Thursday Overnight Open Thread - July 9, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday ONT! Open thread, as always. Content supplied for those who are interested. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Let's learn all of these stats and figures and quiz Weasel on Sunday night

Just under 3 min of US Gun Facts

Show this to libs and watch their heads spin pic.twitter.com/GgWEejNR4w
— Dangerous Thoughts (@DangerousThinkg) July 9, 2026

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Strangely satisfying to watch!

Anything you put in there is gone once pic.twitter.com/LCvKpSsF9m
— ��Mide�� (@HaYoMiDe_) July 9, 2026

What would you want to throw in there?

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Who doesn't like a good origin story?

The origin of the General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard pic.twitter.com/RfCZwkMAKK
— 80s Kidz (@80s_Kidz) July 8, 2026

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Go big or go home!

World’s largest paper airplane has a 65-foot wingspan

It’s easy to craft a paper airplane capable of soaring across a classroom, but one that can travel 200 feet is a bit harder. A group of students from Italy’s University of Pisa not only managed to reach that distance on a single glide—they did so with the Guinness World Record holder for the largest paper airplane ever assembled.
Built using only paper and some glue, the team’s nearly 23-foot-long creation and its over 65-foot wingspan cruised through a warehouse at Italy’s annual We Make Future expo on June 25. According to the university’s announcement, the students broke a record previously held since 2013 by Germany’s Braunschweig Institute of Technology.

Video segment at the link. Foreign language narration but still kewl.

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Ever wonder to yourself "How long do squirrels typically live?" No? OK, feel free to skip this one, then.

Squirrel Lifespan: How Long Do Squirrels Live?

You see them often, but how long are you seeing the same squirrels? Find out how long squirrels live, and what affects a squirrel's lifespan.
Look outside at your yard or in a public park for even just a minute or two, and you’re likely to see squirrels. These bushy-tailed critters are as adorable as they are wily, with their scavenging ways and problem-solving skills. If you’ve ever seen a baby squirrel or adult, you might wonder about a squirrel’s lifespan. How long do squirrels live? The answer is more complex than you might think.

Go ahead - check out the whole thing.

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Tin foil hats? Yup - I'll try on whatever ya got!

Trump:- “Biden died and they replaced him with an Actor Clone”

Also the Clones… pic.twitter.com/br3oO0zTc6
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) July 9, 2026

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DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

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1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:01 PM (zlG6F)

2 Good evening morons e grazie Disco!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)

3 Hey, where all da white wimmen at?

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at July 09, 2026 10:02 PM (u/oMr)

4 Good evening good people.

(Again)

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:02 PM (zlG6F)

5 Happy Thursday ...

Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 09, 2026 10:03 PM (3ZUWJ)

6 Must be some ugly bird there on the beach. No guys hanging around.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

7 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex- whelmed dino at July 09, 2026 10:03 PM (OlBv0)

8 Squirrel Lifespan: How Long Do Squirrels Live?
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52 years in August!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 09, 2026 10:03 PM (FZ29D)

9 "What would you want to throw in there?"

The left.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (S41Gd)

10 Peggy Sue

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (+yTe/)

11 Good Evening, Tonypete ...

Good Evening, Tonypete

Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (3ZUWJ)

12 Good evening morons e grazie Disco!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)

Howdy SF. I haven't been on much recently -- how's the missus?

Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (QLC6i)

13 Didn't matter Biden is/was always ugly and dumb.

Evening Doof!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (NnhvP)

14 Good Evening, Tonypete ...

Good Evening, Tonypete
Posted by: Adriane the O the Times

They called him "Twotimes Twotimes"

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (zlG6F)

15 ~~What~~ [bWhowould you want to throw in there?
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*unfurls scroll*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

17 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!
Posted by: TRex- whelmed dino at July 09, 2026 10:03 PM (OlBv0)

Howdy, Dino!

Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (QLC6i)

18 Oh you sweet DOOF!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (uTEOj)

19 *sighs*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

20 Doof to the barrel, Doof report to the barrel...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 09, 2026 10:06 PM (/HDaX)

21 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 09, 2026 10:06 PM (n17eQ)

22 Thanks, Mrs. F. was discharged Tuesday and is back home and healing. b"h for good health.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

23 Doof to the barrel, Doof report to the barrel...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 09, 2026 10:06 PM (/HDaX)

I have more power than the barrel tonight!

Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:07 PM (QLC6i)

24 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 09, 2026 10:07 PM (+9wcF)

25 Oh you sweet DOOF!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (uTEOj)

Hello COMM!!

Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:07 PM (QLC6i)

26 What would you want to throw in there?
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Been there, done that.

Posted by: James Bond at July 09, 2026 10:08 PM (vSvIl)

27 ~~What~~ Who would you want to throw in there?

There.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

28 "What would you want to throw in there?"

MSM

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 09, 2026 10:08 PM (n17eQ)

29 We only have one self checkout of 12 or so registers. The other one is always closed.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 09, 2026 10:08 PM (/fEh/)

30 Didn't matter Biden is/was always ugly and dumb.

Evening Doof!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (NnhvP)

Yo!

Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:08 PM (QLC6i)

31 So yeah. Got some new neighbors across the road.
Tomorrow I will be doing a little target practice.
Just so they understand who they are living near...
We get way too many Californians here anymore. They need to understand that CO mountains ain't like California....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:12 PM (uTEOj)

32
Godzilla Minus Zero Trailer is out

youtu.be/Xmy-Z3dHMd8

Oh, and Minions & Monsters is in theaters

youtu.be/ZSdOwt-G49w

Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2026 10:12 PM (rbvCR)

33 That chewy-chewy machine is awesome. I want one.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2026 10:13 PM (1z8ji)

34
Dishonest shoppers? Can such things be?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 09, 2026 10:14 PM (O0L8i)

35 Thanks, Mrs. F. was discharged Tuesday and is back home and healing. b"h for good health.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

Excellent news!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2026 10:14 PM (1z8ji)

36 What would you want to throw in there?

Not "who"?

