HM, hardest hit.
What would Bob the Builder have to say about this?
Feet first into the wood chipper.
Stay safe, East coast Glibbies.
That’s it for now. Back to entertaining guests with a rousing game of smash liver.
I’ll just leave this here.
Saturday night links of I have company
Talk about hanging one over the plate for you…
Yeah, that curveball didn’t break.
That is a rather salty pic.
So it’s not just you eating ass that you’re into. You like watching farm animals eating ass as well?
Has anyone ever seen HM and the horse together? I didn’t think so. Coincidence?
That goes without saying.
“I love you Lois.”
LOL pay no attention to the Chinese and Indians behind the curtain.
What? The peoples behind over 1/3 of the global CO2 emissions? What could they possibly have to add to the discussion?
+1000’s of new coal-fired plants? More emissions than the US & Europe together put out in the last 100 years?
Oh, an article for my ilk. The idea that any police department does NOT have in its policy manual something about establishing a rapport with callers is so difficult to believe as to be laughable. And, yeah–the thought of being flippant on some calls on the final day of work for an agency is common enough. But, to actually do it, and, on an emergency call?
Plus, I doubt that’s a tort for the family. The only thing I can think of is to keep Debbie (former) Dispatcher’s name in the mail, and, ask training centers to incorporate that call into curricula about how NOT to do the job.
We’ll know if she mysteriously drowns.
Excellent point.
Last shift after giving her 2 weeks. Nothing will happen.
I would love to know where this woman was planning to work after her dispatcher job. Giving 2 weeks notice implies that she actually cares about her employment history, so…
Odessa post office?
What’s the cost of hempcrete relative to the regular stuff I wonder.
And how much is the government subsidizing it?
I also wonder about it’s structural soundness.
Nothing to worry about!
I wouldn’t put a house on that:)
A guy who is in the Hemp biz told me it “is the strongest concrete”. Not sure I buy that, but hey, it was good enough for the Romans. I am sure research is out there somewhere.
We should revert to Roman style plumbing too. Lead pipes are virtually maintenance free.
And roads. Nobody needs roads with multiple lanes.
Imagine if an article actually addressed the practical use of the product. Would be nice to see some technical detail. Appears to be a type of fiber cement.
I wonder about it is structural soundness, too.
Crusty: thanks for the comedian recommendations. I watched Bert Kreischer, and enjoyed it. I’ll try the others as well. If you have more, keep them coming.
Alright, I’m here for a bit. I didn’t know how today was going to go, so I threw the links together earlier today. Us guys are drinking Manhattans and watching college ball, and the ladies are out under the willow tree. Perfect.
I’m going to be a bad person. I really feel for you guys in Florida that are about to get bitch slapped by Gaia again, but this has to be said.
GO BRONCOS!!!!!
Christ, isn’t that the school with the stupid blue field?
SMURF TURF, BABY!!! And coming out of halftime 18 points down, they beat FSU by five.
Jesus. FSU lost to fucking Boise State? Shame.
Don’t be a hater, BP. Don’t be a hater.
I got 4 giant short ribs. 3 lbs each, boneless. Still haven’t figured out what I’m doing yet.
Still haven’t figured out what I’m doing yet.
The correct answer is always some variation on “I’m eating the sh*t out of it.”
I mean…. how…
If I make pastrami, it won’t be ready for a week.
Costco had some beautiful prime today. Got some filet for the girls and a gorgeous tomahawk ribeye for me.
I almost got the prime tomahawk. Great deal.
I ended up getting the 15 pack of thin sliced ribeyes instead. Plus, 2 packs of Brussels sprouts and some dry scallops.
Oh, plus the garlic bread. They got me on the samples.
Out of curiosity, what was the price of the tomahawk? $12.99 here.
12.99 was the price for the USDA prime bone in ribeye.
Most of Costco’s meat suppliers are midwestern, so I can’t imagine it being any cheaper here.
Most of the steaks were running about 15-18 bucks. If I had room in the fridge, I would have bought a few.
Maybe next week.
I got myself this for my 40th birthday:
https://www.ottogrills.com
Congrats!
Both on turning 40 and that grill!
Sweet! What did the grill run you?
Ooooh – want!
*goes back to site and looks
$1200 bucks, ya, going to have to save up for that one.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Otto, and Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday Playa!
Also, here in NYC, Costco sells those tomahawks for $15.99 but often discounts them down to $9.99 specials. A few weeks ago, we found a couple dozen packs of skirt steaks (normally $12.99) mislabeled as pork loins for $1.69. We still have a bunch in the freezer.
Once the Boise game was over, we went to our favorite bar and grill, and had and late lunch/early dinner.
A certain game is on right now, but my internet is a little spotty. Maybe I should have switched back to FIOS. They were offering 500/500 for $54 a month.
We just got back from the Stanford – Northwestern game. Our beloved Wildcats refused to let Stanford give them the game and lost ignominiously. We were down 10-7 with 30 seconds left, with the ball, so at least the possibility of taking the ball into field goal range and going into overtime, but No! Our new five-star QB fumbled the ball backwards into the end zone, and Stanford fell on it for a TD, not only making it a much worse-sounding 17-7, but also meant we didn’t cover the spread as a result!
Oh well. College football still is the best. Awesome tailgate with great steaks, bourbon, beers, and old college friends, more than made up for losing. Not many other sports can bring people together like that.
Dang that sounds nice. We have a EF- family get together (Lord H is gracious enough to host with me sometimes) tomorrow. I made cupcakes for the occasion, and lots of ice to come. My goal before people get here is to tire the dog out enough so she won’t charge at visitors at the door every chance.
I can’t tire my dogs out enough.
Sounds like a great time! My wife’s best friend and her guy have been here for a couple of days. Good times.
I’m hoping to run a few miles in the AM. By the way, we saw one of these at the dog park today – all the other dogs worshiped it.
whoops
Great dogs. Except they die really young.
I’m too much of pussy to handle that.
Yeah, seven years doesn’t work for me.
My friend that recommended the mix in, almost exclusively adopts Great Danes. Usually older ones that need re-homing. I don’t know how she does it. She says, I want them to have a happy home, especially in their older years. She always has pet insurance, but I can’t imagine her premiums.
Tell me about it. 12 isn’t even long enough for me.
We have a little pit bull/collie/dachshund mix that is a bundle of energy that tends to chew random electrical items when left alone. I would take that bugger out for 2 hour walks and it wasn’t enough (I can’t run due to knees). The one thing that works – a lacrosse stick and a tennis ball. He’s trained to bring it back and drop it right in the stick. Half an hour/45 minutes of that and he’s done.
