Spud can haz a sad.
So, we’ve had a pretty serious ice shortage around here recently. Even now, every store is limiting customers to two bags. I didn’t really think about it. Independence Day, it’s touched 100 pretty much everyday for the last four weeks, nothing to see here. Until I find out today that the ice shortage is because THE ICE COMPANY CAN’T FIND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE MONEY BAGGING ICE!!!
That’s why we have a fucking ice shortage.
How about some links?
New Zealand sends a dude to win a women’s Olympics medal.
How about a little Uncle Ted tonight?
For insane work shortages, I saw a fast food place today that is offering $12-$15 an hour, with daily pay. They’re so desperate that they’re willing to pay someone to work for a single day?
Reminds me of the Calgary labour market prior to 2015 or thereabouts. Waitstaff at restaurants were being offered signing bonuses that included all-inclusive vacations to Mexico, the restaurant industry was so desperate back then. It was kinda surreal.
I know a guy who just quit his $15 an hour job for $1200 signing bonus and $25 an hour to work in a kitchen in a tourist town.
And if you’re wondering why I’m buying ice, it’s because I have a Samsung refrigerator.
I pulled out the automatic ice maker the second time it got jammed and leaked water all over the kitchen floor.
From what I can gather based on multiple posts & Tweets & comments is that Koreans can’t make a decent fridge.
Or washer/dryers. When I called my appliance guy about my dryer making hideous noises though it’s only 2 years old he asks, “what brand?”
“Samsung.”
“of course.”
Oh, and I should note, this was after the control panel failed at the 13 month mark, so that the dryer continued to spin unless it was unplugged. Didn’t need to be turned on, or have a cycle or anything, it would spin. Garbage. 1/10 do not recommend
We have an LG washer and dryer, front-loading, because of course. And the front seal goes every year or so, not because it’s an LG, but because any front-loading design is stupid. It has to keep a lot of liquid inside of it, they trap moisture because of that, and so it molds, which looks disgusting and isn’t very clean, which is the point of a washer.
Also, you need to load them pretty lightly to get the tumbling effect they work on, and my wife is incapable of doing that. She has so many clothes that she only needs to do laundry every once in a while, so she packs the damn thing to the gills, which will also screw up the rear bearing. And that is not available as a single item part from appliance supply houses, but you can figure it out if you are decent with things like that. Hint, go to a bearing supply house!
The Ukrainian dudes who have done two appliance repairs for me both say Samsung is crap too.
They toss LG in that category. I had a decent experience with my LG fridge but it was new so I can’t say much.
Our new GE dish washer crapped out after 2 weeks (door wouldn’t latch). Two weeks later (yesterday) the repair guy was here 10 minutes to replace the door latch. Warrantied.
Previous dishwasher ran 29 years without a service call, Kenmore
My parents LG went through constant ice maker issues and finally had the compressor go after 5 years.
Our LG compressor just went after 3.
It’s those newfangled “linear compressors.” They’re small and cheap and light compared to the old-style stuff, but they just can’t handle the job long-term.
I fully expect to replace my ‘fridge in another three years or so.
Ive been disappointed with every LG product ive ever owned. Never again.
My cheap LG smartphone has done me well for six years, but it’s getting time to replace it, and LG are getting out of the smartphone business.
I’ve had LG phones for years. Liked the all.
Last time I needed to get a phone I bought Samsung because I couldn’t find an LG in stock.
I have a couple of LG LED TVs. They have been working great for many years.
In the last couple of years, I have bought LG stove plus a washer/dryer set. No problems of any kind.
My 16 year only Kenmore Fridge just keeps cranking away. Same for the dishwasher. Although I did have to replace the Kenmore stove a couple years ago (hence the new LG).
I feel validated in our decision NOT to buy a refrigerator with an automatic ice maker. Just one more damn thing that can go wrong. Of course, the ice cubes in the trays have this unfortunate tendency to evaporate, but we don’t use that much ice anyway.
I hate making ice. I dream of the day when I have an automatic ice maker.
A hunnert bucks buys you a countertop icemaker at Wal*Mart. It doesn’t require plumbing.
Neither does using an ice-cube tray, which we started using just after we bought our LG ‘fridge and ripped out the stupid ice-maker.
I’ll give the freezer portion credit, it makes a solid-frozen tray of ice cubes in under two hours.
Yeah, I was looking at those gizmos and then I came to my senses when I realized I don’t even use that much ice.
I don’t use a lot of ice until I do. A weekend of cocktails and 20+ mile bike rides puts a big dent in the ice bin.
I had one of those. It lasted a couple years but I use a lot of ice. It could not really keep up with my consumption because I don’t have the fridge space to keep my canned goods cold so I always have a cooler with ice for drinks and cold beer/seltzers. (bring the hate) I am sure if I did the math I could have bought several fridges/freezers with what I spend on ice but I am bad at math.
I have no counter space. I actually have negative counter space.
I helped my neighbor load his 35 year old Whirlpool washing machine onto his truck to take it to the dump last weekend. They don’t make ’em like they used to.
Pansies.
So… any opponents for them in any sports just needs to call them a bunch of no good krauts?