Posted by: GWB at July 09, 2026 10:14 PM (kU0PQ)

37 We get way too many Californians here anymore. They need to understand that CO mountains ain't like California....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:12 PM (uTEOj)
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*has hard time breathing*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

38 Guinness World Record holder for the largest paper airplane ever assembled.

Built using only paper and some glue

Guinness accepted that? Isn't that cheating? I thought paper-airplane purists only allowed the piece of paper. No tape, no glue, no paper clips for weight.....

That said, my favorite plane does require one piece of tape.

Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

39 That chewy-chewy machine is awesome. I want one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Old and busted: woodchippers

New hotness: that chewy-chewy machine

Posted by: The Horde at July 09, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)

40 Kamisama

Episode two of Chainsmoker Cat, they are really going for the fence.

Yani is having a drug induced fantasy of cigarettes performing a musical number. And then it gets more weird.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)

41
~~What~~ Who would you want to throw in there?

Demoncrats, commies (BIRM), artifa (again with the BIRM), progtarded judges, Soros prosecutors, rapists, jihadis, and most anyone not aligned with western Christian ideology.

Pretty much everyone that hates me for loving America as founded.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (QVmho)

42 Self-check works better in some locations, with certain demographics.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

43 >>What would you want to throw in there?

What, who. Lots of ideas.

Posted by: Jack Silver Dollar Straw at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (viF8m)

44 39 That chewy-chewy machine is awesome. I want one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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It would save money on helicopter fuel when the Burning Time comes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (u/oMr)

45 .

Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 10:20 PM (viF8m)

46 Like Phoebe Snow?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtqfNWtvLEw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:20 PM (+yTe/)

47 42 Self-check works better in some locations, with certain demographics.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

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Avoid at all costs

1. Within a radius of 5 miles from any Popeyes Chicken

2. On any MLK Boulevard

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:22 PM (u/oMr)

48 Guinness accepted that? Isn't that cheating? I thought paper-airplane purists only allowed the piece of paper. No tape, no glue, no paper clips for weight.....

That said, my favorite plane does require one piece of tape.
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

Yeah, sounds like some participation trophy bullshit to me. Here's my paper airplane shaped like an F-86. I got one on the surplus market!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 09, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)

49 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 09, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)

50 Howdy Doooooof!

Saw the top picture. Said to myself, “ if this is t Flock of Seagulls” imma have to quit AoS.

Whooof. Still here.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026 10:22 PM (yEz+x)

51 They need to understand that CO mountains ain't like California....

Posted by: COMountainMarie
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Old aerosol cans are fun.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:23 PM (+yTe/)

52 Thanks morons for your prayers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)

53 Thanxs Doof!
I am whelmed!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (2WIwB)

54 Well I can continue to follow the photo subject. See my take on seagulls in my nic.

Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (/WQyy)

55 At first, I thought that was peanut butter and a pickle, turns out, it was just Thursday night.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (fkjGs)

56 Evening, all,

Yes, I've noticed my local Walmarts slowly closing down the self-checkout stations. They usually don't have more than two regular checkouts open. Maybe they'd go to three or four during really busy times. But they usually have at least one open soon after opening now.

Anybody with two brain cells could have told them what would happen with a high-crime-oriented population like we have here. But nooooo, they had to try it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (wzUl9)

57 Anvil, anchor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 09, 2026 10:25 PM (/fEh/)

58 Squirrels are stupid. One time while driving I witnessed one cross 90 percent of the road in front of me, only to run back to the starting point.

I don't like helping things kill themselves, but another time I was driving to work and this squirrel ran right into my path. He obviously used geometry to plot the perfect suicide path, and he used me. USED ME!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 09, 2026 10:26 PM (CHHv1)

59 I quit making paper airplanes years ago. I couldn't get them to fly. Turns out, they were stationery.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)

60 Anybody with two brain cells could have told them what would happen with a high-crime-oriented population like we have here. But nooooo, they had to try it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (wzUl9)

Companies almost have to try or get called racist. Or do it to avoid being called racist.

I had one self check several months ago that flagged me as suspect because I went to grab something out of the cart, changed my mind about what I wanted to put in that bag and grabbed something else.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 09, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

61 42 Self-check works better in some locations, with certain demographics.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

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It was based on the Honor System.

Enough said?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)

62 >>Well I can continue to follow the photo subject. See my take on seagulls in my nic.

You're very good.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (viF8m)

63 Well, here we are again. Another day's useless energies spent. But still here.

Gaynor Sullivan (1951-2026)

Gallery of pix
https://bit.ly/eclipsed-heart

Literally
https://youtu.be/vkIOlYxO0QY

Posted by: mindful webworker - can you see me through this fan? at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (9rU9k)

64 Like Phoebe Snow?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtqfNWtvLEw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:20 PM (+yTe/)

She is an awesome singer. This tune is straight-up jazz, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (1z8ji)

65 The must have used more than one sheet of paper.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 09, 2026 10:28 PM (/fEh/)

66 ~~What~~ Who would you want to throw in there?

*unfurls scroll*

Posted by: San Franpsycho

"Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level! Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level!!"

Posted by: Commies at July 09, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)

67 Just finished watching a 1950 noir called Border Incident, with Ricardo Montalban as a Mexican cop who goes undercover to find out who is transporting illegal workers across the border. The film -- B & W, very atmospheric -- is at pains to state that most of the crossers are legal workers, and that the American farmers pay them legal wages. But some are willing to pay to get smuggled across, and then they have no recourse whatever.