There was a great dane that used to visit the same dog park in Germany that we went to. Dog’s name was Colonel (it was a general’s dog, and according to the general “I can’t have a dog that out ranks me”). That dog was the police officer of the dog park – any time a dog started getting unruly, Colonel would just go stand over it. That was enough to stop any misbehaving.
I thought I liked you Spudalicious… I thought I liked you.
The weather is lovely. I’ve taken Babs for three walks today and may do a fourth (my foot is finally feeling better). But right now, I’m enjoying a margarita.
Cheers, Tulip!
The weather here has been absurdly nice, as well. Moderate temps, low or no humidity. Perfection.
Of course it just means that God is teeing us up for a brutal ass winter.
How’s Babs?
Nice here too except the wind is blowing the wrong way so my window fan is useless.
/1st world problems
Can’t you open everything on the other side to get proper flow?
He lives in NYC. He only has one side that has windows.
He has neighbors. Open the fucking windows and doors!
Ackchually I have windows on 3 sides. And I do get a cross-breeze but it’s kind of weak at the moment. In the winter, it roars through….
Oh and the wind has stopped now so the fan is doing its work again.
She still stumbles occasionally, but it isn’t getting worse, so I’m just watching it. If it gets worse, I’ll take her to a neurologist.
Babs has always needed a little encouragement to eat, but since putting her on Rymadol it has become a real problem, even with giving her pepcid (the drug can upset the dog’s stomach). A friend at work suggested Chewy.com’s super blend mixins. OMG that stuff is a miracle! I tried giving her two little pieces and the second bounced under the couch. She dropped flat and tried to crawl under the couch after it. I put a little on her food and she is scrambling to eat. Wow. What’s really surprising to me is that it doesn’t stink up the house. Usually, favorite treats are incredibly stinky.
Nice! I’m glad to hear she’s doing well.
Remind, me – where did you get her? How old?
She’s 8 and she’s from an Orlando track, but I got her through a Virginia greyhound rescue group. They worked with the Orlando track.
There must be a ton of them available now, with all the closings.
My sister has two from the Wisconsin track. Great dogs, but plenty of issues.
I fucking hate dog racing.
Actually, they are over subscribed. It’s hard to get a greyhound right now. I have neighbors that got a second only because they were willing to take off work at the last minute to get him.
Greyhound rescue has been incredibly successful, more than 95% of retired racers were adopted before the Florida ban. Not that I’m complaining about the ban. I also have no problem banning dog fighting.
Quirks, I call the issues. But one is that she has always needed encouragement to eat.
I’m lucky, I don’t think she was ever mistreated because she loves people. Some are clearly afraid of men in ball caps, or men with Hispanic accents. Seriously. But not Babs. She thinks ALL people are her friends and want to let her.
Good for you for adopting a loser.
Sorry, just bitter because I probably dropped fiver on your dog.
*covers Babs’ ears* HEY! She won three races. (You don’t need to know how many she ran in).
Good for you for adopting a loser.
That’s what my exe’s friends said to her after we got married.
I never actually bet much on the dogs, but I once put $5 on an 80-1 shot, just for the hell of it.
Wound up with $400.
Give Babs my best.
For CPRM, I know you don’t like this kind of talk about pets. I lost my dad a few years ago. Yet, I’m more likely to talk about my late lamented cat and more likely to talk about my dog’s health issues than my mom’s. This isn’t because I care more about the pets, but because it’s easier to talk about. I think that for me, it’s a proxy for talking about people I’ve lost. I’ve thought about what you’ve said, and this is my conclusion.
This is good news.
Looks like there’s another mass shooting in progress. This sounds like a particularly weird one though:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-shooting-midland-odessa
Supposedly more than one person is a shooter but who the hell really knows in situations like this.
Some of the mail trucks around here are armored.
When did you move to Damascus?
Not to belittle what’s happening here, but it seems like we’ve been through this before.
Edmond Oklahoma. Post office mass shooting. The day that “disgruntled worker” and “going postal” were coined.
1986!!
1986 was no 1783.
There can be only one.
There’s actually a new one.
/wrong thread, foo’! 😉
Sadly, that was just the ‘beginning’.
But yeah, it definitely started “going postal”.
Dang. That’s quite a list.
Makes me want to compare with stats of FedEx shootings.
Which of the two have government unions?
The sorting plant that I work at has a “Quiet Room”.
Critics say organizers are white-supremacists whose intent is to bait members of the LGBT community in one of America’s most liberal cities, and have arranged demonstrations to oppose it.
We’ll teach them not to try to bait us by angrily gobbling up their bait!
Go away–‘baitin!
This would imply that the intent of Gay Pride parades is to bait the “straight community”. Or something.
Whatever… it’s all so fucking tedious and stupid out there.
Preferring monogamous vaginal sex is indicative of white supremacy now? Also, the main guy in that picture: not white.
The wacky Stanford band’s halftime show today was all about mocking the Straight Pride parade concept. So stunning and brave, they were.
Tell your liver to shut up and mind its own business.
Fucking livers.
Who died and made them the boss?!?
So this guy died yesterday. I thought he was cool.
That makes more sense. Yesterday, I was wondering how someone makes it all the way to 78 and then drowns.
His credit in Conan the Barbarian is “Pictish Scout”, so I assume that means he’s this guy?
I believe you are correct.
All male? NO WAY!! THEY MUST BE MONSTERS!!!
Has the SPLC named Antifa a hate group yet?
Someone asked about my Fenix ammo post earlier. https://fenixammo.com/
I saw someone talking about them on twitter – Maj Toure (https://twitter.com/MAJTOURE/status/1163254860642492422)
Just ordered a box – should be able to shoot it next Saturday. Haven’t seen it in the stores around here or at classicfirearms – where I did just buy a 10rd mag.
i think the Beauty and the Beta livecast / podcast has Fenix as a sponsor. I don’t know if the have any discounts.
Got a 5% off coupon after making my first order. It’ll help since the next one will probably be significantly larger.
This Straight Pride Parade doesn’t look so straight.
What a shit show.
Wrongthink pride parade?
Pretty much. More from the article on the counter-protesters:
“We’re here out of love NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY CITY!”
“You see, a
pimp’sprog’s love is very different from that of a square.”U-P-G-A-Y-E-D-D
Is that the love between a man and a woman, or the love of a man for a fine Cuban cigar?
This whole thing is so obviously trolling and everyone is chasing that laser-pointer like mad.
