December 04, 2011
— andy There are couple of good Barney Frank pieces in the Boston press today. First, Jeff Jacoby on the nasty piece of work that is the congressman we happen to share.
When the longtime Massachusetts representative found himself last year facing -- for the first time in decades -- a surprisingly strong Republican challenge, journalists noticed something strange: He wasn't being as nasty as usual. He wasn't responding to questions with his trademark put-downs. He wasn't condescending to critics with quite as much sneering contempt.
When Barney says he doesn't like campaigning, what he really means is that he finds it too difficult to fake being a decent human being for a few months every couple of years.
Sean Bielat deserves a lot of credit for Frank's retirement. He ultimately bounced him out of office, just not the way he had hoped.
Next up, Howie Carr:
Barney Frank has always been the smartest guy in the room — just ask him....
So hereÂ’s the irony: Barney Frank, so arrogant, so full of himself, so intoxicated by decades of fawning media coverage, just assumed that he would be taken care of in redistricting by the peons in the Legislature.
When even the far left loons on Beacon Hill find a fellow traveler this off-putting, he might have a problem.
We'll try hard to flip this seat to the GOP, but like I tell people all the time around here, my Republican congressman sits in that seat we lost in the 2010 census. Probably somewhere in Texas.
But there's at least a glimmer of hope that it'll take whatever Democrat we put in this seat a decade or more to become as big a jerk as Barney Frank.
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Judging by recent events he will start to the left of Bwarney Fwank. The only good thing is he will not have the seniority.
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 10:50 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: nevergiveup at December 04, 2011 10:53 AM (i6RpT)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 04, 2011 10:54 AM (0aj5N)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 04, 2011 10:54 AM (0aj5N)
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at December 04, 2011 10:55 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at December 04, 2011 10:56 AM (jucos)
I haven't heard Rush regularly lately, but he said the day he announced he wasn't running again that it was just a redistricting thing. I think the same point was made here too [???].
I was hoping it was a sign that the writing is on the wall for the Democrats. Overthrow Capitalism No More.
Posted by: Z Ryan at December 04, 2011 10:57 AM (U9NWP)
Posted by: phoenixgirl..(oZfic) is cat piss at December 04, 2011 10:59 AM (SH3gZ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 04, 2011 11:00 AM (niZvt)
Andy, kudos for the high-quality post. I have to take issue with your very last remark, however. (I say this as someone living nearby in MA, specifically in Ed Markey's district -- gurk!...)
Sean Bielat's challenge to Barney in 2010 was astonishing not only for its impact, but also for the fact that Bielat himself was a gentleman of apparently excellent character (not to mention achievements).
MA is not exactly bursting at the seams with folks like that these days -- at least not among the sub-population with political ambitions. This state is fairly blanketed in an impenetrable fog of misplaced self-regard, and this unfortunately extends throughout the MA GOP, not just the Democratic hackocracy and granolacracy.
Let's not sell ourselves short: there are tremendous jerks all over the MA political firmament who could become the next Barney Frank in 10 seconds, not 10 years.
Posted by: RamonAllones at December 04, 2011 11:00 AM (ha+6S)
it's true, Barney Frank toned down his nastiness a little
but the day After the election, Barney returned to his usual rotten self and then some
Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2011 11:01 AM (sqkOB)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 04, 2011 11:02 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: eman at December 04, 2011 11:08 AM (tOywJ)
Posted by: Sherrif "Slow Joe" Biden (D-Mentia) at December 04, 2011 11:08 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: model_1066 at December 04, 2011 11:08 AM (CMYJa)
Posted by: Deety at December 04, 2011 11:10 AM (Pm8ax)
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 11:10 AM (W46/0)
Anyway, just a drive-by shout out from a regular lurker. /wave at Andy, RamonAllone and anyone else I might have missed.
Posted by: Don lurks a lot. at December 04, 2011 11:11 AM (ocsWJ)
Posted by: eman at December 04, 2011 11:12 AM (tOywJ)
Let's not sell ourselves short: there are tremendous jerks all over the MA political firmament who could become the next Barney Frank in 10 seconds, not 10 years.
Posted by: RamonAllones at December 04, 2011 03:00 PM (ha+6S)
No way, not like Frank. The only one who even came close was Anthony Weiner.
Well, I should say, in public. Sure there are plenty of jerks but few who broadcast it on TV.
And I would still say it's difficult to find anybody, even in private, as nasty as Barney Frank.
Posted by: AmishDude at December 04, 2011 11:14 AM (73tyQ)
he'll be dead in a coupla years
Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2011 03:11 PM (sqkOB)
I'll go out and get a nice Napa Merlot to save in anticipation of that great day.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 11:14 AM (W46/0)
Posted by: Don lurks a lot. at December 04, 2011 11:18 AM (ocsWJ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl..(oZfic) is cat piss at December 04, 2011 11:18 AM (SH3gZ)
Posted by: Luke Stibbs at December 04, 2011 11:22 AM (cCAqO)
Posted by: I am the walrus, goo-goo-ga-joo at December 04, 2011 11:23 AM (ndp2I)
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at December 04, 2011 11:23 AM (yQwq5)
When we are standing up and he's behind me, I hear angels sing.... his large, stwong hands fwee to weach awound and devote themselves to all the wight pwaces on my body.... and then when he kisses my neck, I squirt copiouswy all over the --
Ooooh, sowwy! I thought this was the ONT.
