Labor Day Cafe

Prague
Miro Marsik

Mama otter comforts a crying pup. (Sea otters, of course.)

Inappropriate use of Holiday Road, classics edition.

The world's oldest hotel is in Japan, continuously operating since 705 AD and run by the same family for 52 generations. Fun fact: The floors and walls are now made entirely of dried spunk.

Porcupine enjoys a snack.

Ultimate cat stand.

Saving a dog in a very high flood. The dog is smart enough to understand what he's being told to do.

Why he no play ball?

Corvo, a volcanic island in the Azores archipelago, Portugal. pic.twitter.com/t5PvjjTe65
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 3, 2026

Any Speed Racer fans? Of course there are.

You know the Mach 5's auto-jacks or jump-jacks? The jacks that could make the car jump over obstacles (with a choing-choing-choing sound effect)?

Could this now be real? Or is this more AI slop?

BYD Yangwang U9: the Chinese supercar leaps over road hazards. pic.twitter.com/puNRWVvQYz
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 3, 2026

We are not watching stars move. The ground beneath you is spinning. 💫pic.twitter.com/JnDI3rAZXC
— Tansu Yegen (@TansuYegen) August 31, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:10 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 07, 2026 07:11 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Moby's best line-up. Queequeg on bass was tight.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 07, 2026 07:16 PM (eP2ub)

3 At 5500 lbs. that BYD might be able to jump once or twice like that, but knowing Chinese engineering I’d suspect it will break the suspension and axles by jump five.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 07, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 07, 2026 07:16 PM (hG5L0)

5 I think Prague is one of the few central European cities that escaped destruction in WW2, so most of its pre-war architecture remains intact and is wonderful to see.

Posted by: Joemarine at September 07, 2026 07:16 PM (y171U)

6 Mama otter comforts a crying pup. (Sea otters, of course.)

Thanks for clarifying. Otter is some kind of gay term like bear that I do not understand nor do I want to.

Posted by: Delurker at September 07, 2026 07:17 PM (2Drhq)

7 The static stars clip is cool. I wonder what sort of contraption they used to house the camera.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2026 07:18 PM (RIvkX)

8 Ultimate cat stand.

I feel like only black cats should use such a goth-looking stand.

Posted by: Delurker at September 07, 2026 07:18 PM (2Drhq)

9 And if you believe
Click your heels
three times

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 07:18 PM (EYrlY)

10 Prague

No 20-minute epics replete with Moog solos. Not Prague.

Posted by: Delurker at September 07, 2026 07:20 PM (2Drhq)

11 Corvo is all nice and beautiful until that volcano roars back to life one night and you wake up floating in the ocean a hundred miles away.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 07, 2026 07:21 PM (6ydKt)

12 I'd call bullshit on the chinese supercar. It seems like a cumbersome and would have to be weighty system to include in a supercar when weight and space is usually an issue.

Also... anyone notice this is like the lift jumping kits hispanic guys put in their cars? Kind of funny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 07, 2026 07:21 PM (Y/06r)

13 I believe that's called a Nantucket Sleighride so
Holiday Road is not THAT inappropriate.

Posted by: a demon at September 07, 2026 07:23 PM (MWfyi)

14 BYD Yangwang U9: the Chinese supercar leaps over road hazards.

From the comments:

Yeah, but does it have Fart Mode"?...😂

Elon's "fart in the car" Tesla mode is genius.

If you cut an air biscuit, press a button and a fart sound comes out of the passenger seat.

The passenger starts getting all defensive and “Voila”, you're off the hook.

https://x.com/E_Rodney_/status/
2095578470642512223?s=20

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 07, 2026 07:23 PM (Pny+9)

15
Corvo, a volcanic island in the Azores archipelago, Portugal.

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There used to be an island there. Now there's a crater.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 07, 2026 07:23 PM (HLgI3)

16 oops off dem sock.