Well, with yet another shooting that the media is furiously fapping to, I’m glad I pulled the trigger (pun intended) on buying this yesterday.
https://www.centuryarms.com/c308-sporter-308-w-original-wood-furniture.html
Got the synthetic furniture though.
Nice:)
I’ve always admired the CETME; the roller-delayed blowback is so unique. I know Century has a mixed reputation, but I got it for such a steal I couldn’t pass it up.
I got an early Century built L1A1 with a Imbel receiver and it has been a good gun. The late r ones had issues. Seems like quality control is their weakness.
It’s pretty sweet. I have a SIG 716 .308. Just took it to the range yesterday morning. Perfect weather. I really like it. Still need a scope and bi-pod. Will wait until bonus in 6 months and get something nice. Just been waffling on the magnification range.
Great…
I was eyeing those up on GB last week.
I ended up with 2 pistols though.
What pistolas?
A Kimber and a Sig. Don’t worry, I’ll show them off alongside some steaks in the very near future.
Silicone Saturday sez cheers to the weekend!
https://tinyurl.com/y25xps36
Just say no to implants and adblocker blockers.
https://archive.li/6gFoa/4e36bd196a52bb67aeebcdb0dde3040ca9b36cef
Good Lord;)
Just got back from a run to downtown to pick up wine out of our storage unit. We’re going to open shit that will annoy Spud. Red, French, aged, and not sourceable in the US.
Hey dude, glad it’s her friends. When I saw the links post, I worried that it was her sister.
I would think that a storage unit in Phoenix in the summer wouldn’t be so great for wine…
That’s why we go downtown instead of a local place. The downtown one has a temperature controlled 55°F cellar specifically set up for wine.
Ah.
She’ll probably wait to fuck up Christmas.
Anyone have a diagnostic tachometer that they like? Something that would work for a variety of engines (including cars) that doesn’t say SnapOn?
Quit being a gear-head and buy a table saw.
I used to have both a Powermatic 66 and a Ryobi BT3100. Sold them both, no regrets.
Besides, my buddy lives close and has a great woodshop for the very infrequent times I need a table saw.
Now, a track saw on the other hand…
So, I have been scrolling through the OK Cupid doubletake thing. You see pictures and click like or not. And this guy popped up. He’s either in a hotel room or he has extremely 90s taste and it looks like he’s unbuttoning his shirt. I can’t do it justice. It is such an over the top gay porno scene that my immediate take is, are you sure you’re not gay? Cause, he shouldn’t show up in my feed if he’s gay.
OK, you gotta post that. Imgur or something.
No. I’m not going to post anyone’s picture without permission
Once it’s on The Intertubes it’s fair game post away.
Buzzkill.
You have my permission to post his picture.
Here he is
https://media.tenor.com/images/6a08ed08ca1b2f501b093aa803504396/tenor.gif
Get in on the ground floor
He’s your avatar.
So hi, there, Tulip. I think you’re going to dig me. I’m a very sexy guy.
ehh, goddammit. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0f/f8/1b/0ff81bfb9f63382d3daea10171968eb5.jpg
That’s astonishingly close
ha loser
The end of this reminded me of your horror stories:)
https://youtu.be/n8o5rPyu6dU
Yep. I have not, knock wood, received any dick pics yet
That’s good:)
We can fix that.
Not even clothed, but in a discernibly turgid state?
Here ya go
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=867&ei=ERNrXaKxJYb3-gSnp6DADA&q=richard+nixon&oq=richard+nixon&gs_l=img.3..0l10.4204.7111..7484…0.0..0.727.7687.5-5j6……0….1..gws-wiz-img.XI7fFpKXXc4&ved=0ahUKEwji_d2dsa7kAhWGu54KHacTCMgQ4dUDCAU&uact=5
e-mail address?
I feel your pain. Here’s the sort of crap I have to endure in the online dating world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beaAAeej5iA
Clown World!
HONK HONK!
WTF is glitter goth?
Black glitter?
What and when is the next fad?
In the future, every sentence with begin with the words: As a ….
As a same-gender-loving man…
As a non-binary necrophiliac…
As a genderfluid, polyamorous trans-cyborg…
As a sequential hermaphrodite from the Horsehead Nebula…
As a herpaderpa geeble gobble google flagga bagga…
Gender, gender preference, preferred pronoun and preferred Starbucks drink. They really should throw their safe word and every topic that triggers them in there too.
I guess the good news is that if they mention any of those things in their profile you can automatically filter them out.
When I browse tinder, I swipe left on anyone that lists their preferred pronouns.
“As a short, fat man I think that Denver is 450 miles away.”
“As a short, fat man I think that The Cowboys are the NFL team representing Dallas.”
“As a short, fat man I think that it is a bit cloudy today.”
It gets very tedious and a large reason why I pay no attention to modern conversation.
It’s all very immature.
“Critics say organizers are white-supremacists whose intent is to bait members of the LGBT community in one of America’s most liberal cities, and have arranged demonstrations to oppose it.”
I liked the good ol’ days when people mostly minded their own business. Idiots baiting idiots alright. Oh, and then there is the charge of white supremacy (huh? Straight is white supremacy?) Once they lay that steaming turd out it is safe to ignore them.
JFC, the only measurable effect of global warming is hysterical human behavior.
“…to mitigate the greenhouse gases behind global warming.”
See that? Standard MO now to just assume that there is warming (there is not) and assume that CO2 is the driving factor (it isn’t). Listen up dumbfucks: the whole point of cement is high compression strength and it is non-biodegradable. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I don’t know about the woodchipper. That might be a little overboard but that callous cunt does need to be looking for a different line of work.
“…could be one of the strongest storms in decades…”
I await the shrieking and howling splitting hairs about how Trump is wrong. “Trump is a liar! Treason! Obstruction! This one is 140mph, Katrina was stronger! ‘Peach fotyfie!!!!”
“We know they are trying to bait us so rather than ignore them we must dance to their tune like a marionette.”
Exactly.
I blame Stinky Wizzleteats for alerting me to this awful channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN1kAfzHjLU
Ratio’d and disabled comments- no surprise there
Terrible innit?
It sure is great that the wife of one of the richest men in history is waging a lonely battle to uplift the oppressed women of the US.
“Eh, at least it gets her out of the house and off my back.”
-Bill Gates, probably
Ya, can’t watch that. Stupid af.
Stupid library is closed for the whole three day weekend. We ended up at the used bookstore and I bought 10 books for under $50. That should hold me over for a bit.
Whadja get?
