300 Piels. With Schultz and Dooley mugs

Posted by: Harry case at May 24, 2026 11:42 PM (Kg3Mf)

301 On the other hand, of course, our officials are also negotiating to properly restore the rights of the Iranian nation.

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It says a lot about where you are as a country when you have to negotiate for your "national rights" with someone you call The Great Satan.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2026 11:42 PM (6/7Fs)

302 53 Tank demon beat me to it. Where’s Sambos on the list of lost chains. Basically they renamed them since Sambos was racist and many than closed down.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 24, 2026 10:16 PM (2NHgQ)

Had to Google, I went to school in Santa Barbara - it was still Sambos back then, it was the first one opened, and I guess that last one renamed (they held out til 2020 before renaming under pressure) - it was a popular place to go.

Posted by: firehorse at May 24, 2026 11:43 PM (YWQSq)

303 Off to bed, y’all. Goodnight!

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 11:43 PM (p4NUW)

304 Several German beers (and Guinness extra stout too) are clearly better, imo, than anything available in the U.S...., but what does "mass produced" mean?
Posted by: mnw

Scale matters. "Mass produced" for a country of 5 million (Ireland) is different than for a country 80 million (Germany), or a country of 350 million (USA).

I'd say the other "mass produced" beers around us suck. Corona and Modelo to the south? Labatt, Molsons, and Fosters (made in Canada for the USA, not in Aussieland) to the north?

Negra Modelo is pretty okay, though.

Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 11:44 PM (VHUov)

305 Our finger is on the trigger for the fourth battle.

Is this another one of those chakras I hear about?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 24, 2026 11:44 PM (gKWVE)

306 I used to drink Michelob light. Came if the cool shapely brown bottle with a silver label. Regular Michelob had the Gold label. My dad always had Grain Belt Schlitz and Hamms in the fridge. Whenever he got a 12 pak i'd sneak 1 or two out save them until i had 10 or 12 and then me and my buddies would go into the woods and drink them .

Posted by: Big Alfredo at May 24, 2026 11:44 PM (Vdukr)

307 The first time I puked on beer was Old Milwaukee in 10th grade. Never touched the shit again.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 24, 2026 11:44 PM (D1E+2)

308 >Posted by: mikeski at May 24, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)
-----

Avalanche have just collapsed against Vegas. Inexplicable.

But, football is coming.

Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 11:45 PM (ZxPkt)

309 The only one on the list I remember eating at as a kid is Howard Johnson's... mom would take us there because they had fried clams - my mom loved fried clams. God I feel old lol.

Posted by: firehorse at May 24, 2026 11:45 PM (YWQSq)

310 Had to Google, I went to school in Santa Barbara - it was still Sambos back then, it was the first one opened, and I guess that last one renamed (they held out til 2020 before renaming under pressure) - it was a popular place to go.

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My first restaurant job was waiting tables at a Sambo's in Santa Ana CA. I worked the 10 pm to 6 am shift, so I've seen things.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2026 11:45 PM (6/7Fs)

311 ank demon beat me to it. Where’s Sambos on the list of lost chains. Basically they renamed them since Sambos was racist and many than closed down.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 24, 2026 10:16 PM (2NHgQ)

Had to Google, I went to school in Santa Barbara - it was still Sambos back then, it was the first one opened, and I guess that last one renamed (they held out til 2020 before renaming under pressure) - it was a popular place to go.
Posted by: firehorse

They go by BoJangles now?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 11:46 PM (/lPRQ)

312 Avalanche have just collapsed against Vegas. Inexplicable.
But, football is coming.
Posted by: Don Black at May 24, 2026 11:45 PM (ZxPkt)

You also got the Rockies!!

Posted by: gKWVE. Astros fan. Yeah. at May 24, 2026 11:47 PM (gKWVE)

313

Fehr's
Sterling
Wiedemann

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 24, 2026 11:48 PM (Cqx++)

314 I remember going to a Sambo’s in eastern PA, circa 1978.

Posted by: Mark in SC at May 24, 2026 11:48 PM (ZHMYh)

315 Our finger is on the trigger for the fourth battle.

Is this another one of those chakras I hear about?
Posted by: gKWVE at May 24, 2026 11:44 PM (gKWVE)

It's a code for getting with their fourth goat of the day.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 11:48 PM (qx7Zg)

316 It says a lot about where you are as a country when you have to negotiate for your "national rights" with someone you call The Great Satan.
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They're playing for global sympathy, because they're being picked on by the big bad superpower.

Lots of people are stupid enough to look past the fact that they want nuclear weapons so that they can blackmail everyone else, much like they're using the strait today.

Oh and kill all the Jews, of course. Maybe some of us if they can figure out the rest of the rocketry involved.

Posted by: Methos at May 24, 2026 11:48 PM (vSvIl)

317 As Trump has said, trying to negotiate with the mullahs can be frustrating... because different factions there take different positions on key issues.

I would say the key to making the ceasefire deal work is to keep the U.S. military in place near Iran-- for a long time. Something U.S. voters will hate.

Zero messed up Iraq by withdrawing the small U.S. residual military force there too soon. Hello, ISIS!

Posted by: mnw at May 24, 2026 11:48 PM (RCjYY)

318
They go by BoJangles now?

Berger Kangz

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 24, 2026 11:49 PM (Cqx++)

319 polynikes and in '72 the country elected Nixon (49 states?) amidst a maelstrom of idiocy, lies, and distortion from the "press" (which back then was practically homogenous, and very limited). Take that electorate back in a nanosecond over today's.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2026 11:49 PM (U/Byj)

320 Show some class and put in the front yard.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 11:22 PM (/lPRQ)

It was for a couple of days when I was doing the first attempts at figuring out what was wrong.
I moved it to the back yard so I could run the discharge hose onto the side of the garden and not waste all that water.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 24, 2026 11:49 PM (rbvCR)

321 FUN FACT: The Sambo's name came from the nickname of the chain's founder Sam Battistone. The little black Sambo character was from a children's book, and he was Indian, not black. Hence the tiger mascot.

Only (dot) Indians should have been offended.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2026 11:50 PM (6/7Fs)

322 Of course Sambo was Indian but I guess he identified as African-American.

Posted by: polynikes at May 24, 2026 11:50 PM (qrzX6)

323 the (EPA) said Sunday that a chemical storage tank in Southern California is likely to fail and has forced officials to declare emergency evacuation orders for tens of thousands residents
...
“We’re being told that the tank will fail, but there are different scenarios as to what that means, the most catastrophic scenario being an explosion that results in other tanks to explode. That’s the reason why you see such a big evacuation that’s been done in the surrounding areas.”

The malfunctioning tank holds approximately 5,000 to 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a flammable and volatile chemical used in plastics manufacturing for aerospace applications.
...
50,000 evacuated from Garden Grove, ...located 30 miles south of Los Angeles.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 11:51 PM (D2ex+)

324 Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2026 11:49 PM (U/Byj

We elected Trump three times.

Posted by: polynikes at May 24, 2026 11:52 PM (qrzX6)

325 50,000 evacuated from Garden Grove, ...located 30 miles south of Los Angeles.

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Garden Grove must be 50% Vietnamese. There are as many signs in Vietnamese as in English.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2026 11:52 PM (6/7Fs)

326 Had to Google, I went to school in Santa Barbara - it was still Sambos back then, it was the first one opened, and I guess that last one renamed (they held out til 2020 before renaming under pressure) - it was a popular place to go.
Posted by: firehorse

They go by BoJangles now?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 11:46 PM (/lPRQ)

Sad thing about that whole "racist" moral panic about Sambo's is that Little Black Sambo was dot Indian, not African, because it was a tiger he defeated. No tigers in Africa. And the whole point of the story is that he was a very clever kid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2026 11:53 PM (8zz6B)

327 Trump needs to get some kind of distraction going.
People are getting all antsy pantsy waiting for Iran to screw up again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 11:53 PM (D2ex+)

328 As Trump has said, trying to negotiate with the mullahs can be frustrating... because different factions there take different positions on key issues.