They’re stopping matches when fans say bad words now too.
The whole thing is fucking ridiculous. The world has lost its mind.
This is the part I don’t get. If I was on the field and the fans were abusing me, I would be fired up defeat their team. Fuck them.
Words are literally violence. Why do you encourage violence?
In the immortal words of Quentin Tarantino, “Because it’s fun!”
Because stupidity should be painful?
What’s German for “mayo monkey?”
From panzers to pansies in 3 or 4 generations.
You get more of what you reward.
There was an ice-bagging plant near where I grew up. The pay was great for an entry-level job. My brother worked there and quit after a couple days. That kind of work is very tiring.
They still have plenty of ice around here. Even if a house got in the way of an ice delivery, they’d just burn it down.
Talking about Florida meth runs?
You win the internet this day.
At my shop, unskilled labor starts at 13$ an hour with full benefits, Medical dental and insurance. Steady year round work, but we can’t keep people, it’s the easiest job you could ask for, are folks just giving up or what?
and vision
They’re working long enough to qualify for unemployment benefits again.
Which is really stupid, this company isn’t going anywhere but up, for now, and it’s a great long term position, lazy Fucks they are,
Yes. Yes they are.
Turns out that a lot of people won’t work if they don’t need to. There was a time when insights like that were called “common sense”.
“Turns out that a lot of people won’t work if they don’t need to” Well thank Uncle Sugar for that, this is all by design, We are seeing the nation destroyed before our very eyes, and I personally can’t do a damn thing aboot it,
Cheers! Derpy!
Ice, ice, baby
Apologies.
Are you dealing with this bs in Nampa?
Yes. Not just with ice, but labor. Entry level positions aren’t being filled, but there’s a lot of people spending money.
*sigh*
I’m almost incoherent when I post at work.
I meant that entry level labor is scarce in several different businesses that I frequent.
I work for a store owned by Kroger, and we can’t attract teenagers, considering what we pay new hires. The deli closes down at four pm due to lack of staffing. Talk about pissing people off.
I see help-wanted signs everywhere. I haven’t seen anything like, ever.
like this, ever.
damn my nimble and too fast fingers!
I see empty storefronts everywhere.
I’m happy that I just hired a new welder with some experience and minimal need for supervision.
Nah, nothing to apologize for.
Now this on the other hand….
https://youtu.be/IX_Ufs0oX5E
It’s a Saturday, and I’m at home, so I’ll start up some Zoom/Happy Hour/Beer School that I’ll kick off at 20:00 Eastern. Although, I’m currently debating between a French 75, a dark and stormy, or a traditional gin and tonic.
I had my ranch water. Now I’m drinking a local Pilsner.
Thanks for the links, Spud.
Smirnoff, oj, Perrier here. *cheers!*
I had a cheap Carmenère with dinner.
Nothing wrong with a Carmenère. Certainly better than another CabSauv.
I’m not sure if drugs will fall out of my ass, but . . .
Three Texas Democrats, fleeing the state with a private planeload of their compatriots to deny the state legislature a quorum, have tested positive for COVID-19.
STOP! STOP! My schadenboner can only get so erect!
::hovers cursor over link above with text “Gloriosity”::
Yes, drugs will fall out of your ass.
I believe that is knows as, “self owned”.
I can live with it. I mean, it’ll be tough and lonely, but I’m sure I can somehow withstand the existential angst . . . {SOB!}
Yes, drugs will fall out of your ass.
Two days ago, that was, in fact, true.
My schadenboner can only get so erect!
And that’s not very erect, is it?
I’m not in the habit of getting into swordfights, so I have no idea.
The Democrats who were flying unmasked? So they should all be charged with attempted murder for the attempts on the lives of the other politicians they were flying with, right?
I’d give Gina Hinojosa a quorum.
Interesting choice.
Hanging insulation in the garage in July sucks. I’m ready to breathe the glass fibers unfiltered.
Uggh. I’ve done that.
It could be worse. It’s partially cloudy and 80F. 40% humidity. I wouldn’t dream of doing it now in AZ.
One of the reasons I stopped using fiberglass insulation and switched to either rockwool (GREAT stuff!) or spray foam (when I don’t feel like doing, or can’t do, a separate vapour-barrier).
I picked up an insulation knife and that thing is so much better than using an utility knife and a piece of plywood to pinch the insulation.
Fun fact: you can also go to Walmart and use a cheap serrated breadknife. Works just as well.
“Hanging insulation
in the garage in Julysucks. ”FIFY
I stand corrected.
It’s a desert, people.
I thought it was usually dry?
Great song Spud. I’m not much of an Uncle Ted fan but that song kicks ass.
Have some more Uncle Ted, with a side of shitlord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egjMAVhORiY
I was going to link Great White Buffalo as another good Nugent song. Stranglehold is still a better lap dance song, or so I’ve been told.
Plenty of Ice around here. I picked up a bag this am, but almost everywhere is struggling to find employees.
It never got above 17° C (approx. 63° F) here today due to smoke from wildfires in B.C. blotting out the sun. Right now it’s 15° C (59° F) on the back deck, and it’s forecast to go down to 10° C (50° F) overnight. This after weeks of 30°-38° C (86°-100° F) weather and clear blue skies.