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/4HecUuqyQeap_PHcZRA8lA.GRUEeO-V5jbrSZZPpAKL1D
“Glory Road” is a good book.
Nice haul. Some good ones in there.
The Pratchett looks interesting. I gotta get deeper into Discworld.
Gender Traitor, you’re relatively new to Discworld?
Pyramids isn’t bad, but it’s a stand alone story. I would suggest (especially as someone being on this site) you (and everyone else) go through the Guards cycle:
Guards! Guards!
Men at Arms
Feet of Clay
Jingo
The Fifth Elephant
Night Watch [Best book in the series, but it requires some background on the characters]
Thud!
Snuff
Thanks! Yes, I’m ashamed to say that Colour of Magic is the only Discworld novel I’ve read so far, though my sis gave hubby copies of several others a few years back. I’ve just never been much of a fantasy reader, though Good Omens is one of my all-time faves. Closest I’ve come to fantasy lately has been devouring Jodi Taylor’s don’t-call-it-time-travel-but-it’s-really-time-travel series Chronicles of St. Mary’s, and that’s really more history than fantasy.
I appreciate you narrowing down the vast Discworld catalog to a not-so-daunting selection.
Read them all. In order if you can.
Those are in book published order. Man at Arms has a bit of UK badness about guns, and Guards! Guards! is a bit rough, but Vimes is one of my favorite characters throughout the Discworld novels, with only Death/Susan being my second favorite.
kinnath: I agree with the sentiment, but I think even you can agree Colour of Magic and the Light Fantastic are a bit rough around the edges, When it’s a newcomer to the series, I’ll generally recommend going through one cycle (Witches, Watch, or Rincewind).
Death I save for those who have the background or have made it through one of the earlier cycles. I think everyone here should hate the Auditors.
Just put a hold on the e-book of Guards! Guards! from the local library’s website. If it takes too long to become available, I may spring for it for keeps…after the end of this credit card billing cycle. Just paid for most of our big-deal vacation for the year, and I’m afraid to look at my balance just now.
Small Gods is totally stand alone and a perfect book.
I think the wizards are the weakest of the lot, but I adore all the other books and refuse to choose between the witches, the guards, death and Susan, or the technology books as being best.
Just read them all. And then read them again.
Also, Hogfather must be read every year at Christmastime.
Gender Traitor: I just looked over my bookcase, I do have two copies of the standalone Moving Pictures (British cover edition). It’s most well known for introducing Gaspode the Wonder Dog!
If you’d like to sell one of your copies, how much would you like for it?
Gender Traitor: One of the copies was a gift to me, from someone who didn’t know I already had a copy. I have no issue passing it along. If anyone wants it, hit me up at my handle at the mail of Google. I will give Gender Traitor first dibs though.
Muchos Gracias! E-mail sent, and I hope I’m not too late.
That’s a nice batch, Sean. Might have to try the Keene book.
Can’t beat the Heinlein.
There’s an awesome used book store down the street from my house. One of my favorite finds in there was a one-book compilation of issues of a literary magazine called The Chap Book from 1895 – 1897. Some nice short stories, poems, and articles in there, and the ads are interesting too (including one for a meat-based fitness drink called Vigoral – has a picture of a dude with a mustache in a singlet lifting a big barbell).
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/20/brexit-democracy-peterloo-referendum-betrayal
The folk at Peterloo would slap the fuck out of this asshole, and tell him that people today have no idea how good they have it.
Interesting how this sentiment went from “politicians should not tax and regulate me” to “Gimme Free Shit” and “Ban the people and stuff I don’t like”
Uncle Owen, how could you!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Brown_(actor)
I think it’s good to remember how much worse things could be…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxbswOQWolc
Hill Dawg! Aroo!
Were is the money and power to be gained by claiming that everything is fine?
Wife’s out of town so bachelor weekend for the Almighty to go wild. So far today I haven’t showered, I’ve barely left the couch, I watched the Buckeyes and some YouTube, and I just ordered a pizza. Later I plan to go to bed early. Party animal!
I’ll bet you’re not even using coasters for your beverages. Rock on.
Weird how often freedom involves sleep…
So true. I got home from the shooting range yesterday with plans but ended up napping all afternoon: I did go out last night for a few hours for some football and brews but that’s the extent of it. Not complaining. R&R is nice.
I misread that at first as “weird how often freedom involves sheep”.
Let your freak flag fly, Ted’s!
See, I read it to mean that you were the one being freaky.
No porn? You’re dead to me JB.
I didn’t mention breathing either. That doesn’t mean I’m not doing it. No different than every other day.
Humblebrag: my gf will watch porn with me.
The only couple of times I did that, the porn lasted about 30 seconds before reality took over the show.
“You like THAT????”
His wife is into horses.
Meaning it achieved it’s goal.
Tinder time.
Party on dude!
https://www.aier.org/article/how-twitter-corrupting-history-profession
I know I can best express my thoughts on complex subjects in 250 characters or less.
I only need 10.
Tits or GTFO
That’s 12, unless you’re not going to use spaces.
You give social media way too much credit, do you actually live in the real world?
Seriously, what a waste of time the Twitter’s are,..
They’ve never heard of internet forums?
I sympathize with Magness, but expecting a attempting to lead a discussion on social media that comports to the norms and expectations of scholarship is a fool’s game. People, even scholars, don’t communicate on Twitter like they do at an academic conference because it is not an academic conference. It’s like complaining someone didn’t cite a source according to APA style during a cocktail party conversation – it’s not only the wrong place, but people would resent any attempt to moderate expression according to the norms of the scholarly method. I mean, I could spend all my time debating linguistic relativism with Steven Pinker or John McWhorter on Twitter. I would even relish the chance to “own” them with some spicy memes, but what would I gain? There is no section that I can list Twitter spats on my CV as an example of my intellectual contributions to my discipline.
That having been said, I see an opportunity for an entrepreneur to create a platform, such as Magness describes, in which posts are moderated for scholarly standards and membership limited to credentialed, working scholars to weed out the crackpots. Who’s up to Kickstart this with me?
That’s a damn good idea, here’s a virtual thousand bucks.
Eh it will be Deplatformed due to white supremacist views unless it is full prog.
It’s academia. Do you think it would be anything other than fart-sniffing?
I expect a huge research paper on how fart sniffing was something slave-owners did so therefore HM is a Nazi and Glibertarians should be banned.
There is no section that I can list Twitter spats on my CV as an example of my intellectual contributions to my discipline
Try harder!
I’m Bob the builder and I approve Hemp in a forms!
All forms, Hello from San Dimas!
