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April 13, 2014

Overnight Open Thread (4-13-2014)
— Maetenloch

Blood Moon Demands Your Sacrifices

Bring offerings to the meeting.

Going Medieval: Social Security, IRS Say You ARE Responsible For Your Parents' Debts

Also no statute of limitation on debts to the government.

The Rise Of The Same-Sex Marriage Dissidents

The Luddite Left Strikes Again in San Fran

PSYCHO-TRANNY RAPE RAMPAGE
Women Savagely Assaulted by Sex-Crazed Shemales

Or how the victimhood derby plays out among the tranny and lesbian RadFems.

Women Charged With Scheme to Have Home's New Owner Raped

Now guess the state.

Wisconsin "John Doe" Star Chamber Lawsuits Can Move Forward

Woman mugged on live TV in Brazil while being interviewed about high crime rate

WWI in 3D

Spot the Kitteh

Weekly Commenter Standings

Top 10 commenters:
1 [445 comments] 'tangonine' [62.48 posts/day]
2 [412 comments] 'Niedermeyer's Dead Horse'
3 [408 comments] 'Mike Hammer'
4 [404 comments] 'Costanza Defense'
5 [389 comments] 'artisanal 'ette'
6 [363 comments] 'RWC'
7 [346 comments] 'Insomniac'
8 [329 comments] 'ManWithNoParty'
9 [283 comments] 'willow'
10 [264 comments] 'MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit '

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [120 names] 'The Political Hat' [16.85 unique names/day]
2 [116 names] 'Adam'
3 [71 names] 'Hate Miser'
4 [56 names] 'Cicero (@cicero)'
5 [53 names] 'Alaskan Wolf Protector'
6 [40 names] 'Prez'nit 404'
7 [37 names] 'andycanuck'
8 [37 names] 'Count de Monet'
9 [35 names] 'Mike Hammer'
10 [28 names] 'Insomniac'

The group. Yeah.

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1 Damn, hit 8 on the leader board. .ugh.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 13, 2014 06:03 PM (ojnk6)

2 Aloha!

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 06:03 PM (T1005)

3 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2014 06:04 PM (kKdYS)

4 tres ?

Posted by: seamrog at April 13, 2014 06:04 PM (R46ic)

5 The kitteh will eat good Saw him right away

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 13, 2014 06:05 PM (2CuCY)

6 Illegal immigrants acts of love are like pimps acts of love.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at April 13, 2014 06:06 PM (Aif/5)

7 Here is the "News of the Week" compilation of the news. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=5545

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 13, 2014 06:07 PM (AymDN)

8 I only kinda sorta wish you could domesticate a cheetah.

Posted by: Adam at April 13, 2014 06:08 PM (Aif/5)

9 Some poor kid in 2050 is still going to be paying for his parents' student loan debts.

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 06:08 PM (ILBCY)

10 It only takes four socks per day to make the sockputteter list? Game on

Posted by: AltonJackson appreciates all The Hordes support Thank You at April 13, 2014 06:08 PM (kKdYS)

11 Who put the line in the bill ? Somebody gave the Feds the legal power to chase dead debts. I bet it was a RINO.

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 06:08 PM (AO9UG)

12 Seventeenth! And hello, all you good people.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 06:08 PM (M/gdM)

13 Is there anything more gay than the use of the word "kitteh"?

Posted by: Rufus at April 13, 2014 06:10 PM (o7wsa)

14 Oh. Enn. Tee. What a nice end to Sunday Funday. Also, it was Daddy Daughter Day, so I'm a happy, but much poorer, camper tonight. And I might be a little drunk. Not sure though, I better have a scotch and think about it.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 13, 2014 06:10 PM (Pvcl5)

15 * Tips hat to NDH and T9 *

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 06:10 PM (aDwsi)

Evening morons.

Some fun threads tonight, got some good info from the gun thread and some chuckles from the two sentence horror stories. Busy night in the ER, shift change in 2 hours then food and home.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 13, 2014 06:10 PM (sQ0LB)

17 11 2011 Farm bill, I believe. Not sure which side of the Lib contingent inserted it, Leftists or GOPe.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 13, 2014 06:10 PM (ojnk6)

18 So avoided the Top Ten again. Yay!!!

*gambols happily while steering well clear of the Barrel*

Adam, if you have the cash get a Savannah.
http://www.pets4you.com/savannah-cat.html

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 06:11 PM (/8So2)

19 I only kinda sorta wish you could domesticate a cheetah. Posted by: Adam ------------------ I wish I could domesticate my Siamese.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 06:11 PM (aDwsi)

20 "The study of law is something new and unfamiliar to most of you -- unlike any other schooling you've ever known before. You teach yourselves the law, but I train your minds. You come in here with a skull full of mush, and, if you survive, you leave thinking like a pimp."

Posted by: The Pimp Chase at April 13, 2014 06:12 PM (wu/TK)

21 Rahm Emmanuel, the current mayor of Chicago, yes the irony is striking, the place where the dead vote,

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at April 13, 2014 06:12 PM (Jsiw/)

22 No luck spotting the kitteh.

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 06:12 PM (AO9UG)

23 I don't see a cat. Is that a gator?

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2014 06:12 PM (JdEZJ)

24 MÃ¦t, there's a slight Pixy-ware formatting issue with the post title and whatever you have before the first item.

Posted by: AltonJackson is just bringing to attention at April 13, 2014 06:13 PM (kKdYS)

25 Cheetahs neva prospa.

Posted by: seamrog at April 13, 2014 06:13 PM (R46ic)

26 No luck spotting the kitteh. Posted by: eman ------------------- At 3 o'clock, about 1/4 of the frame from the right side.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 06:14 PM (aDwsi)

27 I only kinda sorta wish you could domesticate a cheetah. Posted by: Adam at April 13, 2014 10:08 PM (Aif/5) The cat family can be divided into those that meow, like house cats, and those that roar like lions. Cheetahs are actually one of the former.

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 13, 2014 06:14 PM (AymDN)

28 16+ sock puppets/day. Not too shabby.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 13, 2014 06:15 PM (XvrTA)

29 yay!!! not in top 10!

Posted by: thunderb at April 13, 2014 06:15 PM (zOTsN)

30 Â‘Sup Horde! Its a beautiful evening here. What are we drinking?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 13, 2014 06:15 PM (60Vyp)

31 At first I thought it was a title-free ONT. I guess an invisible title will have to do.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 13, 2014 06:15 PM (IN7k+)

32 Hey everybody. Have yet another question. What are the horde's favorite albums to listen to on long drives (preferably to a vacation spot)?? Here's some of mine, but I'm looking for others. Poco - Legend Journey - Escape J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive (yeah, I'm a product of the 80s, I admit it)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:16 PM (HVI5a)

33 Maet is posting from an invisible 7-11 and there is a naked cowgirl going across the ceiling.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 06:16 PM (/8So2)

34 I think I spotted the kitteh. Where do I collect my prize?

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 06:17 PM (sdi6R)

35 The defendant, Kathy Rowe, claims the scheme was a childish prank that got out of control and she intended no harm. Rowe, 52, began by carrying out mild hoaxes on the young husband-and-wife homebuyers Â— like putting a stop on their mail and sending religious missionaries to their doorstep, U-T San Diego reported Tuesday. ... and graduated to sending a Rape-O-Gram to the house. Kathy, sweety; when you were reading Stephen King's "Misery" you weren't supposed to be taking notes.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 13, 2014 06:17 PM (30eLQ)

36 Cheetohs, however, never last.

Posted by: seamrog at April 13, 2014 06:17 PM (R46ic)

37 26, Thanks!

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 06:17 PM (AO9UG)

38 For the first time since 10SEP01, I'm actually watching a regular season baseball game on TV. And I hate both of these teams (sorry, Peaches)

Posted by: AltonJackson is watching baseball for the first time in a long time at April 13, 2014 06:18 PM (kKdYS)

39 I didn't read any two-sentence horror stories. Was Helen Thomas referenced?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 13, 2014 06:18 PM (XvrTA)

40 ghost: you bet she was.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:19 PM (HVI5a)

41 Hey Kathy Rowe, I hear of some really hot properties just begging for you to flip them.

Where are they you ask? Helmand is the place.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 06:19 PM (/8So2)

42 San Francisco has long been populated by people that think they have a right to mess you up, because, underdog, yo.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 06:19 PM (JgC5a)

43 So, Obama will "forgive" student loans, and then charge their kids? Outstanding!

That "Women's Studies" degree is the gift that keeps on giving!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2014 06:19 PM (b/lt+)

44 it's nice to have something in your life to rely on, folks that won't let you down.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 13, 2014 06:20 PM (XvrTA)

45 Obviously this "Blood Moon" is caused by our use of fossil fuels... We need to lower our economic output and eat all bunny food, stat!

Posted by: The UN at April 13, 2014 06:20 PM (WlWt+)

46 Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 13, 2014 10:18 PM (XvrTA) Helen Thomas was mentioned! Hillary was mentioned!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 13, 2014 06:20 PM (o3MSL)

47 Maet is posting from an invisible 7-11 and there is a naked cowgirl going across the ceiling. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 10:16 PM Quite possibly my mostest favoritestest ZZ Top song.

Posted by: AltonJacksons Heads in Mississippi at April 13, 2014 06:21 PM (kKdYS)

48 Is giving up something for Lent just a Catholic thing ? Or do other Christian religions do it ?

Posted by: seamrog at April 13, 2014 06:21 PM (R46ic)

49 Will re-post from the Book thread my contribution for Ghost.

Ronan Farrow awoke with the sunlight streaming through the window of his rent controlled apartment in New York City, he rolled over and felt his arm fall upon another slumbering body in his bed. They say his blood curdling screams could be heard all the way down in the Battery when he spied Roseanne Barr next to him.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 06:21 PM (/8So2)

50 So watching Hunt For The Boston Bombers. FBI agent says after pulling up to the aftermath of the shoutout "It felt like we were under attack". Um....

Posted by: Adam at April 13, 2014 06:21 PM (Aif/5)

51 Isn't it odd that I make 20-30 comments in most threads and hardly ever make the top 10?

Posted by: Soothsayer the Unstompable at April 13, 2014 06:21 PM (Lw/1M)

52 What are the horde's favorite albums to listen to on long drives (preferably to a vacation spot)??

Posted by: qdpsteve
.............
Deja Vu - CSN - not a bad track on the whole album..

That said.. I have Sirius/XM.. so it's available most anywhere.. Classic Vinyox News..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2014 06:22 PM (b/lt+)

53 Soothsayer: same here. I think Ace is using Diebold machines to count comments sometimes.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:23 PM (HVI5a)

54 Chi-Town Jerry: forgot about that one. Great disc.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:23 PM (HVI5a)

55 Is giving up something for Lent just a Catholic thing ? Or do other Christian religions do it ? Posted by: seamrog
..........
Catholic

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2014 06:24 PM (b/lt+)

56 So, Obama will "forgive" student loans, and then charge their kids? Outstanding!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2014 10:19 PM (b/lt+)
Anything for a hamburger today.

Posted by: J. Wellington Wimpy at April 13, 2014 06:24 PM (AaZet)

57 Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 10:23 PM (HVI5a) Wouldn't that mean Mary Cloggenstein would always be in the number 1 position!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 13, 2014 06:25 PM (o3MSL)

58 Isn't it odd that I make 20-30 comments in most threads and hardly ever make the top 10? Posted by: Soothsayer the Unstompable at April 13, 2014 10:21 PM (Lw/1M) I suspect the NSA is involved somehow

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 13, 2014 06:25 PM (XvrTA)

59 Isn't it odd that I make 20-30 comments in most threads and hardly ever make the top 10? Posted by: Soothsayer the Unstompable at April 13, 2014 10:21 PM (Lw/1M) Does your hash change a lot? Is it done by hash or nic?

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 13, 2014 06:25 PM (bCEmE)

60 Pixy is eff'n up my comments..

Sirius - All classic channels plus Fox News

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2014 06:25 PM (b/lt+)

61 What are the horde's favorite albums to listen to on long drives (preferably to a vacation spot)??

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 10:16 PM (HVI5a)

BTO - Not Fragile

Halestorm - all

Bob Seger - all

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 06:26 PM (yh0zB)

62 51
Isn't it odd that I make 20-30 comments in most threads and hardly ever make the top 10?

Posted by: Soothsayer the Unstompable at April 13, 2014 10:21 PM (Lw/1M)

++++

It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.

Posted by: The Eminently Quotable Joseph Stalin at April 13, 2014 06:26 PM (IN7k+)

63 It's done by hash, not nic.

Posted by: Adam at April 13, 2014 06:27 PM (Aif/5)

64 Ronan Farrow LOL. I with Stephen Colbert all of Ronan's ratings success.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 13, 2014 06:27 PM (XvrTA)

65 and yeah, mostly have the Sirius on, channel 8, 15, 16, 25, 82

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 06:28 PM (yh0zB)

66 I've had some friends from other denominations give up something for Lent because they liked the idea of it, but I don't know if "it's a thing."

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 06:28 PM (ILBCY)

67 Qdpsteve, Joe Jackson - Look Sharp (I'm the Man is up there, too) Steely Dan - Gaucho Dire Straits - Making Movies Gov't Mule - The Deepest End (awesome live set, 2 discs + a dvd - drummer (Matt Abts?) had just died, so they rotated drummers the whole show. All from big-name bands. Frigging awesome album.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 06:28 PM (M/gdM)

68 Is giving up something for Lent just a Catholic thing ? Or do other Christian religions do it ? Posted by: seamrog .......... Catholic Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2014 10:24 PM Thanks for reminding me: I have yet to go get a fish dinner this entire season (I'm not Catholic, I'm an Apathetic; I just love those fish dinners). Guess what I'm having for dinner on Friday?

Posted by: AltonJackson can eat his weight in seafood at April 13, 2014 06:29 PM (kKdYS)

69 What are the horde's favorite albums to listen to on long drives (preferably to a vacation spot)??

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 10:16 PM (HVI5a)

Marshall Crenshaw - Life's Too Short

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 06:29 PM (yT+eY)

70 shredded chi: I LOVE Gaucho. Of course right after that is when Steely Dan decided to take a 15-year vacation, but that album... I just never get tired of it. The others look good too. Will check 'em out, thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:29 PM (HVI5a)

71 Was just listening to Serenity - Words Untold & Dreams Unlived, good album.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 06:30 PM (yh0zB)

72 I got the impression that they were paying short shift to this shooting in KS. But now with the neo nazi connection, they will go whole hog.

Posted by: Rowan Atkinson at April 13, 2014 06:30 PM (8c12T)

73 LOS ANGELES (AP) Â— San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport after authorities said he became belligerent during a security screening and threatened that he had a bomb. The 24-year-old player was randomly selected for a secondary screening at Terminal 1 and became uncooperative with the process, airport police Sgt. Karla Ortiz said. She said he told a TSA agent that he had a bomb before walking to the gate. When airport police officers caught up with him, Ortiz said Smith became uncooperative and was taken into custody. snip~ With the arrest, Smith is involved in three pending criminal cases.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 13, 2014 06:30 PM (bCEmE)

74 Isn't it odd that I make 20-30 comments in most threads and hardly ever make the top 10? *** If you're commenting from different IP addresses, such as from work, home, and cell phone, they will each register separately.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 06:30 PM (DmNpO)

75 Captain Hate: whatever became of Crenshaw anyway? As I recall, he was basically the American Elvis Costello.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:30 PM (HVI5a)

76 What are the horde's favorite albums to listen to on long drives (preferably to a vacation spot)? Thing Fish - Zappa

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2014 06:30 PM (JdEZJ)

77 hmmm....seem to have lost something...&&&&&

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 06:31 PM (yh0zB)

78 GGE: I have Seger's Greatest Hits, will burn that one for my upcoming trip. Thanks. BTO sounds good too. Never heard of Halestorm, but that's probably just due to my incredibly sheltered upbringing. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:31 PM (HVI5a)

79 I would give money to any right-wing legal organization that used the same vile law-fare tactics against Leftists like the Wisconsin John Doe bullshit. Does any such organization exist?

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 06:31 PM (XRSxm)

80 ♫ 'The Cuervo Gold, the fine Colombian, make tonight a wonderful thing...' ♫

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:32 PM (HVI5a)

81 Of course, the fact that he's an excon slug, who was proscribed from owning weapons, is immaterial

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at April 13, 2014 06:33 PM (Jsiw/)

82 |sigh| I guess I have to wait another year for another Total Eclipse of the Heart.

Posted by: Bonnie Tyler at April 13, 2014 06:33 PM (HxSXm)

83 I would give money to any right-wing legal organization that used the same vile law-fare tactics against Leftists like the Wisconsin John Doe bullshit. Does any such organization exist? *** I've commented before about how I feel guilty when I sometimes wish we had a Rahm of our own.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 06:33 PM (DmNpO)

84 freaked: thanks. Not 'Burnt Weeny Sandwich'? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:33 PM (HVI5a)

85 lets see...&&&

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 06:33 PM (yh0zB)

86 16+ sock puppets/day. Not too shabby. Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 13, 2014 10:15 PM (XvrTA) On behalf of all the other voices here, thank you.

Posted by: Voice № 78 in the Political Hat's Head at April 13, 2014 06:33 PM (AymDN)

87 Dark Side of the Moon --Pink Floyd; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road--Elton John; London Calling--The Clash....

Posted by: JoeyBagels at April 13, 2014 06:34 PM (Usdw3)

88 Here ya go Bonnie, one of your lesser known songs
http://youtu.be/601mqsbLYW4

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 06:35 PM (/8So2)

89 So, Obama will "forgive" student loans, and then charge their kids? Outstanding! That "Women's Studies" degree is the gift that keeps on giving! Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2014 10:19 PM (b/lt+) How will he charge aborted fetuses?

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 13, 2014 06:35 PM (AymDN)

90 Tami Aldon Smith has a serious drinking problem. He missed several games last season iirc. He may have mental issues.

Posted by: Adam at April 13, 2014 06:35 PM (Aif/5)

91 What are the horde's favorite albums to listen to on long drives (preferably to a vacation spot)?? Are there kids in the car? Assuming there aren't, these have generally been among my go-to music sources on teh road - -Cocteau Twins, "Blue Bell Knoll" -New Order, "Technique" -Rammstein, "Mutter" -Depeche Mode, "Violator" -Electronic, "Electronic" -Garbage, "Garbage" and "Version 2.0" -Interpol, "Antics"

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 13, 2014 06:36 PM (30eLQ)

92 87 Dark Side of the Moon --Pink Floyd; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road--Elton John; London Calling--The Clash....
Posted by: JoeyBagels at April 13, 2014 10:34 PM (Usdw3) Hide posts from (Usdw3)

Waiting for Columbus -- Little Feat is a better road album than the mentioned ones.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 06:36 PM (T1005)

93 Never heard of Halestorm, but that's probably just due to my incredibly sheltered upbringing. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 10:31 PM (HVI5a)

http://youtu.be/KC0DNLDXJW8

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 06:36 PM (yh0zB)

94 Captain Hate: whatever became of Crenshaw anyway?

As I recall, he was basically the American Elvis Costello.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 10:30 PM (HVI5a)

He plays a lot with the Bottle Rockets these days. He's lost a lot of his hair and looks kind of old and cranky, which was never supposed to happen (for him or me). If you get a chance you should try and find a site that has a lot of his downloaded concerts because he's a great live performer and plays a lot of covers (Don't Fear the Reaper, Heading for Disaster by Molly Hatchet, Walk Away Renee and Knowing Me Knowing You by ABBA among others) and has some hilarious between song conversations.

The Elvis Costello comparison is a good one because both have great pop instincts. Crenshaw really deserved to make it bigger compared to some of the mutts who went platinum but life's not fair.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 06:36 PM (yT+eY)

95 Qdpsteve: The Band? Pretty good drivin music.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 06:36 PM (Q8vlx)

96 Thing Fish needs to be heard in one sitting (or drive). Its an aquired taste and not recommended for the faint of heart. But I just love it.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2014 06:37 PM (JdEZJ)

97 How will he charge aborted fetuses?

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 13, 2014 10:35 PM (AymDN)

A BTU tax on hospital heating emissions?

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 06:37 PM (XRSxm)

98 What are the horde's favorite albums to listen to on long drives (preferably to a vacation spot)?? Posted by: qdpsteve Anything Stones (Get Your Ya-Yas out, especially) Led Zeppelin IV (And there's I think a live BBC album that has THE BEST version of Kashmir of all time) Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) American Beauty (Grateful Dead) Move It On Over (George Thorogood) And if you're one to be up and on the road before dawn, R Carlos Nakai's music is gorgeous as the sun rises.... especially Shaman's call from Earth Spirit.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 06:38 PM (63X/k)

99 What are the horde's favorite albums to listen to on long drives (preferably to a vacation spot)?? Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 10:16 PM (HVI5a) Usually have it on Sirius/XM on a long drive with these channels on: 1. 80's channel 2. NFL channel 3. NHL channel 4. NASCAR channel Wife can't stand 2 & 3, so we usually listen to 1 except if there is a NASCAR race on.

Posted by: Ashley Judds' Puffy Scamper, former MrCaniac1 at April 13, 2014 06:38 PM (HxSXm)

100 What are the horde's favorite albums to listen to on long drives (preferably to a vacation spot)?? *** For nighttime driving, it's Cowboy Junkies 'Trinity Sessions' or Billie Holiday. For daytime driving it can be anything from BB King to vintage Madonna to Bob Marley to Patsy Cline.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 06:38 PM (DmNpO)

101 Qdpsteve, yeah - they were way ahead of their time, but Gaucho is probably my all-time favorite album. Of course, early ZZ Top is always an option. Deguelo is probably "the one." If you're a serious blues fan, look for Melvin Taylor (he's out of Chicago - a serious SRV feel). Can't think of any album names off the top of my head... maybe a self-titled joint? I think maybe it was MT & the Slack Band?

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 06:39 PM (M/gdM)

102 Halestorm rocks. That chick can frickin wail. And she's kinda easy on the eyes too.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 13, 2014 06:39 PM (Pvcl5)

103 Posted by: qdpsteve
........
Yeah.. The Best of Steely Dan is one of the best for a long drive..

'cept.. no "Pretzel Logic".. one of my faves.. I was sampling several of the versions of that song last night on YouTube.. the one with Michael McDonald is especially good.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2014 06:40 PM (b/lt+)

104 I was sure the rape-o-gram news item was going to be in Florida.

Posted by: Trimegistus at April 13, 2014 06:40 PM (OxYg9)

105 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was lowered to horizontal on the pad earlier today for late loading of perishable cargo. It will carry the Dragon spacecraft on a resupply mission to the ISS. It is currently go for launch at 4:58 pm EDT on Monday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofOQUG8zAWI If you look very carefully you might note that the first stage has retractable landing legs.