Posted by: fd at September 07, 2026 07:24 PM (MWfyi)

17 7 The static stars clip is cool. I wonder what sort of contraption they used to house the camera.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2026 07:18 PM (RIvkX)

They make camera mounts for tripods that will slowly rotate the camera 360 degrees for panorama shots. Looks like this guy set one at an angle.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 07, 2026 07:24 PM (6ydKt)

18 Are they going to build BYD cars in Canada?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 07, 2026 07:26 PM (Cqx++)

19 Could this now be real? Or is this more AI slop?
===

If it's from the CCP, you know the answer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2026 07:27 PM (RIvkX)

20 Better, you are spinning with the Earth beneath you!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 07:28 PM (X5qGl)

21 The car might jump and your spine might collapse.

Posted by: fd at September 07, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

22 BYD Yangwang U9

Yangwang Sweet Poontang

Posted by: Delurker at September 07, 2026 07:28 PM (2Drhq)

23 Santorini is still an island even though the eruption 🌋 of its volcano helped end the Bronze Age.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 07:30 PM (X5qGl)

24 Commenters at the dog rescure site say it's AI

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 07, 2026 07:30 PM (Cqx++)

25 3 At 5500 lbs. that BYD might be able to jump once or twice like that, but knowing Chinese engineering I’d suspect it will break the suspension and axles by jump five.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 07, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt)
Autonomous car will drive you in a pond and drown your ass.

Posted by: Eromero at September 07, 2026 07:31 PM (LHPAg)

26 The "Speed Racer was a Sociopath" memes are hilarious:

https://tinyurl.com/42uttph9

Posted by: Delurker at September 07, 2026 07:32 PM (2Drhq)

27 The byd thing is a simple lie.

Yes, the car can jump, or hop. I guess any car with hydraulic suspension can do that. The problem is it can only hop a couple inches. To "hop over something" you have to be going very very fast.

And you have to detect it from a distance. So no one is jumping over nail strips or a body in the road.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 07, 2026 07:32 PM (tOY9K)

28 Corvo, a volcanic island in the Azores archipelago, Portugal.

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There used to be an island there. Now there's a crater.

Aka a caldera.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 07, 2026 07:33 PM (Riz8t)

29 Equatorial mount, like they use to keep a telescope fixed on a star.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 07:33 PM (X5qGl)

30 23 Santorini is still an island even though the eruption 🌋 of its volcano helped end the Bronze Age.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 07:30 PM (X5qGl)
The community hid away in the volcano will be the first to witness the next eruption so there's that.

Posted by: Eromero at September 07, 2026 07:34 PM (LHPAg)

31 It worked in “Speed Racer”!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 07:34 PM (X5qGl)

32 I know that wonderful photo of Prague is likely showcasing the rising sun with the morning mist. But, if you make it just a tad more yellow, you have the everyday air quality of Beijing.

Posted by: Orson at September 07, 2026 07:35 PM (dIske)

33 Cute baby elephant pictures, always appreciated.

Posted by: Case at September 07, 2026 07:35 PM (noln+)

34 Jack be nimble, Jack be quick (Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh)
Take a ride on the West Coast kick (Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh)

Holiday road
Holiday road
Holiday road
Holiday road

If you do not play this song when you leave the house on VACA you are missing out.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 07, 2026 07:38 PM (/+uur)

35 Why did The Station nightclub in Rhode Island have to burn and not that creepy Goth Bat Club. Life isn't fair.

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at September 07, 2026 07:40 PM (Fn+3X)

36 I shot an elephant in my babys pajamas
I only wounded him and he swapped out to a Garanimals outfit and was headed to the PreK playground.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 07, 2026 07:40 PM (/+uur)

37 Afternoon, all. It's been a busy weekend, but productive both in terms of needed household work and hobby work. I'm (sadly) quite a few years from retirement, but I could easily keep myself occupied if I didn't have employment taking up a nominal 40 hours per week.

Posted by: PabloD at September 07, 2026 07:42 PM (zIBZT)

38 First there is a crater, then there is no crater, then there is...

Posted by: Reject Donovan Lyrics at September 07, 2026 07:43 PM (Fn+3X)

39 Why did The Station nightclub in Rhode Island have to burn and not that creepy Goth Bat Club. Life isn't fair.
Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3

Preaching to the choir.

