Wednesday Night ONT - August 12, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde! The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. The bar is open and (mostly) re-stocked with Tab. Only the best for the Horde...

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. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. If you're a troll, go away.

This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.

[Top photo from NASA: Shock waves are visible around a T-38 trainer aircraft during NASA's Air-to-Air Background Oriented Schlieren flights in 2019. Schlieren imaging makes normally invisible changes in air density visible, giving researchers a way to see the same shock waves that can create sonic booms on the ground.]

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Happy Birthday!

ICYMI - congratulations to the Blogfather for 25 years of InstaPundit.

Like many others, we found InstaPundit following 9/11. We read things we did not see elsewhere and found other writers and blogs we wouldn't have found otherwise. Maintaining staying power and relevance on the internet for over 25 years without burning out is impressive.

From the Blogfather: Some thoughts on InstaPundit's 25th bloggiversary.

One of the big lessons of the past twenty five years is that the preening self-regard of the laptop class is largely unjustified. There's a lot of ignored wisdom out there.
Third, speaking of the laptop class, the press is much, much worse than I thought it was at the beginning of this exercise, and I was pretty skeptical about the press then.

Read the whole thing.
Heh.

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Animal News

A Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster's Wheel to Upload to Strava. It Runs Surprisingly Far Every Night

Thijs de Buck, an MRI physicist based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, recently posted on Reddit that he built a speed and distance tracker for his hamster's wheel, with the data automatically uploaded to Mollie's own Strava account. Mollie, his 10-month-old hamster, is now committed to logging nightly runs with distance, pace, and time.
One recent activity showed 6.06 miles in 4 hours and 37 minutes. The next night, Mollie logged 5.55 miles in 3 hours and 56 minutes.

And the little guy's not exactly phoning it in. De Buck said Mollie is averaging almost 10 kilometers per night, with a current record of 10.8 kilometers after the first week of tracking.
"I really believe he'll be able to exceed that soon," he said.
Mollie also has a weirdly consistent schedule for a hamster. Over one seven-day stretch, he started within the same 10-minute window on five nights, between 9:54 and 10:04 p.m. He tends to run in short bursts, sometimes reaching about 4 to 5 kilometers per hour on the live monitor, then hops off for water.

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Content Rejected from the Hobby Thread

Anyone ever attend a vintage pyrex swap? Never knew such a thing existed:

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Military Traditions

How U.S. Navy Pilots Really Get Their Callsigns

Let's pause a bit and talk about the 'rules' for callsigns.
It's rumored that Air Force fighter jocks get to pick their own callsigns... which is where you get things like 'Ripper' and 'Ace' and 'Thor.'
Not in the Navy.
Callsigns are bequeathed for doing something stupid or memorable. The more you fight the more it sticks.
Usually a new guy in a squadron is given something like 'FNG' (Fucking New Guy) or 'New Jack' or 'Don't Speak.'
Eventually, someone does something noteworthy, and the King (or Queen) of the JOPA [Junior Officer Protection Agency] calls a kangaroo court known as a 'callsign review board.'

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Mandatory Maiden

Long documentary - save this one for later:

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Subaru News

For all the Subaru fans among the Horde - I held my breath a few times through this video. Impressive.

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Life Advice

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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

Tonight's feature is a YouTube channel called The Slow Motion Guys. No, the channel is not about guys that move slowly. It is about two friends armed with camera equipment to show activities in super-super-super slow motion.

Some of it feels a little like a science class. Some of it feels a little like a technology class. Some of it feels like madness and giggles purely for the sake of having fun.

Over 45 million people have watched their video on how a TV works. Their video showing popcorn popping has over 24 million views. Spinning a record to pieces? Spinning a CD to destruction? Paint vibrating on a speaker? Airbag deploy? Camera shutter? They've got it all. When things happen so quickly, we miss what really happens.

They've been at it for 15 years and have over 15 million subscribers. This is a favorite:

Difficult to call it an unknown channel but it absolutely qualifies as a niche channel. It is exactly the type of content that could not survive elsewhere but thrives on a narrowcasting internet platform.

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Pittsburgh Scanner

The Pittsburgh police scanner in internet treasure. Thank you people of Pittsburgh and thank you Pittsburgh scanner!

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A Cooter tribute for the big ONT finish:

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Comments

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1 Time travel sure is confusing!

Posted by: mindful webworker - asking the important questions at August 12, 2026 10:00 PM (B18Qw)

2 Heterosexual.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 10:00 PM (VQ0bX)

3 This is a Tucker... free zone.

Sid, Paul. This means you tuckers.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:02 PM (udaaY)

5 Hello all!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 12, 2026 10:03 PM (zMzlR)

6 A Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster's Wheel to Upload to Strava. It Runs Surprisingly Far Every Night

One recent activity showed 6.06 miles in 4 hours and 37 minutes. The next night, Mollie logged 5.55 miles in 3 hours and 56 minutes.

Piker.

Posted by: the server hampsters at August 12, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)

7 Pittsburgh doesn't disappoint.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:04 PM (2WIwB)

8 Come Fly with Me
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You found a good one. eueToob prefers to put the crap up front
so the ASCAP fees are less.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 10:05 PM (VQ0bX)

9 If you lick Ca, you'll get some fizzing. I'd move its licking safety rating from green to yellow.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

10 Cooter was an ok character, I guess.

Leftist though. I mean, he did run for CONgress as a D.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

11 It's rumored that Air Force fighter jocks get to pick their own callsigns... which is where you get things like 'Ripper' and 'Ace' and 'Thor.'
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This is absolutely, categorically, and completely false.

