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The Empty ONT
So sorry everyone. Due to a personal emergency (everything's OK now), I was unable to prepare tonight's ONT as planned. I'll be back next week, but for now you'll have to talk amongst yourselves.
I do have one bit of content for ya. It amuses me that STFU is somehow now part of the universal language of humans.
https://t.co/UkV5JaMHMQ
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 24, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: torabora at October 23, 2026 09:58 PM (0q6zs)
Posted by: mindful webworker - flabbergaston at October 23, 2026 09:59 PM (uQQoV)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 23, 2026 10:00 PM (P5A9z)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:00 PM (4R/FS)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 23, 2026 10:01 PM (P5A9z)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 23, 2026 10:01 PM (jb8Ss)
This Canadian instrument maker turns a Fender branded cutting board into a Fender Stratocaster using bits and bobs he finds in his shop.
youtu.be/z1nferWOXQ8
Posted by: Kindltot at October 23, 2026 10:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:02 PM (2UA/a)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:02 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:02 PM (4R/FS)
Hey! STFU!
Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 23, 2026 10:03 PM (hxMfc)
https://tinyurl.com/5b34yu83
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:04 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 23, 2026 10:05 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: caf at October 23, 2026 10:06 PM (fawlF)
Hey! STFU!
Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Riz8t)
You have to follow it with random chinese...like...
Hey! STFU! 你 这 头 愚 蠢 的 肥 牛！
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:06 PM (l3cgK)
https://youtu.be/tQ3VgWkgLr8
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 23, 2026 10:07 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 23, 2026 10:07 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: RandomDave at October 23, 2026 10:08 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Riz8t)
You have to follow it with random chinese...like...
Hey! STFU! 你 这 头 愚 蠢 的 肥 牛！
Sadly, I lack the necessary skills to do this.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)
https://youtu.be/tQ3VgWkgLr8
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 23, 2026 10:10 PM (kOluj)
There's an ad that shows up on my computer to achieve financial independence and he's waving some Canadian $20s, $50s and $100s.
Sure, that's tomorrow's Costco run. What about the rest?
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 23, 2026 10:10 PM (Sco7b)
Hey! STFU! 你 这 头 愚 蠢 的 肥 牛！
Sadly, I lack the necessary skills to do this.
However, I find that prefacing a STFU with STFD is an adequate substitute.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:11 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 23, 2026 10:11 PM (y171U)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 23, 2026 10:11 PM (1DZZj)
Grateful for all the prayers, now it's time clean up my kitchen table.
Posted by: pookysgirl is thankful at October 23, 2026 10:12 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:12 PM (4R/FS)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 23, 2026 10:12 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 23, 2026 10:13 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:13 PM (Riz8t)
lol. Southern Ontario had something called OnTV which played adult movies but it was scrambled for us and you couldn't even make out a boob.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 23, 2026 10:15 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Hon Judge STFU at October 23, 2026 10:15 PM (2PNJj)
But, you're going to have to clean up the table by yourself. We ain't got time for dat.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:15 PM (4R/FS)
Posted by: Archimedes
No less weird than 'F*ck me running.'
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (4R/FS)
...but for now you'll have to talk amongst yourselves.
We would but someone here refuses to STOP THE HAMMERING!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (7yh1x)
Posted by: Fire Brigade at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (EdP2u)
"SHUT THE FUCK UP, Zhēn bù gǎn xiāngxìn nà jiāhuo jìngrán tōule nǐ de píngguǒ. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
Posted by: Orson at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 23, 2026 10:12 PM (88C+u)
The tiger seemed a bit disappointed.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 23, 2026 10:17 PM (1DZZj)
We can probably think of something to do...🙂
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 23, 2026 10:17 PM (96kpa)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 23, 2026 10:02 PM (rbvCR)
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W00t! Nat 20!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 23, 2026 10:18 PM (FZ29D)
But, we must do our best to pick up the slack. Hop to, fellow Morons.
Marianne Gaba - Miss Illinois USA 1957 and Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for September 1959
https://bit.ly/marianne-gaba
Julie Newmar - Catwoman of Gotham, Eleen of Capella IV, Stupefyin' Jones of Dogpatch et al.
https://bit.ly/julie-newmeyer
Not particularly SFW
Posted by: mindful webworker - prrrrr at October 23, 2026 10:18 PM (uQQoV)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Riz8t)
You have to follow it with random chinese...like...
Hey! STFU! 你 这 头 愚 蠢 的 肥 牛！
Sadly, I lack the necessary skills to do this.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 23, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)
Eh, I cheated and used Google Translate...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:18 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 23, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (4R/FS)
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It sounds weird when you leave out the chainsaw.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 23, 2026 10:19 PM (FZ29D)
lol. Southern Ontario had something called OnTV which played adult movies but it was scrambled for us and you couldn't even make out a boob.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart!
Thrawn is our "go to" resource for how to suss out the bouncy bits from scrambled pron channels. Back in the day he had a serious hankering for Shannon Tweed on "Skinemax".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 23, 2026 10:20 PM (7yh1x)
Shut the fuck up!
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:21 PM (oq9dX)
lol. Southern Ontario had something called OnTV which played adult movies but it was scrambled for us and you couldn't even make out a boob.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 23, 2026 10:15 PM (Sco7b)
There was some show where two guys were trying to see what they could on what they thought was an adult scrambled show, when suddenly it cleared up and it was the Disney Channel...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:21 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Unsportsmanlike Conduct is a Capital Crime to Me at October 23, 2026 10:22 PM (1Aai7)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at October 23, 2026 10:22 PM (9vU69)
Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:55 PM
********
I know this is about me...
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 23, 2026 10:22 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Archimedes
No less weird than 'F*ck me running.'
