Aunt Fritzi went on a bender again.
Yes, indeed. Soon begins the ‘Silly Season’ of the Presidential election.
Dirty tricks, lies, bias, RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA!!! Murder Hornets!!! Monkey Pox!!!!
Enjoy This Open
The Silly Season Is Soon Upon Us. Open
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
…clears up the debris and arranges the deck chairs to their upright position…
One of Hubby’s docs prescribed a new blood thinner med the doc wants him to take for 6 mos.
Stopped at Walgreens to pick up a 1 month supply. $840. Hubby said NOPE.
Called the Doc and said TRY AGAIN. Got yelled at by the nurse.
NOT HAPPY
90 degrees in the hallway. Modem is apparently kaputski. Bitchin.
Three monthly prescription cost from the quack costs $30.00 and my old Air NZ Staff Welfare annual medical insurance for odds and sods refunds 100% of prescriptions. Pharmacy costs of the drugs paperwork is $5 until you reach some limit that nobody seems to know, kicks out, then it’s free. Drugs are free except for some weird stuff that is not on the free list like Trifecta is about to take for his Cystic Fibrosis when he reached six later this month. It would have cost $345,000 a year, but fortunately it has recently been added to the free list, so it’s free for him as well
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Sometimes it’s good to live ‘down-under’!
Looks like they got Starliner undocked, anyway
https://x.com/StephenClark1/status/1832185757693571304
Starliner is on a safe trajectory away from ISS. What’s next? (all times EDT) (1/2)
⢠7:42pm: Entry door closure
⢠9:05pm: OMAC engine checkouts
⢠9:34pm: Hotfire of crew module thrusters
⢠10:57pm: Go/no go for deorbit burn
⢠11:17pm: Deorbit burn (59 seconds)
Palos Verdes CA
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1067298388732557&set=pcb.1067298432065886
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Pay them to let the illegals have their houses!
Aussie Infidel wrote:
Gawd. But here’s the difference. Blood thinners are not uncommon. The Pharms don’t need to recoup their R&D. I checked and there are quite a few that cost signifigicantly less
I just can’t anymore. My sister is telling me I have to get the spare bedroom done before the Rapture next year. She’s absolutely serious. When I said “Well, then what’s the point?” she said we’re still expected to live and she just made the final payment on her cruise for next year.
People I think are sane for the longest time, e.g. “Trump made his money by building Hotels and Golf Courses and Biden made his money by selling out our country to China and collecting 10% from his son and brother who bribed foreign countries.” then pop up with “Marjorie Taylor Greene is a Russian asset.”
If I bang my head against my keyboard anymore, I’m going to hurt myself
@ eaglesoars:
I gonna butt in now. Have you tried amazons pharmacy? Itâs usually much cheaper than Walgreens.
This deranged segment on msnbc claiming everyone from the creators on Tenet to members of the house and senate need to be prosecuted and they tie it up w this UNREAL banger to criminally go after
@elonmusk
. âHe has to moderate his speech in the interest of national securityâ
This fuckface is a ‘silicon valley investor.
https://x.com/AmandaMilius/status/1832250684663533766
Calo wrote:
Never even thought of it. Thank you!
Something strange going on. Tucker interviewed some whack job who tried to make the case the Churchill was the bad guy who wanted to kill the Jews and Hitler was the good guy trying to save them with Lebensraum or something. Many people thought Tucker agreed with him. I didn’t see it so don’t have an opinion. However I have seen some people agreeing with him. I don’t know any of them, don’t know if they’re big deals or not.
Now I’m starting to see revisionist histories of Lincoln.
And my nose twitches.
Re-writing the past is a big step in revolutionary movements, often accompanied by reputational destruction of the culture’s historic heroes.
Be aware.
A Study Shows that Blue State Refugees Are Voting Heavily Republican in Tennessee. But note, heâs talking about refugees: âBefore I discuss the specifics of the analysis, I believe it is necessary to once again discuss the difference between âcolonizersâ and ârefugees.â The colonizers tend to be left-wing voters relocating to a red state because of their job. That is what makes Texas Governor Greg Abbottâs recruitment of tech companies so distasteful. Abbott has recruited wave after wave of tech workers from California, and they generally bring their left-wing voting habits with them. It is terribly short-sighted for Texas to import anti-carbon voters who will enthusiastically kill off Texasâ petroleum and cattle industries. Refugees, by contrast, tend to be conservatives fleeing blue states. They vote Republican in their new state, making it even redder. Even better, they bring with them an appreciation for just how destructive 21st Century Democrats are when they gain power.â
https://instapundit.com/671135/
links at the link
@ eaglesoars:
Voting tourism. Move to a red state, stay there for 30 days, register, vote, and move back after the election.
eaglesoars wrote:
National socialism and fascism are far right. Pass it on.
heh
https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/1832199755486667156
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
I’ve read that is a tactic they would like to use but how practical is it to do?
When I registered, I had to show proof of residency. Driver’s license in my case. That showed an address.
GETTING the drivers license required proof of age/residence. Utility bills.
They’re on a one-month cycle.
Housing. Where do you find a one – or even 2 – month lease? Not here.
If you have an ordinary job/family life, leaving that for 30 days is almost impossible.
So it sounds good, but not practical
@ rain of lead:
brilliant!
June 19th 36 large eggs $4.53
July 17th 36 large eggs $7.88
Today 36 large eggs $11.08
I like eggs….
eaglesoars wrote:
I recall Silicon Valley types doing it and working remotely, but I can’t pinpoint the story.
Cajun of the Ring
https://x.com/i/status/1832435210161639493
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
I remember something like that too. Takes care of the job part but not the family/housing issues.
Grocery order placed 3:39pm
On doorstep 4:09pm
Paid an extra $5 as there was alcohol involved and I needed an exact time window so I could put pants on to sign for it. Plus a 10% tip.
If I ordered normal stuff I would have got the in home delivery option which is free and no tips. That is where they come into your home and put fridge shit in the fridge. That is $40 per year.
Walmart currently are kicking ass as far as I am concerned. I also get free shipping on any size order. Flea killing stuff arrives tomorrow. Ordered today.
I spend about $10-$20 per week on lottery tickets. Never win much.
As an example a rare win on Mega Millions got me a $2 prize, cashed it in and got a Powerball ticket for tonight.
Why do I do it?
Well the money would be nice, and to be honest life changing but the main reason I buy lottery tickets is that if I win big then I can send someone a $10 Amazon gift card and a big smile.
Hey, I am not cheap, make that a $20 gift card and a really big smile.
Things not looking good here at the moment.
Nothing has been eaten since midnight and it is now 7:22pm. Or 19:22 as we say in the rest of the world.
Calories so far, when this current coffee mug of Merlot is consumed will be 960. Consisting of 32g carbs.
To offset this enormous intake of empty calories a small bag of steamed cauliflower is in the microwave.
Steamed cauliflower will probably still be in the microwave tomorrow afternoon. * burp *
Malia Obama is a mess. She looks like she needs to be hosed down
https://x.com/kingbealestreet/status/1832510445770473902
No taste. No grace. Nothing
I was attempting to cheat by using Mars time or Venus time to play the numbers game but my head hurts. Spent an hour ( One hour Earth time, 1 hr 1 min 39 sec Mars hour, 243 hours on Venus )
Then we have another problem as to what if Blogmocracy is hosted on a server on Mars or Venus? What time would it show?
For those wondering, or those getting worried.
I have not explored what time Uranus is set to.
@ Possum:
As to that post. The 24hrs was completed by a cheese sandwich x 2 and half a can of Campbells harvest tomato soup bringing the day total to 1650 calories which is just above my daily goal.
BUT! only 690 calories was from food. 960 calories from wine. Then I had a nap.
Midnight Central time is a new day. Checking spreadsheet.
A serving of some breakfast cereal ( 59g ) and a big blob ( 170g ) of low fat vanilla Greek yogurt at 12:08am was 290 calories.
So how come that at 2:20am I am up to 1010 calories after I drink this nice coffee mug of Merlot?
It is number three. Researching time on other planets is thirsty work.
On an unrelated subject I need to get a tan.
Sitting in front of the computer and with the window wide open. The glare of the computer screen is reflecting of my belly. Especially when I am here, it is a very white site.