I would say the key to making the ceasefire deal work is to keep the U.S. military in place near Iran-- for a long time. Something U.S. voters will hate.

Zero messed up Iraq by withdrawing the small U.S. residual military force there too soon. Hello, ISIS!
Posted by: mnw at May 24, 2026 11:48 PM (RCjYY)

He could always tell them that the DoW AIs will decide whether to launch nuclear weapons at Iran. Currently, they nuke about 95% of the time, from articles I've seen.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 24, 2026 11:53 PM (qx7Zg)

329 Lucky Lager had the concentration type puzzles inside the cap.
Posted by: Cosda at May 24, 2026 11:26 PM (CLMmB)

They are called Rebus puzzles. My Grammie drank Lucky and she had me solve the puzzles. Lucky came in the shorty bottles.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 24, 2026 11:53 PM (rbvCR)

330 HEINEKIN??

F that Sh!

PABST
BLUE
RIBBON!!!

Posted by: Frank Booth at May 24, 2026 11:54 PM (CHHv1)

331 We elected Trump three times.
Posted by: polynikes

I honestly am astounded that they didn't disqualify him from the 2024 election due to that fact.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 24, 2026 11:54 PM (vhPr1)

332

Braenyard,

That is a bad situation out there.

I feel for the people who had to evacuate. Where did most of them have to go?

I just can't imagine the impact all of that is having on many lives.

Posted by: four seasons at May 24, 2026 11:54 PM (3ek7K)

333
They go by BoJangles now?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Thought they named it, Step 'n Fetch It.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 11:54 PM (D2ex+)

334 Back to just me. Good night all you good folks.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 24, 2026 11:55 PM (CHHv1)

335 And both houses of Congress continued to be controlled by the Dems for another 12 years after having it for almost 30 years already.

Posted by: polynikes at May 24, 2026 11:55 PM (qrzX6)

336 And polynikes I'll still take the other electorate - not just for presidential, but for everything down the line including culture and standards. Happy to have one that did what it did 3 times, but reverse Golden Days has become even more ridiculous than straight Golden Days syndrome.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2026 11:55 PM (U/Byj)

337

Beckoning,

Sleep well.

Posted by: four seasons at May 24, 2026 11:56 PM (3ek7K)

338 >>My first restaurant job was waiting tables at a Sambo's in Santa Ana CA. I worked the 10 pm to 6 am shift, so I've seen things.

Before I moved to PR I had to make some extra money so I got a 2nd job cleaning a McDonald's on an overnight shift. My work partner was an ex-con with issues. Whole different story.

I cleaned the grease traps between the flat top cooking areas, the fry machine and even the ice cream/shake machine. It was way over a decade before I could ever eat there again. I've seen horror you people wouldn't believe.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2026 11:56 PM (viF8m)

339 >> I’ve read the vibrations were really something at a Saturn V launch.

When the first tested the five F-1 cluster at Stennis back in '67, they shattered a bunch of windows miles away.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 24, 2026 11:56 PM (w6EFb)

340 The malfunctioning tank holds approximately 5,000 to 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a flammable and volatile chemical used in plastics manufacturing for aerospace applications.
...
50,000 evacuated from Garden Grove, ...located 30 miles south of Los Angeles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 11:51 PM (D2ex+)

Methyl methacrylate monomer is the base material for acrylic plastics like Lexan, Lucite, and Plexiglass. So, airplane windows.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2026 11:56 PM (8zz6B)

341 Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2026 11:56 PM (viF8m)

You had a working milkshake machine?

Posted by: polynikes at May 24, 2026 11:57 PM (qrzX6)

342 . It was fine dining to me and we only got to go there on special occasions.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2026 11:39 PM (6/7Fs)

Our local Royal Forks were a staple for my wife's family whenever they went out. My folks always went for a family run Chinese place "around the corner" from us when I was growing up. Ma was heartbroken when they sold.

Posted by: Rex B at May 24, 2026 11:57 PM (sW5jf)

343 Memories of desperately trying to finish one of those ridiculously huge Farrels rootbeer floats in the boat shaped glass bowl after little league games. Mom let us have zero sweets at home so it meant finish that at all costs. Oh the sweet agony of that ride home in the station wagon.

Posted by: Mad Manx at May 24, 2026 11:59 PM (hyQrc)

344 Not sure exactly where the evacuation areas are but yes looks at a glance like it includes much of Little Saigon. Close to Disneyland too. Garden Grove (like most of the flat lands in the region) was largely agricultural until the 50s boom onward. And in terms of demographics, had a lot of Japanese-Americans up til the 70s (possibly spilling over from nearby Torrance).

Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2026 11:59 PM (U/Byj)

345 323 the (EPA) said Sunday that a chemical storage tank in Southern California is likely to fail and has forced officials to declare emergency evacuation orders for tens of thousands residents
...
“We’re being told that the tank will fail, but there are different scenarios as to what that means, the most catastrophic scenario being an explosion ...

Just a few miles from Knotts Berry Farm and Disneyland/already within the evacuation zone but not closed down... Let's see them woke their way out of this one.

Will be as if the Pacific Palisades/Fire went Orange.
He who puts his faith in Politicos is a creature who's existence is soon to be without value.

But don't worry, KaliforniaPsycho/Gavin has come to the rescue.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PutASmileOnThatFace
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 24, 2026 11:59 PM (8p8zX)

346 The malfunctioning tank holds approximately 5,000 to 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a flammable and volatile chemical used in plastics manufacturing for aerospace applications.
...
50,000 evacuated from Garden Grove, ...located 30 miles south of Los Angeles.
Posted by: Braenyard
===

Not so bad when you look up the Wiki...

... Another application is as cement used in total hip replacements as well as total knee replacements. Used as the "grout" by orthopedic surgeons to make the bone inserts fix into bone...

... the LD50 is 7–10 g/kg (oral, rat). It is an irritant to the eyes and can cause redness and pain.[18][19] Irritation of the skin, eye, and nasal cavity has been observed in rodents and rabbits exposed to relatively high concentrations of methyl methacrylate. Methyl methacrylate is a mild skin irritant in humans and has the potential to induce skin sensitization in susceptible individuals

open a valve and let the secondary containment catch it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2026 11:59 PM (/lPRQ)

347 I don't know how people think of the late 60's to mid 70's were any type of golden days.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:00 AM (qrzX6)

348 >>You had a working milkshake machine?

Occasionally. It was never a sure thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2026 12:00 AM (viF8m)

349

Do you think is worrying how he can pay for the citizens there to evacuate?

Oh no, he has to save up money to pay for Ipads for prisoners and "free" diapers for the poor.

What a POS.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)

350 Crap! Been dry as a bone around here, now pouring rain, and forecast to continue through tomorrow. I have attended the Memorial Day service at the State Veteran's Cemtery for years. This is an outdoor service, at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. I feel my resolve to attend slipping away.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 12:02 AM (XeU6L)

351 @MOSSADil
·
2h
In Tehran, the IRGC is already staging “victory” marches under the emerging agreement, parading ballistic missiles from underground bases while senior regime officials reemerge from bunkers. Tehran is signaling that the regime survived, rearmed, and is ready for the next phase.

Posted by: Don Black at May 25, 2026 12:02 AM (ZxPkt)

352 I saw an in-the-wild tranny this evening at the mart of Wal. Won't give it's first name, but if its last name was "Dolittle", you could guess the first. Fat, no chesticular protuberances at all, ugly, stringy blonde hair. Looked like a younger, seedier version of that crazy Admiral. Masculine voice, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 12:02 AM (8zz6B)

353 Oh no, he has to save up money to pay for Ipads for prisoners and "free" diapers for the poor.

What a POS.