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (4R/FS)
If you are a guy that's physically fit, it's possible...but not advisable; it'll be like the joke about the couple getting kicked out of the grocery store...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:22 PM (l3cgK)
"SHUT THE FUCK UP, Zhēn bù gǎn xiāngxìn nà jiāhuo jìngrán tōule nǐ de píngguǒ. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
Posted by: Orson at October 23, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)
; )
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 10:23 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 23, 2026 10:24 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 23, 2026 10:25 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone, LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS GAY?!!? at October 23, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Downcast Danny at October 23, 2026 10:26 PM (EdP2u)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone, LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS GAY?!!? at October 23, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
https://bit.ly/julie-newmeyer
Not particularly SFW
Posted by: mindful webworker - prrrrr at October 23, 2026 10:18 PM (uQQoV)
"My Living Doll"...yum
Posted by: Joemarine at October 23, 2026 10:27 PM (y171U)
The Babylon Bee
youtu.be/ZVaEA3MfBH8
Not to my knowledge either.
Conservative Momma
youtu.be/yJx6Tz6Id-g
Posted by: mindful webworker - not my real name at October 23, 2026 10:28 PM (uQQoV)
If the world gets you down learn to buck up
If you wed your own bro
You're the worst kind of ho
Please self-deport AND SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 23, 2026 10:28 PM (kOluj)
But, you're going to have to clean up the table by yourself. We ain't got time for dat.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:15 PM (4R/FS)
Not even the cat method- push everything off the top?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 23, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone, LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS GAY?!!?
......
What ONT?
Somebody's gonna get fired.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:29 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 23, 2026 10:30 PM (Cqx++)
The evening winds down. Tomorrow early I'll exercise. In the evening there is a free concert with national artist Gretchen Wilson and local star Amanda Shaw on the riverfront in a suburban town we often visit. They've been having these free concerts with various artists all month on Sat. nights. Nothing next week 10/31, I believe, but tomorrow night should be cool.
Don't forget to do the clock thing on Sat. night next week. I always overlook one of my timepieces -- usually the one in the car. There's the microwave, coffee maker, two bedroom clocks, five watches, and my kitchen wall clock. And the TV, computers, and phone, but they reset themselves.
Oh, and the new AM/FM/shortwave radio. Who knows, it might reset itself too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 23, 2026 10:31 PM (wzUl9)
But HEY this California.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:31 PM (oq9dX)
https://youtu.be/8IN4KAIvWRI?t=43
The meme just before this isn't bad.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 23, 2026 10:32 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 23, 2026 10:32 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Downcast Danny
Are you 100 years old?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: Several Junk Drawers Worth Here at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (EdP2u)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (ENA4W)
Posted by: Joemarine
*
Was she the FIRST robot on a TV show?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 23, 2026
***
MLD was '64, I think, so a year before the Lost in Space robot. Robots had been featured on episodes of The Twilight Zone and maybe Outer Limits before that, but Julie's character was the first continuing robot character, I believe.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 23, 2026 10:33 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Archimedes
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It's grammatically correct. Shut f**k up would make no sense.
Or would mean something entirely different.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:34 PM (2UA/a)
It's so unfair. Best vet I've ever had.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 10:34 PM (qlLNh)
I'm absolutely flabbergasted at the news lately.
Ilhan Omar isn't her real name and she married her brother!
Lindsay Graham was gay!
Rioters in France are Muslin Immigrants Gone Wild, not disgruntled students.
Also, Barack O'Biden's troops tried to undermine Trump.
Shocka!
Posted by: mindful webworker - flab or gaston at October 23, 2026 10:35 PM (uQQoV)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 23, 2026
***
I dunno. The timeanddate.com website I consult about a lot of these things says DST ends this year 2:00 am local time on Nov. 1.
I was hoping they'd implement year-long *standard* time instead.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 23, 2026 10:35 PM (wzUl9)
This Canadian instrument maker turns a Fender branded cutting board into a Fender Stratocaster using bits and bobs he finds in his shop.
youtu.be/z1nferWOXQ8
Posted by: Kindltot at October 23, 2026 10:02 PM (rbvCR)
Oh, so it's gonna be a bob thread.
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 10:35 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 23, 2026 10:36 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Downcast Danny
***
Cutting school was never wasted time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 23, 2026 10:37 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 10:37 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
You morning people are insufferable and get my goat.
Posted by: Achmed at October 23, 2026 10:39 PM (EdP2u)
Posted by: Duude at October 23, 2026 10:39 PM (ujjRM)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 23, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Poor Pupil at October 23, 2026 10:40 PM (EdP2u)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 23, 2026
***
I dunno. The timeanddate.com website I consult about a lot of these things says DST ends this year 2:00 am local time on Nov. 1.
I was hoping they'd implement year-long *standard* time instead.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 23, 2026 10:35 PM (wzUl9)
House did. Senate punted themselves though the goalposts of their next vacation.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 23, 2026 10:41 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:41 PM (2UA/a)
Maybe boobs mean fecundity, but boobs have nothing to do with the sex bits, only the after bits (the post partum ones).
So is the main function of boobs to indicate "This is a female, and thus capable of giving birth"?
What about guys who don't want kids?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 23, 2026 10:41 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:42 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:42 PM (2UA/a)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 23, 2026 10:42 PM (7Pnfz)
Posted by: Your favorite vet at October 23, 2026 10:42 PM (ujjRM)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 23, 2026 10:42 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 23, 2026 10:27 PM (y171U)
She was serious competition for Dawn Wells on "Gilligan's Island", Barbara Eden on "I Dream of Jeannie" and Elizabeth Montgomery on "Bewitched". Truly a golden age of female broadcast pulchritude.
TV and movies have completely lost the plot when it comes to smoking hot babes who also appear to be prime wife material. See also: Florence Henderson in "The Brady Bunch" and Shirley Jones on "The Partridge Family". Even though my actual age demographic was aligned with with Marsha Brady and Laurie Partridge respectively (and sure, they were hot), I was all about the MILFs even then. I think Today's Youth refer to this as the "tradwife" look.
If a female character is supposed to be hot today, she's always or almost always skanked out.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 10:43 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: mindful webworker - "Rhoda Miller" was her name at October 23, 2026 10:44 PM (uQQoV)
https://tinyurl.com/5b34yu83
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 10:04 PM (l3cgK)
heh
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 10:44 PM (odBC9)
......
You're overthinking this.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:44 PM (oq9dX)
phrasing?
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Is your campaign raking in too much money?