I have X set to night time, and watching movies is not as bright.
Moths are attracted to light, they are flying in through the open window and crashing into my glowing in the dark belly!
They do not bite, but it is annoying.
Do not know what kind of moths they are, about half an inch long.
Hey a question. Anyone know how to tell the difference between a moth and a butterfly?
Meal ended up being sardines on toast. And now it is night nap time.
Sardines on toast added another 460 calories to 8th September calorie count. Oh well, going to have to eat lettuce for the next 18 hours.
On a positive note, roaches go nuts for toast. One male roach made four attempts to eat my toast but I was not fast enough.
Fifth attempt I was ready. He crossed the rainbow bridge….
Itâs the start of the 2nd week of the Great Cycle Challenge!
Iâm a little behind on my distance, but will catch up this week.
https://greatcyclechallenge.com/riders/BruceRoepke
Please help if you can.
Our latest rescue, Yumiko, is fine with being petted and getting her head scratched. Sheâll still hiss sometimes, but hasnât been aggressive except when we tried getting her to the vet. Iâm glad I was wearing those heavy animal handling gloves that go up to the shoulder. We have to get her in so she isnât stuck in that cage.
Mrs is doing better. Lots more arm movement, and her follow up with the surgeon is next week. Still a few months before she knows about damage to the artery and if sheâll need replacement surgery. Weâre tracking everything- mileage, time off, my time even if Iâm NOT taking time off work because I could have been doing something else. I donât think theyâd be sympathetic to âI had to drive across Kansas and Iowaâ for extra money though.
eaglesoars wrote:
Xweet got hosed down too. AI?
right_wing2 wrote:
Wait, what? I missed something. Again.
Possum wrote:
My shoulder hurts for some reason. Been that way for three days now, no change. I’m guessing torn ligament, bone spur break, drug side effects, weasels… don’t know. It affects how long I can type. Alleve helps some, so does Blue Emu, but no improvement. Not quite bad enough to hit my stash of GabbaGabbaHey.
Possum wrote:
Haffinch Moth.
Yes.
right_wing2 wrote:
I see I have nothing to complain about.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Except for the heat. I can bitch about that.
As God is my witness, nobody can come up with a casserole recipe that doesn’t use cheese or some cream soup
The first photo tells the story.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/09/03/california-landslides-rancho-palos-verdes/
@ eaglesoars:
She was up at the Mayo Clinic in June because a friend was having cancer surgery.
Going back in the hotel Sunday night, she tripped on a piece of concrete that had settled and broke her humorous in 3 places.
Instead of doing anything there, they sent her back here for surgery, almost a month after the accident. I drove up on that Monday an we came back in her car Tuesday (6/25).
Weâre going after the hotel, but I think Mayo should be sued too.
@ right_wing2:
Ouch!
Gavin Newsom is never going to be POTUS. Look at this video
It all started with radical Kamala Harris.
Now, California has officially been conquered.
Mob of thugs take over the Bay Bridge, assault, carjack and then rob these helpless motorists.
https://x.com/Dapper_Det/status/1832881037719859252
Demented Liz Cheney thinks Reagan could have given Kamalaâs DNC speech.
https://tinyurl.com/4hx88yky
2024
S 9/1 9 kWh
M 9/2 9 kWh
T 9/3 6 kWh
W 9/4 8 kWh
T 9/5 5 kWh
F 9/6 6 kWh
S 9/7 7 kWh
2023
S 9/3 38 kWh
M 9/4 33 kWh
T 9/5 40 kWh
W 9/6 40 kWh
T 9/7 43 kWh
F 9/8 45 kWh
S 9/9 33 kWh
Proof that the planet is cooling down. At this rate 2025 will be an ice age…
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Being serious, you remember I suspected multivitamins and supplements for old people causing me joint pain so I stopped taking them. Well last week pain in my hips and left knee was so bad I could not make it to the beer place and back without tears of pain. Even when knee strapped up in a knee brace thingy.
Actually had to wear knee brace all the time so I could get to bathroom and kitchen.
All pain gone now, and you reminded me to re-start taking supplements as that is obviously not the cause. Something else is triggering joint pain.
It has to be something I am eating. And something I am not eating continually.
Tried googling and doing the AI thing asking which foods can cause joint pain/inflammation and if you look at the results and combine them then the answer is.
EVERYTHING!!!!!
@ Possum:
Well, there’s your answer: Stop eating and your joint pain will go away.
@ lobo91:
And I lose my belly fat.
A win, WIN!
@ Possum:
Aw now it gets complicated. It looks like the human body stores toxins in fat cells to dispose of them. When you diet those fat cells get reduced in size but also release not only stored fat but the toxins that were stored there.
So, dieting to reduce body fat can actually also release toxins that can irritate joints.
I liked my life much more when I was fat, happy and did not spreadsheet everything I ate.
Think of a Possum looking like Buddha. He is always fat, smiling and looking happy.
@ Possum:
One of Avastin’s side effects is back & shoulder aches, but it’s a tolerable dull pain. A month ago my GP started me on Dapaglifozin, also known to cause achy back. Since my gripes are primarily with my left shoulder, I think I pinched a nerve and the surrounding tissues are all pissed off and fired up. If I tore something, Avastin slows healing. Gonna call Nurse Snakeyes tomorrow and ask for some anti-inflammatory stuff.
eaglesoars wrote:
This guy covers CA atrocities pretty well, and without the cutesy snark.
https://x.com/TheKevinDalton
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
oh great follow, thanks!
@ Possum:
I have autoimmune hepatitis which expresses as inflammation/cirrhosis of the liver. I’ve been able to cut back my immune suppressant med by 2/3 w/diet.
I started with blueberries and Tumeric. A lot cheaper than meds
https://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/g20682941/best-anti-inflammatory-foods/?
And my last scan showed no more cirrhosis
8 yrs
So the Hatians Biden dumped in Ohio have been eating peoples pets
@ eaglesoars:
I am sure that many people in Ohio would love to move to Haiti if the USA spent a billion dollars and bought a nice chunk of the island and turned it into paradise.
Haiti is currently a third world shit hole.
Real GDP per capita
$2,900 (2023 est.)
$3,000 (2022 est.)
$3,100 (2021 est.)
Now contrast that with the Dominion Republic. The number one Caribbean tourist spot.
Real GDP per capita
$23,100 (2023 est.)
$22,800 (2022 est.)
$21,900 (2021 est.)
But you may yell ” Haiti and the Dominion Republic are totally different places geographically, not a fair comparison! “
@ Possum:
The Dominican Republic has a border wall.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
LOL you are good at doing research! They have a very strictly enforced border wall. To keep out undesirable people.
Dominion Republic got it right.
For anyone missing the context here Haiti is 3 eighths of the island of Hispaniola, Dominican Republic is the rest of that island in the Caribbean.
One side of the island is a shit hole, the other side is quite prosperous and a major tourist destination.
The issue is not geography, climate etc it is who is running the country.
Possum wrote:
But I thought Hillary built everyone a nice house!
Another interesting fact about Haiti and the Dominion Republic is that most of the species of animals on the island of Hispaniola are non-native. They were introduced there.
90% of the animal species on the island, the ones that have been there for thousands of years, long before humans arrived are….
BATS!!!!
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Also try Blue Emu. Works wonders!
@ eaglesoars:
They may have nice houses but only 25% have electricity. That includes people with generators!
Blackrock is buying Ancestry
@ eaglesoars:
I am really glad that when I bought a DNA thing last year I decided not to spit in it and send it back. When I ordered it I thought it may be fun to see the results of my ancestry.
It would have been pointless, the eyes give me away.
rightymouse wrote:
Done that. No significant effect, so I’m guessing pinched nerve. Gonna see the snake-eye nurse in an hour. They have air conditioning!
@ Possum:
the missus wanted to do the Ancestry thing for here birthday a few years back. Didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know (she’s spanish / mestizo mix, I’m European mutt) except that I’m also distantly related to an eastern European Jew.
A cat post.
Natasha is in the kitchen, sitting on the floor in a pre-pounce position. When I go in there to get another beer she gives me an angry stare then resumes the position.
I know what that means. We have a Mickey in the house. We do not call them mice, or a mouse. Reason is, before Natasha got her forever name I used to call her Mouse. She is mouse coloured and calling a cat Mouse was funny in my childish way of thinking.