Posted by: Barney Frank at December 04, 2011 11:27 AM (+bFSp)
I'm still scratching my head at how the voting populace of Massatwoshitts can be so stupid as to keep that idiot in orifice for so long. He was and is a despicable excuse for a human being, is incapable of even the most rudimentary respect for others, and cannot perform basic mathematics.
He also smells of elderberries.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 04, 2011 11:27 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Deety at December 04, 2011 11:29 AM (Pm8ax)
Are you implying that there's a douchebag shortage in the Democrat Party? Honey, the douchebags we're holding in the Strategic Douchebag Reserve are estimated to be enough to last us through the end of third millenium.
Posted by: Debbie Wasserman Slutz at December 04, 2011 11:30 AM (yQwq5)
However, on 2 August 2000, columnist Dave Barry asked, "Are you really Dick Armey?" Armey replies: "Yes, I am Dick Armey. And if there is a dick army, Barney Frank would want to join up."
Montpelier!
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 04, 2011 11:30 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Luke Stibbs at December 04, 2011 03:22 PM (cCAqO)
Well said! No doubt he'll retire comfortably and be able to continue his lifestyle of debauchery until his death. Hopefully, he will see the error of his ways on his deathbed but I highly doubt it.
One more stop on the Grave Pissing Tour!
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 11:34 AM (W46/0)
What the hell are "cheese sandwich rolls"?
Posted by: Deety at December 04, 2011 03:29 PM (Pm8ax)
I'm intrigued!
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 11:35 AM (W46/0)
I still retain hope that he's leaving congress not because he'd face a tough campaign, but because he has a terminal (and hopefully painful) illness to deal with.
Some people need to suffer before they burn in hell.
Posted by: trump at December 04, 2011 11:37 AM (hK2Ya)
Posted by: toby928© at December 04, 2011 11:39 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: phoenixgirl..(oZfic) is cat piss at December 04, 2011 11:39 AM (SH3gZ)
Posted by: Jimbo at December 04, 2011 11:41 AM (O3R/2)
Sean Penn, is that you?
Posted by: no good deed at December 04, 2011 11:42 AM (mjR67)
So you were disappointed then. You guys can't win for losing.
Posted by: toby928© at December 04, 2011 11:43 AM (GTbGH)
Ow!
You're a prophet, and you leave none of the rest of us anything further to say!
Posted by: Dianna at December 04, 2011 11:47 AM (mKMj1)
Posted by: model_1066
It is not only possible, but totally predictable. As people get more urbanized (as a group) they want MORE government intrusion to make sure that some sorry-assed "businessman" isn't screwing them. Just the Big Government bureaucrat that is screwing them.
Years ago, my uncle related a conversation he had with someone from Massachusetts. He regaled them with "how could you keep electing Ted Kennedy year after year", to which they replied "how can you keep re-electing Howard Metzenbaum year after year". And he said that really brough him up short.
Jim Moran. Pete Stark. John Murtha (dead but not forgotten). You could name dozens (literally) of congressmen that are just as big an asshole as Barney Frank. Frank just has the added feature of being an obnoxious open homosexual. I saw him on a minor talk show some years ago berating some fellow who disagreed with him and and tossing about all kinds of angry sexual invective. He is indeed a nasty man and has no redeeming qualities.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at December 04, 2011 11:48 AM (sJTmU)
I definitely plan on signing up for the grave-pissing tour of the USA once it gets up and rolling.
Let's make it a loop so we can hit Teddy Scuba's grave twice.
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 11:49 AM (WsOiK)
One more stop on the Grave Pissing Tour!
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 03:34 PM (W46/0)
I'll pony up a case of Arrogant Bastard Ale for this.
Posted by: cicerokid at December 04, 2011 11:49 AM (qAgfV)
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 11:50 AM (WsOiK)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 04, 2011 11:50 AM (PXPSZ)
And yes, I said "diction." Heh.
Posted by: meekrob at December 04, 2011 11:51 AM (/0HuL)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 04, 2011 11:53 AM (JKNDp)
But I don't know shit about fuck.
Posted by: Fart at December 04, 2011 11:53 AM (39HkA)
But there's at least a glimmer of hope that it'll take whatever Democrat we put in this seat a decade or more to become as big a jerk as Barney Frank.
If by "jerk" you mean "key instigator of the economic collapse who needs to have his ass in the hotseat before a congressional inquiry like the ones he used to grandstand on", then yeah I agree.
Criminal fuckstain that one is.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 04, 2011 11:54 AM (zLCZu)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 04, 2011 11:55 AM (d0Tfm)
That greasy burlap sack of dog turds is the perfect storm of stupid, immoral, money, ego, and power.
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 11:57 AM (WsOiK)
Sifty,
It's comments like that that make me wish this blog had a little thumbs up approval tabs we could hit. LMAO
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 04, 2011 11:59 AM (JKNDp)
I'll pony up a case of Arrogant Bastard Ale for this.