---------

You won't be sneering when you see our meth addicts sporting perfect smiles courtesy of dental implants supplied by the state.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 12:03 AM (6/7Fs)

354 Sad thing about that whole "racist" moral panic about Sambo's is that Little Black Sambo was dot Indian, not African, because it was a tiger he defeated. No tigers in Africa. And the whole point of the story is that he was a very clever kid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2026 11:53 PM (8zz6B)

It is related to the Tiger Grandma story from SE Asia where the Grandma got robbed of everything on the way home by the tigers, including her hands and head, which the tigers tried to use to get the grandchildren to open the door for them so they could eat the children too. It is a version of Red Riding Hood, but without the Woodsman.
I think it also reflects the original Astarte story about how Astarte went to the underworld to save a servant and had to trade everything she had a bit at a time to bribe her way past the demons guarding the various portals in Hell.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 25, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)

355 Evenin’, All. A good Memorial Day to everyone.

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 12:04 AM (77rzZ)

356 the (EPA) said Sunday that a chemical storage tank in Southern California is likely to fail and has forced officials to declare emergency evacuation orders for tens of thousands residents
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Just dump the contents in the nearest waterway.

Posted by: Kharg Island Engineers local #54 at May 25, 2026 12:05 AM (vSvIl)

357 We elected Trump three times.
Posted by: polynikes

I honestly am astounded that they didn't disqualify him from the 2024 election due to that fact.
Posted by: Tonypete

You can bet the UniParty "war-gamed" it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2026 12:05 AM (/lPRQ)

358 Sad thing about that whole "racist" moral panic about Sambo's is that Little Black Sambo was dot Indian, not African, because it was a tiger he defeated. No tigers in Africa. And the whole point of the story is that he was a very clever kid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

"Sambo" is also the name of a Soviet martial art.

There's a Japanese band named for it.

"Sambomaster."

Wonder what kind of fallout they'd get for touring the USA today?

https://youtu.be/lNFSL6To3zI

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 12:05 AM (VHUov)

359 I thought little black sambo had the tiger run in circles enough to turn him into butter?

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:05 AM (qrzX6)

360 >>>I've seen horror you people wouldn't believe.

Posted by: JackStraw

>C'mon. It was only bad the first time, if you did your job right.

I've seen these things. A good produce manager in a grocery store is hard to find.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 12:06 AM (D1E+2)

361 Lone Star long-necks to Old Style to Point… trying to make that into a song along the lines of Route 66.

Seem to be stuck in '70s memories tonight. After college, I would keep a variety of beers in the fridge. Might have Mickey's or Little Kings, Heinlein, Michelob, Corona, on and on. Usually had one type for a little while, then switched.

I remember a cousin coming by and razzing me because the last time he'd visited I was drinking Heiney's. WTF, dude? That was briefly and many moons back. People are funny.

Dang. Now I want a Guinness.

https://youtu.be/CsvupI8pNN4?t=52

Posted by: mindful webworker - beer beer beer at May 25, 2026 12:06 AM (0poB+)

362 And the whole point of the story is that he was a very clever kid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Collected a bucket of butter to boot, if I recall.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 12:06 AM (XeU6L)

363 Remembering our heroes with tranny fluid?

Posted by: Beelzebubba at May 25, 2026 12:06 AM (bufu1)

364 Just dump the contents in the nearest waterway.
Posted by: Kharg Island Engineers local #54 at May 25, 2026 12:05 AM (vSvIl)

Maybe the sewage from Mexico now on the California coast can cancel it out.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:07 AM (qrzX6)

365 I thought little black sambo had the tiger run in circles enough to turn him into butter?
Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:05 AM (qrzX6)

That's right. He defeated the tiger by outwitting it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 12:08 AM (8zz6B)

366 193 She's cute and makes cool post-punk songs.

https://tinyurl.com/3vk5ccvt

Otherwise, hello folks.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Huh, I like it. It's AI slop, but very listenable AI slop. Will have to explore further that YT page.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 25, 2026 12:08 AM (sAmhv)

367 If Iran surrenders the enriched uranium, then whatever else that was necessary to get it is acceptable. If we don’t get it - well that’s what I would have expected from Kamala.

I’m not predicting anything, I’m going to wait and see.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 12:09 AM (U0opd)

368
Cicero,

The good thing about the dentures for the addicts is they will look good when they are robbing or killing you.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 12:10 AM (3ek7K)

369 361

Heineken beer.

Heinlien was the SF writer.

Posted by: mnw at May 25, 2026 12:10 AM (RCjYY)

370 Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 12:09 AM (U0opd

Their enriched uranium is probably already in the same place as Iraq's missing VX gas.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:10 AM (qrzX6)

371 Ahhh, Sambo's restaurants... used to get with some friends and go there for late-night entertainment on Friday or Saturday nights. *Interesting stuff* would happen there after the bars closed, LOL!

One time, a lady came in with a couple others and they started singing. Well, the one lady was so enthusiastic, she got up onto a chair to sing-- and then got up onto a table to sing some more AND dance! Hahaha, dee-runk she was!

Posted by: JQ at May 25, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

372 Cicero,

The good thing about the dentures for the addicts is they will look good when they are robbing or killing you.

---------

Karen Bass thinks it will let them all get high-paying jobs as venture capitalists.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 12:11 AM (6/7Fs)

373 That Indian kid went on to invent that ice-rink machine, the Samboni.

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 12:11 AM (77rzZ)

374 367

Agreed.

Posted by: mnw at May 25, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)

375 Sambo was Frodo's loyal companion.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:12 AM (qrzX6)

376 Hudepohl 14K

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 12:12 AM (Cqx++)

377 Bob Dylan wrote a famous song called "Hey Mr. Sambo-reen Man"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 12:13 AM (6/7Fs)

378
Lol Cicero

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 12:13 AM (3ek7K)

379 Find out where the enriched uranium is stored. Hit the site with a bunker-buster nuke. If they are storing it under a girls' school, too bad, so sad.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 12:14 AM (8zz6B)

380 >>>I've seen horror you people wouldn't believe.

Posted by: JackStraw

Worked as a baker at local grocery store in HS.
Took a summer job at a different store I during a summer break in college.

First day on the job I taste tested some donuts... bitter.
Drained the fryer to change the shortening. Got seven five gallon buckets of soot out of it... they probably never cleaned it in over a year.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2026 12:14 AM (/lPRQ)

381 I'm hungry for Little Debbie yellow cake.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 12:14 AM (Cqx++)

382 I'm hungry for Little Debbie yellow cake.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 12:14 AM (Cq

LD Swiss Roll for me please.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:15 AM (qrzX6)

383
AOP,

Yep

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 12:16 AM (3ek7K)

384 Unfortunately, Sambo’s son got involved with that Philistine chick, who cut his hair off.

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 12:16 AM (77rzZ)

385 Wait.. I thought Little Black Sambo got threatened by a succession of tigers, trading a piece of his brand-new clothing to each in order that they would spare his life? And then the tigers saw each other with the dandy new duds, got jealous, and chased each other 'round & 'round a tree until they all melted down into butter?

And then LBS took back his clothing, scooped up the butter and brought it back to his Mammy & she cooked for him and he ate eleventy-seven pancakes?

Or, maybe I got told a different story...

Posted by: JQ at May 25, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)

386 Indianapolis 500 - Felix Rosenqvist won in one of the more entertaining 500's I've ever watched and I've watched a lot of them. One hell of a finish!

Coca Cola 600 - Daniel Suárez won. Another very good race that the weather screwed up.

No idea about the Canadian Grand Prix. F1 is exclusive to Apple+ TV and I already have too many streaming services. Probably pair it back next year.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 25, 2026 12:17 AM (sAmhv)

387 >>>I've seen horror you people wouldn't believe.

Posted by: JackStraw

>C'mon. It was only bad the first time, if you did your job right.

I've seen these things. A good produce manager in a grocery store is hard to find.

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 25, 2026 12:18 AM (CHHv1)

388 hearing chatter on X that onlyfans got pwnd and hax00rd

@StarPlatinum_
OnlyFans is Hacked 🚨
Apparently OnlyFans has been hacked and they're selling the complete database of 340 million users
including data of content creators and consumers.
The leaked data includes
- Usernames and profile names
- Email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Account creation dates
- Follower/subscriber metrics
- Creator/fan rankings
- Linked social media profiles
- Partial payment card metadata (last 4 digits of the card)
The result of this is going to be a massive wave of extortion attempts against users

Posted by: gKWVE at May 25, 2026 12:19 AM (gKWVE)

389 I worked in a Winn Dixie. Never trusted the butchers.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:19 AM (qrzX6)

390 That Indian kid went on to invent that ice-rink machine, the Samboni.
Posted by: Bulg

Two minutes for unsportsmanlike punduct.