I mean, the link tuit's missing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:45 PM (2UA/a)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
Grok knows all:
Evolutionary psychologists and biologists have proposed several related explanations for why this became a sexual signal:
Fertility and reproductive readiness: Breast development is a clear secondary sexual characteristic driven by estrogen at puberty. It signals that a woman has reached reproductive maturity. Fuller breasts are also associated (imperfectly) with higher body fat reserves, which historically correlated with the ability to support pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Honest signal of health and nutritional status: Maintaining permanent breast tissue requires metabolic resources. In ancestral environments, this could have indicated good health and access to food—traits relevant to mate choice.
Visual and sexual signaling: Unlike many other cues that are temporary or hidden, breasts are a permanent, highly visible feature. Once bipedalism and reduced body hair made the chest more exposed, selection may have favored traits that served as attention-drawing signals of femaleness and maturity.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:45 PM (4R/FS)
Posted by: Hubba Hubba! at October 23, 2026 10:46 PM (EdP2u)
Posted by: Don Black at October 23, 2026 10:46 PM (ZxPkt)
+++
It's the simple economic principle of scarcity.
From our perspective, they're in short supply.
https://youtu.be/WN9Qzof5yXk
Posted by: Guys everywhere at October 23, 2026 10:46 PM (ujjRM)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Heart fan?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
****
Ann and Nancy. Gretchen is a solo act, country.
Posted by: clarence at October 23, 2026 10:47 PM (uGXvC)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:48 PM (2UA/a)
Posted by: Hubba Hubba! at October 23, 2026 10:46 PM (EdP2u)
Yes, indeed. Whitney was especially delectable, IMO.
Also, we mustn't forget Mary Tyler Moore.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 10:48 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:41 PM (2UA/a)
Is that what they call it these days?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 23, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2026 10:49 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Can Pick'em at October 23, 2026 10:49 PM (EdP2u)
Unless you're female.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:49 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Corey Booker at October 23, 2026 10:50 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:45 PM (4R/FS)
In many (most, I think) other apes the female vulva becomes bright red or pink and swollen when she's receptive.
We may have lost that when we started wearing clothes.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 10:50 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Hey! Skanks need love too!
Well, some form of 'love' I guess.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:50 PM (4R/FS)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Retired people who get up a 5 AM are SICK! Never wanted to be one of the old bastards who go out to buy the paper before dawn!
Posted by: Sleep In!! at October 23, 2026 10:51 PM (EdP2u)
Posted by: Archimedes
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It's grammatically correct. Shut f**k up would make no sense.
Or would mean something entirely different.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:34 PM (2UA/a)
I'm betting that the wording is influenced by WTF, as in "WTF is this?"
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 10:53 PM (odBC9)
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why is grass green
why is the sky blue
why is water wet
IT JUST IS
Posted by: Don Black at October 23, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)
......
You're overthinking this.
Posted by: wth
I was struggling to come up with an answer. Yours is succinct and exact.
Posted by: mindful webworker - boo boo at October 23, 2026 10:54 PM (uQQoV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 23, 2026 10:54 PM (n7Dzq)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 23, 2026 10:55 PM (PV+Zw)
---
They can't contain themselves or Sherman, there goes the truce.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:55 PM (2UA/a)
I guess feet are far from the most disturbing fetish you could have in your browser history.
But still.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 10:55 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:56 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 23, 2026 10:12 PM
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Lol, comment of the week.
And while we're here, there's yet another rumor about Ilhan's identity. She might not have married her brother after all because she's Siad Barre's daughter. Well someone's getting clicks off it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 23, 2026 10:56 PM (mmrXZ)
From It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Russell Finch: Wait a minute, are you knocking this country? Are you saying something against America?
Algernon Hawthorne: Against it? I should be positively astounded to hear of anything that could be said FOR it. Why, the whole bloody place is the most unspeakable matriarchy in the whole history of civilization! Look at yourself, and the way your wife and her strumpet of a mother push you through the hoop! As far as I can see, American men have been totally emasculated. They're like slaves! They die like flies from coronary thrombosis, while their women sit under hairdryers, eating chocolates and arranging for every second Tuesday to be some sort of Mother's Day! And this positively infantile preoccupation with bosoms. In all my time in this wretched, godforsaken country, the one thing that has appalled me most of all is this preposterous preoccupation with bosoms. Don't you realize they have become the dominant theme in American culture: in literature, advertising and all fields of entertainment and everything. I'll wager you anything you like: if American women stopped wearing brassieres, your whole national economy would collapse .
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 23, 2026 10:56 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: m
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Same, same
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:57 PM (2UA/a)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 23, 2026 10:41 PM (qx7Zg)
Some Canadian provinces were thinking the US would finally get legislation through this year and announced they were going to stay put instead of changing (Saskatchewan has been doing that for years). Well, let's just say the North American time zone map is going to look a bit strange on November 1.
British Columbia will be aligned with US Mountain time and an hour ahead of the western states which observe Pacific time. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and western Ontario will be aligned with US central time.
So on November 1, when it's 9 a.m. in Seattle, 10 a.m. in Helena and Denver, and 11 a.m. in Minneapolis, it will be 10 a.m. in most of British Columbia and 11 a.m. all the way from near the BC/Alberta border to just west of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2026 10:57 PM (Q4MuG)
Posted by: Duude at October 23, 2026 10:39 PM (ujjRM)
_________________________
LMAO....I knew that was coming. I would have been disappointed if hadn't.
Posted by: Orson at October 23, 2026 10:57 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Tonypete
Boy! Talk about overthinking it!
https://youtu.be/PZTuIHH2-7s
Posted by: mindful webworker - mama at October 23, 2026 10:58 PM (uQQoV)
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why is grass green
why is the sky blue
why is water wet
IT JUST IS
Posted by: Don Black
.....
why do birds suddenly appear
every time you are near?
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Don Black at October 23, 2026 11:00 PM (ZxPkt)
why is the sky blue
why is water wet
IT JUST IS
Posted by: Don Black
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Japanese did not have the color green until they encountered the white man.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 11:00 PM (2UA/a)
----
why is grass green
why is the sky blue
why is water wet
IT JUST IS
Posted by: Don Black
.....
why do birds suddenly appear
every time you are near?