Weird weather this summer. At least my tomatoes are starting to produce fertile flowers again.
Opening weekend at the track and I guess the locals decided to GTFO.
Dog park was empty.
Saratoga?
Yup
There was a series of detective novels set there, all with Saratoga in the title. Stephen Dobyns, but not his best work, which would be The Church of Dead Girls.
I haven’t read that one I really enjoyed “Is Fat Bob Dead Yet?” and I agree about the Saratoga series I think I only read one or two of them then gave up.
Weirdly enough, I know a woman who, back in the day, went by Fat Bob, after the singer of the cure. She became a (large) burlesque dancer in NYC who went by the name World Famous Bob. You can find her on youtube.
There’s a type of fuel tank for Harleys called fatbobs. Later, they named a bike the fatbob.
Wow, a large burlesque dancer. Huh. Never heard of such a thing. Crazy times we live in.
Heh, you watched a video of her, didn’t you. But she is a nice, cool woman. I haven’t talked to her in years but we always got along. Crazy as a loon though. No surprise that she is into all the gender BS.
In the book Fat bob rides a Fatbob, well he does for a page or two because *mild spoiler* he is ‘dead yet’ right from the get go.
Gibertarians explained?
You may be on to something Spud.
From the article:
The French have a word for it — ennui.
It’s been my experience of the pandemic for most of the last sixteen months or so.
Ya, I don’t know. I actually like some of YOU PEOPLE and like to read their takes on current issues. I should be doing other things but those things can wait. Every dish in my house that needs washing starts at the “needs to soak” stage.
I put off running the water line for our ‘fridges ice line for around two years, as it involved going to the one part of our basement that was only a crawl space. But I ended up doing it just before that massive heatwave that hit the PNW a few weeks ago. Man, I am glad I finally got around to it! Anyway, I am a certified mechanical electrical technician, and appliances are one of my favorite things to work on. Way the fuck better than rooftop package units or split systems. Then again, I like hydronic systems, you know, with boilers and chillers, cooling towers, ice systems, perimeter reheat, VAV’s, and so forth. Just so much interesting stuff.
Stranglehold is the Nug’s best song.
I disagree. It’s great, but he lit it up at the end and then left it hanging. Great White Buffalo is better.
Stormtroppin’
That one’s good, but when in doubt, I’ll whip this out!
From Mom’s friend:
“Why do you not buy shoes from a drug dealer?”
“Because you don’t know what they are laced with.”
Mom didn’t get it.
I take it you don’t wear Doc Marten’s.
/adding another layer on the joke
It’s too bad I like the look of the White laces.
That shit is retarded. Blue lace means you killed a cop? GTFO! In the punk scene, there’s exactly nobody who’s ever killed a cop. In almost ever scene there’s nobody who’s killed a cop. They get killed so rarely that nobody could make money selling blue laces. And, nobody signals their racist beliefs by wearing shoelaces. If you went to the people who actually are racists and would kill a cop given the chance, they’d probably punk you out and take all of your stuff if you even hinted at this shit. It’s just rehashed urban myths. There used to be one about which ear your earring was in, the color of your back pocket bandana and a host of others. They are all bullshit. There is a secret menu at In-N-OUT, though. So there’s that.
That was my reaction.
I still see left-only earrings all the time. The right-is-gay correlation is weaker than it used to be, but it’s still there.
I dunno. Pretty sure most people just look at each other a certain way, and if the other looks back a certain way, it’s on. I guess if there’s a secret signal, not responding could mean they just aren’t into it. It’s all so weird to me.
Well, that is highly inaccurate. Ask me how I know.
Of course it is. There are some codes that are standard, but most of them are someone writing scare stories.
Red laces and white laces were a thing. In England, back in the seventies. A bunch of wannabe boot boys who got a hardon looking at my friend Clara in the book Spirit of ’69 attempted to carry it on in the states.
*widens gaze*
Q: How do German children tie their shoes?
A: In little knotsies.
Bless her heart.
Winston’s Mom would have got it.
And if you’re wondering why I’m buying ice, it’s because I have a Samsung refrigerator.
Shoulda gone with Lucas.
Did you know Lucas made vacuum cleaners?
It’s the only thing they made that didn’t suck.
Lucas three position switch:
“On” – “OFF” – “FLICKER”
Why do Brits drink warm beer?
Their refrigerators are made by Lucas (or Samsung)
Psychologists like Westgate are on a mission to unravel the mysteries of boredom, a little-studied yet universal human experience distinct from apathy or depression.
Whatever.
Several of the Texas Democrats who fled the state capital to avoid voting on an election integrity bill have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Three of the 60 Texas House Democrats tested positive for the virus while staying in Washington, D.C., according to Texas House Democratic Caucus leadership.
One of the members found out about their positive test late on Friday evening but did not have symptoms, officials say. All House members were notified of the positive tests and were all tested themselves immediately.
So fucking what? How many got syphilis from fucking interns?
I dunno. 5% sounds like a SUPER SPREADER EVENT to me.