Anyway it always amazes me why a mouse would even think of entering an apartment containing two ( used to be four ) cats.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
I am blond and severely blue eyed. Not that faint blue with a dark ring on the outside but a deep blue.
A perfect Hitler Youth poster child.
While we are on the subject of third world countries no water here for the last four hours.
It happens several times every month.
LOL as usual calling the apartment manager office results in the recorded answer ” we are unable to take your call… “
According to family lore, I was expecting to find out British/Irish/German/French. I wasn’t expecting any Native American because that’s not in their database. So that part panned out. The surprise was the Scandinavian part, which they have now localized to Norway. Then I realized those Viking people kept the Irish as a slave/breeding population for about 300 years, so yeah….
My sister got the BIG surprise. No Scandinavian trace at all. But my sister got the big surprise. Ashkenazi Jewish! Where did THAT come from?? Oh, right, maternal grandmother is German. Good thing Mom was already dead, that would have killed her. She wasn’t an anti-Semite, it just made her different which she would have hated. Oddly enough, every else in her immediate family had blue eyes and light brown hair. Mom’s hair/eyes were almost black
eaglesoars wrote:
Haiti is Bolivia at sea level. Who lives in shithole countries is everything. The Dominican Republic is run by smart folks who have their shit together. Haiti and Bolivia are places inhabited by nasty morons who have unsanitary habits and zero education where in Haiti’s case you have underground Voodoo crazies and in Bolivia’s case the Witches’ Market in La Paz where you can purchase lama foetuses for ritual purposes and give them a wink and a nod and you get human foetuses to use in their spells. Both these shit-holes have evil as a common metric and you can feel the wickedness in the air you breathe there.
The Dominican Republic have high walls to keep Haitians well away. The Bolivian Marxists have indefensible borders and ALL of their neighbours have helped themselves to Bolivian territory over the last 150 years. Bolivia has lost 5-zip in wars since the 1870s and had over 87 ‘revolutions’ over the past 150 years. In 1985 they had two revolutions in a single day! Hardly anyone even noticed. The Earth could open and swallow both shit-holes and nobody would care…..
Hey CW
y’all gonna like this
College football ER packed out again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejQ77InvJrQ
eaglesoars wrote:
You better believe that!
The River Shannon that emptied on the Irish West coast was easy pickings for Norse Vikings. The O’Brian ‘sept’ and O’Kennedy ‘sept’ (groupings of seven related families under a sub-chief.) Our ‘sept’ had the O’Carolls as their sub-chief and we inhabited the ‘Devil’s-Bit – Mountain’ that was deep enough inland to stay clear of viking raiders and slavers. The Norse figured is why leave your boats ashore and vulnerable, to being burned and then walk uphill, when the O’Kennedy and O’Brien ‘septs’ were easy pickings as slaves, down river?
Our O’Caroll ‘sept’ actually had EIGHT family groups rather than the nominal seven family groups, as the O’Doolans blotted their former ‘sept’s’ copy book and were thrown out and cast up with the O’Caroll ‘sept’, as refugees.
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Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
You do realise that almost all Western Ancestry Search companies subcontract the Gene typing to CHINESE companies who then keep your genetics on file …. for some future use!!
My daughter got her genetic background and effectively gave the Chinese our family genetic fingerprint, even though I warned my daughter she was doing a silly thing, that may come back to bite us all in the arse at some future time!
@ Aussie Infidel:
Hubby’s family is part of the Sutherland sept. I have no idea where my family, the McKee/McCoy family belong. All I know is we fought the Hatfield family. Over a pig I think
Oh, almost forgot. James Earl Jones has passed.
@ Possum:
Water finally back on. However as I do not have a hot date lined up tonight then I am going to remain stinky.
I am so used to having no water I have a couple of gallon containers of water available so I can make coffee in the mornings.
Made sure I always have coffee water available after the time I once woke up and there was no water. But there was water in the cats water dish and I seriously contemplated stealing it. I had a beer instead.
I love my cats, what is left of them.
Planning supper, it has to be something I can put together easily and then cook and re-heat when really hungry and time for bed.
Craving shepherds pie but no sheep.
Cottage pie is a good alternative but no cow.
I have pork thawed, but pig herder pie does not sound appetizing.
Going to make supper with what I have and fuck the calorie counting spreadsheet. Sometimes I fear I am becoming obsessive with it. Yesterday I ate two fresh and juicy peaches and did not enter them onto spreadsheet. They were a treat.
At the moment supper is trending towards roast pork, packet mash, canned carrots, mushroom gravy and Yorkshire pudding. No way I am calculating that one….
O/T: Just got back to town after my Dad’s funeral. Mom has moved into a new place. It’s been such a tough, painful, sad, exhausting, weekend. “Sad” doesn’t begin to encompass it.
LOL cats are funny.
I arranged the pillows and the blankie so it looked like I was in bed. Just as you see in the movies when someone is expecting an assassin to creep into the room and shoot at the thing in the bed. PEW, PEW, PEW!!!!
Heard stampeding feet and Natasha came running into the bedroom and took a flying leap onto the bed, onto the decoy body.
When she realized it was not me in bed she just smiled and casually walked away.
I am going to pay for that sneaky trick later. I hope.
eaglesoars wrote:
Ahhh The voice of Darth Vader!
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RIP
Canoe Convoy wrote:
It is a sad time. My condolences.
Aussie Infidel
Aussie Infidel wrote:
Found that out after the fact.
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Interesting that the topic of Vikings came up. I started re-watching The Norsemen last night.
Acclaimed historian Maxine Waters says Haitians are the victims of years of racist oppression.
https://x.com/i/status/1833245487207748041
eaglesoars wrote:
The Sutherland sept were all from in and around Belfast in North in the later likes of Counties Antrim, Down, Armagh, and Fermanagh.
The sub Chief of the O’Carrols were from the middle of the South in the central hill country overlooking the Shannon River. Originally our family name that belonged to the O’Carrol sept were the O Meichair family. That was the original Anglicised name from the original runes of around 500s AD. There were all manner of variations on that original pronunciation during the 1200s – 1500s.
Our sept O’Carrol region was in and around the villages of Rosscrea and Templemore, a few miles north of the Devil’s-Bit- Mountain, the O’Carrol sept stronghold.
I visited the stronghold in person on one of those dark and stormy afternoons. The Devi’s Bit was supposed to be a mountain that the Devil bit a chunk out of, and spat it …. the Rock of Cashel …. out 20 Kilometers to the South. Nice story … BUT!
About 10,000 BC a glacier, 1 mile deep ran, over the mountain and gouged out the mountain’s hard centre. Carried it south as Glaciers tended to do (downhill) and then melted and left the rock of Cashel behind. About 9,000 years later some enterprising Ryans built a castle on top of the rock. Mrs AI’s lot were Ryans! đ
@ eaglesoars:
The current Devil’s-Bit-Mountain is the small arms range for the Guarda (national cops) ,
There is a 1000 year old Round Tower right in the middle of Rosecrea village right alongside the current local gas station! To get into a stone ’round tower’ you had to use a ladder to get into a doorway about half way up the round tower and pull the ladder up after you! Then throw rocks down on anyone trying to climb the tower.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
That is a funny series! đ
Dublin was founded by the Norse because it was warmer than the Western side of the Ireland! A bit like York on the Eastern side of England, where the Norse also settled and built a stone keep a bit inland up a Vike (creek) where is was harder to raid directly off the open sea. Dublin also had the same linage.
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Vikings never built their villages on an open beach as they learned from experience, coastal sites were prone to raiders arriving unexpectedly!
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@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Have you read the norse text … ‘Eaters of the Dead’ written by an Arab who lived as a ‘guest’ with a bunch of Vikings from what is now Northern Denmark who ‘visited’ Western Sweden.
A truly great story 1,200 years in the telling
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
A fiction written by MICHAEL CRICHTON but based on the factual but embellished writings if an Arab who had been collected along a river that was used to traverse between trade routes from Scandinavia and the Black Sea to Constantinople.
Long story short ,a bunch of Viking traders living in summer trading ports somewhere in what is the Ukraine and trading in slaves and amber into the Black Sea ports. Message from home in Northern Denmark to come quickly on a Saga. They needed a traditional 13th. Member who had to be someone weird for reasons magical and snatched an Arab trader to accompany them on a quest … dadd or alive …. it mattered little!