Posted by: Great White at September 07, 2026 07:43 PM (m4aQ8)

40 So Speed Racer is a sociopath because he won’t throw a race to let somebody else win? Say it ain’t so, Joe! If this other guy is so great, and needs the money to pay for his sister’s medical treatment, Speed Racer can just give him his legitimate winnings as a donation. Trixie calling for him to throw the race is the one in the wrong.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 07:43 PM (X5qGl)

41 Good pic of Prague. Looks like it should be in another planet.

Posted by: 88C+u supposed that 1946-89, it was at September 07, 2026 07:46 PM (88C+u)

42 If you do not play this song when you leave the house on VACA you are missing out.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Lindsey Buckingham's solo career gets slept on. "Trouble" and "Go Insane" were also great

Posted by: 88C+u at September 07, 2026 07:47 PM (88C+u)

43 Trixie calling for him to throw the race is the one in the wrong.

Core Toddler Ethics in play: "Share"

Of course the woman hates that a man is competitive in her presence. But he damned well better be competitive outside her presence because she won't give any man without earned status the time of day. And status requires being competitive.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 07, 2026 07:48 PM (PVBkQ)

44 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 07:43 PM (X5qGl)

He did let a dude die in a thermal mushroom cloud every opening intro.

Posted by: Delurker at September 07, 2026 07:48 PM (2Drhq)

45 Nonsense. The universe revolves around me.

Posted by: fd at September 07, 2026 07:49 PM (MWfyi)

46 wtf.

Speed was right. Compete to win.

Otherwise it’s rigged bullshit. I hate this world that winning is now evil.

If you’re not first, you’re last.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 07, 2026 07:49 PM (Mrl86)

47 Watched to a sad Critical Drinker Crash and Burn on Ellen/Elliot Page. After watching I have to ask "What did she/he think was going to happen to her career after transitioning?".

Posted by: Tuna at September 07, 2026 07:49 PM (lJ0H4)

48 It's a lot of pressure but I can take it.

Posted by: fd at September 07, 2026 07:49 PM (MWfyi)

49 For The Emperor!

Posted by: Accomack at September 07, 2026 07:53 PM (EJ7WG)

50 I know I should not hug the baby porcupine, but I would really like to hug the baby porcupine.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 07:53 PM (PMi3m)

51 There is a mural uncovered on Santorini by archeologists showing the inner circular harbor filled with Bronze Age ships. Santorini, or Thera in those days, may have been the source for Plato’s legend of Atlantis with its circular waterways.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 07:56 PM (X5qGl)

52 If you’re not first, you’re last.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 07, 2026 07:49 PM (Mrl86)

I thought second place was the first loser!

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 07, 2026 07:57 PM (NVyR5)

53 I could have been first but there was a monkey in my trunk.

Posted by: S. Racer at September 07, 2026 07:59 PM (MWfyi)

54 Death hangs over Santorini like a cloud. Only place I’ve ever been that felt cursed. Creepy sensation. The wine was decent though.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 07, 2026 08:00 PM (NVyR5)

55 Get Trixie to help with that monkey in your trunk, Speed!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:00 PM (X5qGl)

56 That volcano would be a prime location for Trump to develop a golf course.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 07, 2026 08:01 PM (eP2ub)

57 Daryl Hall made a comment to Kenny Loggins when Loggins was on his show that his compositions /arrangements were kind of complicated/difficult. Loggins seem to take offense to that. Seemed kinda of a dick.

Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 08:02 PM (KC5Lt)

58 Hope everyone had a good holiday and have a good night

Posted by: Skip at September 07, 2026 08:05 PM (Ia/+0)

59 5500 lbs. that BYD might be able to jump once or twice like that"

And at 100 to 120 Kph?