Yeah it’s so-what but we can still call out their hypocrisy and hoist them on their own retard.
Oh God, I have fallen so far into electronic music I like Disco! Yikes!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E39Q1n31yNSwu
Link dinnae work for me but there is definitely some good disco.
More Giorgio than Disco duck, but a lot of Donna Summer, which is a good thing, wonderful voice.
Yep Giorgio is exactly what I had in mind. And of course he worked with Donna.
Great, now I have the Art Bell song stuck in my head.
Dancing Queen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViN2bRGrBx8
Dude, disco sucks.
Here you go
? Love them
Sorry, that’s the wrong song for Yusef here. This is the only one we’ll accept.
“Three Texas Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C. test positive for coronavirus”
So woke, many brave.
Health secretary Sajid Javid tests positive for Covid
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering “very mild” symptoms.
Mr Javid, who has received both vaccine doses, said on Saturday night a PCR test had confirmed a positive result he received by lateral flow test.
Check out the two sets of graphs.
Cases now are about double last fall.
Hospitalization are one-third of last fall.
So things are getting much better because vaccines work or because the virus is getting more transmissible and less virulent. {just like it should}
But didn’t you hear it’s mutated? Viruses NEVER mutate, it’s unheard of, unprecedented. It’s the most clever, tricky virus ever! Now get back inside and be afraid!
until next flu season?
This is why more lockdowns are coming.
Symptoms, hospitalizations, deaths… none of that irrelevant info will be considered, and in fact will be suppressed if at all possible.
I was shocked to see the 2nd set of graphs showing the big decline in hospitalizations. It contradicts the narrative.
They’ve always wanted “cases” to matter because they are about as quantifiable as 2020 votes. Whatever number makes your case.
That dude used to be described by TMITE as “a devotee of Ayn Rand”. He has since burned all his Rand books to offer penance.
That’s what we, in America call, pulling a Neil Peart (ironically, a donut eater.)
Gah, don’t remind me.
Does donut eater = Kanuckistani?
Donuts, hockey and beer. And scamming Americans with the exchange rate.
Gotcha.
I figured it was another phrase for salad tossing
?
Well if you need any I’m sure Sugar Free has several dozen.
I do know a guy who says, ” I’d like to glaze her donut.” whenever he sees a hot chick, so maybe. I’m not hip with all the saying the youngsters use nowadays.
If you ever go to Canada, it’s a good idea to always have pocket donuts with you.
https://youtu.be/tKFgfdtKdys?t=38
HEH! I ate more donuts in the 6 weeks I spent at various times in Canada than I have since. “Oh, you’re from California? Well, let me buy you a donut then!” Off to Tim Hortons, 5 or 6 times a day.
I’ve only been to Canada once (Whistler). The biggest surprise for me was that a quarter of great bud was cheaper than a case of Bud (around $50!).
Hey, I thought you might like this song. You linked the original a while back, and this was from last year with the original singer recorded in the same room as the song about 45 years later. The Black Betty’s add some nice backing vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXQXukq6wqw
That’s a great song. Thanks. I think of it every time I get a hole in my shoes.
I’ve now officially named my wakizashi, Hipster Juice. I get the bestest ideas ever here.
So let it be written.
I’ve now officially named my wakizashi, Hipster Juice. I get the bestest ideas ever here.
ひっぷすた の わきざし です (´∀｀)
Is that…Klingon?
It’s a code only M can decipher.
Yeah it’s so-what but we can still call out their hypocrisy and hoist them on their own retard.
I know, but now we’re going to get the “If only I had worn a mask!” sob stories. And the “TOLDJA SO!”s from the narrative pushers. If the plane had crashed, and they all died in a ball of flame…. I’d be okay with that.
So things are getting much better because vaccines work or because the virus is getting more transmissible and less virulent. {just like it should}
It’s just trying to lull us into a false sense of security. Don’t let your guard down!
I wonder if the vaccines actually have NOT made a difference in the infections/deaths – that the curves of infection/hospitalization/deaths haven’t significantly changed from the direction they would have taken sans vaccines.
I believe there has been analysis of the infection/etc. rates showing that lockdowns and mask mandates actually didn’t change the natural curve of the virus.
The propaganda machine would be full tilt suppressing that “misinformation”
And if the vaccines actually haven’t made an impact, then who gets held responsible for all the vaccine-related deaths, etc?
I am wondering the same.
That’s been my position from the start. Time heals all wounds.
Dunno, but those three dems from Texas are reported to have been vaxxed. I guess they’re part of the 2 percent who get it anyway, lol. I do know that the charts from this “pandemic” pretty closely match the ones from the historical flu pandemics, only with far smaller numbers overall ( as a percentage of total population.) We didn’t do any of this bullshit for the others.
Tin foil hat time.
If you have been ‘vaxxed’ you have only received a placebo at the mildest, an experimental non-covid related drug….
I need more beer
Dunno, but there’s risks to whatever that secret sauce is and there’s almost none from the ‘vid. Still shaking my head at how readily these people let themselves be led around by such cheating liars. All to get rid of OMB. The information age has resulted in the most ignorant generation we could ever have imagined.