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)
hahahahaha
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:01 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 23, 2026 11:02 PM (Cqx++)
This is going to suck. Trust me on this.
We in Alaska used to have four time zones (hey, it's a big place). Now we have only two, one of which is limited to the extreme western Aleutians.
It. Sucks. Ass.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:02 PM (qlLNh)
......
I think it has something to do with slow dancing in Junior High.
I could be wrong.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:04 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 23, 2026 11:04 PM (RIvkX)
Could be raining.
Posted by: Igor at October 23, 2026 11:04 PM (/mANu)
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why is grass green
why is the sky blue
why is water wet
IT JUST IS
Posted by: Don Black
.....
why do birds suddenly appear
every time you are near?
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)
Man, she died so young:
Died
February 4, 1983 (age 32 years)
Karen Anne Carpenter
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:06 PM (odBC9)
I think it has something to do with slow dancing in Junior High.
I could be wrong.
Posted by: wth
Watch where you're putting those hands, buster!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 23, 2026 11:09 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Don Black
......
I'm sticking with Junior High dance over the Oedipal thing.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:09 PM (oq9dX)
Someone else here tonight mentioned that they are dealing with cold- or flu-like symptoms. Me, too, friend.
My nose is running like a fire hydrant spewing water all over a street. I'm getting too old for this crap.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 23, 2026 11:12 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:13 PM (s1VwS)
noun Psychoanalysis
(in Freudian theory) the complex of emotions aroused in a young child, typically around the age of four, by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and wish to exclude the parent of the same sex. (The term was originally applied to boys, the equivalent in girls being called the Electra complex.).
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:13 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Don Black
......
I'm sticking with Junior High dance over the Oedipal thing.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:09 PM (oq9dX)
Hot Cousin > Mom lust
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:13 PM (s1VwS)
They did however, eliminate leap seconds. The threat of a looming negative leap second scared them enough to do it. That's sort of moot now, as the earth's little speed-up around 2020 has come to end.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:14 PM (w6EFb)
Everytime
You walk by
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 23, 2026 11:02 PM (Cqx++)
__________________________
You all seem to be channeling Ogden Nash
The panther is like a leopard,
Except it hasn't been peppered.
Should you behold a panther crouch,
Prepare to say Ouch.
Better yet, if called by a panther,
Don't anther
Posted by: Orson at October 23, 2026 11:14 PM (dIske)
She must've been hitting the gym long before it was a common thing for women.
https://tinyurl.com/3xkcyjeh
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:14 PM (qlLNh)
Sounds like a fucking Brit projecting
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:16 PM (s1VwS)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 23, 2026 11:16 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:16 PM (qlLNh)
We did go to permanent DST in the early '70s under Nixon (energy crisis and all that). That lasted about a year. When clock time of sunrises was pushing 10AM in the western boundaries of the time zones at higher latitudes (looking at you Michigan and Indiana), that was too much, and they switched back.
I predict the same thing will happen again if they do go to permanent DST again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Sleep In!! at October 23, 2026 10:51 PM (EdP2u)
Cue the Four Yorkshiremen, with tales of having to get up an hour before they went to bed.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 23, 2026 11:17 PM (KTxSC)
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They can't contain themselves or Sherman, there goes the truce.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:55 PM (2UA/a)
This is literally why my church has a security team and why I'm on it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:17 PM (s1VwS)
A little webwork toon from 1995
You gotta throw a lot!
mindfulwebworks.com/headshop/03/lotta-rocks
Posted by: mindful webworker - rocks at October 23, 2026 11:18 PM (uQQoV)
( . ) ( . )
There, that will help
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo
......
Thanks for clearing that up.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:19 PM (oq9dX)
But I always go back to bed afterward.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:19 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Retired people who get up a 5 AM are SICK! Never wanted to be one of the old bastards who go out to buy the paper before dawn!
Posted by: Sleep In!! at October 23, 2026 10:51 PM (EdP2u)
So you don't have a dog?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:19 PM (s1VwS)
( . ) ( . )
There, that will help
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo
......
Thanks for clearing that up.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:19 PM (oq9dX)
I'm here to help
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:20 PM (s1VwS)
Tomorrow, the 24th, marks the 80th anniversary of the first picture of earth from space. It was from a camera aboard a V-2 rocket launched from White Sands back in 1946.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb)
Retired people who get up a 5 AM are SICK! Never wanted to be one of the old bastards who go out to buy the paper before dawn!
Posted by: Sleep In!!
Woukld it come as a surprise to you to learn that they get up early to go lick that day's offering of pastries at your nearby convenience store?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 23, 2026 11:20 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Mrs. B at October 23, 2026 11:21 PM (EdP2u)
( . ) ( . )
There, that will help
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo
https://tinyurl.com/mrrm7m4w
Posted by: Kindltot at October 23, 2026 11:21 PM (rbvCR)
Liked the pictures of her you linked. Looked so nice.
Posted by: mindful webworker - peace & comfort at October 23, 2026 11:22 PM (uQQoV)
We did go to permanent DST in the early '70s under Nixon (energy crisis and all that). That lasted about a year. When clock time of sunrises was pushing 10AM in the western boundaries of the time zones at higher latitudes (looking at you Michigan and Indiana), that was too much, and they switched back.
I predict the same thing will happen again if they do go to permanent DST again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)
Publius, do you have a preference for what would be best?
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:22 PM (odBC9)
https://tinyurl.com/mrrm7m4w
Posted by: Kindltot at October 23, 2026 11:21 PM (rbvCR)
Big mommy milkers
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:22 PM (s1VwS)
=====
Its all over the news, wall-to-wall coverage. The media is outraged. They won't leave the story alone.
/not this timeline
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 23, 2026 11:22 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:22 PM (oq9dX)
Dude 2: Well, I look in your yard and I see a dog house, a swing set and a bunch of toys, from which I deduce that you're probably a heterosexual with a family.
Dude 1: Oh, I get it.
Dude 3: Hey, Dude 1! Where have you been?
Dude 1: Dude 2 was explaining deduction to me.
Dude 3: How does that work?
Dude 1: Do you have a dog?
Dude 3: No.