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 06:40 PM (sdi6R)

106 90 Tami Aldon Smith has a serious drinking problem. He missed several games last season iirc. He may have mental issues. Posted by: Adam at April 13, 2014 10:35 PM (Aif/5) Yeah, the article said he had a DUI and a marijuana possession charge. Also, 3 counts of illegal possession of an assault weapon. http://tinyurl.com/no2xvcw

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 13, 2014 06:41 PM (bCEmE)

107 freaked: hmm, it sounds a bit like "Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush. "Hounds of Love" is an album I love... but I have to be emotionally ready for it. Some incredibly powerful stuff on there. Wouldn't be good for a drive in my personal case IMHO.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:41 PM (HVI5a)

108 http://youtu.be/4_2A_WAYaA0

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 06:41 PM (yh0zB)

109 Two Steps From Hell...pretty much all of their music is great for driving.

Posted by: wheatie at April 13, 2014 06:41 PM (FWbLS)

110 Waiting for Columbus -- Little Feat is a better road album than the mentioned ones. Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 10:36 PM Let it Roll is a very road-worthy album, as well. Although I did not appreciate it at the time, the first "Hootie & The Blowfish" album is really good. A very dark mood, but a good album.

Posted by: AltonJackson has a different hash every night until further notice at April 13, 2014 06:41 PM (kKdYS)

111 Waiting for Columbus -- Little Feat is a better road album than the mentioned ones.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 10:36 PM (T1005)

Before Richard Thompson, the rock performers I saw most frequently was Little Feat. The last time I saw them was the tour after Waiting for Columbus; I had previously had a pretty bad concussion playing basketball and it was the first social thing I did and it was great for getting me back in the swing of things. Lowell George was as big as a fucking house, though, and it was no surprise that his ticker gave out shortly thereafter. Just a great great live group.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 06:41 PM (yT+eY)

112 The whole "Tranny rapes lesbian wife, feminists are offended" thing is like a logic problem. Is the bit on or off? Is the rape lesbian or hetero male? Is the world up or down?

Posted by: joncelli at April 13, 2014 06:42 PM (/AYWV)

113 So many good suggestions for the drive. Thanks everybody!! All of the albums mentioned sound appealing to me.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:42 PM (HVI5a)

114 wish.. I wish Stephen Colbert...

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 13, 2014 06:43 PM (XvrTA)

115 DC in Towson: Shirley Manson of Garbage ain't bad lookin' neither. Doesn't hurt she was born only three weeks after I was.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:44 PM (HVI5a)

116 Is giving up something for Lent just a Catholic thing ? Or do other Christian religions do it ? Posted by: seamrog .......... Catholic Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2014 10:24 PM Well, there is only one Christian religion, with about a billion denominations therein, but Lent started off as a Catholic/Eastern Orthodox thing, but I have noticed lately that a lot of the Lutherans, Episcopalians and Methodists I know are observing it now, too.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 06:44 PM (63X/k)

117 Ok Steely Dan then. He's good.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2014 06:44 PM (JdEZJ)

118 Alton, just the visual of those words the way they are strung together have firmly lodged themselves in my mind obviously.

Kate Bush does some gorgeous work but yeah once you start paying attention to what she is singing about. *smack* *gibber* *scream*

Then there is the Japanese. Turn on the English captions.
Love is the servant of chaos
http://youtu.be/VhC3vUHkV_0

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 06:45 PM (/8So2)

119 Oooh, I do a GREAT Shirley Manson impersonation!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 06:45 PM (63X/k)

120 A mix CD of bad Seventies songs are always fun on a road trip.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 06:45 PM (XRSxm)

121 Ok Steely Dan then. He's good. Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2014 10:44 PM thread winner

Posted by: AltonJackson has a different hash every night until further notice at April 13, 2014 06:46 PM (kKdYS)

122 Not me Tammy. Christianist here.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 06:46 PM (Q8vlx)

123 freaked: not rejecting your idea, just wondering about it. Would definitely like to add some Zappa to my collection. Will keep that one in mind.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:46 PM (HVI5a)

124 Oh shit! I forgot about Waiting For Columbus!... Cthulhu may be correct - I inherited my brother's vinyl copy, then wore it out (literally). Luckily, I got another from a buddy that was getting married, so I still have it.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 06:46 PM (M/gdM)

125 >>>Shirley Manson of Garbage ain't bad lookin' neither. Doesn't hurt she was born only three weeks after I was. She looks pretty good for an old chick. *rums away manfully*

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 13, 2014 06:46 PM (Pvcl5)

126 Shirley Manson did the best she could at saving the Terminator second season from being a waste of time. A crying shame the script editors weren't on the ball, because she was the best Terminator since Arnold himself.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 13, 2014 06:46 PM (30eLQ)

127 Most of the Doors albums are good "road albums," IMHO. "Space Ritual" by Hawkwind, "Live after death" by Iron Maiden, "Stained Class" by Judas Priest, "No Remorse" by Motorhead, early stuff by Kraftwerk, as well as albums by Sungrazer, Earthless, Samsara Blues Experiment, The Cosmic Dead, et al., are also great.

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 13, 2014 06:46 PM (AymDN)

128 cm9000: ever heard the song "Precious and Few" by Climax? The song was a huge hit, but the band... I literally have trouble finding any information about them. Maybe they were a studio/label creation.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:47 PM (HVI5a)

129 Any NRBQ fans here?

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 06:47 PM (yT+eY)

130 Shirley, looking so fine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9P48554mzc

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 13, 2014 06:47 PM (30eLQ)

131 DC in Towson: GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!!! ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:48 PM (HVI5a)

132 The song was a huge hit, but the band... I literally have trouble finding any information about them. Maybe they were a studio/label creation. *** Wiki http://bit.ly/1gVhcf2

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 06:48 PM (DmNpO)

133 cm9000: ever heard the song "Precious and Few" by Climax?

Yeah, that would be on it.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 06:48 PM (XRSxm)

134 Captain Hate, I only recently discovered Richard Thompson. Beeswing and Dimming of the Day just floor me every time I listen.

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 06:48 PM (ILBCY)

135 And since we have invoked Kate Bush - This Woman's Work.

http://youtu.be/7TupvVpxY_U

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 06:49 PM (/8So2)

136 She looks pretty good for an old chick. ------- You think you're old? I just turned 25 a couple months ago. Ugh. *Ducks and runs like a coward

Posted by: Adam at April 13, 2014 06:50 PM (Aif/5)

137 Back in college, me & a couple good friends had a great discussion on which band had more drug references in their songs: Steely Dan or Little Feat. Alcohol and bong hits were involved on our end.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 13, 2014 06:50 PM (XvrTA)

138 The Elvis Costello comparison is a good one because both have great pop instincts. Crenshaw really deserved to make it bigger compared to some of the mutts who went platinum but life's not fair. Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 10:36 PM (yT+eY) I always felt that way about Squeeze. Always on the cusp of making it "big", but always being caught releasing their music right when "the next big thing" was starting. Sad thing is that they had broken up when they started to get widespread mainstream radio play.

Posted by: Ashley Judds' Puffy Scamper, former MrCaniac1 at April 13, 2014 06:50 PM (HxSXm)

139 >>>DC in Towson: GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!!! Shit, grandpa, Cougar will have to get off your lawn. In other news, tomorrow morning is gonna suck in a bad way.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 13, 2014 06:50 PM (Pvcl5)

140 Anna Puma: I remember reading a review of Kate Bush's album "The Dreaming" in Stereo Review back around... 1982. The review basically went: you'll either love this LP so much you'll put it in your will, or immediately go out in the front yard and use it as a frisbee. No in-between. Yikes.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:51 PM (HVI5a)

141 What a beautiful night. Might have to go for a ride...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 06:51 PM (yh0zB)

142

BTO - Not Fragile
Halestorm - all
Bob Seger - all

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 10:26 PM (yh0zB)

My sister is childhood friends with a member of Halestorm...weird to think a kid I had passing acquaintice with has a Grammy.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 13, 2014 06:52 PM (sQ0LB)

143

A man walks into the womens section of a department store and tells the sales clerk he wants to buy a bra for his wife. "What type of bra?" asked the clerk. "Type?" inquires the man, "there's more than one type?" "There are three types," replies the clerk, "The Catholic type, the Salvation Army type, and the Baptist type. Which one do you need?" Still confused the man asked, "What is the difference in them?"

The clerk responds, "It is really very easy. The Catholic type supports the masses, the Salvation Army type lifts up the fallen and the Baptist type makes mountains out of mole hills."

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 13, 2014 06:53 PM (BAS5M)

144 Hi y'all. I gave up picking my belly button for Lint. (new puppy pic in nick)

Posted by: Seamus M. at April 13, 2014 06:53 PM (MKpBT)

145 Driving songs?

And no one's mentioned Doobie Bros?

Steamerlane Breakdown, for one.

China Grove

...I could go on

Posted by: Mr Wolf at April 13, 2014 06:53 PM (pCKXz)

146 "DOA" by Bloodrock. It'll cover twenty miles at sixty miles per hour. http://youtu.be/mwyg2YpxdrE Quite possibly the bestest bad song of the early 1970's. It's my second favorite Christmas song, right behind "Patches"...

Posted by: AltonJackson has a different hash every night until further notice at April 13, 2014 06:53 PM (kKdYS)

147 I'm jest funin ya qdpsteve. TF is full of musical and satirical goodies but maybe not best for a road trip unless you are alone. I have the set in my truck though and will listen to it on a long trip.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2014 06:53 PM (JdEZJ)

148 The review basically went: you'll either love this LP so much you'll put it in your will, or immediately go out in the front yard and use it as a frisbee. No in-between The Fall were like that too. And Siouxsie.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 13, 2014 06:53 PM (30eLQ)

149 Captain Hate, I only recently discovered Richard Thompson. Beeswing and Dimming of the Day just floor me every time I listen.

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 10:48 PM (ILBCY)

Thompson is a great song writer and singer but his guitar playing, especially on the Fender, is just drop dead incredible. He has a website where he sells some of his old concert recordings that you should check out (do a google and you'll find it easy). I saw him and his band play on Halloween at a small club in the 90s and it's in my top ten events evarrrr. I've seen him solo a few times, which were amazing experiences also, but catching him with a band is really primo for my tastes.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 06:53 PM (yT+eY)

150 I don't do long drives anymore, but I cannot get this song out of my head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_qoidWt8cE I saw a terrific live performance of it last night that was one of the highlights of the show. It was better than this YouTube. Both of them blow away the original studio version, from 1976's "Year of the Cat": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJww_dN12cQ

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 06:53 PM (sdi6R)

151 137Â Back in college, me & a couple good friends had a great discussion on which band had more drug references in their songs: Steely Dan or Little Feat. --------------- "Tonight, when I chase the dragon..."

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 06:53 PM (M/gdM)

152 GGE, no night driving here. The clouds were building as the sun faded today while I did yard work. Rain is forecast as the waxing Moon was obscured.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 06:54 PM (/8So2)

153 Ahhh, I think spring is finally here. Just turned on one of the ceiling fans.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 06:54 PM (r/e1Q)

154 You think you're old? I just turned 25 a couple months ago. Ugh.

*Ducks and runs like a coward

Posted by: Adam at April 13, 2014 10:50 PM (Aif/5)

All but one of my kids is older than you.

That lawn you're standing on? Mow it.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 06:54 PM (yh0zB)

155 Oh, and if you're into jazz...

Down To The Bone

Posted by: Mr Wolf at April 13, 2014 06:54 PM (pCKXz)

156 Nearly time to go retrieve the Toy. I do love early Spring and wandering around the countryside. Special time of year. Most fun stopping at the ice cream places listening to the knowledgeable ones comment.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 13, 2014 06:55 PM (SAMxH)

157 Hi y'all. I gave up picking my belly button for Lint. (new puppy pic in nick) Posted by: Seamus M that is the most beautiful dog!!!!

Posted by: thunderb at April 13, 2014 06:55 PM (zOTsN)

158 freaked: tell you what, you talked me into it. Will give it a try. Thanks. I've read Zappa was actually an overall good, if cranky, guy. Wish I had known more about him when he was alive and kicking.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:56 PM (HVI5a)

159 What's this "spring" I'm hearing about?

Posted by: boulder t'hobo wot lives in boulder at April 13, 2014 06:56 PM (30eLQ)

160 So did you name the dog Lint?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 06:56 PM (/8So2)

161 Rain is forecast as the waxing Moon was obscured.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 10:54 PM (/8So2)

Tomorrow should be good here, but Tuesday is forecasting rain and then it gets colder after that for a few days. Of course this can and probably will change in the next 24 hours.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 06:56 PM (yh0zB)

162 My week starts at 5:30 in the morning so it's off to bed. Everybody sleep well!

Posted by: joncelli at April 13, 2014 06:56 PM (/AYWV)

163 I enjoy Last Of The Mohicans soundtrack or Braveheart soundtrack. Billy Idol, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer the Unstompable at April 13, 2014 06:57 PM (Lw/1M)

164 What's this "spring" I'm hearing about?

Posted by: boulder t'hobo wot lives in boulder at April 13, 2014 10:56 PM (30eLQ)

11PM and it's 70 degrees here in West Central Georgia!

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 06:58 PM (r/e1Q)

165 Goodnight weirdos what live in my ipad. See y'all when I get to sunny Florida.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 13, 2014 06:58 PM (Pvcl5)

166 Most fun stopping at the ice cream places listening to the knowledgeable ones comment.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 13, 2014 10:55 PM (SAMxH)

First Saturday of the month the town of Lenoir in the NC foothills hosts a big cruise-in, there is everything from Model T's (and once a 1927 Caddy, sweet car) to brand-new ponycars, five blocks long and three wide. They have an ice cream shop there that gets a lot of business.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 06:58 PM (yh0zB)

167 "That lawn you're standing on? Mow it." Ouch. < records for later use >

Posted by: Arbalest at April 13, 2014 06:58 PM (FlRtG)

168 That lawn you're standing on? Mow it. -------- Heh. Only if you're willing to pay me $15 an hour and allow me a break every 10 minutes.

Posted by: Adam at April 13, 2014 06:58 PM (Aif/5)

169 My last long trip, I had bought and burned onto CD the entire Ennio Morricone "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" soundtrack from 1966. Overall good, but some kinda downer/weird stuff on there.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 06:58 PM (HVI5a)

170 Siouxsie and the Banshees had a few good songs.

*gets out the walker*

What happened to writing memorable lyrics? Now we get Taylor Swift and her 6th grade noodlings as lyrics...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 06:59 PM (/8So2)

171 So did you name the dog Lint? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 10:56 PM (/8So2) Nah, we went with "Buckley" that is the most beautiful dog!!!! Posted by: thunderb at April 13, 2014 10:55 PM (zOTsN) Thanks thunderb. He's a cutie, no doubt.

Posted by: Seamus M. at April 13, 2014 06:59 PM (MKpBT)

172 48 Is giving up something for Lent just a Catholic thing ? Or do other Christian religions do it ?

Posted by: seamrog at April 13, 2014 10:21 PM (R46ic)

You know it not actually that you are supposed to give something up for Lent. Its just that it tends to be the most common action taken. You can also choose to do something as well.

Posted by: buzzion at April 13, 2014 06:59 PM (LI48c)

173 Ok qdpsteve I warned you its not for the faint of heart. With songs like He's So Gay and Crab Grass Baby someone could get offended.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2014 06:59 PM (JdEZJ)

174 One of the sweetest sounds you can hear is a big old American V8 working hard and pulling strong. Make the hair on your neck stand up.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 13, 2014 07:00 PM (SAMxH)

175 And no one's mentioned Doobie Bros? ------ Just listen to some early Steely Dan. You'll get your Michael McDonald fix. The Doobies didn't matter to me until he & Cornelius Bumpas joined.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 07:00 PM (M/gdM)

176 As a child of the 70s, I have always been - and always will be - a sucker for entire albums that are worth listening to from start to finish. My list of records like this is too big to fit here and isn't just limited to rock. But I will always appreciate a well-crafted record w/ little to no filler.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 13, 2014 07:00 PM (XvrTA)

177 Whoever namechecked Hootie earlier, Cracked Rear View is a good album. Always was a big fan of Time.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 13, 2014 07:00 PM (sQ0LB)

178 I washed the car this morning on the way home from work and now it looks like it's been in a dust storm. F'n pollen season.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 07:01 PM (yh0zB)

179 See y'all when I get to sunny Florida. *** Sunny Florida? Where are you going to be in Florida?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 07:01 PM (DmNpO)

180 ugh went to the Kansas JCC shooter's website I feel dirty bleeeeccccchhhhh

Posted by: thunderb at April 13, 2014 07:01 PM (zOTsN)

181 Overall good, but some kinda downer/weird stuff on there. Posted by: qdpsteve The Mission is one of the finest scores ever written. Not really driving music though.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 13, 2014 07:01 PM (SZLoS)

182 freaked: sounds like typical Zappa. :-) Will still give it a try, thanks. Not saying it's in the same kinda ballpark, but J. Geils Band's most famous album, "Freeze Frame" from 1982 (remember "Centerfold" anyone??), finishes with a great funny bit called "Piss on the Wall."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:01 PM (HVI5a)

183 I saw this today http://t.co/zW9hrlQ8It

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 07:02 PM (DmNpO)

184 Oh, by the way, I have an idea for a reality TV show for guys who aren't very athletic: American Ninja Voyeur!

Posted by: Seamus M. at April 13, 2014 07:03 PM (MKpBT)

185

Alice Cooper - Killer
Deep Purple - Machine Head
The Who - Who's Next

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 13, 2014 07:03 PM (AaZet)

186 I enjoy Last Of The Mohicans soundtrack or Braveheart soundtrack.

Superman soundtrack from 1978 is a good one.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 07:03 PM (XRSxm)

187 Humble Pie 30 days in the hole.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:03 PM (Q8vlx)

188 183 -NDH - What were you doing in the ghetto? I denounce myself.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:03 PM (aDwsi)

189

Spot the Kitteh

Felis Cattus, is your taxonomic nomenclature,
an endothermic quadruped carnivorous by nature?
Your visual, olfactory and auditory senses
contribute to your hunting skills, and natural defenses.

I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
a singular development of cat communications
that obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
for a rhythmic stroking of your fur, to demonstrate affection.

A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
you would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aide in locomotion,
it often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.

O Spot, the complex levels of behaviour you display
connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.

Posted by: Data at April 13, 2014 07:04 PM (hO8IJ)

190 I saw this today

http://t.co/zW9hrlQ8It

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 11:02 PM (DmNpO)

...

needs a new set of wheels.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 07:04 PM (yh0zB)

191 NDH, yeah some people really know how to ruin a car. Like Gas Monkey it seemed every car they got in to tinker on, lets add air bag suspension eleventy!!!!!11!!!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 07:04 PM (/8So2)

192 Chavez, interesting you'd mention Humble Pie. Am listening to "Frampton Comes Alive" right now.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:04 PM (HVI5a)

193 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 11:02 PM (DmNpO)

Those wheels being anywhere near that car is pure blasphemy.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 07:04 PM (r/e1Q)

194 And, on that note- I'm out. Later gators.

Posted by: Seamus M. at April 13, 2014 07:04 PM (MKpBT)

195 Whoever namechecked Hootie earlier, Cracked Rear View is a good album. Always was a big fan of Time. Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 13, 2014 11:00 PM The whole album holds up, after all these years.

Posted by: AltonJackson has a different hash every night until further notice at April 13, 2014 07:04 PM (kKdYS)

196 The article about tranny lesbian rape feminism gave me an idea. Maybe we should be doing our own Cloward-Piven strategy, and stoke up the crazy to the breaking point. Pick the most reasonable-sounding people on the left and attack them from the crazy side. Attack the gay-marriage people by claiming that ALL marriage is RAPE! Attack the little fascists trying to silence "hate speech" by calling them appeasers. Either the libs will start to realize there are limits and these people are clearly beyond them . . . or the whole rotten edifice will burn that much faster.

Posted by: Trimegistus at April 13, 2014 07:05 PM (OxYg9)

197 Bertram: sounds like great stuff for when you're doing 95mph on the 15 between Indio and Blythe. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:05 PM (HVI5a)

198 Oops, 15? I meant Interstate 10.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:05 PM (HVI5a)

199 Fuckin airbag suspensions have been overplayed. Why can't somebody come up with something original?

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:06 PM (Q8vlx)

200 As a child of the 70s, I have always been - and always will be - a sucker for entire albums that are worth listening to from start to finish.

My hubby laughs at me because I refuse to buy singles on iTunes. If there is an EP or a full length album that a song I like is on, I will buy the whole thing. I also hate skipping around. I like to listen to everything in order of the track list.

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 07:08 PM (ILBCY)

201 Those wheels being anywhere near that car is pure blasphemy.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 11:04 PM (r/e1Q)

*tries to think of a car that those wheels would look good on*

*fails miserably*

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 07:08 PM (yh0zB)

202 Steve: Humble Pie rocked my world in 72.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:08 PM (Q8vlx)

203 195 Whoever namechecked Hootie earlier, Cracked Rear View is a good album. Always was a big fan of Time.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 13, 2014 11:00 PM

The whole album holds up, after all these years.

Posted by: AltonJackson has a different hash every night until further notice at April 13, 2014 11:04 PM (kKdYS)

Although it seems like that one album was all they had in them. I do still like Time, and Let Her Cry, but the other two which were their first hits? I'm meh about. Hell I can't even think of them.

Posted by: buzzion at April 13, 2014 07:08 PM (LI48c)

204 Anybody here who's even considered going to Coachella? It sounds okay... until I see the pics and think of how hot and overcrowded it must be.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:08 PM (HVI5a)

205 One of the sweetest sounds you can hear is a big old American V8 working hard and pulling strong.

Make the hair on your neck stand up.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 13, 2014 11:00 PM (SAMxH)

Yesterday was so warm in NE Ohio that it was "pull the muscle car ragtops out of storage and air 'em out" day. Down the street was a nice 442 but the wildest one I saw was some tricked out Goat that had that royal metallic blue that GM had in the late 60s with a shine so deep it could've made Turtle Wax an endangered specie. I have no idea how big the rims were the brother had packed on but he could've straddled a medium sized dog and not heard a thump. I don't know if he was running a stock 389 or if he dropped a bigger block in it; all I know is that when he punched it with that high center of gravity that fucker jumped and got the hell out quick.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 07:08 PM (yT+eY)

206 111 Waiting for Columbus -- Little Feat is a better road album than the mentioned ones.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 10:36 PM (T1005)

Before Richard Thompson, the rock performers I saw most frequently was Little Feat. The last time I saw them was the tour after Waiting for Columbus; I had previously had a pretty bad concussion playing basketball and it was the first social thing I did and it was great for getting me back in the swing of things. Lowell George was as big as a fucking house, though, and it was no surprise that his ticker gave out shortly thereafter. Just a great great live group.
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 10:41 PM (yT+eY) Hide posts from (yT+eY)

I had heard good things, so the first Feat album I bought was the just-released "Down on the Farm".....which tells you how much I came in a day late and a dollar short. At least I discovered AC/DC before "Back in Black".

