Mental Health Day Cafe

Vitebsk Station. Saint Petersburg, Russia, by Nikolay Schegolev

The world's first underwater photograph.

This is so stupid. No one would use the "FOIL" method here. I'm posting this so that you can be as annoyed as I am by this internet slop.

Air Bud but with soccer. In other words, lame.

Feeding a blueberry to a giant bat.

Japan does deep dish pizza different.

Neil the Seal, the internet's favorite 5-year-old southern elephant seal, is back.

He has spent his vacation growing into a massive 1,000-kilogram (one-tonne) subadult and he is currently treating Tasmanian infrastructure like his personal playground. pic.twitter.com/WPqttEzSdM
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 2, 2026

Two babies is a full time job, so he’s working double 👶

📹 afvofficial pic.twitter.com/EHBANRdzmS
— Tansu Yegen (@TansuYegen) September 1, 2026

That's real red bull! pic.twitter.com/EwYeHXO1gi
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) March 23, 2024

This Red Bull ramp drops straight off a mountain. 😳pic.twitter.com/IUMnqsIEtH
— Tansu Yegen (@TansuYegen) July 6, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:10 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 04, 2026 07:12 PM (hG5L0)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2026 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Steam cars?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 04, 2026 07:16 PM (Cqx++)

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

What a glorious way to end the week! Thank you, Ace!!!!!!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 04, 2026 07:17 PM (0sNs1)

5 Hey... Dad with two babies? SHUT THE DAMN DOOR!

Been there... did that... full time single Dad with Twins.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2026 07:18 PM (mP0Kj)

6 I suppose Neil the seal can do whatever the F he wants - that bad boy is 'large and in charge'!
Dayum

Posted by: Lizzy at September 04, 2026 07:19 PM (rOKnE)

7 >>>Mental Health Day Cafe

So soon after the lynching of St. Clancy, Ace?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 04, 2026 07:19 PM (dK+Kv)

8 What did they do to the bull?

He's pisssssssed off!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 04, 2026 07:20 PM (rOKnE)

9 Those twin girlies are so cute! Look like ours but she's not a twin. Same hairdo that cracks me up.

Sometimes her mother puts two little pigtails on top and she wakes up from her nap here with one pointing straight up like an antenna.

I thank God for all of our grands...she sneaked in under the wire and surprised us all. Nothing but pure joy.

Have a great THREE day weekend, Ace.

I have been offline for 4hrs and remain thankful that Clancy was not aquitted.

Drinking white whine. Life is good. XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 04, 2026 07:21 PM (hzuYO)

10 The ramp is no Evil Knievel Over Snake River

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 04, 2026 07:21 PM (RIvkX)

11 Thank you, Señor Jefe, for another week with out penguins.

We have almost eliminated the residual smell from the last bunch, and now half of our team can take a well-deserved weekend off. It's been a while.

Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Custodial Engineers at September 04, 2026 07:21 PM (nA6Dg)

12
willowed, but that kindergarten teacher who "got fired" is satire. I hate when I get punked, but I've learned to take it as GOOD NEWS -- the idiot never existed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 04, 2026 07:22 PM (mmrXZ)

13 >>Drinking white whine. Life is good. XXXX

*tips glass at ya*

Posted by: Lizzy at September 04, 2026 07:22 PM (rOKnE)

14 Does Japanese deep dish pizza have sea creatures on it? I don't want to look.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2026 07:23 PM (wVcYX)

15 Your not fooling anyone. That's not Neal The Seal, that's Hillary on vacation in The Hamptons.

Watch now as Jim wrestles her into the cage and feeds her some live squid! Be careful Jim, mind her flippers!

Posted by: Zombie Marlon Perkins at September 04, 2026 07:23 PM (cCXR+)

16
Those twin girlies are so cute!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

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They totally know what they're doing, too. "You go, then I'll go, then you, then me!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 04, 2026 07:23 PM (mmrXZ)

17 Been there... did that... full time single Dad with Twins.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2026 07:18 PM (mP0Kj)
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I can't imagine. When our kids were both in diapers at the same time it was exhausting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 04, 2026 07:24 PM (RIvkX)

18 willowed, but that kindergarten teacher who "got fired" is satire. I hate when I get punked, but I've learned to take it as GOOD NEWS -- the idiot never existed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 04, 2026 07:22 PM (mmrXZ)
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Rageslop

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 04, 2026 07:25 PM (RIvkX)

19 J

Posted by: Cannibal at September 04, 2026 07:27 PM (M26K7)

20 >>I can't imagine. When our kids were both in diapers at the same time it was exhausting.