Dude 1: Faggot.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:23 PM (qlLNh)
Tomorrow, the 24th, marks the 80th anniversary of the first picture of earth from space. It was from a camera aboard a V-2 rocket launched from White Sands back in 1946.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb)
wow
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:24 PM (odBC9)
It. Sucks. Ass.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:02 PM (qlLNh)
The western part of Ontario, which is much less populated, is on Central time, like Manitoba. When Manitoba announced its clocks were staying put, Ontario's government had the sense to say that the western part would stay aligned with Manitoba. Otherwise if it was 11:00 a.m. in Manitoba, western Ontario would be 10:00 a.m., and eastern Ontario would be 11:00 a.m.
And I was wrong with my first time description: On November 1, if it's 9 a.m. in Seattle, 10 a.m. in Denver, and 11 a.m. in Minneapolis, BC will be 10:00 a.m., Alberta and Saskatchewan 11:00 a.m., and Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec will be Noon.
Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2026 11:24 PM (Q4MuG)
The two vehicles are launched separately, on different rockets, and meet up in lunar orbit:
Vehicle – Orion (crew capsule, Launched by - NASA’s SLS,
Carries - All 4 astronauts to lunar orbit
Vehicle - Lander (Starship or Blue Origin), Launched by - SpaceX, or Blue Origin) winner of the contest*,
Carries - Two astronauts to and from the surface of the moon
* NASA plans to select the lander for the Artemis IV mission based on readiness following the Artemis III docking (con)tests in 2027.
NASA couldn't fuck up a soup sandwich more...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 11:24 PM (2UA/a)
Posted by: Kindltot
It's a little disturbing you keep posting that sideways pic. Is there something to that which I'm missing?
Posted by: mindful webworker - or what? at October 23, 2026 11:25 PM (uQQoV)
Here's a link to the bloody penguin game, for those so inclined...
https://www.numuki.com/game/bloody-penguin/
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 23, 2026 11:25 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:25 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:25 PM (s1VwS)
Yes, and that would be standard time. It's basically astronomical, really, of the definition of mean solar time. Noon means the sun is at transit, and seasonal variation aside, 6AM means "early morning", and 6PM means "near sunset".
The Equation of Time adds some variation, and then standard time zones themselves add some more variation, necessary so clocks can be reasonable synchronized in the modern world of fast travel, but I can tolerate that.
Jumping another hour on a whim about when you want the sun to set according to clock time vs the standard 8 - 5 work schedule is a bridge too far for me.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)
Tomorrow, the 24th, marks the 80th anniversary of the first picture of earth from space. It was from a camera aboard a V-2 rocket launched from White Sands back in 1946.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb)
___________
And all the Wehraboos will say the US stole all their ideas from captured German scientists because we're too stupid.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2026 11:26 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 23, 2026 11:26 PM (qlLNh)
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why is grass green
why is the sky blue
why is water wet
IT JUST IS
Posted by: Don Black
.....
why do birds suddenly appear
every time you are near?
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)
Does this song include Boobies and Great Tits?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 11:26 PM (l3cgK)
Does this song include Boobies and Great Tits?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
No, but it does provide clothes to you.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 23, 2026 11:28 PM (ixS3i)
If Isaacman was running NASA back then 20 years ago, it would be different. The current SLS fiasco is basically sunk cost fallacy, and the result of NASA becoming basically a congressional pork jobs program.
The reason Isaacman is going along with it is because of the Chicom threat of getting there first. To scrap the SLS crap and start with something reasonable, would add years to the timeline.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:29 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Don Black
......
I'm sticking with Junior High dance over the Oedipal thing.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:09 PM (oq9dX)
Hot Cousin > Mom lust
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 23, 2026 11:13 PM (s1VwS)
Do talk more about this Mom lust...
Posted by: Katy Porter Stout at October 23, 2026 11:29 PM (l3cgK)
Yes, there are antlers and manes but the overall body shape is the same. Humans are the exception.
I'm just trying to be less stupid. So when I report to my home planet, I mean, when I sleep the sleep of the stupid, I can dream unrestrained.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 23, 2026 11:29 PM (CHHv1)
We did go to permanent DST in the early '70s under Nixon (energy crisis and all that). That lasted about a year. When clock time of sunrises was pushing 10AM in the western boundaries of the time zones at higher latitudes (looking at you Michigan and Indiana), that was too much, and they switched back.
I predict the same thing will happen again if they do go to permanent DST again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)
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There's a reason we didn't have DST for 400 years.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 11:29 PM (2UA/a)
Well, at least our German rocket scientists were better than the Russians' German rocket scientists.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2026 11:30 PM (Q4MuG)
https://bit.ly/no-dst
Daylight Saving Time: The Simple Alternative
How free people would handle the seasons
Instead of the ludicrous and ignorant re-setting of clocks, how much harder would it be to say, on such-and-such days, businesses, schools, et al. shift to summer (or winter) hours Anyone can follow the gov't recommended (but not mandated) "shift" days if preferred. Just change the "business" hours for those that want to. Not the clocks.
[Farmers know standard time is reality.🐄 ]
Posted by: mindful webworker - reset your pets and livestock at October 23, 2026 11:31 PM (uQQoV)
Posted by: four seasons at October 23, 2026 11:31 PM (/QHx4)
Yes, and that would be standard time. It's basically astronomical, really, of the definition of mean solar time. Noon means the sun is at transit, and seasonal variation aside, 6AM means "early morning", and 6PM means "near sunset".
The Equation of Time adds some variation, and then standard time zones themselves add some more variation, necessary so clocks can be reasonable synchronized in the modern world of fast travel, but I can tolerate that.
Jumping another hour on a whim about when you want the sun to set according to clock time vs the standard 8 - 5 work schedule is a bridge too far for me.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)
Thank you!
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:31 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 23, 2026 11:32 PM (sKqQm)
We didn't have time zones until 1883, much less DST. Time was purely local, and basically local time was local mean (or apparent, actually in many cases) solar time.
This wreaked havoc with the railroads. Years earlier there was deadly accidents to clocks being set to different local time zones. A big one killed 14 when one train just slammed into another. Neither thought the other was supposed to be anywhere nearby.