Posted by: the ref at May 25, 2026 12:20 AM (VHUov)

391 And then LBS took back his clothing, scooped up the butter and brought it back to his Mammy & she cooked for him and he ate eleventy-seven pancakes?

Or, maybe I got told a different story...
Posted by: JQ at May 25, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)

--------

I thinks that's a pretty good rendition of the story. I hear Christopher Nolan is planning a filmed version with a cast made entirely of Irish.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 12:20 AM (6/7Fs)

392 ... on the other hand, Grok is saying it's bullshit

Posted by: gKWVE at May 25, 2026 12:21 AM (gKWVE)

393 Posted by: gKWVE at May 25, 2026 12:19 AM (gKWVE)

I've always advocated for international death penalty for hackers.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:21 AM (qrzX6)

394 I read in an Obama-Biden Newsletter not too long ago, about the El Salvadorian who cured cancer and the Venezuelan physicist who invented cold fusion. True story, guys.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 12:21 AM (D1E+2)

395 295 My mom's howling team was sponsored by (...)
- - - - - -
My brain misread the original post and came up with that. It *does* sound like fun... ;-)

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at May 25, 2026 12:22 AM (flLTR)

396 Find out where the enriched uranium is stored. Hit the site with a bunker-buster nuke. If they are storing it under a girls' school, too bad, so sad.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

They may be dominated by the Arab mind and claiming all kinds of Shiite they do not have. IRBMs, ICBMs, hyper missiles, Nukes (ready to assemble), enough famous for ten nukes, etc.
They are just holding them "in reserve"... after blindly lashing out at everyone around them for weeks...
Yup, just holding the good stuff in reserve.

Hard to give up what you do not have.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2026 12:23 AM (/lPRQ)

397 >>First day on the job I taste tested some donuts... bitter.
Drained the fryer to change the shortening. Got seven five gallon buckets of soot out of it... they probably never cleaned it in over a year.

Also had a part-time job working as a dishwasher in a high end country club in high school. I'm a big a fan of home cooking.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2026 12:23 AM (viF8m)

398 Dad liked Hamm's beer. Or Coors. Heh, no "lite" beer for him!

Posted by: JQ at May 25, 2026 12:23 AM (rdVOm)

399 We would appreciate it very much if you could bring more expensive craft beers with your group the next time you go floating, just in case your craft overturns and leaves the beer for us.

Also, bringing weenie tots and other meats is appreciated!

Posted by: River Fishes at May 25, 2026 12:23 AM (yO07m)

400 I always thought Drew Carey was one of the reasonable celebrities. I thought wrong. What an asshoe.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:24 AM (qrzX6)

401 r hennigantx, back at #55: If the person who ordered it ate the entire sundae, employees would come out banging on a drum, announce the accomplishment to the entire restaurant, and present the customer with either a ribbon or a pinback button that said, "I made a pig of myself at Farrell's!"

I remember that scene in Bill & Ted's.
https://youtu.be/6NzdphRY2IM

Posted by: mindful webworker - Napoleonitan at May 25, 2026 12:24 AM (0poB+)

402 Orwell wrote in 'Down and Out In London and Paris' about working in restaurants:

"Looking round that filthy room, with raw meat lying among the refuse on the floor, and cold, clotted saucepans sprawling everywhere, and the sink blocked and coated with grease, I used to wonder whether there could be a restaurant in the world as bad as ours. But the other three all said they had been in dirtier places"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 12:25 AM (XeU6L)

403 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2026 12:23 AM (/lPRQ)

They got help.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:25 AM (qrzX6)

404 So, this happened: found a Motorola cellphone on the ground in my yard today, here in AJ. Glass over screen is smashed, but it boots up Android, and indicates its on the T-Mobile network. Wants a PIN to get into it. Touch screen still works.

Would ADBridge let me get into the phone and reset the password? Mostly wondering if it would help me find the phone's rightful owner. Any suggestions?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 12:25 AM (8zz6B)

405 I've always advocated for international death penalty for hackers.
Posted by: polynikes

How do you distinguish between them and various countries NSA types?

Oh, they are exactly the same.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2026 12:26 AM (/lPRQ)

406 361
Heineken beer.
Heinlien was the SF writer.
Posted by: mnw

Uhhhh, right.

Heh.

Can I blame autocucumber?

Posted by: mindful webworker - Napoleonitan at May 25, 2026 12:27 AM (0poB+)

407 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 12:25 AM (XeU6L)

The Jungle by the commie Upton Sinclair tells of a similar story in the meat packing industry.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:28 AM (qrzX6)

408 400 What did Drew Carey say/do?

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 12:28 AM (77rzZ)

409 We would appreciate it very much if you could bring more expensive craft beers with your group the next time you go floating, just in case your craft overturns and leaves the beer for us.

Also, bringing weenie tots and other meats is appreciated!
Posted by: River Fishes

Beer floats.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2026 12:29 AM (/lPRQ)

410
He didn't do anything to improve his looks.

He is still a fat of piece of shit.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 12:30 AM (3ek7K)

411 What did Drew Carey say/do?
Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 12:28 AM (77rzZ)

Went on a profane rant about Spencer Pratt and his supporters.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:30 AM (qrzX6)

412 What did Drew Carey say/do?
Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 12:28 AM (77rzZ)

Didn't stay concealed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 12:31 AM (8zz6B)

413 Navy Secretary Hung: The U.S. has paused a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan.
--

What's going on?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 12:31 AM (D2ex+)

414 Cheap beer? I recall buying Chief Oskosh for $2.05 for an 8-pack. I see that they closed in 1971.

Image of the can that I recall:
https://shorturl.at/DXeVM

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 12:31 AM (XeU6L)

415 Shame about Carey. I liked him. Oh well.

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 12:31 AM (77rzZ)

416 Navy Secretary Hung: The U.S. has paused a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan.
--

What's going on?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 12:31 AM (D2ex+)

Whatever it is I don't like it.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:32 AM (qrzX6)

417 The Jungle by the commie Upton Sinclair tells of a similar story in the meat packing industry.
Posted by: polynikes
--------

Yup. Read it waaaay back. Caused a scandal at the time of publishing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 12:34 AM (XeU6L)

418 Ever had an Arthur C. Clarke bar?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 12:34 AM (Cqx++)

419 Ever had an Arthur C. Clarke bar?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 12:34 AM (Cq

Out of this world

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:35 AM (qrzX6)

420 I loved Farrells - ours was at a prime spot in Scottsdale, spent many happy times there. Best ice cream place ever!
Last time I was there, saw that there’s a many storied office tower on the location.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 12:35 AM (U0opd)

421 Ever had an Arthur C. Clarke bar?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Indistinguishable from a Butterfinger.

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 12:36 AM (VHUov)

422 @MOSSADil
In Tehran, the IRGC is already staging “victory” marches under the emerging agreement, parading ballistic missiles from underground bases while senior regime officials reemerge from bunkers. Tehran is signaling that the regime survived, rearmed, and is ready for the next phase.
Posted by: Don Black

Sure, sure. That's what the Israelis want Trump to believe, so he'll keep attacking them.

With any luck, it would work.

If true, it does seem to me like it would be whatchacall a target-rich environment.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Napoleonitan at May 25, 2026 12:36 AM (0poB+)

423 Ever had an Arthur C. Clarke bar?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 12:34 AM (Cqx++)

Reminded me that a lot of people still think the Baby Ruth bar was named after Babe Ruth.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:36 AM (qrzX6)

424 In college in the mumbly mumbly's we would splurge by walking down to the Red Barn for burgers and then over to Arthur Treachers for Fish and Chips. Back at the dorm we'd wash it all down with some 99c/six pack Knickerbocker and maybe some Freihofer's Chocolate Chip Cookies for dessert.

