Hobby Thread - October 3, 2026 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is feeling spooky and decided on a Halloween hobbying theme for this Hobby Thread.

Halloween hobbying?! Yes! Tell me more!

[Top photo: Dallas Arboretum Pumpkin Village]

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Fall is a big time for hobbying. Halloween is a big time for hobbying.

Crafting, decorating, carving, costumes, pumpkin patches, and more. Now that we're in October, are you busy hobbying for the fall? Are you working on Halloween projects? If not, why not!? Get planning and building and crafting!

Are you planning fall outings? If not, why not?! Get planning and traveling!

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What are you hobbying?

The theme may not be your favorite but give it a chance before you judge and bail out. Any adjacent hobbying is in scope, so jump in with your interests, stories and questions.

In any event, the thread is not limited to to the theme. Anything (legal) you are hobbying is welcome. Even if the theme does not speak to you, you might learn something or be entertained. If not, offer something else relating to hobbying. If all of that fails, just check in and say hello.

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring churches). Pants? Nope. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

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The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

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Part I.

Part II.

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This isn't the gardening thread but I couldn't resist a pumpkin video titled "I Tried Growing a Giant Pumpkin Using a Chicken"

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Bandsaw Halloween hobbying:

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Splat.

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Won't let me embed but click to see a home made pumpkin chunkin trebuchet.

Seems like the kind of thing a dinosaur needs, right?

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Walt knows hand tools:

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Interesting scale model project:

This channel is going to be in an upcoming Wednesday ONT as a niche YouTube channel feature for reasons, so stay tuned.

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a fall scenic drives theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Notable comments from last week:

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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Reminder: if you put links in the comments, use a URL shortener and describe what you're linking to. Failing to do either or both makes you barrel-eligible. Don't make people click to find out what you're linking.

Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Or just email to say hello. Do mighty things.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

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1 Just decor for the season indoor and outdoor. No crafts.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 03, 2026 05:30 PM (1Ff7Z)

2 We have ceramic pumpkins. They need painting about every 5 years.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 03, 2026 05:31 PM (RORbl)

3 We have inflatable pumpkins. They go back in the box every year.

Posted by: fd at October 03, 2026 05:34 PM (MWfyi)

4 Welcome Hobbiests
Well if you remember my mentioning to make a medallion for my cartridge box for my musket I tried today. Some good things, first the air dry clay held up. Also was worried I didn't have enough plumbing solder, I have plenty. But the details didn't come out well. Unperturbed have started a simpler on, a single flamed grenade, more appropriate for 1812 anyway.

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026 05:36 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Evenin', hobby folk! It's raining here and I hope the partly-outdoor event Linda wants to drag me to is canceled or postponed. I hate to drive in that area in the dry, let alone with street flooding possible in those low-lying areas.

Hallowe'en? Miss Linda keeps saying October is black cat Stirling's month. I say, "Yes, and so are the other eleven."

I haven't decorated for H'ween, or worn a costume for that matter, in many years. This year the big day is a Saturday. I imagine there will be quite a bit of partying around the country.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 05:38 PM (wzUl9)

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We don't decorate for Hallowen.

Last year we bought lots of candy from the dollar store and dumped it all in a big bin and put up a sign that said take what you want or take it all. Most candy gets tossed anyways so why spend big bucks.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 05:38 PM (/QHx4)

7 Good topic and timely. We looked across the street at our neighbor's house. They have a HUGE skeleton supposedly coming up from the ground as if rising from the grave. You can sure tell who has young kids on this street. It wouldn't surprise me if it glows in the dark. (Too soon to tell.) This family decorates for each season and it is fun to see but the skeleton was a surprise.

Posted by: JTB at October 03, 2026 05:39 PM (yTvNw)

8 As to accord with my expression "Nothing is as easy as it looks like it's going to be", the replacement of the RV toilet today went well until I turned on the water to test it and found the pressure accumulator tank had rusted thru, thereby spraying water everywhere under the sink.

I knew it was going too easy. Something was bound to happen.

Posted by: fd at October 03, 2026 05:40 PM (MWfyi)

9 The guy down the street has one of those giant skeleton riding in the back of an old pickup truck.

Posted by: fd at October 03, 2026 05:41 PM (MWfyi)

10 Also as have some air dry clay left over, thinking of some scenery, bridge or bildings. I made fortifications out of quick set spackle.

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026 05:41 PM (Ia/+0)

11 Pipe smokers: I ordered a new Zippo pipe lighter, a brushed-brass "armor" model, and it arrived this week. Works great, as does my old one from 2021. I also ordered some more Burlier Morning Pipe from Ken Byron Ventures in TN, and for some mini-cigarillos from another online vendor. I was hoping the BMP would get here today, but I doubt it will.

The last order had free shipping with a promo code, but that means it takes 8-12 business days to get here. I'll be lucky if I see it by next Saturday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 05:42 PM (wzUl9)

12 I haven't done more than hand candies to the kiddies for Halloween, and the number of kiddies has dropped precipitously over the last decade. I think last year there were maybe 5 visits to my door.
As for pumpkins, I haven't carved one in years...they go mushy and moldy too fast, so only carved the day of.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 05:42 PM (l3cgK)

13 We're so far off the road, anyone coming up here unannounced, get met with the shotgun.

Unless it's a van with FedEx, UPS, Amazon or USPS.

Or, if I'm feeling charitable, the kids.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 03, 2026 05:43 PM (RORbl)

14 Hey Skip did you see somebody used AI to break one of Napoleon's codes he used for writing letters?

Posted by: fd at October 03, 2026 05:43 PM (MWfyi)

15 Back when I lived in the CA bay area, there was a scuba shop in Monterey that sponsored an underwater pumpkin carving contest each October. The rules were that you could only use your dive knife and you couldn't puncture the pumpkin until you were below the surface. My dive buddy and I wanted to try it but never got around to it.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 03, 2026 05:43 PM (vTZFs)

16 What a magnificent pumpkin village! Thanks, T Rex!

Folks sure do some fascinating things with gourds.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 03, 2026 05:43 PM (D/6p1)

17 Calvin and Hobbes.

Pure bottled-lightning genius. I love that I have the entire catalog in a hardbound set. I am looking at it right now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 03, 2026 05:43 PM (0aYVJ)

18 Afternoon, Horde...how goes it?

My only hobby right now is continuing my ongoing adventures in Middle-Earth in Lord of the Rings Online.

I finally caught up with Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf in time to watch Gandalf's confrontation with King Theoden in Edoras.

Now Theoden has led his men off to Helm's Deep while I stay behind and prepare his folk for their journey to Dunharrow.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2026 05:44 PM (FZ29D)

19 "Folks sure do some fascinating things with gourds."

Come on out and we will show you a thing or two!

Posted by: The Sex Toy Workshop at October 03, 2026 05:44 PM (MWfyi)

20 17 Calvin and Hobbes.