And that made the railroads realize they had to use synchronized clocks. Thus, "Railroad Time" was born.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:34 PM (w6EFb)
Put your elbows out straight in front of you, fists up.
Walk towards that wall.
If your elbows touch first, we may get back to you.
Posted by: wth at October 23, 2026 11:34 PM (oq9dX)
Tomorrow, the 24th, marks the 80th anniversary of the first picture of earth from space. It was from a camera aboard a V-2 rocket launched from White Sands back in 1946.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb)
wow
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:24 PM (odBC9)
https://tinyurl.com/54xydus5
Posted by: Katy Porter Stout at October 23, 2026 11:34 PM (l3cgK)
We did go to permanent DST in the early '70s under Nixon (energy crisis and all that). That lasted about a year. When clock time of sunrises was pushing 10AM in the western boundaries of the time zones at higher latitudes (looking at you Michigan and Indiana), that was too much, and they switched back.
A sensible placement of the dividing line between the Eastern Time and Central Time zones in Michigan's Upper Peninsula would be to place the three easternmost counties in the Eastern Time zone, as they have the closest connection to the rest of the state.
All counties west of that longitudinal dividing line ought to be in the Central Time zone. There's a reason that the Green Bay Packers are the favorite team the further west you travel across the Upper Peninsula.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 23, 2026 11:36 PM (ixS3i)
And that became a bitch for the railroads to deal with. Internally, they all used their own standard time and kept their clocks in sync. But for the public, they had to convert that to dozens and dozens of local time "zones" all over the country at the major hubs.
Basically, local time just smoothly followed longitude. But at a major hub, they'd have to convert their own time to *dozens* of those different times.
Such was the power of the railroads they were able to do this with the states alone. The federal govt didn't even do it. It was only later, around 1918 when federal law basically rubber stamped what the railroads had already got the states to do.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)
Well, at least our German rocket scientists were better than the Russians' German rocket scientists.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)
; )
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:37 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 11:38 PM (l3cgK)
https://youtu.be/qKHqC8DDroE
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - ready for reset at October 23, 2026 11:39 PM (uQQoV)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 23, 2026 11:38 PM (l3cgK)
I was gonna say.
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:43 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:43 PM (odBC9)
Is your campaign raking in too much money?
I mean, the link tuit's missing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 10:45 PM (2UA/a)
CBD was wondering the same thing yesterday. No, I can't take any more money (not that my campaign can't use it). Because I'm taking state money, once I've gotten it, I can't accept any additional outside funding.
I'm still the underdog, but I'm making a real race out of it - I think. I'm campaigning all weekend this weekend.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 23, 2026 11:43 PM (0CU3H)
If so, I propose that the crew for one launch are buxom lasses in teeny-tiny bikinis, so show the effects of zero-G on unrestrained boobs. If there's a second, it can be guys picked to test something that women might like to see.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 23, 2026 11:45 PM (qx7Zg)
Tomorrow, the 24th, marks the 80th anniversary of the first picture of earth from space. It was from a camera aboard a V-2 rocket launched from White Sands back in 1946.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb)
wow
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:24 PM (odBC9)
https://tinyurl.com/54xydus5
Posted by: Katy Porter Stout at October 23, 2026 11:34 PM (l3cgK)
super cool
Posted by: m at October 23, 2026 11:47 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at October 23, 2026 11:47 PM (RJ9ZQ)
It was until about that time, call it 1900 really, that our own mechanical clocks became accurate enough to match the Erf's rotation. Up until then, the Erf was the most accurate clock we had. Some very accurate mechanical ones were developed for precision use (see master-slave vacuum pendulum clocks). But then came the atomic clock, which blew away previous accuracy limits, and that became the standard for uniform or "Newtonian time".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:47 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: 18-1
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Mexicans new in your part of the country?
Mexicans have always, from day one, been listed as white.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 23, 2026 11:51 PM (2UA/a)
By the start of 18th century, astronomers and physicists of the day began to suspect the Erf's rotation was not uniform, but varied a little bit. It was Halley who first noticed something in 1695, and then the evidence continued to mount. By the mid-1800s, it was all but confirmed. Definite proof only came in the early 20th, with observations using the most accurate clocks. I think deSitter had something to do with that.
Anyway that led to the creation of "ephemeris time", and I won't try to ramble on and on about the details of that. But then came atomic time, which became the standard for the defintion of the SI second.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:52 PM (w6EFb)
My mom looked a good bit like Florence Henderson, and it wasn’t complete coincidence. In our family we couldn’t help noticing that whenever Florence got a new hair do, Mom went out and got one to match it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 23, 2026 11:54 PM (jTKPp)
BO has paused the New Shepard flights for at least two years. They did this to concentrate on the serious business like New Glenn, the moon landers and such.
The Bimbos in Space riding a giant dick rocket t was just too over the top, I think.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 23, 2026 11:54 PM (w6EFb)
big day tomorrow
Posted by: Don Black at October 23, 2026 11:56 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: 18-1
He may be white. Mexicans are mixed race, Spanish and Indian, and some are no darker than an Italian. One of my relatives dated a MexicanAmerican man, who looked like most Americans. He was very dismissive of Mexicans who were darker. There was a word he used for them, I can't remember what it was. There was also a married couple I knew, where the husband was a doctor, and the wife was a former ballerina. You would have thought of them as white.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 24, 2026 12:01 AM (0Htd1)
Posted by: m at October 24, 2026 12:01 AM (odBC9)
Less scrolling, more strolling. Enjoying our beautiful Minnesota lakes.
---
Spencer Pratt@spencerpratt
She’s doing less scrolling because the FBI confiscated her phone LMAO
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:03 AM (2UA/a)
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 12:05 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: mindful webworker - or what? at October 23, 2026 11:25 PM (uQQoV)
Its a video. It is an auto-play for me. Sorry if it gets lost in translation between browsers, I hadn't realized it was an issue.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2026 12:06 AM (rbvCR)
--
Dated a Mexican woman who referred to them as mixtio if really displeased, Indian.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:06 AM (2UA/a)
Posted by: PabloD at October 24, 2026 12:07 AM (mXZsC)
Posted by: four seasons
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As they lead her to the plane I'm putting on, 'Oh, Happy Day', by the Rotary Connection.