Here in So. Cal we mourn the demise of Charlie Brown's Steakhouse, Francisco's coffee shop and Pioneer Chicken among others....

In Florida we used to go to Bonanza Steak House....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 12:36 AM (QGaXH)

425 A paraglider gets hit by a Cessna 172 near the Austrian town of Zell am See.

According to police, the 44-year-old Austrian had started from Schmittenhöhe in the direction of Piesendorf. Above the Pinzgauer Hütte, she collided at 1:15 p.m. with the Cessna piloted by a 28-year-old.

The pilot of the Cessna, which flew from the Glemm Valley in the direction of Zell am See, was able to land the aircraft safely at Zell am See Airport.

video: https://tinyurl.com/yv4fvyee

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 12:36 AM (D2ex+)

426 >>> Newsom Declares State of Emergency in Orange County as Experts Warn Chemical Tank Could Explode – Firefighters Find Crack in Tank

I thought it was methyl methacrylate.

Save the crack, sell it, and trick out your fire trucks.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2026 12:36 AM (/lPRQ)

427 A cruise missile sale to Japan was delayed so that the US could restock its supplies. Haven't seen any reason for the Taiwan pause.

A shame about Carey. Someone I know (much younger) headed out to Hollyweird to try do comedy back in the day, like most didn't make it, but for a while did end up as a personal assistant to Carey's side-kick comedian guy (Ryan something? tall skinny guy) and maybe a bit for Carey as well. Said they were super nice to work with and made a point of not forgetting how they had slept in their cars before "making it".

Also, Carey I believe made a point of visiting vets hospitals, Walter Reed and Bethesda when he was in DC, and instructed his people "no publicity". If true, that seemed good. He was in the Marines.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2026 12:37 AM (U/Byj)

428 So drew carey is just another useless leftist slob. Why is everyone in that industry so worthless?

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 12:37 AM (U0opd)

429 A paraglider gets hit by a Cessna 172 near the Austrian town of Zell am See.
===

Technically I think the paraglider would have had the right of way.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 25, 2026 12:39 AM (/lPRQ)

430 In Florida we used to go to Bonanza Steak House....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 12:36 AM (QGaXH)

They had a similar chain called The Ponderosa .

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:39 AM (qrzX6)

431 What did Drew Carey say/do?
Posted by: Bulg

Went on a profane rant about Spencer Pratt and his supporters.
Posted by: polynikes
......

He just has the hots for Karen Bass.

Posted by: wth at May 25, 2026 12:39 AM (oq9dX)

432 I miss Skipper's Fish 'n' Chips restaurants.

Posted by: JQ at May 25, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)

433 Bear Whiz Beer

"It's in the water, that's why it's yellow...."

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 12:40 AM (QGaXH)

434 ARiK don't think those chains made it south of the Orange Curtain. Oscar's was a local star that faded away. Of course Jack in the Box started here but didn't go national til the 80s, I think?

Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2026 12:40 AM (U/Byj)

435 Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2026 12:37 AM (U/Byj)

He used to identify himself as a Libertarian. I think I see the problem.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:41 AM (qrzX6)

436 Watching reruns of Rockford Files. Reminds me of the Los Angeles I came to as a fresh college grad....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 12:41 AM (QGaXH)

437 Maybe Drew Carey needs a new set of teeth?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 12:42 AM (Cqx++)

438 I have an assorted collection of church keys that are branded by the old local breweries dating back to WW11. Am I getting old?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 12:42 AM (D1E+2)

439 Back in the day, it was illegal to sell Coors in Missouri. The proffered reason was that it was not pasteurized and therefore unsafe. The real reason is because Anheuser-Busch is located in St. Louis and could get the legislature to squash its competition. My grandfather and his buddies loved Coors so much that they would drive to Colorado, load a pickup bed full of cases of the stuff and drive it back. A real-life Smokey and the Bandit scenario, but without the cool Trans-Am.

Posted by: PabloD at May 25, 2026 12:43 AM (PCZFY)

440 Bear Whiz Beer

"It's in the water, that's why it's yellow...."
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
---------

I forget the comedian;

'They stopped making Billy beer...
the horse died'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 12:43 AM (XeU6L)

441 HMS Lyme Bay seen loading ammunition, supplies, and mine-hunting sea drones in Gibraltar while en route to the Strait of Hormuz region

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 12:44 AM (D2ex+)

442 438

That's an interesting hobby.

Posted by: mnw at May 25, 2026 12:44 AM (RCjYY)

443 Ever had an Arthur C. Clarke bar?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Indistinguishable from a Butterfinger.
Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 12:36 AM (VHUov)

Once you have a Buttafuocofinger, you never go back. You become obsessed, even.

Posted by: Amy Fisher at May 25, 2026 12:44 AM (wVcYX)

444 Zell am See Austria was the actual location where the "Band of Brothers" (501 PIR/E Company) ended their war. The TV series filmed at a similar location in Switzerland.

The Nixon character was given many great lines, one of his best, and under-appreciated, was as he was climbing the stairs at the Grand Hotel, the beautiful building set on the spectacular lake, as they arrived. "We should be comfortable here".

Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2026 12:44 AM (U/Byj)

445 154 The Bicentennial Coke commercial got me the thinking about the Tall Ship parade in NY Harbor for that Birthday. First hit that come up for "Operation Sail" on YT and there in plain sight and still standing 25 years ago are the Twin Towers. Too much has changed.

https://youtu.be/nppINIM3fEI?
Posted by: Rex B at May 24, 2026 10:46 PM (rgnea)

I still find it hard to watch the opening of 'Barney Miller'...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 12:45 AM (QGaXH)

446 Whose Line Is It Anyway was always pretty good. After Drew Carey hosted it he was replaced by Archer's Lana.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:45 AM (qrzX6)

447 Smells like rain outside, but no sign of water on the ground, and none falling. Guess the petrichor scent is being wafted here by the southeast win.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 12:45 AM (8zz6B)

448 >>Navy Secretary Hung: The U.S. has paused a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan.
--

>>What's going on?

China is Iran's biggest customer by far. Venezuela was too. Trump recently had a big meeting in China. And now it appears Iran is ready to make a deal.

Might be a coincidence but Trump is looking to change the world order not just make deals.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2026 12:46 AM (viF8m)

449 411 What did Drew Carey say/do?
Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 12:28 AM (77rzZ)

Went on a profane rant about Spencer Pratt and his supporters.
Posted by: polynikes

His blue collar roots are long in the past now. He's been in LA LA land for a long time. He's more that than Cleveland now.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 25, 2026 12:46 AM (sAmhv)

450 The Nixon character was given many great lines, one of his best, and under-appreciated, was as he was climbing the stairs at the Grand Hotel, the beautiful building set on the spectacular lake, as they arrived. "We should be comfortable here".

Posted by: rhomboid
-------
2nd Lt. George Rice: Looks like you guys are going to be surrounded. Richard Winters: We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 12:47 AM (XeU6L)

451 LAAANAAAA!!!

Danger zone...

Posted by: PabloD at May 25, 2026 12:47 AM (PCZFY)

452 The pause in the sell of military equipment to Taiwan came right after his meeting with Xi.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:48 AM (qrzX6)

453 Holy Smokes! Just noticed Google home page has a vaguely patriotic 'doodle' for Memorial day.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 12:49 AM (QGaXH)

454 We're gonna hafta killlem sooner or later.
_T. Jefferson

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 12:49 AM (D2ex+)

455 HoJos had the franchise for the plazas on the PA Turnpike. As a matter of fact, my sister worked at one.
Automat. Pretty much NYC, but I did buy coffee and donuts out of them in the early 60s
White Tower was a knockoff of White Castle. There was one in.my home town, about about a hundred feet and 2 bars from the W.E. factory gate. Bachelors who made it past those would stop for dinner. Good sliders. IIRC, they were 6 for a buck. I hit it mainly for coffee after the bars closed.
Farrells. I lived in the PDX area and had kids. 'Nuff said.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 25, 2026 12:51 AM (mSL0+)

456 This is me signing off for the night. What's your sign?

Used to see her at Chicago's Green Mill
https://youtu.be/bPmajKYTkfA

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - leonine or leoten, whatever it takes at May 25, 2026 12:53 AM (0poB+)

457 Looked at dispassionately, this talk about a deal is downright comical. A lot of people who said 24 hours ago that there would be a deal now say there won’t be.