Posted by: cicerokid at December 04, 2011 03:49 PM (qAgfV)
I'll match!
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 11:59 AM (W46/0)
Posted by: moki at December 04, 2011 12:00 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 04, 2011 12:00 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 04, 2011 12:01 PM (JKNDp)
We are happy as all get-out to be out of LA. Everything is going superb.
Smoked a 13lb brisket all day yesterday and had our first BBQ meal.
Now it's home.
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 12:03 PM (WsOiK)
It wouldn't be complete without this riff:
Escape from L.A. music
Yes, it obviously is a ramped-up version of the same feature riff from Escape from New York, but it still rocks!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 04, 2011 12:07 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: mike at December 04, 2011 12:07 PM (/8MOU)
Barney Frank was the quintisciential example of that evil and I can't wait to relegate him to the dust bin of history.
Much remains to be done. The depths to which the left will sink knows no boundary and the gullibilty of the American public appears to follow willingly. We are so easily deceived and succeptible to bullshit that I am growing increasingly dissilusioned with what was once the inherent collective intelligence that the nation posessed.
If the SCOAMF is reelected without a veto-proof Republican Congress, I will go Full Curmudgeon that day and begin preparing for The Official End of America. For that is what that day would signal, even moreso than the first day of his reign of error.
Our country will have self-destructed and I fear we shall never recover our senses and return to our Foundation. Self-preservation will become the order of the day.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 04, 2011 12:07 PM (d0Tfm)
Barney Frank is 72
he'll be dead in a coupla years
Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2011 03:11 PM (sqkOB)
Ummm, please...I can wait for a couple of decades till he arrives.
Posted by: SATAN at December 04, 2011 12:07 PM (smit2)
Now it's home.
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 04:03 PM (WsOiK)
Now THAT'S how you christen a new home.
Congrats!
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 12:09 PM (W46/0)
What's your play now Mister? Do you offer him a bottle of breath mints? There's never a flamethrower handy when you really need one.
I'd pack up my shit and beat a hasty retreat, before he offers to help.
The very next week, you're due to have a battle of wits with Hank Johnson, Sheila Lee and Patty Murray over a spending compromise. After a quick triple shot of Tardisil, you enter the room, knowing you still won't be able to believe your ears.
I think there are certain situations that call for hazard pay.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 04, 2011 12:10 PM (ENKCw)
in fairness, they should do that with all the congresscritter's offices
Posted by: chemjeff at December 04, 2011 12:10 PM (s7mIC)
Politicians like Barney Frank are a big reason for the mess we're in. Of course, until recently, his district was so liberal he had no incentive to do anything other than pretty much what he did. There's a fairly basic way to stop this, which means don't expect to see it enacted anytime soon ... http://bit.ly/qVdDUt
Posted by: ombdz at December 04, 2011 12:14 PM (2DpoY)
What's your play now Mister? Do you offer him a bottle of breath mints? There's never a flamethrower handy when you really need one.
I'd pack up my shit and beat a hasty retreat, before he offers to help.
The very next week, you're due to have a battle of wits with Hank Johnson, Sheila Lee and Patty Murray over a spending compromise. After a quick triple shot of Tardisil, you enter the room, knowing you still won't be able to believe your ears.
I think there are certain situations that call for hazard pay.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 04, 2011 04:10 PM (ENKCw)
And that spells m-o-o-n
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys, they`re ridin` shetland ponies) at December 04, 2011 12:16 PM (ibOBh)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 04, 2011 12:17 PM (FIE/L)
Posted by: chemjeff
Probably!
Posted by: Dianna at December 04, 2011 12:17 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 12:17 PM (WsOiK)
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 04, 2011 12:20 PM (UKlME)
Posted by: phoenixgirl..(oZfic) is cat piss at December 04, 2011 12:22 PM (SH3gZ)
Posted by: jwb7605 at December 04, 2011 04:20 PM (Qxe/p)
That'll happen on ESPN tomorrow.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 12:24 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: Z Ryan at December 04, 2011 12:24 PM (U9NWP)
If Zombie Liberace ran on a platform of repealing Ocommiecare I'd support him.
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 12:25 PM (WsOiK)
That's a pretty good idea, if you first made the assumption they want to fix anything. They don't. Why does every negotiation these days go down to the last moment?
Because then they can claim they had to agree or the whole gubmint would shut down. These agreements NEVER cut a damn thing; at best, they lower the rate of increase a touch. Then they all stand around patting each other on the back for another job well done.
Where is Boehner going for his majority votes? -- the Dems. He knows he cannot muster enough R votes in the House. That's how pathetic the whole process has become. Strangely, when the Dems held the majority, they didn't hunt any R votes.
The game is rigged, folks. We the chumps.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 04, 2011 12:31 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: nickless at December 04, 2011 12:31 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Kasper Hauser at December 04, 2011 12:35 PM (1CXpM)
Would that be an allusion to the rumor of Sandusky providing children for donors, etc? I haven't heard any more on that issue, and I pray that it isn't true. But Barney's announcement seemed to come out of the blue, so there may be something to your idea.
Well, I just meant boyfucking in general, not that any of them were provided by Sandusky. But, hey, birds of a feather and all that.