Air Force callsigns are about puns and embarrassing incidents. A pilot who overshot the runway and ended up in sand is "Baja." Get it? Baja racing. It's all in-jokes and also name puns. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (ZOv7s)

12 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)

13 Hey! Mr. REX🦖🦖! Yay!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2026 10:07 PM (hJKeX)

14 I still have a "Ben Jones for Congress" sticker on my guitar case. I have to remind people that he was Cooter.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:07 PM (nDXEV)

15 Not sure I'd want to fly away with Frank.

I'd rather be sitting in a deck chair up over Kansas City.

https://youtu.be/JtTmx30HNrk

Posted by: mindful webworker - breaking the fun barrier at August 12, 2026 10:08 PM (B18Qw)

16 209 She already feels less of a woman

She already feels mutilated.

Men love boobs. Right?

It’s a shitty thing to say. I’ve been married. And my Boobs have been mutilated.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 10:03 PM (pXM6/)

You have no idea how she feels, or what her relationship with her husband is like. You are accusing someone of being shitty. You don't know. That makes you the shitty one in this discussion.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 10:08 PM (+Z9Sn)

17 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (ZOv7s)

Posted something on ALH yesterday you might find a little interesting.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

18 Thanks for the ONT, Dino. Great content.

Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (CG21m)

19 cool stuff

An old friend from a "past life" (30 years back, FB friend for a decade or so) got woken up on diet and the vax, and lost a lot of weight.

But now every damn thing is conspiracy, no prescriptions are good, all just serve Big Pharma. AND there were No Planes on 9/11, another fraud. AND USA is the real terrorist, Muslims are apparently fine. And of course Israel runs Trump and US military policy.

So sad ... now I need to come up with a cogent response, but it is late, so, for another day I guess.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (vbXSk)

20 Other great GA political stickers from yore: Pat Swindall (yeah, the name fit), and Don Johnson (not the Miami Vice guy, some hack in a bad toupee).

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (nDXEV)

21 12 Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM
13 Hey! Mr. REX🦖🦖! Yay!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2026 10:07 PM
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Howdy gang!

Posted by: TRex - general lee dino at August 12, 2026 10:10 PM (Q7yzj)

22 Pittsburgh Scanner
Mr. Washington. 92 Crane Ave - Miller's Crossing Fleatique. Caller said that the store is selling individual parts of human remains.

Pittsburgh Scanner is blue-balling me. I really want to see the followup tweet to that one.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)

23 YouTube channel called The Slow Motion Guys

Been enjoying Gav & Dan's antics for years. Never miss one.

BTW, they're the Slow-Mo Guys. Just FTR. No "tion".

Posted by: mindful webworker - slooooowwwww mmmmmoooo at August 12, 2026 10:11 PM (B18Qw)

24 If you want to lick P, go with the red or black allotropes, and lick only in moderation.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

25 An old friend from a "past life" (30 years back, FB friend for a decade or so) got woken up on diet and the vax, and lost a lot of weight.

But now every damn thing is conspiracy, no prescriptions are good, all just serve Big Pharma. AND there were No Planes on 9/11, another fraud. AND USA is the real terrorist, Muslims are apparently fine. And of course Israel runs Trump and US military policy.
Posted by: illiniwek

Red Pills should come with Tinfoil Hats.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

26 I want to go to an antique pyrex swap

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Ydd86)

27 Five minutes of samba trio:
youtube.com/watch?v=tKE7zt_1Z20

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

28 Cooter is a silly nickname.

Posted by: Pooter at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (JM9I6)

29 Air Force callsigns are about puns and embarrassing incidents. A pilot who overshot the runway and ended up in sand is "Baja." Get it? Baja racing. It's all in-jokes and also name puns. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

See also Naval Aviator's callsigns. I give you: STAB — short for “Shit Twice And Boltered.” 'Digestive emergencies' in the cockpit of an F/A-18 on two separate flights.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (udaaY)

30 I got my first call sign assigned for violating a strict order on paperwork. LOSA stuck for a while. The LO stood for legal order. Let your imagination run wild for the SA which was the bad thing I did with a keyboard.

Posted by: epador at August 12, 2026 10:13 PM (TRnzq)

31 Evening Horde thx TRex
The Wendy's in Pittsburgh is a happening place

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (WOnE5)

32 If you want to lick P, go with the red or black allotropes, and lick only in moderation.
Posted by: gp

Ask your Dr. if licking P is for you.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (udaaY)

33 22 Pittsburgh Scanner is blue-balling me. I really want to see the followup tweet to that one.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:10 PM
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You don't. The next tweet said the item was reported to be a rib.

I checked back though. No resolution.

Posted by: TRex - lost sheperd dino at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (Q7yzj)

34 I want to go to an antique pyrex swap
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport
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Me too! Maybe the dino will let us know where and when....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (XfIK1)

35 I'd think that you wouldn't want to lick Lithium at all. Wouldn't the moisture from your tongue make it go 'splody 'splody?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (0CU3H)

36 Subaru...'spit'....
Stupid hippy cars...you can bet they have a Coexist sticker, right along side a 'Trump Hitler' sticker....
Coexist indeed 🙄....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (hJKeX)

37 "I want to go to an antique pyrex swap"

I've got a bunch from misc garage sales. Why people would want to part with tiptop quality kitchen and cookware for two bits apiece, I dunno.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (Jr5Lq)

38 You have no idea how she feels, or what her relationship with her husband is like. You are accusing someone of being shitty. You don't know. That makes you the shitty one in this discussion.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 10:08 PM (+Z9Sn)
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Some people just want to judge everyone. I thought it was funny, and there's some layers in this, because my wife knows that my great-grandfather wrote letters home to my great-grandmother during WW I about how he missed "the twins."

