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March 22, 2014

Overnight Open Thread 3/22/14 (tmi3rd)
— Open Blogger

Good evening, Morons and Moronettes...

I'm tmi3rd, and I'll be filling in tonight as CDR M is off doing his actual, y'know, real job and stuff.

All sorts of goodies under the fold... let's begin!

Too much nutty awesomeness to quote, so just head over and enjoy. It's BuzzFeed, I know, but all the same...

Remember This?

Well, somebody ran with it, and made a genuinely pretty fun movie about it with Summer Glau, Steve Zahn, and Game Of Thrones' Peter Dinklage called...

Knights Of Badassdom

It's pretty fun. The link takes you to the Amazon portal for it. It's not Mel Gibson's Hamlet, but my wife and I (big Game Of Thrones fans) enjoyed the hell out of it.

The Best Revenge

Guy's Revenge: Texting the Complete Works Of Shakespeare

This is some seriously creative shit:

A man paid $133 for a PlayStation 3 on UK classifieds site Gumtree, but never received itÂ—so he decided to get revenge on the fraudulent seller by texting him the complete works of Shakespeare.
Edd Joseph, 24, discovered that it's easy for him to simply copy the text of an entire play from his iPhone's browser and paste it into a text message.
He sends it as a single text, but it's then received in 160-character chunks on the seller's phone, the Telegraph reports. That means the 22 plays Joseph has sent so far have been delivered as 17,424 texts; by the time he's sent all 37, the seller will have received 29,305 texts.

Major props to Mr. Joseph- someone needs to give that guy a job in the dishing-out-retribution business.

So, About Fred Phelps...

As you're likely aware, Fred Phelps (the patriarch of the Westboro Baptist Church) took his final trip to go meet God on Thursday. At the risk of being serious for a second, nobody in America seems to be terribly broken up about it, but if there's a God in Heaven (and I very much believe there is), the reception awaiting Mr. Phelps is extremely unlikely to be pretty.

Though my opinion of the man ranks somewhere around my opinion of David Duke, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson, the Phelps family just lost a loved one, and I do offer my sincere condolences on that. I genuinely do think the folks outside the Lorde concert in Kansas City had the right idea here:

With that said, I'll let Iowahawk's tribute to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi offer a different tribute to Mr. Phelps as well. Its title is "Paradise Is Overrated".

Tonight's Cartoon Selection

This is one of my favorite Tex Avery offerings that I found watching Tom & Jerry, and I'm delighted to put it up here...

And finally...

I usually do a musical offering, and of late, I've been on a big Joe Satriani kick. One of the things that kinda goes out the window with young kids and a quest for medical school is enough time to get some musicians together and jam. Add to that my undying love for Robotech, and you get the Macross 25th Anniversary Air Show, set to "Light Of Heaven" by Satriani... it seemed appropriate, given the fact that we get the Blue Angels back this year.

Okay, y'all have fun! Spring is on the way, and so is November... if you can help out a friendly campaign, please do. Things look promising at the moment, but it's going to take a concerted effort on all of our parts to make sure that the last two years of SCOAMF are at the hands of a decidedly hostile House and Senate.

-tmi3rd

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1 Isn't anyone here?

Posted by: Ruthless at March 22, 2014 06:19 PM (2pFDN)

2 Hello-o-o-o-o?

Posted by: Ruthless at March 22, 2014 06:19 PM (2pFDN)

3 ?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 06:25 PM (yh0zB)

4 Conservative Diversity Â”Just a bunch of rich old White menÂ”? More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=4996

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 22, 2014 06:30 PM (AymDN)

5 Wassup freaks!?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2014 06:32 PM (60Vyp)

6 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 22, 2014 06:33 PM (JMmQ9)

7 9!

Posted by: Alana at March 22, 2014 06:35 PM (bGKhL)

8 Woot! I was about to sacrifice a live chicken if the ONT didn't show soon.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 06:35 PM (zDsvJ)

9 Robotech opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHfNniqT7bo One of the best TV show theme songs ever.

Posted by: The Veritech Hat at March 22, 2014 06:35 PM (AymDN)

10 Or seven. Or seven of nine.

Posted by: Alana at March 22, 2014 06:35 PM (bGKhL)

11 Alana is 7 of 9?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 22, 2014 06:36 PM (BAS5M)

12 Under the cover of a "Jounalist Shield Law", the Senate Dems want to restrict the free speech of everyone who's not part of an "official" media organization that does "real" journalism As defined by left-wing govt bureaucrats, of course. Norma Ramos ‏@amronsomar FeinsteinÂ’s Bill to Kill Free Speech of Independent Journalists Â‘Has VotesÂ’ to Pass Senate - Tom O'Halloran http://tomohalloran.com/2014/03/22/ feinsteins-bill-kill-free-speech-independent-journalists-votes-pass-senate/ Â…

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 22, 2014 06:36 PM (ZPrif)

13 I haven't watched it yet, but Knights of Badassdom is on the list. Ryan Kwanten is teh hawt!

Posted by: no good deed at March 22, 2014 06:36 PM (vBhbc)

14 I could have been first but politely waited for others. And it pisses me off that I just commented below. I have become Willow (which is great! Sort of like Moron tag team. I typically blame Ace for this but he seems to be taking weekends off, and I am happy for the hairy guy).

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 22, 2014 06:36 PM (baL2B)

15 yikes...where is everybody?? not a big fan of guitar instrumental, but check
out [sorry, no link!] anything by Demetori - Japanese guitar wiz who does
lots of Touhou music, just sayin'...

Posted by: Geezer der Mensch at March 22, 2014 06:37 PM (6aFlV)

16 Ahhh, fresh ONT. Stretching out, getting comfy.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 06:37 PM (ojnk6)

17 Navy senior officers have jobs? Wow, never knew that

Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 22, 2014 06:37 PM (iBaHp)

18 and, FWIW, Cowboy Bebop has the BEST anime opening - old school type!

Posted by: Geezer der Mensch at March 22, 2014 06:38 PM (6aFlV)

19 That trailer for "Knights of Badassdom" - truly badass. Only sorry it doesn't have a Bruce Campbell cameo. Unless... it does

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 06:38 PM (30eLQ)

20 I was busy today and couldn't check the news: which countries have fallen into the grip of tyrants or collapsed into chaos today? Days of Obama left: 1,035. If we can keep it down to one nation per week there may be some remnant of free humanity left by the time he leaves office. (Assuming he does leave office . . . )

Posted by: Trimegistus at March 22, 2014 06:38 PM (aEs8a)

21 Reposted from the freshly dead thread. Did anybody talk today about the emergency legislation the guv of ID signed? Basically flipping off the Feds regarding any enforcement of any future Fed gun bullshit edicts. I emailed Jake in ID to see what our man on the ground is hearing.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 06:38 PM (4Mv1T)

22 Hey all!

Posted by: EC at March 22, 2014 06:38 PM (doBIb)

23 Hello! I'm watching the Carson clips from the gardening thread.

Posted by: Carol at March 22, 2014 06:39 PM (gjOCp)

24 I've outed myself, Count!

Posted by: Alana at March 22, 2014 06:39 PM (bGKhL)

25 Hey TR,

Posted by: EC at March 22, 2014 06:39 PM (doBIb)

26 Good evening, fappers!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 22, 2014 06:39 PM (mx5oN)

27 Hola, amigoz en loz tuboz! Going to try to get up at 3 am (7 hours from now) so I'll not be here for long.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 06:39 PM (T1005)

28 New blog post from me--more painting stuff--

http://tinyurl.com/p72ffvt

Posted by: Null at March 22, 2014 06:40 PM (xjpRj)

29 Anyone heard from jewells today?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 22, 2014 06:40 PM (oFCZn)

30 GGE- Great day for motoring to the open-carry lunch. EC and I are thinking of heading your way to visit Frontline Defense soon.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 06:40 PM (4Mv1T)

31 Too drunk to do anything constructive, too caffeinated to go to sleep yet. It's Moron Time.

Posted by: Trimegistus at March 22, 2014 06:40 PM (aEs8a)

32 Just watched an episode of Charlie's angels with a very you g Tom Selleck. It was very freaky. Well not teenage young, but 20s young.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 06:41 PM (RZ8pf)

33 Evening, morons!

Any experience with SimpliSafe alarm system? http://simplisafe.com

Posted by: Steck at March 22, 2014 06:41 PM (5i94q)

34 As for the best takedown of martyrs in Paradise, I still think this is the gold standard http://www.imao.us/archives/001332.html/

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 06:41 PM (30eLQ)

35 I thought I saw jewells briefly on a thread today.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 06:41 PM (zDsvJ)

36 29 Nary a word have I seen from Jewells, but did not hit the gardening or HI threads.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 06:41 PM (ojnk6)

37 What impels you to get up that early Cthulhu?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 06:41 PM (RZ8pf)

38 30 GGE- Great day for motoring to the open-carry lunch. EC and I are thinking of heading your way to visit Frontline Defense soon. It was a nice afternoon of bullets, beers, and bewbs. In that order.

Posted by: EC at March 22, 2014 06:42 PM (doBIb)

39 21 Reposted from the freshly dead thread. Did anybody talk today about the emergency legislation the guv of ID signed? Basically flipping off the Feds regarding any enforcement of any future Fed gun bullshit edicts. I emailed Jake in ID to see what our man on the ground is hearing. Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 10:38 PM (4Mv1T) I hadn't heard about this, but I'm liking the cut of his jib.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 22, 2014 06:42 PM (mx5oN)

40 EC- I posted in the freshly dead thread below about the mini-mo-meetup to waste boolets, eat heartily, and preview future obligatory wife pics. Roaring success on all counts.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 06:42 PM (4Mv1T)

41 Speaking of which, have y'all seen this? http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/ It's a Web page dialectizer. One of the dialects you can pick is "Moron." It produces results like this: "It's a Webuhb page dialeckizeh. One of the, uhhh, dialecks you can pick is "Moron." It produces results like dis . . . "

Posted by: Trimegistus at March 22, 2014 06:42 PM (aEs8a)

42 Stay out of the frozen foods section.

Posted by: BignJames at March 22, 2014 06:42 PM (HtUkt)

43 Yes, jewells made a brief appearance on the gardening thread.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 06:42 PM (zDsvJ)

44 23 Hi Carol. Carson clips are always worth watching. The man was a genius with comedic timing.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 06:43 PM (ojnk6)

45 40 EC- I posted in the freshly dead thread below about the mini-mo-meetup to waste boolets, eat heartily, and preview future obligatory wife pics. Roaring success on all counts. Yay!

Posted by: EC at March 22, 2014 06:43 PM (doBIb)

46 I don't know where Phelps will spend eternity... But I do know that for an eternity the MSM will label him a Republican rather than what he really was, a Democrat

Posted by: kbdabear at March 22, 2014 06:44 PM (aTXUx)

Time to feed the kitty. Every day here at Casa del H is Caturday.

Posted by: ALH at March 22, 2014 06:44 PM (btTLZ)

48 On topic of mountain-state governors, what the hell is up with the Republican governor of Wyoming: http://tinyurl.com/nhnm62v

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 06:44 PM (30eLQ)

49 thanks tmi3rd !... going back to watch bad luck blackie.

Posted by: concrete girl at March 22, 2014 06:44 PM (9klqA)

50 Ahh ok I hope things are working out for her.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 22, 2014 06:44 PM (oFCZn)

51 It was a nice afternoon of bullets, beers, and bewbs. In that order. Posted by: EC at March 22, 2014 10:42 PM (doBIb) Nice! Unfortunately I only had the beer part covered today. No bullets or bewbs.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 22, 2014 06:44 PM (mx5oN)

52 I don't know where Phelps will spend eternity...

But I do know that for an eternity the MSM will label him a Republican rather than what he really was, a Democrat

Posted by: kbdabear at March 22, 2014 10:44 PM (aTXUx)

Didn't Phelps run for office as a Democrat at one point?

Posted by: Steck at March 22, 2014 06:45 PM (5i94q)

53 MLB opening day in Australia. Converted cricket grounds in Sydney. Aussies seem to be digging it. Every sports league is constantly trying to expand globally. MLB in Australia, NFL in the UK, Nascar in Mexico, F1 in Texas, Man United and Real Madrid touring America.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 22, 2014 06:46 PM (ZPrif)

54 Re the anti-protesters against/for Phelps... I find it incredibly, truly sad that the church member quoted in the Breitbart piece about it was so out of touch with what goodness and love looks like that he genuinely could not recognize it when he saw it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 06:46 PM (DmNpO)

55 48 On topic of mountain-state governors, what the hell is up with the Republican governor of Wyoming: http://tinyurl.com/nhnm62v Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 10:44 PM (30eLQ) That's...different. It doesn't say anything about where the refugees are coming from.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 22, 2014 06:46 PM (mx5oN)

56 46 MymFB Lib friends have been all over this, calling him a NeoCon while denying any and all proof and argument to the contrary. They've even gone so far as tomcall him and old Dixiecrat, which now = Republican, apparently. Apparently, Kennedy was a Republican too by those standards. Point this out, silence.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 06:47 PM (ojnk6)

57 When I was young the angel I wanted to be was Sabrina (Kate Jackson) but now I would rather be Kelly (Jacquelin Smith). Just bought the complete boxed set at Costco and am feeling nostalgic for my childhood.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 06:47 PM (RZ8pf)

58 GGE- Great day for motoring to the open-carry lunch. EC and I are thinking of heading your way to visit Frontline Defense soon.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 10:40 PM (4Mv1T)

Yes it was, just perfect for a day of top-down cruising. I haven't been out to Frontline yet.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 06:47 PM (yh0zB)

59 Man With No Party, I'm watching a second time. I loved Johnny Carson. There is one that should have been included, Sinatra or Dean Martin & other entertainers were guests & George Gobel came on & asked if anyone ever felt like a brown suit or brown shoe in a room full of tuxedos. That was always included in his anniversary shows.

Posted by: Carol at March 22, 2014 06:47 PM (gjOCp)

60 Worst toilet was in Olongapo. Floor of terlit (well, of the whole place) had about three inches of feculent brown standing water(?). Had to sort of crab crawl down the stall holding the walls like a drunk white female ninja. Moron Cirque du Soleil!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 22, 2014 06:47 PM (QBm1P)

61 58 When I was young the angel I wanted to be was Sabrina (Kate Jackson) but now I would rather be Kelly (Jacquelin Smith). Just bought the complete boxed set at Costco and am feeling nostalgic for my childhood. Not Farrah?

Posted by: EC at March 22, 2014 06:47 PM (doBIb)

62 FeinsteinÂ’s Bill to Kill Free Speech of Independent Journalists Â‘Has VotesÂ’ to Pass Senate - Tom O'Halloran http://tomohalloran.com/2014/03/22/ feinsteins-bill-kill-free-speech-independent-journalists-votes-pass-senate/ Â… I won't be the least bit surprised when only a handful of Republicans vote NO on that bill Conservatives are fighting a two front war, no matter how much the GOPe says they're just waiting for a majority to stop the socialist trainwreck

Posted by: kbdabear at March 22, 2014 06:47 PM (aTXUx)

63 Didn't Phelps run for office as a Democrat at one point? Posted by: Steck at March 22, 2014 10:45 PM (5i94q) Yep and he was heavily involved in the civil rights movement. The NAACP gave him awards.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 22, 2014 06:48 PM (oFCZn)

64 Style guide note - always say Democrat Fred Phelps. Because he is a Democrat. And that whole clan of Phelps's, their church is a tax dodge, and for whatever reason people think that they are "conservatives." But they aren't. They are Democrats. Like this, from Mother Jones, not Fox news: Phelps remained prominent in state and local politics, working for years as a major organizer for the state's Democratic Party. (He still calls himself a Democrat, refusing to change just because his party has.) In 1988, Phelps housed campaign workers for Al Gore's first presidential run; in 1989, his eldest son, Fred Jr., hosted a fundraiser for Gore's Senate campaign at his home. Phelps has frequently run for public office -- for governor in 1990, '94, and '98, for the Senate in '92 -- always losing the primaries by a landslide. Because of their years as loyal Democrats, the Phelpses have even been invited to -- and attended -- both of Clinton's inaugurations. They protested at the second one. But Phelps' campaign against homosexuality actually began in earnest just before the 1992 campaign, when politicians, especially Democrats, began to openly court gay voters.

Posted by: blaster at March 22, 2014 06:48 PM (XPkdL)

65 I am a brunette. Though I did have the Farrah hair style for a while in Jr. High.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 06:48 PM (RZ8pf)

66 Just watched the latest Vikings ep. Did Christians back (8th Century ) then really crucify apostates?

Posted by: votermom at March 22, 2014 06:49 PM (g+mUI)

67 37 What impels you to get up that early Cthulhu? Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 10:41 PM (RZ8pf) Hide posts from (RZ8pf)

Dry run for Monday. Stupid shuttle wants me to be ready to go to the airport sometime between 3 am and 4 am Monday, so I'm going to make sure I don't oversleep by getting up at 3 am Sunday....and if I oversleep Sunday, I'll just stay up until I go to the airport.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 06:49 PM (T1005)

68 64 Google, Phelps involvement in the Gore campaign. That will shut them up.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 06:50 PM (ojnk6)

69 Hey horde. Genius texter.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2014 06:51 PM (HVff2)

70 If I were an 'ette I could see aspiring to Kate or Jacklyn, and choosing which to be. Farrah was from another planet, no one could aspire to that.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 22, 2014 06:51 PM (1xUj/)

71 Can't he block the texts?

Posted by: EC at March 22, 2014 06:52 PM (doBIb)

72 Knights of Badassdom was really good.

Posted by: Lauren at March 22, 2014 06:52 PM (hFL/3)

73 Greetings from me and the dogs in springlike SEPA. You know, it always makes me a little nervous when CDRM has to do his real job. I am thankful for his service, but still... tmi3rd, thanks for subbing.

Posted by: joncelli at March 22, 2014 06:52 PM (/AYWV)

74 Farrah was from another planet, no one could aspire to that. Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch ----------------------------------- Venus

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 06:52 PM (4Mv1T)

75 A bullying dog cartoon does not fulfill the mandated weekly kitty ration. Our cat spent the day torturing a mouse too maimed to run, which is where the power should reside on a Caturday night. The "Kitty Foiled" book gag in the cartoon plays off the Christopher Morley novel Kitty Foyle, wherein a smart Philadelphia girl falls for a rich socialite. Ginger Rogers played Kitty in the movie.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at March 22, 2014 06:52 PM (a5ljo)

76 If Bush or any big Repub had a fundraiser in the Phelps house, you'd be told that about 1,000x every day.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 22, 2014 06:53 PM (ZPrif)

77 72 Not if it's organized and sent in rapid succession.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 06:53 PM (ojnk6)

78 I haven't eaten dinner yet. I forgot about it. Hello Cthulhu. Have a good nap. I'm going to make eggs or something a quick. I should be back later,but lately I have been falling asleep posting & reading here. I need to go outside & do yard work but it's too cold! By now I have usually cleaned up leaves that are in rose beds. Not this year. I don't even know what's alive yet.

Posted by: Carol at March 22, 2014 06:54 PM (gjOCp)

79 Google, Phelps involvement in the Gore campaign. That will shut them up.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 10:50 PM (ojnk6)

No it wont. You cannot force knowledge on the ignorant.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 22, 2014 06:54 PM (291hy)

80 ...but it's going to take a concerted effort on all of our parts to make sure that the last two years of SCOAMF are at the hands of a decidedly hostile House and Senate. -tmi3rd ----------------------------------- Seconded. And thanks for a fine ONT.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 06:55 PM (4Mv1T)

81 My next project will be called "A Team With Various Talents and Eccentricities on a Ship of Some Sort, Cracking Wise". Enjoy!

