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Wednesday Night ONT - June 11, 2026 [TRex]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. The bar is open and freshly re-stocked.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional but why would you be wearing pants for the ONT? Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Bill Kristol free zone. Please. Will reading the ONT content improve your odds of winning the Powerball lottery? Dunno but couldn't hurt to read the content and ensure you're right with the universe. [Top photo credit: AgnieszkaMonk]Antares today announced that its Mark-0 microreactor achieved initial criticality at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) under U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) authorization - making Antares the first private company to bring an advanced reactor to criticality under the DOE Reactor Pilot Program. The demonstration was conducted in partnership with DOE, INL, and BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT), with integration and observation support from the U.S. Army.
This reactor validates key reactor physics parameters for Antares' reactors and contributes verification and validation data back to the Department of War's Project Pele. The Mark-0 was authorized by DOE under the Reactor Pilot Program, with the U.S. Army integrated throughout as a future end user. This model of interagency coordination directly supports the Army's microreactor deployment timeline.
The demonstration and the licensing pathway it establishes represent a key step toward deploying electricity-producing microreactors for U.S. military installations by September 30, 2028.
NASA plans to open up competition for control over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which has historically been operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). This move is part of an even larger reorganization by the agency (though NASA asserts that this doesn't mean layoffs).
"NASA announced today that they will compete the contract for operating JPL, with Caltech's current agreement ending on Sept. 30, 2028," reads a statement today (May 22) from JPL. Caltech has managed JPL since the lab's inception in the 1930s, and has done so for NASA since the agency was established in 1958. According to the JPL statement, Caltech has been preparing for this possible transition since last summer, so the news "comes as no surprise." But the potential change is part of a larger shakeup for the agency.
Until now, JPL and Caltech have been heavily intertwined, with mission personnel, scientists, leadership, and others working closely "across the pond" between JPL and Caltech. JPL mission and program meetings often include Caltech employees and sometimes even take place on its Pasadena campus.
Plot E of the Oise-Aisne American cemetery in northern France. Go ahead and look. You won't find it listed on the Veterans Administration website, nor any of the literature provided by the cemetery. Maps will show Plots A, B, C, and D only, those containing 6012 American dead from WWI. Google Earth will just show an expanse of green. It's like it doesn't exist, which is exactly what its creators intended. But it's very much there, and serves a necessary if somewhat unsavory purpose. Plot E is where American servicemen are buried who were executed - by firing squad or hanging - for capital crimes committed in the European theatre during or shortly after WWII. Some of the victims were children. Many were women. Most are forgotten by the modern age, though at least one - Sir Eric Teichman, killed on his ancestral estate confronting two U.S. soldiers poaching on the land - was a prominent member of society who still has his own Wikipedia page.
Bidding paddles are sure to go flying in the air as auctioneer Alexandre Giquello of Hôtel Drouot in Paris, France, accepts offers on the first-ever handbag made with collagen from lab-grown Tyrannosaurus rex fossils, which were reportedly exhumed in the US... With an asking price ranging from €300,000 to 500,000 ($347,081 to $578,469), the ancient accessory is an expensive, albeit exclusive piece that will go to the highest bidder with the deepest pockets. Following an extensive process - including harvesting T. rex DNA, conducting phylogenetic analyses, inserting the materials into a specialized bio-leather cell line genome, transforming the cells into skin and sustainably tanning the skin to create the leather - the scientists have managed to make primeval magic.Should I be impressed with the scientific homage to prehistoric dino ancestors or horrified at the involuntary transformation of T. rex DNA into a purse? Eess next...dino wear. Very nice.
Contrary to rumors, TRex has not been charging tourists to see the new and improved DC reflecting pool. Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? No refunds.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 10, 2026 10:00 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 10, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:00 PM (QtjPW)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 10, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 10, 2026 10:01 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 10, 2026 10:03 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:03 PM (zZu0s)
I got back from my church men's group meeting just in time for the ONT.
Had a lovely walk back home and saw two whitetail does frolicking in a nearby park.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:04 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 10:05 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 10, 2026 10:05 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 10, 2026 10:06 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 10:06 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:05 PM
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I just tried again and it looks fine on my computer. Black font on a light yellow background.
Posted by: TRex - typecast dino at June 10, 2026 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Doof at June 10, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)
Bender: "I believe that qualifies as ill. At least from a technical standpoint.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 10, 2026 10:08 PM (Hd1lH)
I will choose free will
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 10, 2026 10:05 PM (W5mpo)
Noice.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 10, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:07 PM
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Ha!
Posted by: TRex - paul revere dino at June 10, 2026 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 10, 2026 10:10 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: TRex - typecast dino at June 10, 2026 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
I have night/dark mode turned on on the phone, that could be what's doing it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:10 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:11 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)
Does Piper know about this?
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM (2NpzS)
https://youtu.be/JRqMs83Dlng
Posted by: mikeski thanks the drum tech at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM (OlKt3)
Posted by: Dear God I'm getting old at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)
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I'm sure they took a page from Jurassic Park and spliced in some frog DNA.
Nothing could possibly go wrong with that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:13 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: ZOD at June 10, 2026 10:13 PM (UfDpa)
Posted by: TRex - martian muppet dino at June 10, 2026 10:13 PM (IQ6Gq)
And, Beastie Boys for the finale. On the scale…
0(hate) to 10(Love) they are a solid 6-7. Innovative and fresh for the time, but this seriously cheesy video is a 10, without a doubt.
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 10, 2026 10:14 PM (3hOgI)
______________________________
I keep seeing the Left whining about how the "establishment" keeps women excluded from STEM. That, of course, is nonsense.
BUT, you let a few in and they abuse science by making an accessory out of an historic scientific find.
(disclaimer: could have been a gay guy)
Posted by: Orson at June 10, 2026 10:15 PM (dIske)
I had a coworker a decade ago who pointed out if they really used frog DNA, the dinosaurs "would be four inches long and hop"
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 10:15 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:15 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 10:15 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: SciVo at June 10, 2026 10:16 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: all tabbies do at June 10, 2026 10:16 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at June 10, 2026 10:17 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 10, 2026 10:17 PM (cONmN)
(Thanks T Rex for finding this stuff!)
Posted by: moki at June 10, 2026 10:17 PM (wLjpr)
😆
Posted by: All Hail Eris
I knew a family that had a "panther" like that. Big-ass black housecat. I think it was half Maine Coon and half-a-side-of-beef.
My favorite bit from the Scanner this week was the last one. "Repopulating the main stairwell."
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (orF8y)
Shenanigans and lobster traps.... reminds me that there's a nice dirt road to the beach on the north shore of PEI called Shenanigans Way. It's on the east side - pretty much north of Souris. Lovely sunsets off that west-facing beach and the water is somehow warm.
It's lovely country with lovely people up there. I recommend it!
Posted by: 496 at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (JQ6N+)
0(hate) to 10(Love) they are a solid 6-7. Innovative and fresh for the time, but this seriously cheesy video is a 10, without a doubt.
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 10, 2026 10:14 PM
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Well put. Exactly right. (and bonus points for a lyric that involves stir frying in a wok).
Posted by: TRex - frog DNA-free dino at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)
I remember the Martians as well. "Yip, yip, yip".
My favorite is probably this one:
t.ly/kolvJ
Rita Moreno is the voice of Dear Liza there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:11 PM (gnNyN)
Yup.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 10, 2026 10:19 PM (Hd1lH)
Posted by: The broom guy at June 10, 2026 10:19 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 10:19 PM (LZxDN)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
!?!?!?
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM
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Makes you wonder what kind of history the Broom Guy has such that everyone knows he is the "Broom Guy."
Posted by: TRex - yip yip yip dino at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
Chrysler engineering and rich Cretaceous leather. Visit your local Chrysler dealership and find out what you've been missing.
Oh, this was sweet! Nice job.
Chrysler admitted that there was really no such thing as Rich, Corinthian Leather. It was total BS.
But hearing it from Ricardo Montalban…you really wanted to check it out.
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (3hOgI)
I did think the DNA helix on the strap was an appropriately nerdy design choice.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LASue at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (lCppi)
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And a neck pinch from Mr. Spock.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:22 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: TRex - yip yip yip dino
I wonder if he goes to "That" Wendy's.
Or was it "That" Burger King?
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)
I take exception to that.
Posted by: Richard Corinthian, Master Tanner at June 10, 2026 10:23 PM (u/oMr)
/Looks around...
Hey... wait a sec, is someone playin around with the Hadron Collider again?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:23 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 10:23 PM (Npncq)
Posted by: LASue at June 10, 2026 10:23 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: scampydog at June 10, 2026 10:24 PM (ROmrp)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:24 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Bury Orangemanbad alongside their favorite soldiers? No way, Jose.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)
It needs a few ATs and CGs
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 10, 2026 10:25 PM (u/oMr)
Controversial T. Rex Soft Tissue Find Finally Explained
https://tinyurl.com/44zyds4e
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 10, 2026 10:25 PM (glnUu)
It surprises me every time I'm reminded of it, but Chrysler was big in rockets at one time. Redstone rocket was Chrysler.