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 07:09 PM (T1005)

207 "I wish I could domesticate my Siamese."

The Siamese no doubt by now has you nicely domesticated by its standards.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 07:09 PM (noWW6)

208 no good deed: I'm the same way. I'll buy a single from iTunes or Amazon, but if I had my druthers (and the cash), I'd still be buying whole albums.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:09 PM (HVI5a)

209 It is otherwise a beautiful car. It's for sale but there wasn't a price on the sale sign. Here's a photo taken from the front. http://t.co/OIFkstdqvU As for the ghetto, I live there!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 07:10 PM (DmNpO)

210

I never could get my Dad to agree to jack up the rear of the '64 Impala station wagon, add headers and glasspack dual exhaust, mag wheels and some racing stripes. The family station wagon with the 454 motor.

Pity.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 13, 2014 07:10 PM (BAS5M)

211 176 As a child of the 70s, I have always been - and always will be - a sucker for entire albums that are worth listening to from start to finish. My list of records like this is too big to fit here and isn't just limited to rock. But I will always appreciate a well-crafted record w/ little to no filler. Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 13, 2014 11:00 PM (XvrTA) Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat" is one of those, in my opinion. But the dude has released something like 20 albums. That's just his most famous one.

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 07:10 PM (sdi6R)

212 buzzion: was "I Go Blind" an early or late hit for Hootie? I think late, but not sure.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:10 PM (HVI5a)

213 I miss getting the album covers with lyrics, pics, etc inside. Remember what came in the Big Bamboo album?

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2014 07:10 PM (JdEZJ)

214 Although it seems like that one album was all they had in them. I do still like Time, and Let Her Cry, but the other two which were their first hits? I'm meh about. Hell I can't even think of them. Posted by: buzzion at April 13, 2014 11:08 PM "Hold my Hand" was their biggest hit, IIRC

Posted by: AltonJackson is not really a Hootie fan, just likes their first album at April 13, 2014 07:10 PM (kKdYS)

215 If anybody likes Cajun/Zydeco-type music w/ a bit of rock mixed in, I discovered a band from Lafayette, La. called Bluerunners (first heard them on XM radio). If you can find Bluerunners - 'Le Grand Blue', please buy it. It is a masterpiece. If you don't like it, I will buy your copy. I probably bought it 10 years ago and I would venture to say I've listened to it more than any other record in that time span. And I listen to music the way some folks watch TV - everything from Hank Williams to Motorhead.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 13, 2014 07:11 PM (XvrTA)

216 *tries to think of a car that those wheels would look good on* *fails miserably* Posted by: GGE --------------------------- http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/5jG77mS4WaY/maxresdefault.jpg

Posted by: Name Changed in Futile Hope of Anonymity at April 13, 2014 07:11 PM (aDwsi)

217 Someday when I have a good job and the cash, I'm going to go to Walmart and pick up every $5, $6 and $7 album I can get my hands on that I used to have back in the day. Then I'm going to go to Fry's and repeat the process. I figure I can recreate a lot of my old collection that way for not too ridiculous an amount of cash.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:12 PM (HVI5a)

218 Bambu not bamboo dammit.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2014 07:12 PM (JdEZJ)

219

Also, for driving, I like Bat Out of Hell, Who's Next, and Born to Run.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 13, 2014 07:12 PM (sQ0LB)

220 216 - Tries again http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/5jG77mS4WaY/maxresdefault.jpg

Posted by: Name Changed in Futile Hope of Anonymity at April 13, 2014 07:12 PM (aDwsi)

221 GGE - Heh. Pixy has saved you from an ugly Mustang link.

Posted by: Name Changed in Futile Hope of Anonymity at April 13, 2014 07:13 PM (aDwsi)

222 Amazon also has a shit-ton of CD albums available for $5 or less.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:13 PM (HVI5a)

223
"Hold my Hand" was their biggest hit, IIRC

Posted by: AltonJackson is not really a Hootie fan, just likes their first album at April 13, 2014 11:10 PM (kKdYS)

Yeah that was one. I think that was their first one. But they had some other one that was upbeat like that as well too as their second hit.

Posted by: buzzion at April 13, 2014 07:13 PM (LI48c)

224 Speaking of people abusing innocent automobiles

http://jalopnik.com/5504752/the-worlds-worst-custom-corvette

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 07:13 PM (/8So2)

225 "It is otherwise a beautiful car. It's for sale but there wasn't a price on the sale sign."

Yes it is, love the color scheme he has going there.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 07:13 PM (yh0zB)

226 First time I have ever had a link blocked..., weird.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:13 PM (aDwsi)

227 48---- Is giving up something for Lent just a Catholic thing ? Or do other Christian religions do it ? Posted by: seamrog at April 13, 2014 10:21 PM (R46ic) ----------------- All of the eastern Orthodox Churches do. The Church of England and Episcopal Church do too, although today that usually means giving up martinis to save the lesbian polar bears in Palestine. Traditionalist and breakaway Anglicans observe old-style Lent. Many Lutherans (especially "high church" Mo. Synod) and independent Methodists do too.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 13, 2014 07:14 PM (dfYL9)

228 Ok. Do I get the barrel if I mention that Vivaldi, Sebelius (the composer, not the communist) and Strauss make great road music?

Posted by: madtom at April 13, 2014 07:14 PM (cOb0J)

229 Either the libs will start to realize there are limits and these people are clearly beyond them . . . or the whole rotten edifice will burn that much faster. Posted by: Trimegistus at April 13, 2014 11:05 PM (OxYg9) Problem is that burning is exactly what these people want, and are prepared for.

Posted by: The Official Hat of the Burning Times at April 13, 2014 07:15 PM (AymDN)

230 Hootie was one of those bands unfairly mocked. A lot better stuff than many *respected* acts.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 07:15 PM (XRSxm)

231 *tries to think of a car that those wheels would look good on* *fails miserably* Posted by: GGE --------------------------- http://i1.yt___.com/vi/5jG77mS4WaY/maxresdefault.jpg *** Heh. A few days ago I was on I-10 and a mint green, completely jacked-up Crown Vic passed me. Then another jacked-up CV passed me, but it was baby blue. Then another, in lilac.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 07:15 PM (DmNpO)

232 My dream car is a 74 Chevy Vega diesel with cruise and AC. A chick magnet.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 13, 2014 07:15 PM (SAMxH)

233 GGE - Heh. Pixy has saved you from an ugly Mustang link.

Posted by: Name Changed in Futile Hope of Anonymity at April 13, 2014 11:13 PM (aDwsi)

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!! *douses eyes in brain bleach*

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 07:15 PM (yh0zB)

234 Joe Grusheky and the Houserockers and ultra lefty Steve Earl are good drivin music too.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:15 PM (Q8vlx)

235 madtom: not at all. One of my original CD purchases was one of CBS's Leonard Bernstein "Great Performances" compilations featuring three or four compositions by Ravel, including "Bolero."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:15 PM (HVI5a)

236 Interestingly enough, a gay pimp's love is quite similar to a gay President's love.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at April 13, 2014 07:16 PM (i9vov)

237 Am listening to "Frampton Comes Alive" right now. Posted by: qdpsteve That's a great record, but it reminds me of when I was in college (version 1.0) and two good friends I knew then that died young, both from cancer. They were boyfriend and girlfriend, and they both knew they were doomed. So sometimes it makes me... Other good driving "CD's" "The Road to You" - Pat Metheny "Kamikiriad" - Donald Fagen "American Garage" - Pat Metheny, again "Surfing with the Alien" - Joe Satriani; in fact anything by Joe is pretty good on the road, or in your CD player, if you prefer.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 13, 2014 07:16 PM (+1T7c)

238 Do I get the barrel if I mention that Vivaldi, Sebelius (the composer, not the communist) and Strauss make great road music? Posted by: madtom ---------------- If I had to listen to Sebelius, I would drive into a telephone pole. I have tried, and tried. Just can't acquire the taste.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:16 PM (aDwsi)

239 *tries to think of a car that those wheels would look good on*

*fails miserably*

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 11:08 PM (yh0zB)

http://tinyurl.com/l3ukdpc

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 07:16 PM (r/e1Q)

240 171 So did you name the dog Lint?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 10:56 PM (/8So2)

Nah, we went with "Buckley"

that is the most beautiful dog!!!!
Posted by: thunderb at April 13, 2014 10:55 PM (zOTsN)

Thanks thunderb. He's a cutie, no doubt. Posted by: Seamus M. at April 13, 2014 10:59 PM (MKpBT) Hide posts from (MKpBT)

I still think he looks alarmingly like Beethoven. If he gets syphilis and hangs out with orchestral instruments, get a multitrack digital recorder.....

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 07:17 PM (T1005)

241 Anna Puma.
Did you catch BBF at the H2?
They featured one of your favorite Cos-play participants.

http://tinyurl.com/ols6vqk

Posted by: ChrisP at April 13, 2014 07:17 PM (GQXLh)

242 cm9000: Hootie was a lot easier on the ears IMHO than Nirvana, true. Not that Nirvana wasn't good... but they had too much what I call "Pink Floyd Syndrome," i.e., they were great technically and even tunefully sometimes, but also way too much the Debbie Downer "everything sucks but us" band.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:17 PM (HVI5a)

243 Interestingly enough, a gay pimp's love is quite similar to a gay President's bodyman's love. Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at April 13, 2014 11:16 PM (i9vov) Fixed.

Posted by: Reggie Love, White House Pimp at April 13, 2014 07:17 PM (AymDN)

244 Well, isn't this a post full of.. what are they called... words? The KITTEH (not that ghey when you shout it, see?) pic was an amazing demonstration of why animals' camouflage works; that which you can't imagine in a zoo. "How could they not see him coming? He's all spotty!" --- Once again, I'm not sure how the stats work, but I see I'm not in them, so I'd like to thank my agent, my publicist, and my highly variable IP address at home. [[blows kisses, weeps like a Speaker of the House]] *snjff* --- Two videos for your ... enlightenment. First, I found this after getting lost in the darker realms of yootoob: Grounds for Impeachment- Michelle Obama Is A Transvestite! http://youtu.be/JArEsg4tErA I don't know why the guy thinks this has anything to do with impeachment. And I don't know anyone who would want to actually, you know, check for sure. (He suggests Boener do it, I think.) But, you know, the guy is whack, but... have you seen how she walks? Second, something I tried to do timely for the movie's release but didn't get done until now. Oh, well. Noah II Since Noah, there was no one could lower the oceans. Until... http://mindfulwebworks.com/radical/noah-ii or click the nick --- And I'll hang around as long as you will let me. I never minded standing in the rain.

Posted by: mindful webworker at April 13, 2014 07:18 PM (U13jb)

245 Problem is that burning is exactly what these people want, and are prepared for.

Posted by: The Official Hat of the Burning Times at April 13, 2014 11:15 PM (AymDN)

Concur with the former, but not the latter. They may think they're prepared for it...

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 07:18 PM (r/e1Q)

246 Speaking of people abusing innocent automobiles **** No. Just no.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 07:18 PM (DmNpO)

247 226 First time I have ever had a link blocked..., weird.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 11:13 PM (aDwsi)

I M and G cannot be put together in a comment otherwise you get IMG. This was done to prevent people from inserting pictures into comments because that is the tag for an image to appear. This was done long before we had all other basic formatting taken away because some people thought it was hilarious to break the blog allowing trolls to figure out how to shut down the comments section.

Posted by: buzzion at April 13, 2014 07:18 PM (LI48c)

248 Speaking of people abusing innocent automobiles

http://jalopnik.com/5504752/the-worlds-worst-custom-corvette

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 11:13 PM (/8So2)

that poor car...I wanted to put it out of its misery...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 07:18 PM (yh0zB)

249 Well that link Chris should side track all the Morons as they run for their bunks...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 07:19 PM (/8So2)

250 MH. Classical is an acquired taste. I actually like Wagner.

Posted by: madtom at April 13, 2014 07:20 PM (cOb0J)

251 heh I use IMG figuring it would go ___ and it shows up. Oh well.

Posted by: buzzion at April 13, 2014 07:20 PM (LI48c)

252 If we're goin' classical, I suggest Beethoven's 6th. Chavez, isn't it aswful??? I love me some Steve Earl, but gawt damn is he a Liberal asshole.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:20 PM (63X/k)

253 http://tinyurl.com/l3ukdpc

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 11:16 PM (r/e1Q)

That's f'n high-larious...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 07:20 PM (yh0zB)

254 226 First time I have ever had a link blocked..., weird.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 11:13 PM (aDwsi)

++++

Pixy hates links with the letters i*m*g in them. Don't know why.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 13, 2014 07:21 PM (IN7k+)

255 NDH and GGE yeah. That is car abuse in the first degree.

Someone posted a video in the comments of an idiot with too many ponies and not enough control burning rubber in a pick-up. With predictable results.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 07:21 PM (/8So2)

256 Tammy: for sure all that talent, but a perfect asshole?

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:21 PM (Q8vlx)

257 212 buzzion: was "I Go Blind" an early or late hit for Hootie? I think late, but not sure. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 11:10 PM (HVI5a) They had about a 4 year run starting in 94, and that song was from "Friends" when the gang went to one of their concerts, so I think it was in about 95 or 96. I think their problem was that they came around when grunge and rap got huge, so they got lost in the shuffle. Now, Darius Rucker is one of the big names in country music.

Posted by: Ashley Judds' Puffy Scamper, former MrCaniac1 at April 13, 2014 07:21 PM (HxSXm)

258 My car is so noisy that classical music is out. The soft sections would be drowned out by the whirr and hum and clank and so on. So, I go straight to ZZ Top. That way I only utilize one dynamic range. The one I can hear.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 07:22 PM (JgC5a)

259 i and m and g might not work together, but unfortunately tinyurl does.

http://tinyurl.com/omqr2ov

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 07:22 PM (yh0zB)

260 Ok. Do I get the barrel if I mention that Vivaldi, Sebelius (the composer, not the communist) and Strauss make great road music? Posted by: madtom at April 13, 2014 11:14 PM Not at all: I think Vivaldi's The Four Seasons makes great road music; especially the recording with Itzhak Perlman doing the detail work. Bach's shorter stuff makes for good classical pop for driving.

Posted by: AltonJackson is not really a Hootie fan, just likes their first album at April 13, 2014 07:22 PM (kKdYS)

261 Classical is an acquired taste. I actually like Wagner. Posted by: madtom ------------------------------ Oh, no. You misunderstand, I primarily listen to classical, and have for..., let's just say a long time. It's just that Sebelius just does not work for me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:23 PM (aDwsi)

262 Jammin on Grand Funk right now. Still pretty damn good.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:23 PM (Q8vlx)

263 Country Singer there used to be a site called Molested Cars. Had a four-wheeler sporting what looked like 20in gold wire spoke rims.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 07:23 PM (/8So2)

264 Ok. Do I get the barrel if I mention that Vivaldi, Sebelius (the composer, not the communist) and Strauss make great road music? Posted by: madtom I like to listen to Handel's "Watermusic" while driving. It's relaxing. And one time we (the fam) were driving home from somewhere, and the whole 1812 Overture was being played on a Sirius station. That's great to listen to while driving. And "Inagodadavida". all 25 minutes of it.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 13, 2014 07:23 PM (+1T7c)

265 223 ---But they had some other one that was upbeat like that as well too as their second hit. Posted by: buzzion at April 13, 2014 11:13 PM (LI48c) -------------- "I Only Wanna Be With You" was a biggie. (?)

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 13, 2014 07:23 PM (dfYL9)

266 navybrat. Try Two Cellos or Pentatonix with the violin girl.

Posted by: madtom at April 13, 2014 07:24 PM (cOb0J)

267 Speaking of people abusing innocent automobiles

Heh, someone drove a 'vette in Little Rock that looked like they grabbed a bedazzler and went to town on it. It was ridiculous. Every time I saw it in our neighborhood, I could only laugh and sing "Rhinestone Cowboy."

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 07:24 PM (ILBCY)

268 GGE.... why?

Bruce Banner, "So that is what happens when you bombard a Mustang with gamma rays."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 07:24 PM (/8So2)

269 "One of the sweetest sounds you can hear is a big old American V8 working hard and pulling strong."

Around the SF Bay Area, there was about a twenty year period where the high school hot rod set all suddenly become "import tuners". American V8s were replaced by Honda fours.

Mind you, a Honda can go pretty damn fast. It can also handle and stop nicely. And they can even sound pretty cool. I hear turboed rice rockets blipping the throttle at stoplights hard enough to get the waste gate to open.

Weirdly enough, it seems like the hip thing now is to resurrect Sixties USA.

I saw a big old Mopar being worked on with the hood up and went over to say hello. I expected for gray hair to come out from underneath. Nope. The kid who owned it must have been born in the middle Nineties. The car was a quarter century older than he was.

What kills me is that this movement will die out for lack of affordable parts. The yards emptied out a long time ago. And the firms which make up Government Motors want nothing to do with vehicles that they built generations back. They've fobbed off the remaining old-stock spares inventory already for scrap cash.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 07:25 PM (noWW6)

270 An admission by the Left that "education" to them is not about teaching facts, but of teaching their values: http://tinyurl.com/ohbpmcd

Posted by: The Educated Hat at April 13, 2014 07:25 PM (AymDN)

271 Glenn Miller.

http://youtu.be/n92ATE3IgIs

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 07:25 PM (yh0zB)

272 " Try Two Cellos or Pentatonix with the violin girl." Is that a musical group or a mixed drink?

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 07:25 PM (JgC5a)

273 NDH and GGE yeah. That is car abuse in the first degree. *** I just went back and look again. Even if that scheme had been executed by professionals, it would still be the second-worst customization ever. The fact that the fellow clearly did it himself, in his mom's garage, after consuming two too many red bulls and vodkas is just criminal. He couldn't even be bothered to line up the lettering.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 07:26 PM (DmNpO)

274 " Try Two Cellos or Pentatonix with the violin girl."

Is that a musical group or a mixed drink?
---
It's also a desert topping.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 07:26 PM (/8So2)

275 ultra lefty Steve Earl are good drivin music too.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 11:15 PM (Q8vlx)

I swear when I saw a picture of Earl around when Copperhead Road was released, that they'd be finding his dead body with a spike hanging out of his arm in short order. He's a survivor though and keeps on playing great songs if you can ignore the lefty lyrics. Lydia Loveless wrote a song about him stalking her and always bugging her to play and go out with him that's pretty funny.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 07:26 PM (yT+eY)

276 The older I get, the more I find that Vivaldi gets on my last damn nerve.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:26 PM (63X/k)

277 GGE.... why?

Bruce Banner, "So that is what happens when you bombard a Mustang with gamma rays."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 11:24 PM (/8So2)

Somebody needs to smash it anyway.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 07:26 PM (yh0zB)

278 So, I go straight to ZZ Top. That way I only utilize one dynamic range. The one I can hear.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 11:22 PM (JgC5a)

Love me some ZZ, but Cheap Sunglasses is one of the lamest, most over-rated songs evah.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 07:27 PM (XRSxm)

279 Is that a musical group or a mixed drink? --- It's also a desert topping. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 11:26 PM (/8So2) And a floor wax!

Posted by: An Infomercial for a revolutionary new hat! at April 13, 2014 07:27 PM (AymDN)

280 "I love me some Steve Earl, but gawt damn is he a Liberal asshole."

_Copperhead Road_. From Steve's wasted from before sunup to after sundown era.

Bad-mood white-trash music.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 07:27 PM (noWW6)

281 Google Two cellos. Prepare to be either amazed or amused.

Posted by: madtom at April 13, 2014 07:27 PM (cOb0J)

282 Love me some ZZ, but Cheap Sunglasses is one of the lamest, most over-rated songs evah. Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 11:27 PM (XRSxm) And "Francine" is one of the most creepy.

Posted by: ZZ Hat at April 13, 2014 07:28 PM (AymDN)

283 "They've fobbed off the remaining old-stock spares inventory already for scrap cash." You are likely correct. So, let's you and me buy a 3D printer and go in to biz. If the patents have been abandoned, it's fair game.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 07:28 PM (JgC5a)

284 OMG, I have that Lydia Loveless album! Great song. And I bet it's all true.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:28 PM (63X/k)

285 As long as the body holds up on the Toy, it will continue to be mine. I can repair ANY mechanical issue. Since it only goes out in sunshine my kids will probably be the ones to dispose of it. Pretty much the same with the Ramcharger--it's a Summertime toy and currently sports NO rust at all.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 13, 2014 07:29 PM (SAMxH)

286 And speaking of Moonlight Serenade...I'm off to enjoy it a bit before putting the car away.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 07:30 PM (yh0zB)

287 If you like Muscle Shoals music, St. Paul and Broken Bones are very good. Paul Janeway sounds a bit like Al Green.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 13, 2014 07:30 PM (Lqy/e)

288 If you drag your mouse along the top of this ONT, the title "Overnight Open Thread (4-13-14)" shows up... guess the font color is white. I only thought to do that when I looked at the top of my browser and it says "font color = #fffff". Maet, is this a late April Fool's? LOL.

I only spotted the kitty after reading Mike Hammer's hints... and it still took me a minute! He's one sneaky kitty.

Can't wait for the eclipse, hoping for a clear night (unlike tonight!).
Overnight Open Thread (4-13-2014)Overnight Open Thread (4-13-2014)Overnight Open Thread (4-13-2014)

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at April 13, 2014 07:30 PM (KL49F)

289 GGE @ 271 Glenn Miller. Thanks - my late Dad loved Glenn Miller, and saw him in 40-41 when he was a teenager (my Dad, not Glenn). And Tommy Dorsey, and Benny Goodman. My Dad thought he was Benny Goodman (kidding) because he played the clarinet back in the day. He played in some kind of Shriner Marching band back in the '40's (after WWII) when he was an active Mason.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 13, 2014 07:30 PM (+1T7c)

290 Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens (or another album)

I like Catch Bull at Four.

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 07:31 PM (ILBCY)

291 Someone posted a video in the comments of an idiot with too many ponies and not enough control burning rubber in a pick-up. With predictable results. *** Heh. Just watched it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 07:31 PM (DmNpO)

292 Even tho Jap cars run real nice, there is nothing better than American Muscle, say a 66 or 67 Chevelle w/ a big block.