Pure bottled-lightning genius. I love that I have the entire catalog in a hardbound set. I am looking at it right now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 03, 2026 05:43 PM (0aYVJ)

I bought that and "The Far Side" books as gifts for friends many years ago...never thought of buying it for myself...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)

21 There is a big house on St. Charles Avenue in the university district that makes a major production of Halloween every year. Oct. 1 the display goes up, occupying their large front yard and attracting pedestrians galore, and Nov. 1 it's gone. It features the usual trappings such as skeletons, tombstones, bats, and witches; but each item has a label on it, often funny or satirical, mentioning local or national celebrities. I need to drive over there one day this month and take a few pics. Then I can give examples of the homeowners' clever wit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 05:46 PM (wzUl9)

22 Heh, I missed last week's scenic thread because I was up in the mountains off Co-6. We did Loveland pass and saw beautiful mountain views, golden aspen, rain and rainbows.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 03, 2026 05:46 PM (rOKnE)

23 fd saw a post on the forum I go to, but also was mentioned on one of the Napoleonic podcasts I listen to.

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026 05:46 PM (Ia/+0)

24 19 "Folks sure do some fascinating things with gourds."

Come on out and we will show you a thing or two!

Posted by: The Sex Toy Workshop at October 03, 2026 05:44 PM (MWfyi)

We know how to wear gourds.

Posted by: Natives of New Guinea at October 03, 2026 05:46 PM (l3cgK)

25 Where I live the kids don't bother with going around to peoples' doors, and that's good. You have to be careful opening the door even in daylight, let alone at night.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 05:48 PM (wzUl9)

26 Here's a link to an article about deciphering one of his letters:

tinyurl.com/3dy8etkf

Posted by: fd at October 03, 2026 05:49 PM (MWfyi)

27 I bought that and "The Far Side" books as gifts for friends many years ago...never thought of buying it for myself...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
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They are both totally worth it!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2026 05:49 PM (FZ29D)

28 There is a big house on St. Charles Avenue in the university district that makes a major production of Halloween every year. Oct. 1 the display goes up, occupying their large front yard and attracting pedestrians galore, and Nov. 1 it's gone. It features the usual trappings such as skeletons, tombstones, bats, and witches; but each item has a label on it, often funny or satirical, mentioning local or national celebrities. I need to drive over there one day this month and take a few pics. Then I can give examples of the homeowners' clever wit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 05:46 PM (wzUl9)
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We have a "Haunted Mine" at the university where I work. It's a charitable event where people bring canned goods, pay a small fee, and get to go through our experimental mine that's dressed up for Halloween. I hear it's really quite cool (I've never gone.)

A lot of the local fraternities have similar events.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2026 05:52 PM (FZ29D)

29 I haven't decorated for H'ween, or worn a costume for that matter, in many years. This year the big day is a Saturday. I imagine there will be quite a bit of partying around the country.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 05:38 PM (wzUl9)

I haven't either, but until the kid is finished with that kind of stuff, I might stop decorating outdoors and handing out candy. Not too many kids around anymore anyway.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 03, 2026 05:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

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In two weeks Hubby and I will be celebrating our 49th wedding anniversary. Some days we look at each other and try to figure how that happened.

Time passes fast. Celebrate what you want to.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 05:53 PM (/QHx4)

31 > bought that and "The Far Side" books as gifts for friends many years ago...never thought of buying it for myself...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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The "Calvin and Hobbs" 3 book set is totally worth it.

I still sit in our den during the winter and go through them at my leisure.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 03, 2026 05:53 PM (RORbl)

32 I bought that and "The Far Side" books as gifts for friends many years ago...never thought of buying it for myself...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
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They are both totally worth it!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2026 05:49 PM (FZ29D)

I also have the Bloom County set. Berke Breathed walked a line; Doonesbury or not. He mostly did a great job, but not always. Opus will always be my favorite comic strip character ever.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wearing a Bill the Cat T-shirt at October 03, 2026 05:54 PM (0aYVJ)

33 For the whittlers and wood carvers. I came across a fairly new YT channel called "Pocket Woodcraft". These are rather short videos, usually under 10 minutes, of whittling simple figures from 1" x 1" basswood using just a knife and sometimes a small gouge to provide simple textures. No talking, just the sound of the knife and the wood. (I think that's called ASMR.) These are demonstrations, not tutorials, and assume you know basic knife cuts, safety and how to maintain the blade. The whittler wears a kevlar glove for protection. I'm finding them very informative and restful. In keeping with today's theme, a recent video was 'carving a scared little ghost'. One inch square basswood sticks are very cheap and easy to find. It's an inexpensive way to get started in the hobby.

Doug Linker has another carving channel on YT that I enjoy. He also has a series of videos using 1" x 1" sticks of various lengths. His videos are 'talkies' and he provides more advice but take the same relaxed approach.

Posted by: JTB at October 03, 2026 05:54 PM (yTvNw)

34 I bought that and "The Far Side" books as gifts for friends many years ago...never thought of buying it for myself...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
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They are both totally worth it!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2026 05:49 PM (FZ29D)

I also have the Bloom County set. Berke Breathed walked a line; Doonesbury or not. He mostly did a great job, but not always. Opus will always be my favorite comic strip character ever.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wearing a Bill the Cat T-shirt at October 03, 2026 05:54 PM (0aYVJ)
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Yep. Got those, too. Also the Outland collection.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2026 05:55 PM (FZ29D)

35 We have a "Haunted Mine" at the university where I work. It's a charitable event where people bring canned goods, pay a small fee, and get to go through our experimental mine that's dressed up for Halloween. I hear it's really quite cool (I've never gone.)

A lot of the local fraternities have similar events.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 03, 2026

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The "Haunted Houses" I used to hear about here are either gone or I'm just not up to date on them. The king of them is, or was, one called The Mortuary. It's located near actual cemeteries -- and in fact the building used to house a real funeral home itself; I attended the service for a friend's father there in about '72.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 05:55 PM (wzUl9)

36 I also have the Bloom County set. Berke Breathed walked a line; Doonesbury or not. He mostly did a great job, but not always. Opus will always be my favorite comic strip character ever.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wearing a Bill the Cat T-shirt at October 03, 2026

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When the TV series Soap was new, I didn't "get it." Not until years later, watching it in syndication, did I see: It was a comic strip! If you replaced Burt with a penguin, not much would have changed in the dialog!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 05:57 PM (wzUl9)

37 On topic as a hobby, I'm working on getting an Alliance for the Horde set up in No Man's Sky. The star system is now called Ace of Spades Headquarters and has appropriately theme named planets with the base of Camp Corsicana on the planet Infinite MoMee. I'm considering calling the alliance "Rons and Ettes Together" if that many characters are allowed, but am open to suggestions.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 03, 2026 05:58 PM (lFFaq)

38 You need to experience…a nice morning drive.

Posted by: Richard S, Foster at October 03, 2026 05:59 PM (6jna9)

39 The "Haunted Houses" I used to hear about here are either gone or I'm just not up to date on them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 05:55 PM (wzUl9)

There are a couple in my area. They take a section of a mall parking lot every year. It looks like a company runs them as a business, not a group thing like a school or social service would.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 03, 2026 06:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

40 My skill set as an artist does not include being able to draw the same person the same way every time. I would be a terrible cartoonist.