Went on a weeklong vacation with several adults, including a couple with children aged 4, 2, and twin 10-month-olds. Heard later that the Monday after, when the Mom had to deal with all four without assistance, that she laid down and cried for a bit. 'Exhausting' did not begin to cover it.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 07:28 PM (NcvvS)

21 the hell? So I've discovered I have a tase for bourbon. How did I miss that for all these years?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:28 PM (M26K7)

22 "Bubba" would be a good name for a Southern elephant seal that weighs a ton.

Posted by: fd at September 04, 2026 07:29 PM (MWfyi)

23 When trees shed their leaves, are they...defecating?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 04, 2026 07:30 PM (CHHv1)

24 Cannibal Bob. Cheers, darlin

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 07:30 PM (TWNx7)

25 >>>This is so stupid. No one would use the "FOIL" method here. I'm posting this so that you can be as annoyed as I am by this internet slop.

I'm more annoyed that the Japanese guy, in a retarded attempt to show the superiority of the Japanese over the Americans, got the math wrong *twice* and ended up with the right answer.

If you are going to goof on the other guy, at least check your middle school math before you post a video of your screw ups on the internet.

Posted by: No Name Today at September 04, 2026 07:30 PM (8mulE)

26 Does Japanese deep dish pizza have sea creatures on it? I don't want to look.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2026 07:23 PM (wVcYX)

It was a cabbage almost pancake with mayo involved, topped with that dried, fermented and salted shredded fish condiment they have.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 04, 2026 07:30 PM (zZu0s)

27 17 Been there... did that... full time single Dad with Twins.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2026 07:18 PM (mP0Kj)
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I can't imagine. When our kids were both in diapers at the same time it was exhausting.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 04, 2026 07:24 PM (RIvkX)

At the time I was Active Duty Navy, luckily teaching Sat Coms in San Diego... and when I got divorced found a great apartment in El Cajon, right across the street from the apartment of an old Shipmate of mine, who had just had a daughter...

So... Got his wife to do daycare for me... She was a real Southern Country type girl... 2 was rough for me, how she dealt with THREE? Kudos.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2026 07:30 PM (mP0Kj)

28 Cannibal Bob!!!

Hugs to you and Heidi!

How are y’all doing?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2026 07:30 PM (Ro3yS)

29 the hell? So I've discovered I have a tase for bourbon. How did I miss that for all these years?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:28 PM

It's easy to get jaded, since every time you try the clown, you ask your dining companion "Does this taste funny to you?"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 04, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

30 22 "Bubba" would be a good name for a Southern elephant seal that weighs a ton.
Posted by: fd at September 04, 2026 07:29 PM (MWfyi)

So.... if'n he was in a bad mood... would he be...

Bubba Grump?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2026 07:32 PM (mP0Kj)

31 Not taking that Red Bull ramp.

Nope. Nope. No!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 04, 2026 07:33 PM (u82oZ)

32 I may not sleep tonight.
Why is it in Sci-Fy stories and pictures, the spaceships in space have wings, but the UFO's on earth are all saucers???

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2026 07:33 PM (2WIwB)

33 Nothing says uplifting like a picture of a Russian train station.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 04, 2026 07:33 PM (I8pWq)

34 Wow Ben! Heidi and I always sending our love babe. You a bourbon gal? So I know what to bring when we meet.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:33 PM (M26K7)

35 >>>Feeding a blueberry to a giant bat.

The good news is that it is the blueberry that is giant, not the bat. The bad news is that there is still a disgusting bat involved.

Posted by: No Name Today at September 04, 2026 07:33 PM (8mulE)

36 Bite my what? And they named a railroad station that?

Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 07:33 PM (kU0PQ)

37 I have already boasted to Girl F. that she can expect yours truly will be the only person in the family who will change a diaper.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 04, 2026 07:33 PM (RIvkX)

38 Those twin girlies are so cute!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

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

They totally know what they're doing, too. "You go, then I'll go, then you, then me!"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 04, 2026 07:23 PM (mmrXZ)

Our boys were not quite 2 years apart. I would grab one boy, haul him to bed in a blanket Santa Claus style, then grab the other boy, do the same. meanwhile, boy one sneaks by and we end up doing the same thing over and over again.