Fiberweed:
https://youtu.be/9S7AMveTOLQ
Lizard weed!
Be careful, Yusef: I hear that strange things are afoot at the Circle K.
/obligatory Bill & Ted reference, since CPRM is here right no
I was gonna say the same, thing!
Excellent!
Yusef, God of HVAC,
I have wondered for years why household refrigerators are the way they are.
What if the in-house fridge was a box, perhaps built-in, and the refrigeration mechanism was outside?
Standard refrigerators have the heat exchanger at the rear and are pushed back against the wall to allow minimum intrusion. The design means that the device must be held back from the wall to allow for airflow and that all of the heat generated is inside of the house.
What if the compressor/heat exchanger unit was outside of the house? No heat, no noise. All that would be required would be a couple of insulated copper lines.
This seems like a simple idea but, outside of commercial installations, is unknown.
Thoughts?
I think the cost per unit would be prohibitive. It’s more time/labor efficient to build them in a factory as a single unit than to have workmen of differing abilities and experience building them in place. Besides, the single, block unit is probably better insulated and much more energy efficient.
If anyone cares possible spoilers for the new Star Wars movie.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/cxmfsv/the_basic_plot_of_episode_ix_the_rise_of/
I think that certain YouTubers will be having a field day…
I haven’t actually watched a Star Wars movie since Return of the Jedi. I do look forward to Mr. Plinkett’s review of this one though.
I still can’t get over the Vader retcon.
#meneither
Saw a few scenes of I or II, wasn’t interested.
I only got halfway through the last one. Thought the Han Solo flick was OK, though.
I do find it interesting that because the Last Jedi was so divisive it will be talked about for years but Solo is considered to be mediocre and flopped and I wonder how many years will Star Wars fans get into heated arguments over it.
Maybe Rian Johnson had a point, LOL.
I will point out that Mr. Plinkett’s Phantom Menace review came out 10 years later…
Solo’s problem was that it was rushed. Han meeting Chewie should have been more than just a 5 minute scene that was mostly fighting, etc.. It didn’t help that they switched directorial horses mid-stream.
That having been said, I hated the prequels when they came out, but watching them again, particularly with my daughter, I’ve gained an appreciation for them.
You Know who else hated a movie and in later years began to like them?
Not Charlie Kirk?
And that does remind of the many annoying things about the internet is that everyone remembers what they think of old movies today but when those movies came out they may have thought them to be shit.
I mean the Empire Strikes Back has a very melodramatic retcon that I am sure fans did not want but today those views are in a very small minority. Similar things are happening with the prequels. Maybe The Last Jedi will be considered a masterpiece in a few years once The Rise of Skywalker comes out and Disney does other Star Wars stuff.
I liked Solo for one main reason, and that was because, unlike so many of the other Star Wars movies, it was fun. And the series seemed to forget after the original trilogy that it was the fun aspect that made the movies so popular in the first place.
I mostly liked Solo, but hated it as an origin story for the character Han Solo.
Was wondering how soon the plot would leak. Wondering if it was done on purpose to alleviate fanboy fears. Still not sure if I’ll watch it in the theater given what a dumpster fire the last one was. Thanks for posting this.
Looks like Dorsey’s little recent bout of Tourette’s was due to a SIM hack.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-frighteningly-simple-technique-that-hijacked-jack-dorseys-twitter-account/ar-AAGBYUj
I prefer to believe he’s full of shit and it actually was him after a few too many drinks because that’s way funnier.
Just finished Sticks and Stones..It’s a masterpiece, some of the joke fall a little flat but they all make a point, and the only reason you could be upset about it is if he gored your cow, he gores everyone’s cow, and he does it very well. The only unfortunate bit is the very end, he ties back to an earlier punchline, and it was a good one but not a closer, never close with a call back, he needed one more gotcha moment to close on. but that’s a bit of a nit, still a great set, should go down with Pryor or Murphy or Stanhope or Rickles classic bits.
I loved the bit about S&P that he did.
“One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”
Well, that’s not my night so far. Two beers and an Apple Cherry Cider so far.
Police in Boston were gearing up for possible clashes Saturday between “Straight Pride Parade” demonstrators supportive of President Donald Trump and counter-protesters who accuse them of being homophobic and extremist.
Boston and its citizens will have an easy time slandering these folks.
Fort Smith Interim Police Chief Danny Baker described Reneau’s response as “calloused and uncaring at times” in a statement, but he added to KHBS that she did nothing “criminally wrong” nor “violated policy.”
Procedures were followed. Surprise surprise.
The storm could make landfall next week in Florida, Georgia or the Carolinas. The NHC has stressed that the storm’s possible path is uncertain and can change, but what is certain is that it will be a dangerous weather event.
Yikes. Stay safe folks.
I’ve had one Scotch, working on one Bourbon. Not sure if I will have a beer or not. I guess I sorta have to.
Good musical pick, Spud.
Sounds about right.
Heh-heh. I almost spit some bourbon out.
I replaced the scotch with rye. So yes, I’ve satisfied the hat trick. A couple of times.
akshully…
24 shot 5 killed
So another weekend in Chicago?
All 2A supporters are complicit. Vote Democrat for penitence or be branded and punished as child killers.
We don’t know very much about the shooter or his motivation. We do not know how he got any of his guns. But we do know the common sense gun control measures would have stopped this Trump supporter from killing all these people.
/sarc
Inspired by the music I’ve heard today at the Metamora (IN) Music Festival, I wanna start my own internet challenge – like the ghost pepper challenge but not nearly so dumb (although you may experience a much milder form of the same reaction.) All you gotta do is listen to this pretty and uplifting song all the way through without the room you’re in suddenly becoming very dusty, IYKWIMAITYD.
OK, I lose.
Damn allergies. Might be the smoke from the grill though.
Meh, it’s no Mr Bojangles, (who’s dog up and died!)
he up and died
(s/b “whose.”)
Even gets to this here agnostic cat-lover.
More like:
Amirite?
Emotions are for homos.
^This guy gets it^
I’m not gay but I would pet that dog.
It’s so true on many levels.
Cable went out right at the end of the 3rd quarter.
Does anyone have the score to the Cal game?
72
Government: 80
Liberty: 0
Antifa staged a violent protest against the white patriarchy in the coaching staff. The game was cancelled but not until after Cal sent a dozen balaclava wearing soy boys to the ER.
Canned green beans to Uveal melanoma.
California: knows how to party.