None of them know shit about will or will not actually happen.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 12:54 AM (U0opd)

458 In Florida we used to go to Bonanza Steak House....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia

They had a similar chain called The Ponderosa .
Posted by: polynikes

Both were nationwide. They were grade school mikeski's favorites when we'd go to the Big City for some reason. All-you-can-eat fried shrimp!

* searches *

They still exist, but they're down to 21 restaurants.

Minnesota still has one: a Bonanza in Saint Cloud.

Florida is also down to one: a Ponderosa in Kissimmee.

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 12:55 AM (VHUov)

459 If I posted a warning sign, it would be either

Beware of Wife and Cat
The dog's ok.

-- or --

Warning.
Extreme
Sarcasm
Ahead

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 25, 2026 12:55 AM (qx7Zg)

460 I like Coors beer. Not so much the Light, I'll drink it, but won't buy it. It's too light.

My brother wouldn't touch the stuff because he is convinced the brand contains lead and mercury in the water. I'm like, "Dude, you're retired and worried about that?" I'd be more worried about a frozen pizza.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 12:55 AM (D1E+2)

461 Looked at dispassionately, this talk about a deal is downright comical. A lot of people who said 24 hours ago that there would be a deal now say there won’t be.

None of them know shit about will or will not actually happen.
Posted by: Tom Servo

In fairness, they're trying to predict the behavior of muslims.

Posted by: mikeski flips a whole roll of coins at May 25, 2026 12:56 AM (VHUov)

462 17 years old, but a fairly dense beard, especially if I didn't shave for a day. Back door into the Rabbits to the bar. A buck seventy five (quarter tip) on the bar ; "Three quarts of Iron to go." Out the back door into the car waiting in the alley, and off to a party.

Then there's "Schmidt's of Philadelphia". Served in the PX at Ft Monmouth. Drank a lot of that.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 25, 2026 12:57 AM (mSL0+)

463 457 Looked at dispassionately, this talk about a deal is downright comical. A lot of people who said 24 hours ago that there would be a deal now say there won’t be.

None of them know shit about will or will not actually happen.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 12:54 AM (U0opd)

I think the real problem is that no one is really in charge in Iran. We decapitated their leadership... and now there is a major power struggle going on with the various factions each ignoring each other.

So... we make a deal with one, but there is no guarantee that the deal holds because other splinter groups will say... nah...

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 25, 2026 12:57 AM (mP0Kj)

464 And now it appears Iran is ready to make a deal.
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Do they?

All I've heard from them is demands for our unconditional surrender. Repeated right after Trump asserts that a deal is almost there.

For weeks.

Posted by: Methos at May 25, 2026 12:58 AM (vSvIl)

465 In fairness, they're trying to predict the behavior of muslims.
Posted by: mikeski flips a whole roll of coins at May 25, 2026 12:56 AM (VHUov)

They will behave badly. It's a feature, you know.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 12:59 AM (8zz6B)

466 460 I like Coors beer. Not so much the Light, I'll drink it, but won't buy it. It's too light.

My brother wouldn't touch the stuff because he is convinced the brand contains lead and mercury in the water. I'm like, "Dude, you're retired and worried about that?" I'd be more worried about a frozen pizza.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 12:55 AM (D1E+2)

I keep two beers around the house for normal everyday type drinkin...

Coors Light for daytime next to the pool... 805s for evenin.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 25, 2026 12:59 AM (mP0Kj)

467 The aircraft carriers are for the splinter groups.

Posted by: mnw at May 25, 2026 12:59 AM (RCjYY)

468 Apparently this week it will be constant rane, hele, thundre, litnin and frizzing colde.

Really bad spell of weather.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 25, 2026 01:00 AM (qx7Zg)

469 Rain keeps coming rain keeps coming down down down...
One fine day we will have sunshine, but rain in the forecast for the rest of the week. Two weeks ago we were in a drought. Now it's watch for flooding. If we get three straight days without rain we will be in a drought again. The weather people just say that so we can't burn brush piles Assholes.

Posted by: Case at May 25, 2026 01:02 AM (8XBuM)

470 @Osint613 - 13h
Netanyahu: "My policy, like President Trump's policy, remains unchanged: Iran will not have nuclear weapons."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 01:04 AM (D2ex+)

471
It was getting pretty dry here, all over SC, (and GA, NC, FL). I was about 7" behind normal for the year. I've got 3.73" out of this last system, which is making a dent in that, but still behind over 3".

So far, ground has soaked it up pretty good -- it hasn't come down fast enough for too much runoff yet.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 25, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)

472 468 Apparently this week it will be constant rane, hele, thundre, litnin and frizzing colde.

Really bad spell of weather.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 25, 2026 01:00 AM (qx7Zg)

Note, Wyoming and Colorado just experienced some first class Globull Warmering!

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 25, 2026 01:08 AM (mP0Kj)

473 Iranian negotiators are demanding the immediate release of $12 billion in frozen assets held in Qatar as a precondition for advancing talks with the USA.

The Qataris are clearly in talks with the IRGC, which is a designated terrorist organization, and are trying to bribe them into reaching an agreement.

Source: Iran International
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This is where the money talk is coming from?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 01:08 AM (D2ex+)

474 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 25, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)

Calif was looking at a really low snow pack this year... until the last couple of months.

Really late storms which really impacted the runoff.

Yosemite's Falls are spectacular right now.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 25, 2026 01:10 AM (mP0Kj)

475 Well, 2200 here, time for bed if I am going to get up at 0600. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 01:10 AM (8zz6B)

476 >>>Coors Light for daytime next to the pool... 805s for evenin.

Posted by: Romeo13

>Truth be told, I'll drink any beer if offered. I used to take a case of Tecate to my barber whenever I needed a haircut. Then it got all fashionable, and the price doubled.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 01:11 AM (D1E+2)

477 Maybe half of CA is saved from fire.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 01:11 AM (D2ex+)

478 302 53 Tank demon beat me to it. Where’s Sambos on the list of lost chains. Basically they renamed them since Sambos was racist and many than closed down.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 24, 2026 10:16 PM (2NHgQ)

Had to Google, I went to school in Santa Barbara - it was still Sambos back then, it was the first one opened, and I guess that last one renamed (they held out til 2020 before renaming under pressure) - it was a popular place to go.
Posted by: firehorse at May 24, 2026 11:43 PM (YWQSq)

Carrow's was another popular So. Cal eatery that apparently has bit the dust. Our local one is now a Pho place.

Big Yellow House is gone too with Coco's not far behind.

Marie's hangs in there however.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 01:11 AM (QGaXH)

479 Iranian negotiators are demanding the immediate release of $12 billion in frozen assets held in Qatar as a precondition for advancing talks with the USA.
......

The check's in the mail.
Launch code green. Fire at will.

Posted by: wth at May 25, 2026 01:14 AM (oq9dX)

480 20-year-old Ava Rahmani-Rad was murdered by the Islamic regime in Iran while protesting for a free Iran on the streets of Tehran on January 9th 2026.

She was shot in the neck.

Security forces kept firing on anyone trying to run up to her to stop the bleeding.
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If we don't kill them now they will come for us again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 01:14 AM (D2ex+)

481 >>Do they?

If not the blockade isn't going anywhere and we have enough fire power on the doorstep to blow Iran into oblivion.

I'm ok with Iran being choked to death and none of our side being killed until they relent.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2026 01:14 AM (viF8m)

482 323 the (EPA) said Sunday that a chemical storage tank in Southern California is likely to fail and has forced officials to declare emergency evacuation orders for tens of thousands residents
...
“We’re being told that the tank will fail, but there are different scenarios as to what that means, the most catastrophic scenario being an explosion that results in other tanks to explode. That’s the reason why you see such a big evacuation that’s been done in the surrounding areas.”

