Monday Overnight Open Thread (10/12/26) Happy Columbus Day Edition

[Mis. Hum. original, 24"x 30" acrylic]

The Quotes of The Day

Quote I
“While sanctuary politicians continue to release dangerous criminals onto their streets, our brave law enforcement officers will continue to risk their lives to arrest these heinous criminals and make America safe again. Illegal aliens have no sanctuary in America,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin

Quote II
They’re saying, well, you voted to confirm them. I said, I voted with the unanimous vote out of Senate Armed Services Committee. Now I’m telling you, I fucked up and he needs to go. What else do we need to talk about? Soon to be retired Senator Thom Tillis (RINO-NC)

Quote III
“Mount Sinai is committed to ensuring that our patients have access to high-quality care while also maintaining the resources necessary to serve our communities,” Mount Sinai representative Lucia Lee

Things that make me chuckle..............

Speaking of despicable Muslim mothers.....Ewww hate to have been the G-~~Spot~~ Man searching her undies drawer.

Live updates: Rep. Ilhan Omar says she will ‘not be silenced’ after Homeland Security searches her home

Maybe in Sharia some misogynist imam will silence her for us. The Headless Woman has a ring to it. Just ask Daniel Pearl.

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So about the science being settled? Holy crap Marie! Too early for a Genius Award Winner?

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I'm not a science guy. That's why I enjoy when friend of the blog Robert Zimmerman takes the time to share with us. NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more

You can download all the documents for this RFP here. From the RFP cover letter:
This competitive acquisition will result in a Multi-Award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the ability to issue Firm-Fixed-Priced (FFP) task orders. The contract will have an effective ordering period of 8 years from the contract effective date, and two (2) option periods to extend the ordering period as follows: a 4-year Option Period 1 and a 3-year Option Period 2 for a total potential ordering period of 15 years.
The anticipated contract award date is April 15, 2027, with an effective date occurring on the same day as the award. The contracts will primarily be performed off-site at the Contractor’s facilities; Contractors may perform some aspect of the work on-site at NASA centers as enabled by NASA Collaborations or Government Task Agreements.

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The ONT Musical Interlude & Play List Number 12 out of ........ Emporium

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Man's best friend, love and sacrifice all wrapped into one story. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

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Maybe self-service isn't so bad after all. Genius Award Winners!

Cessna 421 misfueled with Jet-A: the receipt was the last check
NTSB blames the refueler and cites the pilot’s missed check. The receipt said Jet-A. The airplane left anyway.

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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:02 PM

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1 Oh.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:02 PM (96kpa)

2 !!

Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 10:02 PM (hOSrB)

3 Good evening

Posted by: Cosda at October 12, 2026 10:02 PM (84/X3)

4 Second?

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 10:03 PM (VCgbV)

5 Fly Ethiopian Airlines, always get you there on time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:03 PM (BzKNL)

6 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2026 10:03 PM (N5iuz)

7 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 12, 2026 10:03 PM (+9wcF)

8 Happy Native Born Italian American Day!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 12, 2026 10:04 PM (xqL5c)

9 Lovely painting MisHum! You do kick it dear❣️

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:04 PM (96kpa)

10 Liftoff!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 12, 2026 10:05 PM (wxsGM)

11 Evenin’, All. Happy Tuesday Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:05 PM (77rzZ)

12 "NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more. . ."

SpaceX could have a working prototype by late afternoon tomorrow.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2026 10:06 PM (N5iuz)

13 Ethiopia is the only country in the world with a 13 month calendar. How would you know if the plane was on time?

Posted by: What Time Dit is? at October 12, 2026 10:07 PM (EdP2u)

14 These boots are made for walking and that's just what they'll do. One of these days these boots are going to walk all over you.
Brought to you by the Socialists of America.

Posted by: Case at October 12, 2026 10:08 PM (ROPCF)

15 You done good painting the scene up top in the dark. Was the skeeters bitin'?

Posted by: Oily To Bed at October 12, 2026 10:09 PM (EdP2u)

16 So about the science being settled? Holy crap Marie! Too early for a Genius Award Winner?

If a Darwin Award is given for "removing yourself from the gene pool," does a father who accidentally buries his still-living teenage daughter qualify?