Posted by: My New Sock at April 13, 2014 07:31 PM (a5BB8)

293 Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits. One could get several hundred miles out of that one.

Posted by: AltonJackson loves himself some Dire Straits at April 13, 2014 07:31 PM (kKdYS)

294 As for the ghetto, I live there! Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 11:10 PM (DmNpO) ------ Challenge accepted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjfQjGky_4M

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 07:31 PM (M/gdM)

295 Ok, where's the kitteh? Evenin' all. Great nephew/neice birthday today. Was like we went back in time. Spent the day on the front porch and playing games in the yard and then walked to here. http://tinyurl.com/pmlywov Pretty damn close to perfect day.

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 07:31 PM (QeH9j)

296 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 11:23 PM (/8So2)

There may or may not be a website called Ghetto Red Hot that has a lot of examples.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 07:31 PM (r/e1Q)

297 TPH totally forgettable and overused character designs. Plus sword girls with magic and powered armor. And Michael Bay explosions and giant fights.
http://youtu.be/YiGy3ivUvvY

Wishing for the Third Impact aka SMOD.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 07:31 PM (/8So2)

298 OMG, I have that Lydia Loveless album! Great song. And I bet it's all true.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 11:28 PM (63X/k)

That album completely smokes from cut one with that wild-ass banjo to the end.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 07:31 PM (yT+eY)

299 Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 13, 2014 11:30 PM (+1T7c) don't forget Arty Shaw bro, to get down w/ the ladies

Posted by: My New Sock at April 13, 2014 07:32 PM (a5BB8)

300 Looka here, now, I am not judging anyone, because I have every single Bay City Rollers album ever made, and I made Thor burn me my favorites of them and I still listen to them now and then....but...Al Stewart, really? And Poco?? I just can't with that easy listening 70/80s stuff. But if you like it, how can you not mention Supertramp, too?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:32 PM (63X/k)

301 Hell yea Captain. I never understood why she never got bigger than she did. Can't Change Me alone shoulda made her a star.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:33 PM (63X/k)

302 Tammy: WORD

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:33 PM (Q8vlx)

303 "One of the sweetest sounds you can hear is a big old American V8 working hard and pulling strong." ----------------------- Once a year I go out to the Ag Center for the Antique Tractor & Engine show. I try to get there in time to watch the tractor pull. It is restricted to OEM tractors, no crazy stuff. Standing close to one of those big supercharged Olivers at WOT and pulling hard is awesome.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:34 PM (aDwsi)

304 I'll just settle for Creedence, Buffalo Springfield et al. Plus a side of doowop and any Bandstand oldie.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 13, 2014 07:35 PM (SAMxH)

305 Please tell me nothing bad happens to the Peter Drinkage character.

Posted by: Rowan Atkinson at April 13, 2014 07:35 PM (8c12T)

306 On long drives, I listen to talk radio late at night. Got to meet Art Bell once upon a time. He is a diminutive man with an attractive voice. We found ourselves on a cruise to Alaska, both our families. This was after Ramona had passed and Art was already proliferating with wife number 2. I wished them well. Art is an entertainer, first and foremost. He knows well over half the stuff he broadcasts could be BS. I think he is starting up again with his own show. He is a guy started with just about nothing and did pretty well for himself, right there in Pahrumph, NV.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 07:35 PM (JgC5a)

307 Chavez The Hugo, Grand Funk? I think they are a choice inherited by a friend or family member. Who sang Joy To The World? I hated that song as much as I hated Rod Stewart's Maggie Mae.

Posted by: Carol at April 13, 2014 07:36 PM (gjOCp)

308 219 Also, for driving, I like Bat Out of Hell, Who's Next, and Born to Run. Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 13, 2014 11:12 PM (sQ0LB) ======== My hubby and I go up to SF occasionally to take in a musical. Last time I programmed a music playlist designed to hit certain songs at certain times in the journey. "Bat Out of Hell" was set to coincide with the section that drives on the Bay Bridge eastward, leaving SF and passing Oakland.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 07:36 PM (LtUE0)

309 "Cheap Trick"'s Live from Budakon (sp?) makes for good driving music

Posted by: AltonJackson loves himself some Dire Straits at April 13, 2014 07:36 PM (kKdYS)

310 Tammy: give "Legend" by Poco a try. By far their biggest hit album. Plus it has that great late-1970s Urban Cowboy, Watching 'Dallas,' Friday-night-eating-at-Black-Angus vibe. Those were the days...

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:37 PM (HVI5a)

311

You've got to dodge'em you've got to duck 'em

You've got to keep that diesel truckin'

So put that hammer down and let it wail . . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 13, 2014 07:37 PM (BAS5M)

312 TPH totally forgettable and overused character designs. Plus sword girls with magic and powered armor. And Michael Bay explosions and giant fights. http://youtu.be/YiGy3ivUvvY Wishing for the Third Impact aka SMOD. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 11:31 PM (/8So2) Not one I'm watching. The new ones I'm taking a gander at: Gokukoku no Brynhildr, Majou Shoujo Taisen, Black Bullet, Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii, Sidonia no Kishi, Mushihi: Zoku-Shou, Hitsugi no chaika, Ryuugajou, Nanana no Maizoukin, Seikoku no Dragonar. The new season of Mushishi has been the best so far.

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at April 13, 2014 07:37 PM (AymDN)

313 Carol: Joy to the World? All the boys and girls? You have Three Dog Night to thank for that one. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:37 PM (HVI5a)

314 Hell yea Captain. I never understood why she never got bigger than she did. Can't Change Me alone shoulda made her a star.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 11:33 PM (63X/k)

You're in Ohio, no? I think she comes from around Columbus where she might be considered too white trash for those fucking snooty retards who're only one generation removed from the double wides. I would think that the alt-country crowd would flock to her but who knows. She's still got plenty of time if she doesn't flame out too quickly.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 07:38 PM (yT+eY)

315 265 223 ---But they had some other one that was upbeat like that as well too as their second hit.
Posted by: buzzion at April 13, 2014 11:13 PM (LI48c)
--------------
"I Only Wanna Be With You" was a biggie. (?)

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 13, 2014 11:23 PM (dfYL9)

Yeah that was it. Like I said I like Time and Let Her Cry much much more.

Posted by: buzzion at April 13, 2014 07:38 PM (LI48c)

316 Road music? "Telegraph Road" (Dire Straits) late at night, on a stormy, rainy highway. In the Fall, with winter coming.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 13, 2014 07:38 PM (+1T7c)

317 Summertime driving, or whenever. Best of CCR.

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 07:38 PM (QeH9j)

318 Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 11:34 PM (aDwsi)

Reminds me of the beginning and ending of Brad Paisley's "Southern Comfort Zone" video: http://youtu.be/B63ABnKv4jA

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 07:38 PM (r/e1Q)

319 Who sang Joy To The World?

Three Dog Night

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 07:38 PM (ILBCY)

320 When I drive thru North Dakota I turn up Lawrence Welk to 11, put the windows down and rock it with a Miller Light in my hand, But that is how I roll

Posted by: My New Sock at April 13, 2014 07:38 PM (a5BB8)

321 Oh now how in the hell did I forget about Creedence for a road trip? SO good. Fogerty's solo stuff is pretty good , too, altho I believe he's another commie. Oh and The Band, FFS. The Last Waltz is good road trip music. Which reminds me of Levom Helm's Dirt Farmer, may that good man rest in peace.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:39 PM (63X/k)

322 Fave music for long drives:

Anything Doobie Brothers (pre-Michael McDonald, of course...)

What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits, especially.

Posted by: JeanQ at April 13, 2014 07:39 PM (82lr7)

323 Temples of syrinx is a great driving song as well as red barchetta. In fact most of rushs early albums can be listened to in their entirety while drivng long distances.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 13, 2014 07:39 PM (Xkr8I)

324 Natural Fake - Fisherman's Blues -Waterboys Man..., you had to dig deep for that. I thought I was the only person in the world who listens to those guys. ------------ I wish I was the brakeman On a hurtlin' fevered train Crashing a-headlong into the heartland Like a cannon in the rain With the beating of the sleepers And the burnin' of the coal Counting the towns flashing by In a night that's full of soul With light in my head You in my arms Woohoo!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:40 PM (aDwsi)

325 Carol I am old enough to pass that on to my unfortunate offspring. I bought it back in the day. What can I say altered mental state and all.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:40 PM (Q8vlx)

326 "Cheap Trick"'s Live from Budakon (sp?) makes for good driving music *** I've always liked Cheap Trick but one of my favorites of theirs is, I fear, a total chick song: http://bit.ly/1gVlmDJ

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 07:40 PM (DmNpO)

327 I think perhaps the assumptions regarding "driving music" need to be examined. These are not "Desert Island Discs" or "Favorite Albums" -- these are albums that (1) can stand above road noise, (2) move you down the highway while not distracting you from safety issues on the road, (3) help you forget about the rude assholes who somehow flunked driver-training 32 times but, yet, are out on the road with you, and (4) can maybe be repeated so you don't have to pull over and fuck around with the stereo.

Who's next has been mentioned several times, but I think Who Are You is better with these criteria.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 07:41 PM (T1005)

328 "Cheap Trick"'s Live from Budakon (sp?) makes for good driving music

Posted by: AltonJackson loves himself some Dire Straits at April 13, 2014 11:36 PM (kKdYS)

American Pickers had an episode with Rick Nielsen. They got to go through all the crap he had in storage. Pretty cool episode.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 07:41 PM (r/e1Q)

329 290 GGE @ 271 Glenn Miller. Thanks - my late Dad loved Glenn Miller, and saw him in 40-41 when he was a teenager (my Dad, not Glenn). And Tommy Dorsey, and Benny Goodman. Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 13, 2014 11:30 PM (+1T7c) I took my parents to a Benny Goodman concert in the mid-1980s, when I was in my 20s. Because *I* wanted to see him. It was at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, so we got dressed up. I wore a suit and everything. I was also following the Dead around back in those days, but without my parents.

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 07:41 PM (sdi6R)

330 Throw Lake Street Dive in there with St. Paul and the Broken Bones.

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 07:41 PM (ILBCY)

331 Oh well I am out.

Night all.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 07:41 PM (/8So2)

332 Who sang Joy To The World? I hated that song as much as I hated Rod Stewart's Maggie Mae.

Posted by: Carol at April 13, 2014 11:36 PM (gjOCp)

Wasn't that Three Dog Night?

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 07:42 PM (yT+eY)

333 Before a wig-wearing nutjob threw a shoe at Hillary Clinton, the footwear flinger gave her heart to accused Colorado mass killer James Holmes.

Alison Ernst, 36, of Phoenix, was identified Friday as the sneaker-tossing kook who targeted the former First Lady one day earlier during a speech at a Las Vegas casino.

And Colorado officials confirmed she was the loopy lady escorted from the courtroom after a bizarre Â— and bald-headed Â— outburst during an August 2012 court hearing for Holmes.

Posted by: unambiguiously Semi-anonymous at April 13, 2014 07:42 PM (e8kgV)

334 Nite Anna

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:42 PM (Q8vlx)

335 Yeah, Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon is good. The Cars greatest hits.

Posted by: Soothsayer the Unstompable at April 13, 2014 07:42 PM (Lw/1M)

336 Devo's We Are Not Men and anything by SRV and Chuck Berry.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 13, 2014 07:42 PM (BAS5M)

337 "You are likely correct. So, let's you and me buy a 3D printer and go in to biz. If the patents have been abandoned, it's fair game."

Well, hell, we're local to one another, yeah?

Unfortunately, the stuff that is getting hard to find are the hard-metal, cast-iron things that don't replicate well on a 3D printer just yet.

There was an era when you could walk through junkyards and buy good old Yankee-ingenuity motors for pennies on the dollar. I cannot recall the last time I saw a golden era engine worth buying. They're all made over into rebar and razor blades now. Or have been rode hard and put away wet by the time the car ends up on a yard. Not worth trying to salvage much.

Some of those motors weren't worth writing home about -- lazy engineers throwing raw displacement at the performance problem -- but some were priceless technological artifacts with irreplacable component level innovations.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 07:42 PM (noWW6)

338 Temples of syrinx is a great driving song as well as red barchetta. In fact most of rushs early albums can be listened to in their entirety while drivng long distances. Posted by: Kreplach at April 13, 2014 11:39 PM Agreed. The front side of "2112" is a master-piece. The B-side rocks, as well.

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2014 07:43 PM (kKdYS)

339 I'm out too.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 07:43 PM (yT+eY)

340 Did they every declare Glenn Miller KIA? or MIA?

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 07:43 PM (JgC5a)

341 Steve, I know all about Poco. Not my taste at all.

I didn't like them when I was younger and still don't. I like a lil more kick to my music! Cheap Trick, Live at Boudikon...hell yea! Forgot about that one. And I love Dire Straits, but I didn't know about them til Brothers in Arms which is still a favorite. I seem to recall The Cars right about then, too, and I liked them. Captain, no, not anywhere near O-Hi-O.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:43 PM (63X/k)

342 The Blue Danube meets all 4 as long as the volume control works well.

Posted by: madtom at April 13, 2014 07:43 PM (cOb0J)

343 'Night AP

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 07:44 PM (QeH9j)

344 Tammy, fair enough. And not to be the spelling police (Dream Police?) but it's "Live at Budokan."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:44 PM (HVI5a)

345 Driving to Minot from Bismake in an IROC Z in the 80's. w/ a turbo mullet= score even with L. Welk rockin the Clarion... but you morons know that

Posted by: My New Sock at April 13, 2014 07:44 PM (a5BB8)

346 I think perhaps the assumptions regarding "driving music" need to be examined. These are not "Desert Island Discs" or "Favorite Albums" -- these are albums that (1) can stand above road noise, (2) move you down the highway while not distracting you from safety issues on the road, (3) help you forget about the rude assholes who somehow flunked driver-training 32 times but, yet, are out on the road with you, and (4) can maybe be repeated so you don't have to pull over and fuck around with the stereo.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 11:41 PM (T1005)

#Bossy

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 13, 2014 07:45 PM (BAS5M)

347 Who sang Joy To The World?

Three Dog Night

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 11:38 PM (ILBCY)

Someone sang it before them and the great hymns are a good listen 365.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 07:45 PM (XRSxm)

348 Oh. And as long as you can stay in your lane.

Posted by: madtom at April 13, 2014 07:45 PM (cOb0J)

349 TV trivia: Great side-boob from Don Draper's wife in the season premiere of Mad Men tonight.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 13, 2014 07:45 PM (hn5v5)

350 'Night Capt. hate

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 07:45 PM (QeH9j)

351 Tammy: wifey and I wore that Cheap Trick album out if you know what I mean. Isaw Cheap Trick play in a dive bar before they made it. That's how old I am.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:46 PM (Q8vlx)

352 Seriously everybody, all the suggestions are wonderful. I would never have imagined the range of music everyone here is familiar with and/or fans of. :-) Thanks, thanks, thanks. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:46 PM (HVI5a)

353 Never recovered G. Miller's body, so I am thinking MIA.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 07:46 PM (JgC5a)

354 Captain, no, not anywhere near O-Hi-O.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 11:43 PM (63X/k)

Sorry, I got you confused with another 'ette. Nice to find a Lydia Loveless fan, though. And now I'm really gone for the night.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 13, 2014 07:46 PM (yT+eY)

355 Qdpsteve, I hate that music! Thanks for info. I acquired most of my mucks as a 10 or 11 year old from my older brother who was drafted & Thank God he was sent to Germany instead of Vietnam. I sent letters & my younger brother & I pretty much ruined his vinyl ole tigon.

Posted by: Carol at April 13, 2014 07:46 PM (gjOCp)

356 Who sang Joy To The World? I hated that song as much as I hated Rod Stewart's Maggie Mae. Posted by: Carol at April 13, 2014 11:36 PM (gjOCp) ------- Looks like I was beat to punch with the answer of "Three Dog Night." Just do yourself a favor & DO NOT look up the history of Chuck Negron.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 07:46 PM (M/gdM)

357 And, to show you how sheltered I was as a kid: I only -got- the double entendre behind the name of the band Cheap Trick when I was about... 30. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:46 PM (HVI5a)

358 If Fulton County goes under a tornado watch, I am gonna have to cut a big sumbitch in his sleep, much as I would if he had me cooped up in a car and insisted on listening to his very extensive Zappa collection. That is just straight-up Dude music right there. I Do Not Get It.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:47 PM (63X/k)

359 I think perhaps the assumptions regarding "driving music" need to be examined. These are not "Desert Island Discs" or "Favorite Albums" -- these are albums that (1) can stand above road noise, (2) move you down the highway while not distracting you from safety issues on the road, (3) help you forget about the rude assholes who somehow flunked driver-training 32 times but, yet, are out on the road with you, and (4) can maybe be repeated so you don't have to pull over and fuck around with the stereo. *** Yes. My suggestions.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 07:47 PM (DmNpO)

360 The Cars greatest hits. Posted by: Soothsayer the Unstompable Rik Ocasek's dad was Oliver Ocasek, who was once the Republican majority leader of the Ohio State Senate. There's even a building named after him at ... I think the University of Akron.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 13, 2014 07:47 PM (+1T7c)

361 Time for the old folk. Yard work starts tomorrow. Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 13, 2014 07:47 PM (SAMxH)

362 Joiiiiiiiiie to th world... Yes, I did see Three Dog Night live. I had a girlfriend. We went to concerts. Wikipedia says one of their vocalists "Danny Hutton... got his start with Hanna-Barbera Records in 1964." Hanna-Barbera records? Rut ruh ruck? "Joy to the World" was... Hoyt Axton's?

Posted by: mindful webworker at April 13, 2014 07:47 PM (U13jb)

363 I promote Lightfoot from time-to-time, throwback that I am. "Carefree Highway"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:47 PM (aDwsi)

364 cthulhu@329: "Who's next has been mentioned several times, but I think Who Are You is better with these criteria."

Share your affection for classic Who.

Say, on a previous ONT, I noted that you had linked a video by a certain Scots musician as definitive on the pronounciation of "slainte".

Did you catch that fellow the last time he toured through the Bay Area? I was incredibly busy and I learned he had been here literally the very next afternoon. Blech. Would have made time had I only known.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 07:47 PM (noWW6)

365 I am only good for 500 - 600 miles a day anymore. Used to be a thousand. Let's call it 475.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 07:47 PM (JgC5a)

366 Carol: actually Three Dog Night did a good job with the song "An Old Fashioned Love Song" in 1971, at least IMHO. But yeah, some bands are destined for greatness. And others... uh...

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 07:48 PM (HVI5a)

367 I watch too much Bar Rescue. I shouldn't know what a 'butt funnel' is without thinking about it.

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 07:48 PM (QeH9j)

368 'Night IG

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:48 PM (aDwsi)

369 Night ig.

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 07:49 PM (QeH9j)

370 Oh Chavez, I do indeed know just what you mean, although Thor can't stand it, so we wore out Stevie Ray Vaughn and George Thorogood albums that way!

I am 50 years old, and to this day I can barely keep my clothes on when I hear Little Sister.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:49 PM (63X/k)

371 Good Night Iron Grandpa, I've been up since before 5 & will soon go to sleep too!

Posted by: Carol at April 13, 2014 07:49 PM (gjOCp)

372 I am only good for 500 - 600 miles a day anymore. Used to be a thousand. Let's call it 475. Posted by: navybrat ------------------ It's 489 miles from here to Hatteras Village. I can only do it because I know I'm going to be having a cold beer on the beach when I get there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:50 PM (aDwsi)

373 Night, IG, and Caaptain!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:50 PM (63X/k)

374 I promote Lightfoot from time-to-time

Oh, yes, I love the Summertime Dream album. I skip the Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald though.

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 07:51 PM (ILBCY)

375 Tammy: Hubby is a lucky man for sure. You and mywife would get along great!

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:51 PM (Q8vlx)

376 Oh gosh, Big Band. We are on a such a tear with it the last few years. I adore Mr Miller like I adore Hank Aaron. And we have this Dorsey 5 album set that is to die for, so so so good.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:52 PM (63X/k)

377 I bet we would, Chavez! She obviously has really excellent taste in men and music.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:52 PM (63X/k)

378 Hatteras? Cape Hatteras? I knew it before it was fashionable. Lovely place, unless you are a sailor, on a ship. If you are, stay the hell away. The Cape is a graveyard of ships and souls.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 07:53 PM (JgC5a)

379 I normally just dodge the whole music thing. I don't have that much in common with anyone here on that front, and as to albums, I don't know that I've ever liked a whole one, usually 3-4 songs and ditch the rest, sometimes just one.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 13, 2014 07:53 PM (sBOi6)

380 Why didn't the cops shoot that old man dead? He doesn't deserve to live after murdering three people? How did they take that fucker a live? Maybe, we should all write him and tell him to man up and hang himself.

Posted by: Rowan Atkinson at April 13, 2014 07:53 PM (8c12T)

381 wait, what? We're talkin' "Greatest Hits" albums now?... Well, that's different: ELO's Greatest Hits The Eagles Greatest Hits (the first one) The Best of The Doubie Brothers anything "The Travelling Wilburies" ever did

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2014 07:53 PM (kKdYS)

382 Thanks. Right back at you.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:53 PM (Q8vlx)

383 Passport, nice driving music. Plus I love the vamp in "Radar Love"

Posted by: pawn at April 13, 2014 07:53 PM (KlYu1)

384 Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 11:41 PM (T1005) ------- Above road noise? I think someone may need to invest in a good amp. I suggest PPI...

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 07:53 PM (M/gdM)

385 I am 50 years old, and to this day I can barely keep my clothes on when I hear Little Sister. Posted by: Tammy --------------- Ah! Reminds me of Ry Cooder.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:54 PM (aDwsi)

386 Hey, no good deed, what's your weather like? And I love Edmund Fitzgerald. I like a lot of Lightfoot's music, come to think of it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:54 PM (63X/k)

387 Hoyt Axton and John Hartford, both gone now. The Yellow Rose of Texas http://tinyurl.com/cc3awt Really pretty

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 13, 2014 07:54 PM (+1T7c)

388 7 more millers till Fargo. Can you believe the MN Gophers did not win the NCAA Hockey tournament?