Our little kids turned out to be really good men. Man. I miss the little guys.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at September 04, 2026 07:34 PM (0aYVJ)

39 >>The world's first underwater photograph.

That's pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 04, 2026 07:34 PM (viF8m)

40 Nurse!!!! Xoxoxox!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:34 PM (M26K7)

41 >>the hell? So I've discovered I have a tase for bourbon. How did I miss that for all these years?

Cannibal Bob, an American male who is past 23 and doesn't have any experience with bourbon? What have you been drinking?

Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 07:34 PM (NcvvS)

42 since every time you try the clown, you ask your dining companion "Does this taste funny to you?"
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 04, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

Who's laughing now?

Posted by: Pennywise at September 04, 2026 07:36 PM (88C+u)

43 So... Got his wife to do daycare for me... She was a real Southern Country type girl... 2 was rough for me, how she dealt with THREE? Kudos.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2026 07:30 PM (mP0Kj)
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You have to have a Method.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 04, 2026 07:36 PM (RIvkX)

44 Diogenes

In Space: Art majors do not know about the vacuum of space or the use of landers from an orbiting spaceship.

In Earth's atmosphere: Art majors need to make UFOs different from human aircraft.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 04, 2026 07:36 PM (u82oZ)

45 Is it true that the WNBA has been renamed to the Women's Non Binary Association?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at September 04, 2026 07:37 PM (9LAkR)

46 It's easy to get jaded, since every time you try the clown, you ask your dining companion "Does this taste funny to you?"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 04, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

You lost me amigo but I'm slow on the uptake. (Ask the ettes) So theres a 'clown' bourbon? :-0

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:37 PM (M26K7)

47 We had two in diapers for about six months.

After moving cross country away from family and friends I did not want to pressure the toddler to be potty trained (potty chairs don't work, a stool and real toilets do). Nor take away his binkie.

The trip was a four day excursion to my parent's farm in MS. My bro opened the door and asked if the backseat was my milking stall. I told him to get out of my way as baby had a growth spurt most of the trip and I entertained truckers. We were 30yrs and could handle it with humor.

Toddler sort of trained himself before 3yrs and dropped his binkie one morning in the toilet. Informed me (thank God). I told him he had a choice of me buying another binkie (had spares) or for the same amt of money he could get a "big boy toy." He chose the big boy toy of a plastic plane and that was it for the binkie.

#2 son did not like binkies and was easy to train since he was competing with older brother. First peed and took his first steps (not at the same time) on the weekly beach trip near our house. Then he mostly wanted to pee outside but got directed to use toilets.

They turned out fairly normal.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 04, 2026 07:37 PM (hzuYO)

48 the hell? So I've discovered I have a tase for bourbon. How did I miss that for all these years?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:28 PM (M26K7)

Well, you know, he sure likes to drink that Lone Star beer
And he chases it down with Wild Turkey bourbon liquor...

Posted by: Ray Wylie Hubbard at September 04, 2026 07:39 PM (cCXR+)

49 21 the hell? So I've discovered I have a tase for bourbon. How did I miss that for all these years?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:28 PM (M26K7)
I been working on bourbon over 60 years. Bout got 'er figgered out.

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2026 07:39 PM (LHPAg)

50 the hell? So I've discovered I have a tase for bourbon. How did I miss that for all these years?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:28 PM (M26K7)

Because bourbon doesn't go with long pork?

Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 07:40 PM (kU0PQ)

51 Vitebsk Station. Saint Petersburg, Russia --

If not for the train it could be NY.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 04, 2026 07:40 PM (RBKzD)

52 Cannibal Bob, an American male who is past 23 and doesn't have any experience with bourbon? What have you been drinking?

Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 07:34 PM (NcvvS)

*hangs head*. Vodka.

Tries dad's scotch...nope. Then Irish whiskey. (Heidi) nope. Tried bourbon (Makers Mark) for the upteenth time and...nice.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:40 PM (M26K7)

53 Ees no photograph in 'world's first underwater photograph' … but I have a very active imagination.

Posted by: Dr_No at September 04, 2026 07:40 PM (ayRl+)

54 41 >>the hell? So I've discovered I have a tase for bourbon. How did I miss that for all these years?

Cannibal Bob, an American male who is past 23 and doesn't have any experience with bourbon? What have you been drinking?
Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 07:34 PM (NcvvS)
***********
Fond of both bourbon and Scotch in winters now. Gin is for summer. I don't know why.