And then the S-IB, the first stage of the Saturn IB rocket, the orbital only launch vehicle for the Apollo CSM, was Chrysler. It was derisively nicknamed "Cluster's last stand" due to the configuration of a cluster of Redstone tanks and H-1 engines.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 10, 2026 10:25 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: LASue at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (lCppi)
He's just a distraction for real menace - the Dustpan Man.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 10, 2026 10:25 PM (wVcYX)
Is it considered bad form to taunt two of my kitties about their impending vet appointment tomorrow morning?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:26 PM (gnNyN)
I did think the DNA helix on the strap was an appropriately nerdy design choice.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)
Whut next? They bring back the Naugas? The ones they hunted to extinction for Naugahyde?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:26 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 10, 2026 10:06 PM (vTZFs)
I was in an antiques store last Christmas season and saw a young couple, maybe early 20s, looking at such a phone. The guy was telling the girl 'I think my grandma had one of these'.
Friendly, helpful guy that I am I showed them how it worked and started describing how area codes with low numbers went to more populated areas and how at one time you'd get a live operator to help you.
I think I scared them a little.
My wife says I shouldn't be left alone to wander thru stores anymore.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:26 PM (QGaXH)
FUN FACT: GM had a prototype of a jet-powered car but the lawyers said no. It kept burning up pedestrians.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 10, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 10:27 PM (ndZc7)
DO ANY OF THESE PEOPLE WATCH HORROR MOVIES?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:24 PM (mP0Kj)
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Good point.
That handbag is going to develop some form of animal cunning, biting the hands off of anyone stupid enough to reach into it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:27 PM (gnNyN)
Be interesting to see how many are there for crimes against allies compared to enemy civilians.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 10:27 PM (Npncq)
Posted by: Javems at June 10, 2026 10:28 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 10, 2026 10:28 PM (thjq9)
In time it will grow arms, but fortunately not long enough to do any real damage.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 10, 2026 10:29 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM (OlKt3)
Real ankylosaurus, or faux ankylosaurs? Faux is easier to get the stains out of.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 10:29 PM (rbvCR)
That handbag is going to develop some form of animal cunning, biting the hands off of anyone stupid enough to reach into it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:27 PM (gnNyN)
Wait, does that mean Womenz won't need to keep the bear trap in their purse anymore? The one MOM told me was there to keep kids out of it? (I was like 6 at the time).
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:29 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 10:27 PM (Npncq)
Its kind of ugly to speculate. Rapes? More 'likely' to be German. Kids? Anyone.
Gah.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)
Hope everyone is doing well.
Is there going to be a Memorial for the late Piper? Someplace we can send donations? I have an old gym bag I don't need anymore...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:30 PM (QGaXH)
And a good two dollar broom
Posted by: The broom guy at June 10, 2026 10:19 PM (Cqx++)
What the uk needs is a good one pound boomstick.
We can get by with a two dollar boomstick.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:30 PM (qx7Zg)
Friendly, helpful guy that I am I showed them how it worked and started describing how area codes with low numbers went to more populated areas and how at one time you'd get a live operator to help you.
I think I scared them a little.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
I am recommending you for the Honorable Order of the Curmudgeon, Second Class, with Belt-Onion clusters.
Unless that wasn't the whole story. If you got to "party lines," I'll make it First Class.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:29 PM (mP0Kj)
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She had to tell you it was a beartrap because if you knew the truth that it was dino hide, your 6-year-old mitts would have been all over that handbag (and you would now be typing with hook hands).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:31 PM (gnNyN)
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SMRs, bringing clean, inexpensive, reliable, sine wave electricity to your new neighborhood. Come see our model homes now!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:32 PM (QtjPW)
The Mark-o microreactor is a big deal. If they truly can get the licensing process streamlined, it could change our energy infrastructure within ten years.
Handsome purse but I believe it's stretching to call it T Rex "leather."
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 10, 2026 10:32 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: The pink Princess model phone with pushbuttons at June 10, 2026 10:33 PM (2NpzS)
Bender: "I believe that qualifies as ill. At least from a technical standpoint.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)
I have no idea what ' busting mad rhymes' means.
And what qualifies as 'ill'?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:33 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
I am recommending you for the Honorable Order of the Curmudgeon, Second Class, with Belt-Onion clusters.
Unless that wasn't the whole story. If you got to "party lines," I'll make it First Class.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
I would have loved to see the selfie demonstration. Or how to keep the phone charged.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:33 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Probably. But not because you explained rotary phones to them. I'm guessing they were more horrified by the excessive old person hair growing out of your ears.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 10, 2026 10:33 PM (glnUu)
The Mark-o microreactor is a big deal. If they truly can get the licensing process streamlined, it could change our energy infrastructure within ten years.
Handsome purse but I believe it's stretching to call it T Rex "leather."
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 10, 2026 10:32 PM (D/6p1)
I'm sure California will somehow make them illegal here.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:34 PM (mP0Kj)
/Looks around...
Hey... wait a sec, is someone playin around with the Hadron Collider again?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:23 PM (mP0Kj)
The French were playing around with jet engine designs during WWI, but the design they were pursuing would not develop sufficient pressure for continuous operation.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 10:34 PM (rbvCR)
And then the S-IB, the first stage of the Saturn IB rocket, the orbital only launch vehicle for the Apollo CSM, was Chrysler. It was derisively nicknamed "Cluster's last stand" due to the configuration of a cluster of Redstone tanks and H-1 engines.
Posted by: publius
A division of General Tire (Aerojet-General) built both solid and liquid rocket motors and engines. I picked up an original copy of Ignition! back in the late 70's from one of the guys there. Alas, it was lost during one of my many moves.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 10:35 PM (LZxDN)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 10, 2026 10:35 PM (3uBP9)
Ancient history, pulse dialing was…before the touch-tone we have even now.
Remember the locks they would put on the dial to keep you from using it? It was easily defeated!
You could just hit the “hang up” buttons at the top, very quickly, counting the numbers and “dialing”with the presses, with a slight pause between numbers.
Also, unknown trivia…the 4th number from a pay phone, was always a 9.
Not that there was caller ID in the age of pay phones, but a pager would reveal that…
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 10, 2026 10:36 PM (3hOgI)
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Don't touch it.
It may contain active DNA that modern humans cannot tolerate. Even today touching reptiles can be hazardous to your health.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:36 PM (QtjPW)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 10:36 PM (Npncq)
Posted by: Oldsmobile Rocket 88 (1949) at June 10, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)
_-_
Uh-oh. It's the caliber wars again.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 10, 2026 10:17 PM (cONmN)
More stuff I don't understand....someday I hope to meet one of the more senior regulars in person and have all this explained to me. Slowly. As you would to a small child...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:37 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard
As many partners of lounge lizards have discovered a week or so after their encounters.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 10:38 PM (LZxDN)
Posted by: Didja notice? at June 10, 2026 10:38 PM (2NpzS)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 10, 2026 10:38 PM (thjq9)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 10, 2026 10:40 PM (CFj4+)
The Mark-o microreactor is a big deal. If they truly can get the licensing process streamlined, it could change our energy infrastructure within ten years.
Handsome purse but I believe it's stretching to call it T Rex "leather."
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 10, 2026 10:32 PM (D/6p1)
There is a theory that dinosaurs had feathers, and became birds. Don't know if it's true, but it does make me wonder what Tyrannosaurus Rex might have become. Perhaps ostriches, and they stick their heads in the ground because they're no longer the king.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Didja notice?
How ignorant and oblivious did Lois Land and Jimmy Olsen have to be to NOT recognize that Superman and Clark Kent were the same guy?
Ooops - I probably should have given a spoiler alert knowing this gang.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 10:40 PM (LZxDN)
Even better, one of my aunts lived somewhere south of Austin NV, and her phone did not even have a dial. She had an Arabian horse ranch. I reckon she and Ben Had would have gotten along famously.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 10, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
That one's easy. Blonde Morticia actually hates being first, so she lets her pet cat type all her "first" posts.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)
Still true?'
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:42 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I don't know about cats, but judging from youtubes, there are dogs that recognize the word "vet" and don't like it. Also "bath".
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
I agree, especially this guy.
https://m.youtube.com/watch
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:29 PM (mP0Kj)
Turned out it wasn't a bear trap, it was tampons, but the explanation would have killed you.
A man or boy enters that territory quaking in terror.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: mikeski
Well!! My pussy doesn't even own a PC!
Posted by: Zombie Mrs. Slocombe at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (LZxDN)
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Some dinosaurs definitely had feathers. All may have had feathers at certain life stages, such as when they're chicks.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 10, 2026 10:44 PM (SRceu)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
One of the flightless birds, for sure. That way you wouldn't have to explain how they re-learned how to use their arms/wings.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)
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Mine know *exactly* what the cat crates are for and hide as soon as I start getting one ready for them...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:44 PM (gnNyN)
!?!?!?
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (orF8y)
I had something like that happen to me a couple of years ago. As I was entering the Harbor Freeway a somewhat well dressed man was stopped on the side of the on-ramp. He was out of his car signaling frantically like he needed help. I thought I saw a woman in the car. Thinking it might be a medical emergency I called 911 which rings into the CHP. I described the situation and the dispatcher described him back to a 'T' before I even finished.