Posted by: My New Sock at April 13, 2014 07:54 PM (a5BB8)

389 I'm out y'all, meeting in the morning. Everyone take care.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 07:54 PM (r/e1Q)

390 If you like big band (as do I) then be sure to check out Fletcher Henderson and Jimmy Lunceford from 1930 on. And it goes without saying that I am a big fan of Ellington. Great stuff.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 07:54 PM (JgC5a)

391 Hatteras? Cape Hatteras? I knew it before it was fashionable. ----------------------------- So did I.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:55 PM (aDwsi)

392 I never met a slide guitar I didn't like, Mike. Cooder ain't half bad.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:55 PM (63X/k)

393 'Night CS

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:55 PM (aDwsi)

394 Tammy, it's warm and soon to be rainy. I'm down in Alabama now.

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 07:55 PM (ILBCY)

395 Nite all 4:30 tomorrow. Old man needs his sleep.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 13, 2014 07:55 PM (Q8vlx)

396 Deep Purple i'm not a fan

Posted by: joffrey at April 13, 2014 07:56 PM (30eLQ)

397 "I am only good for 500 - 600 miles a day anymore. Used to be a thousand."

The question is whether you have to get up and do it again the next day. That is the true acid test.

Nothing will teach you about ergonomics quite like crisscrossing North America by car. If something's not quite right, you will know about it by the end of the first loooooong stretch behind the wheel.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 07:56 PM (noWW6)

398 If the government is in the business of collecting ancestral debts, then it should be prepared to start paying ancestral debts too. My ancestors in the Cherokee Nation and in the Cades Cove and Lake Norris areas of Tennessee were clearly wronged by the government. If they want to open this Pandora's Box, then I say we should start filing legal challenges against the government for every questionable, immoral, and outright evil act it's done since its inception. Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Posted by: Cato at April 13, 2014 07:56 PM (4cRuH)

399 It's one of those nights for me. Good night, Friends-in-the-box.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at April 13, 2014 07:56 PM (ClWQc)

400 I know Instapundit likes Gordon Lightfoot too.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 13, 2014 07:57 PM (hn5v5)

401 You guyses be fun. Lurk ya later, 'cause I'm getting dragged back to my cell, to the bunk, to sleep, perchance to dream, and probably to wake up to the same mess or worse. ♫ ♬ It's all a dream... Life passing by on a screen... There's you and I on a bean... Speeding through the great big universe and we're all really puny... ♫ ♬ Good night, Gracies.

Posted by: mindful webworker at April 13, 2014 07:57 PM (U13jb)

402 I never met a slide guitar I didn't like, Mike. Cooder ain't half bad. Posted by: Tammy ------------------- Leo Kottke, 12 string, slide. "I Guess I owe It All To Pamela Brown"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:57 PM (aDwsi)

403 Red Rider and solo Tom Cochrane have some great driving music. In fact Life is a Highway might be the best driving song ever.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 13, 2014 07:58 PM (IV4od)

404 Hatteras, have not been there in nigh upon 25 years. Last time I was there, my BIL lost his life in a rip current. Maybe the whole ordeal made me never go back.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 07:58 PM (JgC5a)

405 Night y'all! Sleep well! 'deed. for good? Did you transfer, or are y'all just visiting?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:58 PM (63X/k)

406 On historical debts, I'm going to sue the shit out of the Irish those f*ckers they were the shittiest slaves my Swedish ancesters ever captured.

Posted by: My New Sock at April 13, 2014 07:59 PM (a5BB8)

407 The ONT is bleeding!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 07:59 PM (aDwsi)

408 "Canadian Railway Trilogy" - Gordon Lightfoot. and now goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 13, 2014 07:59 PM (+1T7c)

409 Leo is great, but just lacks a little soul to me.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 07:59 PM (63X/k)

410 Oh, we transferred. Just about done here. We're headed to VA this summer.

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 08:00 PM (ILBCY)

411 409 On historical debts, I'm going to sue the shit out of the Irish those f*ckers they were the shittiest slaves my Swedish ancesters ever captured. Posted by: My New Sock at April 13, 2014 11:59 PM (a5BB

And the GOP has no problem with the Irish immigrants. Pelosi told me so.

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 08:01 PM (QeH9j)

412 How can you not get a kick out of Edmund Fitzgerald once in a while?

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 08:01 PM (XRSxm)

413 Pelosi told me so. Posted by: RWC at April 14, 2014 12:01 AM (QeH9j) Pelosi's ancesters got fucked by the Moors, so she is genetically supposed to be stoopid.

Posted by: My New Sock at April 13, 2014 08:02 PM (a5BB8)

414 Can't they find a cooler place than Arkansas, Alabama or Virginia to send you in the summertime, 'deed??

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:02 PM (63X/k)

415 284 "They've fobbed off the remaining old-stock spares inventory already for scrap cash." You are likely correct. So, let's you and me buy a 3D printer and go in to biz. If the patents have been abandoned, it's fair game. Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 11:28 PM (JgC5a) 99 Jeep Grand Cherokee that I bought new. Everytime in the last few years that I needed a part, it wasn't made anymore, and no one had any in stock. My repair guy tried getting them from local junkyards, but they were out of parts because cash for clunkers took a whole bunch of cars off the roads, and kept them out of junkyards since those cars had to be shredded. Another one of the many stupid ideas from this Administration and the Dems.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's' Puffy Scamper, former MrCaniac1 at April 13, 2014 08:03 PM (HxSXm)

416 Would it be courting back luck if I put on the travel music playlist Harry Chapin's "30,000 Pounds of Bananas?"

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 08:03 PM (LtUE0)

417 409 On historical debts, I'm going to sue the shit out of the Irish those f*ckers they were the shittiest slaves my Swedish ancesters ever captured. Posted by: My New Sock at April 13, 2014 11:59 PM (a5BB

Swell the red. Thanks. What part?

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 08:03 PM (QeH9j)

418 A little Junior Brown (Highway Patrol, Broke Down South of Dallas), some Hot Rod Lincoln, and maybe some Six Days on the Road. Watch your speedometer.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 13, 2014 08:04 PM (BAS5M)

419 Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel. (wheel = 2 syllables)

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 08:05 PM (JgC5a)

420 Late as usual ... saw kitteh ... hope to see blood moon ... time to read comments ...

Posted by: Adriane... at April 13, 2014 08:05 PM (qoKTg)

421 The cops was after my hot rod Lincoln...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 08:05 PM (aDwsi)

422 Ha! It's okay. I thrive in heat and humidity, but I need my beauty sleep. So, I bid you a good night. Stay safe if the weather takes a turn.

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2014 08:06 PM (ILBCY)

423 Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel. ------------- Georgia Satellites?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 08:06 PM (aDwsi)

424 Doors.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 08:07 PM (XRSxm)

425 Doors. Although it's close to the opening line of Golden Earring's "Radar Love."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 08:07 PM (HVI5a)

426 "Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" by Weird Al Yankovic, a phenomenal Gordon Lightfoot/Harry Chapin style pastiche.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 08:07 PM (LtUE0)

427 wish Die Nibelungen was watched by more people. Sure, it became a Nazi favorite but it really is one of Fritz Lang's best flick

Posted by: The Dude at April 13, 2014 08:07 PM (bStrg)

428 What part? Posted by: RWC at April 14, 2014 12:03 AM (QeH9j) The swedes in my family were from just west of Stockholm. Who know where they capture the Irish muts from? Mostly Dublin probably... This is just funnin, y'all White slavin was very commin in the 900's

Posted by: My New Sock at April 13, 2014 08:07 PM (a5BB8)

429 I been driving all night, my hands wet on the wheel..

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 08:08 PM (aDwsi)

430 Sister Sestina: listen to Weird Al's original composition "Everything You Know Is Wrong" sometime. I. love. it.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 08:08 PM (HVI5a)

431 Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel. ------------- Georgia Satellites? Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 14, 2014 12:06 AM No, they where more "don't hand my no lies and keep your hands to yourself", IIRC

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2014 08:09 PM (kKdYS)

432 No mention of The Allman Brothers. Perhaps it is just as well.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 08:09 PM (aDwsi)

433 . Long distance driving: "Radar Love" by Golden Earring

Posted by: Arbalest at April 13, 2014 08:10 PM (FlRtG)

434 Posted by: My New Sock at April 14, 2014 12:07 AM (a5BB8 LOL. No, what part of VA?

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 08:10 PM (QeH9j)

435 bye, bye

Posted by: My New Sock at April 13, 2014 08:10 PM (a5BB8)

436 navybrat at April 14, 2014 12:05 AM (JgC5a) you're on a roll, baby, aren't you ...

Posted by: Adriane... at April 13, 2014 08:10 PM (qoKTg)

437 I occasionally have Louden Wainwright's "Dead Skunk" tune run through my head.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 08:11 PM (aDwsi)

438 I'm going to sue the shit out of the Irish those f*ckers they were the shittiest slaves my Swedish ancesters ever captured. Some Welsh ( or possibly Scots) ancestors of my Daddy's were pressed into service somehow on a sugar cane plantation on one of the islands in the Carribbean, and were so completely worthless that they were put in a small boat with 7 days rations and set adrift. It was noted in some paperwork that despite various punishments, all they seemed to be able to do was imbibe, fornicate, and play upon the fiddle. My mom took a look at that and said... "300 years later, nothing has changed"

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:11 PM (63X/k)

439 It's half past four & I'm shifting gears...

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 08:11 PM (M/gdM)

440

I still hat Bush for his lies to us !!!!! Traitor !!!

Posted by: Dorcus Blimline at April 13, 2014 08:11 PM (JmsLl)

441 I was just free associating. For cryin' out loud, if you can't do it HERE...

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 08:13 PM (JgC5a)

442 deed, I'm in NC now. Good night! OMG, Georgia Satellites, a thousand times YES! Radar Love, yes, perfect road trippin' song. Total Male Anthem, but I love it, too. Also, Twilight Zone. I heard they did it all phonetically, didn't speak a lick of English?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:13 PM (63X/k)

443 433 Sister Sestina: listen to Weird Al's original composition "Everything You Know Is Wrong" sometime. I. love. it. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 14, 2014 12:08 AM (HVI5a) ==== Oh I have, I have! Though to my ears it's also pastiche, this time of They Might Be Giants. Yanky likes doing the Orange County (CA) Fair...after all he is Straight Outta Lynwood, not too far from our border with LA Co. That's literally down the street (a ways down but still). So I've seen him a number of times live. Last time I even got to be one of those sung to when he strolls through the audience doing "Wanna B Ur Lovr." Swoon!

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 08:13 PM (LtUE0)

444 Wall Street Journal ‏@WSJ 3s Breaking: #MH370 search to cease scans for black box signals and send underwater vehicle to sea floor. http://wsj.com

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 08:13 PM (DmNpO)

445 And I literally do have "Yugoslavian hands".

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 08:13 PM (LtUE0)

446 "300 years later, nothing has changed" Priceless!

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 08:14 PM (JgC5a)

447 Jonathan Bluth ‏@JonathanBluth 2h Every day for the next 8 days is going to be the same backwards: 4/12/14 4/13/14 4/14/14 4/15/14 4/16/14 4/17/14 4/18/14 4/19/14

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 08:14 PM (DmNpO)

448 Doors, Roadhouse Blues is another one that is very, very hard to stay fully clothed while listening to, especially if you start off with Love Me Two Times first.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:14 PM (63X/k)

449 NDH, how cool is that??

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:15 PM (63X/k)

450 Can we hold descendents of Hairy Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Barack I for the debts they rack up in our names today?

Posted by: MTF at April 13, 2014 08:15 PM (F58x4)

451 367 cthulhu@329: "Who's next has been mentioned several times, but I think Who Are You is better with these criteria."

Share your affection for classic Who.

Say, on a previous ONT, I noted that you had linked a video by a certain Scots musician as definitive on the pronounciation of "slainte".

Did you catch that fellow the last time he toured through the Bay Area? I was incredibly busy and I learned he had been here literally the very next afternoon. Blech. Would have made time had I only known.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 11:47 PM (noWW6) Hide posts from (noWW6)

I'm not sure it was his last trip through, but I saw him in SF a few years back.

Had a medical crisis with the BH recently where I was trying to give away Marillion tix in SF to any moron ... and couldn't find a taker. Wish I could have gone, wish a moron could have gone.....but they were gone.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 08:15 PM (T1005)

452 OK, I came back to post this road song: http://youtu.be/q_tS3NcdFT0

Now I'm out (again). Night, all.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 08:16 PM (r/e1Q)

453 NDH, how cool is that?? *** It ever would have occurred to me to look.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 08:17 PM (DmNpO)

454 Another fun fact about slavery...when some person goes on rhapsodizing about the Italian Renaissance, remind them that they had slaves too. In their case, Russians and Bosnians. Which is why we HAVE the word "slave" -- from the Italian for Slav. I'd get all indignant if it weren't likely my Dalmatian ancestors had a hand in selling them...

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 08:17 PM (LtUE0)

455 4/12/14 4/13/14 4/14/14 4/15/14 4/16/14 4/17/14 4/18/14 4/19/14 Posted by: Niedermeyer's ------------------- So, Apocalypse.., right?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 08:18 PM (aDwsi)

456 Me, either. I am so impressed when people notice stuff like that.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:18 PM (63X/k)

457 Albums for long road trips: Muse, "The Resistance" Electric Light Orchestra, "Time" Styx, "The Grand Illusion"

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at April 13, 2014 08:18 PM (Pd9h2)

458 Don't gimme no lines and keep your hands to yourself.

Posted by: tcn at April 13, 2014 08:18 PM (fwcEs)

459 1001 Dalmatian ancestors?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 13, 2014 08:19 PM (hn5v5)

460 "Everytime in the last few years that I needed a part, it wasn't made anymore, and no one had any in stock. My repair guy tried getting them from local junkyards, but they were out of parts because cash for clunkers took a whole bunch of cars off the roads, and kept them out of junkyards since those cars had to be shredded."

I had to slowly and painfully explain to a younger family member that the whacked wing mirror had to be bought new from a dealership for $300 instead of salvaged off a wreck for $3, because of Cash For Clunkers.

It's one of the few times I actually saw light dawn in eyes.

However, I don't think this lesson about Obamanomic stupidity lasted. Because "Obama is for gay marriage!"

Never mind that when he first ran for the Oval Office, the very same Obama claimed to be dead set against gay marriage. The younguns seem to admire this rapid plasticity of political positions. I suppose it meshes well with their own philosophically unmoored view of the world.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 08:19 PM (noWW6)

461 Twilight Zone is a much better song than Radar Love.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 08:19 PM (XRSxm)

462 Nothin' beats 4/20, man.

Posted by: Colorado LIV at April 13, 2014 08:19 PM (08jH8)

463 Tammy: I actually like Twilight Zone better than Radar Love. I think Golden Earring knew their English though. One song I loved when I was in high school, but that even then I could tell was sung phonetically by someone who couldn't speak English, was "Wouldn't It Be Good" by Nik Kershaw (who I believe is German). Ever listen to it? His inflection/phrasing are WAY off.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 08:20 PM (HVI5a)

464 Wall Street Journal ‏@WSJ 3s Breaking: #MH370 search to cease scans for black box signals and send underwater vehicle to sea floor. http://wsj.com Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 14, 2014 12:13 AM We all know that 2/3's of the passengers were Chinese nationals...who among them were persons that Beijing could not see landed in China proper?

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2014 08:20 PM (kKdYS)

465 Anything "Little Feat" And today was the birthday of the late Lowell George.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 08:20 PM (JgC5a)

466 "C',mon, stink!" Taught it to my young son. He's so much fun at parties.

Posted by: tcn at April 13, 2014 08:21 PM (fwcEs)

467 cm9000: you beat me to it re Twilight Zone. I could listen to the full 7.5-minute version all day long.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 08:21 PM (HVI5a)

468 I prefer Twilight Zone by far, but I think guys like that hooky bass line.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:21 PM (63X/k)

469 http://bit.ly/1eoCWp3

haha

Posted by: The Dude at April 13, 2014 08:21 PM (bStrg)

470 Talking Heads, all night long, if I have to drive that far.

Posted by: tcn at April 13, 2014 08:21 PM (fwcEs)

471 Ever listen to it? His inflection/phrasing are WAY off. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 14, 2014 12:20 AM (HVI5a) I don't think I have ever heard of it, but I'll check it out!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:22 PM (63X/k)

472 Anything "Little Feat" And today was the birthday of the late Lowell George. Posted by: navybrat --------------------- Ah! Road tune for sure Willin'

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 08:23 PM (aDwsi)

473 For Tammy, here's Nik Kershaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIBzbdo2LjU

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at April 13, 2014 08:23 PM (Pd9h2)

474 Had a medical crisis with the BH recently where I was trying to give away Marillion tix in SF to any moron ... and couldn't find a taker. Wish I could have gone, wish a moron could have gone.....but they were gone. Is it that time of the night? http://youtu.be/1cowXdLSPZM Don't mind me, I'm just lurking.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 13, 2014 08:23 PM (0AKks)

475 Tammy: please do. It's a good song but Kershaw's phrasing... well, it just sounds weird. I think nowadays he knows English and sings it differently.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 08:24 PM (HVI5a)

476 Why can't we have both Twilight Zone and Radar Love? Both great for the last burst of late-night driving.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 08:24 PM (LtUE0)

477 "Wish I could have gone, wish a moron could have gone.....but they were gone."

I paid to see the show in question. A huge shame you weren't there. Next time?

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 08:25 PM (noWW6)

478 Albums for long road trips: Soundtrack to Bladerunner ... Pink Floyd's Ummagumma ... Windham Hill Sampler (various) ... Jamshied Sharifi's Prayer for the Soul of Layla

Posted by: Adriane... at April 13, 2014 08:25 PM (qoKTg)

479 I don't mind the Talking Heads.... I never really think of them, but I know i have at least one of their albums...it has Up All Night on it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:25 PM (63X/k)

480 480 Exactly. Reject the tyranny of the "either/or" and embrace the "both/and"!

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at April 13, 2014 08:25 PM (Pd9h2)

481 Sister, we may absolutely have both. In fact, I insist.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:26 PM (63X/k)

482 478 The only Marillion song I've ever heard was "Kayleigh", which almost made the US Top 40 at the start of my radio career. I've always loved that song.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at April 13, 2014 08:27 PM (Pd9h2)

483 This is interesting: New Research Tests Theory that Life Originated at Deep Sea Vents https://tinyurl.com/ovcj5mb Now that's how science is supposed to be done. They had a theory, but the observations tended to contradict it yet are still interesting in their own right.

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 08:27 PM (sdi6R)

484 Talking Heads, all night long, if I have to drive that far.

Posted by: tcn at April 14, 2014 12:21 AM (fwcEs)

Nothing But Flowers FTW.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 08:27 PM (XRSxm)

485 Sister: both songs are great.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 08:27 PM (HVI5a)

486 Didn't Monty use to do a music thread now and then? I wish someone would start one up again, even if it were just monthly.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:29 PM (63X/k)

487 The new show Turn on AMC is good so far.

Posted by: Dendritic at April 13, 2014 08:29 PM (Fi+kS)

488 Well, it turns out Nik Kershaw is British. So I guess he did know English when he recorded the song. Still has a weird vibe with the vocal though. Maybe he was trying to sound "foreign."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 08:30 PM (HVI5a)

489 Does anyone else like The Carolina Chocolate Drops?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:30 PM (63X/k)

490 I hate ranking things. I hate being asked questions of "whose your favorite (fill-in-the-blank)?" Why isn't it enough to like something, why must there being precise gradations? But if forced at gunpoint to say favorite song...I think I'll have to plump for "These Are Days" by 10,000 Maniacs. If only for the fact that it's an instant and profound mood-lifter for me.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 08:31 PM (LtUE0)

491 OK, this is probably the worst Common Core math problem I've come across. http://tinyurl.com/p3f75lg Yes, it's that moronically bad.

Posted by: The Uncommon Hat at April 13, 2014 08:31 PM (AymDN)

492 Anybody here still watching "Mad Men"?? I've been reading complaints about how Don Draper and co. are up to 1969... yet Draper still looks as if he stepped right out of 1962, Brylcreem and all.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 08:31 PM (HVI5a)

493 474Â Talking Heads, all night long, if I have to drive that far. Posted by: tcn at April 14, 2014 12:21 AM (fwcEs) ------- Holy mackerel! I forgot all about "Stop Making Sense" - i blew the speakers in my mom's Maxima heading down to Nags Head jamming on that one night... of course, I also burned up the cassette deck that night. Damn, I'm old...

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 08:32 PM (M/gdM)

494 Sometimes, them thar Brits jest sounds peculiar all 'round, Steve!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:32 PM (63X/k)

495 "Does anyone else like The Carolina Chocolate Drops?" Is that a mixed drink or a musical group?

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 08:32 PM (JgC5a)

496 Re Talking Heads, "Nothing But Flowers" is IMHO a great anti-environmental-wacko song. "I can't get used to this lifestyle!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 08:33 PM (HVI5a)

497 496 Anybody here still watching "Mad Men"?? I've been reading complaints about how Don Draper and co. are up to 1969... yet Draper still looks as if he stepped right out of 1962, Brylcreem and all. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 14, 2014 12:31 AM (HVI5a) ======= Don't watch. But c'mon! Isn't that a character-revealing device? Do people think everybody in the world changed their wardrobes at the very same time?

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 08:33 PM (LtUE0)

498 Does anyone else like The Carolina Chocolate Drops?" *** I feel like this is a trick question. Kind of like asking someone if they want a mountain oyster.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 08:34 PM (DmNpO)

499 Talking Heads "Remain in Light" is another one of those albums where every song on it is great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxcuaLkIpmo

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 08:35 PM (sdi6R)

500 These Are Days

Wonder is good too.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 08:36 PM (XRSxm)

501 Sister, Natalie Merchant has one of the greatest voices, ever. Who do they have fronting now, or does she still travel with them?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:36 PM (63X/k)

502 Tammy: sometimes. True. One of the funny things about Kershaw in the song for instance: he very carefully/sharply overenunciates every "ing" word, for instance in the line "you must be joking, you don't know a thing about it..."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 08:37 PM (HVI5a)

503 496 Anybody here still watching "Mad Men"??

I've been reading complaints about how Don Draper and co. are up to 1969... yet Draper still looks as if he stepped right out of 1962, Brylcreem and all.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 14, 2014 12:31 AM (HVI5a)

I don't watch it but well wouldn't that fact make a good fitting ending for the show? Him being fired for being stuck in 1962?