Posted by: Joss Whedon at March 22, 2014 06:56 PM (celt+)

82 Cthulhu, you aren't off the hook. I'm waiting for you to work your Common Core magic on us.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 06:56 PM (DmNpO)

83 #67

A better question would be who didn't practice crucifixion. Pretty everybody did some version of it, which is to say death by exposure. The positioning and whether impalement was used varies widely.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 22, 2014 06:56 PM (bPxS6)

84 80 True enough, but it can get them STFD and STFU, or rebut it, factually.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 06:56 PM (ojnk6)

85 RI Dem House speaker resigns abruptly yesterday after FBI raid of his home and office. Mystery behind raid. 'nuff said as the truth will come out (I saw one rumor that I won't repeat).

Third paragraph of Providence news mentioned he is a Dem.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 22, 2014 06:56 PM (baL2B)

86 Did Christians back (8th Century ) then really crucify apostates? Crucifixion for apostates was a Muslim thing; Q. 5:33. Probably because it was a Zoroastrian thing before then. Never heard of Christians using crucifixion. Actually I'm not sure where Christians in England executed apostates at all as such. Now, in this context, if the "apostates" were converting to the Norse religion - they weren't "converting" so much as declaring their loyalty to the Vikings. In which case, I don't see the problem in hanging them high.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 06:57 PM (30eLQ)

87 Getting ready to settle in for a night of studying pathological microbiology (bugs that make you sick), but thanks for the positive feedback! If you need to get a hold of me for anything, it's @tmi3rd on Twitter. You know what the nice thing is, by the way? Looks like it should be two slow hurricane seasons. If I have to do weather posts, it means bad shit is happening.

Posted by: tmi3rd at March 22, 2014 06:57 PM (cxomr)

88 67 Just watched the latest Vikings ep.
Did Christians back (8th Century ) then really crucify apostates?

Posted by: votermom at March 22, 2014 10:49 PM (g+mUI)

I wondered about that as well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 22, 2014 06:58 PM (baL2B)

89 That Kennedy fellow is more annoying than just about anybody down here.

Posted by: Zombie Phred Phelps at March 22, 2014 06:58 PM (Dwehj)

90 How about a joke? Q:What does Bill Clinton say to Hillary Clinton after sex? A:I'll be home in 20 minutes. And speaking of Hill-dawg: (From W/Z): State Dept Failed To Report Nuclear Missile Treaty Violations By Russia http://tinyurl.com/offcher At this point, what difference does it make? *shrugs*

Posted by: Thrawn at March 22, 2014 06:58 PM (WlWt+)

91 I heard this tmi guy is some kind of fancy opera singing snob.

Posted by: mesablue at March 22, 2014 06:59 PM (JgDp7)

92 You know what the nice thing is, by the way? Looks like it should be two slow hurricane seasons. If I have to do weather posts, it means bad shit is happening.

Posted by: tmi3rd at March 22, 2014 10:57 PM (cxomr)

I hope you are right!!!

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 22, 2014 06:59 PM (baL2B)

93 83 Cthulhu, you aren't off the hook. I'm waiting for you to work your Common Core magic on us. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 10:56 PM (DmNpO) Hide posts from (DmNpO)

Already did, in the thread where you asked.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 06:59 PM (T1005)

94 Thanks for the great ONT tmi3rd

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 06:59 PM (DmNpO)

95 A weird and otherwordly thing happened tonight at the Roadhouse. My otherwise well behaved, but somewhat surly 17 year old was bored out of his mind with no plans with anyone... ..so he spent the evening talking to Mrs Road and me about college prospects, his future, and then we blasted some of his favorite music from my 1989 Bose 501s cranked through the big Onkyo receiver. My faith in humanity is restored. For the moment.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 06:59 PM (4Mv1T)

96 Will there be a travel thread tomorrow or was the anti travel thread the travel thread? I was spring cleaning and missed hanging out here today. Trying to keep my clothes closet safe from annoying moths. Cleaning all of it with borax, then spreading diatomaceous earth as well as vacuuming and washing things. I would bomb it to kingdom come but I have a dog and don't want to risk it.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 07:00 PM (RZ8pf)

97 I found a great way to cut back on drinking - use Pepsi Max. this stuff tastes like ass. and don't ask how I know what ass tastes like. Good evening, horde.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 22, 2014 07:00 PM (f2yfM)

98 Y'know, for a dumbass Saturday night popcorn flick, you could do worse than "Hansel & Gretal: With Hunters." Seriously. It didn't suck. Too many gratuitous f-bombs, though (gratuitous as in, "This line of dialogue is cool and funny because we said the f-bomb", except it's neither.)

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at March 22, 2014 07:00 PM (celt+)

99 Now, in this context, if the "apostates" were converting to the Norse religion - they weren't "converting" so much as declaring their loyalty to the Vikings. In which case, I don't see the problem in hanging them high. -- The English bishop insisted on crucifying one of these - definitely an apostate who had participated in sacking a church.

Posted by: votermom at March 22, 2014 07:02 PM (0xck3)

100 94 83
Cthulhu, you aren't off the hook. I'm waiting for you to work your Common Core magic on us.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 10:56 PM (DmNpO)
Hide posts from (DmNpO)

Already did, in the thread where you asked.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 10:59 PM (T1005) Hide posts from (T1005)

@64

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 07:02 PM (T1005)

101 97 Will there be a travel thread tomorrow or was the anti travel thread the travel thread? -- Yes, sometime. Sundays tend to be really busy around here, so who knows when I'll be able to squeeze it in. The Anti-Travel thread was because I stole that train story from the draft travel thread so we'd have some sort of content! :-)

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 07:02 PM (zDsvJ)

102 A joke that I'll strive to make it more PC than how I received it: A sign in the window of an Indiana business stated " Wemonly want to do business with Liberals like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the rest of the Congressional elite. We do not want to do business with any Conservatives". The business was a Funeral Home.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 07:02 PM (ojnk6)

103 98 I found a great way to cut back on drinking - use Pepsi Max.
this stuff tastes like ass.
and don't ask how I know what ass tastes like.

Good evening, horde. Posted by: shredded chi at March 22, 2014 11:00 PM (f2yfM) Hide posts from (f2yfM)

Howdy, chi!

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 07:03 PM (T1005)

104 Already did, in the thread where you asked. 99994 needs 6 to be 100000, 27-6=21, Answer is 100021. **** My brain works it out this way: 99994 + 20 = 100014 + 7 + 100021

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 07:03 PM (DmNpO)

105 Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 10:59 PM (4Mv1T) Awesome TR, good for you & Mrs. Road

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2014 07:03 PM (HVff2)

106 TR, that's great news! Any place he wants to go?

Posted by: EC at March 22, 2014 07:03 PM (doBIb)

107 Wait what is this about common core magic? Had a very frustrating common core English assignment experience this week. I complained that when the kids become adults they won't know anything and I don't know what will happen and my son replied, in an appropriately villainous voice "and then i shall rule them all"

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 07:03 PM (RZ8pf)

108 http://tinyurl.com/ll7cl73

I investigated further and plotted the exact coordinates of Singapore Airlines flight number 68Â’s location at 1815UTC onto the aviation map. I quickly realized that SIA68 was in the immediate vicinity as the missing MH370 flight at precisely the same time. Moreover, SIA68 was en-route on a heading towards the same IGREX waypoint on airway P628 that the Malaysian military radar had shown MH370 headed towards at precisely the same time.

Anyone know how one might verify such a thing? A friend of mine sent me the link and I'm pretty sure my knowledge base is inadequate to say one way or the other.

Posted by: Methos at March 22, 2014 07:03 PM (hO9ad)

109 Man, it's hotter than a waitress sammich down here.

Posted by: Zombie Phred Phelps at March 22, 2014 07:04 PM (Dwehj)

110 and my son replied, in an appropriately villainous voice "and then i shall rule them all" Welcome to the party, pal!

Posted by: EC at March 22, 2014 07:04 PM (doBIb)

111 Just woke up from a drunken nap, cooth. I see that you're going to cut out early - should I even try to compose an email?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 22, 2014 07:05 PM (f2yfM)

112 Wait what is this about common core magic? Had a very frustrating common core English assignment experience this week. I complained that when the kids become adults they won't know anything and I don't know what will happen and my son replied, in an appropriately villainous voice "and then i shall rule them all" **** I adore your your son!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 07:05 PM (DmNpO)

113 108 PGIS, you're son inadvertently hit on the reason Common Core is being introduced and pushed.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 07:05 PM (ojnk6)

114 My brain works it out this way: 99994 + 20 = 100014 + 7 + 100021 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 11:03 PM (DmNpO) 99994 ENTER 27 +

Posted by: The Reverse Polish Hat at March 22, 2014 07:05 PM (AymDN)

115 1989 Bose 501s cranked through the big Onkyo receiver. Oh man. I have some 401s from 1990 still as my main speakers. I went to the PX to buy 501s that day, but I listened to them next to the 401s, and at lower volumes the 501s sounded muddy where the 401s were much clearer. Played loud the 501s were fantastic. But I lived in an apartment so I was not going to be able to play them loud. Bose literally does not make them like that anymore. I would love to pick up some 901s.

Posted by: blaster at March 22, 2014 07:06 PM (XPkdL)

116 110 Man, it's hotter than a waitress sammich down here. Posted by: Zombie Phred Phelps at March 22, 2014 11:04 PM (Dwehj) I'd offer you a drink, but all they have available in the 9th Circle is Satan's frozen taint. Curiously, it tastes like 7-Eleven's wine selection.

Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at March 22, 2014 07:07 PM (WlWt+)

117 105 Already did, in the thread where you asked.

99994 needs 6 to be 100000, 27-6=21, Answer is 100021.

****

My brain works it out this way: 99994 + 20 = 100014 + 7 + 100021 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 11:03 PM (DmNpO) Hide posts from (DmNpO)

See, my way avoids two carries....where you need to simultaneously hold three numbers in your mind at once. But it only works in very special circumstances and is mostly stupid with two two-digit numbers.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 07:07 PM (T1005)

118 It's hotter than a trunkful of ballots on election night in Chicago down here.

Posted by: Zombie Phred Phelps at March 22, 2014 07:08 PM (Dwehj)

119 Happy-ish Saturday Evening All ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 22, 2014 07:08 PM (qoKTg)

120 in an appropriately villainous voice "and then i shall rule them all" -------------------------------- Teach him in the ways of Putin, and maybe we can one day have a proper dictator. Instead of this 'tater we got now.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 07:08 PM (4Mv1T)

121 votermom: I'm looking through google, and - on an admittedly cursory search - I still can't find where an ostensibly Christian ruler ever crucified his enemies. (That, and I've been reading this stuff for decades, and never ran across a case; and it's not like I'm the most pro-Christian poster at the HQ.)

I could cite lots of burnings, impalements, beheadings, torturings and other horrible deeds done by western Europeans but, crucifixions? If nothing else the Pope would have pitched a fit.

Bullshit successfully called, on your part.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 07:08 PM (30eLQ)

122 I just heard a loud noise from upstairs, I think the moths may be fighting back.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 07:08 PM (RZ8pf)

123 116 My mainstays are a pair of 301 Direct Reflecting bookshelf speakers. Owned them for 35 years, rebuilt the cones twice.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 07:09 PM (ojnk6)

124 108 Wait what is this about common core magic? Had a very frustrating common core English assignment experience this week. I complained that when the kids become adults they won't know anything and I don't know what will happen and my son replied, in an appropriately villainous voice "and then i shall rule them all" Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 11:03 PM (RZ8pf) Hide posts from (RZ8pf)

I suspect that's what all the kids in Sidwell Friends are thinking.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 07:09 PM (T1005)

125 >>123 I just heard a loud noise from upstairs, I think the moths may be fighting back. They're flapping from INSIDE the house! Get out, PGIS!

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 07:09 PM (zDsvJ)

126 So with global warming, high of 20 today, 2.5' ice on lakes I took my boat to the Maria for spring tuneup. Am I too optimistic?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2014 07:10 PM (HVff2)

127 112 Just woke up from a drunken nap, cooth.
I see that you're going to cut out early - should I even try to compose an email? Posted by: shredded chi at March 22, 2014 11:05 PM (f2yfM) Hide posts from (f2yfM)

Nah. I'm looking forward to it.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 07:10 PM (T1005)

128 Speaking of Sitwell friends, did anyone see the new show called "Crisis" this week?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 07:10 PM (RZ8pf)

129 Marina not Maria oops

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2014 07:10 PM (HVff2)

130 It's hotter than Sandra Flook's diaphragm at a frat party down here.

Posted by: Zombie Phred Phelps at March 22, 2014 07:10 PM (Dwehj)

131 #108

That kid has moxie!

Posted by: Epobirs at March 22, 2014 07:11 PM (bPxS6)

132 Blaster, I discovered the key to the 501's (10 years after I bought them) is they require about 100 more horsepower than they advertised then. I bought a bigger receiver 10-12 years ago and they are different speakers now.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 07:11 PM (4Mv1T)

133 Isn't it funny how the same stupid broad whose claim to fame is asking Nixon "What Did You Know And When Did You Know It?" gets away with responding to her own scandal by saying "What difference at this point does it make?"

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 07:11 PM (oVvUa)

134 and don't ask how I know what ass tastes like. -- Where I grew up ppl would say "tastes like cockroach" Ew

Posted by: votermom at March 22, 2014 07:12 PM (+MRX5)

135 No it wont. You cannot force knowledge on the willfully ignorant. Posted by: cm9000 FIFY

Posted by: Duke at March 22, 2014 07:12 PM (aDwsi)

136 I always knew moths would be the death of me. Retaliation for all the miller moths I killed growing up in Denver. Periodically they have infestations there. One year when I was in high school we had to vacuum them off the walls every night.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 07:12 PM (RZ8pf)

137 This'll make your blood boil: Palestinians Throw Live Puppies At Israeli Police Patrol http://shar.es/B1yxB via Jawa Report

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 07:12 PM (zDsvJ)

138 Am I too optimistic? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian ------------------- Somebody's got to break up the ice on the lake.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 07:12 PM (4Mv1T)

139 I'm binge watching season two of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. An eccentric British heiress turned flapper (complete with a saucy Louise Brooks haircut) solves crimes in 1920s Melbourne, Australia. She has a woefully underused lesbian doctor as a sidekick but,sadly, does all of her slutting with the guys. She drives an elegant Hispano-Suiza motorcar.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at March 22, 2014 07:12 PM (a5ljo)

140 99994 ENTER 27 + Posted by: The Reverse Polish Hat at March 22, 2014 11:05 PM[/i RPN is the only way to go...it keeps the Sales types from stealing your calculator because it doesn't have an "=" button

Posted by: AltonJackson slings a HP12C at March 22, 2014 07:13 PM (JMmQ9)

141 NDH, Y-not, WeirdDave, CBD, Countrysquire, Andy and tmi3rd... big thanks for todays stuff!

Posted by: concrete girl at March 22, 2014 07:13 PM (9klqA)

142 I meant Sidwell of course. Damn you iPad.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 07:13 PM (RZ8pf)

143 Palestinians Throw Live Puppies At Israeli Police Patrol http://shar.es/B1yxB via Jawa Report Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 11:12 PM (zDsvJ) I thought they considered dogs "unclean"? Or is it only black dogs?

Posted by: Thrawn at March 22, 2014 07:13 PM (WlWt+)

144

Posted by: AltonJackson slings a HP12C at March 22, 2014 07:13 PM (JMmQ9)

145
I could cite lots of burnings, impalements, beheadings, torturings and other horrible deeds done by western Europeans but, crucifixions? If nothing else the Pope would have pitched a fit.

Bullshit successfully called, on your part.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 11:08 PM (30eLQ)

It was pretty weird to see, that is for sure. I have never heard of it, but I believe you. At first I thought the guy was dreaming, as he was a former monk.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 22, 2014 07:13 PM (baL2B)

146 and my son replied, in an appropriately villainous voice "and then i shall rule them all"

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 11:03 PM (RZ8pf)

I LOL'd.

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

147 Little Miss Spellcheck at March 22, 2014 11:12 PM (a5ljo) I think I got wind of that series from you a few? months back. Got my eye on it from Amazon when the clam shells become more plentiful ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 22, 2014 07:14 PM (qoKTg)

148 NDH, Y-not, WeirdDave, CBD, Countrysquire, Andy and tmi3rd... big thanks for todays stuff! *** You are quite welcome!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 07:15 PM (DmNpO)

149 >>I thought they considered dogs "unclean"? Or is it only black dogs? Puppies were in a bag. (Probably the one they took off their hideous wives' heads.) So maybe that means they didn't touch them. I assume there's a hierarchy of unclean and Jooos are at the bottom. Savages.

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 07:15 PM (zDsvJ)

150 TR - Be glad they are not 901's. 500W/side would not be too much. We used to demo those using a Mac 2300.

Posted by: Duke at March 22, 2014 07:15 PM (aDwsi)

151 Thx, concretegirl!

Posted by: Y-not at March 22, 2014 07:15 PM (zDsvJ)

152 Little miss spellcheck's binge watching is classier than mine.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 07:15 PM (RZ8pf)

153 Im still an episode behind on VIKINGS but I'm pleased so far with this season. Except for Ragnar-Logatha drama.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 07:15 PM (oVvUa)

154 I'll be here for the rest of eternity. Don't forget to tip the veal and try your waitress.

Posted by: Zombie Phred Phelps at March 22, 2014 07:16 PM (Dwehj)

155 I remember the first time I ever heard Bose 901s - gave a guy a ride home one day from work, went inside to have a beer. His entire tiny apartment was a mattress, a couch, an antique Denon tuner & those 901s. Plus a wall of LPs. He put on Joe Jackson's "Look Sharp" and proceeded to shake the house down. To this day, that is one of my favorite albums.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 22, 2014 07:16 PM (f2yfM)

156 I'm binge watching season two of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries -- Season 2 is out? Is it on netflix?

Posted by: votermom at March 22, 2014 07:16 PM (CoQIX)

157 We used to demo those using a Mac 2300. Posted by: Duke ------------------- Man, I haven't seen a Macintosh amp in a long time.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 07:16 PM (4Mv1T)

158 Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 11:15 PM (RZ8pf How old is your son, what grade? Pretty clever kid

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2014 07:16 PM (HVff2)

159 shredded chi at March 22, 2014 11:16 PM (f2yfM) Sounds like fun!

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 22, 2014 07:17 PM (qoKTg)

160 99994 ENTER 27 + Posted by: The Reverse Polish Hat at March 22, 2014 11:05 PM (AymDN) If you don't own an old HP calculator it will be very, very wrong.

Posted by: joncelli at March 22, 2014 07:17 PM (/AYWV)

161 I really am enjoying the weekend content so thanks from me as well. This place is a font (fount?) of useful information.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 07:17 PM (RZ8pf)

162 The most beautiful terlet I ever used was at an elevation of about 12,000 feet, above the tree line, way above the Great Sand Dunes National Monument. I dug the hole myself. Another beautiful biffy I remember quite well was a box out in the middle of the woods in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Mosquitos were a problem there though.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 22, 2014 07:17 PM (jucos)

163 I like the fact that 901s power rating is "Unlimited." Of course, it takes a few hundred watts just to warm them up.

Posted by: blaster at March 22, 2014 07:17 PM (XPkdL)

164 My son is 12 1/2. He is in 6th grade. He is definitely a moron in training.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 07:18 PM (RZ8pf)

165 165 He is way wiser than his years would suggest. You have done well with him, IMO.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 07:19 PM (ojnk6)

166 Ooops. Off with Duke sock.

Posted by: Duke at March 22, 2014 07:19 PM (aDwsi)

167 165 My son is 12 1/2. He is in 6th grade. He is definitely a moron in training. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 11:18 PM (RZ8pf Cool kid, I know you're proud of him

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2014 07:19 PM (HVff2)

168 On Fred Phelps: 1988- Provides rooms to Gore campaign during Dem primary campaign. 1990- Runs and loses in Democrat primary for Governor of Kansas 1992- Runs and receives 31% of the vote in Dem primary for US Senate seat in Kansas Sounds like he was all in with the Dems.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 22, 2014 07:20 PM (HxSXm)

169 Good evening, Horde. Busy day running errands for Yarn Party tomorrow. This is probably good night, too.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at March 22, 2014 07:20 PM (N/cFh)

170 I like the fact that 901s power rating is "Unlimited." Of course, it takes a few hundred watts just to warm them up. Posted by: blaster -------------------------- Didn't the bass player for YES build a bass set up using a bunch of little speakers like the 901's cranked? I think he did. Or maybe they were 901s.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 07:20 PM (4Mv1T)

171 Boulder - yeah, crucifixion would be sacrilegious, I'd think. Burning at the stake would probably be the popular choice.