'Oh that's just so and do. So that's where he is today. It's a scam. People stop and he tries to sell them jewelry or something.' We'll send someone out to get him off the ramp....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (QGaXH)
Remember the locks they would put on the dial to keep you from using it? It was easily defeated!
You could just hit the “hang up” buttons at the top, very quickly, counting the numbers and “dialing”with the presses, with a slight pause between numbers.
Also, unknown trivia…the 4th number from a pay phone, was always a 9.
Not that there was caller ID in the age of pay phones, but a pager would reveal that…
Posted by: Gunslinger
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411 - time at the tone is ...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (QtjPW)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Didja notice? at June 10, 2026 10:38 PM (2NpzS)
I never really liked the Superman movies, but there was one scene in the first Christopher Reeve movie where he headed for a phone booth to change out, and it was one of the more modern ones that was a kind of plastic bubble thing. I chuckled.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (0aYVJ)
Still true?'
Posted by: All Hail Eris
John Demjanjuk has joined the chat. (Originally Ivan Mykolaiovych Demjanjuk
Posted by: Zombie Mrs. Slocombe at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (LZxDN)
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We had a party line when I was a kid.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 10:46 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 10, 2026 10:17 PM (cONmN)
More stuff I don't understand....someday I hope to meet one of the more senior regulars in person and have all this explained to me. Slowly. As you would to a small child...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:37 PM (QGaXH)
For a long time, you could start a fierce discussion by taking a stand on certain topics. Most common were
9mm vs .45 caliber pistols
Longbows vs. crossbows
Mary Ann vs. Ginger (Gilligan's Island)
There were a few more that I've forgotten. It could snowball to fifty or a hundred comments on a good day.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:46 PM (qx7Zg)
_________________________________________
There is a perfectly logical explanation for this. The dude riding the motorbike just broke the monkey out of a make-shift cage. He had been forced to perform slave labor dancing for an Organ Grinder who was part of the City Restoration program at Bakery Square. The Grinder gave pursuit, but the monkey was near sighted, so the Motorbike dude took no chances and was macing everyone.
Posted by: Orson at June 10, 2026 10:47 PM (dIske)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
Well, San Francisco dinosaurs, sure.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 10:47 PM (ndZc7)
9mm vs .45 caliber pistols
Longbows vs. crossbows
Mary Ann vs. Ginger (Gilligan's Island)
There were a few more that I've forgotten. It could snowball to fifty or a hundred comments on a good day.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Or LadyL, during one of her first posts, asking about the rules here.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 10:47 PM (LZxDN)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 10, 2026 10:48 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (kpS4V)
Elton John is a dinosaur?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)
Girl is a beast.
The band sounds good and tight and have shaken off a decade of rust.
Amazing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 10:48 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Tonypete
Wasn't one of the explanations that he had such fine control over his facial muscles that "Clark" didn't really look like Superman?
And that he'd have to have such control so the guy who could punch Fort Knox inside-out could also hold a pencil without blasting it into sawdust.....
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)
https://m.youtube.com/watch
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (glnUu)
That guy, for sure.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 10:49 PM (Npncq)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (kpS4V)
Fabulous!
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 10, 2026 10:49 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)
The current thinking is that Theropods, (T-rexes, deinonychus, all of them two footed dinos) included various bird genus, of which only Aves, modern birds that is, survived the KT event.
And most theropods had feathers, the way that pterosaurs and azhdarchids had pycnofibers and were "fuzzy".
There is no evidence that T-Rexes had feathers, though they may have had some on a ruff on the neck, or on the spine.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 10:49 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)
No, he's a worn out old queen, with a prolapsed asshole.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 10, 2026 10:50 PM (bl07w)
Ooops - I probably should have given a spoiler alert knowing this gang.
Posted by: Tonypete
As we all know, journalists aren't too bright.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 10, 2026 10:50 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:50 PM (QtjPW)
Girl is a beast.
The band sounds good and tight and have shaken off a decade of rust.
Amazing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 10:48 PM (XV/Pl)
Alex and Geddy choosing her over some grizzled veteran rock drummer is pure genius. Good for her. Neil would approve.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 10, 2026 10:50 PM (0aYVJ)
Jared Isaacman is trying to get NASA back to the Apollo can-do glory days. And that means getting rid of bureaucratic sclerosis and all that shit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 10, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 10, 2026 10:52 PM (bfy6w)
Posted by: Kindltot
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They were able to, just fly away.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:53 PM (QtjPW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:50 PM (QtjPW)
My dad's old phone had no dial. You just picked up the receiver, hit the hook once, and told the operator whom you wished to speak with.
We had a party line, with four other houses on the line. Best way to catch up on the local gossip, since most of the ladies were home all day and once the housework was done, they yakked endlessly. Heaven forbid I should want to phone a friend. No time for that, honey.
Kinda boring once we got our own line.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 10, 2026 10:53 PM (bl07w)
One of the epicenters is Martha’s Vineyard where 50% of the adult population is now affected. It is really a devastating disease. You can’t eat red meat for the rest of your life.
Yikes!
Posted by: Joemarine at June 10, 2026 10:53 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 10:47 PM (ndZc7)
That's why they died out. They all turned into fags.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 10:53 PM (xgQ0E)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:53 PM (kpS4V)
It is if you were planning on sleeping between now and then.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 10, 2026 10:54 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (kpS4V)
Gnarly!
Posted by: Liberace's hairdresser's boyfriend at June 10, 2026 10:54 PM (wVcYX)
Jared Isaacman is trying to get NASA back to the Apollo can-do glory days. And that means getting rid of bureaucratic sclerosis and all that shit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Good luck with that
_Elon
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:54 PM (QtjPW)
>>Alex and Geddy choosing her over some grizzled veteran rock drummer is pure genius.
Well, they wanted to make sure there was at least on women at their concerts.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 10:54 PM (XV/Pl)
Me and T-Rex had so much fun
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 10:55 PM (ndZc7)
Unless that wasn't the whole story. If you got to "party lines," I'll make it First Class.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
They ran off before I even got to my joke about not wanting to talk to ones mother-in-law 'in person', much less 'person to person'.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:55 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
No, that's Adrian Belew.
https://youtu.be/pYapzXFLP-E
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:55 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls, drive-in mutant at June 10, 2026 10:56 PM (yjflf)
Yikes!
Posted by: Joemarine
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Fauci, they ought to wring his neck which is not a euphemism for chocking the chicken.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:57 PM (QtjPW)
Howdy, horde!
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)
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so, very early Vegas showgirls
Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 10:58 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 10, 2026 10:58 PM (thjq9)
And I have no idea what ' busting mad rhymes' means.
And what qualifies as 'ill'?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
"Ill" is falling short of "sick".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 10, 2026 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)
https://youtu.be/kXSw_LgX2qo
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 10, 2026 11:00 PM (2GVsD)
Howdy, horde!
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)
Bet you have the classic Bell ringtone too, don't you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 11:00 PM (xgQ0E)
>>It's a no for me, dawg.
I got my tickets a when they went on sale, I got 4 good tickets for the shows at MSG in July.
This is going to be the last hurrah, and their set list is pretty damn broad, looks like they are going to go through their entire catalog.
It was pretty awesome to see Aimee Mann on stage with them for Time Stand Still.
She looks damn good.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 11:01 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)
There’s a Chinese fossil bed that has produced some truly spectacular finds, incredible detail. Casts of skin with pinion holes and all kinds of stuff.
Should add that the line thought to be related to birds is the Theropods, the Bird Hipped dinosaurs. Most of the predators and 2 legged ones. The Sauropods, the great big ones, still look like they completely died out, as did the marine creatures like the Mosasaur.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:02 PM (orF8y)
Well. I'm sure it's because of wet-markets and bat soup! No way was it "lab created"
/do I need to sarc?
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:02 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 10:35 PM (LZxDN)
I worked at their Azusa plant while it was still Gencorp. The rocket stuff had moved to Sacramento by then. I think the place was started by Werner Von Braun originally.
A popular joke at Corporate get togethers was
'what site are you from?'
'Azusa'
'Geshundtite'
Northrop owns it now. I'm sure they're still telling that joke, engineers being engineers, you know...,
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 11:02 PM (QGaXH)
The anti-Semitic dictator Erdogan, who commits genocide against the Kurds, supports the terrorist organization Hamas, oppresses his own people, and puts political opponents in prison, is the last one who can preach morality to the State of Israel.
The State of Israel and the IDF, the most moral army in the world, will continue to act forcefully against Iran and its proxies that threaten the Middle East and the entire world.
Jun 10, 2026 · 11:30 AM UTC
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 11:02 PM (QtjPW)
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a Bill Gates production
he wants to get humans to stop eating animals
the humans are not cooperating
so- give them an artificial, tick-borne allergy
conspiracy theory or real evil?
Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:03 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
No. Because even THAT doesn't sound right on these new phones!
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)
She looks damn good.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 11:01 PM (XV/Pl)
She does. I saw her a few months ago doing her 20th anniversary tour (sorta) for Lost in Space.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls, drive-in mutant at June 10, 2026 11:03 PM (yjflf)
Howdy, horde!
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)
I miss slamming the headset.
Thankfully, I never needed to hit something with a heavyweight desk phone. Phone books in my area were heavy enough for most insects.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)
I hope everyone had a wonderful day.