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

17 Thanks Marie. I appreciate your compliments

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 12, 2026 10:09 PM (CkDaS)

18 If I was blind and could only hear....yeah the MisHum and Mr. Zappa😜....yowza!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:10 PM (96kpa)

19 Soon to be retired Senator Thom Tillis (RINO-NC)
... 📯 _🎵 🎵 Snoopy, Happy Dance 🤡🤡🤡

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

20 Today's high was 81, and then the wind and clouds came. Within two hours, the temperature fell (SWIDT?) 20 degrees. I guess our warm spell is over!

Posted by: pookysgirl, grabbing a sweatshirt at October 12, 2026 10:10 PM (Wt5PA)

21 The pilot told investigators he read the receipt and saw that Jet-A had been supplied, but the group wanted to get home and left without inspecting or sampling the fuel.
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Burn the pilot's license forever. Make him pay for the plane's repair and the treatment of the passenger's injuries. He is too fucking stupid to be allowed in the air.

Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 10:11 PM (hOSrB)

22 Johnny Cash knew the deal.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 12, 2026 10:11 PM (zcI95)

23 Fly Ethiopian Airlines, always get you there on time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:03 PM (BzKNL)

Their planes are fueled by ethiopanol.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:11 PM (quk5M)

24 15 You done good painting the scene up top in the dark. Was the skeeters bitin'?
Posted by: Oily To Bed at October 12, 2026 10:09 PM (EdP2u

No skeeters here.
Ha I make myself chuckle

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 12, 2026 10:12 PM (CkDaS)

25 Hey, Pookysgirl.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

26 Good evening morons y gracias mh

Love the waterfall at night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

27 Thanks for the dandy Monday Night ONT, Mis Hum!

Loved the Feel Good Story of the Day. Good human!

Nice painting up top too...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 12, 2026 10:13 PM (D/6p1)

28 No skeeters here.
Ha I make myself chuckle
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

No insect that large gets a cutesy pet name.

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

29 If a Darwin Award is given for "removing yourself from the gene pool," does a father who accidentally buries his still-living teenage daughter qualify?
Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

We laugh, but this sort of thing used to happen with some regularity in pre-Industrial societies, even when the "deceased" was pronounced dead by a doctor.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:16 PM (quk5M)

30 So about the science being settled? Holy crap Marie! Too early for a Genius Award Winner?
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Of the 1,400 Guatemalans in the US under a Student VISA, I wonder how many are planning to go to med school.

(Disclaimer: If in a medical class with a Guatemalan, properly caffeinate so as not to fall asleep and end up on the cadaver table)

*This has been a public service announcement. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming. Tonight's offering "The Bride of Frankenstein." *

Posted by: Orson at October 12, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)

31 I can hear this painting.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 12, 2026 10:16 PM (Buh4t)

32 Thom Tillis Exclaims He ‘F*cked Up’ His Hegseth Confirmation Vote as Bill Maher Presses Him

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What a useless bucket of shit you are, Tillis.

GFY

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 12, 2026 10:17 PM (4Je4D)

33 ****Illegals Receive Top-Tier Healthcare over Citizens in Zohran Mamdani’s NYC
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Of course, all good politicians take care of their constituents.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:17 PM (BzKNL)

34 My dog just farted and I'm currently trying not to choke to death

Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 10:17 PM (oqH4h)

35 Burn the pilot's license forever. Make him pay for the plane's repair and the treatment of the passenger's injuries. He is too fucking stupid to be allowed in the air.
Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 10:11 PM (hOSrB)

Yes. The pilot is the "pilot in command". The fueler made a dumb mistake, but that is a pretty lowly job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:18 PM (quk5M)

36 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at October 12, 2026 10:18 PM (w3u3d)

37 Sorry I'm late, Mamma hid the snickerdoodles.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 12, 2026 10:19 PM (kCFGk)

38 Cool mystery click like ONTs of olde

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

39 Hey y'all.

Posted by: Don Black at October 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)

40 12 "NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more. . ."