I love Scotch since we had a tour of the Highlands of Scotland distilleries with son and DIL. Fun trip and I am aways pretty wasted in the backseat and loving every minute.

Similar to the wine tours of Northern France.

I am here for the ride.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 04, 2026 07:41 PM (hzuYO)

55 Because bourbon doesn't go with long pork?

Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 07:40 PM (kU0PQ)

LOL! Missed The Horde.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:41 PM (M26K7)

56 >>Who's laughing now?
Posted by: Pennywise

Gotta admit, as someone who lost a lot of tennis balls and street hockey pucks down sewers and tried to get them back the idea of a killer space clown hiding down there kinda freaked me out when I read it.

Still kind of freaks me out.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 04, 2026 07:41 PM (viF8m)

57 >>>Two babies is a full time job, so he’s working double

Notice how you never see the two babies in the same shot?

There's only 1 baby with an AI assist.

Posted by: No Name Today at September 04, 2026 07:42 PM (8mulE)

58 I been working on bourbon over 60 years. Bout got 'er figgered out.

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2026 07:39 PM (LHPAg)

Excellent. Couple of recommendations please?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:43 PM (M26K7)

59 I am most fond of what is in my cup at any given time.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 07:43 PM (TWNx7)

60 You lost me amigo but I'm slow on the uptake. (Ask the ettes) So theres a 'clown' bourbon? :-0
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:37 PM

It's a riff on the punchline to an old joke.

Two cannibals are dining in the Cannibal Diner, and they both opt to try the clown, since it's rarely on the menu.

They're served, and each takes a bite of the clown. One turns to the other and says "Does this taste funny to you?"

I'll be here all week. Try the clown. Be sure to tip your waitstaff!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 04, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)

61 Joke for ace:

Mike walked into a post office just before Valentine’s Day, he couldn’t help noticing a middle-aged, balding man standing in a corner sticking “Love” stamps on a lot of bright pink envelopes with hearts all over them. Then the man got out a bottle of Channel perfume from his pocket and started spraying scent over the envelopes.

By now Mike’s curiosity had got the better of him, and so I asked the man why he was sending all those cards. The man replied, “I’m sending out 500 Valentine cards signed, ‘Guess who?'”

“But why?” asked Mike.

“I’m a divorce lawyer,” the man replied.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 04, 2026 07:45 PM (u82oZ)

62 >>Gotta admit, as someone who lost a lot of tennis balls and street hockey pucks down sewers and tried to get them back the idea of a killer space clown hiding down there kinda freaked me out when I read it.

Still kind of freaks me out.

This.
Stephen King is very skilled at finding the things that will freak people out.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 04, 2026 07:45 PM (rOKnE)

63 Well, you know, he sure likes to drink that Lone Star beer

And he chases it down with Wild Turkey bourbon liquor...

Posted by: Ray Wylie Hubbard at September 04, 2026 07:39 PM (cCXR+)

Just finished watching Justified for the 2nd time. They made bourbon look good so... here I am.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:45 PM (M26K7)

64 We're coming up on the WTC Bollard 10 year anniversary next week. Do not invite any teenage elephant seals!

Posted by: The Port Authority at September 04, 2026 07:45 PM (Fn+3X)

65 Cannibal Bob, Balcones Baby Blue.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 07:45 PM (TWNx7)

66 It's a riff on the punchline to an old joke.

Two cannibals are dining in the Cannibal Diner, and they both opt to try the clown, since it's rarely on the menu.

They're served, and each takes a bite of the clown. One turns to the other and says "Does this taste funny to you?"

I'll be here all week. Try the clown. Be sure to tip your waitstaff!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 04, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)

I remember! I LOL'd again at that. Thanks.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:47 PM (M26K7)

67 LOL! Missed The Horde.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:41 PM (M26K7)

Missed you, too. Thought maybe you'd eaten a bad one or something.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 04, 2026 07:48 PM (Ntshk)

68 >>*hangs head*. Vodka.

Tries dad's scotch...nope. Then Irish whiskey. (Heidi) nope. Tried bourbon (Makers Mark) for the upteenth time and...nice.

Don't hang head. Glad you found the top choice - and Maker's Mark is fine!

Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 07:49 PM (NcvvS)

69 There was a beautiful picture of Marc Bolan in an English train station, shot in black and white, from a distance of him carrying a guitar case, beautiful photo, but I can't find it. He was a photogenic guy.