Posted by: votermom at March 22, 2014 07:20 PM (CoQIX)

172 Isn't it weird how easy it is for people to exploit one's fickle? We root for the Norsemen while wactching the Vikings. We root for the bootleggers while watching Boardwalk Empire. We root for the crime family while watching The Godfather. But we root for the Law and Justice while watching The Untouchables.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 07:20 PM (oVvUa)

173 Im still an episode behind on VIKINGS but I'm pleased so far with this season.

Except for Ragnar-Logatha drama.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 11:15 PM

heheheh eheheh... "log"... heheheh...

Posted by: beavis at March 22, 2014 07:21 PM (9gNQd)

174 by people I mean Media

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 07:21 PM (oVvUa)

175 141 99994 ENTER 27 + Posted by: The Reverse Polish Hat at March 22, 2014 11:05 PM[/i RPN is the only way to go...it keeps the Sales types from stealing your calculator because it doesn't have an "=" button Posted by: AltonJackson slings a HP12C at March 22, 2014 11:13 PM (JMmQ9) I've got an old HP-11C, complete with the solutions guides. My wife won't touch it, which was the whole idea.

Posted by: joncelli at March 22, 2014 07:21 PM (/AYWV)

176 156 I remember the first time I ever heard Bose 901s - gave a guy a ride home one day from work, went inside to have a beer.
His entire tiny apartment was a mattress, a couch, an antique Denon tuner & those 901s. Plus a wall of LPs.

He put on Joe Jackson's "Look Sharp" and proceeded to shake the house down. To this day, that is one of my favorite albums. Posted by: shredded chi at March 22, 2014 11:16 PM (f2yfM) Hide posts from (f2yfM)

901s can do things that other speakers don't do....which are simultaneously awesome and got 'em panned by Consumer reports.

Years ago, when I was in college at the University of Casual Sun-Bathing, a guy in one of the multistory dorms aimed his 901s out a couple of dorm windows, over the dining commons, and into a grove of Eucalyptus near the student center, put on "Dark Side of the Moon", and fired it up.

When I walked out of the dining commons, the trees were singing.

No, I was not on drugs. But it was one of the most awesome, magical experiences....

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 07:21 PM (T1005)

177 See, my way avoids two carries....where you need to simultaneously hold three numbers in your mind at once. But it only works in very special circumstances and is mostly stupid with two two-digit numbers. *** My method doesn't require carrying a number, if by carry you mean, carry the one. It's a simple calculation to get to 99994 + 20 = 100014 + 7 = 100021 The CC method requires you to make a calculation of 100000 - 99994 = 6, so it is no less labor intensive. Perhaps I am wrong.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 07:21 PM (DmNpO)

178 173 Hollywood framing of the story has much to do with this.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 07:22 PM (ojnk6)

179 A true veteran Hi Fi aficionado will know what a Sweet Sixteen was. Please withhold vulgar comments.

Posted by: Duke at March 22, 2014 07:22 PM (aDwsi)

180 I am proud of him, but I know that puberty awaits and have some trepidation about how that will pan out. Hopefully he has a good foundation and won't totally wig out. It's too bad that all our moron kids can't meet each other, they would probably get along great, or maybe plot to overthrow the world.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 07:22 PM (RZ8pf)

181 Who'd ever guess that Morons would debate mathematical computation on a Saturday night ONT.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 07:23 PM (4Mv1T)

182 Where's the obligatory Caturday kitteh video?

Posted by: Basement Cat at March 22, 2014 07:23 PM (53cD3)

183 Damn. 'Duke' sock will not go away

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 07:23 PM (aDwsi)

184 Heh Joan Rivers: "Justin Bieber is such a douche his blood type is vinegar and water."

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 07:24 PM (DmNpO)

185 My son is 12 1/2. He is in 6th grade. He is definitely a moron in training. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 11:18 PM 12+. Where does the time go? How old was he when he did the "Godzilla" Valentines Day thingie?

Posted by: AltonJackson slings a HP12C at March 22, 2014 07:25 PM (JMmQ9)

186 It's too bad that all our moron kids can't meet each other, they would probably get along great, or maybe plot to overthrow the world.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 11:22 PM (RZ8pf)

So what you're saying is that it could be simultaneously awesome and terrifying.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 07:25 PM (yh0zB)

187 901s can do things that other speakers don't do... --------------------- As long as the local transformer can handle the current.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 07:25 PM (aDwsi)

188 No, I was not on drugs. But it was one of the most awesome, magical experiences.... Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 11:21 PM (T1005) I think most of us have had a moment like that. Mine was @ 17 Bob Marley Rasta Man Vibration at a small college I was visiting

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2014 07:25 PM (HVff2)

189 I started my weekend with you clowns at 4:45PM yesterday, with large doses of scotch. That ceased and desisted at 1:14 AM last night. I must sleep now. Night all.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 22, 2014 07:26 PM (4Mv1T)

190 Miss Fisher season 2 is not on Netflix yet. It reached me by less legitimate means. Mailto in my sig if you'd rather not wait.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at March 22, 2014 07:27 PM (a5ljo)

191 Night TR.

Posted by: EC at March 22, 2014 07:27 PM (doBIb)

192 'Night TR.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 07:27 PM (aDwsi)

193 " shut the fuck up".... Anyone on here ever had that said to you? Hubby pulled that tonight about 20 x. Every time I started to talk that was his response . He is mad at daughter 1 but will never yell at her, I get it instead . So boring input on the ont but figured I'd ask.

Posted by: Molly K. at March 22, 2014 07:27 PM (cglwl)

194 Sounds like he was all in with the Dems.

Phelps was a troll against the Right. The "God Hates Fags" and the picketing of the military was, at base, Alinsky. Phelps was "proving" to the nation at large that the Right was full of haters.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 07:27 PM (30eLQ)

195 bonk bonk on tha head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 22, 2014 07:27 PM (V4CBV)

196 137 I always knew moths would be the death of me...One year when I was in high school we had to vacuum them off the walls every night... i loathe moths! the way they fly into your head and smack you...eew! especially the big meaty ones.

Posted by: concrete girl at March 22, 2014 07:28 PM (9klqA)

197 Too many gratuitous f-bombs, though (gratuitous as in, "This line of dialogue is cool and funny because we said the f-bomb", except it's neither.) That seems to be a common russkie-scandi-european thing for their first English language film.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 22, 2014 07:28 PM (c2oll)

198 yikes, Molly K.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 07:28 PM (30eLQ)

199 Nite TR

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2014 07:28 PM (HVff2)

200 187 Given the varying ages of said kids, a meetup, theoretically, could be very beneficial for them. Seeing the real Rons and Ettes in action in an adjacent room may detract from said benefit after the pantsless stuff and all the Valu-Rite.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 07:28 PM (ojnk6)

201 Experienced shipwreck hunter David Mearns says the object detected on Chinese satellite images is significant.

"Very importantly, it's been detected by two different satellites 38 hours apart," he said.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/nop3s4h

Posted by: Baldy at March 22, 2014 07:28 PM (2bql3)

202 Heaven save me. I just finished our taxes(gag!) and the only slightly happy news today is that the federal appeals judge in Michigan emergency stayed the lower court judges ruling tossing out Michigan's SSM definition amendment. Stayed until another hearing regarding a longer term stay on Wednesday. I don't know if I need a drink or a big piece of chocolate. Or both.

Posted by: Jen at March 22, 2014 07:29 PM (mynOu)

203 I wouldn't dare to tell the Mrs to shut the fuck up. Even if she deserved it, I would never do it.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 22, 2014 07:29 PM (jucos)

204 Molly K. - Tomorrow is another day. Nighttime is a bad time to have conflicts. Try to let it go. For now.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 07:29 PM (aDwsi)

205 I watched an episode of Magnum PI the other night and Magnum said to Higgins, "Higgins, you're a bigot!" Higgins responded dryly, "Yes. Aren't we all?"

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 07:29 PM (oVvUa)

206 Due to my younger moron lifestyle. Bose 901s are of no interest. To me. If someone has a good speaker for a half deaf guy that would be useful.

Posted by: Dendritic at March 22, 2014 07:30 PM (Fi+kS)

207 We root for the Norsemen while wactching the Vikings.

I have ancestry in northern England (and tested the DNA) so, er, not so much from this end. I still owe the Scandis for Lindisfarne

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 07:30 PM (30eLQ)

208 @195 - someone (a Lefty) asked on FB whether we thought Westboro would continue its antics with Fred dead. I said yes - because the antics help the Dems, and the Phelps were big Democrats. So of course it will continue. Not the answer he was looking for. I don't know that I would say that WBC is a false flag operation but it would not take much to convince me.

Posted by: blaster at March 22, 2014 07:31 PM (XPkdL)

209 Due to my younger moron lifestyle. Bose 901s are of no interest. To me. If someone has a good speaker for a half deaf guy that would be useful. Posted by: Dendritic ---------------- Headphones.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 07:31 PM (aDwsi)

210 So boring input on the ont but figured I'd ask.

Posted by: Molly K. at March 22, 2014 11:27 PM (cglwl)

I really don't know what to say to that...except sorry you had to endure it.

I don't know if I need a drink or a big piece of chocolate. Or both.

Posted by: Jen at March 22, 2014 11:29 PM (mynOu)

Both, of course.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 07:31 PM (yh0zB)

211 194 Sorry to hear it Molly. Deflection/Inversion sucks, which is what it sounds like he's doing. Been there and experienced that. It did not end well.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 07:32 PM (ojnk6)

212 someone (a Lefty) asked on FB whether we thought Westboro would continue its antics with Fred dead. I said yes *** Yes. Phelps was ex-communicated last year and it didn't slow them down in the least.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 07:32 PM (DmNpO)

213 208 We root for the Norsemen while wactching the Vikings. I have ancestry in northern England (and tested the DNA) so, er, not so much from this end. I still owe the Scandis for Lindisfarne Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 11:30 PM (30eLQ) --- Mom's parents are both Icelandic. Her mother is directly descended from Eric the Red. Scandi FTW.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at March 22, 2014 07:32 PM (N/cFh)

214 I have ancestry in northern England (and tested the DNA) so, er, not so much from this end. I still owe the Scandis for Lindisfarne Posted by: boulder toilet --------------- Same here. Not sympathetic with the Vikings. Uncivilized murderous bastards is what they were.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 07:33 PM (aDwsi)

215 I love Joe Satriani. I hadn't heard that song before, so I went to Amazon and downloaded the alum.

Thanks tmi3rd

Posted by: sawhorse at March 22, 2014 07:33 PM (e1h7z)

216 Lindisfarne is a lutefisk fish, ya?

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 07:33 PM (oVvUa)

217 You know how I know that my uncle loves me? He GAVE me his 70s-era 901s.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 22, 2014 07:33 PM (c2oll)

218 Methinks Mr. K needs a timeout. Spending the night on the couch would be standard as these things go, as I understand it.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 22, 2014 07:34 PM (K7oc7)

219 WBC is a tax dodge set up by lawyers, and lawyers are almost definitionally Democrats (yeah I know its a stereotype and if you are a lawyer and a Moron you know I don't mean you. But Amish does.)

Posted by: blaster at March 22, 2014 07:34 PM (XPkdL)

220 178 See, my way avoids two carries....where you need to simultaneously hold three numbers in your mind at once. But it only works in very special circumstances and is mostly stupid with two two-digit numbers.

***

My method doesn't require carrying a number, if by carry you mean, carry the one. It's a simple calculation to get to 99994 + 20 = 100014 + 7 = 100021

The CC method requires you to make a calculation of 100000 - 99994 = 6, so it is no less labor intensive.

Perhaps I am wrong. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 11:21 PM (DmNpO) Hide posts from (DmNpO)

Something in my head "sees" 99994 needs 6 without calculation (but then I need to count how many zeroes there will be in the result). Similarly, I know that 99964 needs 36. If I need more digits, I could go "nines complement" until the final digit, but then it's probably easier to solve going forwards.

OTOH, 99994 + 20 for me requires actual computation, because it's going to carry the 1 from the 10's place to the 100's, the 100's to the 1000's, the 1000's to the 10,000's, and the 10,000s to the new leading 1. That has me trying to mentally hold onto two operands and four carry digits, and I could accidentally drop one. Then I'd have to hold onto some nonsense partial sum (100014) and add the gutted carcass of the remaining operand (7) which generates yet another carry digit.

So, yes....I get what they're talking about because I use it in special cases.....and (with the knack of seeing what's missing), it can result in time-savings and the ability to do sums in my head without even writing them down.....but I sure as hell wouldn't try to explain it to someone who wasn't completely familiar and comfortable with basic two-digit addition.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 07:34 PM (T1005)

221 Molly K...talk to us instead

Posted by: concrete girl at March 22, 2014 07:35 PM (9klqA)

222 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 22, 2014 11:33 PM (c2oll) Cool. Mine willed guns

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2014 07:35 PM (HVff2)

223 99994 ENTER 27 + Posted by: The Reverse Polish Hat at March 22, 2014 11:05 PM (AymDN) If you don't own an old HP calculator it will be very, very wrong. HP 15c. The HP 1Xc series are the best ones out there. I always used one to the point where using a calculator with an "=" sign gives me pause. RPN is much similar to how a person actually thinks. It also requires a person know what they are doing and why, rather than just blindly type stuff into the calculator.

Posted by: The Reverse Polish Hat at March 22, 2014 07:36 PM (AymDN)

224 213 NDH, don't forget they are all Attorneys. Ifmhe was Excommed, there was probably an inheritance benefit in said action.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 07:36 PM (ojnk6)

225 But if weren't for the plundering Vikings, Europe would've taken an entirely different path. And I wouldn't be writing this comment today. At least not in this here modern English.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 07:37 PM (oVvUa)

226 173 Isn't it weird how easy it is for people to exploit one's fickle? We root for the Norsemen while wactching the Vikings. We root for the bootleggers while watching Boardwalk Empire. We root for the crime family while watching The Godfather. But we root for the Law and Justice while watching The Untouchables. Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 11:20 PM (oVvUa) Not really strange. I always cheered for Ric Flair when he went against Hulk Hogan. Didn't make any difference which one was the heel or who was the babyface, I could never stand Hogan and loved Flair. Nowadays, the heels in wrestling get more cheers than the babyfaces, so now they push the heels as the fan favorites and the guys who's shticks would be babyfaces are now the heels. We are in the era of the anti-hero.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 22, 2014 07:37 PM (HxSXm)

227 Lindisfarne is a lutefisk fish, ya? Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 11:33 PM (oVvUa) It is a type of weasel.

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 22, 2014 07:37 PM (AymDN)

228 Headphones.)) Yes they help. And the loss at the high end has it's advantages.

Posted by: Dendritic at March 22, 2014 07:37 PM (Fi+kS)

229 194 " shut the fuck up".... Anyone on here ever had that said to you? Hubby pulled that tonight about 20 x. Every time I started to talk that was his response . He is mad at daughter 1 but will never yell at her, I get it instead . So boring input on the ont but figured I'd ask. Posted by: Molly K. at March 22, 2014 11:27 PM (cglwl) Hide posts from (cglwl)

I don't get that from the BH.....and don't dish it out, either.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 07:38 PM (T1005)

230 63 FeinsteinÂ’s Bill to Kill Free Speech of Independent Journalists Â‘Has VotesÂ’ to Pass Senate - Tom O'Halloran http://tomohalloran.com/2014/03/22/ feinsteins-bill-kill-free-speech-independent-journalists-votes-pass-senate/ Â… Seems like that is a law that is just begging for a supreme court case.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2014 07:38 PM (k3jg6)

231 Got issued an HP15c at the Academy. Cannot use regular calculators anymore. Lost mine in a move somewhere, and now when I look for them on ebay people want $300. Yikes.

Posted by: blaster at March 22, 2014 07:39 PM (XPkdL)

232 A true veteran Hi Fi aficionado will know what a Sweet Sixteen was. Please withhold vulgar comments. Posted by: Duke at March 22, 2014 11:22 PM (aDwsi) I think I have a copy of the issue of Popular Electronics that contained that construction project. I wonder if a copy found its way to India, and into the hands of Chandrasekhar Bose? I do remember seeing letters to the editor from Indian readers there. Maybe I should try building one. I have the remains of a Scott 800B receiver, minus, of course, the 15 inch Jensen speaker.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 22, 2014 07:40 PM (yDmQD)

233 Nite morons, be well

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2014 07:40 PM (HVff2)

234 Lindisfarne... is a type of weasel.

prime, me fellabis

Posted by: the venerable bede at March 22, 2014 07:40 PM (30eLQ)

235 Does anyone know how I can get my Snow Leopard OSX to accept Adobe Flash Player?

Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2014 07:41 PM (fsLdt)

236 Molly K.? RE: " shut the fuck up"..

Annnnnd...he's *still* indoors? Hand him a sleeping bag and send him to the garage/carport until he gets his sh*t together?

Posted by: JeanQ at March 22, 2014 07:41 PM (82lr7)

237 Lost mine in a move somewhere, and now when I look for them on ebay people want $300. Yikes.)) Holy crap I need to post mine on EBay .

Posted by: Dendritic at March 22, 2014 07:42 PM (Fi+kS)

238 Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 11:34 PM (T1005) *** It's funny how different people arrive at the same result. My brain has always been wired a little different.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 07:42 PM (DmNpO)

239 The crazy thing about Knights of Badassdon is just how long it spend it production/release hell. Wife and I first saw its panel at Comic Con four years ago, and it's just now finally coming out.

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at March 22, 2014 07:43 PM (7aJyE)

240 *spent

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at March 22, 2014 07:43 PM (7aJyE)

241 236. First, you make an incision below the first vertebrae... oh wait, is that some kind of operating system? I thought you were talking about cyborging a leopard at first. That'd be a lot more awesome.

Posted by: Cato at March 22, 2014 07:43 PM (4cRuH)

242 Maybe I should try building one. I have the remains of a Scott 800B receiver, minus, of course, the 15 inch Jensen speaker. Posted by: Alberta --------------------------- I rather doubt that McGee Radio still is alive. Though one supposes that 16 4'" speakers would be easy to find. Of course, that was for mono.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 07:43 PM (aDwsi)

243 " shut the fuck up".... Anyone on here ever had that said to you? Hubby pulled that tonight about 20 x. Every time I started to talk that was his response . He is mad at daughter 1 but will never yell at her, I get it instead . So boring input on the ont but figured I'd ask. *** I wouldn't stick my nose in except for the fact that you brought it up. There's no way in hell I would let someone talk to me like that, and certainly not repeatedly.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 07:44 PM (DmNpO)

244 Drudge report is noting that the NSA have been hacking Chinese servers... (and got caught).

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 07:44 PM (30eLQ)

245 239 Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 11:34 PM (T1005)

***

It's funny how different people arrive at the same result. My brain has always been wired a little different. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 11:42 PM (DmNpO) Hide posts from (DmNpO)

I'm forever handing cashiers little random piles of change and having them shocked to find out my change is a $5.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 07:46 PM (T1005)

246 UCONN pulling away from Nova.... Bracket damage......

Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2014 07:46 PM (fsLdt)

247 The best remedy is sometimes a spoonful of their own medicine. Next time he says something tell him to shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 07:46 PM (oVvUa)

248

Posted by: Molly K. at March 22, 2014 11:27 PM (cglwl)

He is very wrong.

I don't know how to handle someone like that except to get away from them.

Men don't like to be talked to when they are mad and have wounded pride and some women have high pitched voices that irritate.

I'd retreat for the short term, I think. Then when he's simmered down tell him "I need to be left alone" is enough. The hostility is painful and cruel.