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MichaelCrichton wove his fictional story from the actual log of this Arab trader and his travels!
@ Canoe Convoy:
Gawd. This sucks. I’m sorry. All I can tell you is that it gets better. It will never be the same but it gets better.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
Do you have the name of the book? I’d love to read it. Looking at Amazon now.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
I read Michael Crichton’s novel of the same name; he combined it with a retelling of Beowulf. The book was reissued as The 13th Warrior and made into a movie I didn’t see.
[edited for stupid typos]
eaglesoars wrote:
found it. EATERS OF THE DEAD
Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922 (later republished as The 13th Warrior to correspond with the film adaptation of the novel) is a 1976 novel by Michael Crichton, the fourth novel under his own name and his 14th overall. The story is about a 10th-century Muslim Arab who travels with a group of Vikings to their settlement.
Crichton explains in an appendix that the book was based on two sources. The first three chapters are a retelling of Ahmad ibn Fadlan’s personal account of his actual journey north and his experiences with and observations of Varangians. The remainder is a retelling of Beowulf.
@ Aussie Infidel:
You posted before I could respond! I’m slow these days.
Now I’m seeing that all the ‘pet eating’ stories are bunk.
We shall see
Bunkarina called, said she and her hubboid are going to have a late honeymoon – two weeks touring England, Scotland & Ireland… in November.
@ eaglesoars:
Obama ate a dog.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
oh god I forgot about that!
100 Dalmatians.
Sorry that should be 101
@ Possum:
I was busy.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXFx-IobEAAbmL_?format=png&name=small
BTW, Meloxicam seems to be working. I’m very sorry for calling the nurse practitioner Snakeyes.
eaglesoars wrote:
Eaters of the Dead
Crichton
One of those… I promise that I’ll read just one more Chapter and I promise this time that I’ll put it down!
MEANWHILE THE CLOCK READS ZERO DARK THIRTY!
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@ Aussie Infidel:
State of Fear was an interesting book having to do with climate change and government weaponization of weather. As with his other formulaic novels, Crichton did his homework and provided an interesting list of references in the addendum, with links to NASA documents. After the book was published, NASA disappeared them, and (IIRC) subsequent editions of the book omitted them.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
bloody miracle drug
Kamala just plagarized Biden. Pretty funny as that’s what he’s known for
Copy-Pasted Policies from Joe Bidenâs Campaign
https://www.breitbart.com/
Bongino’s Pennsylvania sources are telling him Kamala is going to lose the state.
19 electoral votes
So the dems have decided that the word of the year is “terrified”. Over 6 different ads using variations on that word. Strange, I thought they said at their convention they were all about “joy”.
Pre-Debate. Look at PA.
https://polymarket.com/elections
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
That’s Weird.
@ eaglesoars:
PA is probably the key to the entire election.
The missus saw a clip of a black woman going off about Kamala’s bathtub collard greens story. “Disgusting! Your buttcrack has been in there! Washing your food with all those pubic hairs! Toe fungus!”
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
none of those states look good for K except MI and WI and those margins are not small
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
which is what any woman who has ever cleaned a bathtub thought. Which goes to show she never has
eaglesoars wrote:
My math probably doesn’t math that well, but looking at those numbers I have no idea how you rig that for Kamal
Terrorist attack at Wiltshire police station, ten ambulances and specialist police in attendance.
Public to stay away.
The UK I think
https://x.com/10MarXmen/status/1833597125436883111
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Lol
I am going to watch the debate tonight because I cannot trust the people in here to give an unbiased synopsis.
A Tuesday afternoon shopping tip for anyone who goes to the store and using the self checkout.
As you probably know some fruits and vegetables have a bar code sticker on them. You select the produce you desire and put them in a plastic sack but leave the sack unfastened so you can get one out at the checkout, scan it, type the quantity then put the item back in the sack and tie it closed.
Easy!!!
But wait, when unpacking my green peppers I noticed the professional shopper had done a cool trick.
Select the four green peppers, place them in the sack, tie the top. But removing a sticker from one of the peppers and sticking it to the outside of the little sack.
Obvious thing to do if you think about it. I never did…
A Delta A350 took off the tail of a CRJ900 earlier today in Atlanta:
The train wreck begins.
Kamala is depending on low info voters. There are no Trump fingerprints on Agenda 2025, it belongs to the Heritage Foundation. Trump got abortion back to the states, there CAN”T be a ‘national abortion ban”
@ eaglesoars:
It looks like her entire “debate prep” consisted of memorizing all of the various lies and out of context statements that have ever been used to smear Trump over the last 8 years.
@ eaglesoars:
@ Aussie Infidel: Thank you, both. These last several days have been gloomy & morose, lugubrious & melancholy, for me. Very sad.
@ Canoe Convoy:
Well, there’s a lot of wisdom in the Jewish faith. Mourn for a year but ALWAYS may the memory be a blessing.
Focus on the blessing part. That will always be with you. My family miss my parents more than we can express but when we get together it’s “Oh, I wanted to show you this, remember?” Or the funny stories, like the time my mother dropped the F bomb like grenades in the grocery store and I fell on the floor laughing. I had no idea she even knew the word. Over time the memories will fill the hole and you should let them.
Webcam captured its own destruction in the Trabuco Canyon fire.
https://x.com/i/status/1833612007058141482
We’re about 40 miles away, there was a huge plume of smoke and ash earlier today.
lobo91 wrote:
The moderators never fact checked her, they stomped Trump every chance they got.
But a lot of people are just starting to pay attention and for them she probably looked good. I think the ‘winner’ depends on who watched. If you don’t know her record on fracking, you’re just scratching your head. Her personna was quite confident. She was not the Kamala who got leveled by Tulsi Gabbard in one minute an 30 seconds.
@ eaglesoars:
Xwitter rumor is that her earrings were audio thingys.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Yeah saw that. Can’t be bothered
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
what is starting these fires?
eaglesoars wrote:
This is some of the most intense fire video Iâve ever seen. A California ski resort burned to the ground on a livestream.
@mthigh
resort in Wrightwood, CA has been consumed by the #BridgeFire.
https://x.com/GageGoulding/status/1833672266825015424
Before I log off for the night, I saw some tweets about how China has gone heavily digital currency.
Then I saw some tweets about how parts of China got hit by hurricanes and places have been without power for 3 days.
People can’t charge their phones to access their bank accounts so they can’t buy food, etc.
Beware.
nite
eaglesoars wrote:
The Trabuco Canyon fire was started by a construction crew moving boulders for firefighter access and somehow sparked it off.
The whole thing about cats and geese is a distraction from the actual issue. Springfield, IL is a town of 55,000 people that’s had 20,000 Hatians dumped on it. What town could support a 40% population increase over the course of a year or two, particularly when they’re people who don’t speak English, have no job skills, and have no intention of integrating into our society?
Budweiser 9/11 tribute commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyP0JsyvYnA
Here comes the cheat sheet
BREAKING – Widespread delivery problems with the US mail could disrupt voting in the presidential election, officials say. – AP
https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1833900148956840402
Yeah and we’ve been had. They used to help us hunt and now we’re all on the hook for vet bills, primo dog food, training etc. We’re all suckers.
And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Is Manâs Best Friend the âSuperweaponâ That Helped Humans Outcompete the Neanderthals?
After all, the Neanderthals were bigger and stronger. They mightâve been smarter. They had homefield advantage and knew the terrain like the back of their hand: All the animals to hunt, all the best fishing spots, all the ways to survive winter. They evolved specifically for this environment; it was their home for 350,000 years!
And then, a few thousand years later, they all vanished from the earth. Whoosh!
One theory of what mightâve given humans the upper-hand is a helpful paw: The faithful dog.
We donât know when dogs were first domesticated. Some experts believe it was only 15,000 years ago, but others put the timeline at 40,000 years ago, or even longer. The two oldest known dog skeletons were found in a Belgium cave and in the Altai Mountains of Siberia, dating back 33,000 years ago.
Either way, the bond between humans and wolves-turned-dogs predates agriculture and the invention of the wheel. Itâs one of the oddest partnerships in Mother Nature: A symbiotic connection between two very different species â but one that allows both man and dog to overcome life-and-death adversity.