Posted by: RIP at 29 at September 04, 2026 07:49 PM (Fn+3X)

70 uuuueerrrgh I miss Tim Curry.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 04, 2026 07:49 PM (88C+u)

71 This.
Stephen King is very skilled at finding the things that will freak people out.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 04, 2026 07:45 PM (rOKnE)

His hideous hatchet face freaks me out.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 04, 2026 07:49 PM (Ntshk)

72 >>>This is so stupid.
--

It's ultimate stupid. They don't teach that do they. You can feel brain cells being sucked out as you watch it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 04, 2026 07:50 PM (RBKzD)

73 >>This.
Stephen King is very skilled at finding the things that will freak people out.

If only he knew how to write and ending to a story.

Obviously, he turned out to be a complete d-bag. But he could write some page turning scary stuff and then after hundreds of pages he would just go " and then stuff happened. The end.".

Posted by: JackStraw at September 04, 2026 07:50 PM (viF8m)

74 I am most fond of what is in my cup at any given time.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 07:43 PM (TWNx7)

That's the best philosophical advice that I have had in years.
Red wine is in mine cup.

Posted by: RI Red at September 04, 2026 07:51 PM (PpFAt)

75 Nothing says uplifting like a picture of a Russian train station.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 04, 2026 07:33 PM (I8pWq)

Siberia bound, comrade!

Posted by: NKVD man in leather coat at September 04, 2026 07:51 PM (zZu0s)

76 >>Fond of both bourbon and Scotch in winters now. Gin is for summer. I don't know why.

CBtG, my folks loved their gin martinis. For Dad, an acquired taste; for Mom, it is her fave. Never could stand them, myself. Don't know why, just, no.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 07:51 PM (NcvvS)

77 Math illiterate here. Barely know times table up to ten.
Looked at that an immediately knew the answer.
Save out students from the brain dead.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 04, 2026 07:52 PM (RBKzD)

78 Glad I didn't open the bat link. Who wants to get rabies shots over the long weekend.

Posted by: Penguin Pool Pete at September 04, 2026 07:52 PM (Fn+3X)

79 Cannibal Bob, Balcones Baby Blue.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 07:45 PM (TWNx7)

Got it. I will remember.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:52 PM (M26K7)

80 RI Red, Mine too!

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 07:52 PM (TWNx7)

81
Hope everybody's good.

I'm just hangin' 'round waiting for Weird Dave.

Posted by: Auspex at September 04, 2026 07:54 PM (Y8DZL)

82 Tansu Yegen should be banned from X for: STUPID.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 04, 2026 07:54 PM (RBKzD)

83 Since when does 25 + 15 = 45? That ain't any math I ever learned.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 04, 2026 07:55 PM (Ntshk)

84 RI Red

Got another new place in town. Coming through anytime soon?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 04, 2026 07:56 PM (viF8m)

85 Maybe the math dude needs to take off his shoes.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 04, 2026 07:56 PM (Ntshk)

86 >>I am most fond of what is in my cup at any given time.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 07:43 PM (TWNx7)

'The pessimist says the cup is half-empty; the optimist says the cup is half-full; the pragmatist says, 'Hey! Free drink!'

Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 07:56 PM (NcvvS)

87 I realize this is a national holiday weekend and therefore gas prices will be high, that's the way it is. But Trump needs to get a handle on these high prices. There is no shortage on oil. Yet the prices remain high, too high. The gas companies are gouging the consumers. Trump knows it, the gas companies know it and we consumers know it. He needs to have a talk with the gas companies pronto. Call these oil honchos to Washington for a little talk and get these prices down. They are hurting the economy and the little people who are trying to make ends meet. The high cost of energy makes all products cost more.

Posted by: Case at September 04, 2026 07:56 PM (noln+)

88 RI Red, Mine too!
Posted by: Ben Had

I wonder what brand . . .

Posted by: RI Red at September 04, 2026 07:57 PM (PpFAt)

89 Missed you, too. Thought maybe you'd eaten a bad one or something.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 04, 2026 07:48 PM (Ntshk)

thanks ton. I've been reading the headlines. Not the comments. That must change...I mean ace is funny and all, but the meat is in the comments. ;-)

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:57 PM (M26K7)

90 I was mixing bourbon and honey as a cough suppressant. Worked so good I used it long after the cough was gone.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 07:57 PM (TWNx7)

91 Because bourbon doesn't go with long pork?

Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 07:40 PM (kU0PQ)

LOL! Missed The Horde.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:41 PM (M26K7)

Well, welcome back, man!
It's good to see you.