Posted by: buzzion at April 13, 2014 08:37 PM (LI48c)

504 Tammy - You can take them to water, but you can't make them drink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Chocolate_Drops

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 08:37 PM (aDwsi)

505 If we're talking Talking Heads, and road music.... Road to Nowhere, baby!

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 08:37 PM (LtUE0)

506 Sister: that's kind of what I think. I know there were people who ran right up through the 1980s with their 1959 hairstyle and wardrobe. Some of my teachers in school come to mind.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 08:38 PM (HVI5a)

507 Nied, it's a group, I swear! Maybe not to everyone's taste but they are so talented. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmPf1CJaF5s

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:38 PM (63X/k)

508 buzzion: from what I've heard, Draper does something that gets him laid off indefinitely from the agency. That could be it of course. "Don, for God's sake, grow some sideburns! You barely look human anymore!!" ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 08:39 PM (HVI5a)

509 Well, now Mike, considering the kinds if things I have Googled over the years here and lived to regret...can't say as I blame 'em for asking!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:39 PM (63X/k)

510 The '70s - when many older men still wore their Elvis sideburns. Like my Dad.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 13, 2014 08:40 PM (BAS5M)

511 506 Tammy: sometimes. True. One of the funny things about Kershaw in the song for instance: he very carefully/sharply overenunciates every "ing" word, for instance in the line "you must be joking, you don't know a thing about it..." Posted by: qdpsteve at April 14, 2014 12:37 AM (HVI5a) ================ We think of dropping "g"s (excuse me, droppin') as a substandard way of speaking. Yet it started as upper class affectation. Read a Lord Peter Whimsey mystery and you need a shovel to pick up all the "g"s.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 08:40 PM (LtUE0)

512 How is Gushie's mama?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:40 PM (63X/k)

513 Tammy - Before things became so PC, there was : http://tinyurl.com/ntyqlss

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 08:41 PM (aDwsi)

514 Tammy, that is a great little group!

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 08:41 PM (JgC5a)

515 Nied, it's a group, I swear! Maybe not to everyone's taste but they are so talented. **** that.... I like.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 08:41 PM (DmNpO)

516 Wait, wah? It's snowing here in central Wisconsin right now......Damn you Buuuuuuuuusssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhh!! This NEVER would've happened if Bush had shut down all the coal plants in the US. The science is settled. *sobs*

Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at April 13, 2014 08:43 PM (sKHyi)

517 This is Appalachian style music being presented by other than Scots-Irish-English types, so, instant hit, because, novelty.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 08:43 PM (JgC5a)

518 navy and Nied, they are amazing. Just crazy talented and a great live show. Leyla ( the cellist) just released her first solo album, which is also very good, though different. Lots of Haitian folks songs and I think she put music to some of Langston Hughe's poems.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:44 PM (63X/k)

519 "The only Marillion song I've ever heard was 'Kayleigh', which almost made the US Top 40 at the start of my radio career. I've always loved that song."

The band seem occasionally irritated that out of their enormous body of work (something like nineteen albums?) many Stateside listeners have heard _just that one song_.

They're a hit and miss bunch. Either amazingly brilliant, or unlistenable, to my ears.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 08:45 PM (noWW6)

520 505 Sister, Natalie Merchant has one of the greatest voices, ever. Who do they have fronting now, or does she still travel with them? Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 14, 2014 12:36 AM (63X/k) Natalie left the band in 1993. Now they have Mary Ramsey on vocals and viola(!). She is a worthy successor, no question about it. The band is very much alive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLDQHz914zc

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 08:46 PM (sdi6R)

521 Posted by: navybrat at April 14, 2014 12:43 AM (JgC5a) Well, yes and no. Much of their catalogue isn't Appalachian at all, despite the fiddle and banjo. Some is, they do a great Sourwood Mountain and other mountain songs, but a lot of what they do is old time Negro jigs and such. Banjo is an African instrument, I think.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:46 PM (63X/k)

522 Mike, I'd go see them! I wouldn't repeat the name, but I'd go!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:47 PM (63X/k)

523 This is the way new music has always come to be. One music tradition slams face first in to another and a third or fourth or sixth or tenth comes out of it the process.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 08:47 PM (JgC5a)

524 Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band- I'll Play The Fool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI7mHkSLkz4 swing jazz ...

Posted by: Adriane... at April 13, 2014 08:48 PM (qoKTg)

525 I thought she did when she went solo, Sister, but I wasn't sure. I need to reacquaint myself with them, thanks!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:48 PM (63X/k)

526 Mike, I'd go see them! I wouldn't repeat the name, but I'd go! Posted by: Tammy --------- By accounts from my contemporaries, they were great.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 08:49 PM (aDwsi)

527 Well, yes and no. Much of their catalogue isn't Appalachian at all, despite the fiddle and banjo. Some is, they do a great Sourwood Mountain and other mountain songs, but a lot of what they do is old time Negro jigs and such. Banjo is an African instrument, I think. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 14, 2014 12:46 AM (63X/k) The ukulele is Portuguese, but is now associated with Hawaii. In the end does it really matter?

Posted by: The Ukulele-shaped Hat at April 13, 2014 08:49 PM (AymDN)

528 For sure, navybrat. Nothing truly new under the sun, but the steady reinvention is what keeps things going. I never cease to be amazed at the variety that has come out of seven basic notes. It's miraculous, magical, almost unbelievable.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:50 PM (63X/k)

529 Hat, you crack me up!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:51 PM (63X/k)

530 #479

Check out the 1982 live version on 'The Secret Policeman's Third Ball.' It's a great version with more oomph than the studio track and he sounds less affected.

Posted by: Epobirs at April 13, 2014 08:51 PM (bPxS6)

531 A "jig" is, musicologically speaking, in the 6/8 time signature, usually in two feel. I didn't hear any of that in the video. A very minor point of correction. Still, I loved them!

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 08:51 PM (JgC5a)

532 With that kind of name, how could they not be? Had to be a great show.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:51 PM (63X/k)

533 The '70s - when many older men still wore their Elvis sideburns. Like my Dad.

And Bell-bottoms.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 08:54 PM (XRSxm)

534 The ukulele is Portuguese, but is now associated with Hawaii. In the end does it really matter? Posted by: The Ukulele-shaped Hat at April 14, 2014 12:49 AM (AymDN) If you hate Tiny Tim, nuke 'em both ...

Posted by: Adriane... at April 13, 2014 08:54 PM (qoKTg)

535 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=harry+reid Which one of you did this?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2014 08:54 PM (bitz6)

536 Still, I loved them! Posted by: navybrat at April 14, 2014 12:51 AM (JgC5a) Not minor at all! But the show is an hour long and if you keep listening, I think you'l hear one! I have several albums of theirs, and they do a lot of jigs. They have a live show in Paris where they dance one, too. At least a very pregnant Rhianna does.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:54 PM (63X/k)

537 Here it is but the audio isn't up to snuff in this recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lO7cawIUn8

Probably a bad VHS transfer.

Posted by: Epobirs at April 13, 2014 08:55 PM (bPxS6)

538 I used to try to collect the money that friends had borrowed, but finally I gave it up for lent.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 13, 2014 08:55 PM (xq1UY)

539 527 This is the way new music has always come to be. One music tradition slams face first in to another and a third or fourth or sixth or tenth comes out of it the process. Posted by: navybrat at April 14, 2014 12:47 AM (JgC5a) -------- But but but...Cultural Appropriation!!!1!

Posted by: Outrage Addict at April 13, 2014 08:55 PM (LtUE0)

540 Good lord, I need to get to bed, I"m not making any sense. Night, dear ones!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 13, 2014 08:56 PM (63X/k)

541 Breaking News ‏@BreakingNews 41m Air Chief Marshal Houston: An oil slick was detected in MH370 search area; testing will take a couple of days - @CNN http://www.breakingnews.com/t/PKq

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 08:56 PM (DmNpO)

542 481 "Wish I could have gone, wish a moron could have gone.....but they were gone."

I paid to see the show in question. A huge shame you weren't there. Next time?

Posted by: torquewrench at April 14, 2014 12:25 AM (noWW6) Hide posts from (noWW6)

I'd have loved to have been there......and I'd say "next time" -- except I really feel compelled to be elsewhere.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 08:56 PM (T1005)

543 Man I'm so pissed at the whole cultural appropriation motif that I can't even bring myself to mimc it zestfully.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 08:57 PM (LtUE0)

544 You can't steal an entire culture. Because. if possible, it would have been done by now.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 08:58 PM (JgC5a)

545 You can't steal an entire culture. -------------------------- Possibly not, but you can destroy it.

Posted by: Barky at April 13, 2014 09:00 PM (aDwsi)

546 Boss Moss, that there is just freakin funny.

Posted by: Infidel at April 13, 2014 09:00 PM (GEnlB)

547 Destroy, anyone can destroy. But "steal"? As in "appropriate"?

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 09:01 PM (JgC5a)

548

What are the horde's favorite albums to listen to on long drives (preferably to a vacation spot)??

In no particular order: The Best of Marshall Tucker Band (Capricorn Years), The Michael Stanley Band has a couple of "best of" CDs, Best of The Clarks (Pittsburgh rock group), Widespread Panic Live in Atlanta, An Evening with The Allman Brothers. Those are the CDs that can help the miles roll by.

Posted by: puddleglum at April 13, 2014 09:01 PM (ZvcbB)

549 Hat, you crack me up! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 14, 2014 12:51 AM (63X/k) Sorry 'bout thatÂ… I'll get the superglue

Posted by: The Chemically Bonded Hat at April 13, 2014 09:02 PM (AymDN)

550 This is sort of like Ringo's old band's the White Album.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2014 09:03 PM (bitz6)

551 I'm late to the ONT because I just got done watching the final round of The Masters. Working midshift does make watching live events troublesome. Anyway, congrats to Bubba!! Augusta National is a stunningly beautiful golf course.

Posted by: puddleglum at April 13, 2014 09:03 PM (ZvcbB)

552 I have made a fool of myself for as long as possible tonight. See you all tomorrow.

Posted by: navybrat at April 13, 2014 09:03 PM (JgC5a)

553 "Somebody gave the Feds the legal power to chase dead debts.

I bet it was a RINO."

yes, but they were electable, you stupid Tea Party racist!

Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2014 09:05 PM (q+fqH)

554 497 474 Talking Heads, all night long, if I have to drive that far.

Posted by: tcn at April 14, 2014 12:21 AM (fwcEs)
-------
Holy mackerel! I forgot all about "Stop Making Sense" - i blew the speakers in my mom's Maxima heading down to Nags Head jamming on that one night... of course, I also burned up the cassette deck that night.

Damn, I'm old... Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 12:32 AM (M/gdM) Hide posts from (M/gdM)

Hahahaha!

So, the deal is, I went to the University of Casual Sun Bathing, and one of the people I met there was an AV tech who (many years later) had three children for whom the BH and I are godparents. Anyhoo, this AV tech was doing a deal for a campus group to show the "Stop Making Sense" movie in the largest hall on campus, 900 seats. And the movie started, and she thought "this was pretty good", so she turned it up. And it started hitting on all cylinders, so she turned it up. And it started really groovin', so she turned it up. And it started turning into the most awesome thing ever.....and she blew up the sound system in Campbell Hall.

Stop Making Sense is all about taking hardware to extremes.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 09:06 PM (T1005)

555 #360

C'mon, what woman doesn't just melt for this track?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmLMJRFM21w

Posted by: Epobirs at April 13, 2014 09:09 PM (bPxS6)

556

morning ONT.

gotta catch up on the comments. But ManWithNoParty and RWC on the wall of shame ...

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 09:11 PM (RhQvZ)

557 New World Symphony by Dvorak is fantastic when you are blasting through the American West. So is old Springsteen except I can't stand the tool he has become. I'm feeling a road trip need coming on

Posted by: Tominca at April 13, 2014 09:11 PM (wsPYX)

558 I forgot to add Dire Straits - Alchemy. Another great road album. Telegraph Road, all 14 minutes of it can help tick the miles by.

Posted by: puddleglum at April 13, 2014 09:12 PM (ZvcbB)

559 560 Please do not remind me....ugh..

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 13, 2014 09:12 PM (ojnk6)

560 The modern Left has destroyed and stolen much of US culture and history.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 09:14 PM (XRSxm)

561 Battle of the Bands: The Cure vs. 10,000 Maniacs in 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC4YRZmShPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnvAk4HXzaw I gotta go with Mary's viola.

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 09:15 PM (sdi6R)

562 32 Hey everybody. Have yet another question. What are the horde's favorite albums to listen to on long drives (preferably to a vacation spot)?? Who's Next Halestorm rocks too

Posted by: Meriadoc at April 13, 2014 09:16 PM (Z4z/q)

563

look like i won't finish reading the comments...

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 09:18 PM (RhQvZ)

564 Nobody has mentioned RSO Speedwagon as road music? It's like I don't even know you people anymore......

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 13, 2014 09:19 PM (ojnk6)

565

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 14, 2014 01:12 AM (ojnk6) -

I've even made it a goal and coming up short every time. did email that pic of my bacon big mac but didn't get anything back.

sorry Maet.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 09:20 PM (RhQvZ)

566 >>>The modern Left has destroyed and stolen much of US culture and history.<<<

We now have a great culture... of corruption.

Posted by: U.S.S.A. at April 13, 2014 09:20 PM (08jH8)

567 568 That's "REO". Damnit.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 13, 2014 09:20 PM (ojnk6)

568 Nobody has mentioned RSO Speedwagon as road music? It's like I don't even know you people anymore...... If by that you mean it should be tossed out onto the road at the first opportunity, I agree.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 13, 2014 09:21 PM (0AKks)

569 I gotta go with Mary's viola.

Code werdz of a sexist MISTSODGONIST.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 09:21 PM (XRSxm)

570 http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/04/13/Pot-vending-machine-to-debut/7631397407811/?spt=sec∨=on

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2014 09:23 PM (bitz6)

571 The Feds nailed Tommy Chong for selling bongs and now vending machines can sell weed.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2014 09:25 PM (bitz6)

572

Boss Moss-

are those in CA?

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 09:26 PM (RhQvZ)

573 Read through the whole thread and saw only one mention of SRV for driving music(unless I missed some).

"In Step," is my go to road album.

Posted by: davidt at April 13, 2014 09:28 PM (nEIMV)

574 The Feds nailed Tommy Chong for selling bongs and now vending machines can sell weed. Posted by: Boss Moss at April 14, 2014 01:25 AM (bitz6) Disgusting. Can't they just sell something wholesome like used panties from elementary school girls?

Posted by: Japan at April 13, 2014 09:33 PM (AymDN)

575

Any electricians about?

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 09:33 PM (9gNQd)

576 Any electricians about?

Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 01:33 AM (9gNQd)

Sometimes mistaken for one. What is your question?

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 09:36 PM (XRSxm)

577 Not me ... Hope everything non electrical is going well, otho ...

Posted by: Adriane... at April 13, 2014 09:36 PM (qoKTg)

578

Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 01:33 AM (9gNQd)-

not one but the thread is slow. ask away.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 09:38 PM (RhQvZ)

579 The article on the hidden kitteh said that after the cheetah made lunch of the gazelle, hyenas came along to grab the kitteh's meal that it didn't lift a paw to kill Hyenas are Democrats

Posted by: kbdabear at April 13, 2014 09:42 PM (aTXUx)

580 Sometimes mistaken for one. What is your question?

Posted by: cm9000 at April 14, 2014 01:36 AM

Got a power problem and I'm baffled by the newfangled fuse box. With the old fuses it was easy peasy, but this new thing isn't helping. Got partial power. Half the house is ok. All the lights are ok. But, the wall switches are all dead in one half of the house. Don't know about the stove and hw heater yet, I think they're on their own thing. All the fuses switches are "on", Master and all the subs. However I can't remove the breakers to check the fuse wire like the old ones. The whole thing is integrated and the subs won't budge from the box. They're all plastic components without a seperate switch and breaker. If a fuse has blown, shouldn't the switch flip to off?

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 09:44 PM (9gNQd)

581 576 Colorado. Avon I think.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2014 09:44 PM (bitz6)

582 FWIW! I just emailed my congrescritter, Jim Renacci (R-OH). swepy into congess in 2008 as a TEA Partiest. Here'what I wrote: This past wee we watched as farmers in Nevada looked down the barrels of assault rifles held by agents of our own government. They, too were armed. But they did not back down when their neighbors needed their help. Instead, they stood up and made the government bullies back down. I am asking that you do not back down from the members of congress and their agents as they try to strip our rights, and pass rules and laws that make criminals of us all, and leave themselves as the only arbitors of guilt or innocence. Please stand up for us citizens who only try to provide a good life for our children and raise them as good, kind people who will pass on the culture of freedom and generosity that had once made us the greatest nation the earth has ever seen. Stand up! Do not back down! What do you have to lose? You won' even need to risk your life as those Nevada farmers did. But as you now know, the cowards of repressive government will skulk away if just DO NOT BACK DOWN! Most sincerely, Terrence Stuhldreher P.S. Please forward this to the other conservative leaders of congress, especially Speaker Boehner.

Posted by: bergerbilder at April 13, 2014 09:45 PM (8MjqI)

583 Well once again gotta check out everybody. Thanks for all the great music suggestions!!!

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2014 09:45 PM (HVI5a)

584 Sorry Moe Lane, but I'm not on your side when it come to the Google Glassholes The hipster techies wearing those things are invading privacy and sending it out to the world along with the NSA Glassholes won't conceal and carry since they're Obama loving leftists who parrot the creed that only the police should have guns

Posted by: kbdabear at April 13, 2014 09:45 PM (aTXUx)

585 584 Check all the bathroom GFI outlets.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 13, 2014 09:46 PM (ojnk6)

586 Eagle Vail, CO.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2014 09:47 PM (bitz6)

587 Hope everything non electrical is going well, otho ...

Posted by: Adriane... at April 14, 2014 01:36 AM

Not to good, electrically, A. I'm used to dealing with ceramic fuses and seperate swtiches and sussing out the problem with even an atrophied brane. This new shit looks user unfriendly.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 09:47 PM (9gNQd)

588 584 Sometimes mistaken for one. What is your question?

Posted by: cm9000 at April 14, 2014 01:36 AM

Got a power problem and I'm baffled by the newfangled fuse box. With the old fuses it was easy peasy, but this new thing isn't helping. Got partial power. Half the house is ok. All the lights are ok. But, the wall switches are all dead in one half of the house. Don't know about the stove and hw heater yet, I think they're on their own thing. All the fuses switches are "on", Master and all the subs. However I can't remove the breakers to check the fuse wire like the old ones. The whole thing is integrated and the subs won't budge from the box. They're all plastic components without a seperate switch and breaker. If a fuse has blown, shouldn't the switch flip to off? Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 01:44 AM (9gNQd) Hide posts from (9gNQd)

First thing that comes to mind is that power is standard Hot+, Hot-, and Neutral. If you want 220V, you do Hot+ and Hot-, but if you want 110V, you go Hot+ and neutral or Hot- and neutral.

Seems to me like one of your hots got detached from the internal bus.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 09:48 PM (T1005)

589 I guess you tried turning everything off and back on? Some wall switches need to be reset. Usually bathroom and utility room.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2014 09:49 PM (bitz6)

590 otho at April 14, 2014 01:44 AM (9gNQd) Do you have any 'safety outlets'? Sometimes the fuses are just fine, but the reset button on the switch plate is up. Had one pop in the upstairs bathroom and it turned off a variety of apparently unconnected outlets...

Posted by: Adriane... at April 13, 2014 09:50 PM (qoKTg)

591 If only some things are out it is most likely a fuse or wire issue. Look again.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 09:54 PM (XRSxm)

592 Well guess time for bed, been writing a bit.

To go with the music discussion, an appropriate picture for such?
http://tinyurl.com/p4wxy9l

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 09:54 PM (LLb/F)

593 311, pretty much all of their songs are decent driving music. You do have to suffer through them until your brain becomes convinced that Shit is actually Gold. Which takes time.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 13, 2014 09:54 PM (8+xjO)

594 This is a jpg of what I'm talking about by safety circuit ... I didn't know the proper name ... GFCI I think somebody called it ... http://www.angieslist.com/articles/ what-ground-fault-circuit-interrupter.htm remove space before "what"

Posted by: Adriane... at April 13, 2014 09:55 PM (qoKTg)

595 Give me a second, Otho... I have to re-read your question. but, do you have any kind of meter / voltage tester?

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 09:56 PM (M/gdM)

596 Good Night, Anna ... Happy sleep after writing ... or something like that ...

Posted by: Adriane... at April 13, 2014 09:57 PM (qoKTg)

597 What kills me is that this movement will die out for lack of affordable parts. The yards emptied out a long time ago. And the firms which make up Government Motors want nothing to do with vehicles that they built generations back. They've fobbed off the remaining old-stock spares inventory already for scrap cash.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 11:25 PM (noWW6)

Not true for all makes. We Studebaker enthusiasts can still buy new old stock parts from a huge chunk of the factory's service stocks. And the after-market provides reproduction parts for other popular makes. First-generation Mustang or Camaro? You can practically build a whole new car from brand new repop parts.

The AMC guys really got shafted. When Renault/Chrysler bought American Motors, they called back all the Rambler parts from the dealerships and crushed them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2014 09:57 PM (7n+7I)

598 GFI = Ground Fault Interrupt

Yay, thud.

And someone is trying to summon Cthulhu
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/selection-du-weekend-83-25.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 09:57 PM (LLb/F)

599 First thing that comes to mind is that power is standard Hot+, Hot-, and Neutral. If you want 220V, you do Hot+ and Hot-, but if you want 110V, you go Hot+ and neutral or Hot- and neutral.

Seems to me like one of your hots got detached from the internal bus.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2014 01:48 AM

Not sure I actually understand that (who am I kidding ... I don't), but, I'm writing it down for reference for the possible next step (getting someone who knows what they're doing). I got a nasty feeling that the internal wiring has gone splat in part of the house (is that possible? or would it all go?) It's a really old terrace house with typical ground rising damp. I was thinking It looks like a typical blown fuse, but, the fuse box looks alien to me. Every power problem I've had before could be fixed by changing the fuse (or hitting something with a hammer). I'm on 240V... does that make a diff?

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 09:58 PM (9gNQd)

600 If only some things are out it is most likely a fuse or wire issue. Look again.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 14, 2014 01:54 AM

That's what I reckon. But the box is fucked up. I asked the dude who was here ages ago and I think he siad "these fuses aren't like the ones you're used to. you gotta get an electrician to change the. they can't be just pulled like the old ones." But, maybe that's what I'm just imagining he said. In any event I can't mess with them it seems. Can only switch on or off. That's it.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 10:03 PM (9gNQd)

601 http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ selection-du-weekend-83-25.jpg Always the innocent looking ones ...