In the hands of a human, a domesticated dog would be tantamount to a superweapon â a technological breakthrough that equipped modern humans with night vision, an alarm system, a hunting partner, a warm body on a cold night, and even provided self-defense. Humans with spears fighting against Neanderthals with spears might be a close match, but when dogs are added to the mix, itâs a strategic mismatch.
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2024/09/09/is-mans-best-friend-the-superweapon-that-helped-humans-outcompete-the-neanderthals-n4932383
@ eaglesoars:
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/california-line-fire-updates-wildfire-suspect-arrested-65600/story?id=113578920
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
That means he has to come up with a mere $8k. Not enough
@ lobo91:
Springfield OHIO is the one with the Haitians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Ohio
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Never been to either place. The point remains.
@ eaglesoars:
Thatâs why I vote in person.
right_wing2 wrote:
It’s not so much an issue of Trump ballots being “lost in the mail,” though. The real issue is that it gives them cover to keep accepting ballots long after the election, which opens up the potential for wholesale printing of ballots.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Yup I like Crichton’s writing style and he is right up there with the best with his deep research on which many of his fictional books are based.
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@ lobo91:
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
@ eaglesoars:
Nice video of an RAN SeaHawk doing a flare dump above the rear deck of HMAS Sydney.
https://x.com/Australian_Navy/status/1832178518924390601?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1832178518924390601|twgr^f1b3aab49ac65a2bc976e00ad6822befccac821f|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fsea%2Faustralian-mh-60r-helicopter-executes-stunning-flare-dump-off-stern-of-destroyer
You can see the cameraman standing on the fan deck of the Aussie Destroyer HMAS Sydney, looking at the RAN Seahawk chopper pilot, thinking. You trying to get us sunk by an anti-ship missile mate?
Great shot however!
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@ Aussie Infidel:
Oh how fun!
I don’t see a source for this so FWIW
https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1833900148956840402
Ohio has deployed State Troopers to Springfield, Ohio.
@ eaglesoars:
HEH!
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https://www.baesystems.com/en-aus/what-we-do/nulka
The Aussie Adelaide Class air warfare DDG HMAS Sydney should have had the Seahawk hovering beside the onboard Nulka ‘spoofing and seduction system’ …..pretend DDG…. half a mile or so trailing the HMAS Sydney. The shot wouldn’t have been quite so spectacular however!
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@ eaglesoars:
lobo91 wrote:
Gov’t kickbacks
eaglesoars wrote:
“DeWine said he also authorized surging Ohio State Highway Patrol resources in Springfield starting Wednesday morning.”
https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2024-09-10/dewine-sends-money-ohio-highway-patrol-to-springfield-amid-national-immigrant-debate
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
I see I’m running slow again…
Kamala’s blatant lies: the fact checks that never happened but should have (with video clip).
https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1833869730735603919
eaglesoars wrote:
Yeah, our local ads are pushing both of those myths. The national abortion ban is what they are using for their multiple “terrified” ads. Even though we on the right are about letting the states decide, they realize their mindless followers know that their side will force things on everyone, so they believe the other side will behave the same.
Also a ton of anti-trump agenda 2025 ads. Totally disregarding reality, they claim that he will use agenda 2025 to put all power in the Presidency, you know, something that the entire right is opposed to.
Hey, but they can keep selling the myth, it’s only their true believers and low info people that actually are buying.
Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:
Ruth Bader Ginsberg said that she regretted voting for Roe and that it should have remained in the power of the states. Nobody mentions that.
Bad news, I am gaining weight. Three pounds in the last 13 days. ( that is when new computer arrived so I have 13 days data )
I know EXACTLY what is causing the weight gain.
Homeless people….
I’m seeing a lot of discussion about Kamala’s earrings and how they acted as microphones in her ear so she could get her taking points blah blah blah.
This is all bullshit. NEVER underestimate your enemy. However she got to where she is, she DID get there. Start there.
Updated: Company responds to theory Harris wore audio earrings at debate: ‘The resemblance is striking’
https://x.com/jsolomonReports/status/1833956033963725260
https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1834031708326232494/photo/1
Uhhh I wasn’t ready to bite on this story before but this is wild. The Managing Director of the corp that makes the earpiece earrings Kamala was accused of said “The resemblance is striking” to its product, marveled how “suited” it is for debates, & offered to sell one to Trump.
https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1834031708326232494
One thing I remember about McCain’s passing was Meghan McCain’s tears and how she managed to keep her mascara from running down to her chin for 5 fucking days
You could see the coalition taking shape years ago, when all the Best People gathered for John McCainâs funeral in Washington, D.C., and then-President Donald Trump was pointedly disinvited. Our elites air-kissed and traded alligator tears around McCainâs flag-draped casket. In a touching moment of bipartisan polyamory, George W. Bush and Michelle Obama flirted like 13-year-olds while Barack looked on with a smile.
What unites these power elites beside a haughty contempt for the public they claim to serve? One key qualification that is too little discussed, even among MAGA types: amoral, blasĂŠ, dilettantish incompetence, unencumbered by moral principles or basic human empathy.
https://stream.org/what-september-11-2001-taught-us-there-are-no-adults-in-the-room/
I remember 2 other things. Ivanka showed up at the back of the church anyway in a major FUCK YOU.
But this is something that nobody followed up on. Remember when that envelope was passed around among the front pew attendees, the Bushes etc. What was that? What was in it?
Freezing tip. This time Bananas.
If you have excess bananas they can be frozen. When thawed they do not have the same texture as a fresh banana but they can be used in smoothies or sliced onto breakfast cereal.
You can peel them, place on a plate, freeze them and when firm put them in a zip lock bag and get as much air out as you can. But they will turn brownish.
Alternatively you can just toss them in the freezer as they are. The skin is the container. To use let them sit out at room temperature for about 30 minutes then they can be peeled. The insides will be still frozen. Slice and add to cereal or whatever you want a banana in.
One word of caution. If you just casually toss a bunch of bananas into the freezer on top of a big pile of bagged up leftovers be VERY careful when you open the freezer door. In fact wear steel toecap boots when opening the door.
The bananas separate from the main stalk. They come sliding out of the freezer like anti aircraft missiles, well anti feet missiles to be exact.
Trust me on this one, I knows. And a frozen banana hitting a toe from a height of five feet tends to sting a little.
@ eaglesoars:
I think it was McCain’s funeral where Bill Clinton was having a light-hearted chuckle with someone until he spotted the camera and began grieving and wiping invisible tears.
@ Possum:
You can also use a banana to hammer nails if you dip it in liquid nitrogen. Carpenters use hammers.
@ Possum:
BTW, how’s the weather?
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
It missed Houston. No rain, no wind, nothing.
Poor bastards in Louisiana got it again.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
On the subject of nails. In January I offered someone $100 if they would cut my toe nails. Offer was rejected.
I was at that time 236 and the belly got in the way when attempting to see my feet. Could not breath.
Add to that my eyesight is failing. Without reading glasses can’t see close up things as in feet. With reading glasses I can see clearly close up, but feet too far away. They are a blur.
Today I got it done alone, it was a struggle and done by feel alone. I am not as fat.
You ever seen the length of a big toe nail that has been growing nine months!
I had two!
Anyway it proved I am independent and do not need anyone else in my life.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
I remember the scene, but it was Ron Brownâs funeral.
earthquake around Malibu?
https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/10/exclusive-police-audio-report-confirm-haitian-goose-hunting-in-ohio-they-all-had-geese-in-their-hands/
eaglesoars wrote:
Little weenie 3.5 magnitude. Barely noticeable here, wiggled my bed and I rolled over.
@ coldwarrior:
Were the geese pets? If not, they don’t count.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
given the vids that i saw from the council meeting from multiple residents, and the knowledge that i have about voodoo and santeria (i researched wayyyyy tooo much about the tonton macoute and papa doc duvalier and their practices…call it morbid curiosity)i have no problems finding it very plausible that domestic animals have been used. there have been similar problems in miami and nyc.
that said, if it were whitey killing the park’s geese out of season, well…he’s be in jail for poaching and his entire house would be searched top to bottom by the game commission, fines, jail, all guns handed over.
coldwarrior wrote:
I’d forgotten all about them.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Scary at a severe level
@ coldwarrior:
hey! did you see my #73
thought you would get a kick out of it
also
proof god has a sense of humor
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/lawless-kingdom-british-crime-minister-has-her-purse/
As to why homeless people are making me gain weight.