(I hope you got the clown joke, now.)

Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 07:58 PM (kU0PQ)

92 RI Red, Woodbridge tonight. Rodney Strong tomorrow.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 07:58 PM (TWNx7)

93 OK, all. Hasta luego. It's been real.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:59 PM (M26K7)

94 90 I was mixing bourbon and honey as a cough suppressant. Worked so good I used it long after the cough was gone.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 07:57 PM (TWNx7)

My dad used to flip his thumbs up and down on the steering wheel in the car, so I asked him why. He said it was elephant repellent. "Well, have you seen one?"

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 04, 2026 07:59 PM (Ntshk)

95 I was mixing bourbon and honey as a cough suppressant. Worked so good I used it long after the cough was gone.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 07:57 PM (TWNx7)
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My grandmother said that they used to keep a decanter on the sideboard filled with rock candy and rye whiskey. The candy dissolved slowly into the whiskey and was used as cough medicine. Rock and Rye.

I'm partial to putting a honey bourbon (with real honey) into hot tea, which is really effective and also makes one sleepy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 04, 2026 08:00 PM (ZOv7s)

96 >>His hideous hatchet face freaks me out.

Heh, yes. He looks like a horror writer.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 04, 2026 08:01 PM (rOKnE)

97 >>> Neil the Seal, the internet's favorite 5-year-old southern elephant seal, is back.

There was a joke that Neil was mad that Jimothy the racoon was stealing all his meme thunder. Looks like Neil is trying to reclaim his crown.

Moo Deng is in the corner huffing at them both.

Posted by: LizLem at September 04, 2026 08:01 PM (Eng1Z)

98 This.
Stephen King is very skilled at finding the things that will freak people out.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 04, 2026 07:45 PM (rOKnE)

His hideous hatchet face freaks me out.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 04, 2026 07:49 PM (Ntshk)

I remember reading "The Library Policeman". Creepy shit. Mr. King always struck me as a Chomo.

Posted by: Walks Like A Duck at September 04, 2026 08:01 PM (cCXR+)

99 Have a great night, everyone.

May your grilling be injury free and your travels safe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 04, 2026 08:02 PM (u82oZ)

100 This is a good meme:

https://yt3.ggpht.com/p-
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Sorry, link thing on the phone is a gigantic pain. Hope i got all the paragraph breaks right.

Posted by: NKVD man in leather coat at September 04, 2026 08:02 PM (zZu0s)

101 Any fresh madness?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2026 08:02 PM (2GVsD)

102 I realize this is a national holiday weekend and therefore gas prices will be high, that's the way it is. But Trump needs to get a handle on these high prices. There is no shortage on oil. Yet the prices remain high, too high. The gas companies are gouging the consumers. Trump knows it, the gas companies know it and we consumers know it. He needs to have a talk with the gas companies pronto. Call these oil honchos to Washington for a little talk and get these prices down. They are hurting the economy and the little people who are trying to make ends meet. The high cost of energy makes all products cost more.
Posted by: Case at September 04, 2026 07:56 PM (noln+)
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It's basic economics. When oil prices go up, gas stations have to raise prices because the replacement fuel will be more than what they have.

When prices fall, they have to hold the price high because that is what they paid for the gas in their pumps. You start to see the price fall as they cycle in the cheaper oil.

Gasoline is a commodity, which is very difficult to "fix" or "gouge." That's socialist speak for "drive in to bankruptcy and replace with state control."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 04, 2026 08:03 PM (ZOv7s)

103 /Off cheka>NKVD>KGB/GRU sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 04, 2026 08:03 PM (zZu0s)

104 JS, out here running the fuel dock. Now that kids are in CT, the likelihood of going through RI rises!

Posted by: RI Red at September 04, 2026 08:04 PM (PpFAt)

105 I looks like I missed the chicken stock/bone broth convo, wanted to add:

I usually add some lemon juice and apple cider vinegar to my broth when I cook it. Just a splash of both. I heard that the vinegar helps leech out extra minerals from the bones, and the lemon juice helps tenderize the meat. I also add cumin or fish sauce sometimes, if I want the broth to have an Asian flair, like when I make bone broth for homemade ramen.

Hope it turns out well!

Posted by: LizLem at September 04, 2026 08:04 PM (Eng1Z)

106 Excellent. Couple of recommendations please?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:43 PM (M26K7)

Angel's Envy
Elijah Craig

Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 08:05 PM (kU0PQ)

107 Aetius was eaten by the GRU?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2026 08:05 PM (2GVsD)

108 >>I was mixing bourbon and honey as a cough suppressant. Worked so good I used it long after the cough was gone.