Somehow I doubt the notion that the majority of the border crossers did it legally even in 1950. But it is an exciting film from early in Montalban's career, before that back injury that gave him such trouble later, and directed with style by Anthony Mann.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (wzUl9)

68 Lovely photo of a feathered rat.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (0Htd1)

69 At 1:18 in the General Lee video, why do we hear the sound of an automatic transmission shifter being moved to park?

Also, I went and read some of the comments in the X thread by Fenix Ammo linked in the sidebar. Geez, some people are stupid. And proud of it.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (vTZFs)

70 42 Self-check works better in some locations, with certain demographics.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

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It was based on the Honor System.

Enough said?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)

well, I guess I've lived in far better neighborhoods. (shrug)

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (0aYVJ)

71 51 Old aerosol cans are fun.

I know!
I got lots of bowling pins. Those are a kick too🧨!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (uTEOj)

72 Well I can continue to follow the photo subject. See my take on seagulls in my nic.
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (/WQyy)

Mine! Mine!!
Mine...mine...mine...
Mine! Mine!!!
Mine!

Posted by: The Gulls at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

73 I quit making paper airplanes years ago. I couldn't get them to fly. Turns out, they were stationery.
Posted by: Diogenes

.....

* throws Diogenes' paper airplane in the chewy-chewy machine *

Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

74 Wow. Oops. Better Literally link:
https://youtu.be/fsgWUq0fdKk

Posted by: mindful webworker - you toob fail at July 09, 2026 10:32 PM (9rU9k)

75 Companies almost have to try or get called racist. Or do it to avoid being called racist.

I had one self check several months ago that flagged me as suspect because I went to grab something out of the cart, changed my mind about what I wanted to put in that bag and grabbed something else.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 09, 2026

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I hated two points. One, that they were getting my labor for free; I wasn't getting a discount on my purchases for doing their work. Second, that damn screen right in my face, rubbing it in that I'm under surveillance. Once I put a plastic bag over the screen, and you'd have thought I'd damaged the machine in some way. They converged shouting on me as though they'd caught me shoplifting. After that I refused to use the self-checkouts, and still do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (wzUl9)

76 I quit making paper airplanes years ago. I couldn't get them to fly. Turns out, they were stationery.
Posted by: Diogenes

.....

* throws Diogenes' paper airplane in the chewy-chewy machine *
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

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Finally!
I tried that pun this morning and was ignored.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)

77 I got lots of bowling pins. Those are a kick too🧨!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (uTEOj)

Firebrick is really spectacular.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)

78 I tried that pun this morning and was ignored.

Apparently no one was moved to act.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (+9wcF)

79 At first, I thought that was peanut butter and a pickle, turns out, it was just Thursday night.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

I think I need my eyes checked. I had to scroll back to see what you were talking about.

Ha!

Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

80 Wolfus, how was your last video tour

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

81 See my take on seagulls in my nic.

Which one is Jonathan Livingston?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

82 Which one is Jonathan Livingston?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

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He's the one that smells like patchouli oil.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:36 PM (u/oMr)

83 Self-check works better in some locations, with certain demographics.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

I might have considered using them if they automatically included the employee discounts.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)

84 I never liked self-checks but the day I learned to really, sincerely hate them was when I paid for something with cash and the bill feed jammed so I couldn't get my change. I had to wait like 20 minutes for the manager to show up and open the machine because there is only one key in the whole damn store and only one person authorized to use it. And then he acts like he's pissed at me for the inconvenience.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (vTZFs)

85 Episode two of Chainsmoker Cat, they are really going for the fence.

Yani is having a drug induced fantasy of cigarettes performing a musical number. And then it gets more weird.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)

Nukes. Not enough. Not nearly enough.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (ldeN0)

86 We had squirrels as pets when I was a young un.

Our first, Alvin, lasted two years ... until one of my brothers friends fed him a sugar cube, and he shit himself to death.

Later in life, we rescued 3 orphaned babies after a storm knocked over a tree they were living in. Our cat had just had kittens, so my mom put the squirrels in with the kittens, and the mother cat took them in an raised them.

Damn things grew up faster than the kittens and they were climbing everywhere in the house ... pretty funny actually.

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (3sXRv)

87 Wolfus, how was your last video tour
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026

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It went poorly. The agent's phone couldn't connect half the time. And while he said he couldn't legally tell me whether a neighborhood was good or bad, he mentioned there was a guy in the street near the house screaming his head off at eleven in the morning. Not a good sign.

I have another tomorrow morning -- a house I looked at back in May and passed on. Its price has come down quite a bit, and I have adjusted my hopes somewhat as well, so we'll see.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (wzUl9)

88 Which one is Jonathan Livingston?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

He's out of frame all by himself.

Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (/WQyy)

89 Also, I went and read some of the comments in the X thread by Fenix Ammo linked in the sidebar. Geez, some people are stupid. And proud of it.
Posted by: Oddbob

Here's a bit of advice, stay away from Nextdoor. If you think that people should use punctuation, it will make you cry.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 09, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)

90 I never liked self-checks but the day I learned to really, sincerely hate them was when I paid for something with cash and the bill feed jammed so I couldn't get my change. I had to wait like 20 minutes for the manager to show up and open the machine because there is only one key in the whole damn store and only one person authorized to use it. And then he acts like he's pissed at me for the inconvenience.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 09, 2026

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I could imagine that happening, and me being banned from that store for the ruckus I'd have caused.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

91 Good luck!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

92 But it is an exciting film from early in Montalban's career, before that back injury that gave him such trouble later, and directed with style by Anthony Mann.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM

There was that scene at the end where Montalban fights a bad guy while they're sinking in quicksand. The bad guy goes down, flapping his arms helplessly, while Montalban is saved. Quicksand scenes have given me the willies since I was a kid.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (YSQQv)

93 Poetry Man

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OxTVxGhHFM

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (+yTe/)

94 He's out of frame all by himself.
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (/WQyy)

It's that patchouli smell.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

95 Old aerosol cans are fun.

I know!
I got lots of bowling pins. Those are a kick too🧨!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (uTEOj)

Don't forget full size targets of local predators. Bears, wolves, pumas, pedos, you know, the dangerous threats.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)

96
But it is an exciting film from early in Montalban's career, before that back injury that gave him such trouble later, and directed with style by Anthony Mann.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Mystery Street came one year later.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0042771

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 09, 2026 10:41 PM (Cqx++)

97 Here's a bit of advice, stay away from Nextdoor. If you think that people should use punctuation, it will make you cry.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Around here, folks will post a picture of an animal and only say: "What is this?"