The malfunctioning tank holds approximately 5,000 to 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a flammable and volatile chemical used in plastics manufacturing for aerospace applications.
...
50,000 evacuated from Garden Grove, ...located 30 miles south of Los Angeles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2026 11:51 PM (D2ex+)

7 or 8 miles due north of me.

We'll be ok as long as the winds don't reverse.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 01:15 AM (QGaXH)

483 So, this happened: found a Motorola cellphone on the ground in my yard today, here in AJ. Glass over screen is smashed, but it boots up Android, and indicates its on the T-Mobile network. Wants a PIN to get into it. Touch screen still works.

Would ADBridge let me get into the phone and reset the password? Mostly wondering if it would help me find the phone's rightful owner. Any suggestions?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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911 should work. They will be able to ID the number and alert T-Mobile. If the owner hasn't reported it lost/stolen, they could get it back that way. If it's been reported, it's done for. The IEMI # is marked in a national database forever, no carrier will connect to it. 911 always works, on any cellphone.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 25, 2026 01:17 AM (mSL0+)

484 If we don't kill them now they will come for us again.

Posted by: Braenyard
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The only way to be safe is to eliminate the threat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 01:17 AM (XeU6L)

485
>Truth be told, I'll drink any beer if offered. I used to take a case of Tecate to my barber whenever I needed a haircut. Then it got all fashionable, and the price doubled.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Uh...have you ever tried Narragansett? Only beerI ever abandoned on a picnic table.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 01:20 AM (XeU6L)

486 I wouldn't give Iran two cents. How about the countries they have attacked? Give the money to them to rebuild.

Posted by: Case at May 25, 2026 01:20 AM (8XBuM)

487
We've been under a cold air damming setup the past couple of days. RH around 100% in the mornings, making for some heavy fog. The GSP boys have used the highly technical and arcane meteorological term "pea soup" to describe it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 25, 2026 01:21 AM (w6EFb)

488 Still a Marie Callender's close to me. Last close Coco's closed a few years ago. Carrows was I think mostly north of SD County.

Don't remember the Sambo's in Santa Barbara, can't picture it. And the Big Yellow House just south in Summerland wasn't a chain, was it?

Biggest loss in Santa Barbara was, for me, Guadalajara, on lower State Street. Only chorizo enchiladas I've ever encountered, fantastic.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2026 01:23 AM (U/Byj)

489 So, this happened: found a Motorola cellphone on the ground in my yard today, here in AJ. Glass over screen is smashed, but it boots up Android, and indicates its on the T-Mobile network. Wants a PIN to get into it. Touch screen still works.

Would ADBridge let me get into the phone and reset the password? Mostly wondering if it would help me find the phone's rightful owner. Any suggestions?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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911 should work. They will be able to ID the number and alert T-Mobile. If the owner hasn't reported it lost/stolen, they could get it back that way. If it's been reported, it's done for. The IEMI # is marked in a national database forever, no carrier will connect to it. 911 always works, on any cellphone.
Posted by: buddhaha

I would think the safest thing to do there would be to take it to the cops, and let them dial 911 on it. No sense dispatching a bunch of flashing lights to your neighborhood for a missing phone.

If you call and then find out that it's not just a cracked screen..... the microphone doesn't work, so they think you're kidnapped or choking to death or something.

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 01:26 AM (VHUov)

490 If not the blockade isn't going anywhere and we have enough fire power on the doorstep to blow Iran into oblivion.
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It's all worthless if Trump doesn't have the stomach to use it.

The Iranian regime's behavior suggests that they believe that to be the case. They don't seem to much care about our blockade either.

I know this will come as news to people who are accustomed to a society where we demand lower interest rates so that we can more easily live on borrowed money, but some people are sufficiently disciplined that they can make do with less if that's necessary to achieve the goals that matter to them.

Posted by: Methos at May 25, 2026 01:26 AM (vSvIl)

491 389 I worked in a Winn Dixie. Never trusted the butchers.
Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:19 AM (qrzX6)

One of my son's was in elementary school when the 'Because of Winn Dixie' book and movie came out. Several of his school buddies were surprised to learn there really was such a chain. Then I told them about Piggly Wiggly.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 01:26 AM (QGaXH)

492 I think most of those chains were regional. Can’t say I remember any of them. I always thought of Howard Johnson as a hotel rather than a restaurant.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 25, 2026 01:29 AM (po3Ws)

493
Alan Dershowitz left the Democrat party a few months ago. He said he was just cutting loose, going indie. About a week ago he announced he's now Republican. Says he's 87 but he'll do what he can. I think he could do a lot by talking to older people who hesitate to change lifelong (bad) habits.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 25, 2026 01:29 AM (n7rxJ)

494 430 In Florida we used to go to Bonanza Steak House....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 12:36 AM (QGaXH)

They had a similar chain called The Ponderosa .
Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2026 12:39 AM (qrzX6)

Could have been Ponderosa and my parents just referred to it as Bonanza...memory fades....wish now I'd paid a lot more attention to some things.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 01:32 AM (QGaXH)

495 Old Milwaukee was a buck and a half for a six-pack at the base exchange, so it was my drink of choice when I was a poor, broke airman.
Posted by: a.moron at May 24, 2026 10:24

Old Mil was my fave as a broke college kid. A special in 1974 was a six pack for 1.99.

Cheap beers not mentioned were Buckhorn; Red, White and Blue; and Leinenkugels.

You could get a 12 pack of Leinie bottles, then return all the bottles for 12 cents. Being broke college kids we kept a stash of the empties in the kitchen corner for emergency beer purchases.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 25, 2026 01:32 AM (55Qr6)

496 I'll let you guys know if I hear a really loud explosion to the north....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 01:33 AM (QGaXH)

497 Second thoughts: Something's going on that we don't know anything about. We are having ZERO contention from Israel. Netanyahu is a happy camper. Netanyahu and most of Israel want to be rid of the Iranians and they both agree Iran will have no uranium.

Meanwhile Trump is realigning the world and there's not too much attention on Netanyahu cleaning up Gaza and Lebanon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 01:34 AM (D2ex+)

498 Could have been Ponderosa and my parents just referred to it as Bonanza...memory fades....wish now I'd paid a lot more attention to some things.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia

Both existed; they're owned by the same company now.

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 01:34 AM (VHUov)

499 434 ARiK don't think those chains made it south of the Orange Curtain. Oscar's was a local star that faded away. Of course Jack in the Box started here but didn't go national til the 80s, I think?

Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2026 12:40 AM (U/Byj)

I remember Jack being in upstate NY in the mid-70's

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 01:34 AM (QGaXH)

500 496 I'll let you guys know if I hear a really loud explosion to the north....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK)
--

Pull drapes over the widows.
Flying glass and all that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 01:37 AM (D2ex+)

501 469 Rain keeps coming rain keeps coming down down down...
One fine day we will have sunshine, but rain in the forecast for the rest of the week. Two weeks ago we were in a drought. Now it's watch for flooding. If we get three straight days without rain we will be in a drought again. The weather people just say that so we can't burn brush piles Assholes.
Posted by: Case at May 25, 2026 01:02 AM (8XBuM)

Who'll stop the rain?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 01:40 AM (QGaXH)

502 >>It's all worthless if Trump doesn't have the stomach to use it.

Seems kind of a stretch to me after watching what Trump did in both his first term with ISIS and the ME and this term in Venezuela and the infamous drug boats he routinely blows to shit to say he doesn't have the stomach to kill our enemies when he thinks that is the right action. He's already sunk Iran's navy, blown up much of their missile capability and destroyed most of their industrial capacity to rearm.

He obviously wants to negotiate the end of this one and so far has united pretty much the rest of the Middle East to go along. And I bet he has China, that needs Iran's oil, deeply involved.