'I carry a flask in my golf bag in case of snakebite. I also carry a snake.' --W.C. Fields

Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 08:05 PM (NcvvS)

109 Aetius was eaten by the GRU?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2026 08:05 PM (2GVsD)

Da, Comrade.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 04, 2026 08:06 PM (zZu0s)

110 Oh, and Bowman Brothers

Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 08:06 PM (kU0PQ)

111 Any fresh madness?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2026 08:02 PM

Fresh madness?!

You'll get stale madness and like it!

Posted by: Judge Smails at September 04, 2026 08:06 PM (9iRTe)

112 Fond of both bourbon and Scotch in winters now. Gin is for summer. I don't know why.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 04, 2026 07:41 PM (hzuYO)
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Again, according to my grandmother (New Yorker), clear liquors are for the summer, darker ones are for winter. It really makes sense. I mean, rum and Coke is kind of whenever drink, but rum and gin just go with summer.

Whiskey is for when things cool off. In Michigan, it's basically bourbon season 9 months a year, which suits me just fine.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 04, 2026 08:07 PM (ZOv7s)

113 >>JS, out here running the fuel dock. Now that kids are in CT, the likelihood of going through RI rises!

You lucky dog.

Let me know when. Dinner and drinks are on me.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 04, 2026 08:08 PM (viF8m)

114 Barely past 8 and about to call it

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2026 08:08 PM (Ia/+0)

115 Anyone got a nitter/xcancel/twitterwebviewer like service (that's actually working) that lets someone view the videos on X without having an X account?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 04, 2026 08:09 PM (O7YUW)

116 That US vs Japan math -- the person made a calculation error on the US side. Two, actually; the second error compensated for the first one.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 04, 2026 08:09 PM (OlzlW)

117 I'm hoping in a fit of postpartum depression, ace doesn't start murdering crows. They'll bring you shiny gifts.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 04, 2026 08:09 PM (eP2ub)

118 Fresh madness?!

You'll get stale madness and like it!
Posted by: Judge Smails at September 04, 2026 08:06 PM (9iRTe)

We're not made of money.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 04, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

119 @114/Skip: Right there with you Skip, it's been a LONG day.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 04, 2026 08:09 PM (O7YUW)

120 I have had a very trying day. Wrote a pre-game script that kinda sucks, but had to submit it anyway. I have to go Live on a National broadcast tomorrow, never done National before. By any chance, are any of you UCONN Football fans?

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 04, 2026 08:09 PM (vV6n9)

121 Anyone got a nitter/xcancel/twitterwebviewer like service (that's actually working) that lets someone view the videos on X without having an X account?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 04, 2026 08:09 PM (O7YUW)

Twitterviewer.net (?) That someone linked here yesterday worked for me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 04, 2026 08:10 PM (zZu0s)

122 The bourbon that I really, really like is Watershed but you can't get it anywhere but in Ohio.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 08:10 PM (TWNx7)

123 Stale madness?

I guess it beats recycled madness. You don't know where that stuff has been.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2026 08:11 PM (2GVsD)

124 I am not a bourbon guy, but the Bulleit Rye was good when I bought some.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 04, 2026 08:11 PM (zZu0s)

125 >>Again, according to my grandmother (New Yorker), clear liquors are for the summer, darker ones are for winter. It really makes sense. I mean, rum and Coke is kind of whenever drink, but rum and gin just go with summer.

Heard that from older & wiser heads when young. Had a bad encounter with light rum in my youth, and didn't drink any clear spirits for decades. More eclectic now.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 08:11 PM (NcvvS)

126 @100/NKVD man in leather coat: "Sorry, link thing on the phone is a gigantic pain. Hope i got all the paragraph breaks right."

It worked, thank you.

And yes, good meme.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 04, 2026 08:11 PM (O7YUW)

127 Sipping a local bourbon and enjoying a cigar on a nice cool night on the patio.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2026 08:12 PM (9iRTe)

128 We should ask CBD for an entirely alcohol themed Food Thread one Sunday. What are the X main categories of booze, apart from beer and wine (do those another time), what are the things everyone looks for in alcohol-type-X and alcohol-type-Z, where does the taste go (tongue, mouth, back of throat, etc.) when you drink it, etc.

OK, maybe that would need to be several Food Threads....

Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 08:12 PM (kU0PQ)

129 Day old madness is only 99 cents.

Posted by: fd at September 04, 2026 08:12 PM (MWfyi)

130 @121/Aetius451AD: "Twitterviewer.net (?) That someone linked here yesterday worked for me."

This looks promising, THANK YOU!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 04, 2026 08:12 PM (O7YUW)

131
*sits at Café counter*

Four fried chickens. And a Coke.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2026 08:13 PM (eRlcH)

132 >>By any chance, are any of you UCONN Football fans?

No, but I'll tune if you are going to be on and I can get the game here.

Congratulations.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 04, 2026 08:13 PM (viF8m)

133 >>Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 08:12 PM (kU0PQ)

Does CBD take requests?

Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 08:13 PM (NcvvS)

134 Anyone got a nitter/xcancel/twitterwebviewer like service (that's actually working) that lets someone view the videos on X without having an X account?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 04, 2026 08:09 PM (O7YUW)

Xcancel was working. Did it stop?

Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 08:13 PM (kU0PQ)

135 Aetius451AD THANK YOU

Posted by: 88C+u now gets to lurk X again at September 04, 2026 08:14 PM (88C+u)

136 My dad always claimed to be half Scotch, and half water. I didn't understand the joke and was confused about my genealogy for a long time. Turns out I was a perfect fascist; half German, half Italian.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at September 04, 2026 08:14 PM (9LAkR)

137 Excellent. Couple of recommendations please?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 04, 2026 07:43 PM (M26K7)

Angel's Envy
Elijah Craig
Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 08:05 PM (kU0PQ)
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It really depends on what you are looking for. Bourbon (like many liquors) has price points, tiers if you will: top shelf, middle shelf, bottom shelf.

The top shelf goes in infinity, but for our purposes, we'll set the bar at brands like Eagle Rare, Elijah Craig and Woodford Reserve. Below that you have the "extra" Jim Beam, 1792, Bulleit and some of the upscale Jim Beam. At the bottom you're dealing with Wild Turkey, Old Crow and Evan Williams.

Now here's the thing: the pricey stuff isn't always better. Indeed, blessed is he who sincerely enjoys cheap booze. My hands-down favorite for price performance is Evan Williams BIB, aka white label. Good flavor, high proof, low price. I like Wild Turkey 101 for the same reason. But tastes vary, and I prefer a stronger flavor, so I prefer Evan Williams to Jim Beam and consider Jack Daniels ludicrously overpriced.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 04, 2026 08:15 PM (ZOv7s)

138 *sits at Café counter*

Four fried chickens. And a Coke.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2026 08:13 PM

Any toast?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 04, 2026 08:15 PM (9iRTe)

139 >>Xcancel was working. Did it stop?

They closed up after getting a cease-and-desist letter from X's shysters.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 08:15 PM (NcvvS)

140 >>Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 08:12 PM (kU0PQ)

Does CBD take requests?
Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 08:13 PM (NcvvS)

Probably not. But he might maybe consider it as long as you don't mention maple syrup and waffles.

Posted by: GWB at September 04, 2026 08:16 PM (kU0PQ)

141 >>Probably not. But he might maybe consider it as long as you don't mention maple syrup and waffles.

Unless you mention your undying disgust for the concept.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 04, 2026 08:17 PM (NcvvS)

142 @JackStraw, the only time you might hear me is at the Quarter/Half breaks. I'll be the guy telling you the Upcoming games, etc., between periods. When the on-site announcers throw to studio for updates, I'm "studio".

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 04, 2026 08:17 PM (vV6n9)

143 RMBS, the rain that I was so excited about dissipated before it got to me. The lesson was not cancelled.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2026 08:18 PM (TWNx7)

144 Twitterviewer.net: Tried in Firefox, couldn't view images or videos.

Tried in Chromium and it kept popping over a fake "click here to verify you're not a robot" which kept sending me to an online betting site.

Uh... no.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 04, 2026 08:18 PM (O7YUW)

145 131
*sits at Café counter*

Four fried chickens. And a Coke.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2026 08:13 PM (eRlcH)

You betta THINK.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 04, 2026 08:18 PM (Ntshk)

146 I should add that Buffalo Trace and Makers Mark are good mid-tier brands as well. I love the former but for some reason, the grocery stores I frequent are always out of it. I think tomorrow I may ensure I have a bottle.

I toured the Buffalo Trace distillery. Wonderful experience.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 04, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)

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