Editor: Wait, is this Walt or Jenny?

Me: Gimme that! I'll work on it!

Editor: You have 90 minutes.

Me: Gets in car, goes to bar.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wearing a Bill the Cat T-shirt at October 03, 2026 06:00 PM (0aYVJ)

41 Nothing for Halloween. It has meant nothing for decades now.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 03, 2026 06:01 PM (6jna9)

42 Fed amusement haunted houses around hete

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026 06:01 PM (Ia/+0)

43 Nice gourds.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 03, 2026 06:02 PM (wpRMV)

44

My favorite thing about Halloween is carving pumpkins.
So many cool designs.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 06:02 PM (/QHx4)

45 Heh, I missed last week's scenic thread because I was up in the mountains off Co-6. We did Loveland pass and saw beautiful mountain views, golden aspen, rain and rainbows.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 03, 2026

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Is that the U.S. Route 6 I wrote about last week? The 'Net says there was a CO 6 from Grand Junction to the Kansas border, overlapping with U.S. 50, but not any longer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:02 PM (wzUl9)

46 I also have the Bloom County set. Berke Breathed walked a line; Doonesbury or not. He mostly did a great job, but not always. Opus will always be my favorite comic strip character ever.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wearing a Bill the Cat T-shirt at October 03, 2026 05:54 PM (0aYVJ)

Bloom County was alright. Breathed took himself WAY too seriously though.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 03, 2026 06:03 PM (6jna9)

47 Howdy Horde!

Posted by: TRex - fall hobbying dino at October 03, 2026 06:03 PM (XfIK1)

48 The betterHalf decided pumpkins don't make it in the desert. We have a selection of 5gal propane tanks spray painted to resemble Jacko lanterns. She uses spot lights no candles! to light them.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 03, 2026 06:05 PM (NnhvP)

49 Bloom County was alright. Breathed took himself WAY too seriously though.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 03, 2026

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His style is immediately recognizable. The "Jasmine" cartoons visible at the end of the movie Secondhand Lions were obviously his.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:05 PM (wzUl9)

50 "Interesting scale model project:"

This YouTube video is coming up as a black rectangle for me using Firefox.

Had to right click on it, >This Frame >Open Frame in New Tab to get it open.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt)

51 Bloom County was alright. Breathed took himself WAY too seriously though.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 03, 2026 06:03 PM (6jna9)

One of the cool side things about Secondhand Lions is that Berke Breathed did the artwork for the comic strip. Wonderful work.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wearing a Bill the Cat T-shirt at October 03, 2026 06:07 PM (0aYVJ)

52 ...and then the page refreshed and it showed up.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt)

53 There are a few amusement haunted houses around here

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026 06:09 PM (Ia/+0)

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One of the cool side things about Secondhand Lions is that Berke Breathed did the artwork for the comic strip. Wonderful work.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wearing a Bill the Cat T-shirt at October 03, 2026

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It's a terrific movie; I need to get it out of the library soon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:10 PM (wzUl9)

55 Would have been better to put a mini charge in the battleship and blow it up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 03, 2026 06:11 PM (2UA/a)

56 Bandsaw Halloween hobbying

Just looking at the thumbnail.....

The ghosts and the mummy are clever.

The witch on the right looks like Buffy the Vampire Slayer got her from behind. But I guess if the broom was mounted down lower, "she'd" look like "she" was happy to see me.

Posted by: mikeski at October 03, 2026 06:11 PM (VHUov)

57 Re: "A great fall drive..." from "browndog says woof" comment.

I believe that would be a great drive.
When I had to go to Buffalo the one time I rode through Pennsylvania and upstate New York for a long time, and that was some of the most beautiful rolling hills and manicured farms I'd ever seen.

I bet that entire area looks gorgeous in autumn.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 06:11 PM (6ydKt)

58 I bet that entire area looks gorgeous in autumn.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026

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"Kraft caramel apples --
They're the most in the fall!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:13 PM (wzUl9)

59 "Interesting scale model project:"
This YouTube video is coming up as a black rectangle for me using Firefox.
Had to right click on it, >This Frame >Open Frame in New Tab to get it open.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

...and then the page refreshed and it showed up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

I notice that once in a while when one of the posts here has a bunch of youtube embeds. (this thread, the music thread, sometimes a cafe thread.....)

Seems like youtube throttles the data sometimes. Like they're fighting off AI spiders or download apps or something.

Posted by: mikeski at October 03, 2026 06:14 PM (VHUov)

60
Dentists love candied apples, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 06:14 PM (/QHx4)

61 See, that's the thing about autumn where I live. We don't have any. Summer heat and humidity drags on into November or December; January and February are about as cool as autumn should be; and then we're back to the same warm slime on our skins in March.

It's really hard to get amped about Halloween when the pumpkins are sitting there sweating like everybody else.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:15 PM (wzUl9)

62 6
We don't decorate for Hallowen.

Last year we bought lots of candy from the dollar store and dumped it all in a big bin and put up a sign that said take what you want or take it all. Most candy gets tossed anyways so why spend big bucks.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 05:38 PM (/QHx4)

Kids stopped showing up here on Halloween several years back. I don't even bother buying candy anymore because I don't want to eat a 1 pound bag of candy myself.

There aren't as many kids in the neighborhood as there used to be, but they must go to parties hosted by some parents, schools, or churches is all I can come up with.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 06:16 PM (6ydKt)

63 Hobby connected if you like, use, or collect pocket knives, especially Swiss Army knives. There are a number of YT videos dealing with unexpected uses for each SAK feature. The best one I've seen so far dealt with uses for that odd hook on the back of some models. There's the usual ones like carrying items tied with string or tightening shoe laces. The video shows some very surprising ones like getting snarled knots out of rope or as a support for a cell phone or small e-reader.

I've had an Explorer model SAK for in my pocket for decades. I use it just about every day. Videos such as these are like finding something new in an old friend. I don't 'collect' Swiss Army Knives but I seem to accumulate them.

Posted by: JTB at October 03, 2026 06:16 PM (yTvNw)

64 I notice that once in a while when one of the posts here has a bunch of youtube embeds. (this thread, the music thread, sometimes a cafe thread.....)

Seems like youtube throttles the data sometimes. Like they're fighting off AI spiders or download apps or something.

Posted by: mikeski at October 03, 2026 06:14 PM (VHUov)

YouTube has been playing havoc on my forked version of Firefox, Waterfox, since that last software update.

YouTube takes forever to load, and then if its on a playlist it will sit there and reload the video over and over.

Brave browser loads it all up in seconds.