But if the negotiations ultimately fail he still has the military power to end it. It's been a few months not a few years and the elections are months away.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2026 01:40 AM (viF8m)

503 493
Alan Dershowitz left the Democrat party a few months ago. He said he was just cutting loose, going indie. About a week ago he announced he's now Republican. Says he's 87 but he'll do what he can. I think he could do a lot by talking to older people who hesitate to change lifelong (bad) habits.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Have dinner with Trump and discover he's not a boar.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 01:41 AM (D2ex+)

504 Thousands and thousands of Californians being evacuated?
What's the super hard working smart Governor doing about it? Oh, not his problem huh? I guess it's Trump's fault or something.

Posted by: Case at May 25, 2026 01:42 AM (8XBuM)

505 205 156 OK, here is a fashion question.

I'm fairly thin and I have no hips.

So when I buy jeans invariably they get loose after a couple of washes and while I can always use a belt its not the most comfortable thing in the world.

Am I just buying crappy brands of jeans?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2026 10:47 PM

Jeans bagging out can be a problem, especially jeans with stretch, but you might be buying them too big to start. If you can handle the break in, find 100% cotton, like zero stretch at all, in the slimmest fit you can handle.
Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2026 11:00 PM (p4NUW)

I know almost nothing about fashion, but (for hormonal reasons) I remembered Kate Moss in jeans, so I looked it up and they were Calvin Klein in the early '90s. Brave AI summary allows follow-up questions, so I found they're still making jeans, and even have some '90s throwback styles available.

Posted by: SciVo at May 25, 2026 01:42 AM (Sy6m/)

506 488 Still a Marie Callender's close to me. Last close Coco's closed a few years ago. Carrows was I think mostly north of SD County.

Don't remember the Sambo's in Santa Barbara, can't picture it. And the Big Yellow House just south in Summerland wasn't a chain, was it?

Biggest loss in Santa Barbara was, for me, Guadalajara, on lower State Street. Only chorizo enchiladas I've ever encountered, fantastic.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2026 01:23 AM (U/Byj)

I thought there were more than one Big Yellow House. The building was/is still there off the 101. I recall Carrow's saying they started in Santa Barbara.

I believe Sambo's became Denny's after the unpleasantness.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 01:46 AM (QGaXH)

507 Cheap beer was always Lucky Lager.

Posted by: 13times at May 25, 2026 01:49 AM (4hs6d)

508 It might be the electro-mechanical timer. It is the one part that could mean an intermittent fault.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 24, 2026 11:03 PM (rbvCR)

Maybe you're living in a movie (possibly Japanese), and the Spirit of the Device is just happier in the back yard.

Posted by: SciVo at May 25, 2026 01:50 AM (Sy6m/)

509 500 496 I'll let you guys know if I hear a really loud explosion to the north....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK)
--

Pull drapes over the widows.
Flying glass and all that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 01:37 AM (D2ex+)

Thank you for good advice.

Usually sleep with drapes closed. I live in a densely populated area - house to the north is about 10' away. Should be well shielded.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 01:51 AM (QGaXH)

510 Everything is playing out, as expected.

The world and global commerce cannot be sustained with timid diplomacy.

The players have to step up to accept their stake in their livelihood.

We will facilitate; you must act.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 01:53 AM (D1E+2)

511
Trump having no guts lol. He sent Rubio to India a week after changing immigration laws so that they have to go home to apply for a Green Card.

The howls of entitled outrage about that on X are eye-splitting.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 25, 2026 01:54 AM (n7rxJ)

512 Finally finished cooking enough for tomorrow me and for my parents and for a little potluck at my aunt and uncle's, so now I can just relax. (That's why I've been intermittent.) Whew.

Posted by: SciVo at May 25, 2026 01:55 AM (Sy6m/)

513 Is there anyone left who even knows what I'm talking about?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 24, 2026 10:38

Oh yes, Miss Tammy. It was right around the time I first started reading here. I'm guessing maybe Memorial Day 2011?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 25, 2026 01:55 AM (55Qr6)

514 502 >>It's all worthless if Trump doesn't have the stomach to use it......

.....It's been a few months not a few years and the elections are months away.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2026 01:40 AM (viF8m)

Civil War was 4 years (?)

WW11 was about 3 years 8 months

Viet Nam was what - 7 or 8 years of several hundred dead coming home every month?

I could go on.

Now we want it done in a few weeks?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 01:56 AM (QGaXH)

515 513 Is there anyone left who even knows what I'm talking about?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 24, 2026 10:38

Oh yes, Miss Tammy. It was right around the time I first started reading here. I'm guessing maybe Memorial Day 2011?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 25, 2026 01:55 AM (55Qr6)

Before my time - I think I started haunting this place around 2014 or 15.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornia (ARiK) at May 25, 2026 01:58 AM (QGaXH)

516 >>Trump having no guts lol. He sent Rubio to India a week after changing immigration laws so that they have to go home to apply for a Green Card.

>>The howls of entitled outrage about that on X are eye-splitting.

He did it almost as Rubio was landing in India. And it has been wild watching mostly Indian accounts freak out on X.

I think it's a huge mistake to focus on any one thing Trump does in foreign relations and not see he is completely changing the playing field. Trump doesn't just know how to use the military, he knows how to use all the levers of power.

Ask Hasan Piker.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2026 02:03 AM (viF8m)

517 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 25, 2026 01:54 AM (n7rxJ)

I believe he actually just started enforcing the laws as written, which makes the outrage reek even more of entitlement.

Posted by: SciVo at May 25, 2026 02:04 AM (Sy6m/)

518 1

@RealJamesWoods
Will Republicans ever have what it takes to indict this Trojan Horse?
Michelle has more balls than the entire Republican caucus in the Senate.
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his is the world’s number-one sponsor of terror.

Barack Obama took $400 million in untraceable cash from something called the “Judgment Fund,” which is administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. That little-known account is funded entirely by American taxpayers and was set up so he could bypass congressional approval to send cash — effectively a ransom — to the world’s number-two sponsor of terror, the terror regime of Iran.

Part of this cash Barack Obama diverted through the UAE to Italy to fund—involving Leonardo S.p.A. military satellites to hack U.S. voting machines, flipping votes from Trump to Biden, which ultimately toppled the United States government on November 3, 2020

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 02:07 AM (D2ex+)

519 2

A further $1.3 billion was transferred in a series of 13 transfers of $99,999,999.99 from the Treasury Department’s Judgment Fund. Each transfer was one cent less than the $100 million limit imposed on such transfers. A member of his syndicate, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, pleaded the Fifth when questioned on the matter by the U.S. Congress.

📝 By the way, Barack Obama is founder of ISIL. All paid by the American taxpayer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 02:07 AM (D2ex+)

520 >>>Trump doesn't just know how to use the military, he knows how to use all the levers of power.

Ask Hasan Piker.
Posted by: JackStraw
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He will kill when he thinks it's necessary but he'd rather not. I think allowing Iran time to dick around gives him time to reposition the world and Netanyahu time to do unencumbered cleanup.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 02:12 AM (D2ex+)

521 Sacha Baron Cohen believes he created the 'Wonderbra for men'

The Testicle Bra

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 02:21 AM (D2ex+)

522 I think allowing Iran time to dick around gives him time to reposition the world and Netanyahu time to do unencumbered cleanup.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 02:12 AM (D2ex+)
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A lot more is needed here than cleanup.

Right now very unimpressed with Trump and more so with Netanyahu. I can only hope for good surprises but not counting on anything anymore.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2026 02:24 AM (XyZGq)

523 Parents gave their kids just 4 minutes to figure out how to use a rotary dial phone.

The confusion was instant.

Gen Z vs old school tech is pretty hilarious
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https://tinyurl.com/5bp6pek6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 02:28 AM (D2ex+)

524 A lot more is needed here than cleanup.

Right now very unimpressed with Trump and more so with Netanyahu. I can only hope for good surprises but not counting on anything anymore.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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How many does he have to kill a day in order to qualify as cleanup?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 02:30 AM (D2ex+)

525 Jeepers, everyone's gone to bed. I'm out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 25, 2026 02:32 AM (D2ex+)

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