Posted by: Adriane... at April 13, 2014 10:03 PM (qoKTg)

602 Give me a second, Otho... I have to re-read your question.
but, do you have any kind of meter / voltage tester?

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 01:56 AM

No, I don't, Chi.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 10:04 PM (9gNQd)

603 Suck it, Joffrey!

Posted by: Ned Stark at April 13, 2014 10:04 PM (k8m83)

604 603 First thing that comes to mind is that power is standard Hot+, Hot-, and Neutral. If you want 220V, you do Hot+ and Hot-, but if you want 110V, you go Hot+ and neutral or Hot- and neutral.Seems to me like one of your hots got detached from the internal bus.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2014 01:48 AM

Not sure I actually understand that (who am I kidding ... I don't), but, I'm writing it down for reference for the possible next step (getting someone who knows what they're doing). I got a nasty feeling that the internal wiring has gone splat in part of the house (is that possible? or would it all go?) It's a really old terrace house with typical ground rising damp. I was thinking It looks like a typical blown fuse, but, the fuse box looks alien to me. Every power problem I've had before could be fixed by changing the fuse (or hitting something with a hammer). I'm on 240V... does that make a diff? Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 01:58 AM (9gNQd) Hide posts from (9gNQd)

The three wire connections from the utility are H+, H-, and N. In your fuse/breaker box, these are attached to H+, H-, and N bars. Each breaker/fuse is a takeoff from those bars -- if it's a 220 circuit, it's H+ and H-....but if it's a 110V circuit then it's either H+ or H- and N.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 10:04 PM (T1005)

605 Thanks for the input and humouring my retarded questions, BTW.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 10:05 PM (9gNQd)

606 Ok, Otho - When you say "wall switches," do you mean the actual switches where you turn on the lights? (Sounds like the lights are working fine) Do you mean the receptacles? (Where your wife plugs in the iron & vacuum) ? how old is your house?

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 10:05 PM (M/gdM)

607 You can practically build a whole new car from brand new repop parts.

The AMC guys really got shafted.

So can I have a new Gremlin or not?

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 10:06 PM (XRSxm)

608 Suck it, Joffrey!

Posted by: Ned Stark at April 14, 2014 02:04 AM (k8m83)

Fuck yeah. I waited 3 years for them to kill off that little piece of shit. Rarely do I find that level of pleasure in flipping the TV the middle finger.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2014 10:07 PM (FMbng)

609 Yeah the innocent ones. They start chanting and then comes the screaming and running followed by a liquid sounding slurp. Or possessed. Which might explain Joffrey.. or is Joffrey more like Anthill Harry?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 10:10 PM (LLb/F)

610 Conking.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 13, 2014 10:11 PM (T1005)

611 So your "fuse box" - does it have a bunch of black switches with numbers on the end (15, 20, 30), or a few screw in fuses (like tiny light bulbs), or maybe fuses that are about the size of a roll of dimes?

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 10:11 PM (M/gdM)

612 The three wire connections from the utility are H+, H-, and N. In your fuse/breaker box, these are attached to H+, H-, and N bars. Each breaker/fuse is a takeoff from those bars -- if it's a 220 circuit, it's H+ and H-....but if it's a 110V circuit then it's either H+ or H- and N.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2014 02:04 AM

Can't open the box, nor remove any of the actual fuse/switches. It's a plastic sealed box that doesn't want to open and the fuses, though they have a slight wiggle to them, won't budge either. I'd have to stick a screwdriver in to jimmy them out... if they will actually come out at all. Not inclined to stick the screwdriver in. Must be losing my "fuck it" factor.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 10:12 PM (9gNQd)

613 Twisting works for some fuses.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 10:15 PM (XRSxm)

614 When you say "wall switches," do you mean the actual switches where you turn on the lights? (Sounds like the lights are working fine)
Do you mean the receptacles? (Where your wife plugs in the iron & vacuum) ?
how old is your house?

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 02:05 AM

All the lights are fine. Receptacles in the front half of the house are fine. Recptacles in the rear half are dead. The house is 1920's IIRC.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 10:15 PM (9gNQd)

615 or is Joffrey more like Anthill Harry? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 14, 2014 02:10 AM (LLb/F) A petulant Obama, if anything.

Posted by: The Game of Hats at April 13, 2014 10:16 PM (AymDN)

616

Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 02:12 AM (9gNQd)

sorry I can't be of any help, but jamming a screwdriver in there, " 'fuck it', factor" or no, isn't a good idea. Is the house wired on multiple boxes?

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 10:19 PM (RhQvZ)

617 Twisting works for some fuses.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 14, 2014 02:15 AM

Hmmm. I'll try again in awhile after I turn everything off. There is a bit of wiggle to them, but, I can't budge them by hand.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 10:20 PM (9gNQd)

618

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 14, 2014 01:44 AM (bitz6) -

must be the altitude there. companies can fire you for smoking a cigarette but they'll bend over backwards to accommodate weed. strange priorities.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 10:23 PM (RhQvZ)

619 A petulant Obama, if anything.

Posted by: The Game of Hats at April 14, 2014 02:16 AM (AymDN)

Holder is the petulant Obama. His Ultra-Left alter ego.

Posted by: cm9000 at April 13, 2014 10:23 PM (XRSxm)

620 618 - otho Believe it or not, you just narrowed down the problem a lot. Answer my #615, but I think you just have a bad fuse or tripped breaker. It is not uncommon for two or three rooms to be on the same circuit - even in brand new homes. Older homes? Sure - could be one circuit controlling half a houses' outlets. Do you have a dryer? Go test it. If it both spins AND heats, your box / panel is ok.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 10:25 PM (M/gdM)

621 A circuit breaker panel will have three leads in it. A hot, a neutral and a ground. All incoming hots are 110v in a normal residential house. You double the 110v hots to get to 220v and there is a ground. If one thinks like it is plumbing. The 110v in is water pressure from the city. The neutral is the drain and the ground is a floor drain to take care of overflow.

Posted by: Dendritic at April 13, 2014 10:25 PM (Fi+kS)

622 sorry I can't be of any help, but jamming a screwdriver in there, " 'fuck it', factor" or no, isn't a good idea. Is the house wired on multiple boxes?

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 14, 2014 02:19 AM

Nope. The meter above, single box underneath, outside. It's a type I've never dealt with before. Every time something's gone out, just had to flip the switch back to "on" with prior partial ottages. But, everything's "on", according to the box.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 10:25 PM (9gNQd)

623 Thanks for the input and humouring my retarded questions, BTW.

Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 02:05 AM (9gNQd)

Otho, what country are you in? The term "terrace house" sounds British, which is why I asked. I know household wiring there is very different from here in Canada or the USA.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2014 10:28 PM (7n+7I)

624 Btw - yeah, I'm an electrician. I'm trying to simplify the terminology & shit here... and keep your hands out of that panel!

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 10:28 PM (M/gdM)

625 might be a weak/dirty contact in one of switches. find the one labeled for the outlets that are out and toggle it on and off.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 10:29 PM (RhQvZ)

626

i'll sit back and take some notes.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 10:29 PM (RhQvZ)

627 If I had Otho's problem here in Canada, or in the USA, I'd thinking one leg of the main breaker had gone bad, or maybe the feed from it to that side of the panel had a bad connection. But if he is in the UK, they have straight 240 volts, 50 Hertz AC, and the power is not divided by a neutral wire.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2014 10:33 PM (7n+7I)

628 For an (Almost) full album on the road I like the soundtrack to the musical version of High Fidelity. "Almost" because hubby can't stand the song sung by the Ian character.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 10:34 PM (LtUE0)

629 A petulant Obama, if anything. Posted by: The Game of Hats at April 14, 2014 02:16 AM (AymDN) Holder is the petulant Obama. His Ultra-Left alter ego. Posted by: cm9000 at April 14, 2014 02:23 AM (XRSxm) Biden = Hodor? Or is that too insulting to Hodor?

Posted by: The Game of Hats at April 13, 2014 10:34 PM (AymDN)

630 So your "fuse box" - does it have a bunch of black switches with numbers on the end (15, 20, 30), or a few screw in fuses (like tiny light bulbs), or maybe fuses that are about the size of a roll of dimes?

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 02:11 AM

They're rectangular box things about 2 inches by half an inch. The switch is on the individual boxes. No seperate breakers (like the old ceramic ones). The switches are marked...

(master) ... "multi 9 o-rccb"

1st sub ... "multi 9 c60a c10"

2nd ... "multi 9 c60a c20"

3rd ... multi 9 c60a c20"

4th ... "multi 9 c60a c32"

5th ... "multi 9 c60a c25"

I think the hw heater's on the 5th one.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 10:39 PM (9gNQd)

631 Too much info coming in at once... If you have "switches" in that "fuse box" otho, try turning the one that controls that circuit ALL THE WAY OFF, then back on. Seriously - look for one (maybe with a 20 on the end) that might n halfway off. Turn it to th off position before switching it back "on." and sorry Dendritic, but no - the three wires coming into your home are HOT, HOT, NEUTRAL. The ground comes from, well, the ground. Simple version - 110 + 110 = 220 (the two hot legs).

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 10:41 PM (M/gdM)

632 632 For an (Almost) full album on the road I like the soundtrack to the musical version of High Fidelity. "Almost" because hubby can't stand the song sung by the Ian character.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 14, 2014 02:34 AM (LtUE0)

++++

Wait. What? There's a version of that film where Tim Robbins sings?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 13, 2014 10:42 PM (IN7k+)

633

634 otho

Call the electrician - I don't want to hear about what happened to you on the late night news after you jiggled a screwdriver in amongst the fuse thingies...

Posted by: aussie at April 13, 2014 10:44 PM (XURZb)

634 Otho, what country are you in? The term "terrace house" sounds British, which is why I asked. I know household wiring there is very different from here in Canada or the USA.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 14, 2014 02:28 AM

Australia. It's a very old inner city Sydney terrace house. Yeah the wiring is probably bogus. Probably British style, or worse... Irish.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 10:44 PM (9gNQd)

635

which one are the non functioning outlets on?

toggle the switch part back and forth

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 10:45 PM (RhQvZ)

636 Wait. What? There's a version of that film where Tim Robbins sings? Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 14, 2014 02:42 AM (IN7k+) ====== Hah. Sorry, no. I meant the musical based on the film/book.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 10:45 PM (LtUE0)

637

troubleshooting an electrical panel in Australia?

wonder what an electricians rate would be on that?

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 10:46 PM (RhQvZ)

638 634 otho

Call the electrician - I don't want to hear about what happened to you on the late night newsafter you jiggled a screwdriver in amongst the fuse thingies...

Posted by: aussie at April 14, 2014 02:44 AM

But that'll cost money. Screwdriver's cheaper. Nah... won't do that. Yeah it looks like the bloody electrician is gonna get paid.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 10:47 PM (9gNQd)

639 If you have "switches" in that "fuse box" otho, try turning the one that controls that circuit ALL THE WAY OFF, then back on. Seriously - look for one (maybe with a 20 on the end) that might n halfway off. Turn it to th off position before switching it back "on."

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 02:41 AM

Tried that, dude. No joy.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 10:49 PM (9gNQd)

640 and sorry Dendritic, but no - the three wires coming into your home are HOT, HOT, NEUTRAL. The ground comes from, well, the ground. ))) You are correct on the three wires into the box. I was trying to clear up the ground/neutral thing apparently poorly.

Posted by: Dendritic at April 13, 2014 10:49 PM (Fi+kS)

641 Heh. That's a relief. I didn't even know there was a Broadway musical of the material. Wikipedia says all the music was original compositions, so none of thh music from any of the "lists" are in the show.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 13, 2014 10:50 PM (IN7k+)

642 troubleshooting an electrical panel in Australia?

wonder what an electricians rate would be on that?

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 14, 2014 02:46 AM

Astrofuckingnomical.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 10:50 PM (9gNQd)

643 I had a similar problem once, but I have a "modular home" (which is a fancy way of saying "double wide trailer what never had wheels on it"). Turns out each section of the house has a big plug underneath at the joint and one of them had gone bad. The electrician came in and took all the connectors out and permanently wired everything together, that fixed the problem.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 10:50 PM (yh0zB)

644

Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 02:50 AM (9gNQd) -

sorry I couldn't be more help. does sound like the contact in the breaker is burned out.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 10:55 PM (RhQvZ)

645 645 Heh. That's a relief. I didn't even know there was a Broadway musical of the material. Wikipedia says all the music was original compositions, so none of thh music from any of the "lists" are in the show. Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 14, 2014 02:50 AM (IN7k+) ============== True. Though there are pastiche elements -- "Goodbye and Goodluck" is very Springsteenesque.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at April 13, 2014 10:55 PM (LtUE0)

646 644 there are 3 things one needs to remember in doing electrical work the incoming hot the outgoing neutral and the life saving safety ground.

Posted by: Dendritic at April 13, 2014 10:56 PM (Fi+kS)

647

642 otho

No sparkies in the family then?

I've decided my next husband is going to be a plumber/electrician/ car mechanic and a house painter all rolled into one ...

Good luck with getting that fault fixed!

Posted by: aussie at April 13, 2014 10:57 PM (XURZb)

648 So this Nevada rancher that had the beef with the BLM apparently got a few well-armed friends together and got them to back off and give him his cows back. Wonder how that will play out long-term, I can't imagine the fed.gov will just forgive the debt they say he owes.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 10:57 PM (yh0zB)

649 I've decided my next husband is going to be a plumber/electrician/ car mechanic and a house painter all rolled into one ...

Posted by: aussie at April 14, 2014 02:57 AM (XURZb)

How're YOU doin?

I had a chance to do a world cruise on the John C. Stennis in 97, would have gone across the equator and had a port visit in Perth. Instead I went to shore duty. Damn, I wish I had gone on that cruise, Australia is the only country on Earth that I've never visited and really want to.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 10:59 PM (yh0zB)

650 Otho - didn't realize you were an Aussie. G'Day! (Sorry, couldn't resist) I know your name &recognize you from a fateful day back in January. If you want, I'll give you my email, & hell, even my phone #. Say the word. Down under stuff is something I've never messed with, but you're still on a simple 220v system. a quick google search tells me that it's common for outlets to be controlled by a switch... if a switch is bad, or if one of the outlets is bad, it can be a pain to find which one, but easy to fix. And yes, it will be expensive for a pro to come diagnose & repair. I am more than happy to help a moron if I can.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 10:59 PM (M/gdM)

651

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 14, 2014 02:57 AM (yh0zB)-

a lot of the improvements he sunk in have been destroyed and pretty sure he'll have to go to the grocery store at some point and they can arrest him when he's got a few shopping bags in his hands. I've been confused by the reporting so far but glad the Sherriff stepped in to defuse it.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 11:00 PM (RhQvZ)

652 otho: I'm surprisingly handy around the house. I can fix plumbing. I can repair the roof. I can check for gas leaks. I can replace windows. I can do all sorts of stuff. But one thing I WON'T do, just on principle, if try to fix electrical problems. Even if I think I understand the issue and all the details involved. Even if I think it's totally safe. Why not? Because electrical problems are just about the only thing in your house that if, they go wrong, can actually kill you. I'll replace a bulb. I'll even replace a blown fuse IF and ONLY if it easily unscrews with hand pressure (two layers of rubber gloves on the hand, naturally). Anything beyond that -- I call an electrician. Yes, I'm "throwing away" $100 or $60 or whatever the guy charges for a housecall for a dumb 10-minute fixit job. But at least he knows what he's doing, and I feel safe. If you are feeling unsure about the issue in any way, just bite the bullet call an electrician. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2014 11:02 PM (mizYg)

653 Otho, how old is the wiring? Is or was it common practice when the house was wired to "daisy chain" the outlets and such? I see you said the house was built in the 20's, was it wired then? (the reason I ask is many houses here were not wired in the 20's and the wiring style varies with age, I had one house that had twisted pair in some places, individual wires on insulators in the attic and Romex in other places. The individual wiring got pulled as soon as I found it and replaced with Romex.)

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 11:02 PM (yh0zB)

654 Sooooo, When are we going to Vegas? I'm assuming it will be after the Aussis have fried then selves?

Posted by: The Farmer at April 13, 2014 11:03 PM (eBupg)

655 Aussie, I'm an damned good electrician, competent plumber, and great painter. Sounds like I could make good money down under, so maybe I can hire the mechanic... "How You Doin'?"

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 11:03 PM (M/gdM)

656 >>>Wonder how that will play out long-term, I can't imagine the fed.gov will just forgive the debt they say he owes.<<<

We'll just out of the blue withhold tax return money from his kids, or grandkids, or great-grandkids. *shrugs* Whoever. Because we do that now.

Posted by: the IRS at April 13, 2014 11:04 PM (08jH8)

657

Posted by: zombie at April 14, 2014 03:02 AM (mizYg)

morning zombie.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 11:04 PM (RhQvZ)

658 I had a similar problem once, but I have a "modular home" (which is a fancy way of saying "double wide trailer what never had wheels on it"). Turns out each section of the house has a big plug underneath at the joint and one of them had gone bad. The electrician came in and took all the connectors out and permanently wired everything together, that fixed the problem.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 14, 2014 02:50 AM

Huh. Interesting. I can't imagine it'd be set up like that in this joint, but my gut says it's something after the box. Internal. It's always been a little odd.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 11:04 PM (9gNQd)

659 Wasn't a ground in the entire house, either, FWIW.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 11:05 PM (yh0zB)

660 My understanding is that everything in Oz which is electrical must be done by an officially certified sparky. The inspectors will not accept amateur work even if strictly by the book.

Needless to say, this does not preclude electrical annoyances.

I would cycle all of the individual breaker switches through their full range of travel. If that didn't do it, I would call for the sparky to come investigate.

That's in Australia, of course. Stateside, I would dive in more deeply myself.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 11:05 PM (noWW6)

661

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 03:03 AM (M/gdM)-

if you have skilled trades you can probably get a work visa too. I've looked into it and i just can't do. want to ... thisclose.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 11:06 PM (RhQvZ)

662 635 Too much info coming in at once... If you have "switches" in that "fuse box" otho, try turning the one that controls that circuit ALL THE WAY OFF, then back on. Seriously - look for one (maybe with a 20 on the end) that might n halfway off. Turn it to th off position before switching it back "on." and sorry Dendritic, but no - the three wires coming into your home are HOT, HOT, NEUTRAL. The ground comes from, well, the ground. Simple version - 110 + 110 = 220 (the two hot legs). Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 02:41 AM (M/gdM) 220v: 110vHOT / 110vHOT / GROUND 110v: 110vHOT / NEUTRAL / GROUND

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 13, 2014 11:07 PM (BGx3Z)

663 And the jarhead snags the triple six, well done!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 11:09 PM (yh0zB)

664

couldn't take my car, which would kinda suck, but pretty sure i could find something similar there.

driving on the wrong side of the car and road would take some getting used too.

hummm ... maybe get a student visa, I've got sometime on my hands.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 11:11 PM (RhQvZ)

665 So one of the things I recommend to anyone buying a house, anywhere in the world, is to get the best local electrician they can find to come and carefully audit the place.

The comment by zombie is key. That electrical stuff will kill you.

And it's amazing what passes inspection. Or that was never inspected.

I've been shocked at the homes of friends, on what were supposed to be dead circuits. I have become extremely nervous even about changing bulbs where I don't know the wiring layout.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 11:13 PM (noWW6)

666 ... almost.

Posted by: The Devil is not amused at April 13, 2014 11:13 PM (RhQvZ)

667 Awwwww....... I'm fucked. Didn't even notice. *pulls out will for update*

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 13, 2014 11:13 PM (BGx3Z)

668 Just out of curiosity, what is a 98ZJ? Is that an MOS?

I was Navy, we didn't do MOS. We had NECC's.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 11:14 PM (yh0zB)

669 That electrical stuff will kill you. Yeah, but low amperage 110v kinda tickles. *manly giggle*

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 13, 2014 11:16 PM (BGx3Z)

670 bad sock ...

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 11:17 PM (RhQvZ)

671 Why not? Because electrical problems are just about the only thing in your house that if, they go wrong, can actually kill you. I'll replace a bulb. I'll even replace a blown fuse IF and ONLY if it easily unscrews with hand pressure (two layers of rubber gloves on the hand, naturally). Anything beyond that -- I call an electrician. Yes, I'm "throwing away" $100 or $60 or whatever the guy charges for a housecall for a dumb 10-minute fixit job. But at least he knows what he's doing, and I feel safe. If you are feeling unsure about the issue in any way, just bite the bullet call an electrician. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Posted by: zombie at April 14, 2014 03:02 AM (mizYg) Don't know about that. The faucet has been giving me the "evil eye" latelyÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 13, 2014 11:17 PM (AymDN)

672 So this wasn't me, but it stuck in my mind:

Homeowners ripped out a residential bathtub to install a recirculating Jacuzzi tub.

Some years later, a new electrician is called in to fix something in the bathroom unrelated to the Jacuzzi. An uncomfortable discovery follows.

Live wires twisted together without a wire nut. Hanging free within the wall cavity within an inch of the metal shell of the tub. Oh boy! This is great!

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 11:18 PM (noWW6)

673 Yeah, but low amperage 110v kinda tickles.

*manly giggle*

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 14, 2014 03:16 AM (BGx3Z)

115V 400 Hertz gets your attention.

Wanna know why they call it Hertz? Cause it fuckin' HERTZ when that shit hits you.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 11:18 PM (yh0zB)

674 Posted this last night, but repeating it here: A fun little time waster called "Planet Crash": http://www.stefanom.org/spc/

Posted by: Galactus' Hat at April 13, 2014 11:18 PM (AymDN)

675 672 Just out of curiosity, what is a 98ZJ? Is that an MOS? No. My primary MOS was 7311 7312 Air Traffic Control Tower/GCA. The 98ZJ is the year and model of my Grand Cherokee Limited. I love that vehicle and, as mentioned earlier, spares are getting difficult to find. Fucking government.....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 13, 2014 11:20 PM (BGx3Z)

676 No. My primary MOS was 7311 7312 Air Traffic Control Tower/GCA. The 98ZJ is the year and model of my Grand Cherokee Limited.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 14, 2014 03:20 AM (BGx3Z)

Ah, rog. Avionics tech, Tomcats and Hornets.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 11:21 PM (yh0zB)

677 98ZJUSMCÂ First, thank you for your service. Seriously. b- yeah, I am trying to simplify the conversation. Who still has 110v incoming, anyway? 3rd, volts don't kill you, amps do. People live every day after being hit with a 20,000 volt taser, but also die after getting ajust a few amps run through their body at the bathroom outlet. Remember folks, if you're doing your own electrical work, the white wire will bite your ass harder than anything else!

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 11:24 PM (M/gdM)

678 Ah, rog. Avionics tech, Tomcats and Hornets. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 14, 2014 03:21 AM (yh0zB) Where did you do A school? Millington?