On a loop.
Disgusting human she is.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:09 AM (2UA/a)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 24, 2026 12:01 AM (0Htd1)
It is true; Mexicans can be quite racist, and those with lighter skin tones are looked at more positively than those with darker skin tones. My skin is a pale brown right now (I don't, on purpose, get much sun; I'm too high at risk for skin cancer on my transplant meds), but I know I have black, white (European: north, south, east, west Europe), native, chinese, and jewish ancestry. All the non-European comes from Mom, and maybe 22% of European comes from Mom (Iberian, Basque, Italian)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:10 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: mindful webworker
--
Just turn your head to the side a bit.
It'll work out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:10 AM (2UA/a)
If those two gals think that men are intimidated by them, they are flattering themselves. I just see two silly girls who need to grow up and live in the real world. These are the type of people who, when they get a job, they think the employer is lucky to have them. They have no idea how easily replaced they are.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 24, 2026 12:11 AM (0Htd1)
Posted by: mindful webworker
--
Just turn your head to the side a bit.
It'll work out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:10 AM (2UA/a)
It's why all the guys' heads were sideways at the end...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:11 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:12 AM (2UA/a)
Up until ephemeris time, the second was just defined as 1/86,400th of a mean solar day. But in the '20s when they created ephemeris time, that had to come up with a different definition of the second, since the earth's rotation was variable. They defined as a certain fraction of the sidereal year, which later was changed to the tropical year (complicated reasons). To do so, they tried to make the new second be as close to the old second as possible.
At the time, Simon Newcomb's Tables of the Sun, was the Bible of "where the sun be at", which was compiled over decades of observations centered around the mid 1800s. Thus the new second became very close the mean solar second of 1850.
And then the atomic time second was defined to be very close to that, and finally here we are with the SI second.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 24, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)
Darker Mexicans called hueda. (sp?)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:12 AM (2UA/a)
I've not heard the slang...most of Mexican folks I was around were brown or darker. The white ones were called güeras.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:15 AM (l3cgK)
Darker Mexicans called hueda. (sp?)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:12 AM (2UA/a)
I've not heard the slang...most of Mexican folks I was around were brown or darker. The white ones were called güeras.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:15 AM (l3cgK)
https://youtu.be/ysB7PFO_rH8
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:17 AM (l3cgK)
Thought that was sweet.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:17 AM (2UA/a)
https://archive.org/details/my-living-doll_20210629_0924
Posted by: Effie Perrine at October 24, 2026 12:18 AM (Zr3aZ)
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Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 12:05 AM (/QHx4)
She still gets her cut from Omar the Tent Maker, dressmaker for the oversized, right?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 24, 2026 12:18 AM (qx7Zg)
Thought that was sweet.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:17 AM (2UA/a)
Anglos were called Gringos.
In HS, one of the teachers recounted being in Los Angeles and some black guys asked if he was a "Messy Can"...LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:20 AM (l3cgK)
Thought that was sweet.
Posted by: Braenyard
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A black lady that I worked with referred to the whiter workers as 'caucasoids'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2026 12:21 AM (XeU6L)
They hook their camper to their hearse, and head out.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 24, 2026 12:22 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 24, 2026 12:22 AM (5WPt1)
https://youtu.be/ysB7PFO_rH8
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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That's it. My spelling's a bit ~off.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:22 AM (2UA/a)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:15 AM (l3cgK)
I used to tell my co-workers:
Si busca una potra, mira a la potrera,
si busca sombra compre un sombrero
si busca un buey, hable un güero
IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE BUEY AND GUERO ARE PRONOUNCED ALIKE YOU SEE?
Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2026 12:22 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 12:23 AM (/QHx4)
So, that basically locked the definition of the SI second down to the earth's synodic rotation rate in 1850.
By 1972, when the UTC scheme was put into place, the earth's rotation period was about 86,400.003 SI seconds long. 3 milliseconds slow. So due to the leap second scheme they put it (for long reasons), that meant the eart would get about 1 second behind UTC every 333 days.
The max tolerance was set at 0.9s, with 0.6 being the practical limit to allow for any problems.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 24, 2026 12:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:24 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at October 24, 2026 12:25 AM (rsVfX)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:24 AM (l3cgK)
I am blondish. The Mexicans were taken a bit aback.
Spanish speakers from other countries laughed at the Mexican slang.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2026 12:26 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 12:26 AM (/QHx4)
_Kamala Harris
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:26 AM (2UA/a)
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 12:27 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: polynikes at October 24, 2026 12:27 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:15 AM (l3cgK)
I used to tell my co-workers:
Si busca una potra, mira a la potrera,
si busca sombra compre un sombrero
si busca un buey, hable un güero
IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE BUEY AND GUERO ARE PRONOUNCED ALIKE YOU SEE?
Posted by: Kindltot at October 24, 2026 12:22 AM (rbvCR)
In theory the BUE and GUE, are not, in practice, practically.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:27 AM (l3cgK)
On a loop.
Disgusting human she is.
Posted by: Braenyard
Geez, I wish there was some way that Trump could deport El-Sayed. I am so sick of his ads.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 24, 2026 12:28 AM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2026 12:21 AM (XeU6L)
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Let me show you the dance of my people on the primeval Pontic-Caspian steppe.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at October 24, 2026 12:28 AM (rsVfX)
_Kamala Harris
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:26 AM (2UA/a)
California has made my magazine capacity of 15 rounds illegal...but California doesn't know that. Should my ambition be to increase that capacity?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:29 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Cicero
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Steppe steps?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2026 12:31 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Cicero
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Steppe steps?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2026 12:31 AM (XeU6L)
Lower Steppe steps and Higher Steppe steps...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 24, 2026 12:31 AM (l3cgK)
Back then in 1972, the vagaries of high precision uniform time scales vs mean solar time and all that was not of any concern to the general public for civil time, it was only the province of navigators and astronomers.
So, there were interests on one side who wanted the UTC time scale to tick uniformly, but interests on the other side who wanted UTC to agree with mean solar time. The leap second scheme with the 0.9/0.6s tolerance was the compromise between those. You'll see that 0.9s thing would correspond to about 1 nautical mile error in celestial navigation calculations for longitude.