We have a launch in the morning.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-44
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: June 11, 2026
Launch Time: 8:04 a.m. EDT (15:04 UTC, 17:04 CEST)
https://youtu.be/2Tb0CnxldCI
Posted by: Joyenz at June 10, 2026 11:05 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 10, 2026 11:05 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
I feel seen.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 11:05 PM (VHUov)
Large-scale ballistic missile launches from Iran are ongoing, likely targeting regional allies and U.S. military installations.
_ZH
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 11:05 PM (QtjPW)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls, drive-in mutant at June 10, 2026 10:56 PM (yjflf)
A bit pricey. I would pay it just to see the new drummer. I watched both full shows so far. She's off the charts. She thunders. Geddy's voice on the other hand sounds like 2 cats fucking, and they seem to be rotating songs from night to night, so you don't know what you'll see. Not into chef's surprise. They played Anthem, closer to the heart, the FULL 2112 side A, and passage to bangkok during the second night show, but not during the first night. That would have pissed me off if I went the first night and missed those songs.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 10, 2026 11:06 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)
Close as it can get, I guess. You could always download the Flint movies ringtone.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 11:06 PM (sCij6)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 10, 2026 11:07 PM (bfy6w)
Oh, YASSSSS!
Nothing so satisfying, as that good, old-fashioned SLAM! when hanging up in anger...
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:07 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Expecting them to keep up an "aircraft" level of maintenance seems like a lost cause, too.
And if you make something idiot-proof, nature builds a better idiot.
Posted by: mikeski would not live near a 3d freeway at June 10, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 10, 2026 10:08 PM (Hd1lH)
I.probably laughed too hard at this.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 10, 2026 11:08 PM (2WIwB)
Not that there was caller ID in the age of pay phones, but a pager would reveal that…
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 10, 2026 10:36 PM (3hOgI)
Interesting trivia.
When Florida changed their license plate format to 3 letters and three numbers back in the late '70's, it became common knowledge that plates starting with 'Z' were rental cars. I recall they had to change it after a few incidents of tourists being targeted because of the plate.
I still have an old style Florida plate in the rear window of my truck.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 11:08 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 10, 2026 11:08 PM (u/oMr)
When buying and repairing the phone became the customer's responsibility: cardboard and tin foil that you were lucky if it lasted more than a year.
Of course, hardly anyone now has land lines in the first place.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 10, 2026 11:09 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: JQ
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The old phones had a pair of bells.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 11:11 PM (QtjPW)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 10, 2026 11:09 PM (IG3/x)
Turns out light in kitchen
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 11:11 PM (sCij6)
You don’t need to know where I got it, who’s it was or why it’s in a 5 gallon bucket.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 11:11 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: mikeski would not live near a 3d freeway at June 10, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)
Good point.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 10, 2026 11:11 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 10, 2026 11:06 PM (snZF9)
I know some will, but I won't pay that for anyone in a stadium or arena.
I tried to lobby my wife to pay something like that to see BOC a while back during the holidays. But the venue was so intimate that attending that show would have made me and Buck Dharma common-law married under Texas law. (Still sad I didn't see that one.)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls, drive-in mutant at June 10, 2026 11:12 PM (yjflf)
>>they seem to be rotating songs from night to night, so you don't know what you'll see.
They have a vast catalog of songs and are puling them out. They did Vital Signs which is one of my favorites.
Geddy's 72 and can't belt it like he could when he was younger.
But it's all good for Rush fans. Crowds seem to be very into it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 11:12 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 11:11 PM (QtjPW)
All old phones were males.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 11:12 PM (sCij6)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 10, 2026 11:13 PM (bfy6w)
No landline, now... Phone will become part of my estate I guess. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:13 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 10, 2026 11:09 PM (IG3/x)
I also have an old Rotary phone jacked into my land line.
I am still planning to run an extension to my bedroom for a second one, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 11:13 PM (rbvCR)
Worth every penny.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 11:13 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:13 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 10, 2026 11:07 PM (bfy6w)
Jeez.
When I'm playing golf with the Geezers, St Mulligan is not allowed on the course. That said, there tends to be a generous application of the "grounds under repair" rule.
And tomorrow I'll be playing the course at McChord Air Force Base. Haven't played there in years. Ought to be fun.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 10, 2026 11:14 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Miss Lindsey Graham at June 10, 2026 11:15 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 11:15 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
DWIs can get you special "whiskey plates" in Minnesota, where the first letter is a "W." And I think part of the deal is that driving with one is "probable cause" for any cop to pull you over and make sure you aren't DWI'ing again.
Posted by: mikeski does not speak from experience at June 10, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 11:15 PM (gKWVE)
More stuff I don't understand....someday I hope to meet one of the more senior regulars in person and have all this explained to me. Slowly. As you would to a small child...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Unlike Elric, I don't compose sonnets to the first comment and keep them Ctrl-C'd and ready to go the moment a new thread is revealed in a second ace tab, which I vigilantly refresh waiting for my moment to Paste.
Not I.
I greet an empty First slot with nothing but the wind in my fingertips, a sense of the fleeting nature of the chance, a brash indifference to the result. Typing "First" could lose me precious milliseconds -- have you seen the Olympics? They mean a lot! I smash the side of my hand on my keyboard and POST!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 10, 2026 11:15 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 10, 2026 11:15 PM (bfy6w)
Here in a small town in SW Wyoming one of the internet companies gives you a free landline.
Why? We have no clue. The grandkids are fascinated, lol.
Not many people still have a real phone. Daughter-in-law saves everything so she had one.
Posted by: four seasons at June 10, 2026 11:16 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 10, 2026 11:17 PM (xcxpd)
Those are the best five I have seen in my lifetime.
Posted by: LTG at June 10, 2026 11:17 PM (+ZHEV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 11:17 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
That's an old engineer joke.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 10, 2026 11:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I was close.
Posted by: mikeski points back to #108 at June 10, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)
Large-scale ballistic missile launches from Iran are ongoing, likely targeting regional allies and U.S. military installations.
_ZH
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 11:05 PM (QtjPW)
When they launch a boomer it means we can locate them and take them out tomorrow night.
Posted by: Joemarine at June 10, 2026 11:18 PM (y171U)
When I'm playing golf with the Geezers, St Mulligan is not allowed on the course. That said, there tends to be a generous application of the "grounds under repair" rule.
And tomorrow I'll be playing the course at McChord Air Force Base. Haven't played there in years. Ought to be fun.
Posted by: Diogenes
I play solo mostly. I play by the 'chill out, you're not on TV' rules of golf.
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 10, 2026 11:18 PM (bfy6w)
And some of the lunatics are throwing hissy fits that there are no women on the Artemis III crew, which was announced the other day. Isaacman had to write some lengthy repsonse to that, saying essentially, we need to choose the best people for the crew for a specific mission that is critical to get back to the Moon.
Isaacman also named Adam Steltzner as the new Chief Engineer for Special Projects. Stetlzner, currently at JPL, was the chief architect of that insane "sky crane" landing system for the Curiosity rover.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 10, 2026 11:18 PM (w6EFb)
Does Keir Starmer and Labour plan on cracking down on illegal immigration and the psychopathic violence it has unleashed?
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Very much the opposite:
https://t.co/LpCFvig4wO
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 10, 2026 11:19 PM (D0X9e)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 11:19 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:50 PM (QtjPW)
The first I visited D.C. was in '98, when I met a guy who constantly got calls from tourists. The city was small enough that local calls didn't need an area code, so you had to prepend a 1- to call out.
So as I understand it, what would happen is that if you were visiting D.C., tried to call someone from a certain place, and didn't preface it with 1- for long distance, then the area code, prefix, and first digit of the suffix would turn into his local seven-digit number and ring his cell phone before you could finish dialing.
So he turned it into a sort of game, a magic trick, telling strangers where they were from, since he knew the area code and prefix they were attempting to call.
Posted by: SciVo at June 10, 2026 11:20 PM (Sy6m/)
Geddy's 72 and can't belt it like he could when he was younger.
But it's all good for Rush fans. Crowds seem to be very into it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 11:12 PM (XV/Pl)
Yeah they're juggling around 40 songs. Yeah I give them credit for still being out there at that age. I might be going to the D.C. show. I saw them live a bunch of times and spent 50 years playing this shit, I might as well do it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 10, 2026 11:20 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 10, 2026 11:18 PM (bfy6w)
Those are good rules!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 10, 2026 11:21 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:21 PM (rdVOm)
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Guy on the pole outside was testing the lines to see if you had a stolen phone, or not paying rent for two...
If you had a stolen phone the hack was to remove its bells.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 10, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ)
Why? We have no clue. The grandkids are fascinated, lol.
Posted by: four seasons
An actual P.O.T.S. 48-volt landline, or an "IP phone" that works on their system?
Seems like the redundant 48-volt Ma-Bell system would be the only reason to put up with a landline, now. It'll still work when the internet's down, or the 110/220 power is out.
Posted by: mikeski phones it in at June 10, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)
The State of Israel and the IDF, the most moral army in the world, will continue to act forcefully against Iran and its proxies that threaten the Middle East and the entire world.