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 13, 2014 11:24 PM (BGx3Z)

679 Millington, aye, AVA and also AVI-C7 a couple of years later. Amps, one tenth of one amp for one second is what they told us in school.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 11:26 PM (yh0zB)

680 Live wires twisted together without a wire nut. Hanging free within the wall cavity within an inch of the metal shell of the tub. Oh boy! This is great! Posted by: torquewrench There was a horrible case in Daly City (just south of SF) a couple of years back: Apartment building had a pool for all residents to use. The pool had underwater lights, I guess for swimming at night. One of the lightbulbs died and had to be replaced. Pool was drained and some random untrained janitor dude "fixed" the broken light. I'm not sure if it was ever discovered what he did to the fixture, but later, after the pool was refilled, and kids were playing in it, the lights went on either because of a timers or because someone switched them on. Zzzzzztttt! I think three kids were in the pool. Somehow, although being electricuted, two of them managed to climb out, miraculously. The other was too young and could not and was writhing in the pool. An adult reached in to try and help and -- Zzzzzt! -- got zapped too and fell in. Both died. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Ever since then, I refuse to swim in pools that have underwater lights. Amateur pseudo-electricians are dangerous, dangerous people.

Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2014 11:27 PM (mizYg)

681 3rd, volts don't kill you, amps do. People live every day after being hit with a 20,000 volt taser, Exactly. I have hit myself with 110v a number of times < 20A. I never mess with live 220v, as all are > 30A.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 13, 2014 11:28 PM (BGx3Z)

682 683 Millington, aye, AVA and also AVI-C7 a couple of years later. Amps, one tenth of one amp for one second is what they told us in school. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 14, 2014 03:26 AM (yh0zB) Heh....I had a blast at that place. ....... Well, I certainly miscombobulated that last comment.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 13, 2014 11:29 PM (BGx3Z)

683
Zzzzzztttt! I think three kids were in the pool. Somehow, although being electricuted, two of them managed to climb out, miraculously. The other was too young and could not and was writhing in the pool. An adult reached in to try and help and -- Zzzzzt! -- got zapped too and fell in.

I remember reading about that but never got the low-down if it was a bad outlet or what. I'd tend to agree with you there, water and electricity only go together in the electric chair.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 11:30 PM (yh0zB)

684
Heh....I had a blast at that place.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 14, 2014 03:29 AM (BGx3Z)

As did I, especially the second time around in 1990, I was single then.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 11:32 PM (yh0zB)

685 I have hit myself with 110v a number of times 30A. Delete. Unregard.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 13, 2014 11:33 PM (BGx3Z)

686 Well folks, it's been fun but I'm off to the land of Nod. Later roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 13, 2014 11:34 PM (yh0zB)

687 The failure with the underwater light was probably a bad seal, allowing water in the socket. Or a failure to isolate the power from the structure properly.

I had some experience with a light in the pool in the house I mostly grew up in, tot he extent that I grew up.

Posted by: Epobirs at April 13, 2014 11:35 PM (bPxS6)

688 As did I, especially the second time around in 1990, I was single then. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 14, 2014 03:32 AM (yh0zB) I blew through for ACA school Mar-Aug '76. Had 4 months of Support waiting for school. I tried to get instructor duty there when I was going to re-upped, but no go.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 13, 2014 11:35 PM (BGx3Z)

689 Laterz, GGE

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 13, 2014 11:36 PM (BGx3Z)

690

Posted by: zombie at April 14, 2014 03:27 AM (mizYg)

damn.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 11:40 PM (RhQvZ)

691 "Ever since then, I refuse to swim in pools that have underwater lights."

Now I'm going to turn in recollecting all the times that I have swum in pools with underwater lights, not thinking at the time of the risks. Yikes. Sweet dreams!

Posted by: torquewrench at April 13, 2014 11:40 PM (noWW6)

692 I have hit myself with 110v a number of times 30A. Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 14, 2014 03:28 AM (BGx3Z) ------ I almost always diagnose problems live. a little trick - I touch a hot circuit with one hand (thumb and forefinger) for a quick test for power. Just a little tingle. if I were to use the same finger and say, my left pinky toe? Probably knock my underwear off! The current flows a short distance? Like from finger to thumb? Ok. We have power. All the way through your body? Oh - that just stopped my heart a little bit...

Posted by: shredded chi at April 13, 2014 11:40 PM (M/gdM)

693 Found an article about the notorious pool incident: http://tinyurl.com/q3acoe3 Turns out my memory was off on a couple details. (It was 17 YEARS ago, not just recently -- no wonder my memory was vague.) First, there were not just three kids in the pool, but SIX kids in the pool. Ouch. Second, the adult did not die, as I remembered. Just one of the kids. But in any case, an investigation may have discovered the cause: "1997-08-27 04:00:00 PDT DALY CITY -- A frayed wire touching a conduit is a likely source of the electric charge that raced through a Daly City pool and electrocuted a 13-year-old girl, officials said yesterday. The city, which is investigating the circumstances of last Friday's tragedy, plans to tear up the concrete around the pool today to check the underground conduit and isolate the source of electricity. Yasmin Paleso'o died and five young girls were shocked when the surge of electricity passed through the swimming pool at the Westlake Village Apartments. Patricia Martel, Daly City's assistant city manager, said building and electrical inspectors will trace the conduit from an electrical panel to one of four pool lights. Tests yesterday showed 124 volts of electrical current on the metal housing around the suspected light fixture at the shallow end of the pool, she said. "The conduit would have shot (electricity) into the light and into the pool," if a hot wire contacted it, she said. Martel said investigators have been unable to reach the complex's pool contractor, Al's Pool Service of San Mateo, in order to review maintenance records. The company did not return phone calls yesterday from The Chronicle. The pool at 5 Coronado Avenue was built in 1960 and was not equipped with modern safety devices such as those used to shut down the flow of electricity if a short occurs. It was not clear if such devices would have prevented Friday's tragedy." Moral of the story: Don't hire a place called "Al's Pool Service."

Posted by: zombie at April 13, 2014 11:45 PM (mizYg)

694 Moral of the story: Don't hire a place called "Al's Pool Service." Posted by: zombie at April 14, 2014 03:45 AM (mizYg) Hey!

Posted by: Al's Pool Service at April 13, 2014 11:50 PM (AymDN)

695 awful story.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 13, 2014 11:51 PM (RhQvZ)

696 otho

No sparkies in the family then?

I've decided my next husband is going to be a plumber/electrician/ car mechanic and a house painter all rolled into one ...

Good luck with getting that fault fixed!

Posted by: aussie at April 14, 2014 02:57 AM

Back briefly. Getting the problem sorted. No, no sparkies in the family, unfortunately.

Posted by: otho at April 13, 2014 11:55 PM (9gNQd)

697 Zombie, I really respect you. I mean A LOT. But I have to invoke that old HQ rule (what is it? Fen's Law?) about reading the papers... a horrible, tragic story, yes. I feel for you here family of my hat poor child, really. but there is no such thing as "124 volts of electrical current" - volts and current are two totally different properties.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 12:02 AM (M/gdM)

698 Otho - didn't realize you were an Aussie. G'Day! (Sorry, couldn't resist)

I know your name &recognize you from a fateful day back in January. If you want, I'll give you my email, & hell, even my phone #. Say the word.

Down under stuff is something I've never messed with, but you're still on a simple 220v system. a quick google search tells me that it's common for outlets to be controlled by a switch... if a switch is bad, or if one of the outlets is bad, it can be a pain to find which one, but easy to fix.

And yes, it will be expensive for a pro to come diagnose & repair. I am more than happy to help a moron if I can.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 02:59 AM

The advice from all has been great and more than educational. Yeah, no worries about the contact stuff, Chi. The email I registered with has gone bye bye. Any way to exchange without posting it on thread?

Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 12:02 AM (9gNQd)

699 699 awful story. Posted by: rich@gmu Even though tragedies happen every day, for some reason that one really stuck with me.

Posted by: zombie at April 14, 2014 12:03 AM (mizYg)

700 Fucking autocorrect! What was that mess?

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 12:03 AM (M/gdM)

701 The three wire connections from the utility are H+, H-, and N. In your fuse/breaker box, these are attached to H+, H-, and N bars. Each breaker/fuse is a takeoff from those bars -- if it's a 220 circuit, it's H+ and H-....but if it's a 110V circuit then it's either H+ or H- and N.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2014 02:04 AM

Thanks C-rock! I can at least sound smrat and cleva when talking to the electrician!

Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 12:04 AM (9gNQd)

702 there is no such thing as "124 volts of electrical current" - volts and current are two totally different properties. Posted by: shredded chi I'm not vouching for the electrical engineering knowledge of the reporter or the editor at the paper. I just reposted whatever it is that appeared there. Despite the errors in terminology, the basic gist is -- the people ion the pool got zapped, due to incompetence in the design and/or the repair of the electrical systems in the pool's lights.

Posted by: zombie at April 14, 2014 12:06 AM (mizYg)

703 otho:

I'm surprisingly handy around the house.

I can fix plumbing.

I can repair the roof.

I can check for gas leaks.

I can replace windows.

I can do all sorts of stuff.

But one thing I WON'T do, just on principle, if try to fix electrical problems. Even if I think I understand the issue and all the details involved. Even if I think it's totally safe.

Why not? Because electrical problems are just about the only thing in your house that if, they go wrong, can actually kill you.

I'll replace a bulb.
I'll even replace a blown fuse IF and ONLY if it easily unscrews with hand pressure (two layers of rubber gloves on the hand, naturally).

Anything beyond that -- I call an electrician.

Yes, I'm "throwing away" $100 or $60 or whatever the guy charges for a housecall for a dumb 10-minute fixit job. But at least he knows what he's doing, and I feel safe.

If you are feeling unsure about the issue in any way, just bite the bullet call an electrician. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

Posted by: zombie at April 14, 2014 03:02 AM

Yeah, I'm not gonna mess around anymore. Electrician will be taking over from here.

Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 12:07 AM (9gNQd)

704 I think you mean Gell-Mann Amnesia, where you spot something blatantly wrong in an article involving a field where you can claim expertise but trust other articles in the same paper involving areas where you cannot render an educated opinion.

Posted by: Epobirs at April 14, 2014 12:09 AM (bPxS6)

705 705 The three wire connections from the utility are H+, H-, and N. In your fuse/breaker box, these are attached to H+, H-, and N bars. Each breaker/fuse is a takeoff from those bars -- if it's a 220 circuit, it's H+ and H-....but if it's a 110V circuit then it's either H+ or H- and N. Posted by: cthulhu at April 14, 2014 02:04 AM Thanks C-rock! I can at least sound smrat and cleva when talking to the electrician! Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 04:04 AM (9gNQd) Essentially, correct. cleva Cleavage? Big fan. Just not the butt type....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 14, 2014 12:09 AM (BGx3Z)

706 Ion. Interesting typo.

Posted by: Epobirs at April 14, 2014 12:11 AM (bPxS6)

707 Otho, how old is the wiring? Is or was it common practice when the house was wired to "daisy chain" the outlets and such? I see you said the house was built in the 20's, was it wired then? (the reason I ask is many houses here were not wired in the 20's and the wiring style varies with age, I had one house that had twisted pair in some places, individual wires on insulators in the attic and Romex in other places. The individual wiring got pulled as soon as I found it and replaced with Romex.)

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 14, 2014 03:02 AM

Wiring's pretty ancient. The house may be older than the 20's. I think it was actually done during the Boer war, or something. The electrician's back so I'll be off again for awhile. Pretty quick and hopefully it'll be "mates rates". A couple of wallbangers or white russians may seal the deal.

Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 12:12 AM (9gNQd)

708 Otho - not sure how smart you'll sound - is cthulhu aware you're down under? I'm not shy - if you want to email me, try ftuckerfish at g mail dot com

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 12:13 AM (M/gdM)

709 Posted by: zombie at April 14, 2014 03:02 AM Yikes! Screw type fuses. *shudders at memory of college mobile home* Then again, down here in Hootersville, I have helped re-wire a buddys' house that still had cloth insulated wire and glass insulators in the attic. I laughed real hard at that, but that's the way it was.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 14, 2014 12:16 AM (BGx3Z)

710 Otho - not sure how smart you'll sound - is cthulhu aware you're down under?

I'm not shy - if you want to email me, try ftuckerfish at g mail dot com

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 04:13 AM

I dunno. I think so. I know C-rock's in Cali and is a top dude. Ok, I'll write that down and shoot you my email.

Posted by: otho at April 14, 2014 12:18 AM (9gNQd)

711 Some of my road albums --

Golden Earring -- Moontan
Aerosmith -- Get Your Wings
Spirit -- The 12 Dreams of Doctor Sardonicus

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 14, 2014 12:19 AM (cHZB7)

712 Golden Earring -- Moontan Aerosmith -- Get Your Wings Spirit -- The 12 Dreams of Doctor Sardonicus Posted by: GnuBreed at April 14, 2014 04:19 AM (cHZB7) High School music! Moontan is surprisingly good. I hesitated at getting the album because I hated (due to overplay) Radar Love. Good album. Copy is packed away pristine in the attic.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 14, 2014 12:22 AM (BGx3Z)

713 708Â I think you mean Gell-Mann ------ And epobirs for the win! That sounds right - gell-mann effect. Rounding Error - that old knob and tube wiring is dangerous stuff! I hope he eventually rewired the whole place.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 12:29 AM (M/gdM)

714 Met a lady at a bar tonight; first she wanted to talk about the missing flight. There were some things she didn't know, like the main pilot's wife and family had moved the day before he flew. But she had several conspiracy theories in mind nonetheless. meh, okay.

Then we went off into politics, where I figured I would screw things up. She described herself as an activist and a humanitarian. So I figure, prog or maybe libertarian. I told her I was involved in the Tea Party, and that she probably hates me. She goes "Why? Because I am black?"

Ruh Roh. So I told her I didn't know that she was black; that if I had to guess I would have thought you are an Asian Indian. But that her race didn't matter, it was her humanitarian descriptions that led me to my hasty initial conclusion.

Anyhow, she went on to describe herself as a CA black Republican that really wishes the JEF would get thrown out of office. Then she looked around to make sure other blacks were within earshot; she said ' because they will give me a hard time if they hear me taking like this.'

Anyhow, it was a fun convo and offered me a small degree of hope that not everyone has drank the koolaid.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 14, 2014 12:38 AM (cHZB7)

715 Posted by: GnuBreed at April 14, 2014 04:38 AM (cHZB7) ------ So finish the story - did you take her home or not???

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 12:43 AM (M/gdM)

716 Rounding Error - that old knob and tube wiring is dangerous stuff! I hope he eventually rewired the whole place. Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 04:29 AM (M/gdM) Oh yeah, ran all new Romex and abandoned that stuff in place. New 200A Load Center, the whole deal. Someone previously installed a 125A box, but he really needed 200A and the power company set a new transformer for nothing. I did take a couple of those old insulators for knicks knacks.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 14, 2014 12:44 AM (BGx3Z)

717 Night all. Here is "Caught in a Mosh" Anthrax: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q5FEmFCFyQ

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 14, 2014 12:44 AM (AymDN)

718 >> So finish the story - did you take her home or not???

She was with her mom. So no, I struck out.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 14, 2014 12:48 AM (cHZB7)

719 I feel so old nowÂ… KIDS REACT TO WALKMANS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk_vV-JRZ6E Also, get off my lawn.

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 14, 2014 12:49 AM (AymDN)

720 723 I feel so old nowÂ… KIDS REACT TO WALKMANS *long sigh* I know......

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 14, 2014 12:56 AM (BGx3Z)

721 She was with her mom. So no, I struck out. Posted by: GnuBreed at April 14, 2014 04:48 AM (cHZB7) ------ Look, i'm living vicariously through you at this point, so tighten up! If you start a story with "I met a lady at the bar tonight," we need a better ending. Mom is not always a dealbreaker. If you need a wingman next time, let me know.

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 12:58 AM (M/gdM)

722 Look, i'm living vicariously through you at this point, so tighten up! If you start a story with "I met a lady at the bar tonight," we need a better ending. Mom is not always a dealbreaker. If you need a wingman next time, let me know. Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 04:58 AM (M/gdM) Heh....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 14, 2014 01:02 AM (BGx3Z)

723

653 GCE

Hi there and you can still visit OZ, we're not going anywhere!

I've just got back to reading this thread - true life intervened....

Posted by: aussie at April 14, 2014 01:03 AM (XURZb)

724

659 shredded chi

Hi there and yes I'm sure you make some $$$ here!

Tradies here can do very well if they can negotiate all the red tape and regulations which have mushroomed over the years

But I suppose it's the same over in the US..

Posted by: aussie at April 14, 2014 01:08 AM (XURZb)

725 Gnubreed - Look - I'll be 47 in a few weeks, but, showered & shaved, I'm told I could pass for 30. We can do this. Mom would be on me like white on... Wait - are you in Australia, too? Mum would be on me like a dingo on a baby!

Posted by: shredded chi at April 14, 2014 01:18 AM (M/gdM)

726 But I suppose it's the same over in the US.. Posted by: aussie at April 14, 2014 05:08 AM (XURZb) Depends on where you are working and whether or not there are unions. Down here in So. Ill, my county has no building codes, no unions. I have yet to get a permit for anything. County said check with your homeowners association. I laughed and said; "Ain't got one."

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 14, 2014 01:26 AM (BGx3Z)

727 04:43 and here I sit staring at my monitor. Eyeballs just refuse to do anything else.

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 14, 2014 01:44 AM (nkPV9)

728 Morning boys and girls!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 14, 2014 01:59 AM (60Vyp)

729 04:43 and here I sit staring at my monitor. Eyeballs just refuse to do anything else. Scary thought - if you haven't taped over the lens, the monitor is just sitting there staring back.

Posted by: Panhandler at April 14, 2014 02:01 AM (LqVNJ)

730 Backatcha COJ, what devilment will this time period bring?

Posted by: Panhandler at April 14, 2014 02:04 AM (LqVNJ)

731 "Scary thought - if you haven't taped over the lens, the monitor is just sitting there staring back."

If they are, they need to do some reevaluation of their priorities.

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 14, 2014 02:09 AM (nkPV9)

732 " If they are, they need to do some reevaluation of their priorities." I'd like to think that if I get the eye it's because somebody pissed the boss off and I'm the punishment.

Posted by: Panhandler at April 14, 2014 02:14 AM (LqVNJ)

733 Oh look, its a Socialist-Democrat crawfish called the yabby. Its a cannibal and found in Australia.

http://www.livescience.com/44715-new-tiny-crayfish-species-australia.html

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 14, 2014 02:18 AM (LLb/F)

734 First Zumwalt Class Destroyer Launched 10-29-13 US Navy christens huge $3 billion destroyer ship USS Zumwalt that appears as a fishing boat on enemy radar 4-14-14 Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt, Jr. (November 29, 1920 Â– January 2, 2000) Admiral Zumwalt was very active in lobbying Congress to establish a national registry of bone marrow donors. Such donors serve patients who do not have suitably matched bone marrow donors in their families. This was ultimately a disinterested act, since his son was able to receive a transplant from his own sister, but many patients don't have close relatives who are able and willing to help in this heroic way. His efforts were a major factor in the founding of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) in July 1986. Admiral Zumwalt was the first chairman of the NMDP's Board of Directors. = Zgram beer dispenser machines

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 14, 2014 02:20 AM (/vO0r)

735 With no one else awake in the house, now would be a good time to get something accomplished. Not that I am going to accomplish anything but it would be a good time.

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 14, 2014 02:20 AM (nkPV9)

736 Good morning Panhandler. Looks like burning barnyard animals will be a little more spendy this year: http://tinyurl.com/o92zme3 And I had to pay $4/gal for gas yesterday. Thanks GOP/Dems! On the good news front, we got some rain yesterday.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 14, 2014 02:22 AM (60Vyp)

737 COJ getting that rain this morning.

Just went to feed the outside cats. Under the porch was the most bedraggled rain-soaked raccoon I have seen in a long time nosing their feed bowls. When I turned on the porch light he scurried away.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 14, 2014 02:25 AM (LLb/F)

738 COJ, same as AP here for the rain. Weekend was beautiful and I got to sight in my new M1 Garand in 308. Much money spent, more fun had.

Posted by: Panhandler at April 14, 2014 02:31 AM (LqVNJ)

739 = Zgram beer dispenser machines Posted by: panzernashorn at April 14, 2014 06:20 AM (/vO0r) Yeah, CNO Zoomie put beer machines in the squid barracks. They weren't dumb enough to put them in ours. Fuckers....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 14, 2014 02:31 AM (BGx3Z)

740 Kirk, "Gentlemen I give you the great experiment, USS Zumwalt."

Sulu, "I hear she has stealth capabilities."

Scotty, "If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 14, 2014 02:33 AM (LLb/F)

741 AP, I trust you gave the poor guy a lil sumpin for his misery... Its gonna be a short week for us. The lil puddin head baby graduates from Navy boot camp this Friday so we're off to Great Lakes on Thursday. Last WX check for that area: cool to cold, and crappy. And the lake still has ice?!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 14, 2014 02:34 AM (60Vyp)

742 "I got to sight in my new M1 Garand in 308. Much money spent, more fun had." I hear ya! $168 at the range yesterday for 1 guy with two guns; .357 and .45. And I shot .38 special in lieu of .357. Last weekend the Grumpy Grandma and I went to Austin to see the oldest girl and hand over a .40 to her for home protection. We went to the range (4 of us) both days. I rented a Marlin 30-30 and an AR 15, in addition to shooting the pistols. I'm sure the NSA is scrutinizing my expenditures as we speak. Even the guys at Academy were agog.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 14, 2014 02:41 AM (60Vyp)

743 First they came to ground the A-10, now in order to 'save' more money the Army is requiring the ARNG to give up all its AH-64 Apaches to the active duty. Also in the cards is retirement of the Kiowa Warriors and replacing them with Apaches and saddling the ARNG with nothing but UH-60 Blackhawks.

http://tinyurl.com/peqjeqw

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 14, 2014 02:53 AM (LLb/F)

744 STRONG North winds just arrived in full blast. If we're lucky, rain. Later, ron/ettes.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 14, 2014 02:59 AM (/vO0r)

745 AP; isn't there some discussion of replacing the Kiowa with the Lakota (LUH-72) made by ECD?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 14, 2014 03:00 AM (60Vyp)

746 COJ, if I reading things right, the Lakota is supposed to replace the Blackhawk, Kiowa Warrior, and even the remaining UH-1 Iroquois fleet.

But since they took a civilian airframe and modified it for military use, I have a bad feeling. I remember how the EH.101 helicopters that Canada bought were civilian models impressed into military service, said service being so rough Canada ran through their inventory of prop shaft halves very quickly and had to ground them for awhile.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 14, 2014 03:08 AM (LLb/F)

747 Might help if I add a link
http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=400

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 14, 2014 03:09 AM (LLb/F)

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