The next time he does it, pack his bags. Change the locks. Make an appointment with a counselor and put the card with the appointment time on the bags.

That's probably pretty bad advice. I don't know what's going on with him or between you, but he wants to sulk and was really rude to you in order to obtain sulk time.

Posted by: CLIMATE DENIED at March 22, 2014 07:46 PM (Lbv/k)

249 NDH, don't forget they are all Attorneys. Ifmhe was Excommed, there was probably an inheritance benefit in said action. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 11:36 PM (ojnk6) Exactly. Tax benefit, inheritance benefit, or maybe sheltering the church from a lawsuit against old Fred? You can bet the bottom line is money.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 22, 2014 07:47 PM (yDmQD)

250 btw, if he says that to you in front of the kids...

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 07:49 PM (oVvUa)

251 248 I disagree. Best option here, IMO, is to ask "What did I do to deserve that response?". Can be much more effective in discussing the problem rather than bickering over words used.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 07:50 PM (ojnk6)

252 Posted by: CLIMATE DENIED at March 22, 2014 11:46 PM (Lbv/k)

Molly's complained about the insensitive hubby before. In fact I recall her saying she was planning a divorce last year.

Reading between the lines, the divorce hasn't happened yet.

There is poison in this house. If the man of the house has any awareness, he knows his wife doesn't love him. Could he be behaving in a more politic fashion? Probably. Is it all his fault, at this point, months later?
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Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 07:51 PM (30eLQ)

253 225 213 NDH, don't forget they are all Attorneys. Ifmhe was Excommed, there was probably an inheritance benefit in said action. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 11:36 PM (ojnk6) And boom goes the dynamite. Probably the only way to transfer the assets of the church to the kids was for them to "kick" him out.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 22, 2014 07:51 PM (HxSXm)

254 I rather doubt that McGee Radio still is alive. Though one supposes that 16 4'" speakers would be easy to find. Of course, that was for mono. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 11:43 PM (aDwsi) I don't recall there being anything special in that speaker that one needed to get at McGee Radio. Four inch speakers are easy to find, and indeed the ones made now are probably much better than the ones made in what, 1958? with their half-ounce Alnico magnets. And the old Scott receiver is mono. Chrome chassis, two eye tubes, and 6L6's in the audio amp.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 22, 2014 07:52 PM (yDmQD)

255 " shut the fuck up".... Anyone on here ever had that said to you? Hubby pulled that tonight about 20 x. Every time I started to talk that was his response . He is mad at daughter 1 but will never yell at her, I get it instead . So boring input on the ont but figured I'd ask. )) I'll assume stepdaughter. If there is not a extenuating circumstance for tonight you have some heavy decisions to make. No man should talk to his wife that way.

Posted by: Dendritic at March 22, 2014 07:52 PM (Fi+kS)

256 David Martosko ‏@EditMeDavid now Take that, Napoleon: Venice votes to split from Italy http://dailym.ai/1nLhNJz via @MailOnline

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 07:53 PM (DmNpO)

257 My first major purchase in life was a pair of Cerwin Vega D9s. I saved for two years to buy them. Yes, I bought speakers before I bought a car. I will never forget the look on mom's face when I came home with them (16, maybe? Yes, I still lived at home). Now I forget what the first thing I listened to was... Steely Dan? Maybe Dire Straits - Telegraph Road..

Posted by: shredded chi at March 22, 2014 07:54 PM (f2yfM)

258 236 Does anyone know how I can get my Snow Leopard OSX to accept Adobe Flash Player? Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2014 11:41 PM (fsLdt) Wrap it up in a roast. Or, a tube of KY.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 22, 2014 07:55 PM (HxSXm)

259 There are Russian's in Venice that need protection. We'll be sending in troops.

Posted by: Vlad Putin at March 22, 2014 07:57 PM (GvUdk)

260 254 No doubt it was contrived and studied carefully legally. That said, I hope ole Freddy is enjoying the daily barbed cock injection, no matter who he left this world's stuff to.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 07:57 PM (ojnk6)

261 Alberta - I have a Scott 312C tuner that sees regular use. Looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDRKD9VHRak Except, I have the walnut case.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 07:57 PM (aDwsi)

262 "Is it all his fault, at this point, months later?"

Depends what you mean by "all". If you mean saying "shut the f* up" x20, yeah that's his fault.

If unhappiness in the home is what you mean, I have no idea what's going in the bigger picture.

Posted by: CLIMATE DENIED at March 22, 2014 07:57 PM (Lbv/k)

263 Crazy thought.... mebbe shouldn't be looking for marriage advice on the internets.. Just sayin...

Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2014 07:58 PM (fsLdt)

264 Arguments can get pretty wild at the end of a marriage-- insults, cursing, altogether nasty...

Be safe, Molly. If it's *that* bad, there's nothing to lose by leaving.

Posted by: JeanQ at March 22, 2014 07:58 PM (82lr7)

265 @246 cthulhu "I'm forever handing cashiers little random piles of change and having them shocked to find out my change is a $5." I do that all the time. So you are an accountant too?

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 07:59 PM (CIVNB)

266 The last straw that ended my last marriage was that she and I disagreed on discipline of my stepson. I am likely an evil prick but a house divided on discipline is likely to produce fucked up children. And from what I've heard their lives are a mess. And that saddens me cause he was a fucking great kid.

Posted by: Dendritic at March 22, 2014 08:00 PM (Fi+kS)

267 Altonjackson, sorry I missed your question was having dinner. The boy was 9 1/2 when he did the Godzilla valentine box.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 22, 2014 08:00 PM (RZ8pf)

268 264 Ever heard of venting? The intrawebnetz are a great place to do that. Shocking concept, I know. Helpful in this case is good, critical, not so much. Said person has had enough of that.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 08:00 PM (ojnk6)

269 Exactly. Tax benefit, inheritance benefit, or maybe sheltering the church from a lawsuit against old Fred? You can bet the bottom line is money. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 22, 2014 11:47 PM (yDmQD) 99% of what happens in this world is because of $$$$$, the other 1% is sex.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 22, 2014 08:01 PM (HxSXm)

270 Another night in the ER, so far not as insanely busy as last night. Hope to check in later.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 22, 2014 08:01 PM (b2cFu)

271 I can't decide which I love more: the goof running around screaming lightening bolt or texting Shakespeare's works.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at March 22, 2014 08:02 PM (zZrhw)

272 Nova not ded yet.....

Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2014 08:03 PM (fsLdt)

273 eleven, I found this online, maybe it will help. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1267823

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2014 08:05 PM (k3jg6)

274 The last straw that ended my last marriage was that she and I disagreed on discipline of my stepson. I am likely an evil prick but a house divided on discipline is likely to produce fucked up children. And from what I've heard their lives are a mess. And that saddens me cause he was a fucking great kid. I have been in that exact situation. Sucks...

Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2014 08:05 PM (fsLdt)

275 264 Crazy thought.... mebbe shouldn't be looking for marriage advice on the internets.. Just sayin...)) Don't blindly follow internet advice yes. But hell yes ask. If your filter is broken that's your problem.

Posted by: Dendritic at March 22, 2014 08:05 PM (Fi+kS)

276 172 Boulder - yeah, crucifixion would be sacrilegious, I'd think.
Burning at the stake would probably be the popular choice.

Posted by: votermom at March 22, 2014 11:20 PM (CoQIX)

I can find nothing in brief search, either.

If not real history it was done to slight Christians...especially others who would not question it and say, "See! They were violent, too!" Which we were, but not with crucifixions as that is blasphemy.

I guess if mooslibs can get upset over a cartoon I am going to not watch this show anymore...not that they will care. I have plenty of other violence and gore to watch, but I have to say I enjoyed this series one until that scene.

I realize this is a fictitious show...but they crossed a line with me. Unlike Baroque, I do what I believe and say.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 22, 2014 08:06 PM (baL2B)

277 Evening all. Love the Phelps send off. Watching SNL music act...Flock of Seagulls haircut coming back???

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 08:07 PM (QeH9j)

278 Nerdy Girl -- thanks you are awesome. Bookmarked for viewing at later soberer time.

Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2014 08:08 PM (fsLdt)

279 Looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDRKD9VHRak Except, I have the walnut case. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 11:57 PM (aDwsi) Here is an 800B. Wish mine were as pretty. I have the cabinet, and the receiver (2 chassis). No speaker, no turntable. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3131/3169897334_d7ec297ca4_z.jpg?zz=1

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 22, 2014 08:08 PM (yDmQD)

280 264Â Crazy thought....Â mebbe shouldn't be looking for marriage advice on the internets..Â Just sayin... ---------- This is the smartest, kindest, most generous group of people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. Just sayin'...

Posted by: shredded chi at March 22, 2014 08:08 PM (f2yfM)

281 278 Lord help us if that hair style becomes popular again.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 08:08 PM (ojnk6)

282 Trying to clone some grapevines. I have Muscandine grapes, the wild kind, dark ones not scuppernongs, growing in the trees and I want to pull the vines out into the sunlight. I checked the root on the vine and it's buried so deep that there is virtually no way to get it out other than cutting all the trees down (which isn't going to happen).

So, I'm either going to try to make some cuttings from the vines (which I really don't know how to do) or grow some vines from seeds. Anyone know anything at all about grapevines? When is the best time to try to make some cuttings from live vines?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 08:08 PM (yh0zB)

283 I have been seeing incredible deals on Focal 900 Series speakers this spring. I have a pair of 908s and they are sinfully good.

Posted by: garrett at March 22, 2014 08:09 PM (vX+wy)

284 Nope....Nova , she is ded...

Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2014 08:10 PM (fsLdt)

285 Evening all. Love the Phelps send off. Watching SNL music act...Flock of Seagulls haircut coming back??? *** there was a woman at the hair salon a few days ago who was wearing slouchy boots and a headband.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 08:10 PM (DmNpO)

286 Marriage Advice : Don't.

Posted by: garrett at March 22, 2014 08:10 PM (vX+wy)

287 261 254 No doubt it was contrived and studied carefully legally. That said, I hope ole Freddy is enjoying the daily barbed cock injection, no matter who he left this world's stuff to. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 11:57 PM (ojnk6) Considering almost every member of the church is a lawyer, those guys probably have every angle played out. I wouldn't be surprised if old Freddy is the recipient of a nice bukake party about now.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 22, 2014 08:11 PM (HxSXm)

288 Marriage Advice : Don't. Zackty..

Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2014 08:11 PM (fsLdt)

289 So, I'm either going to try to make some cuttings from the vines (which I really don't know how to do) or grow some vines from seeds. Anyone know anything at all about grapevines? When is the best time to try to make some cuttings from live vines? Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 23, 2014 12:08 AM (yh0zB) Pro tip: don't grease them.

Posted by: Zombie Tarzan at March 22, 2014 08:12 PM (yDmQD)

290 Here is grapey advice. http://voices.yahoo.com/how-grow-grape-vines-cuttings-10397221.html

Posted by: SarahW at March 22, 2014 08:12 PM (Lbv/k)

291 I start class on how to run a Dionex IC5000 Monday. Any tips on Ion Chromatography so I can be teachers pet. She has a hot voice is all I know so far.

Posted by: Dendritic at March 22, 2014 08:13 PM (Fi+kS)

292 288 True that. Enjoting the thoughts of this prick getting what he deserves in rhe afterlife, no matrer how unChristian that may be. Reap what you sow, asshole.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 08:13 PM (ojnk6)

293 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 12:10 AM (DmNpO) I wore a cut off shirt in the 80's. For the sake that is all good and Holy keep the fashion trend away. (Although i found a pic from the early 90's that I may post on FB... Damn i looked good.)

Father Time sucks.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 08:13 PM (QeH9j)

294 Aberta - A beauty, that one.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 08:14 PM (aDwsi)

295 Gonna be brutally honest here, miss molly, and say that if he really has told you over 20 times to shut up, then you probably need to either shut up or get out of the house, because he's about to snap. If you keep trying to "talk" about the same thing that made him mad in the first place, you do in fact need to shut the fuck up, even if you're 100 percent correct, because he is beyond the point of rational discussion. If he is just randomly telling you to shut the fuck up when you make any comment whatsoever, even one that has nothing to do with what you were fighting about, you need to get the fuck away from him, especially if he's been drinking.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 22, 2014 08:14 PM (4Ti1k)

296 Pro tip: don't grease them.

Posted by: Zombie Tarzan at March 23, 2014 12:12 AM (yDmQD)

uh...noted, thanks...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 08:15 PM (yh0zB)

297 The 80's must and will come back. Just lay back and think of England.

Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2014 08:15 PM (fsLdt)

298 I'm going to bring my husband some dark icelandic chocolate and give him a shoulder massage.

If he tries to tell me to shutup he won't succeed because there is chocolate in his mouth.

Posted by: SarahW at March 22, 2014 08:15 PM (Lbv/k)

299 That lady pooping in the grovery store by the shelves was grody

Posted by: 2.25 Coors at March 22, 2014 08:15 PM (fHhk+)

300 Lord help us if that hair style becomes popular again. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 12:08 AM (ojnk6) Didn't chime in last night with the 'did yo have this haircut' ONT. rat tail, lines, mullet. Had em all.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 08:15 PM (QeH9j)

301 After all.....what could ever possibly be worse than skinny jeans?

Posted by: eleven at March 22, 2014 08:15 PM (fsLdt)

302 Thanks SarahW, I'll check that out.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 08:16 PM (yh0zB)

303 what could ever possibly be worse than skinny jeans? Pegged Girbauds?

Posted by: garrett at March 22, 2014 08:16 PM (vX+wy)

304 I'm going to bring my husband some dark icelandic chocolate and give him a shoulder massage.

If he tries to tell me to shutup he won't succeed because there is chocolate in his mouth.

Posted by: SarahW at March 23, 2014 12:15 AM (Lbv/k)

He might want to tell you something, but I'd bet shutup wouldn't be it...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 08:17 PM (yh0zB)

305 302 After all.....what could ever possibly be worse than skinny jeans? Posted by: eleven at March 23, 2014 12:15 AM (fsLdt) Fred's ascot?

Posted by: Thrawn at March 22, 2014 08:17 PM (WlWt+)

306 296 Hey Tammy, good to see you. Very good advice. All better in your world?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 08:18 PM (ojnk6)

307 GGE - A method that I have used for propagating vines (cause I'm lazy). Take a segment of the vine, and bury it in some enhanced soil. Wait until..., oh, Fall, and it should have produced roots in the buried section. So you can just snip that section off. Alternatively, stuff the segment into a bucket or pot containing rich soil, and keep it reasonably watered. Drain holes.Then, after 3 months or so, you can just snip the segment off, and replant soil and all.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 08:18 PM (aDwsi)

308 GGE - A method that I have used for propagating vines (cause I'm lazy). Take a segment of the vine, and bury it in some enhanced soil. Wait until..., oh, Fall, and it should have produced roots in the buried section. So you can just snip that section off.

Alternatively, stuff the segment into a bucket or pot containing rich soil, and keep it reasonably watered. Drain holes.Then, after 3 months or so, you can just snip the segment off, and replant soil and all.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 12:18 AM (aDwsi)

I thought I had read about this method once upon a time. When is the best time of year to do this? Can I do it now, or should it wait until the fall?

What I was thinking is scoring the vine in a couple of places and burying the scored section in a bag of potting soil. Do you think that would work?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 08:21 PM (yh0zB)

309 GGE, they're easy to get starts from. You can either get a piece of the vine close to the ground and bury a section of it and water it til it looks like it's rooted, then cut it off, or take a cutting. I'd wait a little longer, then cut a piece that is long enough to have several knuckle-y looking things (nodes, I think is the technical term) then just stick it the ground or a small pot with potting soil...keep it watered ti it puts out new leaves, then plant it. I'd take several cuttings. Seeds are like kids...you won't necessarily get the same type of grape from a seed, whereas a cutting is a clone, so you'll get the exact plant you take it form.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 22, 2014 08:22 PM (4Ti1k)

310 All the cloning I have done: Clip mother at node, and immediately immerse in water. Dip clipping in Rooting Hormone (Root Tone is a common brand) and place in a small ball of rockwool or small container of vermiculite. Keep moist and under fluorescent lighting 24 hrs. cycle. Should have healthy roots in 3 weeks.

Posted by: garrett at March 22, 2014 08:22 PM (vX+wy)

311 Gardening thread creeping into the ONT. Damn Kudzu.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 08:23 PM (QeH9j)

312 For something like a vine, you might need to score the outer layer a tiny bit for best results.

Posted by: garrett at March 22, 2014 08:24 PM (vX+wy)

313 245 Drudge report is noting that the NSA have been hacking Chinese servers... (and got caught). Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 11:44 PM (30eLQ) Uh, well, good. That's what they're supposed to do.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 22, 2014 08:24 PM (xSegX)

314 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 23, 2014 12:14 AM (4Ti1k) +1 And the advice to tell him to get out of the house? Yeah, don't follow that advice. The guy may or may not be a powder keg right now, but you don't want to be on the wrong side of the guess.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 22, 2014 08:24 PM (gBnkX)

315 I thought I had read about this method once upon a time. When is the best time of year to do this? Can I do it now, or should it wait until the fall? What I was thinking is scoring the vine in a couple of places and burying the scored section in a bag of potting soil. Do you think that would work? Posted by: GGE of the Moron ----------------- I have heard of scoring and/or slitting. So far my method works. I did say that I am lazy, didn't I? I would think that scoring or slitting would work. Hell, try all three. I doubt that it matters too much about time of the year. There is probably an optimum time (Fall?), but I would not wait, and I think you have every hing to gain by starting now rather than waiting 6 mos.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 08:24 PM (aDwsi)

316 hing? Thing

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 08:25 PM (aDwsi)

317 evening everyone

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 08:25 PM (rDidD)

318 Drat! Had an email and I'm running late. G'night, all.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 08:26 PM (T1005)

319 Evenin' y5

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 08:26 PM (QeH9j)

320 Son In Law has been busy packing up all day long today, my little shed is almost free of OPC (only the washer/dryer stack is left) and the big shed has stuff in boxes now instead of loosely packed in the loft. My trailer is piled high with junk and trash which will go to the landfill.

They have an estimated departure date of May 2 or 3. It sure is going to be quiet around the house when they go.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 08:27 PM (yh0zB)

321 hing? i was at the shoe shine place the other day and instead of "change" the display on their cash register said "hange" .

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 08:27 PM (rDidD)

322 If you keep trying to "talk" about the same thing that made him mad in the first place, you do in fact need to shut the fuck up, even if you're 100 percent correct, because he is beyond the point of rational discussion. At that point, the conversation isn't about anything rational and become purely emotional. Often, the best thing to do is to drop it and let people settle the f**k down. If he is just randomly telling you to shut the fuck up when you make any comment whatsoever, even one that has nothing to do with what you were fighting about, you need to get the fuck away from him, especially if he's been drinking. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 23, 2014 12:14 AM (4Ti1k) Agreed.

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 22, 2014 08:27 PM (AymDN)

323 Damn Kudzu. Posted by: RWC ------------------ Another program brought to you by Big Government. Similar to Obamacare, really. In every way.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 08:27 PM (aDwsi)

324 I've had 2 failed marriages. Both were based on sex. Interestingly the marriages I see that are working are chosen by the woman. They tend to pick for deeper substance. Guys are like hunting dogs. Let us hunt, feed us and we are happy. Hunting being the career the woman saw that made her interested. And if men start to pick women the same way maybe divorce rates will drop.

Posted by: Dendritic at March 22, 2014 08:28 PM (Fi+kS)

325 After all.....what could ever possibly be worse than skinny jeans? *** diaper pants http://bit.ly/1joEGMK

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 08:28 PM (DmNpO)

326 Cool then, next week after the freezing rain event on Tuesday (Really Mother Nature??? FFS, it's SPRING now!!!) I'll get the oil, plugs and wires changed on the Subaru and put some vines in a bag of potting soil to sprout.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 08:29 PM (yh0zB)

327 i was at the shoe shine place the other day and instead of "change" the display on their cash register said "hange" . Posted by: yankeefifth -------------- Odd thing is, spellcheck thought 'hing' was OK. Turns out 'hing' is a legitimate thing. I'm the last one to know, right?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 08:29 PM (aDwsi)

328 Tammy al-Thor ! ... missed you !

Posted by: concrete girl at March 22, 2014 08:29 PM (9klqA)

329 Damn Kudzu. Posted by: RWC ------------------ Another program brought to you by Big Government. Similar to Obamacare, really. In every way. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 12:27 AM (aDwsi) It'd take the Kudzu over ObamaCare. I, for one, welcome our plant overlords.