Normally, simply for the annoyance factor, I'll reply something like "That's a snake."

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (zlG6F)

98 >>Damn things grew up faster than the kittens and they were climbing everywhere in the house ... pretty funny actually.

My yard is surrounded by trees and brush and lots of squirrels. They are entertaining little acrobats.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)

99 Is this how to ruffle TRex's feathers during competitive shooting?

https://tinyurl.com/mrfwf597 (comic strip)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

100 Wolfus,

Please go and spend six months renting in a town you are interested in and explore the neighborhoods and research the police blotters. It would be worth it not to buy a beautiful home a block away from a shitty neighborhood.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (yEz+x)

101 77 Firebrick is really spectacular.

See? You get it😜.!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:44 PM (uTEOj)

102 But it is an exciting film from early in Montalban's career, before that back injury that gave him such trouble later, and directed with style by Anthony Mann.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026
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There was that scene at the end where Montalban fights a bad guy while they're sinking in quicksand. The bad guy goes down, flapping his arms helplessly, while Montalban is saved. Quicksand scenes have given me the willies since I was a kid.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 09, 2026

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A scene like it was featured in the young adult Roy Rogers mystery I read at age nine, The Ghost of Mystery Rancho. Roy is stranded in the West Texas desert in a pool of quicksand by the villain, the Ghost. He writes a message on paper with a lead-nosed bullet, and sends Trigger off with a "Go home!", hoping the horse will go where he last was stabled. His hosts read the message and get to him just in time.

It's a good little story, with a narrative drive you wouldn't believe and a thunderbolt revelation held to the end. It started my true interest in the mystery genre.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

103 Anyone else notice the Vaseline and cucumber at the self-checkout? Was that the dishonest person?

Posted by: Sua Sponte at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (GTw+O)

104 A lot of California isn't like California.

Posted by: Reforger at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (Moh1b)

105 52 Thanks morons for your prayers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)

The Mrs. doing better?

Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (zFsEm)

106 Around here, folks will post a picture of an animal and only say: "What is this?"

Normally, simply for the annoyance factor, I'll reply something like "That's a snake."
Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (zlG6F)

Try "This is a snuffleargus. It only bites stupid people, and makes them dumber." Make up a new name, threat, and disaster each time.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)

107 Squirrels are stupid. One time while driving I witnessed one cross 90 percent of the road in front of me, only to run back to the starting point.

I don't like helping things kill themselves, but another time I was driving to work and this squirrel ran right into my path. He obviously used geometry to plot the perfect suicide path, and he used me. USED ME!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 09, 2026 10:26 PM (CHHv1)

Its great when they do that on the bike. You know they're just going to do it. One funny thing though, some seem to be wiser and more curious. They hear the loud exhaust and just keep running. Then they get to the other side, and then stand up and look at you as if to say WTF was THAT?? I guess loud pipes do saves lives.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2026 10:46 PM (S41Gd)

108 Please go and spend six months renting in a town you are interested in and explore the neighborhoods and research the police blotters. It would be worth it not to buy a beautiful home a block away from a shitty neighborhood.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026

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Nurse, I'd have done that a year ago, if I hadn't had health issues. Now I think I'm getting low on time. However! If I haven't found a place I love by fall, I may well do just that. (If I can find a place I can take a six-month lease on, that is.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)

109 They are entertaining little acrobats.
Posted by: JackStraw

Yeah, especially when it comes to cleaning out my bird feeder. It's amazing how much those little buggers can stuff into their mouths.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (0Htd1)

110 I don't like helping things kill themselves, but another time I was driving to work and this squirrel ran right into my path. He obviously used geometry to plot the perfect suicide path, and he used me. USED ME!

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Suicide by Dodge

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (u/oMr)

111 I like Gabrial but that's not his best in my estimation.

Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (zFsEm)

112 California should annex the whole Baja.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 09, 2026 10:49 PM (/fEh/)

113 Yes, she is healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

114 A lot of California isn't like California.
Posted by: Reforger at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (Moh1b)

You haven't been to Jersey lately, have you?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

115 97 Here's a bit of advice, stay away from Nextdoor. If you think that people should use punctuation, it will make you cry.
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Comma, comma, comma's are so much fun.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjZ92_uOhzM

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:51 PM (+yTe/)

116 I like Gabrial but that's not his best in my estimation.
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (zFsEm)

I'd choose either Solsbury Hill, or Don't Give Up.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)

117 Please go and spend six months renting in a town you are interested in and explore the neighborhoods and research the police blotters. It would be worth it not to buy a beautiful home a block away from a shitty neighborhood.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026

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Plus the $$$ I'd spend on deposits, pet deposits, pet rent, rent, and storage of my own furniture -- or on transporting it to my temporary abode -- I think is money better spent on the house and any improvements or renovations.

If Miss Linda were in on this and excited about it, so that we could do it together, it would be different. I can't help but think how differently the young Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 would have responded to the prospect of getting our own house.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)

118 Somehow I doubt the notion that the majority of the border crossers did it legally even in 1950.“

Actually I believe it - because Law Enforcement at all levels took the issue seriously then, no judges were working to set them loose, and in those days they were most likely to just get a hell of an ass whoopin with lead filled billy clubs and tossed back.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2026 10:52 PM (VbqNm)

119 Squirrel Lifespan: How Long Do Squirrels Live?
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52 years in August!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 09, 2026 10:03 PM (FZ29D
******
Stay out of the road!