So yeah, guys like bewbs, and we're sad when our wives lose them. Fuck cancer.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:15 PM (ZOv7s)

39 I want to go to an antique pyrex swap
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport

I've been scouring the thrift shops near here for antique pyrex. No luck so far but I have met some interesting folks in the kitchenware aisle I must say.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:15 PM (udaaY)

40 Reacher is back

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 12, 2026 10:15 PM (Ydd86)

41 The modern Pyrex is substandard compared to vintage Pyrex. Thought everyone knew that. Chinamen are ruining everything. I saw ersatz "Hyrex" in a thrift store, made in China, of course.

Posted by: Ole Buzzard at August 12, 2026 10:16 PM (JM9I6)

42 I want to go to an antique pyrex swap
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Ydd86)

Why not? Those things almost never break.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)

43 Yay Wednesday Night ONT! Thanks, T Rex!

Pittsburgh is one entertaining place, I tells ya!

Cool top pic of the T-38 shock waves. So beautifully linear!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 12, 2026 10:16 PM (D/6p1)

44 I liked "H_ngm_n" as a call sign in Top Gun; Maverick; very clever. BTW, a far better film than the original. Aside from the flying scenes, I hated the original.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)

45 Cooter is a silly nickname.
Posted by: Pooter at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (JM9I6)

We agree!

Posted by: Tater and Booger at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

46 Chinamen are ruining everything. I saw ersatz "Hyrex" in a thrift store, made in China, of course.

Not to be confused with Hyrax, a small, stout, and furry herbivorous mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

47 I'm so old I remember (I was in 7th grade) the original song "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tommy James and the Shondells. I had a transistor radio, man. I liked it. However, I did not understand most lyrics of songs til college as I was still playing sports with boys. I did not know what they were hiding (a slow learner).

I do remember memorizing the Periodic Table in pre-med chemistry with many college boys. Who were apparently as traumatized by the university class as I was as no one asked me out. It remains a mystery, as I was finally ready.

Hope you all are well and fighting commies and muzzies daily. Goodnight.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (hzuYO)

48 See also Naval Aviator's callsigns. I give you: STAB — short for “Shit Twice And Boltered.” 'Digestive emergencies' in the cockpit of an F/A-18 on two separate flights.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (udaaY)
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Yeah, I saw that a while ago. A lot of "cool" callsigns are backhanded compliments at best. At first glance "Maverick" sounds cool and wild, and then you realize it's "Blue Falcon" in code. Not a team player.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (ZOv7s)

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Not in the Navy.

Callsigns are bequeathed for doing something stupid or memorable. The more you fight the more it sticks.

In my scout troop, the youths set one rule, "Own Your Nickname, We're Not Changing It". One time a scout noted that he had no nickname despite hsving been in the troop for a couple of years. I informed him that one almost always acquired a nickname after having done something extremely stupid. From this, the young man told his mother that "Mr. Krebs thinks I'm smart." "Why is that?" "Because he said you earn a nickname if you do something stupid, and I have no nickname."

I told his mother that I never said that he had not done stupid things. What had bappened was, of the many stupid things he had done, none rose to the level of being stupid enough to call down a nickname upon him.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (s9VOe)

50 Subaru Red Bull Rocket, how many gears does that thing have?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (VQ0bX)

51 Oh, that Pittsburgh Scanner always delivers!

Walked in on two women enjoying the bed in the B&B?

Why complain? Just charge customers extra for that. Right?

Posted by: mindful webworker - specialty services at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (B18Qw)

52 You have to admit Goose died doing what he loved: Shattering his cranium against a glass canopy at Mach 2.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (nDXEV)

53 31 Evening Horde thx TRex
The Wendy's in Pittsburgh is a happening place

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM
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I do wonder how many police calls at the Wendy's the Pittsburgh Scanner people decide to skip for fear of taking over the rest of the content. Their whole gig could change to the Wendy's Scanner.

Posted by: TRex - pyrex hoarder dino at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (Q7yzj)

54 A 50-50 mix of Chick-fil-A sauce and mild horseradish sauce is simply amazing on roast beef.

Just thought you should know.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 12, 2026 10:19 PM (zs/VU)

55 If you're trying to sync some sound files to some animation, and you think beer or two will help, well, I have to tell you they won't.

Until they do. Usually around the 3rd or 4th. Suddenly everything works!

Tonight, anyway. Tomorrow, maybe not.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2026 10:20 PM (CHHv1)

56 What had happened was, of the many stupid things he had done, none rose to the level of being stupid enough to call down a nickname upon him.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

Clearly not a regular here.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:20 PM (udaaY)

57 I've never really had a nickname attached to me. In the Army, I was Doc, but, shit, every medic is called Doc. I am the king of nondescript.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:20 PM (0aYVJ)

58 Not to be confused with Hyrax, a small, stout, and furry herbivorous mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

Or Hydrox. The original chocolate sandwich cookie.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)

59 Li in H2O, more fizzy than splody. Yellow ranking acceptable:
youtube.com/watch?v=Vxqe_ZOwsHs

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

60 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)

61 Not to be confused with Hyrax, a small, stout, and furry herbivorous mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.
Posted by: Archimedes

Could they run a server?

Posted by: Wheels Within Wheels at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (JM9I6)

62 43 Yay Wednesday Night ONT! Thanks, T Rex!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 12, 2026 10:16 PM
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Good evening LS! Thanks for being here.