Posted by: Triffids are your friend at March 22, 2014 08:29 PM (AymDN)

330 And if anyone is wondering where that screencap of Ahnold! comes from... http://tinyurl.com/39lvgjm

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 08:30 PM (QeH9j)

331 Uh, well, good. That's what they're supposed to do. Posted by: AmishDude at March 23, 2014 12:24 AM (xSegX) True, except for the getting caught part.

Posted by: Thrawn at March 22, 2014 08:30 PM (WlWt+)

332 *vaguely recalls changing plugs and secondary wires on S-10 about 70,000 miles ago*

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 08:30 PM (aDwsi)

333 "I was about to sacrifice a live chicken if the ONT didn't show soon."

Believe me, being sacrificed is the _least_ of my worries.

Posted by: The Chicken at March 22, 2014 08:30 PM (noWW6)

334 MissTammy!

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 08:30 PM (rDidD)

335 Hey RWC.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 08:31 PM (rDidD)

336 Gonna be brutally honest here, miss molly, and say that if he really has told you over 20 times to shut up, then you probably need to either shut up or get out of the house, because he's about to snap. If you keep trying to "talk" about the same thing that made him mad in the first place, you do in fact need to shut the fuck up, even if you're 100 percent correct, because he is beyond the point of rational discussion. If he is just randomly telling you to shut the fuck up when you make any comment whatsoever, even one that has nothing to do with what you were fighting about, you need to get the fuck away from him, especially if he's been drinking. ** Essentially, whatever the cause of his behavior, you need to get the hell away from him.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 08:32 PM (DmNpO)

337 http://polination.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/yngbarac.jpg zippity doo & dah, y'all. Survive 'til sunrise.

Posted by: mindful webworker - no time to stay & play :( at March 22, 2014 08:32 PM (U13jb)

338 Believe me, being sacrificed is the _least_ of my worries. Posted by: The Chicken at March 23, 2014 12:30 AM (noWW6) you are here! I so lonely not going to choke you this time

Posted by: Achmed at March 22, 2014 08:32 PM (fHhk+)

339 Thought I was alone in my suspicion that the Phelps gang was doing a long con. I want to know where their money really comes from.

Posted by: Rarity at March 22, 2014 08:33 PM (XgPhs)

340 296 Gonna be brutally honest here, miss molly, and say that if he really has told you over 20 times to shut up, then you probably need to either shut up or get out of the house, because he's about to snap.

If you keep trying to "talk" about the same thing that made him mad in the first place, you do in fact need to shut the fuck up, even if you're 100 percent correct, because he is beyond the point of rational discussion.

If he is just randomly telling you to shut the fuck up when you make any comment whatsoever, even one that has nothing to do with what you were fighting about, you need to get the fuck away from him, especially if he's been drinking.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 23, 2014 12:14 AM (4Ti1k) Hide posts from (4Ti1k)

TAMMY!!!!! Where is you?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 22, 2014 08:33 PM (T1005)

341 'Night Mindful.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 08:33 PM (aDwsi)

342 hey, anyone here watch the stlouis - louisville game? I was thinking if i go back for another degree I could make one of their teams.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 08:33 PM (rDidD)

343 whoa, Achmed is diggin the chicken today awesome

Posted by: The Goat at March 22, 2014 08:33 PM (fHhk+)

344 Another program brought to you by Big Government. Similar to Obamacare, really. In every way. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 12:27 AM (aDwsi) Don't know how factual 'Dallas Buyers Club' is but another reason to totally gut the government. (And DBC was so much better than '12 Years.') The awards commitee must have had a helluva time. African American or HIV?!?!?

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 08:34 PM (QeH9j)

345 340 As I understand it, most of the WBC money comes from lawsuit settlements based on laws they skirt the edge of while "protesting". They hang it out there, then sue and settle when challenged.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 08:36 PM (ojnk6)

346 Any CrossFit peeps here? Aparenlty there is an internet war between CrossFit and non Crossfit going on

Posted by: 3.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 08:37 PM (fHhk+)

347 Oh no. The Chinese discovered our hacking while my wife is over there. I really do hope they don't do something untoward to her to save face.

I'm drawing a red line that they better not do anything to my beloved wife, while she's there, vulnerable in China.

Don't you dare. Don't. You. Dare.

Posted by: SCOAMF at March 22, 2014 08:37 PM (aOGdM)

348 What is Crossfit, so I too can hate it?

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 22, 2014 08:38 PM (oVvUa)

349 David Martosko ‏@EditMeDavid 22s See? This is why we can't have nice things (and why my children aren't allowed near social media) http://fus.in/1ddhW3U

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 08:38 PM (DmNpO)

350 " shut the fuck up".... Anyone on here ever had that said to you? Hubby pulled that tonight about 20 x. Every time I started to talk that was his response . He is mad at daughter 1 but will never yell at her, I get it instead . So boring input on the ont but figured I'd ask. Posted by: Molly K so, was stfu the first thing out of his holster or did he start with a lot of other stuff and eventually run out of words to express his dissatisfaction? only askin.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 08:39 PM (rDidD)

351 crossfit is working out with whatever is lying around.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 08:40 PM (rDidD)

352 349 What is Crossfit, so I too can hate it? Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 23, 2014 12:38 AM (oVvUa) A gym where you use tools, ropes, tires, etc. to get in shape. No fancy shmancy machines.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 08:41 PM (QeH9j)

353 What is Crossfit, so I too can hate it? Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 23, 2014 12:38 AM (oVvUa) It is an Exercise Program that tends to get peeps hurt aparently. First heard about Crossfit on Instapundit a few months ago

Posted by: 3.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 08:42 PM (fHhk+)

354 350 Don't blame you. The socks are only inflating the egos of those less endowed.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 08:42 PM (ojnk6)

355 Ladies, I am available for all of your Crossfit needs.

Posted by: Carlos Danger at March 22, 2014 08:43 PM (ILDI2)

356 Molly K, I'm an internet nobody but stay safe ok?

Posted by: 3.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 08:43 PM (fHhk+)

357 Thank you all for your input. Yes there was alcohol invoved. but not enough that made it any different from the past when he has done this. After giving this some thought I think I know why.... He has always been mr big shot . I made a major purchase for daughter 1 and he is pissed. I didn't ask his permission and he and her don't really get a long. He can't stand not being he guy in charge. This is my justification for this episode ....

Posted by: Molly K. at March 22, 2014 08:44 PM (cglwl)

358 It is an Exercise Program that tends to get peeps hurt aparently. Posted by: 3.0 Coors at March 23, 2014 12:42 AM (fHhk+) Smacking truck tires with sledgehammers. What's the worst that could happen? (Actually like cross-fits style...but I wouldn't pay for it)

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 08:44 PM (QeH9j)

359 crossfit is like fightclub for nautilus, no rules, find something heavy ans start moving it around. I am sure it is effective but it is easy to see why someone tossing a tractor tire around is more likely to get injured than someone on a nautilus machine.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 08:45 PM (rDidD)

360 Crossfit by someone who is not a fan http://www.t-nation.com/training/crossfit-the-good-bad-and-the-ugly

Posted by: 3.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 08:46 PM (fHhk+)

361 I like to think of myself as Crossfit.

Posted by: Ru Paul at March 22, 2014 08:47 PM (ILDI2)

362 Welp, for some reason HoneyMaid graham crackers has gone full retard. Their new add with the #wholesome hashtag showcases ghey dudes kissing. Anybody else see the ad yet?

Posted by: Y-not is awaaaake at March 22, 2014 08:49 PM (zDsvJ)

363 358 Sorry to hear it Molly. A joint purchase with mutual input may have worked out better, but it sounds like that would not have worked out well. Be well, whatever you decide to do.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 08:49 PM (ojnk6)

364 4.0 I'm now a genious who can't spell

Posted by: 4.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 08:49 PM (fHhk+)

365 All CrossFit fans, report immediately to my woodpile. Bring mauls, wedges, and splitters. Second session to meet at garden patch. Will feature garden forks and dirt.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 08:50 PM (aDwsi)

366 On my phone do can't copy and paste.... So to answer the first out holster question ..... Yes it was. Seems when he gets angry it's always the same 4 words. It use to be those 4 followed by " get the f out of my house". After about 10 yrs of that I did.....he cried lik a baby and I came back. He has been on his best behavior for a few years so tonight kinda shocked me. Again thank you all for listening

Posted by: Molly K. at March 22, 2014 08:51 PM (cglwl)

367 I really, REALLY don't like crossfit right now.

Posted by: Athelstan (in the latest Vikings episode) at March 22, 2014 08:51 PM (aOGdM)

368 What a concept. Different from those boring gyms with their lines of stair steppers and universal gyms. They are saving a mint on equipment. Hey, pretend you are a day laborer for an hour and get in shape! I think Barnum would approve and I certainly do.

Posted by: Meremortal, something's burning... at March 22, 2014 08:52 PM (1Y+hH)

369 Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 12:45 AM (rDidD A regular gym has 'stations' with an imaginary border. When your throwing tires and such around anything can happen. Especially when dumbasses are involved.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 08:53 PM (QeH9j)

370 On my phone do can't copy and paste.... So to answer the first out holster question ..... Yes it was. Seems when he gets angry it's always the same 4 words. It use to be those 4 followed by " get the f out of my house". After about 10 yrs of that I did.....he cried lik a baby and I came back. He has been on his best behavior for a few years so tonight kinda shocked me. Again thank you all for listening *** Bullies and abusers are always sorry when they get called on their shit.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 08:53 PM (DmNpO)

371 367 It is probably time to reevalute things Molly. Been there, it sucks, but a decent life is the goal.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 08:53 PM (ojnk6)

372 Hey! Someone forgot to wipe down the tractor tire!

Posted by: Incensed Cross Fit Fan at March 22, 2014 08:54 PM (aDwsi)

373 366 All CrossFit fans, report immediately to my woodpile. Bring mauls, wedges, and splitters. Second session to meet at garden patch. Will feature garden forks and dirt. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 12:50 AM (aDwsi) As long as you charge me $40 initial membership!

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 08:54 PM (QeH9j)

374 A regular gym has 'stations' with an imaginary border. When your throwing tires and such around anything can happen. Especially when dumbasses are involved. Posted by: RWC agreed. regular gyms have a less nessman thng going on.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 08:55 PM (rDidD)

375 Molly K. I did not catch the full story but be smart ok. Do you want to be repeating this same shit when you are collecting your Social Security?

Posted by: 4.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 08:55 PM (fHhk+)

376 373 Hey! Someone forgot to wipe down the tractor tire! Posted by: Incensed Cross Fit Fan at March 23, 2014 12:54 AM (aDwsi) Quiet! I saw you piss in the shower drain!

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 08:55 PM (QeH9j)

377 370 Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 12:45 AM (rDidD A regular gym has 'stations' with an imaginary border. When your throwing tires and such around anything can happen. Especially when dumbasses are involved. Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 12:53 AM (QeH9j) Didn't you ever see the "Rocky" movies? The guy with the more unorthodox gym and training methods (read crappy) always wins!

Posted by: Thrawn at March 22, 2014 08:56 PM (WlWt+)

378 Quiet! I saw you piss in the shower drain! Posted by: RWC ------------------ It all goes the same place! You want me to call a plumber? I'll call a plumber...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 08:57 PM (aDwsi)

379 As much as love sticking to the basics, Crossfit sounds bad. A few years back the "new thing" at the gym was lifting weights off balance. You stand on a small mound, do whatever, all wobbly. The idea behind is that you'd utilize even more muscles! The only people who'd use the wobble-mound thing were chicks and weak men who's use pathetically light weight and had no muscles to show for their effort. I hated the thing because I always sliding the damn fool thing outta my way.

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 22, 2014 08:57 PM (oVvUa)

380 Molly you have my sympathy, but other than that I got nothin'. I completely don't get people most of the time.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 22, 2014 08:57 PM (qyfb5)

381 346 340 As I understand it, most of the WBC money comes from lawsuit settlements based on laws they skirt the edge of while "protesting". They hang it out there, then sue and settle when challenged. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 12:36 AM (ojnk6) Since all the members of the "church" are lawyers, all the money goes to the church, as a 501c3, and then gets distributed to the "family members" as pastors of the church, thus they don't need to pay SS taxes. As "pastors" of the church, they are eligible for church owned/provided housing.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 22, 2014 08:58 PM (HxSXm)

382 What I kinda got into a while back was hand/grip/finger strength workouts. They actually have competitions for "pinch" strength where you grab weights with your 'claws.'

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 22, 2014 09:00 PM (oVvUa)

383 Didn't you ever see the "Rocky" movies? The guy with the more unorthodox gym and training methods (read crappy) always wins! Posted by: Thrawn agreed. I hate going to they gym and always prefer doing the real thing to the machine but sometimes the machine is easier to get to. I am fine with crossfit, however there is more room for injury. I have a feeling the more unstable nature of crossfit workouts, as opposed to using machines that only move in one direction and have safeties built in, offers some advantages.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 09:00 PM (rDidD)

384 Hey, all! Things are....okay. Better. Definitely better. He showed up on our doorstep unannounced and determined to be the boss of me, and I allowed myself to be be amused rather than pissed that he is being so damned high-handed. He was mad that I dyed my hair, but it also made him realize what a hot mess my emotional state is. We're going to some fancy place for brunch in Carrboro tomorrow; first time we'll have been out in damn near 6 months. We're both trying.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 22, 2014 09:00 PM (4Ti1k)

385 So the reason I stumbled in to Crossfit vs. non crossfit is I bought that book Instapundit pimps from time to time on barbell lifting. Well I bought it a few months ago and fuck! My Squat is up 100 lbs and my Dead Lift is up over 100. Which is cool for an old goat like me. I'm on my way to 300 pound lifts but curlinf 12 ounces with y'all right now

Posted by: 4.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 09:00 PM (fHhk+)

386 This is probably late Mollyk but I get that too.........mad at daughter. ......take it out on you

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 22, 2014 09:01 PM (Nsomq)

387 Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 12:55 AM (rDidD) Do you or any of the horde get commercials for Planet Fitness? Their tag line is 'We're not a gym, we're Planet Fitness.' They refer to the hardcore gym folks as 'lunks' and are basically saying there are none there. My question is- how do they police that?

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 09:01 PM (QeH9j)

388 What's the main idea behind that barbell book?

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 09:02 PM (oVvUa)

389 It all goes the same place! You want me to call a plumber? I'll call a plumber... Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 12:57 AM (aDwsi) Next time you hae a party I'm shitting in your sink.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 09:03 PM (QeH9j)

390 We ban Lunks, not Bossy!

Posted by: Planet Fitness at March 22, 2014 09:03 PM (aOGdM)

391 I have friends that started the Crossfit crap. It's like they are in a cult. Everything they do they relate it back to Crossfit. It's like hanging out with Shaklee Distributors.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 22, 2014 09:03 PM (jucos)

392 curling 12 ounces of Coors, curling...

Posted by: 4.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 09:03 PM (fHhk+)

393 I go to a Plant Fatness. They have tv's all over the place that run their ads every so often. It's enough to drive you mad hearing the same shit over and over.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 09:04 PM (oVvUa)

394 211 So boring input on the ont but figured I'd ask.

Posted by: Molly K. at March 22, 2014 11:27 PM (cglwl)

I really don't know what to say to that...except sorry you had to endure it.

I don't know if I need a drink or a big piece of chocolate. Or both.

Posted by: Jen at March 22, 2014 11:29 PM (mynOu)

Both, of course.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 11:31 PM (yh0zB)

======

OK, can someone splain this to me. See the posts above ^^^^^^ well, I see GGE's response to Jen, but Jen's post does not appear in my list. There is another post from Jen at 11:29, but not this one.

Is there some big secret I don't know?

Posted by: jc at March 22, 2014 09:04 PM (PlzOe)

395 Next time you hae a party I'm shitting in your sink. Posted by: RWC -------------- Like that's never happened.

Posted by: Mike Hammer's Cat at March 22, 2014 09:04 PM (aDwsi)

396 385 Good th hear Tammy, especially the coming to you. Hoping this works out well and that Thor won't kill himself working. Be well my friend gray box friend.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 09:04 PM (ojnk6)

397 So to answer the first out holster question ..... Yes it was. Seems when he gets angry it's always the same 4 words. It use to be those 4 followed by " get the f out of my house". After about 10 yrs of that I did.....he cried lik a baby and I came back. He has been on his best behavior for a few years so tonight kinda shocked me. Again thank you all for listening with the caveat that you should make certain that you are safe and not at any physical risk I would offer that in almost every relationship I know there is always a stronger and weaker partner. it sounds as if he is the emotionally weaker. I am big on marriage and making it work but you are not his keeper. you guys are supposed to be a team.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 09:05 PM (rDidD)

398 Sooth.......lol at your nick

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 22, 2014 09:05 PM (Nsomq)

399 Do you or any of the horde get commercials for Planet Fitness? Their tag line is 'We're not a gym, we're Planet Fitness.' They refer to the hardcore gym folks as 'lunks' and are basically saying there are none there. My question is- how do they police that? ** You must have missed the story about them telling a fit woman to cover up because she was intimidating other women with her fitness.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 09:05 PM (DmNpO)

400 I forgot I have this on my DVR, Johnny Carson has been on TCM on Tuesday nights in March. It is only interviews with celebrities. It had a few on Saturday mornings but They are supposed to be 15 minutes long & end up belong 6-7 minutes long. Tuesday nights are hosted by Conan with an introduction to each interview. I am enjoying those.

Posted by: Carol at March 22, 2014 09:05 PM (gjOCp)

401 jc - 203?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 09:06 PM (aDwsi)

402 It's a "judgement free zone." Which reminds me, tonight I saw Bitchface. That's how other members and employees affectionately refer to her.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 09:06 PM (oVvUa)

403 Oh! And they have have patrols that play an alarm when someone lunks out, aka, grunting or breathing too hard.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 09:06 PM (DmNpO)

404 My question is- how do they police that? Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 01:01 AM (QeH9j) they kick you out. Some cop in NJ got booted for grunting on a 500lb squat. Some lady who was recovering from a car wreck got the book this week for dressing too intimadatingly. spelling, fuck it... Which means yoga pants and a sports top

Posted by: 4.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 09:06 PM (fHhk+)

405 My question is- how do they police that? Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 01:01 AM (QeH9j) They have rules. And they boot people out. No grunting, for example. No halter tops. You are apparently supposed to sort of hang around the equipment for a while and then leave.

Posted by: Meremortal, something's burning... at March 22, 2014 09:08 PM (1Y+hH)

406 Oh! And they have have patrols that play an alarm when someone lunks out, aka, grunting or breathing too hard. Posted by: Niedermeyer's -------- Couldn't they just snap them with a wet towel?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 09:08 PM (aDwsi)

407 Hey, all! Things are....okay. Better. Definitely better. He showed up on our doorstep unannounced and determined to be the boss of me, and I allowed myself to be be amused rather than pissed that he is being so damned high-handed. He was mad that I dyed my hair, but it also made him realize what a hot mess my emotional state is. We're going to some fancy place for brunch in Carrboro tomorrow; first time we'll have been out in damn near 6 months. We're both trying. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor {yankeefifth gently sobbing into scotch and tearing up plane ticket while flicking light off and on to madame butterfly.} googles greenpeace registration.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 09:08 PM (rDidD)

408 401 Hey Carol, as I mentioned, love Carson episodes, as well as Burnett shows. I can get lost in them on the Tube thing. Be well.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 09:08 PM (ojnk6)

409 Posted by: Mike Hammer's Cat at March 23, 2014 01:04 AM (aDwsi) Fine. Upper Decking then. I go to a Plant Fatness. They have tv's all over the place that run their ads every so often. It's enough to drive you mad hearing the same shit over and over. Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 23, 2014 01:04 AM (oVvUa) When I really was committed to the gym they had 'Ace of Base I Saw The Sign' every 15 minutes. Lawd I despised that song.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 09:09 PM (QeH9j)

410 There's no rule at Planet Fitness, however, for old men to air-dry their ballsack chandeliers in the locker room for 15 minutes.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 09:09 PM (oVvUa)

411 Someone mentioned their first big purchase (speakers) upthread. Mine was a red Peugeot 10 speed road bike. Bought it with money I earned one summer in college in VT. Loved that thing.