My instincts are off. I just got manipulated into a bidding war over the sidecar rig. Fucking guy hemmed and hawwed to stall me so he could get two buyers there at the same time. I let the other guy pay asking, mainly because I was kinda pissed that I let that happen. In my younger days, I’d have hovered nearby and swooped in at the appointed time. This time I held out for a promise that the bike would still be there when I got there. I would’ve probably paid asking, if he’d have negotiated it with me, but I sure as fuck wasn’t going above it. Oh, well, next time.
Two hours driving and all I got was to help the seller make an extra 500.00 bucks. I should have made him pay me a commission.
Get out of the game while you still have your wakizashi.
I just got manipulated into a bidding war over the sidecar rig.
And you had the self-discipline to walk away. Well done.
I was just outside running scenarios in my head. I was supposed to close on the sale of my property yesterday, and suddenly the buyer’s bank doesn’t have the appraisal, or some such bullshit. I’m thinking I’ll see how/if things progress, and then tell him to tell the bank I’m going to put it back on the market if they don’t get their thumb out of their ass.
I really really want this to go through. I like the guy, and I want him to get it. But- I learned a long time ago, you don’t make a threat you’re not prepared to follow through on.
Shit or get off the pot.
So much turmoil, I just say, I want that disc, and buy it, simplify your lives!
who needs 23 kinds of Sidecars!
/sounds awesome!
Hey! This was only gonna be my eleventh motorcycle and my first sidecar. I’d like to have another twelve, though, but…no room.
thats me and guitars and keyboards, oh Shit! Apocalyptic!
So, are you saying that your account was going to get Hac’d?
Yeah. I want one to speed up the process of getting my kid to ride around with me. He’s eight and I probably can’t get him on a real bike until maybe twelve or so. A hack will do it right now. Then, I can ride more and still spend his childhood with him.
Sounds good. The head in the wind thing either wins them over or kills the whole deal.
But you know that.
And, it was attached to super nice ’92 FXLR with about 30k miles on it. I wanted that bike.
Anything with a sidecar brings ridiculous prices though.
Sidehacking’s The thing to do! https://youtu.be/V4QQY3in8CQ
I miss MST3K.
Thanks. I was just mad at myself for not circumventing it by showing up first no matter what that guy said.
Silicone Saturday creates some meaning for your pathetic existence.
https://archive.li/FTEPv
I aren’t pathetic yet, actual available women are hitting on me, wierd,
Seize the day, grab it by the tail, wrestle that gator.
Nobody lays in their deathbed wishing they’d have passed over more chicks.
the latest one commented she hadn’t seen me and thought I left, I told her why and she was glad to see me. We don’t usually interact so I know she is checking out me, kinda cool, I need to be careful of the locals though, they can be strange, and I need my junk snipped,
Snipping is weird. Weird sensations. Hot assistant didnt help while I was splayed on the table
Frozen peas!
And couch time!
And your balls never looked so magnificent
You know condoms are a thing, right?
And if the vaccines actually haven’t made an impact, then who gets held responsible for all the vaccine-related deaths, etc?
Stop it. You’re killing me.
I got back late, opened the door, and all of a sudden the house is full of mosquitoes. Whoopee. I doused myself in insect repellent and have noticed that they will still land on me, but don’t bite, or if they do, they don’t jam their mouth tube thing all the way in, they give up and fly away. I made myself unpalatable.
In a standard extraterrestrial coincidence, the auto-generated captions trying their best to make sense of the music I am listening too have decided that it’s saying “whoopee” right after I typed it.
you have mosquitoes? Global Warming!!!!
/I hate then, Citronella is your friend,
And all this time, I didn’t know MIT were deplorables.
SCIENCE! Well, maybe really this time
Along with my daily tribulations a garage door opener quit working, about 20 years old, I think it’s the drive gear, nylon or plastic. Anyway I couldn’t find anyone to install a new opener, finally called a lumber yard, they asked around their office and came up with a name. I called the guy, he sounded like a middle age guy, seemed enthusiastic, quoted me a @ the hour price, I didn’t pay much attention, probably 40-50 @ hour but at this point what difference does it make Ordered the opener off Amazon.
We’re have a serious drought locally, honey production is limited (no flowers) but there’ll be enough to make the Honey Harvest a success. Tomorrow I’m going to water my 4 little apple trees by hand, they looked so sad today, maybe too late. Everything is tough for me to do but now being able to use the lawn tractor and trailer I can do a few things. Everything takes a lot longer now and I have to be careful.
I’m weaning my self off the wheel chair, using folding chairs instead where I need to sit. Life is going well.
I (for one) am glad Honey Harvest is still on. I look forward to it every year.
I’m glad fourscore, like his honey, seems to not have an expiration date.
Did your raspberry plants survive? Mine don’t look good but maybe you can get some more.
All four are growing new leaves. Three of them are producing berries.
Rock on, dude. ?
Check out this fine looking bunch and the cuck in the middle.
Fate
Which one displayed her panties and bra for the world? It was the cuck wasn’t it?
God forbid it was any of them, gross!
Left front and back center would be okay…
It’s odd that team red has all the hot chicks. Almost an iron law.