Posted by: TRex - pyrex stacker dino at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Q7yzj)

63 Thank you for the ONT TRex.

I'm getting back to work in a few minutes. The animals are resting so work can get done.

Anyways, this was on Deadline.
I hope they make this movie!
They need to make this movie!

We got screwed out of black Superman. We deserve this.

As trans onscreen representation takes a hit in Hollywood, Lilly Wachowski is attempting to make a film with an all-transgender cast… if only the industry will let her.

The Matrix co-auteur recently explained that despite some excitement over the script, financiers “really don’t want to make” her dystopian political thriller The Hunted, which is co-written with partner Mickey Ray Mahoney and budgeted at $10 million, due to the film’s “wall-to-wall trans cast.”

“People like it, but they really don’t want to make it because it’s wall-to-wall trans cast,” said Wachowski on KCRW’s The Business podcast. “I have to get creative and figure out different ways that I can get this in front of people.”

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)

64 I liked "H_ngm_n" as a call sign in Top Gun; Maverick; very clever. BTW, a far better film than the original. Aside from the flying scenes, I hated the original.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)
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They work. The excesses of the original have aged well. I wrote a scathing denunciation of the sequel, and have never been happier to have been completely wrong.

As a side note, I considered trying to switch over to the Navy so that I could score the trifecta, having done Army and Air Force.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (ZOv7s)

65 Pittsburgh Scanner
Arlington Heights. Arlington Ave. Caller said that a woman wearing only a red fish net body suit is outside flagging guys down offering them services. Caller does not like this.

.....and Pittsburgh Scanner wasn't willing to cop to their prostitution sting?

or

.....joke's on you, though, because she's only offering tax preparation services.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

66 Yeah ... maybe a car for hippie lesbos, but those WRX Sti models are pretty fine. I'd be glad to have one

Posted by: YellowBird at August 12, 2026 10:22 PM (MEbkQ)

67 Li in H2O, more fizzy than splody. Yellow ranking acceptable:
youtube.com/watch?v=Vxqe_ZOwsHs
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

Sodium (Na) in water is very interesting.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 12, 2026 10:22 PM (zs/VU)

68 I really want to see the followup tweet to that one.
Posted by: mikeski

You don't. The next tweet said the item was reported to be a rib.
I checked back though. No resolution.
Posted by: TRex

You're right. That's not nearly as funny as I was expecting.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

69 59 Li in H2O, more fizzy than splody. Yellow ranking acceptable:
youtube.com/watch?v=Vxqe_ZOwsHs
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

I sit corrected. Thanks!

I misremembered Na vs. Li.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 10:23 PM (0CU3H)

70 As a side note, I considered trying to switch over to the Navy so that I could score the trifecta, having done Army and Air Force.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Legions of Dependapotamuses have joined the chat.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:23 PM (udaaY)

71 Yo Dino, thanks for the Maiden / DiAnno video!

Might not hear from me much, depends on whether I can keep myself from watching the whole thing.... I'm such a hopeless fanboy

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM (97l2N)

72 Meg Ryan was very cute in TopGun

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM (WOnE5)

73 US Army dumps ten tons of Na into Lake Lenore, just for the helluvit:
youtube.com/watch?v=HY7mTCMvpEM

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

74 66 Yeah ... maybe a car for hippie lesbos, but those WRX Sti models are pretty fine. I'd be glad to have one

Posted by: YellowBird at August 12, 2026 10:22 PM
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I would throw money at Subaru if they would make a proper manual WRX STi hatchback again. There are rumors one is coming in 2027 but don't know volumes or markets. Stay tuned and keep fingers crossed...

Posted by: TRex - pyrex appraiser dino at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (Q7yzj)

75 I've never really had a nickname attached to me. In the Army, I was Doc, but, shit, every medic is called Doc. I am the king of nondescript.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

For the longest time, I thought my nickname was 'Stunad!'. That's what Dad called me until I left home.

(Actually a great man. Miss you Pop.)

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (udaaY)

76 Meg Ryan was very cute in TopGun
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM (WOnE5)

Yeah, agree, but she was chewing the scenery big-time. I found it off-putting.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)

77 You lick Na or K, your tongue probably won't explode, but it will be dissolved by the highly caustic hydroxides that result.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

78 71 Yo Dino, thanks for the Maiden / DiAnno video!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM
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Excellent.

Posted by: TRex - pyrex repair service dino at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (Q7yzj)

79 For the longest time, I thought my nickname was 'Stunad!'. That's what Dad called me until I left home.

(Actually a great man. Miss you Pop.)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (udaaY)

Better than being called either slingshit or terrapin turd.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

80 Legions of Dependapotamuses have joined the chat.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:23 PM (udaaY)
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Mrs. Lloyd very much enjoyed being numbered among the Dependa because we were so very boring.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (ZOv7s)

81
I'd think that you wouldn't want to lick Lithium at all. Wouldn't the moisture from your tongue make it go 'splody 'splody?
Posted by: Darrell Harris

Sure, it might, or at least burst into flame, in addition to giving you one hell of a tongue burned by caustic.

Thing is, though, reactive metals like the alkalis are stored in an oil to stop them being exposed to air or water, so you'd have to contend with that gustatory delight first and foremost, as it would coat the metallic morsel.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (s9VOe)

82 Not to be confused with Hyrax, a small, stout, and furry herbivorous mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

Or Hydrox. The original chocolate sandwich cookie.