Posted by: Zombie Jesse Jackson at July 09, 2026 10:52 PM (qCdNq)

120
She is an awesome singer. This tune is straight-up jazz, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Jazz world went into mourning when she chose the blues.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:52 PM (+yTe/)

121 >>Yeah, especially when it comes to cleaning out my bird feeder. It's amazing how much those little buggers can stuff into their mouths

My yard is on the side of a hill and my patio overlooks the bird feeders below. I get my old man on by yelling at the squirrels when they try and hit the feeder.

I was young once but this is all I have now.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 10:53 PM (viF8m)

122 I was reading a lefty board and they have a new martyr - Tyrin Johnson.

The lefty board said the NG shot him for no reason. Apparently he was shooting at cops...ran into the NG and when he tried to shot them they fired first.

I also found a video of someone at the Memphis riots saying "I'm finna kill a cop tonight" but I can't tell if that's the same guy or just another person at the riots.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 10:53 PM (sKqQm)

123 95 Don't forget full size targets of local predators. Bears, wolves, pumas, pedos, you know, the dangerous threats.

Yep. Especially those pedos....🤪 it's pretty much free range in my neck of the woods...oh crap... I said that out loud didn't I...🙄

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:54 PM (uTEOj)

124 Doing some movie vault mockups, I've been on a massive programming kick and this is something I have been wanting to do, so... I'm doing it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 09, 2026 10:54 PM (XV/Pl)

125 Maybe an airbnb for a month or two will be enough time on site to find the right place.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)

126 My next video tour is at nine tomorrow morning. At ten we'll head over the nearby mall for a vigorous walk.

I've started working on a new short story which is telling itself to me pretty easily, so I hope I can get a page done on that early tomorrow as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)

127 113 Yes, she is healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

That is very good news! How are you holding up?

Posted by: moki at July 09, 2026 10:55 PM (wLjpr)

128 Braenyard, you're a fan of Betty Grable?

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 09, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)

129 Maybe an airbnb for a month or two will be enough time on site to find the right place.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026

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Maybe so. If I don't have to worry about the cats and about moving or storing my furniture right away, it might work better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:56 PM (wzUl9)

130 116 I like Gabrial but that's not his best in my estimation.
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (zFsEm)

I'd choose either Solsbury Hill, or Don't Give Up.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)

The live version of "In Your Eyes" is a good listen. Plus the old standard "Sledgehammer" is still fun.

Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:57 PM (zFsEm)

131 ***
Nurse, I'd have done that a year ago, if I hadn't had health issues. Now I think I'm getting low on time. However! If I haven't found a place I love by fall, I may well do just that. (If I can find a place I can take a six-month lease on, that is.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)

Wolfus, would Miss Linda consider going with you on one of these one month jaunts? Maybe if she sees a new place, (one that is cooler!) she may actually change her mind about not going with you.

Posted by: moki at July 09, 2026 10:58 PM (wLjpr)

132 A couple of years ago I hear a squirrel distress signal so I looked outside and saw the cutest juvenile squirrel partly in a tree nook crying.

I look around and didn't see any predators but I was guessing he'd seen a hawk. I watching him for a while and he calmed down, got out and ran out into the woods. I'd guess the hawk didn't want to fly down with a human around...guess I ruined his lunch.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 10:58 PM (sKqQm)

133 Please go and spend six months renting in a town you are interested in and explore the neighborhoods and research the police blotters. It would be worth it not to buy a beautiful home a block away from a shitty neighborhood.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026

If you can't do that, try the Google Earth "Street view" feature. Do a virtual drive around, looking for boarded up stores, abandoned houses, and wrecked cars parked in vacant lots.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 09, 2026 10:59 PM (ldeN0)

134 Old aerosol cans are fun.
Posted by: Braenyard

Old Overholt > old aerosol

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 09, 2026 11:00 PM (DZ9Lv)

135 113 Yes, she is healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

Good to hear.

Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 11:01 PM (zFsEm)

136 I look around and didn't see any predators but I was guessing he'd seen a hawk. I watching him for a while and he calmed down, got out and ran out into the woods. I'd guess the hawk didn't want to fly down with a human around...guess I ruined his lunch.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 10:58 PM (sKqQm)

Heh. While you watched the juvenile, Mom and Pop were stealing the peanut butter out of your pantry. Oldest trick in the books.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2026 11:01 PM (1z8ji)

137 One doesn't move to a house one moves to a neighborhood, a city, a county, a state. Those are the meaningful things. A house is merely a shelter from the weather.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:02 PM (+yTe/)

138 I saw there was an airbnb in my town and had no idea why...we really don't have anything that would draw someone here as it is just a bedroom community maybe its for people that want to check out the town before they buy a house?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 11:02 PM (sKqQm)

139 Any Morons but me ever witnessed an execution?

I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)

140 Heh. While you watched the juvenile, Mom and Pop were stealing the peanut butter out of your pantry. Oldest trick in the books.

Another time I threw out some nuts. A squirrel came running over but the blue jay in the tree above started loudly calling. The squirrel ignored the bird so it flew down and bopped him on the head. And the squirrel got the most amusing look on its face as if it couldn't comprehend what happened.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)

141 I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.

Tell us

Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 11:05 PM (sKqQm)

142 If I ever intended an execution I sure wouldn't talk about it here.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 09, 2026 11:05 PM (gKWVE)

143 I'm watching the Kisstory documentary. I wasn't a big KISS fan but the doc is damn interesting.

Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 11:05 PM (/WQyy)

144 128 Braenyard, you're a fan of Betty Grable?

Posted by: nerdygirl
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She was a good dancer. Best thing to go with 'Calendar Girl'.
She was lifetime married to Harry James who, also, was a hot item of the times.

there are tales

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:06 PM (+yTe/)

145 Jack White and Isaac Brock both turned 51 today. The former is more than a rock musician; he is a music business phenomenon. As a band member, Jack White has been guitarist, singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and producer with The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, and his solo act. He is also a music publisher and businessman with Third Man Records, as well as providing guitar gear, effects pedals, books, film studio and dark room services, and so on, through various other forms of Third Man.