It could be my AdBlocker extensions in Waterfox that's throwing YouTube for a loop sometimes and it doesn't want to load all the embeds.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 06:19 PM (6ydKt)

65 Many around here have stopped house to house trick or treating, sad reality to me

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

66 It's a terrific movie; I need to get it out of the library soon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:10 PM (wzUl9)

My wife loves this movie. We raised sons. Not a surprise that I love her so much.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wearing a Bill the Cat T-shirt at October 03, 2026 06:20 PM (0aYVJ)

67 "Kraft caramel apples --
They're the most in the fall!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:13 PM (wzUl9)

https://youtu.be/2K725cHZuLo

I used to love getting those caramel apples at the local fair here that comes to town every year around Halloween.

Also....cotton candy, which I haven't had in decades.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 06:21 PM (6ydKt)

68 It's really hard to get amped about Halloween when the pumpkins are sitting there sweating like everybody else.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:15 PM (wzUl9)

It's a crap shoot here every year whether it's going to be warm or cool by the end of October.

Some years you're still wearing shorts, and some you have to get out the sweater.

It always cooler than July, though, so I don't complain one bit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 06:24 PM (6ydKt)

69 By end of month it will be cool

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026 06:25 PM (Ia/+0)

70 We've been in our home long enough to go through cycles in the neighborhood: young families with kids to mostly older folks and back to having young families around again. Sadly, very few trick or treaters any more. They all seem to go to school sponsored things or similar, so we don't decorate for Halloween now. Too bad. I miss the kids, especially the really little ones and the look on the faces when this huge guy answered the door. (It also took away my excuses to have bags of candy at hand. Sigh!)

Posted by: JTB at October 03, 2026 06:26 PM (yTvNw)

71 Also....cotton candy, which I haven't had in decades.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 06:21 PM (6ydKt)

Didn't an ONT link to a few vids of adults telling their little kids they needed to wash the cotton candy before eating it? Made quite a few kids cry. Yup, that's real funny. Hyuk.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 03, 2026 06:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

72 Checking in to the hobby thread. I've been busy Saturday afternoons, with yard work, mostly, so I haven't been around much.

Most of my hobby activity lately has been on personal programming projects. So, it's been a kind of a busman's holiday.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 03, 2026 06:27 PM (VmDLh)

73 I have a second cousin who lives next door to Damariscotta ME. The first time I visited him and the wife was around Memorial Day one year. They had an old school parade and it was something from the 1950s. It was quite refreshing when one lives in a diverse and multicultural cesspool of third worlders.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 03, 2026 06:27 PM (SjAWL)

74 https://youtu.be/2K725cHZuLo

I used to love getting those caramel apples at the local fair here that comes to town every year around Halloween.

Also....cotton candy, which I haven't had in decades.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026

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That's the jingle I remember!

TV Guide used to have a insert every week with recipes of the season. "Fall" sounded great, but of course we here didn't have any fall weather to go along with it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:28 PM (wzUl9)

75 On topic as a hobby, I'm working on getting an Alliance for the Horde set up in No Man's Sky. The star system is now called Ace of Spades Headquarters and has appropriately theme named planets with the base of Camp Corsicana on the planet Infinite MoMee. I'm considering calling the alliance "Rons and Ettes Together" if that many characters are allowed, but am open to suggestions.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 03, 2026 05:58 PM

I've played some "No Man's Sky." I might want to join. Just FYI, my Lady lost your contact information.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 03, 2026 06:31 PM (VmDLh)

76 We get Halloween candy every year but never have trick or treaters and it's a good thing because all the candy is gone by Halloween.

Posted by: fd at October 03, 2026 06:31 PM (MWfyi)

77 Gee. All this talk of Halloween candy. Now I'm tempted to buy some M & Ms tomorrow at the store. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:32 PM (wzUl9)

78 54 ... Oh yeah!! Another fan of Second Hand Lions, one of my favorite 'fun' films with just the right amount of poignant moments for balance.

Posted by: JTB at October 03, 2026 06:33 PM (yTvNw)

79 Speaking of Halloween decor, there's a place down thataways (waves vaguely southeast) that has a ginormous spider in their front yard.

I don't like spiders.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 03, 2026 06:33 PM (VmDLh)

80 However, when I was small, pre-Daylight Saving Time, darkness fell around 6 or so in October. So at the least it *felt* a little like a change of season.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:34 PM (wzUl9)

81 Oh yeah!! Another fan of Second Hand Lions, one of my favorite 'fun' films with just the right amount of poignant moments for balance.
Posted by: JTB at October 03, 2026

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It's on my (very short) list of films I would change nothing about, which includes Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, and You've Got Mail.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:35 PM (wzUl9)

82 Damned political texts are starting to pour in...just blocked more than 6 numbers...
Does that count as a hobby?

Posted by: Natives of New Guinea at October 03, 2026 06:37 PM (l3cgK)

83 According to the stores around here, Halloween decoration time started in mid-August. They're working on Christmas now.

In hobby news, I ripped out over a minute from the latest animation project when I realized I was just repeating myself.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 03, 2026 06:38 PM (CHHv1)

84 Off penis-gourd-wearing sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 06:38 PM (l3cgK)

85 The only hobby that i'm doing at this moment is knitting myself a sweater in a lovely heathered orange. Patagonia yarn from Juniper Moon. I have made some other things, and will make others, but that's the only one currently.
I did some painting of some unfinished hanging bats from Michael's, painted them black and then did some orange splatters.
Next up is a costume element for my youngest. He has a store bought knights' costume, and i'll make him a little St George's tabard. Oldest is going as a dragon.

Posted by: Funsize at October 03, 2026 06:41 PM (2rTQ7)

86 No pumpkin post is complete without a pumpkin chunkin mention..

https://youtu.be/hWffSEaw6WY

This might be the original, held in Delaware:

https://youtu.be/dmSyrGsqmg8

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 03, 2026 06:41 PM (08OqX)

87 According to the stores around here, Halloween decoration time started in mid-August. They're working on Christmas now.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 03, 2026 06:38 PM (CHHv1)

Once "Back to School" is over, the Halloween stuff comes out, and a week later, "Here Comes Santa Clause."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 03, 2026 06:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

88 11 ... "I also ordered some more Burlier Morning Pipe from Ken Byron Ventures in TN"

Hi Wolfus, I really enjoyed Ken's BMP. Once I use up my supply of Sutliff Burley (now discontinued, dammit), I'll order some BMP. I should try some Stokkebye 702 burley and compare them.

BTW, I've used a Zippo pipe lighter for years. They never fail, even in the wind.

Posted by: JTB at October 03, 2026 06:41 PM (yTvNw)

89 Joe Kidd I never went, but a long past co-worker did often, his brother lived near it

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026 06:42 PM (Ia/+0)

90 If someone came through our neighborhood chopping up Jack-o-lanterns I'm not sure if I would be upset. I guess it would depend on whose gourd was being axed.

wait for it...