I went on a strict keto diet and managed to lose 26 pounds in two months and I can really notice the difference. My belt is fastening three holes tighter.
Then I stopped losing weight, I would like to lose another 10-15 pounds but my daily calorie average is now at 2549 and not the below 1800 I would like.
I was in a good routine, walked every day to the store. Round trip of 0.6 miles so not a factor in weight loss. However only bought a six pack of beer, 762 calories which left me 1100 a day for food.
Now lately due to the growing homeless encampment I have to pass to get to the store where the street people aggressively ask for money I am not going to the store every day.
I have been spat at because I refused to give money. Luckily the spitter was a lousy aim and missed.
So why the weight gain? last 14 days average food calories are 1078 but alcohol has risen to 1471. Hence the weight gain, consuming more than the amount I need.
The reason? Walmart now delivers my beer so I don’t have to run the gauntlet every single day. Minimum order $35. That means I always have access to more beer than my daily six pack ration and who can resist an extra beer or three on a hot summer evening.
So, there you have it. Homeless people in the area make you fat.
rain of lead wrote:
Lol
@ Possum:
Start doing yoga.
coldwarrior wrote:
LOL you missed the post where I said cutting my toe nails was a struggle.
If I did Yoga I would need 911 on speed dial so the nice firemen and preferably firewomen would come and break into my apartment to untangle me.
300g yellow onion 10.5oz
100g green pepper 3.5oz
28g butter 1oz
Onions, peppers and butter lightly sauted then added to
300g cooked, seasoned and juicy chicken breast 10.5oz
220g Campbells Harvest tomato soup ( half a can leftover ) 7.7oz
Some water, zero calories, anyone who weighs water to calorie count is nuts.
A packet of McCormick taco seasoning.
All nicely stirred up in a slow cooker on low.
1025 calories but it will be three meals. That Mexican stuff is awesome on tortillias but they are high calory. I eats the stuff on a bed of lettuce.
200 calories of that is the one ounce of butter used to fry the peppers and onions.
Also known as 20% of the calories in the food you are preparing sneaks in via the things you din’t really consider.
Anyway, I ain’t sharing my supper, and lunch and supper tomorrow.
@ Possum:
Start easy, tons of stuff on yinztube.
When I lived in State College (Penn State) I had a lovely neighbor, Suze. She was from Haiti and a grad student in Psych. When she had to learn how to administer tests or something I was her guinea pig. We had a ton of fun and she was one of the kindest people I’ve ever met.
She had a little brother – IIRC his name was Kenny? – she used to get out of Haiti every summer to stay with her. Maybe 10 yrs old. If she had to go to the campus for awhile, I babysat. One day I pissed him off because he wanted to do something I wouldn’t let him do. I forget what it was. IIRC it may have been he couldn’t go to Dairy Queen because Suze said he was eating too much junk food.
He pitched a fit and started with the voodoo curse stuff. I laughed. When Suze came home I told her about it and to my surprise she didn’t laugh.
She gave that kid an ass whooping you would not BELIEVE. She wasn’t speaking English either. When she was finished she locked him in his room and told me “This is not funny. He actually intended to hurt you. Whatever you think about voodoo, I’ve seen too much of it to not take it seriously. I will have the curse lifted but if you sense the SLIGHTEST thing is wrong – a knife goes missing, something isn’t where you left it, I don’t care, I want to know about it”.
Holy Crap.
@ coldwarrior:
I think genetically I am able to do yoga and all that twisty stuff.
My younger sister used to sit in front of the TV, watching cartoons and at the same time biting her nails.
Her toe nails…
Possum wrote:
This is why it’s called a plateau.
So as you lose weight, your metabolism declines, causing you to burn fewer calories than you did at your heavier weight.
Your slower metabolism will slow your weight loss, even if you eat the same number of calories that helped you lose weight. When the calories you burn equal the calories you eat, you reach a plateau.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/weight-loss-plateau/art-20044615#:~:text=So%20as%20you%20lose%20weight,eat%2C%20you%20reach%20a%20plateau.
@ eaglesoars:
The homeless causing me to drink more beer per day caused this. My calorie intake has dramatically increased recently.
If I was not logging everything I ate or drank it would not be obvious why.
Truth is I am drinking more alcohol per day.
@ Possum:
Hey this place is anonymous, like AA so we can all tell the truth without fear of losing our jobs, homes, families or cats.
Got a Walmart delivery today, 30 12oz cans of Busch Light, Two 16oz bags of lettuce. Yep a 32oz bag is cheaper per ounce but it goes brown before I eat it all.
A 32oz bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide because after cutting my nasty toe nails I detect fungus lived there.
Also two small avocados. They are a diet killer, good for you but a small one weighs in at 230 calories. Small and sneaky.
The drunk Possum is caused by the $18 5L box of Cabernet. 4 coffee mugs of it, 300g per mug, 240 calories per mug and I am at 960 calories of no food today so far.
All because of the homeless. Which in an area of 99.9% Hispanic and 0.01% white, which is me the homeless encampment is 100% you guess…
@ eaglesoars:
It’s not to be taken lightly. I’ll just say that.
@ Possum:
Dien Bien Phu
Khe Sah
Siege of Acre
Stalingrad
https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1834357942897778829
Oh
Hell
Yes!!!!!!!!!
A cat post.
Cats and school busses. At 3:15pm within a few minutes each way a school buss comes past and dumps small children here. Then goes to the end of the road and comes back a few minutes later to dump more small children.
Cats enjoying life outside on the balcony do not care.
4:30pm school bus drives past delivering bigger children, cats on balcony go nuts and run inside. Actually jumping on my mouse mat and wanting a cuddle.
After a few minutes they calm down and all is normal until the same school bus that turned around at the end of the road comes past, they both go into the crouching, bared teeth growling thing.
Has that particular school bus got a turbo charger issue with its diesel engine producing noise at a high frequency humans cannot hear?
They used to do this with a particular ambulance a couple of years ago.
@ Possum:
And for anyone questioning my assertion that my cats got upset/annoyed at a particular ambulance going past then.
https://cohweb.houstontx.gov/ActiveIncidents/Combined.aspx?agency=F
Shows the number of the responding units. Can’t remember the unit number but it was always the same one pissed them off. Other ambulances and fire trucks they did not care.
@ Possum:
Interesting, I think yinz might be right
eaglesoars wrote:
One of the doctors who was promoting ivermectin for Covid treatment was mocked and dismissed because she had to deal with voodoo. I don’t remember her name or if she was Haitian. She held news conferences.
coldwarrior wrote:
Man I fucking HATED that. When I got overtime pay it was always time-and-a-half. It was taxed as tho that was the annual salary. So a $30/hr (about $62k annual) at time-and-a-half got taxed at about a $90k salary rate. Which meant I brought home just about what I brought home w/o the extra pay. It was brutal. When we were converting the operating system, it was 13 hr days, 6 days a week for almost 4 months. We were all zombies. And for what?
@ coldwarrior:
Union workers heard that.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Just set up my ancient turntable in the garage (the nice one is in the music room). I bought the old beast in 87 in the px. Packed it up years ago and put it aside for later.
First sound in cake-eater land…had to be Devo.
It’s good that my neighbor is 75 yards away.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Dude, that’s fucking YUUUUUUGGGE!
Me and Mrs coldwarrior do tons of OT and get SCREWED if we go 10 minutes over…next highest tax bracket, we LOSE money!
@ eaglesoars:
Like I said, anything to kill the bourgeoisie…
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Covid or not, all American citizens and the illegals should be prescribed a full dose treatment of ivermectin. We has WORMS!!!!!
They did a study in 2011 I think and over 12% of citizens had WORMS!
@ coldwarrior:
It was same in UK when I lived there. More hours you did then paycheck was same. More tax taken out.
Possum wrote:
Ummm, I’ve seen 5 or 6 cases in 12 years….
@ eaglesoars:
Cackles will propose this next week and itâll be the greatest idea ever.