Posted by: Fart at December 04, 2011 12:35 PM (39HkA)
Posted by: CMU VET at December 04, 2011 12:36 PM (8QLrl)
The fact that Bawney was a flamer doesn't bother me. He'd be disgusting as a straight man too.
Maybe but he was running a gay prostitution ring out of his townhome and got away with it because he's gay and a dem.
If Zombie Liberace ran on a platform of repealing Ocommiecare I'd support him.
Yeah, I probably would too.
The jewel-encrusted tuxedos would be fab!
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 12:37 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 04, 2011 12:38 PM (UKlME)
Posted by: Barney Frank at December 04, 2011 12:39 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Barney Frank at December 04, 2011 04:39 PM (niZvt)
Now that's just fucking gross.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 12:43 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 12:44 PM (YdQQY)
O/T: To make a long story short, my Carhartt coat got drenched down the front with diesel last week. I've washed it twice and the smell still won't come out.
It's making me sick. Any idears?
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 12:49 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 12:51 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 04:44 PM (YdQQY)
I haven't. He looks healthy for his age but I'm not a physician either.
Cocksucker can die in a woodchipper, for the record.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 12:51 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: CMU VET at December 04, 2011 12:53 PM (8QLrl)
Take it to the dry cleaners. They may be able to help. Another possibility is to pack it in a box full of kitty litter. That might draw enough of the diesel out to make it bearable.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 04, 2011 12:53 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: muttering vikings fan at December 04, 2011 12:55 PM (BXdzk)
Posted by: CMU VET at December 04, 2011 04:51 PM (8QLrl)
To clean with? What kind?
You may try dry cleaning but it is probably permanently ruined.
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 04:51 PM (YdQQY)
Fuck, that's what I was afraid of. It's the extreme cold weather version and it's been good to me. I hate to trash it.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 12:55 PM (W46/0)
Try soaking the clothes in a tub of warm water or washer after agitating a few minutes with 1 cup of TIDE or degreaser like Dawn dish soap for 2 hours(this breaks down oils in fuel) drain this water off then rinse then refill tub or washer with warm clean water and a 2 liter bottle of Coke and a whole box of baking soda agitate it around to mix it up with the clothes . Let this soak for 12-24 hours. Wash like normal. There is not even a faint fuel smell left.This could get expensive if you do this each load for some one who works and gets full of fuel/gas all the time though.
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 12:56 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Agnes at December 04, 2011 12:57 PM (wesZU)
Posted by: SurferDoc at December 04, 2011 12:58 PM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: Vic
It doesn't seem to be a common thought - maybe because he's never mentioned (that I'm aware of, anyway) his HIV status? If he didn't get AIDS during the 80's and 90's, he's probably in the clear; and even if he's HIV-positive but taking his protease inhibitors according to schedule, he's probably healthy enough not to need to retire on that account.
Posted by: Dianna at December 04, 2011 12:59 PM (mKMj1)
It's making me sick. Any idears?
Posted by: ErikWProbably safer to ditch it and buy a new one. Sorry - I know that's not what you want to hear.
Posted by: Dianna at December 04, 2011 01:00 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 04, 2011 01:00 PM (vuAwo)
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 04:56 PM (YdQQY)
Will that work if I've already washed it and run it through the dryer?
I had to get it dried for work tomorrow, I'm not able to run out and but a new one.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 01:00 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 01:01 PM (WsOiK)
I live in Ed Markeys' district, it's going to be Capuano's soon, at least that's what I have heard about the redistricting. I have never cast a vote for Ed Markey, if there is no other choice, I vote for myself.
I hope the people in this state wake up! They older dems still think the dem party of JFK is what it once was. They are too stupid to know that it's changed in 50 years. They'll never get it. A few cousins of mne have admitted they made a mistake when they voted for Obama and are going to change to "unenrolled" here in MA. That's real progress for them.
Posted by: CarolT at December 04, 2011 01:01 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Dianna at December 04, 2011 05:00 PM (mKMj1)
I'll try the dry cleaning method first but I fear you're right.
I just don't want to have to drop $120 on a work coat right when cold weather season and Christmas are coming up soon. GRRRRR!!!!
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 01:06 PM (W46/0)
I don't know. As I said, I pulled that off a forum. The closest I ever came to something like that was getting soaked in JP5 in the Navy when a valve came apart during fuel transfer. I threw all the cloths out. (JP5 is kerosene with additives)
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 01:06 PM (YdQQY)
I broke out in huge red blotches. Before I could get the clothes off and take a shower.
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 01:10 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 01:10 PM (WsOiK)
Posted by: Deety at December 04, 2011 03:29 PM (Pm8ax)
I'm intrigued!
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 03:35 PM (W46/0)
Those are three of my favorite things.....
Posted by: Julie Andrews at December 04, 2011 01:10 PM (/izg2)
That happened to me a few years back on a pullover. I was piiiiiiised as it was brand new. It took 2 washes but I finally got it out.
Put nothing else in the wash w/it. Just apply baby oil and use regular detergent.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 04, 2011 01:12 PM (aOylR)
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 05:06 PM (YdQQY)
I got the short end of the stick last week and had to run diesel in shitty, leaky, 5 gallon cans back and forth to fill up a 150 gallon tank on a 900 HP air compressor to blow out the irrigation lines at the golf course.