O Gas-X, an over-the-counter medication containing simethicone, used to quickly relieve bloating, pressure, and discomfort from intestinal gas. It works locally in the digestive tract by combining smaller gas bubbles into larger ones so the body can pass the gas more easily.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)

83 "Red Pills should come with Tinfoil Hats."
Posted by: mikeski

ha, yes. And of course, there is a woman involved. heh

I was surprised to hear she was a Ted Cruz advocate, even had some political web thang, an aspect I never knew about her. But ... sigh, So Are the Hours of Our Days ... heh.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (vbXSk)

84 WTF is the laptop class?
t
Pretentious shit

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (qFwJc)

85 Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be promptly be ignored.

You lost your answering service velociraptor in the meteor strike, didn't you.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)

86 Evening horde! I had no idea Pyrex (vintage) was so popular. Makes me want to go to garage sales!

Posted by: Iris at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (286+n)

87 Here's to Cooter.

*clink*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (o5Cl5)

88 Evening all. Still waiting for feedback on the interview. Hopefully tomorrow.

Now to read the content.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (aJQbY)

89 Nickname in school was Snidley Whiplash.
Why no, I wasn't popular.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (zNcSj)

90 I would throw money at Subaru if they would make a proper manual WRX STi hatchback again. There are rumors one is coming in 2027 but don't know volumes or markets. Stay tuned and keep fingers crossed...

Posted by: TRex - pyrex appraiser dino at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM
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Agreed. The new WRX isn't much to get excited about. Bigger brakes and the dynamic suspension. Oh and $10k more that I paid. Very Meh.

Now a hatch STi, that's a whole 'nother thing

Posted by: YellowBird at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (MEbkQ)

91 “People like it, but they really don’t want to make it because it’s wall-to-wall trans cast,” said Wachowski on KCRW’s The Business podcast. “I have to get creative and figure out different ways that I can get this in front of people.”
Posted by: Stateless

When you say "people like it," but you exclude the "wall-to-wall trans cast" xerselves, are there still "people," plural, or is it now just you?

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

92 Not ok. She feels dewoman ized enough. She feels no longer attractive. Men talk about boobs all the time.

It’s not a joke. It’s traumatic.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (yEz+x)

Everyone is different though. You have to make allowances for differences in situation and temper.

For example I call my wife a cunt to her face all the time. She's British. She expects it. Now if I called her a libtard, or said she was like her mother, those would be fighting words.

Sorry for what you went through btw. Very. I happen to like legs FWIW.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:29 PM (vE0+H)

93 61 Not to be confused with Hyrax, a small, stout, and furry herbivorous mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.
Posted by: Archimedes

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Accept no substitutes!

Posted by: Oreo at August 12, 2026 10:30 PM (o5Cl5)

94 Heat the wrong thing in Pyrex in the microwave and you can have a splodey splodey. We knew about the possibility and Brit Lass still did it, the cunt. She was heating beeswax. I read an article about why it happens. Freaky sound. Microwave lived.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:31 PM (vE0+H)

95
Neglect not the horrible fate of young ladies who painted radium salts onto watch dials and would lick the brush to create as fine a point at its tip as possible.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 10:32 PM (s9VOe)

96 I don't advise licking pure sulfur

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)

97 And pure cobalt isn't lickable either.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM (88C+u)

98 Forgot to thank T Rex as I don't know where my manners are tonight.

I wandered onto a youtube (it could have been from here) about the different jobs on an aircraft carrier. While I would have loved to have flown just once with a pilot, the most dangerous jobs are the guys on the carrier.

They all are in different colors and on this one the guys in green who launch and recover the jets with cables. Hook runners.

It was a very cool youtube. I think this is the one.

https://tinyurl.com/mu4h6zjy

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM (hzuYO)

99 It appears that the revolver, under water, is more lethal than the semi-auto.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM (VQ0bX)

100 28 Cooter is a silly nickname.
Posted by: Pooter at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (JM9I6)

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I know, right?

Posted by: Quim at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM (o5Cl5)

101 18 Thanks for the ONT, Dino. Great content.

Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM
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Doggo!

Posted by: TRex - pyrex insurance coverage dino at August 12, 2026 10:34 PM (Q7yzj)

102 Lilly Wachowski is attempting to make a film with an all-transgender cast… if only the industry will let her.
Posted by: Stateless

TIL the Wachowski Brothers both went trans. I was trying to figure out if they had a sister named Lilly. Nope, it's one of the originals.

Or maybe I did know this before and conveniently forgot it in the ensuing decade because who cares about the mental illnesses of Hollyweird?

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)

103 Ephemerol is creating new scanners.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (nDXEV)

104 Heat the wrong thing in Pyrex in the microwave and you can have a splodey splodey. We knew about the possibility and Brit Lass still did it, the cunt. She was heating beeswax. I read an article about why it happens. Freaky sound. Microwave lived.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:31 PM (vE0+H)

were it not for my wife, I would not have a microwave in the house. they suck. I almost never use it, except for popcorn. And then I stand right there like Bob Wiley, 30 seconds to go, 20 seconds to go...

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

105 I don't advise licking pure sulfur
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)

Or a Timex. Nothing will happen to it. It'll just keep on ticking.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

106 One of the most unique call signs for a Naval aviator had to be Pager 'ROT' Page.

One night he had to land a Turkey at Moffett Field near San Francisco in horrible weather. On final a wind shear grabbed hold of his plane and only by going to full burners was he able to save himself and the plane.

The base commander duly got an angry letter in the mail from a regular complainer demanding to know 'when will this Reign of Terror' will end? The angry letter was forwarded to Page's CO.