Jun 10, 2026 · 11:30 AM UTC
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 11:02 PM (QtjPW)
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He forgot the rape of Cyprus.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 11:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
___________________
I tested out a flying car, and ruined my one good shirt when I flew inverted. There's something wrong with the drink holder.
Sincerely,
An Average Retard
Posted by: The Average Retard at June 10, 2026 11:23 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 10, 2026 11:23 PM (1z8ji)
If you had a stolen phone the hack was to remove its bells.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 10, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ)
They gelded the phone? Seems extreme.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 11:25 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:21 PM (rdVOm)
I get two to five spam calls a day sometimes.
Posted by: LTG at June 10, 2026 11:25 PM (+ZHEV)
mikeski,
I think it is from the internet.
I think it's hilarious because the grandkids are young and have never seen anyone talking on a real phone.
Posted by: four seasons at June 10, 2026 11:25 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:26 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:28 PM (CHHv1)
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Waiting for the famous persons and celebrities skin grafts matching purse and luggage collections.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 10, 2026 11:28 PM (D0X9e)
Posted by: Dark L at June 10, 2026 11:28 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:21 PM (rdVOm)
I have a land line because the alarm company needs to to have one. The only ones on the planet that call that number are my inlaws, because they are stupid. I don't answer it when it rings, and I don't get spam calls because of it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 10, 2026 11:29 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: mikeski phones it in at June 10, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)
That is what we have here, and each house has a battery to power the system. The problem is that everyone but me, apparently, has a phone that needs to be plugged into the wall socket as well. When we had the ice storm and knocked out the power and even took the cell towers off line, I could call out but I couldn't reach anyone with a working phone.
It was like having the last Telex machine in the world!
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 11:30 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 11:30 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: four seasons
I showed the kids my old slide rule once and they stared at it as if it was one of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 11:30 PM (LZxDN)
/Looks around...
Hey... wait a sec, is someone playin around with the Hadron Collider again?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:23 PM (mP0Kj)
"Jet" and "rocket" were considered to be synonyms back then.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 10, 2026 11:30 PM (rv0XX)
At least I hope they're temporary. Major accounts showing up and not posting anything yet.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 10, 2026 11:30 PM (D0X9e)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 11:31 PM (gKWVE)
It was a while ago.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:31 PM (orF8y)
Posted by: four seasons at June 10, 2026 11:31 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: four seasons at June 10, 2026 11:32 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: gKWVE
* nods *
Baseball's not aerobic enough to give the Denver teams a big advantage over the lowlanders. The Rockies will have to learn to not suck on their own.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 11:32 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 11:30 PM (LZxDN)
While Rainmondo is a Dead C-student Troll.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:33 PM (mPXxA)
Steltzner appears in the beginning of this video on that Sky Crane landing system. It does look batshit insane, but it worked like charm.
t.ly/nea2z
Landing on Mars is a bitch. It's about the sour spot for atmosphere vs gravity. Not enough atmosphere to slow it down enough, and so you needs rockets. But you can't use rockets alone, you've got to deal with the heat and drag.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 10, 2026 11:34 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:28 PM (CHHv1)
Is Robert looking for a job where he could toy with and scratch really stupid people? It sounds like the UK might need a new King and/or Prime Minister soon. I think he'd be perfect as King, but he'd have more human toys to mess around with as PM.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 11:35 PM (qx7Zg)
It was a while ago.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:31 PM (orF8y)
I still have ticket stubs from back in the day, $12.50
I first saw Rush during the farewell to kings tour.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 10, 2026 11:37 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:39 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 10:34 PM (rbvCR)
The pulse-jet engine from the Nazi V1 buzz bomb was a pretty simple device, and could have easily been built with tools and equipment from the WW1 era. Two of those engines would have made most biplanes of the day into real performers. Now there are pulsejets that you or I can build that have zero moving parts, and generate pretty substantial thrust. See on the tewb of ewes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 10, 2026 11:39 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:39 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
I feel seen.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 11:05 PM (VHUov)
We are a brotherhood. A royal priesthood. A people set apart. ( for good reason....nyuk, nyuk, nyuk....)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 11:40 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 11:30 PM (LZxDN)
I have a few of those. Damn if I remember how to use them. We got to the moon using those, so they tell me anyway.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 10, 2026 11:40 PM (snZF9)
Karmelo kicking himself for not converting to Islam and stabbing someone in the UK instead.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:41 PM (orF8y)
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what did he do
Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:41 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:39 PM (CHHv1)
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You. Must. Be. A. Big. Fan.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 11:41 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: four seasons at June 10, 2026 11:42 PM (x4yF4)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 10, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
Oh, YASSSSS!
Nothing so satisfying, as that good, old-fashioned SLAM! when hanging up in anger...
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:07 PM (rdVOm)
Not nearly as satisfying as a terse, short telegram along the lines of:
YOU IDIOTS! STRONG LETTER FOLLOWS
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 11:43 PM (QGaXH)
Interestingly enough, IP phones, and all other POE “power over Ethernet” devices use the same -48 volts DC.
Other devices would include cameras, wireless access points (WiFi devices) and even LED lighting systems.
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 10, 2026 11:43 PM (3hOgI)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:39 PM (CHHv1)
You don't think he'd convert them to RtCism, with cat worship at its core, and him at the center?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 11:44 PM (qx7Zg)
Yikes!
Posted by: Joemarine at June 10, 2026 10:53 PM (y171U)
Good thing only Democrats live there, then.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 10, 2026 11:45 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 10, 2026 11:39 PM (1z8ji)
That would have required a complete rethinking of what the French thought what they were doing, and though that was possible, it would have required complete reconsidering of what they were doing.
Hanna Rietsch, the German test pilot, actually flew a V1 with a cockpit added to it. She found it unpleasant due to the vibration of the motor. I think she was the only test pilot who considered flying it.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 11:45 PM (rbvCR)
He. Is. The Shat.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 10, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
At the rate he's going he's going to outlive the Metrons.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 10, 2026 11:46 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:39 PM (CHHv1)
===
I paid $80 to see Mike Tyson. Damn was he a bore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 11:46 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:39 PM (CHHv1)
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A friend and I saw his off-broadway show "Shatner's World". It was awesome!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 11:47 PM (kpS4V)
THIS is the kind of thing that research grants are for-- like, finding a way to reverse the allergy!
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:47 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:33 PM (mPXxA)
They just wanted him out of high school. 20 years old and it was getting creepy.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 11:47 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 10, 2026 11:09 PM (IG3/x)
I also have an old Rotary phone jacked into my land line.
I am still planning to run an extension to my bedroom for a second one, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 11:13 PM (rbvCR)
Same here. Old beige rotary in the garage jacked into the landline which we also still have and probably won't let go of. Extensions in kitchen and master bedroom.
Kids can figure out what to do with it...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 11:47 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 11:49 PM (rbvCR)
Other devices would include cameras, wireless access points (WiFi devices) and even LED lighting systems.
Posted by: Gunslinger
That makes sense, since 48VDC was chosen for the old telephone system partly for efficiency and partly for safety..... not enough juice to fry a person in case of malfunction. No sense reinventing the wheel for other devices that could run off it.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 11:49 PM (VHUov)
>>what did he do
He used to have a stage show called Shatner's World, where he would talk about his life and career, he's extraordinarily funny and witty and can tell a story.
I also saw a film presentation of The Wrath of Khan and he came out afterwards and did an hour of Q&A.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 11:49 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:49 PM (orF8y)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 11:50 PM (gKWVE)
If I was going to live to be 95, which I honestly hope doesn't happen, I'd like to be in his condition. And yeah, I imagine the Metrons will invite him to their planet and gain a bit of wisdom.
Not a good director at all, a great actor (in the right role), but a hell of a human being.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:51 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Kindltot
That did, however, lead to the invention of the Sybian.
Posted by: mikeski regrets nothing at June 10, 2026 11:51 PM (VHUov)
I am still planning to run an extension to my bedroom for a second one, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 11:13 PM (rbvCR)
Same here. Old beige rotary in the garage jacked into the landline which we also still have and probably won't let go of. Extensions in kitchen and master bedroom.
Kids can figure out what to do with it...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 11:47 PM (QGaXH)
I got some ancient looking thing in the garage. Looks like something from petticoat junction. It works, its hooked up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 10, 2026 11:51 PM (snZF9)
Hey, good afternoon. This message is for LTG. My name is Cassandra. Looks like I'll be able to help you secure a better approval with improved terms and what was offered as long as we can show steady income there may still be options available even if your credit score is not as high as before...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 11:52 PM (QtjPW)
That episode would have been awesome.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 11:52 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:52 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 10, 2026 11:55 PM (Cqx++)
Those are the best five I have seen in my lifetime.
Posted by: LTG
>Obviously you've never seen Pele.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 10, 2026 11:55 PM (SRceu)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 11:55 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 11:49 PM (rbvCR)
I don't think I have the hydroforming one. Several guys are into those things on youtube.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 10, 2026 11:57 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:58 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 10, 2026 11:58 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2026 11:59 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 11, 2026 12:00 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
--
Small people age better if they take care of themselves.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 11, 2026 12:01 AM (QtjPW)
They call landing on Mars seven minutes of terror. It takes about 7 minutes from atmospheric entry to touchdown. Average one-way light time from Mars is about 14 minutes, so by the time they get the signal the lander has started the entry sequence, it's been 7 minutes since it either landed or crashed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 12:02 AM (w6EFb)
Can you call out on it?