60 mph? Suuure

Posted by: man at September 07, 2026 08:06 PM (XuXeR)

60
Watched to a sad Critical Drinker Crash and Burn on Ellen/Elliot Page. After watching I have to ask "What did she/he think was going to happen to her career after transitioning?".
Posted by: Tuna

===============

There aren't many roles like the one Linda Hunt got in The Year of Living Dangerously.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 07, 2026 08:07 PM (XJ22o)

61 Jesse Waters - El-Sayed interview now.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 07, 2026 08:07 PM (Sco7b)

62 Remember that guy who tried to jump a car into Canada?

Posted by: S. Racer at September 07, 2026 08:09 PM (MWfyi)

63 Didn't work.

Posted by: S. Racer at September 07, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

64 Prague has a laundromat that's one of the best in Europe.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 07, 2026 08:10 PM (wpRMV)

65 Did anyone else watch Speed Racer? I still remember my dad would always poke his head in my room when he got home from work where I was watching the cartoon on the old black & white TV and say something like "he's not gonna make it, they got him this time".

Also is Elon's lair in that volcano? If not, I suggest he build it there.

Posted by: Iris at September 07, 2026 08:10 PM (286+n)

66 Daryl Hall's solo album Sacred Songs (produced by Robert Fripp) is one of my all-time favorites.

Posted by: Delurker at September 07, 2026 08:11 PM (2Drhq)

67 23 Santorini is still an island even though the eruption 🌋 of its volcano helped end the Bronze Age.

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To be fair, the Bronze Age had overstayed its welcome.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 07, 2026 08:11 PM (wpRMV)

68 People who vote for people who despise the USA aren't my fellow countrymen and I feel no obligation or empathy to them as citizens.

Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 08:11 PM (KC5Lt)

69 Can you give a street address for that laundromat in Prague? For the next time I visit there.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:12 PM (Jc4hv)

70 Tin was always the problem with bronze.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:13 PM (Jc4hv)

71 McAllen, Texas — the military first used a high-energy laser weapon system to down suspicious drones, military officials told CBS News there has been a roughly 75% decrease in the number of drones probing the southern border in the Rio Grande Valley.

-- 11 by laser in two weeks

The laser is a version of a system, LOCUST produced by the company AeroVironment.
... individual unit cost ~ $17.4 to $25 million, -but- Each shot only costs around $3,
...cartels use drones,... so they know which areas to avoid when smuggling ..
...cartels are also using armed drones inside Mexico to attack rival groups...
-- we could take advantage of that tech

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 08:13 PM (EYrlY)

72 "Did anyone else watch Speed Racer?"

I did. Even though it and that animation style make me slightly nauseous. Also, the bad guy on Underdog made me feel somewhat distressed.

Posted by: fd at September 07, 2026 08:14 PM (MWfyi)

73 68 People who vote for people who despise the USA aren't my fellow countrymen and I feel no obligation or empathy to them as citizens.

Posted by: polynikes
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The C-17s await.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 08:14 PM (EYrlY)

74 69 Can you give a street address for that laundromat in Prague? For the next time I visit there.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:12 PM (Jc4hv)

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Wenceslas Square, behind the National Museum, the Main Street on the left. One block down.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 07, 2026 08:15 PM (wpRMV)

75 Daryl Hall's solo album Sacred Songs (produced by Robert Fripp) is one of my all-time favorites.
Posted by: Delurker at September 07, 2026 08:11 PM (2Drhq

It was Loggins who seemed like a dick.

Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 08:15 PM (KC5Lt)

76 70 Tin was always the problem with bronze.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:13 PM (Jc4hv)

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Tin? Pfft.

Posted by: Arsenical Bronze at September 07, 2026 08:16 PM (wpRMV)

77 At 5500 lbs. that BYD might be able to jump once or twice like that, but knowing Chinese engineering I’d suspect it will break the suspension and axles by jump five.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 07, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt)

If they just would use better alloys than chinesium, the things they make might not break so easily.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:18 PM (Jc4hv)

78 "I'll get you, Underdog!" Man that guy was creepy. Reminds me of Janet Yellen.

Posted by: fd at September 07, 2026 08:19 PM (MWfyi)

79 Killing your smiths with arsenic is not a good way to advance metallurgy.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:21 PM (Jc4hv)

80 RethugliKKKan atacks ohio democrat candidate Amy Action. The midterm elctions are heating up!

Posted by: raimondo at September 07, 2026 08:21 PM (D6vIN)

81 Is this true?

That Reddington is in trouble with the MA bar association on charges of misusing client, not Lindsay in filings, money??