I was so fucking pissed.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 01:12 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: sifty
I especially like the part of the date where I light a match and watch the guy spontaneously combust.
Hilarity ensues.
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 01:12 PM (HmZoH)
Posted by: moki at December 04, 2011 01:14 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 01:14 PM (WsOiK)
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 05:07 PM (HmZoH)
I'm too stubborn to let it go, dammit! 
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 01:15 PM (W46/0)
Yeah? Three letters, one abbreviation--RFK Jr.""
Very true, he fell out of his mama's ass a level or 2 up on bwaney.
Posted by: Berserker at December 04, 2011 01:15 PM (FMbng)
If the districts looked the same Bielat or any other Republican would have lost just as bad.
Posted by: Ricki at December 04, 2011 01:17 PM (xHKos)
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 04, 2011 01:17 PM (UKlME)
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 05:13 PM (YdQQY)
Good call. I think I'll do that.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 01:18 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: moki at December 04, 2011 01:18 PM (dZmFh)
Hilarity ensues.
Posted by: mpfs
That sounds...like something I'd do. Oh, dear. I would have a fire extinguisher to hand, but still!
Posted by: Dianna at December 04, 2011 01:19 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 05:16 PM (HmZoH)
Time for a Lemon Party!
Which is just perfect for this thread.
Posted by: buzzion at December 04, 2011 01:19 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 04, 2011 01:19 PM (aOylR)
Posted by: model_1066 at December 04, 2011 03:08 PM (CMYJa)
It can leave you dumbstruck and is impossible to explain.
Go there, mingle with them; you'll see.
No. No fucking way. Maybe if I was paid and was above the law.
Posted by: model_1066 at December 04, 2011 01:20 PM (CMYJa)
Well, life gave you a lemon, you know what to do now.
Posted by: Ben at December 04, 2011 01:21 PM (UvdzB)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 04, 2011 01:21 PM (JKNDp)
Well, life gave you a lemon, you know what to do now.
Posted by: Ben at December 04, 2011 05:21 PM (UvdzB)
Yes, you make lemonade. And then you find the guy who's life has given him vodka.
Posted by: Ron White at December 04, 2011 01:22 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Richard Gere at December 04, 2011 01:23 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 04, 2011 01:24 PM (aOylR)
When disposing of a Carhartt product certain rituals apply. There will be much gnashing of teeth, manly tears, much drinking, a full moon and a human sacrifice. Oh and a bonfire to burn said garment. It's your sacred duty Erik.
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 01:24 PM (HmZoH)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 04, 2011 05:19 PM (aOylR)
I'll hang it out under the porch overnight and see what happens. It definitely needs an airing out.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 01:24 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: eman at December 04, 2011 01:26 PM (tOywJ)
Here's a tip that we recommend for removing gasoline from fabric:
Sprinkle baking soda, cornstarch, or other absorbent substance onto the stain. Let it it stand for about 30 minutes, and then brush off. Pretreat the sleeve with a prewash stain remover and wash using the hottest water safe for the fabric (be sure to check the care label for washing insturctions). Let the coat air-dry until you are certain the stain is completely removed. Do not dry in a tumble dryer.
If the stain and odor remains, take it to a professional dry cleaner.
Unfortunately, step 1 may be moot for you.
I also saw the Coke trick on several threads as well as dishwashing liquid.
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2011 01:26 PM (5H6zj)
Do our blog overlords monitor to see if a thread has degraded to the point of silliness and lack of direction and provide a new nugget to digest, a steaming brown nugget of insight?
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 04, 2011 01:27 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: moki at December 04, 2011 01:27 PM (dZmFh)
I picked the first lemon from my lemon tree! Yeah!!!
Time for some Lynchburg Lemonade!
When we were living on the left coast a few years ago, B'Gal and I were renting a house with eight orange trees in the back yard. When they got ready to pick, we (acutally me) spent about two hours making juice. Homemade screwdrivers, followed by a night we'll never remember!
The neighbors are doubtless still talking about it. Damned good hootch.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 04, 2011 01:30 PM (d0Tfm)
When disposing of a Carhartt product certain rituals apply. There will be much gnashing of teeth, manly tears, much drinking, a full moon and a human sacrifice. Oh and a bonfire to burn said garment. It's your sacred duty Erik.
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 05:24 PM (HmZoH)
No. Yes, it may be stained with pine sap, reek of diesel and have one ragged hole in the front left pocket but it is MY Carhartt and a manly one at that.
I will wash it in Coke, baking soda and baby oil and if that doesn't work, I'll still wear it with stinky, sulphury pride!
Because I am a man.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 01:30 PM (W46/0)
Did you forget where you are?
Posted by: fluffy at December 04, 2011 01:31 PM (4Kl5M)
You pine sap comment brought another idea to mind. Get it stinky with a smell you prefer. (Perhaps pine sap.)
Perhaps avoid the baby oil, though, and go with a manly musk.
Or how about one of those musky smells the hunters use as bait?