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 03, 2026 06:44 PM (I0N4X)

91 YouTube has been playing havoc on my forked version of Firefox, Waterfox, since that last software update.

YouTube takes forever to load, and then if its on a playlist it will sit there and reload the video over and over.

Brave browser loads it all up in seconds.

It could be my AdBlocker extensions in Waterfox that's throwing YouTube for a loop sometimes and it doesn't want to load all the embeds.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 06:19 PM (6ydKt)

YT doesn’t like you blocking their quack clickbait scam ads, especially the quackery now aimed at dogs and cats. Because how dare you?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 03, 2026 06:46 PM (6jna9)

92
The pumpkin chunking contests were fun.

Are they still happening?

Heaven forfend people can have fun.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 06:47 PM (/QHx4)

93 Hi Wolfus, I really enjoyed Ken's BMP. Once I use up my supply of Sutliff Burley (now discontinued, dammit), I'll order some BMP. I should try some Stokkebye 702 burley and compare them.

BTW, I've used a Zippo pipe lighter for years. They never fail, even in the wind.
Posted by: JTB at October 03, 2026

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I bought the Zippo in '21 when we had bugged out to Birmingham for that year's hurricane. The hotel had a smoking area out back, and B'ham has one of the great old-style pipe shops, The Briary. Purchased a vintage Mastercraft straight smooth billiard and a house blend of burley and Cavendish from them.

Then I found it almost impossible to keep a match lit out by the smoking tables. The next day I went back, bought a pipe pouch and a chrome Zippo pipe lighter, and have used both ever since. At home, I light my pipe with a match and only bring out the Zippo when the pipe is half empty. Outdoors it has to be the lighter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:48 PM (wzUl9)

94 Didn't an ONT link to a few vids of adults telling their little kids they needed to wash the cotton candy before eating it? Made quite a few kids cry. Yup, that's real funny. Hyuk.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 03, 2026 06:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

I must have missed that ONT, or can't remember it.

Jimmy Fallon, who is an all around prick now, did a very funny bit on his show way back like ten or fifteen years ago where he'd have video clips of parents pretending to have eaten their kids' Halloween candy when the kids came to eat some the next day.

It's hilarious seeing the looks on their faces when the parents are saying "I ate all your candy."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 06:48 PM (6ydKt)

95 Giant pumpkin drop car roof just ripped away from the doors and windshield. The roof had no viable function other than rain or sun protection. Historically roofs were part of the vehicle's structural integrity.
Was it a Buick?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 03, 2026 06:49 PM (2UA/a)

96 My hobby today is staying indoors until the sun goes down or temps drop below 90ºF...currently 104ºF and 17% RH...so a drrryyy heat...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 06:50 PM (l3cgK)

97 95 Giant pumpkin drop car roof just ripped away from the doors and windshield. The roof had no viable function other than rain or sun protection. Historically roofs were part of the vehicle's structural integrity.
Was it a Buick?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 03, 2026 06:49 PM (2UA/a)

"Maybe we should have thawed the pumpkin first."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 06:51 PM (l3cgK)

98
Leave the waxy candy to the kids. Eat the good stuff.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 06:52 PM (/QHx4)

99 I miss Summer already

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026 06:53 PM (Ia/+0)

100 81 ... "It's [Second Hand Lions] on my (very short) list of films I would change nothing about"

I have a similar very short list like that. Mine includes "August Rush" (I enjoy well done romantic fantasy), "John Carter of Mars", "The Sacketts" mini series, and the LOTR movies.

Posted by: JTB at October 03, 2026 06:54 PM (yTvNw)

101
I hate summer.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 06:55 PM (/QHx4)

102 "Maybe we should have thawed the pumpkin first."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 06:51 PM (l3cgK)

As God is my witness...."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 03, 2026 06:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

103 It's on my (very short) list of films I would change nothing about, which includes Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, and You've Got Mail.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:35 PM (wzUl9)

I wouldn't change Back to the Future

Back to the Future II I would make some serious adjustments to.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 06:57 PM (6ydKt)

104 I do have pumpkin pie in bit.

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026 06:59 PM (Ia/+0)

105 101
I hate summer.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 06:55 PM (/QHx4)

Good thing it's Autumn...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 06:59 PM (l3cgK)

106 I have a Victorian style doll--stuffed cloth body, china head and hands and feet--except the head and feet belong to a pretty pig. I've made her outfits for the year's holidays, and I'll be changing her into her Halloween costume any day now, even though it's just me and the cats.

If I had any tech skills I'd send a photograph. Alas.

Posted by: Wenda at October 03, 2026 07:00 PM (5SU6J)

107 103 It's on my (very short) list of films I would change nothing about, which includes Ghostbusters,

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:35 PM (wzUl9)
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Agree. The movie holds up very well. I have some good Ghostbusters content in the queue for a future post.

Posted by: TRex - slimer dino at October 03, 2026 07:01 PM (XfIK1)

108 103 It's on my (very short) list of films I would change nothing about, which includes Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, and You've Got Mail.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 06:35 PM (wzUl9)

I wouldn't change Back to the Future

Back to the Future II I would make some serious adjustments to.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 06:57 PM (6ydKt)

I'm STILL waiting for my hoverboard...C'mon, McFly, it's already 2026; I shoulda had one in 2015!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 07:01 PM (l3cgK)

109 I've played some "No Man's Sky." I might want to join. Just FYI, my Lady lost your contact information.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 03, 2026 06:31 PM (VmDLh)

I'll text her.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 03, 2026 07:02 PM (lFFaq)

110 YT doesn’t like you blocking their quack clickbait scam ads, especially the quackery now aimed at dogs and cats. Because how dare you?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 03, 2026 06:46 PM (6jna9)

I get it though.
It ain't cheap streaming 4K to every soul on the planet.

They get their money out of me.
I watch about 10% YT on tablet, 50% on PC at either 1440p or 4K, and 40% on the 4k TV where I can't block ads.

It's just Firefox acting up, though, so I might just watch all my YT in Brave from now on until Google figures out a way to screw it up.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:02 PM (6ydKt)

111 I've emptied the ice box and there's no shopping til Sunday.
Two tacos from Jack n the Box then on to Just a Burger for a
double burger and a wrap. Barely enough but it will have to do.
Oh, there's some RoTel in the freezer and Velveeta, that's my
snack.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 03, 2026 07:02 PM (2UA/a)

112 106 I have a Victorian style doll--stuffed cloth body, china head and hands and feet--except the head and feet belong to a pretty pig. I've made her outfits for the year's holidays, and I'll be changing her into her Halloween costume any day now, even though it's just me and the cats.

If I had any tech skills I'd send a photograph. Alas.