Here is a fun 2006 music video of a cutthroat soapbox race, guest starring Paul Ruebens (Pee-wee Herman):

The Raconteurs – Steady, As She Goes (Official Music Video - Malloy Version)
https://youtu.be/Z_B_QRdX6kY

Isaac Brock is the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist of indie rock band Modest Mouse. If you haven't heard them before, a good intro to the band is this single from their platinum fourth album, Good New For People Who Love Bad News (2004):

Modest Mouse - Float On (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/CTAud5O7Qqk

Posted by: SciVo at July 09, 2026 11:06 PM (Sy6m/)

146 Mrs. F. is a key player in our organization and her absence is sorely felt. The kids really stepped up.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)

147 142 gKWVE

Why not?

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:07 PM (RCjYY)

148 127 113 Yes, she is healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Time to clean up the kitchen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:07 PM (+yTe/)

149 139 Any Morons but me ever witnessed an execution?

I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)

They used to execute criminals and the like, by firing squad, on Bar Beach in Lagos, Nigeria. They showed them live on TV. I spent a lot of time in Lagos but never cared to watch.

Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 11:08 PM (zFsEm)

150 Time to clean up the kitchen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:07 PM (+yTe/)
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I mopped!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)

151 >>One doesn't move to a house one moves to a neighborhood, a city, a county, a state. Those are the meaningful things. A house is merely a shelter from the weather.

Slight disagreement. I love everything about the area I live in but whoever designed my house did it for me. Not for everyone but perfect for me.

But I absolutely agree you should do whatever you can to make sure the area you are moving too is for you. That is most important. Then find the house.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 11:10 PM (viF8m)

152 110 I don't like helping things kill themselves, but another time I was driving to work and this squirrel ran right into my path. He obviously used geometry to plot the perfect suicide path, and he used me. USED ME!

Honestly. I think some critters play 'chicken'. Yeah baby! Run! Deer are like this...they are so nervous!
I have many big horn sheep here....they don't give af. Kinda like 'bring it humans'...let's play. Much like Mooses.... 🦬

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 11:11 PM (uTEOj)

153 100 Wolfus,

Please go and spend six months renting in a town you are interested in and explore the neighborhoods and research the police blotters. It would be worth it not to buy a beautiful home a block away from a shitty neighborhood.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (yEz+x)

This is excellent advice. I know having to move twice is a pain, but getting stuck in a shitty neighborhood is a bigger pain.

It's also very useful to tag along with the inspector while having a potential purchase inspected. You can ask questions and get a lot more information than you do just from reading a report.

The written report may say something like "The furnace is old", which might put you off from buying, but in-person with the inspector, he might say something like "Yeah, the furnace is kind of old, but it seems to be running fine, and I've seen this model a lot older in other houses, so you will probably get another five years before you need to replace it."

Just my $0.02 worth, from having done just this a couple of times.

Personally, I would never consider buying a house I had not walked through, and driven around the neighborhood.

Posted by: a.moron at July 09, 2026 11:11 PM (X5Jzz)

154 One doesn't move to a house one moves to a neighborhood, a city, a county, a state. Those are the meaningful things. A house is merely a shelter from the weather.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:02 PM (+yTe/)

Uhmmmm...does the house have a man cave?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2026 11:12 PM (2WIwB)

155
149 139 Any Morons but me ever witnessed an execution?

I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)

I can think of several I intended, but my morality and fear of the law got in the way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2026 11:13 PM (VbqNm)

156 Why not?
Posted by: mnw

Probably because you misspelled "attended" as "intended....."

Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)

157 Any Morons but me ever witnessed an execution?

I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.

Posted by: mnw
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Tell us. Don't leave us hanging.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 09, 2026 11:16 PM (hPLSE)

158
Uhmmmm...does the house have a man cave?

Posted by: Diogenes
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No, but the exit door to the left of the alcove leads to a putting green.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:16 PM (+yTe/)

159 Tell us. Don't leave us hanging.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 09, 2026 11:16 PM (hPLSE)

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I'm already electrified.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 11:17 PM (u/oMr)

160
Don't want to know about an execution anyone witnessed.

Morbid

Posted by: four seasons at July 09, 2026 11:17 PM (/QHx4)

161
155
149 139 Any Morons but me ever witnessed an execution?

I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
_____________________

Are we talking sanctioned State sponsored execution or the type of execution that occurs when you spit on a guy's car who has anger issues. Because I saw the latter when I was 7 or 8 and spilled my drink all over the back seat of the car.

Posted by: Orson at July 09, 2026 11:18 PM (dIske)

162 I wish I'd been able to post this on Saturday.

https://youtu.be/OnQXRxW9VcQ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)

163 Any Morons but me ever witnessed an execution?

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
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I would tell you but then I'd have to kill you.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 09, 2026 11:22 PM (lgmVC)

164 We moved to where we live now, because my previous employer threw me under the bus. Wife sent me a link for a job, and I responded. A couple days later I spoke to the guy via Teams, and we hit it off. I asked if there would be any other interviews, and he said, Naw. We're good. When can you start? We agreed on a date based on the fact wife and I would be moving from Colorado to Idaho.

We love Idaho and I work with a bunch of really great people.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 11:23 PM (0aYVJ)

165 Erika Kirk simply could not be allowed to become a positive figure of any kind - the awfulness that befell her through her husband's death gave her far too much true victimhood and potential power. So certain other real powers decided to make her "controversial" - in practically the only way possible - by using pieces that were already in place, and possibly her own real imperfections - to do it. It's sickening when you can see what's happening. Truly sickening. And maddening. They didn't even have to sacrifice any known important leftists or Democrats to do this to this *woman*.