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2011 01:32 PM (5H6zj)
>>I just don't want to have to drop
$120 on a work coat right when cold weather season and Christmas are
coming up soon. GRRRRR!!!!
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 05:06 PM (W46/0)
I worked outdoors in the NE for well over 25 years. Get a really good set of thermals. Then add sweatshirts in layers adding a size with each. In my case 1XL (tight to thermal layer), XX and XXX with either the outer or 2 outer layers being hoodies.
This way clothes damage is contained and inexpensive while giving maximum warmth, comfort and mobility.
Posted by: ontherocks at December 04, 2011 01:33 PM (HBqDo)
Burning hippy and napalm.
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 01:34 PM (WsOiK)
http://is.gd/saCHrs
Posted by: chillin the most for Perry at December 04, 2011 01:36 PM (6IV8T)
Perhaps avoid the baby oil, though, and go with a manly musk.
Or how about one of those musky smells the hunters use as bait?
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2011 05:32 PM (5H6zj)
I do like the scent of pine, I'll explore that!
The scents that hunters use are usually doe piss so I'll avoid that.
Good call tho, Y-not!
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 01:38 PM (W46/0)
When disposing of a Carhartt product certain rituals apply. There will be much gnashing of teeth, manly tears, much drinking, a full moon and a human sacrifice. Oh and a bonfire to burn said garment. It's your sacred duty Erik.
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 05:24 PM (HmZoH)
No. Yes, it may be stained with pine sap, reek of diesel and have one ragged hole in the front left pocket but it is MY Carhartt and a manly one at that.
I will wash it in Coke, baking soda and baby oil and if that doesn't work, I'll still wear it with stinky, sulphury pride!
Because I am a man.
Posted by: ErikWGawd, you and my sister should get together. She loves Carhartt clothing. She has her own tools, power tools, etc. Very handy. I on the other hand am clueless. I just hire a little man.
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 01:39 PM (HmZoH)
LOL, me too. I laugh some days with those college cheerleader pics. I have underwear older than most of those chicks.
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 01:39 PM (YdQQY)
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Don't knock it until you've tried it, buddy.
Posted by: Rudolph at December 04, 2011 01:41 PM (5H6zj)
I will wash it in Coke, baking soda and baby oil and if that doesn't work, I'll still wear it with stinky, sulphury pride!
If it's not treated with ScotchGuard (or VodkaGuard) try soaking it in a surfactant like Basic-H for a couple of days. If you smell anything, do not dry in a dryer!
At least, not yours. Damned button is stuck.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 04, 2011 01:41 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2011 01:41 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 04, 2011 05:34 PM (vuAwo)
Thanks, Waterhouse!
Is that used as a mixture or more like a two-step spot treatment process?
cocksucker
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 01:42 PM (W46/0)
By that logic, men would never clean their clothes with detergent bc it's too feminine.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 04, 2011 01:42 PM (aOylR)
Posted by: Vic
I can imagine. Numerous holes hanging by a thread of elastic.
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 01:43 PM (HmZoH)
Posted by: sTevo at December 04, 2011 01:43 PM (VMcEw)
Men wash their clothes?!!!
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2011 01:45 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 04, 2011 01:45 PM (aOylR)
The scents that hunters use are usually doe piss so I'll avoid that.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 05:38 PM (W46/0)
A hillbilly friend of mine says he uses his wife's feminine products. Says it's an old mountain trick that drives the bucks nuts.
Posted by: Drunken Donuts at December 04, 2011 01:45 PM (AxHOT)
wife plotting my death.
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 01:45 PM (WsOiK)
By that logic, men would never seldom clean their clothes with detergent bc it's too feminine.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 04, 2011 01:46 PM (JKNDp)
Yum!
I made two different types on Friday - one turned out well, the other not so great (too dry). I'm not much of a baker and it's hit or miss getting old recipes to work at high altitude. We're only at 4500 feet or so but it seems to matter.
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2011 01:46 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2011 05:32 PM (5H6zj)
He'll get raped by a moose.
Posted by: Shannow at December 04, 2011 01:46 PM (Q69nj)
Men wash their clothes?!!!
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2011 05:45 PM (5H6zj)
Only when no other options exist, including going to the store to buy new ones.
Posted by: Ron White at December 04, 2011 01:47 PM (GULKT)
Their wives would never believe it.
Posted by: Retread at December 04, 2011 01:48 PM (ALZZ7)
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fify
I'm just teasing, garrett. All part of my effort to continue your legend as a wild-eyed mountain man.
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2011 01:50 PM (5H6zj)
I keep wondering, since Congress seems stalled, if there is some way of indicting and arresting Holder.
Posted by: Dianna at December 04, 2011 01:51 PM (mKMj1)
I'm not a big fan of all the holiday cookies - esp the sugar ones with all the crap on them. If they don't contain chocolate in some way, shape, or form, I figure it's a waste of calories so I don't eat it. I really love chocolate and peanut butter fudge this time of year too.
These are always a crowd pleaser as well.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 04, 2011 01:51 PM (aOylR)
A hillbilly friend of mine says he uses his wife's feminine products
New or used? A friend wants to know.
Posted by: Ronster at December 04, 2011 01:51 PM (/c/ec)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at December 04, 2011 01:52 PM (Te1S8)
New or used? A friend wants to know.