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 07, 2026 08:21 PM (2GVsD)

82 Fuck the chinese, if I want to see jumping cars I'll go to East LA.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 07, 2026 08:22 PM (eP2ub)

83 70 Tin was always the problem with bronze.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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See that vid on casting Babbit bearings? Tin was the main mineral, then copper and some antimony. Think it was antimony.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 08:22 PM (EYrlY)

84 Just watched Ad Astra and Bad Times at the Royale again. I like free streaming.

Both good but totally different.

Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 08:22 PM (KC5Lt)

85 83 Think it was antimony

I thought antimony was a synonym for divorce.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 08:24 PM (PMi3m)

86 If you use Liberals in your castings, you will get plenty of acrimony.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 07, 2026 08:24 PM (2GVsD)

87 ...cartels use drones,... so they know which areas to avoid when smuggling ..
...cartels are also using armed drones inside Mexico to attack rival groups...
-- we could take advantage of that tech

Posted by: Braenyard

Sheeeeeet. I'd bet some deeply buried USAID $$$$ funded that technology. On contract from the cartels.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 07, 2026 08:26 PM (WXg6e)

88 "if I want to see jumping cars I'll go to East LA.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone "

Did you see the Porsche crash at Laguna Seca on Saturday? Talk about a holy shit moment. He lost the brakes at the corkscrew and it took off like the Mach 5 over the track and into the woods. The driver survived but I bet he's hurting.

Posted by: fd at September 07, 2026 08:26 PM (MWfyi)

89 84 Just watched Ad Astra and Bad Times at the Royale again. I like free streaming.

Both good but totally different.
Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 08:22 PM (KC5Lt)

I liked Cynthia Erivo in Bad Times at the El Royale. Something happeded to her between that and Wicked.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 08:27 PM (PMi3m)

90 Prague has a laundromat that's one of the best in Europe.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 07, 2026 08:10 PM (wpRMV)
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Noted.

I went to a nice one in Brussels. Electrolux. The load I did there for 8 Euros would have cost upwards of 250 Euros if the hotel did it.

Posted by: bluebell at September 07, 2026 08:27 PM (ek8iC)

91 "I'll get you, Underdog!" Man that guy was creepy. Reminds me of Janet Yellen.
Posted by: fd

Yellen always reminded me of Crabby Appleton.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 07, 2026 08:27 PM (WXg6e)

92 liked Cynthia Erivo in Bad Times at the El Royale. Something happeded to her between that and Wicked.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 08:27 PM (PMi3m)

Crap that's her ? !

Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 08:28 PM (KC5Lt)

93 Just watched Ad Astra and Bad Times at the Royale again. I like free streaming.
Posted by: polynikes

Today I watched Plan 9 from Outer Space, then Ed Wood. Hey, it's my day off.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 07, 2026 08:29 PM (l26NL)

94 I alos watched Ultraman. That and Speed Racer both seemed "off" to me as a little kid as I didn't understand they were Japanese productions dubbed into English.

Posted by: Delurker at September 07, 2026 08:29 PM (2Drhq)

95 "Yellen always reminded me of Crabby Appleton.
Posted by: Tonypete "

Her voice reminds me of Lionel Barrymore.

Posted by: fd at September 07, 2026 08:30 PM (MWfyi)

96 I went to a nice one in Brussels. Electrolux. The load I did there for 8 Euros would have cost upwards of 250 Euros if the hotel did it.
Posted by: bluebell at September 07, 2026 08:27 PM (ek8iC)
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Also, don't overlook the opportunities that doing your own laundry gives you to interact with the local Belgii, or whatever the hell they are.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 07, 2026 08:31 PM (wpRMV)

97 92 Crap that's her ? !
Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 08:28 PM (KC5Lt)

Yep. She also did a passable job in a Harriet Tubman biopic a year kt two later also, though I thought the theatrucal release was closer to TV movie of the weem quality.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 08:31 PM (PMi3m)