Try something please. See if you can dial, just using the on-hook, off-hook buttons. For a 7, for example, hit the on/off hook button 7 times real fast, pause, and then do the next numbers.
Just curious if your service still supports pulse dialing…
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 11, 2026 12:03 AM (3hOgI)
Posted by: mikeski at June 11, 2026 12:03 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 11, 2026 12:04 AM (3/XaG)
Thank you again for a most enjoyable evening of conversation and trading old stories.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 11, 2026 12:05 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: mikeski at June 11, 2026 12:03 AM (VHUov)
But that is not important just now . . .
Posted by: Kindltot at June 11, 2026 12:05 AM (rbvCR)
They call landing on Mars seven minutes of terror. It takes about 7 minutes from atmospheric entry to touchdown. Average one-way light time from Mars is about 14 minutes, so by the time they get the signal the lander has started the entry sequence, it's been 7 minutes since it either landed or crashed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 12:02 AM (w6EFb)
I remember the Europrobe (I think) which due to some miscalculations impacted the surface at a couple thousand KPH.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2026 12:10 AM (orF8y)
Posted by: Skip at June 11, 2026 12:11 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Sesame Street Life at June 11, 2026 12:12 AM (Dz7wk)
I can't see how anyone could argue for the crossbow over the longbow! Would have to be somebody who thinks The Hundred Years War is just an online game ,or something.
Three French catastrophic losses in a row would be an insurmountable obstacle for crossbow aficionados, one would think.
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:15 AM (RCjYY)
We used to deep sea fish with my father off of Panama City, FL every year. He also had a large Cris-Craft he mostly like to speed in (being a Marine). We did take it to the MS Gulf and he kept land in sight as he was crazy and did not have a radio. I was never fazed.
The one time we took my new husband fishing on the boat he always chartered was during a bad storm. So bad once we got out of the bay we would be in troughs with waves over our heads. I know this because I was harfing off the side of the boat, holding onto ropes in the rain. All of my men were below decks but I could not deal with it. The five of them had bunks and would look at me when I'd go plead with my father to tell the captain to turn back. It was hideous to the point with dehydration I thought the guy was trying to kill us.
Never before or since have had motion sickness. I tried hard not to puke until the fat first mate wiped sweat off his blubber with a paper towel and then ate a baloney and cheese sandwhich at 9am.
We had survival laughing hysteria all the way back to the beach house. Initiation for my husband.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 11, 2026 12:18 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 10, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
At the rate he's going he's going to outlive the Metrons.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 10, 2026 11:46 PM (snZF9)
I hope he outlives Takei.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 11, 2026 12:19 AM (1Ff7Z)
"Hope I don't live to be 95"
You might change your mind when you're 80? 95 doesn't look so bad then!
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:22 AM (RCjYY)
I see that we are bombing the crap out of Iran again tonight and this gives me peace. I want this done.
Yesterday evening we had F-35's doing maneuvers in and out of mountain canyons. Normally fly overs for holidays. I finally went out on the deck and got a video or two but then they quit, seeing me in my nightgown and all. Poor pilots. It was loud and they were right above our house. I would spend my days in the basement storage room if we were at war (with gin). I had to wonder if they are joining the fight or just flexing. AF Base far north of us.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 11, 2026 12:23 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: 13times at June 11, 2026 12:23 AM (53wJo)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
>Takei will try to dry hump his corpse at the morgue.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 11, 2026 12:25 AM (SRceu)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2026 12:26 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: buddhaha at June 11, 2026 12:26 AM (ezP9C)
Got conned into watching the San Antonio Spurs snatch defeat from the jaws of victory tonight.
What a shitty end to what started out as a fairly great game....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 11, 2026 12:26 AM (ZLP/c)
Posted by: Case at June 11, 2026 12:26 AM (+zXtV)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2026 12:27 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:28 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2026 12:26 AM (CHHv1)
There's also that uncredited guy who'd occasionally take Chekov's station. Short blonde hair, gold tunic. Never found a name for him.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 11, 2026 12:29 AM (1Ff7Z)
I can't see how anyone could argue for the crossbow over the longbow! Would have to be somebody who thinks The Hundred Years War is just an online game ,or something.
Three French catastrophic losses in a row would be an insurmountable obstacle for crossbow aficionados, one would think.
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:15 AM (RCjYY)
I never entered that discussion, because I don't know enough to have an opinion. If you -want- an energetic discussion, along with handgun caliber, I recommend Sunday's gun thread. I think it kicks off at 6 PM Eastern.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 11, 2026 12:29 AM (qx7Zg)
Henry Kissinger was still writing articles when he was 99.
Looks like Mel Brooks might make it to 100-- he still gives quite lucid interviews.
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:30 AM (RCjYY)
I don't think I want to live to be 95yrs old unless that's the plan, or my husband manages to live this long as well. His family don't live as old as mine.
Both grandmothers were in their 90's but didn't smoke or drink. Or have the college experiences I had to probably push things along.
I drink now and then as it started messing with my sleep, which I value more. However, it is gin and tonic and deck dancing season and this is going to soon change.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 11, 2026 12:32 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
This is the Internet! Don't let that stop you!
Posted by: YOLOski at June 11, 2026 12:32 AM (VHUov)
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The Western Electric 500 set.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_500_telephone
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 11, 2026 12:33 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: raimondo at June 11, 2026 12:34 AM (gdB/T)
I didn't realize they talked about bows and arrows on the gun thread. I've seen "The Gun Thread" headline hundreds of times... & always skip it.
Ditto the Food Thread; First World Problems; Pixie's tech thread.
We all have our favorites, I imagine.
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:36 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:07 PM (rdVOm)
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I find it satisfying when I call in an uproar and am told I'm being recorded before the person answers.
I always say, "Good!" When the person answers he/she/trans hear's really fast Julia Sugarbaker (Designing Women) polite outrage machine gun Southern.
My husband will hear this tone upstairs and come down to ask who's in trouble now. Heh. I never cuss, I never yell, but I am very effective with customer service people.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 11, 2026 12:37 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:39 AM (RCjYY)
Heck, WeirdDave's gun thread always has a terrible vintage sci-fi movie link.
Visit them. You don't have to comment or even stay long, but you'll be surprised at the good fellowship.
It's all over the place.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2026 12:39 AM (CHHv1)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_302_telephone
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 11, 2026 12:39 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
This is the Internet! Don't let that stop you!
Posted by: YOLOski at June 11, 2026 12:32 AM (VHUov)
I make enough mistakes already when I think I know something. Why add to the list?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 11, 2026 12:40 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:41 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2026 12:41 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:39 AM (RCjYY)
He reminds of the bowl of petunias that appears above the planet Magrathea.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 11, 2026 12:43 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: JQ
There isn't an app for that?
Posted by: Miklos never answers anyway at June 11, 2026 12:44 AM (6VErX)
!?!?!?
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (orF8y)
**************
Well known hooker in our beach town by everyone by her first name, police and the ED. We even had medical supplies for her when she'd visit roaring drunk. She had everything known to man like HIV, plus surgical complications up the wazoo and nothing had killed her when I left the area in 2015.
Once burned her lap freebasing coke (so I heard) one winter night under the causeway to our island. Flown to a burn center.
We all felt this was it and it wasn't. I would tell you more but I am bound to HIPPA and you'd all hate me after you threw up.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 11, 2026 12:44 AM (WONhk)
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Heck, WeirdDave's gun thread
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Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2026 12:39 AM (CHHv1)
*Spock eyebrow*
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 11, 2026 12:45 AM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 11, 2026 12:43 AM (qx7Zg)
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I feel if you are going to troll here, at least have some original material vs boring and a dunderhead IQ.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 11, 2026 12:46 AM (WONhk)
==
Heck, WeirdDave's gun thread
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Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2026 12:39 AM (CHHv1)
*Spock eyebrow*
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 11, 2026 12:45 AM (R+iUD)
Weasel? WeirdDave normally does the Friday ONT.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 11, 2026 12:47 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:47 AM (RCjYY)
Looked that up. It was the Schiaparelli EDM lander, which was to land in Oct. 2016. It made entry and was executing the descent and landing sequence but the signal was lost about 1 minute before touchdown. They didn't know what happened, but the MRO orbiter imaged the landing area and saw a black spot.
What happened was the IMU got saturated (overloaded with data) somehow and thought it was lower and closer to the surface that it actually was and jettisoned the parachute way too early. It hit the ground at about 200 mph.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 12:48 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at June 11, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)
Ditto the Food Thread; First World Problems; Pixie's tech thread.
We all have our favorites, I imagine.