Posted by: Wenda at October 03, 2026 07:00 PM (5SU6J)

Does her head move by itself?
Okay, seen WAAAAY to many horror movies. Talky Tina freaked out my wife.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 07:02 PM (l3cgK)

113 Skip, I first heard about it from a book someone gifted me. Never went to a PC event myself. The most impressive (and seemingly dangerous) contraptions were the centrifugal trebuchets.

And, the name of the book is called, The Big Damn Book of Shear Manliness. Still have it around here somewhere...

PS to T Rex, saw your PC trebuchet entry after posting my first comment. Apologies for doubting your thorough research. I will punish myself with additional beer consumption...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 03, 2026 07:04 PM (08OqX)

114 It can be pumpkin pie time

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026 07:06 PM (Ia/+0)

115 PS to T Rex, saw your PC trebuchet entry after posting my first comment. Apologies for doubting your thorough research. I will punish myself with additional beer consumption...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 03, 2026 07:04 PM
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As is the custom and tradition.

Posted by: TRex - pumpkin chucker dino at October 03, 2026 07:06 PM (XfIK1)

116 Ive been reading more which believe qualifies as a hobby. Currently reading Scott Adam's book How to fail at everything and still win'.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 03, 2026 07:06 PM (4bDRY)

117 I'm STILL waiting for my hoverboard...C'mon, McFly, it's already 2026; I shoulda had one in 2015!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 07:01 PM (l3cgK)

The future was the best part and they should've stayed there the entire movie. The sidetrack back to 1985 and 1955 was not worth it to me. They could've done it right and then had them transported back to 1885 for Part III.

That's the biggest change I'd make.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:07 PM (6ydKt)

118 It's just Firefox acting up, though, so I might just watch all my YT in Brave from now on until Google figures out a way to screw it up.

Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Is it possible that your OS has something to do with it?
Kinda like the way that pumpkin just ripped the roof off the doors of that car. You never want to roll that car.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 03, 2026 07:08 PM (2UA/a)

119 Short list of movies . . . I would never have said that Bill Murray was my favorite actor. Yet he is in three of my list, the third being a little-known film called Larger Than Life. He plays a self-help guru, a professional speaker and motivator, whose father is a former circus clown. The older man dies, and Murray's character inherits . . . an elephant. And he has to get it from Maryland to either a circus in California, or to a rescue organization that relocates the castoff animals to proper habitats in Asia. It's not only funny, but touching.

Oh, and City Slickers is on my list too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 07:09 PM (wzUl9)

120 Its one big pumpkin fest around these parts. Around the corner from me the farms have huge fields of pumpkins, and they must have some kind of festivities because today there were long lines of cars waiting to get into a few of the the farms.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 03, 2026 07:09 PM (vzuC7)

121 In two weeks Hubby and I will be celebrating our 49th wedding anniversary. Some days we look at each other and try to figure how that happened.

Time passes fast. Celebrate what you want to.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 05:53 PM (/QHx4)
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49 years is really something. I'm still married to my first wife too.

Posted by: Rowdy at October 03, 2026 07:09 PM (RIvkX)

122 /doggeh sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 03, 2026 07:10 PM (RIvkX)

123 30 In two weeks Hubby and I will be celebrating our 49th wedding anniversary. Some days we look at each other and try to figure how that happened.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 05:53 PM
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Congrats!

Posted by: TRex - party planner dino at October 03, 2026 07:12 PM (XfIK1)

124 Is it possible that your OS has something to do with it?
Kinda like the way that pumpkin just ripped the roof off the doors of that car. You never want to roll that car.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 03, 2026 07:08 PM (2UA/a)

Nah, Win 11 machine since its birth and it runs YT fine most of the time. Then Waterfox updates and it runs like crap. I use Ghostery and uBlock Origin extensions so they may be doing it, too.

Brave works fine, Edge does too, probably, but I never use it out of principle.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:14 PM (6ydKt)

125

San Fran,

Seriously, we don't know where the time has gone.

Commitment is so important. Such a lack of that these days.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 07:14 PM (/QHx4)

126 I've emptied the ice box and there's no shopping til Sunday. Two tacos from Jack n the Box then on to Just a Burger for a double burger and a wrap. Barely enough but it will have to do. Oh, there's some RoTel in the freezer and Velveeta, that's my snack.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 03, 2026

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Miss Linda volunteered -- volunteered, I repeat -- to walk to Chik-Fil-A in the shopping center behind where we live and pick up dinner. In the off-and-on rain.

We could have burritos and pasta, what I call Mexitalian or Italo-Mex. But no, Chik-Fil-A it is. Sounds good to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 07:16 PM (wzUl9)

127 Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet:

tinyurl.com/4kvf54s6

*language warning*

Posted by: JQ at October 03, 2026 07:16 PM (rdVOm)

128 Short list of movies . . . I would never have said that Bill Murray was my favorite actor. Yet he is in three of my list, the third being a little-known film called Larger Than Life. He plays a self-help guru, a professional speaker and motivator, whose father is a former circus clown. The older man dies, and Murray's character inherits . . . an elephant. And he has to get it from Maryland to either a circus in California, or to a rescue organization that relocates the castoff animals to proper habitats in Asia. It's not only funny, but touching.

Oh, and City Slickers is on my list too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 07:09 PM (wzUl9)

I vaguely remember seeing that one, I think.

Murray has been in a lot of good films.

Lost in Translation is a great film for being as odd as it is.

I even admit to liking Scrooged if I'm in the right mood during the holidays.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt)

129 I would not change a thing in There's Something About Mary.

Watched that for the first time in a theater here that was selling beer. Which was probably a first in SC.

About two or three beers in, the scene with the hair "gel" comes up and by the time it's over I've got beer coming out of my nose with my boss sitting next to me.

Best comedy I ever watched in a theater.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:19 PM (6ydKt)

130 Commitment is so important. Such a lack of that these days.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 07:14 PM (/QHx4)
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My second wife will be way more obedient that's for sure.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 03, 2026 07:19 PM (RIvkX)

131 I vaguely remember seeing that one, I think.

Murray has been in a lot of good films.

Lost in Translation is a great film for being as odd as it is.

I even admit to liking Scrooged if I'm in the right mood during the holidays.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026

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I need to watch LiT again; I didn't quite "get it" the first time for some reason. Scrooged is on my list, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 07:20 PM (wzUl9)

132

LOL San Fran,

Lots of luck

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 07:20 PM (/QHx4)

133 What in the hell. Our CIA operative governor has banned the vapes. She was heavily bribed by Big Tobacco. So as a hobby I have decided to take up smoking.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:20 PM (vvRUZ)

134 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer from 1947 with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple may belong on the list too. It certainly has one of the finest end scenes in movie history.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 07:21 PM (wzUl9)

135 133 What in the hell. Our CIA operative governor has banned the vapes. She was heavily bribed by Big Tobacco. So as a hobby I have decided to take up smoking.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:20 PM (vvRUZ)

That'll show 'em!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 07:21 PM (l3cgK)

136

Husband graduated from University of South Carolina law school.