Meaning these powers gave up absolutely nothing tangible and they get to seemingly just will certain things into existence. "Controversy" where a tragic widow stands. Bastards.

Posted by: ... at July 09, 2026 11:24 PM (vE0+H)

166 Moving into a house site unseen is like buying a mail order bride.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 09, 2026 11:24 PM (XV/Pl)

167 141 18-1

Ok, I will then.

It was at the Eastern MO Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, MO. I think it was around 2002.

I attended only because the victim's mother asked me to go with her. She and I had become close friends.

The guest of honor was under two different death sentences for 2 different murders. He had raped and murdered a 7-yr-old girl & left her body in a trash dumpster. Then he raped and murdered a severely handicapped teenage girl. She had lived in a building where he was the custodian.

The festivities had been scheduled for 10pm. About ten, the warden came into the room where the witnesses were sand told us a federal judge had stayed the execution. He asked us to wait if we could, in case the stay was lifted. At 2AM, he came back in & tols us the stay HAD been lifted and that the execution would proceed almost immediately.

(I'm going to. continue this post below, because I don't want to exceed the space allowed for a single post.)

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:25 PM (RCjYY)

168 On my mind?

I just watched a couple episode of Widow's Bay because everyone was all gaga over it. Thought it was kind of dumb. Will not continue.

Posted by: Random PJ at July 09, 2026 11:25 PM (+jscL)

169 Top Jimmy is clearly one of Van Halen's most badass tunes from 1984.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (fkjGs)

170 166 Moving into a house site unseen is like buying a mail order bride.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 09, 2026 11:24 PM (XV/Pl)

The only way I would do either is if I could rent for a while first.

Posted by: a.moron at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (X5Jzz)

171 Any Morons but me ever witnessed an execution?

Didn't see it but felt the aftermath - 'Big Sue', one of our keypunchers at the mill in Youngstown back in the day, did her mobbed up boyfriend wrong. She didn't show at work one day and was eventually found nekkid draped over a fence out in the sticks dead as hell.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (zlG6F)

172 162 I wish I'd been able to post this on Saturday.

https://youtu.be/OnQXRxW9VcQ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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This corporate, 'go America', 'pro America' thing could become a fad.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:30 PM (+yTe/)

173 I handled a lot of Workers Comp fatality claims. Least fun of a non-fun job.

Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 11:31 PM (/WQyy)

174 151.
JackStraw--make sure the area you are moving to is for you.That is most important.

JackStraw is right. The last time I moved was 26 years ago. Have never regretted it. It's perfect for me. I love being out in the country, in a rural area. I was so tired of city life. Traffic, crime, noise at all hours. Now, peace and quiet and good people in the area. It's made a big difference for me.

Posted by: Case at July 09, 2026 11:31 PM (IY9No)

175 I watched Shout Video's 4K release of "The Haunting." The Robert Wise one. I still to this day think it is the scariest movie ever made. Spoiler alert: not one drop of blood.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 09, 2026 11:31 PM (CHHv1)

176 execution Part II (post 167 continued):

The execution was by lethal injection. The witnesses were seated on folding metal chairs, in the prison gym.

The first thing we saw was a small "stage," with the. curtain drawn, so we couldn't see the man.

After a very short time, the curtain was opened & there was the condemned man, already hooked up to the intravenous injection equipment. He was VERY heavily strapped down

The warden nodded to someone we couldn't see, and the execution began. The man was NOT asked for last words. That had been done earlier in the evening, and he had said he had nothing to say.

He coughed a couple of times and then began to snore.

After maybe 7 minutes, the warden told us the execution had been completed and that the man was dead.

(post 167 concludes below)

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:39 PM (RCjYY)

177 173 I handled a lot of Workers Comp fatality claims. Least fun of a non-fun job.
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 11:31 PM (/WQyy)

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Those "fell into a vat of melted chocolate" claims would help break up the day.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 11:40 PM (u/oMr)

178 Look at states like Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, where there are very few gun restrictions with and NY, NJ and Illinois where it’s hard as fuck to own a gun.

Then compare murders per capita. Between the states.

Case closed.

Posted by: Facts at July 09, 2026 11:42 PM (ehU09)

179 @zerohedge
17m

113 Active Spies From Foreign Countries Arrested: FBI Director

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:43 PM (+yTe/)

180 Didn't see it but felt the aftermath - 'Big Sue', one of our keypunchers at the mill in Youngstown back in the day, did her mobbed up boyfriend wrong. She didn't show at work one day and was eventually found nekkid draped over a fence out in the sticks dead as hell.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (zlG6F)

That’s awful - luckily never been around murder , save for one black guy who worked for me who was two timing some other dudes wife; but I’ve seen the results of far too many suicides, which is just as tragic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2026 11:44 PM (VbqNm)

181 So, I used to have 4 chickens. A fox got 2 of them a couple of years ago.
I ended up with 2 lovely girls these last couple of years. Last night one of my girls died.
My sweet one left needs a pal. I think she's lonely.
Is there anyone in Boulder County CO who could adopt a very sweet hen? My heart breaks for my Queenie. She's a good egg layer. I think she needs a friend. 💔

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 11:45 PM (uTEOj)

182 I was usually on the scene within a couple of hours of the death . Interviewing the family was the suckiest part. I still don't understand why they insisted I get the interview within a day. ( interview was to determine possible beneficiaries)

Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 11:46 PM (/WQyy)

183 I handled a lot of Workers Comp fatality claims. Least fun of a non-fun job.
Posted by: polynikes
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Participated in accident reconstruction. Some with grusome remains still evident.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 09, 2026 11:47 PM (XeU6L)

184 How would that crusher work on child molesters?
Asking for a friend...

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at July 09, 2026 11:48 PM (Ms5RA)

185 Oh... Need something happy after all that!

youtu.be/ivRi1jsJomU

Posted by: JQ at July 09, 2026 11:48 PM (rdVOm)

186 The FBI has arrested 113 active spies from foreign nations, agency director Kash Patel said on Wednesday.

The arrests of foreign spies "means our tech stays home and our defense secrets stay locked down," a video shared by Patel on X said. "But the FBI didn't stop there. They forced 62 removals of Chinese spies in 2026 alone."

report in February 2025 detailing multiple cases of espionage conducted by the CCP in the United States since 2021.