So today I managed to get in just over 67 miles in the saddle, helped a friend get her first half century, and stop at 4 breweries. I also didn’t put enough sunscreen on my face, so I have a reverse racoon mask, and will have it for the next week or so.
67 miles? For some monkey butt relief you might want to talk to the lady with the horse up top.
Appreciate that, but wrong type of saddle, and I used my chamois cream before starting the ride. My legs are feeling good now, I’ll wait to see if there’s any pain tomorrow. I’m glad I was able to do the metric century today, and now I’m wishing I had done the same ride earlier this year.
I know what type of saddle you ride, just implying maybe a horse licking your ass would help with any chafing. Cowgirls know things.
No chafing today. And horse loving women be crazier then the standard ones.
Thankfully, I now have some Zeus Juice from a brewery today. Tomorrow is the Oktoberfest.
My liver is not happy
I’ve decided to trade my heart for another liver so that I can drink twice as much and not care.
— Jake
Nice
My Amoskeag Auction winnings. For a limited time.
I went a bit nuts. I need to do more shooting than buying.
In order:
– Swede Mauser 96/38 – Made as a m96 by Mauser, the Swedes converted it to the m38 pattern. i think the rifle has its sight insert because the original sights were calibrated for a different form of 6.5mm Swede. I need to research more. Also picture are my other Swede Mausers.
– Benelli M4 – I think I got a good deal here. I paid (my high bid plus Amoskeag’s fees) about $1250. MSRP is $1999, retail is around $1700, and I see these sell on Gunbroker for between $1400 and $1700.
– Private sale K31 – SIG made Schmidt-Rubins for the private market. Almost all were for sale in Switzerland and were chambered in 7.5mm Swiss. A handful were for export. A handful were also chambered in .30-06 and .308 Winchester. I saw one in .30-06, it was single shot because SIG only changed the barrel and sights for the different caliber. .30-06 is too long for the magazine. The one I won is chambered in 7.5 mm Swiss. I also show a comparison picture with my military surplus K-31, which is also the first rifle I ever bought.
– Polish Mosin-Nagant M44 – I think this was unused. I hear Polish Mosins are well made, and based on what I see here I have to agree. It doesn’t have a shoulder thingy that goes up, but it has a black pointy thing that swings out. I included a picture of the bayonet swung out.
– Ruger Mk IV Target – I’ve wanted one for a while. This one was made post-recall. With Amoskeag’s fees, I paid a hair under the cheapest price (including shipping and local dealer fees) I found for one on GunBroker.
I lost on two lots. One was a pre-AWB Galil model 329. The other was a Mosin-Nagant 91/59.
I’d love an M4. Great price.
I fired a M2 maybe a year or so ago. I liked it. I figured I couldn’t go wrong with the updated version.
Good choice. M4 is supposed to cycle about anything reliably.
Nice collection.
Thanks!
Swede Mauser 96/38
Dad built the most beautiful stock ever for his Swede carbine.
At 16 1/2 inches I’m not exactly sure it’s legal; but it sure is deadly. The rifle’s nickname is “Deerslayer”.
Crap, the photos didn’t go thru.
That is nice.
16.5 inches? If you mean for the barrel, then its completely legal. Under 16 inches is when you get into NFA territory.
Very nice stuff DEG. The good thing about guns is that you can always at least get your money back out of them. I wouldn’t shoot any of those old military models….of course I wouldn’t sell them either. I sold an Arisaka chambered in 6.5mm. I don’t remember the model…type 1? Model 44?
Wow, do I regret that. I was young and stupid.
The only gun purchases I have regretted are the ones I passed on.
I’ve regretted paying as much as I did for a few of my guns.
I’d shoot them. Just only after a good thorough checking out.
I am sorely tempted to pick up a K31 and re-chamber it to 7.62X51mm. Most people don’t realize that the “7.5 Swiss” round is actually 7.62 bore (or close enough that it doesn’t matter) so you can pull the barrel, ream to new chamber dimensions, then chop one thread-space off the chamber end and screw it back in. There is a little work you need to do on the bolt head but it’s not too challenging. This is just the kind of project I enjoy doing.
I have a vague memory of some folks talking about this conversion over at the old swissrifles forum. Or was it another forum? I can’t remember, but I’ve heard of people doing it.
Oh, and you shouldn’t do that on any Swiss rifle intended to fire the GP90 version of 7.5mm Swiss like the M1889. They can’t take the higher pressures.
Nice!!
WTF is up with giant breasts these days?
These birds must have terrible back problems. Nice baked chicken breast with a spicy Romano sauce and no side because I know I couldn’t eat it, and I’m still struggling with the breast.
These chickens aren’t built for someone with a normal appetite.
/rant
Not sure if I’m hungry or horny.
Go with the younger ones.
I bought a two pack of chicken breasts for a chicken Caesar salad. Just over two pounds. The fed four of us and I have leftovers.
I see the “organic” ones at the supermarket and they are what I remember as a normal size.
I don’t wanna know what they’re feeding the cheaper ones.
Ive noticed that, too. Wife got a pack of breasts, and they were almost 4″ thick. I ended up overcooking them because I had a hard time getting the centers up to temp.
Gotta find the perky youthful chickens next time.
I can’t take anymore of this thread.
Breasts should be tender, juicy, and well proportioned. If they misbehave, you can pound them into submission.
I predict Q’s dick will contract salmonella in the next 48 hours.
Yeah, same here. These honkers require a different technique.
Woody breasts – lots of excess on the market.
*deletes comment
We used to raise chickens. One year by mistake we bought some chicks that were meat chickens, not egg layers. They grew really fast and got almost twice the size of the egg layers. They all died of heart failure after a few months. We had several egg layers that lived to be twenty.
Like a different species or something.
Might be getting sick.
I’ll jump straight to hot toddy.
Actually I’d like an M4 and an M3.
I really cannot blame that horse.
Mood.
No twerking. Are you alright?
I think the picture at the top took him off his game a bit.
Haha. One of the artists is the only comment, and presumably the only like.
Just bought a really nice file cabinet. 4 drawer, damn that thing is heavy, but the drawers are smooth as silk. Still in my SUV. Also bought a really nice hand cart, WTF do they call those things, dollies? That thing could easily move a fridge, although I wouldn’t try it by myself, I assume a washer/dryer would be easy peasy for one person. I’m going to go get it in the morning. There is beer to drink, little time, much beer.
I call them “hand trucks”. More manly sounding.
Same here.