It’s because they’re not sick degenerate cuntes.
Even if you start out good looking on the left, it won’t be long before all that ugly bleeds through to the outside. Seriously, Angela Merkel used to be cute. Look at heels up, she’s already grown a neck goiter or something and gotten about 3x as ugly. She’ll be downright hideous in 6 more months, she’ll look like the Hunchback or Notre Dame.
Same excuse they used for the antifa riots. Shameless as always.
Yep. The great propagandist are all rolling in their graves in envy
They’re just going to push this shit until we either just give up and accept tyranny or it boils over and there’s real trouble.
Half and half
Mulching devices…
“Half and half”
$100 same as downtown.
Bidenflation. Used to be $20.
And shrinkflation. There’s only 1/4 left of each half.
Hey I was told this was average
Well, maybe if it’s really cold out. We’re in a heat wave.
I’m weaning my self off the wheel chair, using folding chairs instead where I need to sit. Life is going well.
Hail Fourscore!
I agree and approve this message
I don’t know if I could heal as well as him and I’m much younger. Shoulda stayed on the farm.
Goddamn governments and all this covid mess. My wife went to Dulles to travel to Berlin, with her fully caccinated CDC card. They wouldn’t let her get on the plane because she’s stopping at Heathrow and they won’t accept the vaccine proof, they want that AND a test. Fuck you, Limey fucks, and especially you Boris, you mop head looking blonde cunt. She was just traveling through not even staying there. Damn I am fucking pissed right now. Fuck traveling right now, I tried to talk her out of it, I’m going to try again when she gets home. I’m going to get really drunk, fuck!
Shit, sorry. The world is just insane right now, I don’t know how else to understand it.
Yeah, this sucks. I’m enraged. My wife is on her way home and taking it a lot better than I am.
That’s why LAX has rapid test stations. More money the faster you want it. I think the super quick one is about 2 bills.
They do at Dulles also, except they didn’t because it was after 6PM and the rapid results take 4 hours. So even if they would have been giving them, she would have missed her flight anyway. 2 fucking hours there and back, and she was there 3 hours. What a waste, I know she’s exhausted and I’m well on my way to drunk.
Ours go down to about an hour, but it’s two bills or so. The four hour tests are around 100. Sorry, man. The suffering from the evil covid saviors just never seems to end.
We would have paid it if they would have had it and been giving it, but 4 hour results was all they offered for any day. The really fast one here locally is $240, but we didn’t think we needed it since Germany is waiving tests if you have a vaccine card. Limey fucks.
All this SCIENCE is amazing. I’m told you cannot test positive for Covid if you are vaccinated, but they want to test vaccinated people. Makes sense. At this point, they’ve lied so much they don’t even know when they’re telling the truth, or not.
Lame as hell. My wife is British and really wants to go see her mom as it has been three years and she won’t go until all the bullshit ends. We just went to Mexico with the kids a few weeks back. Thanks to Presidementia we all had to take COVID tests before getting allowed on a plane back home. My six year old freaked out and I had to hold him down to get him nasal swabbed. For that pleasure I paid almost $250 for all of us. What a fucking waste. The kicker was that my buddy who came down with his family didn’t need to get tested because they flew from Tijuana and walked back over the border. I won’t be traveling overseas unless absolutely necessary for family stuff until this crap ends.
Yeah, the wife and I were thinking of going to either Cabo or La Zona Rosa in Mexico city for Xmas, and that ain’t gonna happen if this shit doesn’t blow over.
I won’t say the trip wasn’t worth it because we had a fantastic time. But fuck the government for pulling this shit, it really is a bummer to travel under. It is the uncertainty that is the worst part.
Solid rant.
+I just got a Quart of Pyrythren, nasty stuff for cats, but if you spray it on and let it dry, kittah is all good. OTOH, it’s oil based, and sticks to your clothes for at least a month. Imma use it on my Shoes, socks and hats, we shall see how it works, Ticks and Mosquitoes, Scourge of Humanity!
I have made it 5 weeks after a total knee replacement without killing myself or anyone else. I celebrated by eating a whole pint of low carb ice cream.
I go in for my 6 week follow up on Mondee. I plan to ask how soon I can schedule to have the other knee done.
I should have done this years ago.
That’s great. Glad it worked out.
i just blew out my C2C3 disc, now I’m fucked, 15 years back I had a plate instaaled at C6C7, in my neck, easy peasy, but my lower back? oh Shit, Apocalyptic..
Congrats man. Keep working that knee.
A while back you mentioned hanging out in Winona. It’s a cool little town. I get up there a couple times a year for live music. They get some really good bands at Ed’s No Name Bar and The Goodview Bar.
So when is Honey Harvest? I’ve wanted to go the last couple years, but it has conflicted with my annual Musky trip to Mercer, WI last year and a couple concerts the year before. Hopefully this year it falls on an open weekend.
My first true love was from Winona. She snubbed me for someone else. Mein Got, she had nice tits!
I have several friends who started Island City Brewery in Winona.