98 Getting tin for bronze was the limiting factor in making bronze. Arsenic has its own problems. But you needed international trade to sustain the amounts of tin you needed for bronze and that’s why the Bronze Age fell. Bronze is actually stronger than steel, often enough. It’s just that iron can be made into steel anywhere you have the ore, if you have man-power to drive a blast furnace. It does not depend on tin deposits in far away lands.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:32 PM (Jc4hv)

99 Also, don't overlook the opportunities that doing your own laundry gives you to interact with the local Belgii, or whatever the hell they are.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 07, 2026 08:31 PM (wpRMV)
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Didn't get the chance. There were two American guys, one young lady, and eventually a cute young couple with a baby. Who were Asian, but maybe Belgii too for all I know.

Posted by: bluebell at September 07, 2026 08:33 PM (ek8iC)

100 I thought antimony was a synonym for divorce.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 08:24 PM (PMi3m)

Nah, antimony is what your wife gets after the divorce.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:34 PM (Jc4hv)

101 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:32 PM (Jc4hv)

Bronze is harder than iron but more brittle but you are absolutely correct the reason iron replaced bronze was because iron was easier to produce.

Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 08:36 PM (KC5Lt)

102 Oh, and then there was Prince Planet. Can't forget Prince Planet when it came to old Japanese cartoon series. I made myself a magic pendant and would run around yelling Pee-Pazow! hoping to turn into Prince Planet.

Man, those shows were all from the mid-60s but they were still being rerun, in the US at least, long after that. Probably were all on UHF but I don't remember for sure.

Posted by: Delurker at September 07, 2026 08:37 PM (2Drhq)

103 100 I thought antimony was a synonym for divorce.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 08:24 PM (PMi3m)

Nah, antimony is what your wife gets after the divorce.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:34 PM (Jc4hv)

Anti-money is what's left in your savings account after the divorce.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 08:37 PM (PMi3m)

104 If they just would use better alloys than chinesium, the things they make might not break so easily.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Have to remove the impurities first.
First they have no concept of impure.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 08:37 PM (EYrlY)

105 and eventually a cute young couple with a baby. Who were Asian, but maybe Belgii too for all I know.

Ah, the Park-Peeters family. Wow! Was that a wedding!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 07, 2026 08:37 PM (WXg6e)

106 Retardo! On a holiday bringing his bullshit stories.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 07, 2026 08:38 PM (m4aQ8)

107 I'm antimony.

Posted by: Guy who hates the Shondells at September 07, 2026 08:39 PM (MWfyi)

108 With arsenical bronze, you were good for the first three or four decapitations, but after that, it was a pure crapshoot.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 07, 2026 08:39 PM (wpRMV)

109 The earliest steel is meteoritic, but that doesn’t really allow production at scale,

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:39 PM (Jc4hv)

110 Retardo's trolling level is even lower than usual. Every word of that story's been thoroughly debunked.

Posted by: Delurker at September 07, 2026 08:40 PM (2Drhq)

111 The AI dog rescue video is heartwarming.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 07, 2026 08:41 PM (U/j9n)

112 107 I'm antimony.
Posted by: Guy who hates the Shondells at September 07, 2026 08:39 PM (MWfyi)

So that song doesn't make you feel so good?

Posted by: tankdemon at September 07, 2026 08:41 PM (PMi3m)

113 Yellen always reminded me of Crabby Appleton.
Posted by: Tonypete "

She looks like she reeks of ben gay and cat piss.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 07, 2026 08:41 PM (m4aQ8)

114 Bronze is harder than iron but more brittle but you are absolutely correct the reason iron replaced bronze was because iron was easier to produce.
Posted by: polynikes

"Iron" is generally a much cooler word than "bronze". "I am bronze man", "Cast bronze for a bloodstream", "Bronze Mike Sharpe", "Strike while the bronze is hot", "leg bronzes", "bronzeic". Nah.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 07, 2026 08:42 PM (Fv808)

115 Captain Steeeve covers the Amazon 767 cargo plane accident.
youtube.com/watch?v=u2oVWUZ6Qww

tl;dr: The plane was flying 35 knots too fast at the runway threshold. He should have done a go-around.