SpaceX could have a working prototype by late afternoon tomorrow.

Posted by: Tonypete
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Heh, yeah, it's in hangar B.

He built it to relax and take his mind off Starship.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:20 PM (BzKNL)

41 Thom Tillis Exclaims He ‘F*cked Up’ His Hegseth Confirmation Vote as Bill Maher Presses Him

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Tillis would prefer a real "man" in that job, like Lloyd "Three Mask" Austin.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 12, 2026 10:20 PM (4Je4D)

42 One fond memory of walking by Mount Sinai Hospital in the 70s was some black yutes opening the fire hydrant next to a Triumph Spitfire convertible that was parked illegally close to the hydrant with the top down. Probably someone parked quick and ran into the hospital (a doc, maybe). The youngsters were directing the flow of the water into the car and it was full up to the tops of the doors. I didn't hang about to see when the owner returned. You walk quickly with your head down in that neighborhood. The main hospital is on the Upper West side, but this was one of their facilities in Harlem. I rode/drove in a car pool that parked at 125th and Lexington. Hop the express, get to Midtown in minutes. The lot itself had an attendant and was safe to park in.

Posted by: Water Under The Bridge at October 12, 2026 10:20 PM (EdP2u)

43 Good stuff, MisHum. Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 10:20 PM (41CYW)

44 Pure greatness. Mis Hum, pure greatness once again.

Posted by: Happy at October 12, 2026 10:21 PM (QZkUY)

45 Nice painting up top, MisHum. I'm wondering what sort of geology underlies the ledges that comprise that cascade?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:21 PM (quk5M)

46 My dog just farted and I'm currently trying not to choke to death
Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 10:17 PM (oqH4h)
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Did you feed it Beefarino?

Posted by: Kramer at October 12, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

47 Nanook fell into a ring of fire?

Posted by: wth at October 12, 2026 10:23 PM (oq9dX)

48 46 My dog just farted and I'm currently trying not to choke to death
Posted by: ballistic at October 12, 2026 10:17 PM (oqH4h)
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Did you feed it Beefarino?
Posted by: Kramer at October 12, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)
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Yeah, pay attention, or the pup might miss his window.

Posted by: Kramer follow-up at October 12, 2026 10:23 PM (dIske)

49 Nice, MisHum.

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 10:25 PM (kU0PQ)

50 Thirty five years ago my daughter was born, thus ending the Columbus/indigenous conflict in our house. It's the kid's holiday.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 12, 2026 10:25 PM (sl73Y)

51 F--k, and I paid those Ghanaians up front.

Posted by: Guatemalan Dad at October 12, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

52 My dog ate a double cheeseburger from P. Terry's tonight. Apparently he doesn't like tomatoes or lettuce or the wrapper which he kindly left on the kitchen floor...

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 10:26 PM (VCgbV)

53 Go Buckley !

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:27 PM (nxLtX)

54 Evening, Columbus Dayers,

We just finished Season One of Hap & Leonard, the series based on Joe R. Lansdale's crime novels. If this first season was based on the first novel in the series, I need to find it. Talk about intense . . . and there are several points where you wonder if the heroes are going to make it out of the severely tight spot they are in. They have to, it's a TV series (however limited -- six eps a season), but you really wonder.

Anyway! How was your Dia de Cristobal Colon?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2026 10:28 PM (wzUl9)

55 Ben had,
You still might find a "dumped" dog at your property one day...

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 10:29 PM (VCgbV)

56 NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more.

We shall call it, K-7.

Posted by: Space Force at October 12, 2026 10:29 PM (1Ff7Z)

57 My dog ate a double cheeseburger from P. Terry's tonight. Apparently he doesn't like tomatoes or lettuce or the wrapper which he kindly left on the kitchen floor...
Posted by: lin-duh
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The doggo is refined. A dog of principle. No salad.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 10:29 PM (41CYW)

58 Thom Tillis Exclaims He ‘F*cked Up’ His Hegseth Confirmation Vote as Bill Maher Presses Him

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Thom, because you're a fvck up, you see?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

59 My other Hospital story about Harlem was doing a good deal of woodwork, Formica work at the Harlem Hospital for Joint Diseases. It's changed names now, some kind of Orthopedic name. Every little splinter or cut I got there got infected. Never happened anywhere else I worked. It was strange, wonder what the patients experienced.