Possum wrote:
You should have seen when papap coldwarrior did an outage at nuke station…12 hrs a day, 6 days a week, for 3 months. He’d get FUCKED
@ coldwarrior:
Want a laugh?
https://x.com/4HumanUnity/status/1834359685543330007
Possum wrote:
We have a chart for us travel peeps. So as not to go ‘over’. We want to work, but why?
@ coldwarrior:
Self-employment taxes fucked me. Taxed as an employer + taxed as an employee.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
And this is what happens when you stop teaching econ in school
@ coldwarrior:
That is what you see in ER. Most people wit intestinal worms do not know, or show symptoms.
The ones that come to your attention are the nasty ones that part of the breeding cycle occurs in eyeballs.
All Americans should be wormed once a month same as we do cats and dogs.
A monthly dose of bed bug and moth prevention would be appreciated here.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
You have to pay 2x social security, medicaid, medicare.
Lower taxes yield higher revenue.
The tax code is simply govt control without the say of the people.
@ Possum:
Them moths do not bite but the fuckers really tickle when they land on me. Why am I invaded by moths!
Biden and Kamala are expected to launch WW3 this weekend and authorize attacks deep in Russian territory.
Sec of State Blinken will announce tomorrow that the US has given Ukraine the greenlight to strike deep inside Russia using Western made missiles.
https://x.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1834369981787648429
Polish people are concerned the USA is about to start WW3.
Polish MEP Braun on Antony Blinken visiting Poland today:
“Blinken, go home as soon as possible. Get lost! We don’t want you here. We don’t want Polish people paying and dying for your wars.”
https://x.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1834392633910636567
@ Possum:
We check poop on anyone with the schitz
@ Possum:
https://youtu.be/WoS3Vca4cJ0?si=b0I6vvhQwRoJdZVB
@ eaglesoars:
Silly season
@ coldwarrior:
Do NOT talk to me about taxes. I cannot vote but I pay taxes.
I think I should throw some tea into the harbour.
Being serious. Permanent residents are not US citizens but I do think we should be able to vote in local, but not federal, elections.
We pay taxes, sales tax, property tax, etc.
coldwarrior wrote:
Beyond that, slashing taxes on overtime would gut public revenue, crippling essential services like education
that’s kinda the point, genius
Possum wrote:
nope
@ coldwarrior:
When they have the shitz worm is long gone. Sneaking up some unsuspecting victims butt hole.
I have nightmares…
@ eaglesoars:
eaglesoars wrote:
Taxation without representation? You OK with that?
eaglesoars wrote:
Nope
Possum wrote:
Become a citizen
Possum wrote:
Oh man!!!
Yuk!!!
@ Possum:
Did you do an environmental impact statement before tossing tea into a waterway?
None yinz know who 7 seconds were, they sound great on the turntable
@ coldwarrior:
Why? so I can suck on the tit of Social Security for the rest of my life?
Is that what you want? Immigrants coming into the USA, becoming citizens and the USA takes care of them for their life?
Nope, I am a legal, and I won’t say immigrant. I legally live in the USA and I pay taxes.
I feel as a tax payer I should be able to vote on LOCAL issues.
Did you see Merrick Garland come out today with that pissy little comment about how it’s dangerous to question the DOJ?
Did you notice it came right after Melania’s not so subtle comment about why the shooter wasn’t intercepted?
Yeah.
@ coldwarrior:
Yeah, water was not hot enough so we blamed it on the red indians.
Possum wrote:
Everybody who buys something in Europe pays a VAT. I don’t care if they’re a Chinese citizen.
You want representation, become a citizen.
@ Possum:
Da rules are da rules.
Possum wrote:
Ever been to Boston harbor…dirty.
Love that dirty water was the line. Earl Grey and shit water don’t mix and make for agitated fishes
@ eaglesoars:
Nope. Not doing that.
I have one loyalty and that is to my country and my King.
Also my vote in a local election as to who is in charge of animal control means nothing.
@ coldwarrior:
They had a plan!
Tax on tea too much.
Steal the tea!
Tea is now free and no tax!
Throw the tea away!!!!!
Aw shit, that did not go as planned.
Blame the red indians!!!!
Possum wrote:
Then you have declared your loyalty to a ‘foreign entity’ and not to the Constitution. Yinz can’t have it both ways.
eaglesoars wrote:
The “revenue” is made up by the increase in consumer spending, boosting production, more employment etc. Indirect tax revenue.
Possum wrote:
As it should be.
Possum wrote:
I’ll give those cats mega points on style
For no money. I just trimmed some maple trees. Making walking sticks.
Free, yinz pay shipping
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Oh! You had a macro class!
@ coldwarrior:
I do not want it both ways.
The “Constitution” is as I see it the outdated document from 200 years ago. But it is the basis for federal laws.
States rights can amend that document.
Start with anyone who pays city property tax can vote at school board elections.
Possum wrote:
Frankly, only property owners should be allowed to vote.
That said. You sound like a subject, not a citizen.
There is a glaring difference.
@ eaglesoars:
I respect what you said.
This dual nationality thing is wrong.
I could become a naturalized citizen, but why?
@ Possum:
The Constitution limits fed government. Thatâs the point of it.
@ coldwarrior:
And there you fall into the trap!
@ Possum:
Don’t
Care
@ coldwarrior:
Okay so a guy walks into the clinic, says he feels like he’s been hit by a fast ball below his shoulder blade. No sharp pains, mobility is not affected, the pain is a severe ache that runs from the bottom of his scapula, up into the deltoid muscle, then stops at the bicep, picking up at the elbow and through the top of the forearm. Unknown cause, the ache began suddenly without warning. There is no redness or swelling in the affected area, and Meloxicam has little effect.
What might be the underlying cause?
@ coldwarrior:
@ coldwarrior:
Me
Neither
@ Possum:
@ coldwarrior:
Ok…lemme think.
How about only Citizens who are net tax payers vote?
But if anyone else would like a discussion about immigrants and people who happen to be from another country and just legally live in the USA and pay taxes and have a driver licence
Some of us are NOT immigrants! We just live here.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Trapped ulnar nerve is where I’d start, an mri CV later.
Are there any problems with the 4th or 5th finger?
@ coldwarrior:
OK if you are a citizen then you can vote, unless you are in jail, a convicted felon or a red head.
I was talking about local elections.
Possum wrote:
A casual relationship with one’s residence country does not a voter make
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
He got shot in the back while walking to the convenience store to get a six pack.
Happens a few times every day in Houston.
coldwarrior wrote:
No, it stops before it gets to the wrist.
Slight pressure under the shoulder blade (like a pillow) slowly alleviates the ache significantly, but it returns when the pressure is removed.
@ coldwarrior:
But close tie to a community you live in does.
We are talking local elections here.
@ coldwarrior:
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Was there any trauma or unusual activity that preceded the pain
Possum wrote:
All politics are local. Camel nose under the tent.
You can leave at will and your vote would still effect policy
@ coldwarrior:
No. It came on while I was sitting. I may have been reaching for something deep in the refridgerator on the bottom shelf, but I’m not sure. The pain is reduced when standing.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Any prior trauma to the area
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
You needs one of these.
I ain’t feeling no pain and I am only half way through it.
Franzia Vintner Select Cabernet Sauvignon Red Wine International, 5 L Bag in Box, 13% ABV
*burp*
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Do you have pain when doing normal activities of daily living.
If you burned a trap while reaching for the mayo….lol
@ coldwarrior:
No.
The chair I was sitting in is a desk chair with armrests. Maybe a repetitive injury to a nerve running through the elbow?
coldwarrior wrote:
Yes, the pain is continual, but not debilitating.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Pain doesn’t refer backwards up the spine…it’s angle in the upper back, shoulder
Full painless rotation of the shoulder joint, no pain in that area when lifting
@ coldwarrior:
Correct.
@ Possum:
[If I keep this up we might have a game tonight.]
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Ever had carpal tunnel surgery?
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
I know nothing about anything.
In 2014 I was in serious pain in both arms at night. It was as if I had gone into a deep sleep and slept on one. But how did I go into a deep sleep and lay on both arms.
Got diagnosed by some hick Iowa doctor that knew his shit. Carpal tunnel syndrome.
Pain does not manifest in hands or wrists. It does in places higher up the arm.