As far as Honey Harvest:
Third Saturday in September (ask Tundra to be added to the e-mail list)
Be prepared to work
Bring food for the pot luck (Mrs. Fourscore’s Asian chicken is pretty awesome, my smoked salmon is also pretty awesome.)
Tundra likes to talk. He is a salesman in real life. He looks nothing like his avatar.
Believe only half of what “Pope Jimbo” says. It’s up to you to decide which half
Be wary of “A Leap at the Wheel” – he is prepared for anything.
The NoDak boys (Mikes S. and his brother, Matt) can drink you under the table.
“Mein Got, she had nice tits!”
Since reduced.
I got to experience their full glory at the end on an uncontrolled airport landing strip in the the middle of Minnesota.
Fourscore has the longest legs of any man I have ever known. His two steps equal 3 of my own simian steps.
Fourscore is also a force of nature.
When is MikeS coming back to the site?
I think he directs most of his energy towards launching his home machine shop business.
Kinda hard with oil prices rising (Thanks, Biden!)
Much as I want him to be successful, that’s no excuse for not occasionally showing up to snark and agree with my musical taste.
Tell him I hope things are good for him.
I got to briefly meet Tunda, Pope, and Leap about 1.5 years ago in St Paul. I was playing driver / roadie for my buddy’s outlaw country band that was playing at the Cabooze, so I met them for dinner / drinks at the bar next door while the band set up and did sound check. All cool dudes. I remember Tundra and Leaps’ real name, but for the life of me I can’t remember Pope Jimbo’s.
I’m on the email list, but I’m not the best at checking all the time. I’ll add the date to reminders and hopefully make it this year. I do landscaping for a living, so I should be helpful during work time. I’ll bring my saw and get rid of those pesky apple trees for Fourscore. We can use the wood to smoke some meat.
I too had an Italian girlfriend with ginormous boobies right after HS. She was very petite, weighing about 100 pounds with about 15 on her chest. All she wanted to do was have sex all the time and anywhere. Of course she had to be crazy so I had to end it.
Contrary to PONick’s assertions, HH is the 3rd Sunday of Sep. However the 3rd Sat would find you with the NoDak boys and according to some “Sunday Mornin’ coming down” is Hell
HH is 3rd Sunday. Nick’s salmon is great and last year I had to fight the ‘Sconnie for that last bite (and won). This year I’ll concede.
Tundra’s been busy but I’m sure he’ll get something out
I should have done this years ago
I’ve heard that from everyone who’s had the surgery. So my mom needed the surgery but she was “ scared”. For three years I tell her to get the knees replaced. Nope. Finally she couldn’t walk and got the surgery.
I should have done this years ago…
No shit.
Congrats to you, Pist. Get well.
Glad its working. Mine are getting worse. Got another big deck ship inspection on Monday – so many stairs.
X-rays for both of them next Friday.
#metoo
I generally cruise down six flights to get out of my apartment building – and am happy to be able to do so after my mid-section surgery last summer – but that’s becoming less pleasant lately on the old knees. It’s always something.
Awesome.
Just discovered why (((OMWC))) loves Molly Tuttle so much. Not only is she an amazing player but she also suffers from Alopecia Universalis which renders her as hair free as a dolphin. Pretty sly for an old white guy…
The more you know
My question is, why don’t they call it Alopecia Brazilialis?
Fair question.
Hawt
The “Pandemic of the Unvaccinated” was mentioned on the news again (and again and again…). My first reaction was “why are they concerned about how the deplorables are being killed off?” Then I figured that they will use increased masking and lock-downs to create even more hate towards people that refuse to follow the orders from the government.
Caste society seems to be the goal.
Lotta suffering. They always thought it would be class envy, but they’ll take race and general malaise, if that’s what they can get.
We’re gonna have to wear an asterisk arm-band before this all done , aren’t we?
Why is it, however, that minority neighborhoods in the Blue cities seem to have the lowest vax rates? Secret Trump voters? Or maybe systemic racism deployed by the Blue mayors and Blue health commissioners?
Someone here probably hit it on the nose. The large spike over the new year burned through most of society and now that it is going through rural America means we most likely hit herd immunity.
Maybe they have even lower trust of the government? I can’t think of a reason why though.
I think it’s darkly funny that they’ve declared war on the minorities that aren’t complying. They’re not putting it that way, but I guarantee the minorities are taking it that way. They’re chasing them out of the party.
That’s about the only humorous thing about all of this.
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Late to the party, not gonna read all the posts. Has anybody asked, yet, if the Germans were winning or losing when they quit?
It was iffy, because they were playing offense on too many fronts.
I know nussing!
No traction, out kids!
Naked Raygun melodic hardcore from the bleeding heart of Chicago. Doesn’t get any better than this punk basher “Vanilla Blue”. https://youtu.be/Ebhk63N6f70
RIP Pierre Kezdy
Finally done. Insulation is hung with care. Or not, because drywall hides all. That’s on too with many defects (to my critical eye). Now beer thirty. And Xavier Cugat.
https://youtu.be/pj5BAp8y5rg
I hope that’s code for the wife is appreciative of your hard work and giving you some.
I’m not in the dog house at the moment!
I was good at hanging but sucked at mudding and taping. I imagine that I would have become more skilled with practice but it seems a hellish job.