So his callsign became ROT.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (2GVsD)

107 FUN FACT: If you fire your semiautomatic underwater, by the time the ejected casing goes down your shirt it will be cool enough not to leave a permanent scar.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (6/7Fs)

108 88 Evening all. Still waiting for feedback on the interview. Hopefully tomorrow.

Now to read the content.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (aJQbY)
*************

Prayers!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (hzuYO)

109 What's the nickname the National Alliance stuck on the poor guy who had to shag SPLC Heidi?

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (88C+u)

110 107 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (Jr5Lq)

111
Old Pyrex is great. New Pyrex is shit.

They are using a different kind of sand or something now.

A few years ago I bought new Pyrex to cook Christmas Eve dinner. Took it out of the oven and it exploded.

Thank goodness KFC was still open on Christmas Eve.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 10:38 PM (/QHx4)

112 When you say "people like it," but you exclude the "wall-to-wall trans cast" xerselves, are there still "people," plural, or is it now just you?
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

If it doesn't get made, hundreds will be disappointed.

Asian entertainment for the win.

Okay, and select Hollywood stuff but that pile of crap to dig through is getting bigger and bigger.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:38 PM (Sco7b)

113 98 Forgot to thank T Rex as I don't know where my manners are tonight.

I wandered onto a youtube (it could have been from here) about the different jobs on an aircraft carrier.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM
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You're welcome. I agree with the aircraft carrier thing. I would love to have a front row seat to watch carrier operations. Seems unlikely but holding out hope someday, somehow...

Posted by: TRex - fake pyrex detector dino at August 12, 2026 10:39 PM (rBp1O)

114 TIL the Wachowski Brothers both went trans.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)

They BOTH went trans?
Damn.

I have to get back to work. All of you good people have a good night.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:40 PM (Sco7b)

115 How can it be just past 10:30?

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (Ia/+0)

116 hydrox>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>oreo

Posted by: free tibet at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (iNp3L)

117 Vintage Pyrex is made of Borosilicate glass, and is suitable for use from 400° oven to table top.

Then sometime in the 80s maybe they decided to cheap out on the glass. It breaks in the heat of an oven. Just guessing on the year, but I distinctly remember dear Mom being mightily pissed off at shit breaking in the oven.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (rFdmY)

118 For the longest time, I thought my nickname was 'Stunad!'. That's what Dad called me until I left home.

(Actually a great man. Miss you Pop.)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (udaaY)

I heard that from my grandmother a lot. That and little sfachimm, however the hell you spell it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (S41Gd)

119 Evening, TRex and ONT Horde. I would put Calcium on the "do not lick list", too. It reacts with water much as sodium and potassium do, just not as vigorously. But caustic lime burns are a possibility.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 10:42 PM (1z8ji)

120 How can it be just past 10:30?
——

It got late early, didn’t it?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 10:42 PM (rFdmY)

121 Old Pyrex is great. New Pyrex is s***.

They are using a different kind of sand or something now.

Old Pyrex was borosilicate glass. The new stuff is soda-lime glass, which is much cheaper but doesn't have the resistance to thermal shock of the old stuff.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:42 PM (Riz8t)

122 I have some vintage Pyrex. It's about 70 years old and in great shape, which is why it has always been so popular.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 12, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)

123 116 hydrox>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>oreo
Posted by: free tibet

well, you might get better specific impulse from loading your rocket with hydrox than with an oreo

Posted by: gKWVE hasn't tried soaking the oreo in liquid o2 tho at August 12, 2026 10:43 PM (88C+u)

124 How can it be just past 10:30?
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (Ia/+0)

It isn't. It's 7:45.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

125 If you lick Hg, I doubt it would react with common tongue gunk, and because of its high surface tension, it probably won't stick. Just don't swallow it. Between licking sessions, keep your stash in a tightly sealed container, so as not to breathe the vapor.

I don't think elemental S would harm you. It's not acutely toxic, and it's indigestible AFAIK. I doubt it tastes like much of anything.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

126 So sad ... now I need to come up with a cogent response, but it is late, so, for another day I guess.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (vbXSk)

Tell he has an intracranial lead deficiency disorder, but that suck-starting a Glock could cure him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 10:46 PM (1z8ji)

127 A few years ago I bought new Pyrex to cook Christmas Eve dinner. Took it out of the oven and it exploded.

Thank goodness KFC was still open on Christmas Eve.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 10:38 PM (/QHx4)

You just reminded me I had a friend in 1999 who had one go - from the oven as well - on Christmas Day. She couldn't believe it.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:47 PM (vE0+H)

128 I dunno gp, I heard it was corrosive. Maybe that's just when it's hot (and nobody is suggesting licking, say, molten lead, except for Paul)

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:47 PM (88C+u)

129 My first nickname was Snicklefritz by my grandfather who died when I was a baby. He was not German and I don't know why. He thought I hung the moon and I wish I had gotten old enough to know him. He had a massive MI. Felt bad after dinner holding me and asked for someone to take the baby. Died later at the hospital.

My father called me Gertrude for reasons unknown as it is not even close to my name.

The man I married has many nicknames for me for different reasons and calamities. I answer to them all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 10:50 PM (hzuYO)

130 My late sister gave me a couple of Pyrex pie dishes. They have a blueish hue, which means they are high quality.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:51 PM (0aYVJ)

131 That top pic?
Been there, done that. It's pretty cool.

I hope our F16 guy is still around to appreciate it.

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (kU0PQ)

132 Hmm, having some weird power issues in Chicago area. The weather's clear now, and the storm we had this morning wasn't nearly as bad as yesterday's.