The FBI is now targeting cartels as foreign terrorists, which has led to around 4,800 cartel members getting arrested, the video said. [clean streets - now do the Brotherhood & BLM]

Patel said: "The drug traffickers got smart with the securitization of the southern border and moved it up there [to Canada]. So we're tackling that with our seize partners."

ZH _ Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:49 PM (+yTe/)

187 Is that crusher an AI creation?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 09, 2026 11:50 PM (Cqx++)

188 The only way I would do either is if I could rent for a while first.

Posted by: a.moron at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (X5Jzz)

Ayup... living with Womenz has saved me a LOT of money in divorce decrees over the years.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 09, 2026 11:51 PM (mP0Kj)

189 179 @zerohedge
17m

113 Active Spies From Foreign Countries Arrested: FBI Director

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:43 PM (+yTe/)

Is there an advantage to announcing this, besides PR? Isn't is better if they simply disappear, so their controllers wonder what happened?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 11:53 PM (qx7Zg)

190 179 @zerohedge
17m

113 Active Spies From Foreign Countries Arrested: FBI Director

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:43 PM (+yTe/)

Well, with the Senate unable to form a quorum now, Trump can do recess appointments.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 09, 2026 11:53 PM (w/O5Q)

191 (post 167 concludes):

The execution had been very "antiseptic," for lack of a better word. I was impressed by the warden's gravity & professionalism.

As I was driving home, I turned on KMOX AM radio in STL A newsreader informed me that:

"A federal judge tonight stayed the execution of inmate V_____ B____ indefinitely. B____ had been scheduled to die earlier tonight at the Eastern Missouri Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri."

It was a surreal moment. Who was it I just saw put to death then?

The murder victim's mother and I are still close friends and exchange Christmas cards. After the murder trial, she. had sent a wonderful letter to my boss. I called her to thank her. She was a little embarrassed. She said, "You don't have to thank me. If you hadn't done a good job, I would have sent the other kind of letter."

I forgot to mention that at the time of the execution, the defendant was still wanted for a third murder he'd committed in Indianapolis.

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:54 PM (RCjYY)

192 @FoxNews
2h
Microsoft's Xbox division is cutting 1,600 jobs... but critics are pointing to another number that's fueling outrage.

Microsoft says it's laying off 4,800 employees companywide, while federal data shows the company has also been approved for 2,273 H-1B employer-sponsored visa workers this year.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:57 PM (+yTe/)

193 OK. Never mind.
Good night all.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 11:58 PM (uTEOj)

194 Evening all,

We have a launch tomorrow night. I will try to put a reminder out closer to launch.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-48
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 10, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 7:00 p.m. PDT (July 11, 0200 UTC, 04:00 CEST)

https://youtu.be/-56tCCViN1A

Posted by: Joyenz at July 09, 2026 11:58 PM (2F0/Y)

195 The arrests of foreign spies "means our tech stays home and our defense secrets stay locked down," a video shared by Patel on X said. "But the FBI didn't stop there. They forced 62 removals of Chinese spies in 2026 alone."

report in February 2025 detailing multiple cases of espionage conducted by the CCP in the United States since 2021.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 20

Shoot, shovel, shut up. Nobody needs to know where they went.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2026 11:58 PM (S41Gd)

196 Crusher is NOT an AI creation.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at July 09, 2026 11:59 PM (Ms5RA)

197 report in February 2025 detailing multiple cases of espionage conducted by the CCP in the United States since 2021.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 20

Shoot, shovel, shut up. Nobody needs to know where they went.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2026 11:58 PM (S41Gd)

Aero Pinochet.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 11:59 PM (qx7Zg)

198 Any Morons but me ever witnessed an execution?

I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)

Dad was a reporter for the Salem Capitol Journal who witnessed the last gas chamber execution in the state of Oregon. He also got a tour of the "fatal chamber" and an explanation of the mechanics the day before, in a tour provided by the Warden of the state pen. While the guide had his back turned Dad had his photographer take a picture of him seated on the execution chair -- as one does.
Mom wouldn't let him hang it anywhere in the house, so he hung it on the door of the fruit room in the back shed.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2026 11:59 PM (rbvCR)

199 Hey, tcn, time to open a burger joint.

Justice Department Agrees To End Biden-Era Oil & Gas Leasing Restrictions In Alaska

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:01 AM (+yTe/)

200 198 Kindltot

I like your Dad's style!

Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)

201 I grilled ribeye and corn on the cob last night. Rare steak, because that's how I like it, and because it would turn medium/medium rare when I reheated the other half for hubby's lunch today. I cut the kernels off of one cob, to take to hubby also & cut the steak into little bits for him.

He *loved* it! Yay! It was nice and tender too.. he didn't have any problems chewing/swallowing it. Score!

Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

202 Fruit room?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 12:04 AM (Cqx++)

203 Fruit room?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
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I think, in some areas, they are called "root cellars"?

Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)

204 Is there an advantage to announcing this, besides PR? Isn't is better if they simply disappear, so their controllers wonder what happened?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 11:53 PM (qx7Zg)

Damn that Patel, he promised RESULTS! He has done nothing but take drinking trips to Hockey games with his Israeli girlfriend, he is a total loss. No wonder Bongino ghosted him, he accomplishes NOTHING just like [big name podcaster] says!

---- Some blowhard in the timeline where Director Patel tries to keep things quiet for operational security

Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:07 AM (rbvCR)

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