He's watching the game now and from the swear words I'm hearing it ain't going well, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 07:23 PM (/QHx4)

137 Pumpkin Arboretum is purty.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:23 PM (vvRUZ)

138 Walk a mile for a Basic.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:24 PM (vvRUZ)

139 I get it though.
It ain't cheap streaming 4K to every soul on the planet.

They get their money out of me.
I watch about 10% YT on tablet, 50% on PC at either 1440p or 4K, and 40% on the 4k TV where I can't block ads.

It's just Firefox acting up, though, so I might just watch all my YT in Brave from now on until Google figures out a way to screw it up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:02 PM (6ydKt)

TBH I do not fault YT for ads. Clickbait scam ads and quack clickbait scam ads, yes. But legit ads? No.

But I despise YT’s presentation. If your local affiliate did this people would lose their minds. Imagine if you are watching the weather and the weather dude says “the forecast as I see it is” and then out of nowhere with no warning comes a commercial.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 03, 2026 07:24 PM (6jna9)

140 Poor native San Franciscan Boy F. is perseverating on the "heat." It's 78 degrees.

"The sun! It's hot!" About 200 times so far...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 03, 2026 07:24 PM (RIvkX)

141 It's on my (very short) list of films I would change nothing about, which includes Ghostbusters,

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026
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Agree. The movie holds up very well. I have some good Ghostbusters content in the queue for a future post.
Posted by: TRex - slimer dino at October 03, 2026

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It's endlessly quotable even today (especially here). I have a theory that very few social moments in adult life cannot be handled with a quote from Ghostbusters, The Terminator, or Die Hard. Okay, Casablanca too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 07:25 PM (wzUl9)

142 133 What in the hell. Our CIA operative governor has banned the vapes. She was heavily bribed by Big Tobacco. So as a hobby I have decided to take up smoking.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:20 PM (vvRUZ)

Are there Customs checkpoints at the state lines now?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 03, 2026 07:25 PM (6jna9)

143 We have recreational Marahoochie but no Flavored Vapes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:25 PM (vvRUZ)

144 Wizard of Oz is on Svengoolie

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026 07:25 PM (Ia/+0)

145 AFAIK the state borders are still open.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:26 PM (vvRUZ)

146 I love the Epic Gardening channel. Think I'll tackle an Atlantic Giant pumpkin next year. I'll use the Audrey II fertilizer method. 🩸

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 03, 2026 07:26 PM (kpS4V)

147 I would recommend Slow Horses. 6th Season.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:27 PM (vvRUZ)

148 Wizard of Oz is on Svengoolie
Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2026

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Yes -- starting an hour early! Also The Invisible Man Returns at 9 pm Central. I'm not sure if that's the one with Vincent Price doing the voice.

Movies! has Arsenic and Old Lace at 7 pm.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 07:28 PM (wzUl9)

149 Time to say thank you before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. We know that you have many options for your hobbying needs and appreciate your patronage. Thanks for participating in the gray boxes and shout out to the lurkers!

Y'all come back next week, ya hear?

You're welcome to stick around for a while and continue hobbying but don't forget to stop by Club ONT later.

Posted by: TRex - Herbst dino at October 03, 2026 07:28 PM (XfIK1)

150 I might check out No Man's Sky. Currently, I am really into Valheim.

A really fun, annoying, amazing, frustrating, beautiful, ball breaking game.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 03, 2026 07:29 PM (zZu0s)

151

Several years ago we were growing veges and we planted pumpkins for the grandson. The garden was fenced in to keep critters out. We had a massive pumpkin growing for him.

One morning we went to check on the pumpkin and some very large critter jumped the fence and ate most of the pumpkin, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 07:29 PM (/QHx4)

152 Murray has been in a lot of good films.
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Bunny Breckenridge in "Ed Wood" is his finest hour.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 03, 2026 07:29 PM (kpS4V)

153
But I despise YT’s presentation. If your local affiliate did this people would lose their minds. Imagine if you are watching the weather and the weather dude says “the forecast as I see it is” and then out of nowhere with no warning comes a commercial.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 03, 2026 07:24 PM (6jna9)

Yes it's a problem.
But TV has people who know commercial breaks are coming so lead into a break somehow.

YT uses timestamps and inserts ads at whatever they deem prime drop off points or something.

They'll probably use AI in the future to better determine where to slot breaks, I'd imagine.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:30 PM (6ydKt)

154 Lots of luck

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 07:20 PM (/QHx4)
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Figures you'd take her side!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 03, 2026 07:30 PM (RIvkX)

155

lol

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 07:31 PM (/QHx4)

156 On Opera you never see a dang commercial on YouTube.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:31 PM (vvRUZ)

157 128 Murray has been in a lot of good films.
Lost in Translation is a great film for being as odd as it is.
I even admit to liking Scrooged if I'm in the right mood during the holidays.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt)

Best Bill Murray line: “Who cried when Old Yeller died?”

Posted by: TxAnn at October 03, 2026 07:32 PM (SjAWL)

158 On Opera you never see a dang commercial on YouTube.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026

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But you have to wait until the fat lady sings to know if it's over!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 07:33 PM (wzUl9)

159 Bill Murray was nearly Indiana Jones.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:33 PM (vvRUZ)

160
Yes it's a problem.
But TV has people who know commercial breaks are coming so lead into a break somehow.

YT uses timestamps and inserts ads at whatever they deem prime drop off points or something.

They'll probably use AI in the future to better determine where to slot breaks, I'd imagine.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:30 PM (6ydKt)

Beginning or end, and let creators know to build in some commercial time midway through. Or in multiple places. That’s fine.

But it is still jarring to hear a creator set up his point and just as he lays it before you on a silver platter - commercial!

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 03, 2026 07:33 PM (6jna9)

161 In two weeks Hubby and I will be celebrating our 49th wedding anniversary. Some days we look at each other and try to figure how that happened.

Posted by: four seasons

Great, congrats! You are a year ahead of us.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 03, 2026 07:34 PM (NnhvP)

162 I think were all lucky to be able to grow up in some decades of great filmmaking, which to me the best were the 80s and 90s for prime Hollywood at its best.

Earlier decades were great, too, especially 50s and 60s and late 70s, but the 80s have a special place in my heart as a kid that decade.