Internet is acting funky, too.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (vSvIl)

133 How am supposed to grow a third arm if I'm not allowed to lick Plutonium?

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske)

134 “People like it, but they really don’t want to make it because it’s wall-to-wall trans cast,” said Wachowski on KCRW’s The Business podcast. “I have to get creative and figure out different ways that I can get this in front of people.”
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)

Isn't "Lilly" Wachowski a man posing as a woman?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (1z8ji)

135 "I dunno gp, I heard S was corrosive."

To the extent it oxidizes and then mixes with H2O, it forms acids. It might be a good experiment to get a beaker of saliva, put a pH probe in it, and then dump in some elemental S and observe it over time.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

136 So his callsign became ROT.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM
****
Great origin story.

Posted by: TRex - flock-free dino at August 12, 2026 10:53 PM (XfIK1)

137 They BOTH went trans?
Damn.

I have to get back to work. All of you good people have a good night.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:40 PM (Sco7b)
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Yeah. Shades of the Ferris Bueller "So that's how it is in their family."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:54 PM (ZOv7s)

138 I was trying to remember something tonight, a bluesy jazz singer, female, did a couple of albums in the early 80’s, kind of an urban sound. Can’t find her name anywhere.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 10:54 PM (QFcqn)

139 Dad called my wife Punk. He was the Dad she wished she could have had.

My grandpa called grandma The Wheelie. Because she was his sidekick on all of their long road trips. I doubt they ever spent more than a few years in one spot.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:56 PM (0aYVJ)

140 I don't advise licking pure sulfur
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)

Practically insoluble in water or spit. Same as licking wax or plastic.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 10:56 PM (1z8ji)

141 Anita Baker?

Posted by: Iris at August 12, 2026 10:56 PM (286+n)

142 How can it be just past 10:30?
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (Ia/+0)

It isn't. It's 7:45.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

*checks watch*

*shows 6:18*

Posted by: Future Senator Blutarsky at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (wVcYX)

143 "Tell he has an intracranial lead deficiency disorder, but that suck-starting a Glock could cure him."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

heh .. well he does the carnivore thing, and guess his advocacy of that is of some merit. And some of the rest is "alt-right"? maybe, or is that an older version of alt-right? heh

I don't wat him dead, and will try to clarify that Israel may have their own issues, but Islam is actively taking over Europe, and Minnesota, and much of the world.

How much of the "Alt-Islam World" is actually "Western", idk. Saudis and others kinda pretend, but where we really stand with them, idk. They have a lot invested in our markets, and that has made them even more wealthy than their oil ... and they must love our military helping them. sigh

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (vbXSk)

144 That periodic table has more elements than I recall from school. Different names, too.

But my OCD is happy that the bottom row is full, now. Please stop discovering new elements.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (VHUov)

145
Heat the wrong thing in Pyrex in the microwave and you can have a splodey splodey.

How do you know if something is the wrong thing?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (Cqx++)

146 I was trying to remember something tonight, a bluesy jazz singer, female, did a couple of albums in the early 80’s, kind of an urban sound. Can’t find her name anywhere.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 10:54 PM (QFcqn)

Norah Jones?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

147 I just looked online for the primary colors pyrex bowls, which I have. They've gone up in price. Nice.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 12, 2026 10:58 PM (0Htd1)

148 What's the nickname the National Alliance stuck on the poor guy who had to shag SPLC Heidi?
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (88C+u)

Porker-porker?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)

149 There was a guy named Guericke back in the 1600s. He made sulfurball-on-a-stick treats. The kids would lick em in the dark and watch the sparks of static electricity fly.

At least, that's the way I remember the story.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

150 mikeski, wait 'til we get to the Island of Stability

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (88C+u)

151 It's rumored that Air Force fighter jocks get to pick their own callsigns...

Not entirely. Real callsigns are assigned - albeit less formally - by others. Sometimes they get assigned right out of pilot training*. Some people manage to not do anything ... notable after that. Others get picked up for being an oddball or quirky**. And not just pilots, but crewmembers and anyone pilot-adjacent.

Now, some people are lame enough they do pick their own. Nobody cares enough to assign them one. Nobody socializes enough with them to see the sorts of social faux pas that often lead to them.

(* "Flame-face" Martin. Yes, there was alcohol involved.)
(** "Skippy" - assigned because he packed peanut butter when we went to Thailand for exercises. He really couldn't handle Thai food.)

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (kU0PQ)

152 Isn't "Lilly" Wachowski a man posing as a woman?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Yes. See #102. The Wachowski Brothers (The Matrix) both flipped their wigs.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (VHUov)

153 I hate to say it, but based on the reputation of public school these days, a "don't lick it" Elemental Table makes some sense, considering the whole "Tid Pod" era.

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)

154 Heat the wrong thing in Pyrex in the microwave and you can have a splodey splodey.

How do you know if something is the wrong thing?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

By the splodey, mostly.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)

155 ...The man I married has many nicknames for me for different reasons and calamities. I answer to them all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 10:50 PM (hzuYO)

That's a tell that you've got good people around you who love you.

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:01 PM (kU0PQ)

156 Norah Jones?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
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I don't think she was born yet.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:02 PM (ZOv7s)

157 "But my OCD is happy that the bottom row is full, now. Please stop discovering new elements."

I've proposed, many times, a search for the elements with zero and negative atomic numbers. No funding yet.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

158 It’s a good show to put a small cube of elemental sodium into water - quite a powerful reaction. I remember sodium like that has to kept in some kind of oil, which it won’t react with.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 11:02 PM (QFcqn)

159 Hmm, having some weird power issues in Chicago area. The weather's clear now, and the storm we had this morning wasn't nearly as bad as yesterday's.