Posted by: mnw
>Some issues, I surmise, will create legal issues for the blog which is why we talk about boobies.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 11, 2026 12:48 AM (SRceu)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 11, 2026 12:45 AM (R+iUD)
Weasel? WeirdDave normally does the Friday ONT.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Next up-
WeirdWeasel
Posted by: Madame Miklos, Reader and Advisor at June 11, 2026 12:49 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 11, 2026 12:50 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:51 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: bowl of petunias at June 11, 2026 12:51 AM (bHWR0)
How ignorant and oblivious did Lois Land and Jimmy Olsen have to be to NOT recognize that Superman and Clark Kent were the same guy?…
Posted by: Tonypete
One of the better Doctor Who Christmas specials, The Return of Doctor Mysterio. The Doctor figures out that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person.
https://youtu.be/KOLlqEWNQaI?t=196
Posted by: mindful webworker - ruined a copy of John Byrne comic at June 11, 2026 12:51 AM (dn9xm)
We have about an 88% success rate for landing on Mars. Russia not so hot, 11%, which is one probe that achieved soft landing but lasted only 110 seconds.
Chicoms have 1 successful landing out of 1 attempt. Euroweenies are batting 0.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 12:52 AM (w6EFb)
It's hard enough to animate robots that refuse to cooperate. I can't be expected to corral the other facts of the universe.
Good night, folks. Weekend is almost here.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2026 12:53 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 12:48 AM (w6EFb)
Could you put a Mars lander into a low orbit, and then fire enough retro rockets to bring it to a near-standstill at the top of the atmosphere? Then deploy a giant Skyhook-style balloon filled with hydrogen, and let that control the descent?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 11, 2026 12:53 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: publius
So yer sayin' I gotta chance?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 11, 2026 12:54 AM (diia5)
Posted by: JQ
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Actually, the.phone system was anything but "hi-fi". The frequency range had the 3dB points at 180:and 3400, with 300-3000 holding to +/- 1dB. Today's phone system for voice has the same freq specs. What is different is the noise. The specs for inter office noise was better than 21 dBrnc, which is a good10-15 FB better than today's cell/VOIP network.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 11, 2026 12:55 AM (ezP9C)
Posted by: Miklos thinks Publius has a pretty big shop, but still at June 11, 2026 12:56 AM (6VErX)
And this I had forgotten. The UAE and India both successfully got probes into Mars orbits.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 12:56 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Case at June 11, 2026 12:57 AM (+zXtV)
The guys programming that shit are weird - and probably prod of it.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 11, 2026 12:57 AM (ezP9C)
I'm guessing the fuel requirements for that, shedding all your (tangential) orbital velocity would be way too high. Which would mean very high spacecraft mass to throw up to Mars from Erf.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I can guess which countries are working on probes for Uranus
Posted by: Miklos is not above very juvenile humor at June 11, 2026 12:58 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Reforger at June 11, 2026 12:58 AM (bHWR0)
If they did, I imagine they kept them secret.
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:58 AM (RCjYY)
I'm guessing the fuel requirements for that, shedding all your (tangential) orbital velocity would be way too high. Which would mean very high spacecraft mass to throw up to Mars from Erf.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
So you're saying probably yes, if AOP helps with fabrication and kicks in for the fuel expense
Posted by: Miklos thinks Studebaker One would be a good name at June 11, 2026 01:00 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Reforger at June 11, 2026 01:03 AM (bHWR0)
If they did, I imagine they kept them secret.
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:58 AM (RCjYY)
Recent ones, not sure, but definitely in years past.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 11, 2026 01:04 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Miklos is not above very juvenile humor
>Never put this one beyond the Kingdom of Great Britain, they still believe in rum, sodomy and the lash.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 11, 2026 01:04 AM (SRceu)
NASA has plans for to orbit and probe Uranus, with the UOP mission. It's still in the concept phase. Travel time will be long, and it would use those low energy lollygagging trajectories with multiple gravity assists. If launched in 2031, it would be 2044 before it got there.
It would have an orbiter to circle around -- close to the rim as it were, then plunge a probe straight in.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Reforger at June 11, 2026 01:05 AM (bHWR0)
Posted by: Miklos suspects this is true at June 11, 2026 01:05 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 01:08 AM (RCjYY)
Four cosmonauts have been killed in actual spaceflight. More were killed in ground testing, but I'll have to look that up.
One cosmonaut was killed on the Soyuz 1, when the parachute failed to deploy for landing. Three more were killed on Soyuz 11, when a cabin valve, due to damage, opened up and depressurized the capsule during reentry.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by ten
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I don't remember hitting the hook switch. You picked up.the phone and the operator said, "Number, please."
I was 11 when we got dial phones, but, we were one of the first exchanges in the country with DDD (Direct Distance Dialing). No more asking the operator for "long distance", then getting the LD operator, then telling her what city, then getting the local.operator there and finally giving her the number you wanted.
You just miraculously picked up.the phone, dialed "1" and an area code and the number.
Of course, in the beginning that only worked into the bigger cities. If you wanted to call BF, Iowa, you dialed "0", and asked for " long distance", like always.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 11, 2026 01:08 AM (ezP9C)
The guys programming that shit are weird - and probably prod of it.
Posted by: buddhaha
As you can tell, right there.
Posted by: mikeski knows autocorrect is kinda ghey at June 11, 2026 01:09 AM (VHUov)
I forget the details, but there were some radio enthusiast types, European I think, who supposedly heard and recorded transmissions of doomed cosmonauts flying off into space or otherwise about to meet their demise. One voice sounded female, I think.
Whether that was real or not is still debated.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 01:12 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: buddhaha
As you can tell, right there.
Posted by: mikeski knows autocorrect is kinda ghey
We are pleasing for suggestion for improve CucumberSuite 2.0 autocorrective softwares
Posted by: Miklosjeet at the Bangalore Autocorrect Centre of Most Excellence at June 11, 2026 01:12 AM (6VErX)
Who hurt you?
Posted by: bravokilo at June 11, 2026 01:13 AM (a+sNt)
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 12:47 AM (RCjYY)
But it's okay to bat them around somewhat before smashing them.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2026 01:13 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: mnw at June 11, 2026 01:15 AM (RCjYY)
Not that there was caller ID in the age of pay phones, but a pager would reveal that…
Posted by: Gunslinger
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The operator knew it was a pay phone, and wouldn't place a collect call to one.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 11, 2026 01:15 AM (ezP9C)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 11, 2026 01:15 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Many things involving indistinct female statements are
Posted by: Don't ask how Miklos knows this at June 11, 2026 01:16 AM (6VErX)
One cosmonaut was killed on the Soyuz 1, when the parachute failed to deploy for landing. Three more were killed on Soyuz 11, when a cabin valve, due to damage, opened up and depressurized the capsule during reentry.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)
I think the Soyuz 11 dudes are actually the only ones counted as "space fatalities" because they were above some boundary, maybe 100 miles up or some shit, so they actually died in space. The soyuz 1 dude died on earth by going meteor. I don't think any of ours are counted as "died in space". I thought that was pretty interesting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 11, 2026 01:18 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 10, 2026 11:29 PM (snZF9)
Back in the day I had a dedicated line for my modem. I had a phone plugged into it as well. Whenever it would ring, I'd pick it up, say "Wrong number" and hang up.
It's amazing how many indignant callbacks you get. "How do you know it was a wrong number? I didn't even say anything!"
Posted by: Miss Lindsey Graham at June 11, 2026 01:18 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Berserker
Back in the day I had a dedicated line for my modem. I had a phone plugged into it as well. Whenever it would ring, I'd pick it up, say "Wrong number" and hang up.
It's amazing how many indignant callbacks you get. "How do you know it was a wrong number? I didn't even say anything!"
Posted by: Miss Lindsey Graham
The reverse of that was the worst. When somebody's fax machine had the wrong number. And it'd keep calling back, hoping to hear the handshake tones.....
Posted by: mikeski at June 11, 2026 01:22 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: buddhaha at June 11, 2026 01:08 AM (ezP9C)
(singing)
"Dial one... plus the area code, if it's different from your own... plus the number!"
There was also an interim setup where you'd (as I recall...details are hazy) dial 0-area-code-number. It would go to an operator to complete the call, but she (for the young 'uns, they were about 99.9% female -- "The girl with a smile!") didn't have to punch in everything manually.
I remember when they went on strike and the managers had to fill in for them.
The girl with a smile
Is gone for a while
A man with balls
Will take your calls
Posted by: Miss Lindsey Graham at June 11, 2026 01:23 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2026 01:24 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - scuse me while I kiss this guy at June 11, 2026 01:26 AM (dn9xm)
Posted by: SciVo at June 11, 2026 01:26 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 11, 2026 01:26 AM (aJQbY)
I haven't been able to come up with an audio file for that area code song, but I remember it well.
Good night, everybody!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 11, 2026 01:28 AM (IG3/x)
Re Soyuz 11, reading about it, the explosive bolts that separated the orbital and descent modules fired all at once, rather than in sequence, and that heavy jolt damaged that valve. It turned out that one of the cosmonauts had unbuckled and was attempting to manually close the valve. He didn't have enough time.
Alexei Leonov had advised they close all those valves manually before reentry just in case, because he didn't trust the automatic valves. After that, he tested it -- it was a handwheel that took over 20 turns to close, and took a minimum of 1 minute under flight conditions to close. It took only 40 seconds for the cabin to go to full vacuum.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 01:31 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ
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My -48V (from a CO with big batteries and a standby generatot) landline phone gets maybe one spam call every couple of weeks. My cell, about the same. My wife's cell, OTOH, gets a couple a day.