Yeah, I call them hand carts, but the guy at home depot got all confused, but then the young kid he was towing around was like ‘you mean like a dolly?’ and I said ‘yes, like that!’. I like the one I bought because even though it was the most expensive one, it has the wheels to get the job done. We have a couple little ones, I don’t like the idea of doing real work with those, really don’t even like the idea of trying to haul that file cabinet up here with one of those. If you want to do the job, get the right tools.
I thought dollies were the 4 caster wheel flat rollers. I call the 2 wheel lever rollers hand trucks.
Yes, a dolly has 4 wheels. The one with 2 wheels I would call a hand cart.
“The one with 2 wheels I would call a hand cart.”
Thank you, I love it when I’m right, because it’s such a rare event.
You should have a word with Mr. Taggart, then.
I’ve heard them called dollies, but that sounds weird to me. Hand carts.
Yeah, me too. I was sort of surprised that the guy who was older than me didn’t know what a hand cart was, but the 18 year old kid knew immediately what I was looking for. Milwaukee tools make some great stuff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_truck
lolwrong
Fridges are easier to tip onto the dolly because of the hieght. It takes some strength to tip a washer one-handed.
Oh man. LSU needs to lighten up on GA Southern. It’s 52-3 and still in the first quarter.
This is why I don’t watch college foozball. No defense. Boring.
Oh, lordy! Is this the season for all the pattycake games where teams like the Buckeyes play Slippery Rock State Teachers’ College, paying them shit-tons of money to be humiliated on national television?
The teachers win the long game. Ever try to cut public pensions?
Ain’t that the truth.
Bruh–why you still here?? You gotta come over to where the
nerdscool kids are hanging out.There was college football on at the brewpub I had dinner at.
I only watched in hopes of seeing female cheerleaders and female fans in the crowd. The cameras panned over the female cheerleaders and female fans every now and then but not often enough for my taste.
Did you happen to see the Cal score?
No, I didn’t score with any of the cheerleaders.
Well, there’s no defense, so maybe you at least make it to first base in the 2nd quarter?
On the bike ride we stopped at my parents house, I knew it would be safe because tOSU was up 28 – 0 in the first quarter of the game. It lead to some entertaining conversations between my friend an my parents.
You want cheerleaders? That’s who was on the field as the defense when Idaho State finally managed to score against the Nitts.
Dispatcher did nuthin’ wrong. All dispatchers should be let off the leash and allowed to drop truth bombs on the public.
I admit, I couldn’t listen to the entire thing, due the deceased. Some people are just no damned good in an emergency. Unfortunately, it cost her her life.
There’s a reason why I always asked applicants what’s the most important piece of information a dispatcher needs. You may or may not be surprised at how many didn’t even come close to knowing.
“Slow down. Important things first. Tell me exactly what you’re wearing.”
Look for the soaked clothing.
“Umm… I would say…’name’.”
Uh-huh. Because, when I need to send someone help, knowing their name ensures help will arrive in a timely fashion…
People are terrible at conveying info over the phone. Put them under stress and I can just imagine the phone calls a 911 dispatcher would get.
I hate to say it, but, you coulda stopped after “terrible”. And, it doesn’t become any better in-person. Or, when they put on a badge.
Hm… “where are you?”
Congrats, Rhy–you, too, could be a college police dispatcher.
My cat’s breath smells like cat food!
#Unpossible
Did you vote for Trump?
Damn college students.
When you teach your kid to call 911 make sure they know to respond to the question “Where are you?” with the address not “My house!”
Um, please let me know that the sarcasm switch is on, because otherwise, I have a few things to say.
Hitler didn’t do nuthin’ wrong, either.
Zimmerman letter? Attacking Russia? Not brilliant.
ROFL!!!
I have called 911 once, have had 911 called for me thrice, and all were good experiences with all the first responders from dispatch to hospital.
The worst interaction was when I called the city”s non emergency line to report a lost, disoriented, mentally impaired dude who wandered up my driveway.
I was literally 1/4 mile from the police station but had to call twice to get them to come. By that time the guy had peed his pants so the cop was all annoyed so I went to the garage and cut open a big black lawn bag to be a “tarp” for her precious patrol car.
Clearly they were annoyed I called. What was I supposed to do???
Shoot him like she wished she could have done.
The glib answer is, not bother them with a “mental patient” call. Depending on the people, it wouldn’t surprise me that, to them, the best ‘people who need help’ calls are the ones that might lead to someone getting arrested, not someone who needs a helping hand.
Power corrupts.
Oof.
“We serve and protect. Unless it’s icky.”
Water sports have to have a much better pay-off than that.
I’ve called 911 more times then most people (it’s a standard test working in telecom). Thankfully, most of my interactions are fairly brief:
“Hello, I’m testing out the phone lines for X, could you please tell me what address and name are showing up on this call?”
“It’s coming up as a call from Y address, and X company.”
“Thank you for your time, There is no emergency here, and I’ll be ending the call now.”
Huh, interesting.
I would have thought that kind of thing would be frowned upon since it could theoretically increase wait times for actual emergency calls.
No, that kind of testing has to happen for 911 centers–have to ensure physical addresses are correct. Back when I worked for a municipality, we were usually told when it was going to happen. Usually.
Nope. As long as you follow that script I put up there, you’ll be fine. If you call and hang up, hell will be rained down upon your location. Especially if it happens more then once a day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZvMdMjAQSk
CE3K porn?
I was thinking C3PO porn.
That was creepy.
I knew you were really a butt man.
Show us the picture!
https://archive.li/r9arj/d1abbb20baf6d555e56a6ee3209c9ecccbef6097.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.li/sS6nE/e2cd07a9bd2cf76e80d418db2cd6fc0d83976b80.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.li/w3Kqq/afb0150510e3f1faf27d9d6bbe43497d90f25f50.jpg
NSFW.
That looks like it could be a young Catherine Bell
This Bud’s for you, Q-
Germaine Greer: Pornography perpetuates stereotypical notions of sex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0hvr8GPV_I
Porn perpetuates stereotypes? That’s debatable.
Feminist says: porn is terrible! I know because I watched hours and hours of it looking for prejudice!
Not sexy
As in, the penis (usually) goes into (usually) the vagina? Sounds pretty stereotypical.
I tapped out at the 2 min 31 second mark.
She and Gayle Dines should get together.
Did babybacks in the pressure cooker and finished on the Weber with some chunks of cherrywood. Just the right amount of crunch on the outside. Accompanied by a can of Trooper, which is not bad at all.
I’ve tested sous vide ribs once. I need to do it again, I was happy with the results on test one.
Question for the college educated among us. My AAS in Management degree requires one of these:
College Algebra
or
Applied Algebra
Which one should be the easier/more basic one?