In the days where setting clocks for the public was mostly "At the tone, the time will be..." with about a minute accuracy, that jumping around occasionally with leap seconds was not a concern.
Then came computers.....and it became a big concern for the public through the damned things.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 24, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb)
_Kamala Harris
What's that phrase again? Oh, yeah, "delusions of grandeur".
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 24, 2026 12:35 AM (0Htd1)
Brings to mind something entirely different.
Shopping for land in Colorado west of Cotopaxi, Ex and I are with the salesman. At one spot overlooking a valley, I said, what a nice pasture. His response was, it's a meadow.
I didn't punch him, promise.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:35 AM (2UA/a)
_Kamala Harris
244
She speaks words of wisdom.
Posted by: four seasons
Let It Be
Posted by: Mother Mary(Jane) at October 24, 2026 12:37 AM (sdSI9)
It's so critical to them. Or, at least, it used to be.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:37 AM (2UA/a)
Omar is such a smug looking piece of shit.
Posted by: four seasons
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The smug is getting wiped off, and it's glorious.
Meanwhile, she claims to be the youngest of 7, but that rumored brusband is anywhere between 3 and 5 years younger than her. She's never given journalists a complete rundown of her siblings. It's going to be crazy when it shakes out. We may even be wrong about a few things -- but only because it's worse than we thought.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 24, 2026 12:37 AM (mmrXZ)
_Kamala Harris
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:26 AM (2UA/a)
That women is stupider than a pile of hot shit.
Posted by: Reforger at October 24, 2026 12:39 AM (Ae6Br)
They are all in this. NIST/USNO are all part of the international body that sets this stuff.
For all practical purposes, with GPS and all that, the need for UTC to agree with UT1 (the precise definition of the current mean solar time to very high precision) doesn't exist.
Nobody really depends on "ballpark" celestial navigation anymore. And if you do need it, UT1 is easily available. Back then, it wasn't. But now, anyone, via the internet can get UT1, TT, TAI, etc, etc easily.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 24, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)
Then came computers.....and it became a big concern for the public through the damned things.
Posted by: publius
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As an aside, the early PC's were not equiped with clocks of any sort. Anyone recall this? pic:
https://shorturl.at/nR0CB
https://shorturl.at/nR0CB
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 24, 2026 12:43 AM (XeU6L)
You can blame UNIX really, which hard coded 1 day = 86,400 seconds into the OS hard.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 24, 2026 12:44 AM (w6EFb)
I read that Omar is going to move out of her house because she no longer feels safe there.
Tough shit. Move back to your shithole country.
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 12:44 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2026 12:47 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 12:48 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Just buy another magazine and practice quick change.
I think they call it slam fire today but the original 1911 would
lock the slide open on the last round. Operator keeping the trigger depressed, while inserting a new magazine then thumbing the slide release it would fire.
Cavalry at arms was usually in a hurry to get down to business.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:49 AM (2UA/a)
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 12:50 AM (/QHx4)
So, in the middle of doing the deed, did her "husband" yell "Who's Our Daddy?!?"
Posted by: mikeski at October 24, 2026 12:53 AM (VHUov)
I think I remember seeing one. I remember every time you booted DOS you had to enter the date and time. :-)
I see the original price was about $250 for that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 24, 2026 12:53 AM (w6EFb)
One of the fun things about working for the Phone Company back in the day is we got to deal with nerds at Bell Labs. Some of the craziest stuff never made it to the market but there were crazy smart people everywhere.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 24, 2026 12:55 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: mikeski at October 24, 2026 12:56 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 12:56 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 24, 2026 01:05 AM (5WPt1)
Cheers...
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2026 01:07 AM (rdVOm)
Tough shit. Move back to your shithole country.
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 12:44 AM (/QHx4)
She found a homeless camp that will accept her, so she can adapt in stages to what awaits her in Somalia?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 24, 2026 01:07 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 01:08 AM (/QHx4)
_Kamala Harris
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 12:26 AM (2UA/a)
I don't have a problem with this statement, generally. Let's sign it differently, for a moment:
"Never let someone else's limited ability to see your capacity be a limitation on your ambition."
_J.K. Rowling
That would fit her circumstances pretty well and would be not-bad general advice. (The "never" is debatable, but we're talking simple truisms.)
Posted by: m at October 24, 2026 01:08 AM (odBC9)
UNIX for servers
Mac for graphics
Windows for solitaire
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)
Minesweeper...
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 24, 2026 01:08 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 01:09 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at October 24, 2026 12:44 AM (/QHx4)
I've been trying to figure out "why," exactly. Not paying attention to the reasons she gives.
Posted by: m at October 24, 2026 01:10 AM (odBC9)
In hindsight, the way to have done it is separate uniform time/SI/atomic time from the notion of civil time.
Computers would run internally on atomic time (which should be Terrestrial Time (TT) -- currently there's a mishmash of TT vs TIA vs GPS time, all ticking at atomic rate, but with different relative offsets to historical crap of epoch set points and all that).
NTP would disseminate TT to all systems. All time stamps, file times, event time, etc, etc would be recorded in TT.
Now, for what time you display to the user, we'd define a simple civil time scale I'll call UT3. This would simple a smoothed version of mean solar time that simply tracked the secular slowing of the earth's rotation.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 24, 2026 01:10 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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When the balloon goes up it will be, get the clock, where's the clock, get it now.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 24, 2026 01:12 AM (2UA/a)
Surprises me how much time I spend here, really. I *should* be doing other things but... ugh, need a break!
Still, don't have time for gaming.
Posted by: JQ at October 24, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)
So, the time of day, and the display time for any internal file time stamps would be displayed to the user as UT3, adjusted to the local time zone.
This is the same as it is now. Internally, it runs on UTC, and just displays local time. UT3 would be exactly the same.
Now, computers would be tracking true uniform time, all differences and all that would be in those units, and the "label" displayed to the user would be adjusted to agree with mean solar time to within a few minutes at worst.
To do this now, however, would be an enormous retrofit. Something like this has been proposed and might one day be the way things work, but not for legacy equipment.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 24, 2026 01:13 AM (w6EFb)
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