Posted by: Unkindest Cuts at October 12, 2026 10:30 PM (EdP2u)

60 Wow -- good thing they had a glass window on that coffin.

Posted by: Half Dozen at October 12, 2026 10:31 PM (JZhkI)

61 Hello, Ben Had.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:31 PM (77rzZ)

62 48

My dog can fart on demand. No beefareeno required. Annnd...she farts sweet little roses. Whatta gal💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:32 PM (96kpa)

63 lin-duh, just bring him with you and I will take him. Jaegar is 15 and I'm going to need a replacement.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:32 PM (nxLtX)

64 Every little splinter or cut I got there got infected.

Good friend is a retired RN, specializing in hospital "cleanliness" in her later career. She strongly advised me to never go to a hospital unless a direct family member was there. Why? She said the places were full of too many illnesses and bacteria.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 12, 2026 10:33 PM (Jr+re)

65 My dog can fart on demand. No beefareeno required. Annnd...she farts sweet little roses. Whatta gal💕
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:32 PM (96kpa)
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Your dog is my spirit animal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

66 I give 25% odds that if Omar is repatriated, Trump actually posts "we've reunited Omar with her clitoris and her people, but mostly her clitoris"

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

67 That's gonna be one insufferable teenage girl for the rest of her years at home.

"Did you clean your room?"

"Does it matter? I'm dead!"

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

68 Fuck Thom Tillis with a sideways rusty barb wire wrapped flaming pineapple.

Posted by: Butch at October 12, 2026 10:33 PM (98xTj)

69 We laugh, but this sort of thing used to happen with some regularity in pre-Industrial societies, even when the "deceased" was pronounced dead by a doctor.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:16 PM (quk5M)

That's why some Victorians had little bells on the top of the coffin with a string attached and pullable from inside.

Source: "The Great Train Robbery," starring Sean Connery.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

70 Good evening Bulg. Hope you are well.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:34 PM (nxLtX)

71 @52. The dog is smart to leave the lettuce alone, must have heard about the tainted crap.

Posted by: Case at October 12, 2026 10:34 PM (ROPCF)

72
NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more

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Two door or four door?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2026 10:34 PM (eRlcH)

73 “Mount Sinai is committed to ensuring that our patients have access to high-quality care while also maintaining the resources necessary to serve our communities,”
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Ahhh, the old, "Which line you're in." Orwell would like a word. Some lines are more equal than other lines.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 10:35 PM (41CYW)

74 Maybe self-service isn't so bad after all.
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Thinking, if it's a little plane with propellers and such, maybe is a gasser?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:35 PM (BzKNL)

75 Egad, that fuel story....
FTA:
A sump sample before engine start would have shown the difference, and that check stays with the pilot no matter who fueled the airplane.

That last part is so important. So true of so many things, but the consequences of passing off the responsibility in something like aviation are so very profound.

I hope the FOB or fueling company is paying for the "substantial damage to the right engine mount, fuselage, and empennage".

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 10:35 PM (kU0PQ)

76 The SS Cristoforo Colombo was a ship of the Italian Line. A very pretty vessel as all of the Italian Line fleet was. Michelangelo, Raffaelo, Leonardo da Vinci, were all beautiful modern liners, built, alas, too late. The Boeing 707 killed the transatlantic trade, mostly by 1965.

Posted by: Won't Mention The Andrea Doria at October 12, 2026 10:36 PM (EdP2u)

77 And that's an awful mystery click! LOL

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 10:37 PM (kU0PQ)

78 My Morningside Heights hospital story is going to a party at the Dental school and taking the 1 train to Penn station alone at 1 am completely toasted. Taking the local through Harlem was not smart.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

79 70 Ben Had, my new car is in the shop indefinitely, because I scraped the hell out of it against a pillar, and the shop has all of the parts on back order. It sucks, but it is what it is.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:38 PM (77rzZ)

80 76 Won't Mention The Andrea Doria
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Especially not in Stockholm.

Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2026 10:38 PM (41CYW)

81
Yeah, pay attention, or the pup might miss his window.
Posted by: Kramer follow-up at October 12, 2026 10:23 PM (dIske)
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Warning volley for sure.

Our first pup, Shepherd/Malamute/Husky aka Gilda, potty trained herself. Never peed or pooped in the house from age 8wks. Dude showed up with her when we were engaged as I "needed protection." No, he needed a dog as his parents were no pet people (mother, anyway). He only had salmonella green turtles where I lived on a farm zoo.

Gilda would go to the front door and hit it with her paw and stare at you to let her out. Would sleep in the snow during the day as she loved it.

Had her neutered. When she got home I was petting her on the couch. I guess she was so relieved to be home her spincter opened and a tidy turd appeared on the couch. That was it for her entire life of genteel living.

She did try to kill a peeping Tom or thief one day protecting me.

Should have been trained as a K9. Very smart. Smiled on command. Understood soccer rules with her tennis balls (goal was her not used dog house). Our first baby.

People cross country skiing (which she also loved) thought she was a fancy Akita vs a free puppy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 10:39 PM (hzuYO)

82 NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more

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Two door or four door?
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For a space station wagon, five.

Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2026 10:39 PM (hOSrB)

83 Ben had,
My mom is thinking of moving back in with us and if she does then I will need to do that. He's too big for her to handle and I'm afraid he'll knock her over when he gets excited.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 10:40 PM (VCgbV)

84 If you were born here you are native. Bonus points for being of Italian descent, at least today.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 12, 2026 10:40 PM (APZWP)

85 One of the Emergency! 2 hour movies made after the show ceased had a plot about 2 dummies filling one of the tanks of a Seattle Ferry with gasoline instead of diesel. When the grizzled engineer switched to that tank, there was an explosion and fire. They were pushing cars off the deck into the Sound. The two hour movies had a bigger budget than the regular show did. Pretty exciting stuff.

Posted by: Gage and DeSoto at October 12, 2026 10:41 PM (EdP2u)

86 lin-duh, He has a home with me.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:41 PM (nxLtX)

87 Gosh you guys...I sure wish I could make it to TX. I unfortunately have some hip work to have done next week. I realize photos are discouraged. But if some of my close pals can sneak me one or 2, I would so love it!
Anyway, I'll be there in spirit. I so love you all soooo much!
Lift a glass to me....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 12, 2026 10:42 PM (96kpa)

88 Sorry I'm late. Was watching YT accounts of The Beach Boys Mike Love recent concert performance looking especially frail, seated in a chair the entire time, hardly moving or singing.

It's sad.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2026 10:42 PM (wVcYX)

89 Why is nasa wasting money on a space station?

Just continue sending probes, that's literally the best bang for the buck at this point.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2026 10:42 PM (XV/Pl)

90 Thanks Ben Had!

Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 10:43 PM (VCgbV)

91 78 My Morningside Heights hospital story is going to a party at the Dental school and taking the 1 train to Penn station alone at 1 am completely toasted. Taking the local through Harlem was not smart.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
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The last time I was in Penn Station NYC was over a decade ago. Like a giant urinal stench.

I would not ride a NYC subway anymore if paid a lot of money or without a SEAL Team with me.

Our crazy eldest, on a Broadway musical tour in college, was nearly stabbed going back to NJ on a subway at 1am. He knew nothing good happens after midnight. He and his friend were alone on a car and a black guy was between cars, begging to get in, with the stabber right behind him. They got off when it stopped and ran.

The SaxMan has nearly put me in an early urn (I can't say grave anymore as we are being cremated and sharing a drawer we still have to pick out).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 12, 2026 10:44 PM (hzuYO)

92 COMM, you got it, sweet lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:44 PM (nxLtX)

93 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 12, 2026 10:44 PM (sAmhv)

94 Why is nasa wasting money on a space station?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

How can you get your annual budget increase if you don't spend it all this year?

Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

95 Genetic testing of Christopher Columbus’s son suggest Chris himself was of Jewish descent. Why not test Chris himself? His true burial place is disputed, so we can’t be sure it’s him in the grave. We are certain about his son’s remains however.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 12, 2026 10:45 PM (APZWP)

96 64 Every little splinter or cut I got there got infected.

I have that problem. In my tool bag, in the bathroom and wherever I am there is a can of Dermoplast, First Aid. Not to be confused with Pain Relief. It is the last remaining brand of pressurized antiseptic. Shake it up and hold the nozzle close to the spot and spray until the antiseptic hits the bottom. The force of the spray cleans the wound as well as killing germs.
You can't wait, do it immediately. That's why the can is on hand.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:46 PM (BzKNL)

97 Bulg,
Perhaps learn how to navigate a parking lot!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2026 10:46 PM (yEz+x)

98 Private sector space stations are coming, so NASA doesn't need to commission "Near Space D.C.".
Personally I want a lunar base.

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

99 Quiet night so far.

It appears most of the regular denizens of the ONT are already on their way to the TXMOME ...

Safe travels for those en route, and those who are about to !!!

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (oCio0)

100 95 Genetic testing of Christopher Columbus’s son suggest Chris himself was of Jewish descent.
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Read that about him also that he was largely funded by Jews.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (BzKNL)

101 My dog ate a double cheeseburger from P. Terry's tonight. Apparently he doesn't like tomatoes or lettuce or the wrapper which he kindly left on the kitchen floor...
Posted by: lin-duh at October 12, 2026 10:26 PM (VCgbV)

Was it given to him? Or was he wearing a purple cape and a mask?

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (kU0PQ)

102 Happy-ish Monday Evening, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Logical Progresion of Things Critic. . . at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (3ZUWJ)

103 browndog, you are missed.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:47 PM (nxLtX)

104 The Harlem Hospital thing is weird because I worked at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk for 6 years after moving south and that never happened there. Maybe Sister Agatha prayed over the place, dunno.
Had a really nice carpenter shop there, did miles of laminate work and every kind of renovation work.

Posted by: Buildin' And Renovatin' Ova Here at October 12, 2026 10:48 PM (EdP2u)

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NASA releases its space station requirements; opens bidding for the contract to build one or more.

We shall call it, K-7.
Posted by: Space Force

Babylon 5
Terok Nor

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2026 10:48 PM (Cqx++)

106 How can you get your annual budget increase if you don't spend it all this year?
Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

Yeah, when I worked for the government, we made sure we spent every penny in the budget each year. One year we all got electric pencil sharpeners on our desks.. Not much use to me, I always used mechanical pencils.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 12, 2026 10:49 PM (APZWP)

107 I have a list of stuff to pack for the trip to Corsicana. So far I've packed absolutely nothing! What's the rush?

Looking forward to seeing you soon, Ben Had!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 12, 2026 10:49 PM (Jr+re)

108 lin-duh, He has a home with me.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:41 PM (nxLtX)
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Where will I go when Mrs. F. finally locks me out for good?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

109 @79-Bulg.

the shop has all the parts on back order.

Oh crap, when they say the dreaded "back order" that's no good.

Posted by: Case at October 12, 2026 10:49 PM (ROPCF)

110 Thinking, if it's a little plane with propellers and such, maybe is a gasser?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2026 10:35 PM (BzKNL)

Many older piston-engined aircraft have been retro-fitted with turboprop engines, that burn...Jet A.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2026 10:49 PM (quk5M)

111 97 Nurse, my new vehicle is huge. It was either the pillar or another car. I just am not used to maneuvering such a bus.

Posted by: Bulg at October 12, 2026 10:50 PM (77rzZ)

112 Checking out gang. MoMe prep in full swing tomorrow.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2026 10:50 PM (nxLtX)

113 Every little splinter or cut I got there got infected. Never happened anywhere else I worked. It was strange, wonder what the patients experienced.
Posted by: Unkindest Cuts at October 12, 2026 10:30 PM (EdP2u)

I suppose that would depend on how often they gave the patients splinters.

Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2026 10:50 PM (kU0PQ)

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