The applied algebra textbooks I just googled are cheaper.
Cheaper book = easier class (usually).
No idea. However-
I was in competition for the new job I just got with an electrical engineer. I’m just an electrician. I know way less about electricity than the engineer, but I know way more about its practical application than je could ever dream of.
This is irevalent to your question, but may be useful knowledge.
My only point being, if you need a degree then go for whatever is easier.
If you need to know how to do something, then go for applied.
Gotcha. Applied it is. Thanks, Lach.
Don’t be afraid to be a mustang, Lach. Practical applied experience + theory can open doors that neither alone can. If you ever go that route, I’m sure you’d go even further in your own company or similar, or in the manufacturers that make the equipment in your mill.
I have no idea what either of those are. I tested out of math though I did take one calculus course which was recommended for the major I eventually flunked out of.
Applied. Also more useful for a machinist.
“Applied” made me wonder if it would be more useful from a technical standpoint, but I wasn’t sure. Thanks SP!
I forgot to add this and I wonder if it’s related: The College Algebra class is 4 credits, Applied is 3.
Maybe this will help; from the descriptions:
Applied sounds more difficult to me, but only because the list of topics is longer. The last time I had an algebra class was 30+ years ago so I’m looking for this to be as painless as possible.
Applied sounds like high school algebra, probably with more of a focus with using them to solve real worldish problems.
Perfect. That’s exactly what I was hoping it would be. Thanks, Gustave!
Drop out and get an IT job.
/my college experience.
Sorry, it’s not universal advice.
Ha-ha. I will take that under advisement.
Although it’s early to drop out…I’m only on day 5.
Are you going to pursue a higher degree after? If so, College Algebra is the better foundational class or explicitly required for various calculus classes.
If this is your terminal math class, do Applied Algebra. Depending on the scope, it may be much more valuable to you. I took a similar version and one section on graph theory was very helpful with later understanding spanning tree & routing costs in networks. Also had some good reviews on interest and other basic financial calculations.
I am fairly certain that I will not go further than the AAS.
Thanks to the advice from you and SP, I’ve settled on Applied.
Don’t they only teach “woke algebra” these days?
Something to inspire us all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Dyess
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William Edwin “Ed” Dyess (August 9, 1916 – December 22, 1943) was an officer of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.[1] He was captured after the Allied loss at the Battle of Bataan and endured the subsequent Bataan Death March. After a year in captivity, Dyess escaped and spent three months on the run before being evacuated from the Philippines by a U.S. submarine. Once back in the U.S., he recounted the story of his capture and imprisonment, providing the first widely published eye-witness account of the brutality of the death march. He returned to duty in the Army Air Forces, but was killed in a training accident months later.
…
The 21st Pursuit Squadron was assigned to the 24th Pursuit Group which together with the 19th Bomb Group suffered heavy casualties during the opening of the war with Japan in 1941. Flying P-40 Warhawks against superior Japanese types, Dyess maintained his unit’s morale in the face of staggering losses during the Battle of Bataan. When his squadron ran short of aircraft, Dyess transitioned to an infantry officer, serving in this capacity during the Battle of the Points.
….
Dyess was assigned to fly P-38 Lightnings in preparation for a return to combat. On December 22, 1943, his aircraft, P-38G-10-LO Lightning, 42-13441, of the 337th Fighter Squadron, 329d Fighter Group,[8] lost an engine caused by a fire on take-off from Grand Central Airport. Dyess had a chance to abandon his troubled aircraft, but was flying over a heavily populated area and did not want to be responsible for any civilian casualties. He remained in his stricken P-38 and died while guiding it onto a vacant lot.[9]
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27 years for him.
Hey Derpy, have you seen The Boys from Company C? There’s a bunch of clips on YouTube. Not quite as dramatically enjoyable as Full Metal Jacket, but R Lee does an even better job of portraying a DI. And the senior DI reminds me of every Hispanic sgt in basic.
I had a drill sergeant from Puerto Rico in basic. She was funny as hell.
It made me think of all the “Vasquez always dies” moments in the movies.
Private Hudson : Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
Private Vasquez : No. Have you?
lol classic
She should have turned that ship back to Earth and reported him to the authorities.
/SJW
Clearly, the Colonial Marines are delinquent in their SHARP and EO training.
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a sergeant major do a spoken word rap on the scourge of sexual harassment and assault.
“You secure that shit, Hudson!”
“How many SHARP briefs is this for you, Lieutenant?”
“Thirty eight… simulated.”
“How many *actual* briefs?”
“Uh, two. Including this one.”
“Shit.”
“Oh, man.”
Hey, everyone: Party at my place! ————————————->
Currently watching a pretty darn good 80’s Burt Reynolds movie, Sharky’s Machine. Good gritty take on Atlanta, detective style.
You wanna know how old I am? I saw it on VCR.
We used to rent one of those from the IGA. Load up on the slurpity-do-das from Holiday gas station and it was a weekend.
Heh, heh. I’m not that far behind you J. My younger brother and I saved up from our paper routes for the $180 that a cheap VCR cost in 1985. We saw all kinds of 80’s cop, horror and raunchy comedy. Somehow missed this one.
Saw it on a B/W teevee with rabbit ears and tin foil sails.
Love the line about being a “lump of shit at the bottom of a toilet”
Great soundtrack as well. I’m a big fan of movie sound from that era and genre. There’s an internet radio station that plays that 24 hours a day that I stream several hours a week. Secret Agent Radio on somafm. Highly recommended if you like spy movie/detective show music.
+1 “Yellows”
Well, I guess it’s just us night owls. Random story:
A few days ago as I was driving home on the interstate, there was an intense rainstorm.
I saw a car in the fast lane veering into me. I sped up to get out of the way. I saw it crash into a concrete wall in my rear view mirror.
Maybe I should have pulled over and called 911. At the time, I felt that I had done enough be preventing a 2 car accident. I was mad at the guy for almost hitting me. It was a busy road. I’m sure someone else called if not the wrecked driver.
I guess the moral is: slow down when the road is wet.
Probably should have called. You never know. There may have been a legit reason the dude was speeding.
True. Hope the guy made it through.
I was driving to fast in the snow once and skidded across the center line and right in front of a snow plow. Fortunately, I regained control in time and was able to drive in front of the plow.
I felt really stupid that day. The plow driver slowed down and let me put some distance between us.
No casualties, no loss of equipment.
Dude; we’re on the next article. The water’s fine–it’s been pre-urinated for your convenience. So, jump in.
What is this craziness??