Posted by: Ronster at December 04, 2011 05:51 PM (/c/ec)
Used. otherwise, they'd smell like paper. No comment on how his wife feels about it
Posted by: Drunken Donuts at December 04, 2011 01:53 PM (AxHOT)
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2011 01:53 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: sifty
You know that there's not a jury in the world that will convict her, right?
Posted by: Dianna at December 04, 2011 01:54 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 05:39 PM (HmZoH)
Okay!
So I'll need to see her visuals, weights, measurements and a thorough description of her equipment set.
And I'd like to see how she looks, too!
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 01:54 PM (W46/0)
As a scientist, can you explain why altitude matters for cooking purposes?
I'm kidding, you already know!IIRC at 2000 feet above sea level, the boiling temperature of water has already decreased from 212 degrees F to 208 degrees F, which is a small but significant enough decrease. 3000 feet and up above sea level is the altitude by which cookbooks define "high altitude".
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 04, 2011 01:54 PM (UR5vq)
She's just glad to have the twisted old coot out of the house for a while.
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 01:54 PM (WsOiK)
So I have this mental picture of ErikW wearing his Carthartt jacket, smeared in peanut butter, pine needles, and doe urine, being chased by a moose and a bear.
While on fire. I also smell Kerosene Cookies...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 04, 2011 01:55 PM (d0Tfm)
What's interesting is that it affects so much, including taste. I thought it would only affect rising, but it affects how sweet things taste, too. (Things wind up tasting too sweet.)
Great book called "What Einstein Told His Cook" for those interested in that kind of thing.
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2011 01:56 PM (5H6zj)
She's got so many reasons already. She only keeps me around as a sort of noisy ant farm that opens jars.
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 01:57 PM (WsOiK)
And to kill bugs and spiders?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 04, 2011 02:00 PM (UR5vq)
I have a brand new Carhartt jacket in my closet. My mother gave it to me for christmas 3 years ago...it will never get any use. It's green. That and I have a perfectly good 16 year old Carhartt that will never die.
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 02:00 PM (So+lm)
A hillbilly friend of mine says he uses his wife's feminine products. Says it's an old mountain trick that drives the bucks nuts.
Posted by: Drunken Donuts at December 04, 2011 05:45 PM (AxHOT)
It's true. There's a female pheremone that's not well understood that has been connected between different species like bears, elk, deer and humans.
I don't have the article in front of me but I'll look it up, if I don't get distracted.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 02:02 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 06:00 PM (So+lm)
Erik give garrett your address.
Posted by: Tami at December 04, 2011 02:02 PM (X6akg)
For the last time...I'm not gay.
I'm just neat.
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 02:02 PM (So+lm)
Well, Erik, I'll tell you what not to do.
Don't leave money in your clothes when you wash them because then the money can get sucked into the pump.
Cost of repair: $75 for the repair guy to come out and fix it plus $20 because it was a 20 dollar bill and is too mangled to be useable.
But enough about my week...
So I have this mental picture of ErikW wearing his Carthartt jacket, smeared in peanut butter, pine needles, and doe urine, being chased by a moose and a bear.
While on fire and drinking buttermilk
Wait, you mean y'all weren't already picturing him like that?
Huh.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 04, 2011 02:03 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Ronster at December 04, 2011 02:03 PM (/c/ec)
It's true. There's a female pheremone that's not well understood that has been connected between different species like bears, elk, deer and humans.
I don't have the article in front of me but I'll look it up, if I don't get distracted.
So Brick Tamland was right?
WHOA
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 02:03 PM (WsOiK)
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 02:06 PM (So+lm)
Okay!
So I'll need to see her visuals, weights, measurements and a thorough description of her equipment set.
And I'd like to see how she looks, too!
Posted by: ErikWDid I also tell you she can embalm a body? Yes, she is a licensed funeral director and has firearms, can cook and bake plus artistic talent. I really hate ( love) her! I'm so inadequate.
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 02:06 PM (HmZoH)
Easy, just chain her to a tree at night so you can get away.
#romance
Posted by: sifty at December 04, 2011 02:07 PM (WsOiK)
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 06:06 PM (HmZoH)
She sounds bueno!
Posted by: EnriqueVey! at December 04, 2011 02:08 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: Palandine at December 04, 2011 02:09 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 06:06 PM (So+lm)
I remember back in the 80s there was a Madonna video featuring a male lion. (forget the video). I remember they had to wait a few days until Aunt Flo left town. the lion trainers said they couldn't guarantee her safety
Posted by: Drunken Donuts at December 04, 2011 02:11 PM (AxHOT)
Posted by: garrett
The first time I hiked Yosemite with my husband I got my period. I panicked because I told my husband I was bear bait. He just laughed and walked faster...away from me.
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 02:11 PM (HmZoH)
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 06:06 PM (HmZoH)
She likes her italic sausage pizza cold?
Posted by: Swingin' Herman Cain at December 04, 2011 02:12 PM (So+lm)
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 06:06 PM (HmZoH)
Profuse apologies, but there's a skill overlap that needs serious inspection and review ... just to be certain.