From Empire Strikes Back to ET all the way to Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail (we could all name a lot more) I really loved the movies that defined the 80s.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:35 PM (6ydKt)

163 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

d'oh
(another 80s reference)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:35 PM (6ydKt)

164 Wilhelm Scream is in all three Indiana Jones Films.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:36 PM (vvRUZ)

165 Best Bill Murray line: “Who cried when Old Yeller died?”
Posted by: TxAnn at October 03, 2026

***
I'm still fondest of his myriad Ghostbusters lines.

"You don't often see that kind of behavior in a major appliance."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 03, 2026 07:36 PM (wzUl9)

166

AZ deplorable,

Congrats to you both.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 07:36 PM (/QHx4)

167 John Winger: [Sarcastically] Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I'm sure.
[hands are reluctantly raised]
John Winger: I cried my eyes out. So we're all dogfaces, we're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to enlist in the Army. We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us. Something seriously wrong with us - we're soldiers. But we're American soldiers! We've been kicking ass for 200 years! We're ten and one! Now we don't have to worry about whether or not we practiced. We don't have to worry about whether Captain Stillman wants to have us hung. All we have to do is to be the great American fighting soldier that is inside each one of us. Now do what I do, and say what I say. And make me proud.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:37 PM (6ydKt)

168 164 Wilhelm Scream is in all three Indiana Jones Films.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:36 PM (vvRUZ)

There are only three...?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 07:37 PM (l3cgK)

169 Halloween is definitely my thing- this year’s theme is Deadman’s Ball. The fence is down and ready to turn the front yard into a graveyard, the ballgowns and suits have been given strategic holes and rips. The low lying fog machine is ready. But it has been raining all day so hopefully tomorrow it all comes together.

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2026 07:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

170 169 Halloween is definitely my thing- this year’s theme is Deadman’s Ball. The fence is down and ready to turn the front yard into a graveyard, the ballgowns and suits have been given strategic holes and rips. The low lying fog machine is ready. But it has been raining all day so hopefully tomorrow it all comes together.

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2026 07:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

I thought for a split-second you were talking about the one-balled Austrian painter...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 07:39 PM (l3cgK)

171 169 Halloween is definitely my thing- this year’s theme is Deadman’s Ball. The fence is down and ready to turn the front yard into a graveyard, the ballgowns and suits have been given strategic holes and rips.

Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2026 07:37 PM
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The broken mailbox is a nice touch.

Posted by: TRex - oingo boingo dino at October 03, 2026 07:39 PM (XfIK1)

172 The US Postal Service. Pushing the Envelope.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:41 PM (vvRUZ)

173
Congrats to you both.

Posted by: four seasons

Thank you from both of us.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 03, 2026 07:42 PM (NnhvP)

174 What About Bob?

https://youtu.be/9E-BAAG15GQ

"You can call me boob."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:43 PM (6ydKt)

175 164 Wilhelm Scream is in all three Indiana Jones Films.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:36 PM (vvRUZ)

They use it in old TV westerns a lot.
I laugh every time I hear it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:45 PM (6ydKt)

176 Movie thread is nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 03, 2026 07:45 PM (zZu0s)

177
What are you hobbying?

Making a trailer brake and light testing module that plugs into the 7 pin rv plug on my bighorn 3500 dually. When finished, it will test the trailer computer and brake module on the truck, one by each flash the brake, tail left/right indicator circuits and activate an led showing successful circuit computer signals. Finally, it triggers the the truck's main computer to enable 12vdc at the rv plug so I can run (temporarily) and aircompressor for the dual rear wheels and trailer tires.

This is the kind of crap my brain makes me solve on at 2am.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 03, 2026 07:46 PM (QVmho)

178 That Illiterate Movie Critic has a thread upstairs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 03, 2026 07:46 PM (vvRUZ)

179 169 Halloween is definitely my thing- this year’s theme is Deadman’s Ball. The fence is down and ready to turn the front yard into a graveyard, the ballgowns and suits have been given strategic holes and rips. The low lying fog machine is ready. But it has been raining all day so hopefully tomorrow it all comes together.
Posted by: Piper at October 03, 2026 07:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

It’s a dead man’s party
Who could ask for more?
Everybody’s coming
Leeavebyiur body at the door
Leave your body,mand soul, at the door

Posted by: Oingo Boingo at October 03, 2026 07:46 PM (6jna9)

180 Finally started doing something with all the sea glass I've collected over the years. Been making Christmas ornaments and small art work pieces.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 03, 2026 07:46 PM (3ImbR)

181 We were married 56 years last may. I got a late start. I was 26 she was 21. Running on empty into the sun.

Posted by: Ronster at October 03, 2026 07:47 PM (IFwjj)

182 I got The Outer Worlds when I should have bought No Man's Sky it seems.

Is it a good game?
Never played it, but I heard it got better after a rough start.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:48 PM (6ydKt)

183 Just back from my favorite fall hobby, rooting for TN football...thankfully, we were victorious this week. Anyone want an early Pre Club ONT drink? I'm pouring for myself and welcome company....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 03, 2026 07:51 PM (XfIK1)

184 We were married 56 years last may. I got a late start. I was 26 she was 21. Running on empty into the sun.
Posted by: Ronster

Well done!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 03, 2026 07:52 PM (NnhvP)

185 Ronster, congrats on 56+ years. That is an excellent achievement. Nothing like a true loving spouse!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 03, 2026 07:53 PM (XfIK1)

186 174 What About Bob?

https://youtu.be/9E-BAAG15GQ

"You can call me boob."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 03, 2026 07:43 PM (6ydKt)

Is "When Bob Met Vagine" the Indian version of "When Harry Met Sally"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 03, 2026 07:54 PM (l3cgK)

187 Thank you Grateful and AZ.

Posted by: Ronster at October 03, 2026 07:55 PM (IFwjj)

188 In two weeks Hubby and I will be celebrating our 49th wedding anniversary. Some days we look at each other and try to figure how that happened.

Time passes fast. Celebrate what you want to.

Posted by: four seasons at October 03, 2026 05:53 PM (/QHx4)
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49 years is really something. I'm still married to my first wife too.
Posted by: Rowdy at October 03, 2026 07:09 PM (RIvkX)

54 years this past May.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 03, 2026 08:01 PM (hmYU4)

189 Guess I will hang out here until the ONT. Really have nothing to contribute to the movie thread.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 03, 2026 08:05 PM (fTHmy)

190 I finished the work on that little Yang Poon generator I was working on yesterday. Installed the air filter, mended a cracked crankcase vent hose with some shrink tubing, changed the oil, and replaced the defunct starting battery with a little AGM battery out of a long-gone UPS. Hit the key, and it cranked right up, just like downtown. It's now ready to go to work.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 03, 2026 08:17 PM (fTHmy)

191 190 I finished the work on that little Yang Poon generator I was working on yesterday.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 03, 2026 08:17 PM
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Still working on the Meyers Manx?

Posted by: TRex - dune buggy dino at October 03, 2026 08:24 PM (XfIK1)

192 Watch the last half of the pumpkin drop. The roof isn't part of the structural integrity at all. I think it's a Buick.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 03, 2026 08:25 PM (iLKq8)

193 Still working on the Meyers Manx?
Posted by: TRex - dune buggy dino at October 03, 2026 08:24 PM (XfIK1)

Set it aside for now. Got some Other People's stuff to work on.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 03, 2026 08:43 PM (fTHmy)

194 Other People's, be sure and wash your hands.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 03, 2026 08:52 PM (iLKq8)

195 Nood us ah

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 03, 2026 10:01 PM (iLKq8)

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