In days of old, bums had marking codes on houses to show who was a soft touch. The spammers ecosystem must have the same thing and my wife is on the list.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 11, 2026 01:31 AM (ezP9C)
Posted by: Late Nite Magyar with Miklos at June 11, 2026 01:37 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Tonypete
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Metal.Pickett here.
The old joke that "When you're a freshman, 2 x 2 = 4, but by the time you're a senior, it's 3.99" is no.longer understood.
The Past is a different country.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 11, 2026 01:38 AM (ezP9C)
Posted by: Reforger at June 11, 2026 01:39 AM (bHWR0)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2026 01:39 AM (CHHv1)
Apollo 15 placed a memorial, dubbed "Fallen Astronaut" on the Moon with a plaque commemorating all astronauts, ours and Russians, who died in the pursuit of space exploration. It was a small statue of an astronaut, in a space suit, placed face down on the surface. The plaque was placed next to it with all the names, which included Soyuz 11 crew. That was just about 1 month earlier.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Curmudgeonly Uncle Miklos at June 11, 2026 01:40 AM (6VErX)
Tom Stafford, who was Chief Astronaut at the time, was a pallbearer at the funeral for the three Soyuz 11 crew.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 01:43 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
"Everything I have, I owe to spaghetti"
This is an actual Sophia Loren quote
Posted by: Miklos is actually serious about this at June 11, 2026 01:43 AM (6VErX)
One cosmonaut died in a training accident due to a fire in the capsule being tested with a high concentration O2 atmosphere. They kept that secret for a long time.
There's some speculation that if NASA had known about that, Apollo 1 could've been avoided.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 01:45 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 01:45 AM (w6EFb)
We weren't exatly on speaking terms.
Posted by: Reforger at June 11, 2026 01:50 AM (bHWR0)
Other devices would include cameras, wireless access points (WiFi devices) and even LED lighting systems.
Posted by: Gunslinger
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Every IP phone I've come across used locally generated power, of whatever voltage. When the local grid goes down, your ip.phone goes with it (unless you have battery or generator backup at your house). The old landline -48v came from the CO, which had a stack of wet cells and a big diesel generator if the outage lasted more than about a half hour.
Incidentally, the reason for the minus voltage was for electrolysis. A positive to ground source would plate from the copper wire to the old lead sheathed cables and open the circuit. The negative voltage plated from the lead sheath to the wires. Didn't bother the wire and the.lead was a lot thicker.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 11, 2026 01:51 AM (ezP9C)
Posted by: Reforger at June 11, 2026 01:52 AM (bHWR0)
Posted by: Bulg at June 11, 2026 01:53 AM (77rzZ)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_500_telephone
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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And their clones: AE Type 80, Kellogg K500, Both 540, Stromberg CarlsonSCC 540
http://www.paul-f.com/500style.html
Posted by: buddhaha at June 11, 2026 02:03 AM (ezP9C)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 01:45 AM (w6EFb)
We weren't exatly on speaking terms.
Posted by: Reforger at June 11, 2026 01:50 AM (bHWR0)
Indeed, I have some sympathy for the people who think the first moon landing was hoaxed, because it is plausible that they would have done anything to beat the Soviets, including lying to the world.
The mirrors you can bounce lasers off of show we have actually been there, so I don't have patience for those that doubt all of them. But the question of the first one comes down to whether the spooks thought the Russkies might beat us there, and you can't trust anything they say, so we may never know.
Posted by: SciVo at June 11, 2026 02:05 AM (Sy6m/)
It's a wonder the high pressure pure O2 cabin atmosphere didn't burn them in the butt before Apollo 1. Mercury and Gemini both used it. Now, sitting on the ground before launch, you had to pressurize above 1 atm to seal everything and keep outside air from getting in. The bends were a big concern if N2 got in there.
Now, for Gemini, rather than an escape tower, they had ejection seats, which fired with rockets. Had they ever had to use those, they would've probably set the astronauts off like torches with all that O2 soaking in their space suits. And it could've well killed them anyway, as peak acceleration was over 20g.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 02:07 AM (w6EFb)
Had the Rooskies made it, Alexei Leonov would've been the first Russian to step on the Moon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 02:09 AM (w6EFb)
In the meantime, I'm hearing loud distant booms from somewhere up north just as I type. Oh, and now jets sounding way up there - dunno in or outbound. Guessing inbound.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2026 02:14 AM (rTRzn)
The Russians were capable of monitoring all our Moon missions. They wouldn't have let us get away with faking it. Others also were capable, and did track and monitor Apollo 11 all the way to the Moon.
Faking a Moon landing would've been far more difficult than actually doing it, especially with '60s tech. The dreaded "CGI" as all the hoax proponents like to say, didn't even exist then, and wouldn't for a long time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 02:17 AM (w6EFb)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_500_telephone
Posted by: Mike Hammer
LUXURY
Why, even today I connect to the Internet with a VPN of my own devising, consisting of some twice and a rusty Campbell's soup can as a modem
Posted by: Miklos, the Fifth Yorkshireman at June 11, 2026 02:17 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2026 02:18 AM (rTRzn)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2026 02:19 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2026 02:19 AM (CHHv1)
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Thanks. Where I'm located, we just hear but don't see or experience at present. There was just now another even louder explosion.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2026 02:23 AM (rTRzn)
They kept secrets from themselves (resulting in chernobyl).
Posted by: Dark L at June 11, 2026 02:23 AM (W5mpo)
The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee
We Asked AI To Simulate What Would Happen If AOC Was Forced To Learn Economics. Made with @grok.
https://tinyurl.com/mr2csc45
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2026 02:28 AM (rTRzn)
"Fan" Star Trek Original Series Clip to "Common People" by William Shatner
https://youtu.be/zI3UfxyIdgs
Posted by: SciVo at June 11, 2026 02:35 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Biden's Dog
Could I start with an easier problem, like forcing a flatworm to juggle?
Posted by: Grok at June 11, 2026 02:36 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: SciVo at June 11, 2026 02:37 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2026 02:44 AM (rTRzn)
I vaguely remembered something about independent confirmation of Apollo 11 signals from the surface of the Moon. Bochum Observatory in West Germany, using their 20m dish, recorded audio and even TV transmissions from Apollo 11 on the surface. UK, and Italian observatories did as well.
And most amazing of all, Larry Basinger, a radio technician for a radio station in Kentucky and big Ham radio enthusiast built his own homemade antenna, *out of chicken wire* with wood framing (it was YUGE), and recorded voice transmissions from Apollo 11.
His recordings were identical to the other independents. Same transmission. And it did not include the ground to Moon transmissions. They were just getting the Moon to ground transmissions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 02:44 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: SciVo at June 11, 2026 02:47 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 02:44 AM (w6EFb)
Well, there you go. Now I'm convinced. So why is it such a meme?
Posted by: SciVo at June 11, 2026 03:04 AM (Sy6m/)
The answer is because the makers of those memes and all that hoax stuff out there are a bunch of idiots (or Dunning-Kruger poster children) who don't know what they're talking about. Then throw in the real lunatics, like the flat-earthers, and you Katy bar the door.
Another reason is it's been so long. Your typical less than 29 year old of today knows very little about Apollo. When I was a little kid, I was fascinated by it all, and had the details (such as young kid could process) burned in my brain. And it's still there. I knew the Saturn V rocket, all the stages and parts of the Apollo spacecraft by heart.
Some of these idiots have no idea how all that was put together and worked.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 03:11 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: SciVo at June 11, 2026 03:18 AM (Sy6m/)
The genesis of the Moon Hoax stuff was from a 1974 self-published book by a character named Bill Kaysing, titled "We never went to the Moon". He gained some purchase because he was a former employee of Rocketdyne. He wasn't an engineer, or rocket scientist, or anything related, but a technical writer with an English degree.
And then a character named Bart Sibrel (who got punched in the face by Buzz Aldrin) took up the torch. And, with the internet driven flat earth kookery, they went wild with all that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 03:29 AM (w6EFb)
We Asked AI To Simulate What Would Happen If AOC Was Forced To Learn Economics. Made with @grok.
Posted by: Biden's Dog
If only we had access to the footage from AOC Encounters a Garbage Disposal "Hiding In My Sink!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 11, 2026 03:41 AM (ixS3i)
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We meet on the first Wednesday of the month at the Elks Lodge at 7PM. Come join us.
Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at June 11, 2026 03:51 AM (5KD9C)
The Flat Earth Society has members from all over the globe.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 11, 2026 03:53 AM (w6EFb)
Or the Angry Sink, as he calls it.
Posted by: SciVo at June 11, 2026 03:54 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Skip at June 11, 2026 03:57 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: SciVo at June 11, 2026 04:06 AM (Sy6m/)
https://youtu.be/qEOJu_leKSw
Posted by: SciVo at June 11, 2026 04:12 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2026 04:16 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: Skip at June 11, 2026 04:21 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: SciVo at June 11, 2026 04:26 AM (Sy6m/)
Maybe it's supposed to be "spoken shorthand" for "Child of God" but it seems inauthentic for Crockett to be using it for a person she seems not to like and whose credibility she distrusts.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2026 04:28 AM (ix8EF)
https://tinyurl.com/4j2wsc2p
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2026 04:30 AM (ix8EF)
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