Posted by: Arbalest at December 04, 2011 02:12 PM (KXGp1)
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 06:06 PM (So+lm)
Makes good bait doesn't it?
Posted by: Shannow at December 04, 2011 02:13 PM (Q69nj)
This is why we don't camp with a chick and her Aunt Flo in Bear Country.
Don't take them surfing, either.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 04, 2011 02:14 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: garrett
Now that's a leading question.....perfect for a Barney Frank thread.
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 02:16 PM (HmZoH)
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 04, 2011 02:17 PM (UKlME)
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 06:15 PM (So+lm)
I always tell the ladies I'm like that old Avis car rental ad campaign: we're smaller, so we try harder.
Posted by: Ombudsman at December 04, 2011 02:19 PM (AxHOT)
Posted by: Zimriel at December 04, 2011 02:20 PM (6GvAC)
Don't leave money in your clothes when you wash them because then the money can get sucked into the pump.
Cost of repair: $75 for the repair guy to come out and fix it plus $20 because it was a 20 dollar bill and is too mangled to be useable.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 04, 2011 06:03 PM (XdlcF)
Take the mangled bill to your bank! I bet they'd replace it with a crisp, new one.
Posted by: EnriqueVey! at December 04, 2011 02:20 PM (W46/0)
Take the mangled bill to your bank! I bet they'd replace it with a crisp, new one.
Sigh. The one downside of online (only) banking...
I'm going to send it to my mom in her Christmas card. She has an actual bank she actually goes to!
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 04, 2011 02:25 PM (XdlcF)
Something like that happened in the Netherlands when I was a wee blogling. RIP, Pim.
Posted by: Zimriel at December 04, 2011 02:26 PM (6GvAC)
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 06:25 PM (HmZoH)
HAHAHA!
I wish.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 02:26 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: Ronster at December 04, 2011 02:27 PM (/c/ec)
Man cards roasting on an open fire......
Posted by: Berserker at December 04, 2011 02:27 PM (FMbng)
Hey, if I can deposit checks by scanning them, then why can't I deposit half a twenty by scanning that??
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 04, 2011 02:29 PM (XdlcF)
Is that a Large?
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 06:27 PM (So+lm)
You asked for the size, dickhead. Yes it's a large.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 02:29 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 04, 2011 02:31 PM (UKlME)
Man cards roasting on an open fire......
Jack Frost nipping at your---
Er...jingle bells, jingle bells...
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 04, 2011 02:32 PM (XdlcF)
I need to replace the 15" woofers in my Infinity SM-150's. Looking at available speakers on Amazon and a few other places the damn idiots do not tell you what size cutout you need in the cabinet,
I have a 14" cutout but I don't know if the Pyle PPA-15 will fit in that hole or not. No site I can find on the internet gives the size of the cutout.
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 02:34 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 02:35 PM (So+lm)
Call Crutchfield. Their techs are super helpful..and friendly..
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 02:37 PM (So+lm)
The Carhartt I have is an XL...
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 06:32 PM (So+lm)
That's my size. How can we exchange e-mails securely?
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 02:38 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: garrett
Uh oh, that's gonna leave a mark.
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 02:40 PM (HmZoH)
That's my size. How can we exchange e-mails securely?
Posted by: ErikWI sense a budding bromance!!!!
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 02:41 PM (HmZoH)
Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2011 02:42 PM (YdQQY)
I think maet or another coblogger can get you my email. Just email them and ask for it. I'll send you the Jacket and you can hit the Tip Jar when you get it.
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 02:44 PM (So+lm)
I sense a budding bromance!!!!
Posted by: mpfs at December 04, 2011 06:41 PM (HmZoH)
This is probably how Herman Cain went down.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 02:45 PM (W46/0)
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 04, 2011 02:47 PM (UKlME)
Posted by: conservative-guy at December 04, 2011 02:48 PM (DvDZm)
Ah yeah and the fact that many other Dems are heading for the hills has nothing to do with this! heh heh Leibs is large and in charge now . This kind of reminds of Mordicai in High Plains Drifter!1 Bwahahaha!! http://tinyurl.com/78wcuov
Posted by: sonnyspats at December 04, 2011 03:01 PM (I/MzF)
Is that a Large?
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 06:27 PM (So+lm)
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You asked for the size, dickhead. Yes it's a large.
Posted by: ErikW at December 04, 2011 06:29 PM (W46/0)
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I'm back.
So, to recap. Garrett was going to do ErikW a massive solid and give him a brand new jacket so naturally ErikW calls him a dickhead*.
This is why Republicans lose elections!
*All in good fun, of course.
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2011 03:18 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: steevy at December 04, 2011 03:29 PM (7WJOC)
I think Erik will be swimming in this thing.
Posted by: garrett at December 04, 2011 03:58 PM (So+lm)
It's unlikely to be a decade if another Democrat takes his place.
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He wasn't being as nasty as usual. He wasn't responding to questions with his trademark put-downs. He wasn't condescending to critics with quite as much sneering contempt.
It looks as though Bwaney is the East Coast Pete Stark without the past tense.
May pete have a lovely retirememt and soon!
Posted by: Prince Charles at December 04, 2011 07:18 PM (NwTXA)
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