Anyway, got surgery both hands and shoulder pains went away.
@ coldwarrior:
Hey, stay back, let me do this!
@ coldwarrior:
No.
I keep thinking about the Avastin I get every two weeks. It slows healing.
Possum wrote:
Interesting.
@ coldwarrior:
@ Possum:
Ulnar nerve entrapment acts the same way but higher. I had to have bilateral release and bilateral carpal. All the pain went away.
EMG of ulnar nerve is warranted.
Possum wrote:
Sorry!!!
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Ehhh….wellll….don’t think so
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
How often do you rest your distal elbow parts on a chair arm?
@ coldwarrior:
A lot.
@ coldwarrior:
Nah, I will shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down because you know what you are talking about.
Pain, nerves and shit like that are kind of strange.
Sometimes if you feel pain in a part of your body it is not that part that is causing the pain.
Current subject, a wrist problem causing shoulder pain.
Bunk got two independent diagnoses of Carpal Tunnel syndrome. One from an asshole and one from a medical professional.
Possum wrote:
Both are appreciated, and now I have things to talk about with Nurse Practitioner Rachel. Thanks to both of you.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
And one key factor in that diagnosis is….
You spend way too much time with your pet mouse and Ms Keyboard.
Happens to the best of us. I had surgery, both hands.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Ulnar nerve….
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Ulnar
An Ulnar nerve test will clear the obvious.
coldwarrior wrote:
EMG = Electro Magnetic G___?
Possum wrote:
Not carpal, Ulnar.
That will refer pain back up the channel and cause all sorts of mischievous things
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Electromyography
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
They stick a needle in your spine and then one distal in the nerve in question and then run current and measure the degradation.
It’s quite interesting
coldwarrior wrote:
Thanks much.
@ coldwarrior:
@ coldwarrior:
Electric resistance measurement of a targeted nerve
@ coldwarrior:
Sounds like fun.
@ coldwarrior:
I respect your diagnosis, but looking at the patient history he spends 25 hours a day in front of his keyboard in a chair that is too low for the angle of his elbows to be 90%
Casual warning to anyone else here. Adjust your chair so when you are typing and giving me shit your arms are at 90%. You will thank me.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
@ coldwarrior:
More resistance means more damage. But, once fixed, the distal nerves will grow back when the problem is fixed
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
It’s thrilling
Possum wrote:
What’s that in metric?
@ coldwarrior:
Do not tell him it takes over an hour and it fucking hurts.
I think the test is on every pulse they measure how loud you yell ” OUCH! ” and not the time it takes for the nerve stimulation to reach the finger.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Bigger.
coldwarrior wrote:
Sounds like temporary paralysis is involved.
@ coldwarrior:
Tell him the truth. It fucking hurts!
@ Possum:
Ulnar and carpal are often hand in hand lol.
Proximal pain nearer and involving the shoulder may indicate Ulnar
However, that does not rule out carpal problems as well later. They are often occurring together
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
No, it just hurts for a few minutes
Possum wrote:
Stand up often. It’s that easy
coldwarrior wrote:
So does being stabbed to death, or burned in a fire.
Possum wrote:
True
300
coldwarrior wrote:
It’a not 3am EST. Them’s the rules.
Possum wrote:
It is a very interesting test
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Crap.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
On the other hand, 300 comments calls for a new thread.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
TIMEIST! lol
@ coldwarrior:
Actually the number posted in the game has to match the post number and the time.
A 300 at 11:47 does not count.
Unfortunately next opportunity to play the number game is after 3am ET
Which is past my bed time.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
I KNEW you were going to cheat.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
I’m bedtime here as I get to play with cement in the AM. If I do it early, I work in the shade. If not, I get baked.
On my new phone I got an emergency alert about a 6yo child abduction.
WTF am I supposed to do.
Setting up a new phone takes a long time.
@ coldwarrior:
I bet you mean concrete.
Possum wrote:
I’ve adjusted my sleeping schedule, CW will be out, and we don’t want you to play with yourself.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
*by
Tim Walz called Kamala “a young prostitutor.”
https://x.com/i/status/1834410013579743487
coldwarrior wrote:
I have a serious problem with that but I’m too tired to go over it
Possum wrote:
Yep
coldwarrior wrote:
JFC. Does anybody WALK anymore?
coldwarrior wrote:
I had carpal. Blech. Too much time on the keyboard (work related) and had to wear braces for a few months. No knife work in the kitchen. Refused any meds and absolutely no surgery.
Dad got it from golfing. He had the surgery which helped a lot. But he was retired by then.
nite
LOL need to get a life. I just ate supper, by looking at the plate on the floor it involved cucumber. As it is close to 12am then what I ate was logged and entered into the day total of 9/12 then deleted.
Looking closer it was cucumber and lettuce.
No, I am not an homosexual. I like lettuce!
fun thread
Thread of Cool Maps You’ve Likely Never Laid Eyes On
1. Europe in 1444
2. Chile is a ridiculously long country
3. Why is there almost an line here where the population just drops off?
more at the link
https://x.com/tradingMaxiSL/status/1834437459859374139
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Goodnight.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
CHEATER!!!!!
This is insane.
Firefighters used 50,000 gallons of water to put out Tesla Semi fire in California:
The battery hit temperatures of 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit while it was on fire.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/firefighters-used-50000-gallons-water-put-out-tesla-semi-fire
It doesn’t say how long it took
Possum wrote:
Because I stayed up past midnight?
Back in Telluride for my annual pilgrimage. Looks like another great festival, although it might rain Sunday.
Grace Bowers is tearing up the stage.
Good afternoon
325
hey y’all
@ rain of lead:
Pitt v WVU tomorrow…the back yard brawl!
can’t make this shit up
Walz remarked that Harris had begun her career as a âyoung prostitutor.â
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/oops-tim-walz-mistakenly-says-kamala-began-her/
BREAKING: Undated and misdated mail-in ballots cannot be counted in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court says, vacating a lower court’s ruling on jurisdictional grounds. The ruling risks disenfranchisement for thousands of voters in the swing state.
https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1834680697656951107
I love the last line
LOL
Glen was on balcony enjoying afternoon sun, then he woke up and came inside, ran past me and went into the kitchen.
4:30pm school bus then rumbled past at 4:20pm. It is early today!
Also, the 3:15pm school bus was late, it went past at 3:50pm. There must have been an after school function. Not even a twitch from the cat when that one went by.
Where the action is.
https://news.usni.org/2024/09/09/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-sept-8-2024
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
As usual it looks like South America and Africa would be a nice place to live.
Free from aggression by USA carrier strike forces.
@ Possum:
The Congo doesn’t sound like fun.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2e2v2le8wo
@ Possum:
Meanwhile, the German navy is invading China.
Germany sent half their navy. To China, why?
If they wanted to practice sailing there is the big Atlantic ocean right next to them. However to get to the Atlantic they have to courageously defy the three Royal navy warships that stand, or float to be more accurate, in their way.
I think the last time the British sent a tiny aircraft carrier to Chinese waters a propeller fell off, or something like that.
Took months to tow it back.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Exactly. That was my sarcastic point.
There are many parts of the planet that could do with a united effort of NATO and a combined USA, Russia and Chinese kick ass go in and sort the shit out effort.
A couple of billion $ and a few weeks and Haiti could become the world’s number one tourist destination!
@ Possum:
Since a new thread didn’t happen, let’s talk about your toenails some more.
If you can cross your legs (in the manly way) you can grind them down with a Dremel.
This place needs a cat post.
https://x.com/Lucy_Dynamite/status/1834725672268239007
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
LOL I thought of the Dremel, I has one and all the really cool attachments!
The problem was/is actually seeing what the hell I am clipping.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Sez yinz!
https://www.blogmocracy.com/2024/09/13/wp-and-google-are-pissed-at-me-open/
@ coldwarrior:
It worked! Triggered by Possum’s toenails!
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
You sneaky bastard, adding an extra minute to this dead thread, well actually two as you knew I would take the bait and reply.
Now setting my alarm to 2:35am Central time tomorrow.
On a serious note the correct cutting of a very old person’s toe nails is important.
Get it wrong and they may die.
@ Possum:
I can’t clip, so I file them weekly. Neuropathy makes it risky.
Time for napskis.