Posted by: Y-not is awaaaake at March 22, 2014 09:09 PM (zDsvJ)

412 What's the main idea behind that barbell book? Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 23, 2014 01:02 AM (oVvUa) do the 5 main barbell lifts broken up into alternating 2 diffrent days. squat Overhead 2 hand press deadlift bench press Power cleans add weight to every lift every day/time you do it, as little as 5 or 2 pounds get strong

Posted by: 4.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 09:10 PM (fHhk+)

413 Thanks, Man!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 22, 2014 09:10 PM (4Ti1k)

414 There's no rule at Planet Fitness, however, for old men to air-dry their ballsack chandeliers in the locker room for 15 minutes. Couldn't they just snap them with a wet towel?

Posted by: Cut and Paste at March 22, 2014 09:10 PM (ILDI2)

415 There's no rule at Planet Fitness, however, for old men to air-dry their ballsack chandeliers in the locker room for 15 minutes. Couldn't they just snap them with a wet towel? Posted by: Cut and Paste --------------- Flexibility!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 09:11 PM (aDwsi)

416 It sounds like a variation of the classic 5X5 routine invented by Reg Park, one of Arnold's boyhood heroes.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 09:11 PM (oVvUa)

417 OK, can someone splain this to me. See the posts above ^^^^^^ well, I see GGE's response to Jen, but Jen's post does not appear in my list. There is another post from Jen at 11:29, but not this one.

Is there some big secret I don't know?

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 01:04 AM (PlzOe)

Jen's post was only about the drink and chocolate. I was doing a double reply but didn't italicize the original posts, like so:

I don't know if I need a drink or a big piece of chocolate. Or both.

Posted by: Jen at March 22, 2014 11:29 PM (mynOu)

And does this mean Tammy is no longer a ginger???? My heart...it breaks...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 09:11 PM (yh0zB)

418 I was catching up on red eye this afternoon, they had a piece on the lady getting booted out of planet fitness for being intimidating. not sure which over eaters anonymous chapter was having meeting at that particular planet fitness, but she was not intimidating in anyway. she was not in bad shape but her six pack was hiding behind a pony keg .

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 09:12 PM (rDidD)

419 NDH and meremortal, Are you serious? Kind of don't doubt it. Co-worker went to a sign up event at PF..and they had all you can eat pizza at the end.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 09:12 PM (QeH9j)

420 I. Am. Out. 'Night kids.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 09:12 PM (aDwsi)

421 #385 Tammy good to hear that your tracks are more or less going in the same direction

Posted by: rain of lead at March 22, 2014 09:12 PM (emQ8O)

422 I was catching up on red eye this afternoon, they had a piece on the lady getting booted out of planet fitness for being intimidating. not sure which over eaters anonymous chapter was having meeting at that particular planet fitness, but she was not intimidating in anyway. she was not in bad shape but her six pack was hiding behind a pony keg . *** Hardly. I think she was in great shape.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 09:13 PM (DmNpO)

423 And does this mean Tammy is no longer a ginger???? My heart...it breaks... Posted by: GGE ------------------- Upside : Soul intact.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 09:13 PM (aDwsi)

424 402 jc - 203?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 01:06 AM (aDwsi)

======

OK, I get it now.

*Emily Litella Voice* Never Mind.

Posted by: jc at March 22, 2014 09:13 PM (PlzOe)

425 And does this mean Tammy is no longer a ginger???? My heart...it breaks... Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 23, 2014 01:11 AM (yh0zB) Can't dye away what you are. She still has no soul. ((tammy))

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 09:14 PM (QeH9j)

426 And does this mean Tammy is no longer a ginger???? My heart...it breaks... Posted by: GGE of the I assume she only dyed the drapes.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 09:14 PM (rDidD)

427 Yankee.....who were you quoting?

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 22, 2014 09:15 PM (Nsomq)

428 for old men to air-dry their ballsack chandeliers in the locker room for 15 minutes. Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 23, 2014 01:09 AM (oVvUa) I don't think that activity should be called a blowie or a blow job can I get a vote on this?

Posted by: 4.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 09:15 PM (fHhk+)

429 Upside : Soul intact.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 01:13 AM (aDwsi)

Meh. Too late for that anyway.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 09:15 PM (yh0zB)

430 Pizza Mondays. First Monday of the month they set out a bunch of fresh hot pizzas at dinner time. At every gym. And they also have Bagel Tuesday.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 09:15 PM (oVvUa)

431 425 402 jc - 203? ----------- See? We'll soon communicate just using code.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 22, 2014 09:15 PM (aDwsi)

432 414 Any time, gray box friend. I hope you, can build this into something that is long lasting. Be well, both of you, please.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 09:15 PM (ojnk6)

433 "He has always been mr big shot . I made a major purchase for daughter 1 and he is pissed. I didn't ask his permission and he and her don't really get a long."

Absolutely chart-topping reason why marriages fail, blowing away infidelity and alcoholism and everything else: money disagreements.

I have found that the married couples I know who get along well with regard to money stuff make it an invariable practice to discuss major purchases with each other well beforehand.

Note that "major purchases" can and do encompass the category of gifts. Including gifts back and forth between the spouses.

I know one couple where the sweet but dopey husband went out and blew a HUGE sum on an anniversary present. Wife later confided to me that all she wanted was for him to reliably remember their anniversary. Card, flowers, chocolates, nice dinner would have completely sufficed. Instead there was this exorbitant white-elephant present.

When she brought that up, he got extravagantly butthurt and said, "Well, it's MY money and I wanted to make YOU feel happy," overlooking the fact that what he had managed to do was make her feel stressed instead of happy.

Because while it was his money, technicall, both of them teamed up with their incomes every month on the joint household budget, and the big dope had basically thrown away his entire cash cushion on this over the top gift. Which meant that if they had a cash crisis after that, it was going to be on her to make up the difference.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 22, 2014 09:16 PM (noWW6)

434 First thing that greets you when you walk in is a giant bowl of Tootsie Rolls. That always need to be full. It's a rule. An employee told me so.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 09:16 PM (oVvUa)

435 We're both trying. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor {yankeefifth gently sobbing into scotch and tearing up plane ticket while flicking light off and on to madame butterfly.} googles greenpeace registration... how sweet and funny!

Posted by: concrete girl at March 22, 2014 09:16 PM (9klqA)

436 I assume she only dyed the drapes.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 01:14 AM (rDidD)

heh...had a ginger co-worker once upon a time that when I said "Can I ask you a question" responded with "yes, the carpet and drapes match." I said "Thanks, but I already knew that" and she wanted to know how, I told her because the lampshades matched the drapes. Most wimminz don't dye the eyebrows, so if they match...pretty sure it's natural.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 09:18 PM (yh0zB)

437 {yankeefifth gently sobbing into scotch and tearing up plane ticket while flicking light off and on to madame butterfly.} googles greenpeace registration. Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 01:08 AM (rDidD) Ninja, please. You flat turned me down the other night. Utterly dismissive, and right quick about it, too.

Molly, if he just has a temper tantrum every couple years, learn how to recognize it and leave as soon as he starts. I'd go to an expensive hotel, myself. But don't let it get to where he's screaming at you. As soon as he gets pissy, tell him you're leaving til he calms down. Is it in fact his house?? That would piss me off more than being told to shut up, the being told to leave "his" house.... and if you're married and your name isn't on the deed, you do have a problem. And a lot of little signs are adding up to a big problem.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 22, 2014 09:18 PM (4Ti1k)

438 NDH and meremortal, Are you serious? Kind of don't doubt it. Co-worker went to a sign up event at PF..and they had all you can eat pizza at the end. Yes. I've never been in one because the marketing and pricing tells me all I need to know. They sell $10 per month gym memberships, based upon an annual contract, to people too intimidated to use an actual gym. They have 5M members. They are betting that the majority of those really out of shape, easily intimidated folks, never (or rarely) use the equipment. Meanwhile they actively seek to run off those who are serious about fitness. Have you noticed they never air ads about their success stories?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 22, 2014 09:18 PM (DmNpO)

439 Great actor makes you hate the character/love the character. Upham/Dickie Bennett

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 09:18 PM (QeH9j)

440 Man With No Party, I cannot believe I forgot they were on! Truman Capote was last interview I had on. Did he die of AIDS? I looked the man up on IMDB & usually they say why people died, but nothing for Capote.

Posted by: Carol at March 22, 2014 09:19 PM (gjOCp)

441 Have you ever been at Home Depot and thought 'holy shit, this guy's dead'?

Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 22, 2014 09:19 PM (51MAt)

442 Hardly. I think she was in great shape. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse she is not in great shape, good shape yes. if you are gonna run around with your midriff hanging out is should be flat, six pack, whatever, hers needs some work.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 09:20 PM (rDidD)

443 It sounds like a variation of the classic 5X5 routine invented by Reg Park, one of Arnold's boyhood heroes. Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 23, 2014 01:11 AM (oVvUa) 5.0 Coors sorta like that Work set for squat, bench and press ar 3 sets of 5 Dead Lift work set is one set of 5 Power Clean work set is 5 sets of 3 The book is Starting Strenght 3rd eddition by Mark Rippetoe. wish I would have learned this shit earlier I hauled rail road ties out of my back yard today no problem rail road ties used to kick my ass moving them around

Posted by: 5.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 09:21 PM (fHhk+)

444 was hiding behind a pony keg . Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 01:12 AM (rDidD) skinny fat

Posted by: 5.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 09:21 PM (fHhk+)

445 437 I dunno. Once dated a woman with damn near white blond hair, however the eyebrows and other other areas did not match the curtains. Totally natural. It occasionally happens.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 09:22 PM (ojnk6)

446 Sure, you've heard of Mexican cat juggling, but have you heard of Palestinian puppy juggling?

http://tinyurl.com/mun3feh

Posted by: Anachronda at March 22, 2014 09:22 PM (U82Km)

447 Ninja, please.

You flat turned me down the other night. Utterly dismissive, and right quick about it, too.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 23, 2014 01:18 AM (4Ti1k)

*looks askance at Y5* if the reason for this doesn't begin and end with a mention of the Viking she keeps about the place...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 09:22 PM (yh0zB)

448 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 01:18 AM (DmNpO) If a gym brings up a contract nowadays..either they won't last or they have a dumb clientele around them. We've had 7 gyms in 3 locations in the past 3 years. Negotiating is easy.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 09:23 PM (QeH9j)

449 Ninja, please. You flat turned me down the other night. Utterly dismissive, and right quick about it, too. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor ninja what, I am channeling glen close. uh someone must have been socking me, I would never turn MissTammy down for nothin and I would do more or less anything to get out of her for a decade or so.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 09:23 PM (rDidD)

450 Hi concrete girl and rain! Lampshades and drapes are intact. Skin is too sensitive to mess with those; I did try and dye my eyebrows once when I dyed my hair dark, and it was a nightmare of biblical proportions. II try and remember to darken them with a pencil. I went a kind of dark ash blonde/ light brown. Never have attempted to dye the carpet. Waxing it was enough of a horror, although it was funny, since we attempted it at home and blood was drawn and poor Thor was scarred for life.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 22, 2014 09:23 PM (4Ti1k)

451 I missed a bunch... Molly, I will only say good luck and please be safe. I worry. I recently got out of a long-term relationship with a girl that sounds like your man - bitter, unhappy in general, just flat - out ugly. There is no reason in the world for as man to speak at to a woman in that manner. None. Tammy - good news! ?? Hope all goes well. I spent more than twenty years in the fitness industry. Yes, ACE certified personal trainer & all that... cross fit is another fad that will fade away like parachute pants. Idiots get hurt starting a new routine every other day. PX90, cross fit, whatever - Next week it'll be something different, but there will be those that love it, those that hate it.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 22, 2014 09:24 PM (f2yfM)

452 True story. The last time I went to Home Depot I asked one of the employees where something was. He doesn't answer me. Instead he points to his ears and says, "Ahm dyeff." Then he hands me a pen and a little notepad. All the while I was like You Gotta Be Shittin Me. But I smiled and played along.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 22, 2014 09:24 PM (oVvUa)

453 Totally natural. It occasionally happens.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 01:22 AM (ojnk6)

There are, of course, exceptions to every rule.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 09:24 PM (yh0zB)

454 My Dad used to say the funniest things about working out and fitness. I wish I could remember all of them.

The only one I can remember right now is that he is way stronger now than he was when he was 20 -- cuz, when he was 20 he couldn't hold his erection down with both hands and now he has no trouble holding it down with either one.

No, my Dad will never grow up. There is no point in even pretending any more.

Posted by: jc at March 22, 2014 09:24 PM (PlzOe)

455 Posted by: Y-not is awaaaake at March 23, 2014 12:49 AM (zDsvJ) I've seen it...not impressed...don't think they'll gain market share.

Posted by: BignJames at March 22, 2014 09:25 PM (HtUkt)

456 #441

Capote died in Bel Air, Los Angeles, on August 25, 1984, aged 59 from liver cancer.^[45] According to the coroner's report, the cause of death was "liver disease complicated by phlebitis and multiple drug intoxication."^[46] He died at the home of his old friend Joanne Carson, ex-wife of late-night TV host Johnny Carson, on whose program Capote had been a frequent guest.

From the Wiki

Posted by: Epobirs at March 22, 2014 09:25 PM (bPxS6)

457 *looks askance at Y5* if the reason for this doesn't begin and end with a mention of the Viking she keeps about the place... Posted by: GGE of the it never happened. I woulda gone to the bus station if anyone had mentioned anything. I would have taken a bus to arkansas via san francisco.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 09:25 PM (rDidD)

458 441 No idea Carol, although I suspect that if the legacy media won't report on it, the answer is probably pretty clear.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 09:26 PM (ojnk6)

459 Y5, my faith in you is hereby restored.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 09:26 PM (yh0zB)

460 damn, just noticed that Villanova lost

Posted by: The Dude at March 22, 2014 09:27 PM (bStrg)

461 Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 01:24 AM (PlzOe) That is getting stolen.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 09:28 PM (QeH9j)

462 No, my Dad will never grow up. There is no point in even pretending any more.

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 01:24 AM (PlzOe)

I just wonder how much stronger I'm going to get...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 09:28 PM (yh0zB)

463 Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 01:23 AM (rDidD) You must have been too drunk to remember then or now!

. Allow me to refresh your memory. You said we'd die of mutual attentiveness within a month. I took that as a resounding NO.

And I don't mean to keep ignoring people, trying to catch up... If I were a 10 year old girl, I swear to you I'd run off with PGiS's Boy. And it sounds like some one is actually coming upstairs, so...... adieux, mon amis! (Mes amis?)

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 22, 2014 09:28 PM (4Ti1k)

464 Have a good night you all

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 22, 2014 09:28 PM (Nsomq)

465 454 Agreed GGE, but I have ro admit to being pretty surprised when I found out the truth. It violated all of my perviously held beliefs, over 24 years.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 09:29 PM (ojnk6)

466 my 90yo dad told me the last time he had sex was when he was 83.... way to much info dad .....

Posted by: 5.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 09:30 PM (fHhk+)

467 And it sounds like some one is actually coming upstairs, so...... adieux, mon amis! (Mes amis?)

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 23, 2014 01:28 AM (4Ti1k)

Goodnight Tammy. Sleep well (or not...)

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 09:30 PM (yh0zB)

468 Night westminster.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 09:31 PM (QeH9j)

469 went a kind of dark ash blonde/ light brown... what a total freakin coincidence!...me too!

Posted by: concrete girl at March 22, 2014 09:32 PM (9klqA)

470 The 15 Worst Places To Poop

Hmm. They seem to have left out any public bathroom in China.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 22, 2014 09:33 PM (UtvJL)

471 You must have been too drunk to remember then or now! . Allow me to refresh your memory. You said we'd die of mutual attentiveness within a month. I took that as a resounding NO. And I don't mean to keep ignoring people, trying to catch up... If I were a 10 year old girl, I swear to you I'd run off with PGiS's Boy. And it sounds like some one is actually coming upstairs, so...... adieux, mon amis! (Mes amis?) Posted by: Tammy al-Thor a well sure I said that but that does not mean no. have a good night, regards to Thor.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 09:33 PM (rDidD)

472 sounds to me like you were offering to...attention her to death.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 09:34 PM (yh0zB)

473 later off to watch Hunger Games 2 so I can war game the future....

Posted by: 5.0 Coors at March 22, 2014 09:39 PM (fHhk+)

474 Nice. The ONT is mine. MINE ALL MINE!!!

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 09:43 PM (QeH9j)

475 451 Tammy, gray box friend, this is why I enjoy talking to you so much. You lay it all out there, and real men can handle it and laugh their ass off at the truth displayed. Thank you for that. You give me hope for the female gender, as I am a divorced guy having a hard time with women that come not just with baggage, but with warehouses full of steamer trunks full of said baggage.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 09:43 PM (ojnk6)

476 sounds to me like you were offering to...attention her to death. Posted by: GGE of the Moron heh.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 09:48 PM (rDidD)

477 fyi, I really enjoy those stupid syfy original movies.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 09:49 PM (rDidD)

478 all right gotta go walk my methlab and set the traps, brb.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 22, 2014 09:49 PM (rDidD)

479 Caption the awesome pic. http://tinyurl.com/nnquwbb You Do want Girl Scout cookies...or else.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 09:50 PM (QeH9j)

480 ONT seems to have an issue. http://cheezburger.com/8113004800

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 22, 2014 09:57 PM (qyfb5)

481 Deety: Dad, I've decided that I'm finally ready to get a new dogggeh! Deety's Dad: No! Not with me, I'll move out if you do! Deety: Well, that settles it! *furiously works out how to afford TWO connecting apartments to be close "just in case" on $9.50 per hour w/ overtime and double internet, cable and phone bills and comes up scratch.* Deety: So, I don't get to have a puppeh until you die? Is that it?! DTSD: Yes, absolutely! I mean no! Absolutely not! Deety: So, having a puppeh is out of the question until my late 60's? DTSD: Why would you say something like that? Deety: Dude! Your Mom lived to 103 and your Dad didn't kick off until 89 and that was because he was such a stubborn bastard he refused being transported to a skilled nursing facility the only way he knew how! DTSD: Don't you have any sense of duty?! Deety: Gah! Of course I do! Overdeveloped, some might say.. DTSD: So we're agreed? Deety: Yes, Daddy. Sooo.... When, exactly do you plan on "moving out" or kicking off? DTSD: That's a horrible question! Deety: So what? I am an horrible person that asks horrible questions like, "should I get a dog?" You shot that right the fuck down and since I'm the fucking spinster daughter who is "roomies" with her rapidly aging and decaying father I'm supposed to wait? Wait for what, exactly? A trendier place for you to moulder away clicking on Drudge and listening to Bill O'Reilly? I went through 2, count them 2, major fucking surgeries and recuperations on your knees and the most you can arse yourself to do is collect the mail? What's the fucking point dude? So, yeah...