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2026 08:42 PM (Jr5Lq)

116 "So that song doesn't make you feel so good?
Posted by: tankdemon "

I said yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah!!!

Posted by: Guy who hates the Shondells at September 07, 2026 08:42 PM (MWfyi)

117 The laser is a version of a system, LOCUST produced by the company AeroVironment.
... individual unit cost ~ $17.4 to $25 million, -but- Each shot only costs around $3,
...cartels use drones,... so they know which areas to avoid when smuggling ..
...cartels are also using armed drones inside Mexico to attack rival groups...
-- we could take advantage of that tech

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 08:13 PM (EYrlY)

Well, if you used each unit to make 20 million shots, each shot would cost only 4 dollars, capital cost included. Moral? Use the fuck out of them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2026 08:42 PM (1z8ji)

118 The earliest steel is meteoritic, but that doesn’t really allow production at scale,
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:39 PM (Jc4hv)

The earliest Iron smelting appears to have been related to the use of Iron oxides as a flux for purifying copper and bronze melts that caused iron prills to form in the slag. The Hittites were working on that problem but things fell apart before they cracked the problem.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2026 08:44 PM (rbvCR)

119 Sharknado II on Comet TV

Total garbage. Whoot!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 07, 2026 08:45 PM (nwXO5)

120 It does not depend on tin deposits in far away lands.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:32 PM (Jc4hv)

Tin is so scarce, and hard to mine, that it really should be considered a precious metal. It's white and lustrous, just like silver, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2026 08:46 PM (1z8ji)

121 Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli:

"We have in Europe a significant part of the elites that have been swept into the most radical post-nationalist places -- places of identification, essentially, with Islamist nationalism, with the Palestinians, with Hamas.

These movements are very, very hostile toward the State of Israel.

And it really bothers them when national forces in Israel and outside Israel -- such as Vox in Spain, the French National Rally, and others -- connect and act together."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 08:47 PM (EYrlY)

122 Fucking Hittites.

Posted by: The Phoenicians at September 07, 2026 08:47 PM (wpRMV)

123 Nonsense. The universe revolves around me.

The math works!

Posted by: Al E. at September 07, 2026 08:47 PM (vTZFs)

124 The design of the Gurkha’s kukri suggests to my eye that it was originally made of bronze.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 08:51 PM (Jc4hv)

125 Eleven minutes of Renee Rosnes Trio.
youtube.com/watch?v=KyF3ji7OwG4

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2026 08:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

126 The Bronze Age Collapse...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B965f8AcNbw

Posted by: davidt at September 07, 2026 08:51 PM (Q+gd/)

127 Prince of Space and Ultra Q are live action series like Warning from Space is a live action movie. All from Japan.

Nyah.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 07, 2026 08:51 PM (2GVsD)

128 If you have a little time to say a quick prayer for Brit Lass she would appreciate it. Her ordered tests are tomorrow morning, finally. So far everything has come out okay and she's feeling better than she did. She's worried about bad things, but we're hoping tomorrow removes the rest of the worry. Thanks!

Posted by: ... at September 07, 2026 08:51 PM (vE0+H)

129 The Hittites were working on that problem but things fell apart before they cracked the problem.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2026 08:44 PM (rbvCR)

They accidentally created some early steel when they smelted iron over coals that caused the iron carbon mix ( steel)

Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 08:52 PM (KC5Lt)

130 Nurse,

No Zombeavers?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 07, 2026 08:52 PM (2GVsD)

131 Bats! We have bats!!!! O frabjous day!!!!

Thank you, Ace!

Also, I overheard from the Café Custodial Engineers that the Café Strategic Febreeze Reserve is just starting to refill a bit following the drastic drawdowns its recently experienced.