Internet is acting funky, too.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (vSvIl)

Time to turn off Barky's Flak Tower of Horrors?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

160 Vintage Pyrex swap? Pffft. Come to one of my "Tupperware" parties!

Posted by: some lesbo selling dildos at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (oq9dX)

161
Pyrex: borosilicate

pyrex: soda lime

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (O0L8i)

162 How do you know if something is the wrong thing?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (Cqx++)

I forget. It might just be something that sits at too high a temperature for too long? I would say Brit Lass's beeswax went considerably higher than 212. I recall reading some things were worse than others.

It's also bad luck because it has to do with existing bubbles in the glass. I personally wouldn't heat anything in pyrex in the microwave for very long.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (vE0+H)

163 As far as lickable goes...

That first category should be "Sure, it's probably fine... unless it's below freezing."

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)

164 Never had a nickname, and in the army I was usually called The 2.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)

165
Look for old Pyrex at yard sales, estate sales or resale shops.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 11:04 PM (/QHx4)

166 The big Pyrex bowl in the pic, the yellow one, was a common sight in homes. They had other colors too, but that must have been a favorite.

Fire King made good stuff too, be on the lookout for that. Anchor-Hoching I think, out of Ohio. Owens Corning out of New York state was a fine company as well.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:05 PM (rFdmY)

167 Damn, I thought it was a Bell x1. I are dumb.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 11:05 PM (diia5)

168 Wandered away to have a delicious bacon cheeseburger and conversation with MiladyJo and daughter. Back now just to clock out early.

Countdown to surgery on Friday, to reshape muh belly. Been warned it will hurt a while after. Meh.

🎶 It's only pain and that is all.
Why do it hurt the way it do? 🤕

What does 3/5 of a mile in ten seconds work out to in MPH?

https://youtu.be/2DWhlTzMAMw

G'night, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - oops. Math. Sorry. at August 12, 2026 11:06 PM (B18Qw)

169 Never had a nickname, and in the army I was usually called The 2.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)
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I've had a bunch over the years. In Army BCT, the cadre called me "Cliffie" but my fellow trainees called me "Frasier."

Kind of funny generational Cheers/Frasier divide. But in the ANG, I never really got a callsign/moniker.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (ZOv7s)

170 163 As far as lickable goes...

That first category should be "Sure, it's probably fine... unless it's below freezing."
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)

Oh thure! You thay that now. Where were you thix month ago?

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (r7+Q7)

171 Seattle has the ability to recall a mayor?

https://youtu.be/p7HGqdxgpfQ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (qx7Zg)

172 146 I was trying to remember something tonight, a bluesy jazz singer, female, did a couple of albums in the early 80’s, kind of an urban sound. Can’t find her name anywhere.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 10:54 PM (QFcqn)

Norah Jones?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
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You might have the wrong Jones. I'll go with Rickie Lee Jones.

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)

173 No, I would bet it is due to the very uneven heating characteristics of microwave heating. One portion of the food will be almost cold, the other side blazing hot. An oven is nice steady, even heat.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:08 PM (rFdmY)

174 "a bluesy jazz singer, female, did a couple of albums in the early 80’s, kind of an urban sound. "

Google AI sez Angela Bofill or Sue Ann Carwell.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:09 PM (Jr5Lq)

175 Good evening morons e grazie Dino

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 11:10 PM (JvZF+)

176 You might have the wrong Jones. I'll go with Rickie Lee Jones.
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)
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I'm going to go with Anita Baker or Taylor Dayne.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:10 PM (ZOv7s)

177 You might have the wrong Jones. I'll go with Rickie Lee Jones.
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)

Madeleine Peyroux? She sounds a little like Billie Holliday.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 11:10 PM (1z8ji)

178 Old Pyrex is great. New Pyrex is shit.
They are using a different kind of sand or something now.
A few years ago I bought new Pyrex to cook Christmas Eve dinner. Took it out of the oven and it exploded.
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Uppercase label - PYREX is made in Europe and uses the original formulation of Borosilicate glass.

Lower case(sort of sloppy font) label is American and cheap need it up.years ago using tempered "regular" glass.

The American crap will put up with high heat better than standard glass, but it won't take quick temperature changes anywhere near as well.as the European or "old" Pyrex.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (drwAN)

179 You can make a bowl of plain old water erupt/explode in a microwave by superheating it, and then disturbing it. People get hurt sometimes.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

180 The way to tell, by the way, is the font. “PYREX” versus “Pyrex”. Tupperware fucked up their line too. Switched over to a cheaper plastic. I think the older stuff had a depiction of a Seal on it. Get it?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (rFdmY)

181 Norah Jones?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
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I don't think she was born yet.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:02 PM (ZOv7s)

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Valid point.
But now I think I'll put on the CD. Haven't listened in awhile.

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

182 As far as lickable goes...

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)
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I'm here for it, as long as it's a dude.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (ZOv7s)

183 Never had a nickname, and in the army I was usually called The 2.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)

It's the clever kids that give the nicknames that stick.

They tend to be among the most observant, if not, the most popular.

Posted by: LTG at August 12, 2026 11:12 PM (BeyMP)

184 Cheapened not cheap need it. Fsckin auto cucumber

Posted by: buddhaha at August 12, 2026 11:12 PM (drwAN)

185 Gun guys, I expect a discussion on Sunday evening on why the .357 hollowpoint acted differently than the 9mm out of the barrel. The 9mm tumbled and the .357 did not.

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:13 PM (kU0PQ)

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