Posted by: Deety the Lurker at March 22, 2014 09:58 PM (D8ONs)

482 Caption the awesome pic. http://tinyurl.com/nnquwbb You Do want Girl Scout cookies...or else. Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 01:50 AM (QeH9j) "I see you hiding there Mr. Polanski"

Posted by: The Gun Hat at March 22, 2014 09:59 PM (AymDN)

483 Wow Deety, I hope things get better for you, personally and financially.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 10:01 PM (ojnk6)

484 ONT seems to have an issue. http://cheezburger.com/8113004800 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 23, 2014 01:57 AM (qyfb5) A warning on the topic of L.S.D.: "Don't lick the icing" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcQlqJ9BPJ8

Posted by: Electric Psychedelicat Acid Test at March 22, 2014 10:02 PM (AymDN)

485 I can't believe I did not ask last night, please add,y friend Cat's sister to Peaches Special prayer list! Her sister had a seizure a month orzo ago, they called 911 & they brought her to closest hospital. Then they sent her to BI in Boston she had brain tumor. They removed it after a few weeks & it is a stage 3 brain cancer Peaches I know you love to first & then kind of disappear. I disappear because I'm in EDT & mentally exhausted from a year of having to deal with my younger brother being okay but now is a quadriplegic because he had strep o infections on March 30 of last year.

Posted by: Carol at March 22, 2014 10:03 PM (gjOCp)

486 I can't believe I did not ask last night, please add,y friend Cat's sister to Peaches Special prayer list! Her sister had a seizure a month orzo ago, they called 911 & they brought her to closest hospital. Then they sent her to BI in Boston she had brain tumor. They removed it after a few weeks & it is a stage 3 brain cancer Peaches I know you love to first & then kind of disappear. I disappear because I'm in EDT & mentally exhausted from a year of having to deal with my younger brother being okay but now is a quadriplegic because he had strep o infections on March 30 of last year. Posted by: Carol at March 23, 2014 02:03 AM (gjOCp) Thoughts and prayers

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 22, 2014 10:05 PM (AymDN)

487 Deety needs to pitch her life to a network for a sitcom or write a book. (No disrespect. Love your posts.) And as an aside, might be looking for a pooch soon. I didn't want another because of the pain..but I want one and will give it a great life. Miss a furball sitting beside me.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 10:05 PM (QeH9j)

488 I can't believe I did not ask last night, please add,y friend Cat's sister to Peaches Special prayer list! Posted by: Carol at March 23, 2014 02:03 AM (gjOCp) fnord (gjOCp) You, her, Molly, Deety. Everybody around here needs a freakin' break, I tell ya.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 22, 2014 10:07 PM (qyfb5)

489 Posted by: The Gun Hat at March 23, 2014 01:59 AM (AymDN) I made punch and cookies... Come out of cover.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 10:07 PM (QeH9j)

490 That is a great picture, but while her finger's off the trigger the safety's off in the house - and somebody teach the girl a forward grip and get her face up for a proper sight picture, for Pete's sake!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 22, 2014 10:11 PM (qyfb5)

491 The only reason we can't impeacha President that is totally unlawful is his skin color. What did MLK say?

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 10:11 PM (QeH9j)

492 What did MLK say? Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 02:11 AM (QeH9j) fnord (QeH9j) Oh, great, now I'm having flashbacks to the first B-side song on 73% of 80s pop albums.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 22, 2014 10:14 PM (qyfb5)

493 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 23, 2014 02:11 AM (qyfb5) Cross eye dominant with the Eotech. Forward grip was with the sling but it interfere with the picture.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 10:14 PM (QeH9j)

494 #492

first the guy has to have some character for it's content to be judged. Being a character isn't enough.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 22, 2014 10:15 PM (bPxS6)

495 Sorry but not too sorry for "over-sharing". That's just the way it is, and will be, for oldest daughters. I should be grateful, I suppose... that I don't have a family or children of my own to distract me or get in the way of providing financial and physiotherapy support for my aged parent. Question still stands... When do I get to have a (new and different) doggeh?! "Over your dead body?" Okay, I'll handle that *shudders and vomits* when the time comes but otherwise, what's the time-line here bub? I OBVIOUSLY can't EVAR become a cat lady due to allergies. So, what is so WRONG about me getting and keeping a new puppeh?

Posted by: Deety at March 22, 2014 10:19 PM (D8ONs)

496 496 Not a thing, Deety. Go for it and be well.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 10:24 PM (ojnk6)

497 Dishing out retribution.... I've a story about that.

So I moved from an apartment to my first home. Nothing odd about that. Cut the gas and water and such, but it was the middle of winter so the heat needed to stay on. I had moved to a different city, so all bills and services were ended from the apartment.

Five years later, I go to buy a car and find a ding on my credit report for the tune of about $38 from People's National Something-or-Other. From the name, it was probably a Communist organization. I called the number, it had been disconnected.

After a bit of investigation it turned out to be People's Natural Gas, a provider in the Midwest that I had, in fact, used. I call them up, they transfer me to the only person who can operate the "old system" that contains this old bill. We chat, bill gets found, I write a check and send it off the next morning. I check the bank a week later, it's been cashed. I call again.

I ask Madge, or whatever her name is, if we're square and can release this late payment ding on my credit report. She responds that she cannot, for between the Monday I sent the check and the Thursday they applied it to my bill the billing cycle had happend and there were four cents of interest accrued, and what was to become of that anomaly in the accounting?

I asked for her to ask her boss if such interest could be waived, to no avail. I owed my debt, and I owed interest on same. Which I would pay in full before they would remove this blight from my credit report, according to the supervisor.

So I sent another check. For a nickle. And I waited a week until they cashed it. Then I called back.

I was transferred to Madge, or whatever her name was, for she was the only one capable of accessing the Old System. And we verified that not only was I paid up, and the credit report would be updated in the next few weeks, but in fact I had a $0.01 credit in the system, and could apply that to my next bill.

At which point I stated that I was no longer a customer and they could send me a check.

Hemming, hawing, offers of holding said penny until I was again a customer, all were denied in favor of the check. A manager takes over the call, same requests but even less care on my part. You now owe me money, send me the check.

They sent me the check. I showed it at the credit union as proof that the debt was paid in full. I purchased the car with the help of a very delightful loan rate in part because that ding on my credit report was removed.

And I never cashed that check. So for seven years their accountants have been dealing with a missing penny, all because four cents of interest accrued could not be waived.

- Max

Posted by: MaxDamage at March 22, 2014 10:26 PM (UgtuZ)

498 Sorry but not too sorry for "over-sharing". Posted by: Deety at March 23, 2014 02:19 AM (D8ONs) fnord (D8ONs) Pff I do that all the time. If I win the lottery you can have a puppy. Maybe not a Chinese Mastiff, but, you know, a nice agreeable mutt.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 22, 2014 10:26 PM (qyfb5)

499 Posted by: Deety at March 23, 2014 02:19 AM (D8ONs) The best play with getting a puppeh is to just get it. I hated cats. My GF called me up and said she got a kitten..I was upset and all. Then at the end of the phone conversation she told me she couldn't seperate the brother and sister. Pissed now. Until I got home and played with the little fuckers. Damn i miss them. Furballs tend to soften people.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 10:29 PM (QeH9j)

500 And I never cashed that check. So for seven years their accountants have been dealing with a missing penny, all because four cents of interest accrued could not be waived.

- Max

Posted by: MaxDamage at March 23, 2014 02:26 AM (UgtuZ)

Depending on how their accounting department is, this could be worth many lulz...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 10:33 PM (yh0zB)

501 My greatest dog I got during my freshman year in college. Took it home straight from the fields and everyone looked at her paws and said she is going to get way too big and unruly. After the first night there would be gunfire if someone tried to take her away.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 10:34 PM (QeH9j)

502 Damn i miss them.

Furballs tend to soften people.

Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 02:29 AM (QeH9j)

I inherited wife's doggeh when she passed. Fuzzy little bastard makes my life difficult, and he really deserves a better human than me, but he's always glad to see me when I get home.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 10:34 PM (yh0zB)

503 And I never cashed that check. So for seven years their accountants have been dealing with a missing penny, all because four cents of interest accrued could not be waived. - Max Posted by: MaxDamage at March 23, 2014 02:26 AM (UgtuZ) Depending on how their accounting department is, this could be worth many lulz... Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 23, 2014 02:33 AM (yh0zB) Didn't they learn anything from Superman III?

Posted by: The Accounting Hat at March 22, 2014 10:35 PM (AymDN)

504 Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 23, 2014 02:34 AM (yh0zB) They're made to make our life difficult. How else can we prove our worth. (Another way of putting it..I love more animals than most people I meet.)

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 10:37 PM (QeH9j)

505 Ugggh Was going to buy a EOTech 512 but nck bought me a red dot from sports authority Have to go with it or she'll be disappointed

Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 22, 2014 10:38 PM (OApiq)

506 503 Sorry to hear about the wife that passed. Be well.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 10:39 PM (ojnk6)

507 When I bought this house I found a credit ding on my report from a power company from a previous rental several years prior. We had told them to pay the final bill with the deposit, but they didn't do that and instead dinged our credit.

I went ahead and paid the bill...and then a couple of weeks later we got the deposit check back...

Mind you, it had been several years since we had moved out of the house where we used that power company, and they had held the deposit for all those years because we had a final bill. Makes a lot of sense...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 10:39 PM (yh0zB)

508 And one of the only times I went bat-shit on my friends is when he pushed my buttons regarding my first pup. (Was and still is my best friend but he pushed too far. His GF/wife kept telling him that.) But we joke about it now.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 10:40 PM (QeH9j)

509 505 Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 23, 2014 02:34 AM (yh0zB) They're made to make our life difficult. How else can we prove our worth. (Another way of putting it..I love more animals than most people I meet.) Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 02:37 AM (QeH9j) The other day I was taking my bully-dog for a walk, and mentally calculated that since I took ownership of said dog, I have picked up her poop over 4,000 times.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 22, 2014 10:40 PM (afNM6)

510 (Another way of putting it..I love more animals than most people I meet.)

Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 02:37 AM (QeH9j)

Me, too, but I just don't have time for an animal. MWNP, it's been almost 4 years. I might have to get another redhead one of these days, if I can find one who will put up with me.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 10:41 PM (yh0zB)

511 506 Ugggh Was going to buy a EOTech 512 but nck bought me a red dot from sports authority Have to go with it or she'll be disappointed Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 23, 2014 02:38 AM (OApiq) "ncj has the red dot on you. Move!' It's a red dot from SA. Safest place is right in the center. Kidding ncj. I went for the SA stuff. Looks cool, but...

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 10:43 PM (QeH9j)

512 Cross eye dominant with the Eotech. That is fun, ain't it? Forward grip was with the sling but it interfere with the picture. Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 02:14 AM (QeH9j) fnord (QeH9j) I finally gave up on the original handguards. Magpul is just so much comfier, plus better indexing.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 22, 2014 10:43 PM (qyfb5)

513 The other day I was taking my bully-dog for a walk, and mentally calculated that since I took ownership of said dog, I have picked up her poop over 4,000 times. Posted by: model_1066 at March 23, 2014 02:40 AM (afNM6) 3 S's. shit, shovel, shut up.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 10:45 PM (QeH9j)

514 511 Gotcha, mostly given upon marriage out here, but to each his own.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 22, 2014 10:46 PM (ojnk6)

515 I finally gave up on the original handguards. Magpul is just so much comfier, plus better indexing. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 23, 2014 02:43 AM (qyfb5) What foreward grip? I have the Magpul Angled foregrip and a cheap 5 position foregrip. The 5 position 'almost' replicates the MagPul

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 10:48 PM (QeH9j)

516 Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 23, 2014 02:41 AM (yh0zB) Hey, you never know....my wife passed 7 yrs. ago last Dec. I got remarried last Oct.

Posted by: BignJames at March 22, 2014 10:49 PM (HtUkt)

517 The best play with getting a puppeh is to just get it. Furballs tend to soften people. Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 02:29 AM (QeH9j) ------------ Agreed. I went over twenty years - always told myself "I'll get another dog someday" but never did. Then I ended up with the ex's little ankle bitter when we split. I wouldn't trade him for all the gold in Fort Knox, now. Loyalty got it's definition from doggies - true story.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 22, 2014 10:50 PM (f2yfM)

518 Hey, you never know....my wife passed 7 yrs. ago last Dec. I got remarried last Oct.

Posted by: BignJames at March 23, 2014 02:49 AM (HtUkt)

Congrats! When I got divorced I said I would never get married again, five years later I learned that the term "never" is subjective...

We had 16 1/2 good years together, and the only regret I have is that I didn't learn how to properly appreciate her until I knew I was going to lose her. I won't make that mistake again.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 10:51 PM (yh0zB)

519 What foreward grip? I have the Magpul Angled foregrip and a cheap 5 position foregrip. The 5 position 'almost' replicates the MagPul Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 02:48 AM (QeH9j) fnord (QeH9j) Grip as in hold. I just use the magpul handguard, it has a "bump" at the front I index against.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 22, 2014 10:54 PM (qyfb5)

520 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 23, 2014 02:54 AM (qyfb5) Oh ok.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 10:58 PM (QeH9j)

521 Her arms probably aren't long enough for that kind of grip (as in the verb). I was half-kidding. I forget smileys.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 22, 2014 11:00 PM (qyfb5)

522 "48 On topic of mountain-state governors, what the hell is up with the Republican governor of Wyoming:
http://tinyurl.com/nhnm62v

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 10:44 PM (30eLQ)"

I wonder if it is part of Wyoming's eternal quest to increase its population?

Wyoming was the first state (territory?) to allow women to vote back in the 19th century. It was not because they were early feminists but they thought it might induce suffragettes to move there.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 22, 2014 11:03 PM (PD6iL)

523 48 On topic of mountain-state governors, what the hell is up with the Republican governor of Wyoming: http://tinyurl.com/nhnm62v Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 22, 2014 10:44 PM (30eLQ)" I wonder if it is part of Wyoming's eternal quest to increase its population? Wyoming was the first state (territory?) to allow women to vote back in the 19th century. It was not because they were early feminists but they thought it might induce suffragettes to move there. Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 03:03 AM (PD6iL) Why not just import South Africa's Afrikaaners before the ANC decides to get all genocidal?

Posted by: Die Politieke Hoed at March 22, 2014 11:05 PM (AymDN)

524 Heh - "Summer Rental" is on TV... why can't Hollywood produce more John Candys?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 22, 2014 11:07 PM (f2yfM)

525 Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 03:03 AM (PD6iL) I worked in Gillette for a few months years ago. Didn't really enjoy it. I'd choose Pinedale for a place to live.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 22, 2014 11:09 PM (afNM6)

526 Man, Rep. Elmers from NC is going to be in some deep doo doo: http://tinyurl.com/ovzzx2v Cursing at her constituents and calling them racist for not supporting amnesty.

Posted by: Biscuits Mahoney at March 22, 2014 11:12 PM (PO8GB)

527 Man, Rep. Elmers from NC is going to be in some deep doo doo:
http://tinyurl.com/ovzzx2v

Cursing at her constituents and calling them racist for not supporting amnesty.

Posted by: Biscuits Mahoney at March 23, 2014 03:12 AM (PO8GB)

What a disappointment she turned out to be. I helped elect her, to boot out Boxin' Bob Etheridge, and she went to Washington to turn into one of Boners lapdogs. And now I'm not even in her district anymore, with redistricting I got a completely new guy who was Tom Tillis's bitchboy in the NC statehouse.

Can't win for losing sometimes it seems.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 11:15 PM (yh0zB)

528 525 Heh - "Summer Rental" is on TV... why can't Hollywood produce more John Candys? Posted by: shredded chi at March 23, 2014 03:07 AM (f2yfM) My buddies mom (Black Panther extrordinaire. Was in LOVE wtih John Candy.). Funny to watch her reaction whenever he came on. And with that g'night you rapscallions.

Posted by: RWC at March 22, 2014 11:19 PM (QeH9j)

529 OK, I've had enough for tonight. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 22, 2014 11:24 PM (yh0zB)

530 G'night, RWC. And, btw - At least you guys in NC don't have a state legislature that just passed a resolution praising an Islamic mosque with terrorist ties (like we do up here across your northern border).

Posted by: shredded chi at March 22, 2014 11:26 PM (f2yfM)

531 Well, since we are talking about politics here, is there anybody who knows anything about rVotes? Here's the website:

www.rvotes.com

I saw a presentation at my local Republican state senatorial convention today and it looks so good that I am wondering if I am missing something.

The story is that it is a data system that was written by the guy who developed the VAN system that is the backbone of all the Democrat data tools that Obama used to kick our asses twice. The guy sold out his interest in his previous company and waited five years for his non compete agreement to expire then wrote a new system he could sell to Republicans. It is scalable so it can be used for any campaign from the precinct level to national. Because it is standardized and secure, it allows each campaign to keep its own information private but it allows campaigns to share information if they want to.

Campaigns spend millions of dollars to gather information about voters. Among Republicans, that information is basically thrown away after each campaign. Democrats add it into their database and use it to target their efforts to where they will get them the most results for their money. If a campaign won't give their data away, perhaps they will sell it to defray some of the campaign costs.

If you have ever done precinct walking or canvassing, the tools that come with this product seem like they would be enormously helpful and, best of all, they are set up to allow the ground troops to update information on the list when, for example, somebody has died or moved away so that the campaign does not waste money sending mailers to people who are dead or no longer there. It can also help with voter registration and get out the vote efforts on election day. The GOTV feature is likely to be what allowed Barack Obama to be reelected despite four years of crappy performance and a Jimmy Carter level of unemployment.

Anyway, if anybody has had experience with this system or with the Democrat system, I would love to hear about it.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 22, 2014 11:38 PM (PD6iL)

532 Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 03:38 AM (PD6iL) Haven't heard of it. Would need to look into it.

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 22, 2014 11:43 PM (AymDN)

533 The GOTV feature is likely to be what allowed Barack Obama to be reelected despite four years of crappy performance and a Jimmy Carter level of unemployment. Lying about banning tampon sales didn't hurt ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 22, 2014 11:45 PM (qoKTg)

534 I'll just leave this here: http://youtu.be/Zc3KXwd8ZWQ

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 22, 2014 11:47 PM (0AKks)

535 Man, Rep. Elmers from NC is going to be in some deep doo doo: http://tinyurl.com/ovzzx2v Oof. That was bad. Inexcusably bad.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 22, 2014 11:56 PM (X9Mnx)

536 There's a lot more to it that data, and GOTV per se. But yes, the GOP was behind like a mofo in that area. There is so much more to do that it's not even funny, and I do on occasion despair because it is not getting done. Everyone knows the stakes are high, but everyone is pulling in radically different directions. The sad thing is how often we've seen what's at the end of so many of those roads, and yet we never learn. Which itself is a lesson... which we never learn.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 22, 2014 11:58 PM (qyfb5)

537 "534 The GOTV feature is likely to be what allowed Barack Obama to be reelected despite four years of crappy performance and a Jimmy Carter level of unemployment.

Lying about banning tampon sales didn't hurt ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 23, 2014 03:45 AM (qoKTg)"

Well, see, that is the beauty of a system that collects enormous amounts of data for a 21st century marketing campaign. It allowed Obama to target his lies specifically to people who would respond to them. Since I a) don't use tampons and b) would likely view such a claim as an obvious lie, it would be counterproductive for Obama to spend money sending me a mailer or running an ad on a TV show (or web site) where I am likely to see it. In fact, were I even considering voting for Obama, a porgie like that would be likely to turn me against him.

However, by clever analysis of the data, Obama's minions could put out that story aimed at credulous women who could be persuaded to go to the polls and vote for TFG.

Some of that stuff is less to persuade people who to vote for but to get people who are also inclined to vote for your candidate to the polls. The "Republicans will ban the sale of tampons" sounds like the kind of thing that they put out to whip up low motivation Democrats to get to the polls. That sort of stuff works the other way. The Obamanationists also targeted messages that, for example, Mitt Romney signed an assault rifle ban while he was Governor of Massachusetts at gun owners in swing states in order to get them to stay home on election day.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 12:04 AM (PD6iL)

538 Night all. Here is "Souls of Black" by Testament: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcu7BVG7JE4

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 23, 2014 12:05 AM (AymDN)

539 The Obamanationists also targeted messages that, for example, Mitt Romney signed an assault rifle ban while he was Governor of Massachusetts at gun owners in swing states in order to get them to stay home on election day. I had not heard that one ... Wouldn't libel laws kick in at some point?