Magna Spheniscidae delenda est

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 07, 2026 08:53 PM (0sNs1)

132 I watched Ad Astra and Bad Times At the Royale. Never again. Ad Astra sucked so bad I thought Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones were so hard up they were living in a tent in LA. Wanted to pass the hat to give them a few bucks to get the care they needed. Bad Times is a pretty good quirky movie, but Jeff Bridges blew it with going Dudes for Kamala which translates to he hates me. Won't give one tenth of a cent in residuals to any talent that has that opinion and makes it public.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 07, 2026 08:55 PM (gm9Sb)

133 from upstream

H. Ford used mostly tin for his Babbit bearings for the Model T crankshaft.
Tin, copper & some antimony.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 08:55 PM (EYrlY)

134 Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 07, 2026 08:55 PM (gm9Sb)

Different strokes for different folks.

Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 08:56 PM (KC5Lt)

135 >>>Did you see the Porsche crash at Laguna Seca on Saturday? Talk about a holy shit moment. He lost the brakes at the corkscrew and it took off like the Mach 5 over the track and into the woods. The driver survived but I bet he's hurting.

Posted by: fd

>That was a pretty grim incident. On the bright side, a lot of data can be coordinated to come up with new, better safety measures.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 07, 2026 08:56 PM (eP2ub)

136 To go back to an earlier discussion, the point of no return IMO was Obama weaponizing "Little Trayvon" with that cheapshot about it being like his "son".

Such absolutely perfect horseshit and it cauterized the split they had been working towards for a decade.

Posted by: ... at September 07, 2026 08:56 PM (vE0+H)

137 Fucking Hittites.
Posted by: The Phoenicians at September 07, 2026 08:47 PM (wpRMV)

actually the Phoenicians rose into power in the vacuum left by the collapse of the Hittites and the Canaanites following Egypt's victory in the battle of Kadesh. Any experience the Phoenicians had with the Hittites would have been with successor states and the tail end of the neo-Hittite empire

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at September 07, 2026 08:56 PM (rbvCR)

138 Any word on the dog Diogenes was watching?
I hope it's alright.

CBC - 41% of Canadians view the US as an enemy country.
Ace of Spades - 0% of Americans give a damn.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 07, 2026 08:57 PM (Sco7b)

139 Canada has always been an enemy country but we let it slide. They gave aid and comfort to deserters and draft dodgers.

Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 08:58 PM (KC5Lt)

140 Annual tin production by country:
https://tinyurl.com/4fdc5r9n

Total annual output: 260K tons.

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2026 08:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

141 The Hittites were brought down by the Late Bronze Age Collapse. They went from a regional power to nothing more than a scattered bunch of inconsequential hamlets.

Make of it what you will.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 07, 2026 08:59 PM (wpRMV)

142 H. Ford used mostly tin for his Babbit bearings for the Model T crankshaft.
Tin, copper & some antimony.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 07, 2026 08:55 PM (EYrlY)

Poured bearings made of babbitt have been widely used since the 1840's. And the replaceable shell bearings used today still have a lining of babbitt or similar soft metal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2026 08:59 PM (1z8ji)

143 Ha!

Anna Puma
No ZOMBEAVERS. Alas.

But schlock horror is best when stumbled upon free antenna tv.

Hey Duncanthrax,
Sea otters were placed above bats. If you’re not first,
You’re last.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 07, 2026 09:01 PM (LdAYY)

144 It is interesting to see OT interactions between the early Hebrews and the Hittites. For example Bathsheba’s first husband (that King David had killed in battle) was Uriah the Hittite, one of King David’s mighty men of valor.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 07, 2026 09:02 PM (Jc4hv)

145 Cocaine Bear

Highly recommended farce based on real events.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2026 09:02 PM (RIvkX)

146 Posted by: gp at September 07, 2026 08:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

Yeah we're pretty much screwed and it's sorta important.

Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 09:03 PM (KC5Lt)

147 139 Canada has always been an enemy country but we let it slide. They gave aid and comfort to deserters and draft dodgers.

Posted by: polynikes at September 07, 2026 08:58 PM (KC5Lt)

You're not wrong. Canadians should be more grateful.

Rubio interview on Hannity now. May 13th,

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 07, 2026 09:03 PM (Sco7b)

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