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 23, 2014 12:07 AM (qoKTg)

540 Wouldn't libel laws kick in at some point?

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 23, 2014 04:07 AM (qoKTg)

=====

and if they did? you win. you control the attorney general, all the federal attorneys, all the judge appointments, and the election commissions and you can delay in the courts for at least 4 if not 8 years.

it really does not matter how much one cheats if one wins. and there can be no jail time if you lose cuz skin color and shit.

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 12:12 AM (PlzOe)

541 Wouldn't libel laws kick in at some point? Posted by: Adriane ... at March 23, 2014 04:07 AM (qoKTg) fnord (qoKTg) It is to laugh. Seriously, Hairy Reed accused Romney of violating tax laws repeatedly without consequence. The administration used the IRS to punish and delay political opponents. If nobody got their ass dragged into court already, nobody is going to.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 12:12 AM (qyfb5)

542 where does one find the info to debunk the "corporate welfare" canard?

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 12:16 AM (PlzOe)

543 "I had not heard that one ...

Wouldn't libel laws kick in at some point?

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 23, 2014 04:07 AM (qoKTg)"

Well, you were not the target audience for that message so they did not target it at you. I had not heard the ban on tampons story before you wrote it.

Isn't micro-targeting great?

Political speech has pretty strong protections under the Constitution which is why those prosecutors in Missouri who were threatening to prosecute anybody who "told lies about Obama" for libel were so outrageous that even Democrat law professors were condemning them.

You can pretty much say anything you want about your political opponent during an election campaign in America without fear of legal consequences. The system depends on the voters being smart enough to catch on when somebody is lying. Given the results of the last two Presidential elections, one might argue that is a flaw in the system.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 12:16 AM (PD6iL)

544 The system depends on the voters being smart enough to catch on when somebody is lying. Given the results of the last two Presidential elections, one might argue that is a flaw in the system.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 04:16 AM (PD6iL)

===

when the system was set up not everyone got to vote, and only an elected representative got to vote for senators or the prez.

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 12:19 AM (PlzOe)

545 where does one find the info to debunk the "corporate welfare" canard? Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 04:16 AM (PlzOe) fnord (PlzOe) Which one?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 12:20 AM (qyfb5)

546 Seriously, Hairy Reed accused Romney of violating tax laws repeatedly without consequence. Yes. But did Mitt Romney ever file a suit for libel? "Friends of Mitt" have a harder time with standing than the victim, himself... And, Bill Clinton avoided impeachment, but e.g. lost his law license. So while not impacted greatly, did not escape scott-free.

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 23, 2014 12:21 AM (qoKTg)

547 Oy. Very tired. Report still not ready. Night to all. Better days ahead ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 23, 2014 12:31 AM (qoKTg)

548 And, Bill Clinton avoided impeachment, but e.g. lost his law license. So while not impacted greatly, did not escape scott-free.

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 23, 2014 04:21 AM (qoKTg)

=====

nope. he escaped scot-$100M or so.

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 12:32 AM (PlzOe)

549 546 where does one find the info to debunk the "corporate welfare" canard?

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 04:16 AM (PlzOe) fnord (PlzOe)

Which one?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 23, 2014 04:20 AM (qyfb5)

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percent of federal budget for starters. there is a bullshit way of arguing what exactly is "corporate welfare" as well. funny, it never includes anything done by Buffet, Soros, Steyer, etc.

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 12:34 AM (PlzOe)

550 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 23, 2014 03:58 AM (qyfb5)

The election and especially the reelection of Barack Obama would tend to argue that data and GOTV is enough to get a spectacularly flawed candidate into office. That would seem to suggest that if both sides are armed with equally effective data and GOTV tools, the side which has a better message and which is not running an America hating communist, Chicago machine corrupt, race bating, incompetent, feckless douche bag as a candidate has a better chance of winning an election.

Certainly there are other factors like the complete dominance of the legacy media by the forces of evil and the fact that some significant fraction of people in their 20s seem to think that gay marriage is a more important issue than whether the President will continue failing the US economy into a global economic depression or blunder us into a nuclear war but there is no reason to just give away that much electoral advantage by refusing to make use of data and GOTV tools that can help us win elections.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 12:35 AM (PD6iL)

551 Morning Morons.anybody here? 20days till I rejoin the daywalkers. We lost one of the Cats tonight been a tough season on equipment.

Posted by: NativeNH at March 23, 2014 12:40 AM (hY5VV)

552 "when the system was set up not everyone got to vote, and only an elected representative got to vote for senators or the prez.

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 04:19 AM (PlzOe)"

Well, that is not the system today. The Democrats have adapted to the current environment. If Republicans cannot, then everyone in the United States will have to adapt to living under Democrat rule for the rest of their lives. Or until they crash the system due to sheer, bloody minded, ideological driven incompetence.

Then we will get to live under our local war lords until some more competent nation with imperialist ambitions invades and takes over.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 12:42 AM (PD6iL)

553 percent of federal budget for starters. there is a bullshit way of arguing what exactly is "corporate welfare" as well. funny, it never includes anything done by Buffet, Soros, Steyer, etc. Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 04:34 AM (PlzOe) fnord (PlzOe) It's not even close to possible to calculate graft, funny contracts, cronyism and tax breaks as a percentage of budget. And you'd have to do it at the State and local level, too. You could start with Cato and Forbes, but I think any such numbers are automatically highly suspect. If at all possible find out how they figured it. Ultimately if you're trying to bring facts to a political argument, well, I wish you the best. My experience is that doesn't make a difference unless you have the other party completely surrounded and keep them that way.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 12:45 AM (qyfb5)

554 553 "when the system was set up not everyone got to vote, and only an elected representative got to vote for senators or the prez.

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 04:19 AM (PlzOe)"

Well, that is not the system today. The Democrats have adapted to the current environment. If Republicans cannot, then everyone in the United States will have to adapt to living under Democrat rule for the rest of their lives. Or until they crash the system due to sheer, bloody minded, ideological driven incompetence.

Then we will get to live under our local war lords until some more competent nation with imperialist ambitions invades and takes over.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 04:42 AM (PD6iL)

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I'd give that about 70-30 odds.

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 12:45 AM (PlzOe)

555 Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 04:45 AM (PlzOe)

If we continue on the way we are going, I agree that we are in for some very grim times.

On the other hand, check out the site at www.rvotes.com.

For the first time since November 2012, I actually have some hope that perhaps America is not doomed.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 12:55 AM (PD6iL)

556 For the first time since November 2012, I actually have some hope that perhaps America is not doomed.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 04:55 AM (PD6iL)

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there is always some hope, but since both parties are determined to embrace ignorant BS I don't see a point in investing a whole lot of hope into anything that is going to happen in the near future.

It's the hope in one hand, crap in the other hand problem. I know damn well which hand is going to fill up first.

No matter what we do, a bunch of universal truths are going to play out cuz the process has been well under way for decades:

-- there will be no free lunch,

-- there will be blame casting, thievery, and fighting,

-- there will be continued voting against reality and consequences,

-- there will be a continuation of postponing the inevitable even though that will only make the outcome worse when the inevitable unfolds, and

-- and a whole bunch of other stuff every moron here already knows.

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 01:14 AM (PlzOe)

557 Wow. Quiet night.

Posted by: Cato at March 23, 2014 01:52 AM (J+mig)

558 *Looks in thread*

Sshhhh....they're all sleeping

*Flicks off light, and toddles off*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 23, 2014 01:56 AM (si68n)

559 I am quite familiar with despair and I have tended towards the Let It Burn philosophy as the reasonable reaction to a hopeless situation.

Take a look at what Democrats themselves have said about the data collection, analysis and GOTV tools that they have been using since 2005. There is a whole lot of stuff out there with Democrats saying that these tools are the reason that they have been achieving electoral victories with the same resources that they had before but they are now applying them more effectively.

There is still plenty of reason to expect that we will lose. The Washington DC Republican Party establishment hates us. The political consultants who dominate the party establishment hate this technology because they have their own individual databases which they make big money by selling and they prefer that they all be incompatible.

To be honest, I expect that the people at the top of the GOP to cling to power and to be quite effective in blocking any changes to the status quo while Democrats continue to win elections and continue to impose their will on the country with all the bad consequences that are the inevitable and predictable results of their misguided policies. Maybe losing two elections is not enough to get the GOP to change. Maybe the GOP needs to lose 17 presidential elections in a row before they will decide that maybe we might need to do things a bit differently. I won't know because I will be long dead by that point.

What I think is that since the people at the top of the party are so comfortable losing elections, they are not going to change anything but that there is a possibility that we proles might be able to introduce changes at the bottom and eventually grow to a critical mass so that it becomes the path of least resistance for them to go along.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 02:00 AM (PD6iL)

560 Don't be so Bossy!

Posted by: Day at March 23, 2014 02:01 AM (si68n)

561 How nice to see that the Tuesday snow prediction is trending towards rain now.

And had a chance to bring out Mrs VIA's Vespa, fire it up, and go around the neighborhood yesterday.

Posted by: VillageIdiot's Apprentice at March 23, 2014 02:05 AM (si68n)

562 Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 06:00 AM (PD6iL)

If the Republican party stops getting results completely, it will be abandoned like the Whigs were, hemorrhaging voters and whimpering into obscurity as party bosses refuse to make necessary changes. Something will replace it, and be enormously successful in spite of the errors it will make along the way, simply because it's not what the other side or the collapsing side is selling. The only thing that stopped us from striking out and forming our own party was the idea that we're in a national crisis and might not have time to turn this ship around if we build a new party from the ground up, but we may soon be left with that as our only choice.

Posted by: Cato at March 23, 2014 02:10 AM (J+mig)

563 561 I am quite familiar with despair and I have tended towards the Let It Burn philosophy as the reasonable reaction to a hopeless situation.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 23, 2014 06:00 AM (PD6iL)

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My apologies. I no longer feel despair because I have reached a certain level of acceptance. Unfortunately I sometimes forget that I need to hold my tongue because other people may still be on their personal journey and my thoughts can cause an upwelling of their despair.

One of the things I have come to believe is that the difference between the group of people I tend to associate with and those other folks is an understanding of consequences. Some people simply keep voting against consequences because they believe there is some kind of magic that will make consequences disappear.

Libertarians and Conservatives tend to accept the idea that bad decisions have consequences that will not magically disappear. Part of that acceptance is recognizing that consequences that are underway will have to play out in full.

From acceptance comes resolve. Magic won't save us. Fortitude and character will. My hope is born and lives in my understanding that we have much more fortitude and character than we know.

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 02:14 AM (PlzOe)

564 Well, this completely sucks donkey dicks.....

Yes, I'm up with the alarm -- but it hardly feels "conclusive", and I feel like crap.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 02:19 AM (T1005)

565 566 Well, this completely sucks donkey dicks.....

Yes, I'm up with the alarm -- but it hardly feels "conclusive", and I feel like crap.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 06:19 AM (T1005)

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well, you apparently lived thru the night (or remain actively dead).

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 02:26 AM (PlzOe)

566 Yes, I'm up with the alarm -- but it hardly feels "conclusive", and I feel like crap. But now you know that tomorrows trip can be accomplished.

Posted by: Panhandler at March 23, 2014 02:28 AM (LqVNJ)

567 @564 Cato Local and state elections should be conseratives short-term goals. Take back the court and state house to build the base to secure the federal level-- G-d knows what the nation will look like in a few years, but me thinks We the People would be welcoming new blood with proven ideas that work. --That is if corruption has not dissolved the binds of nationhood by then.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 23, 2014 02:34 AM (W5Fzc)

568 @565 jc Well said. "From acceptance comes resolve. Magic won't save us. Fortitude and character will." Yes. However there are those who will never accept responsibility or accept the fact that the fat years are never coming back in this lifetime.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 23, 2014 02:39 AM (W5Fzc)

569 568 Yes, I'm up with the alarm -- but it hardly feels "conclusive", and I feel like crap.

But now you know that tomorrows trip can be accomplished. Posted by: Panhandler at March 23, 2014 06:28 AM (LqVNJ) Hide posts from (LqVNJ)

It was going to be accomplished one way or the other, and this was supposed to tell me the optimal way. I don't feel optimal, but I guess I'll do it with the "alarm will work" method. Gack.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 02:47 AM (T1005)

570 266 @246 cthulhu

"I'm forever handing cashiers little random piles of change and having them shocked to find out my change is a $5."

I do that all the time. So you are an accountant too?
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2014 11:59 PM (CIVNB) Hide posts from (CIVNB)

Yep. CPA.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 02:48 AM (T1005)

571 "I'm forever handing cashiers little random piles of change and having them shocked to find out my change is a $5." When I do that, the looks on the cashiers' faces is precious, like I've pulled off some sort of amazing magic trick. With Commie Core math now being propaganda, viewing such basic math concepts as magical thinking will only get worse. And yes, I was a tax accountant in a former life.

Posted by: RickZ at March 23, 2014 02:58 AM (hE4+b)

572 http://tinyurl.com/lyfhgpt

Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 03:03 AM (PlzOe)

573 574 http://tinyurl.com/lyfhgpt Posted by: jc at March 23, 2014 07:03 AM (PlzOe) Hide posts from (PlzOe)

Yup. One bill, one coin.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 03:07 AM (T1005)

574 When you gotta go, you gotta go.

Posted by: IrishEd at March 23, 2014 03:12 AM (bfm04)

575 Well, never made it back, but didn't suffer the way I did last night either. Have a good day morons.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 23, 2014 03:17 AM (b2cFu)

576 Good morning, Horde. Off to my annual event, Homespun Yarn Party. If any of you are around Savage, Maryland, drop by. It's in the Savage Mill. I'll be the frenetic redhead in the black t-shirt. Bring beer.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at March 23, 2014 03:21 AM (N/cFh)

577 ♬ I'll put coffee on to brew We can have a cup or two And do what other people do On Sunday morning Sunday morning ♬ Greetin's Peeps! 'Tis I, your warbling harbinger of a new morning. Tell me you're doing okay today?

Posted by: mindful webworker - errormaster at March 23, 2014 03:21 AM (9Zci/)

578 I.. didn't think it was possible to kill a thread first thing in the day. (slinks away)

Posted by: mindful webworker - errormaster at March 23, 2014 03:29 AM (9Zci/)

579 Watching a Pileated Woodpecker making a nesting hole in a dead pine. That hole is bigger around than a grapefruit.

Posted by: BignJames at March 23, 2014 03:32 AM (HtUkt)

580 Glares at cat for waking me up early. Glares at everyone else on general principle. Burns tongue on coffee. Oh, one of these days, is it?

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 23, 2014 03:42 AM (SUKHu)

581 I saw Pileated Woodpecker open for the Yardbirds back in '65.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at March 23, 2014 03:48 AM (Dwehj)

582 Oh, one of these days, is it? Posted by: Mama AJ ((Hands Mama AJ a plate of moldy frozen waffles with unmelted butter)) Yes. (nic links to lyrics of song, Breakfast)

Posted by: mindful webworker - errormaster at March 23, 2014 03:50 AM (1zmtP)

583 Ain't had anything to complain about. Today has been a good day, by which, I mean nothing interesting has happened at all. Once you get to the point in life where you enjoy boring, everything is awesome except when the drama-seekers are rocking the boat.

Posted by: Cato at March 23, 2014 03:53 AM (J+mig)

584 Good to know. (Throws waffles at cat) (Ponders perpetual motion machine just created) http://youtu.be/GayJidmeA10

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 23, 2014 03:57 AM (SUKHu)

585 ONT? Well, I guess it's still night somewhere.

Posted by: rickl at March 23, 2014 03:57 AM (sdi6R)

586 Did I leave my wallet here.

Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 03:59 AM (QeH9j)

587 >>ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Authorities say three elephants escaped from their handlers at a circus near St. Louis and damaged several vehicles in the parking lot before they were recaptured. Speaking of drama-seekers...

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 23, 2014 03:59 AM (SUKHu)

588 It's nice that I didn't miss the ONT completely. I was around for the beginning of it, but crashed soon afterwards.

Posted by: rickl at March 23, 2014 04:01 AM (sdi6R)

589 Guy's Revenge: Texting the Complete Works Of Shakespeare Major props to Mr. Joseph- someone needs to give that guy a job in the dishing-out-retribution business. It's the 21st century equivalent of paying your bill in pennies.

Posted by: rickl at March 23, 2014 04:03 AM (sdi6R)

590 http://youtu.be/GayJidmeA10 Didn't click (no vids in the early morn) but... that looks from the link like it might be one of Gabe's music videos... if you squint.

Posted by: mindful webworker - errormaster at March 23, 2014 04:04 AM (1zmtP)

591 Who needs coffee.. Â“ItÂ’s very rare that I have the opportunity to travel outside of the United States, and itÂ’s even more rare to have the opportunity to travel with three generations Â— with my daughters, and with my mother,Â” And 70 other close friends. Get your BP up?

Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 04:06 AM (QeH9j)

592 Yeh, that did make me blink, but it's just a funny animated clip of how to create a perpetual motion machine. Tho' the husband did come in wondering what I was doing to the cat...

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 23, 2014 04:06 AM (SUKHu)

593 Gingy, is this a regular thing? My daughter has a tea party today - but would love piles of yarn.

Posted by: Jean at March 23, 2014 04:11 AM (Aqvh6)

594 "It's even more rare to have the opportunity to travel with three generations Â— with my daughters, and with my mother...Â” who is now world-famous for single-handedly destroying relations with China...

Posted by: mindful webworker - erromaster at March 23, 2014 04:13 AM (Ynbgq)

595 Our government at work: http://tinyurl.com/k98s83g Hey, at least it works better than the Obamacare website.

Posted by: rickl at March 23, 2014 04:15 AM (sdi6R)

596 Our government ~~at work~~... Â— rickl You may have missed the recent update memo. Style guide now says either a-twerk or atwerk, either spelling is acceptable.

Posted by: mindful webworker - er romaster at March 23, 2014 04:20 AM (Ynbgq)

597 I'm going schitzo mistrusting my perceptions... That's right... I'm coming apart at the seems.

. . . [The Age of Autoincorrect, dilution of smiley recognition, and the infinite potential possibilities inherent in a world full of monkeys reading each other's typewriters compels me, most wearily, to note for the record that, yes, the spelling on 'seems' is intentional and the point of the pun rather than this being an actual plea for help... sigh.] noo up?

Posted by: mindful webworker - er r master at March 23, 2014 04:30 AM (Ynbgq)

598 Well, my Cats took one on the chin facing Kentucky's Cats, but they fought hard all the way against a very talented team. If a few 3's would have gone in at their normal rate... And if wishes was fishes... Well, Kentucky gets to face another team from my home state today. Prepare to be "Shocked" today young men. So how have the three teams from your home state faired so far? Your brackets? Kinda sore from getting four holes dug yesterday (hey, they're big holes,,, and I'm old) and the soil amended for planting blueberry bushes. My first attempt at them so all prayers and finger & eye crossing accepted. Now for trying to get back in past the white screens after I hit post. If I can't here's a preemptive ... Love each other fellow babies.

Posted by: teej-who must be doing pretty much everything wrong at March 23, 2014 04:33 AM (QbKVX)

599 Hi teej! There's a new post up now...

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 23, 2014 04:37 AM (SUKHu)

600 Well, I've had tea and showered and it's still dark outside.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 05:19 AM (T1005)

601 {yankeefifth gently sobbing into scotch and tearing up plane ticket while flicking light off and on to madame butterfly.} googles greenpeace registration.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 01:08 AM (rDidD)

::writes yankeefifth's name in little black book, just in case:: ya never know

Ladies: he sounds like a good catch.

(although happily married for 35yrs, so I may be too old an cranky, but I do have some good qualities remaining). In reality I will be a nun like Aubrey Hepburn in that movie I liked as a child. And eat Rocky Road ice cream three times a day, followed by spicy Doritos and swilling wine. This is how I would handle it.

Good luck, Tammy!

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 23, 2014 06:49 AM (baL2B)

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