Meh. It’s just mud. Mud is mud. If you can do mud you can do concrete, drywall, stucco, fiberglass, plaster, etc. Mud is mud.
That makes you a Brother from a better Mudder than I, Friend.
Which Cugat album are you playing?
Just YouTube. And watching Wong Kar Wei movies. The Grandmaster is quite good.
Right on, I recognized the name from him and that he was married to Charo for a while. I love old big band stuff, especially jazz and Latin. The Fania label was great for old time Latin music.
J. Edgar Christ! She just got home from the mountains (unscathed, thankfully) and she announces that she’s off for another week camping. Where’s my week off? When do I get to take a break?
You should take off the first week of September, the most glorious month. You deserve a break.
I already spent(ding) my Holiday pay-out. There is no one to cover for me. She deserves a break but I’d like one too. Haven’t had any that weren’t medical emergencies for about 25 years.
Don’t mind me, just being pissy. Used to work seasonally so I had lots of time off, just not scheduled or paid for.
What do you mean you haven’t taken a trip in 25 years? Really? I don’t mean to be presumptuous about your financial or job situation, but if you really haven’t taken any time off in that long, do you want to? I’m not sure if you like camping or being out in the woods, but it at least doesn’t need to cost much. I thought you Canadians got at least a couple weeks a year.
I haven’t taken a scheduled holiday since 1995. When I was working seasonally there was down-time but we were always on call. I’ve been at my present job for nearly 9 years. Just take the pay in lieu. An extra paycheck and throw it in the air like confetti. Fuck it. I don’t care anymore.
‘Where’s my week off? When do I get to take a break?’
Post-mortem.
;p
Yup
P.S. Sorry I missed the KC meet-up. Truly, I wanted to be there but a few unexpected hours and a few unexpected hundreds of dollars later I still found myself dealing with life as it comes far too late to get there.
Hope all who attended had a good time.
I’m out. Me and the little doge are feasting upon what I found in the freezer again. Tomorrow starts too soon.
Well, fuck.
After getting the Mr Splosives through strokes, brain surgery, and open heart surgery, (and the ICU psychosis that was to me the worst part), I thought we were doing great!
He was back to normal for weeks, months even. Sure, his left leg requires a cane but otherwise he was totes normal.
But tonight we were at the local club. He had only a few drinks but was then visibly screwed up. 2 kind patrons helped me get him in the car, but at home he fell on the concrete steps to the front door.
I couldn’t physically lift him and he was quite mentally out of it, which was the scariest part to me. So I tucked lawn furniture cushions behind his head, neck, and shoulders to await a recovery.
Then neighbor friends texted to offer help and I accepted.
Now hubs is safely in bed.
I don’t want to have to leave this awesome community. I hope our next place is also full of wonderful people.
Sorry for the emotional outburst.
I should not have whined. I have Only first world problems.
Sometimes first world problems are actual problems. This seems like one of those cases.
Hang in there. Tough to deal with no matter what world they are in. Hope it gets better.
Sorry to hear that. I hope he recovers quickly.
Thsnks, scruffy.
I have always been amused by your avatar name. I’m surprised we still don’t have Walking Carpet in our ranks.
Antifa discover Trump is no longer prez.
https://twitter.com/mrandyngo/status/1416478728079790086?s=21
suh’ fam
whats goody other than my Sabbath Tall Cans !
Guys in action:
This Guy Sends His Girlfriend Photoshopped Photos Whenever She Asks If Their Kids Are OK
/note to self- learn to photoshop stuff
Lol. Those are awesome.
Love it.
I used to know just enough Photoshop to be dangerous (and to cludge together the band’s gig promo posters.)
First we’ll need lots of pics of your doge in various settings and positions…
Good morning, homey, hay, Scruffy, ‘patzy, & Sean! 😀
Mornin!
I know Imgur isn’t for everyone but this cracks me up.. possibly my favorite Fauci meme yet.
https://i.imgur.com/MAKSwxs.jpg
Heh.
Hope your hubs is ok.
Well he’s still breathing so I think it’s good.
I’m going to have him at the doc Monday to see if there’s another infection or anything else out of whack in his blood.
That’s brilliant!
P.S. re: your mishap mentioned above. Hope the problem was just maybe the drinks hitting harder than expected. And good neighbors are priceless! We’ve been so lucky in our modest little just-outside-Dayton neighborhood. The guy across the street who’s anal-retentive/OCD about his lawn care has been the worst problem, and even he seems to have mellowed a little. 🙂
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yPNFVj-pISU
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We are at last having a no-shit thunderstorm here in SoCal. I’m loving every minute of it.
Ooh! Aren’t those great? 😀 Do you have some place outside but sheltered where you can (relatively safely) watch the light show?
Yep, the pergola would be ideal since it had corrugated plastic on top, but the storm knocked out the power & I had to get the hub’s CPAP plugged into our Jackery battery backup instead.
Now that the CPAP is good, I can go out a while…
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/07/15/animal-welfare-league-owl-turtle-stuck-together/4781626373002/
Interspecies erotica gone fowl?
https://www.pennlive.com/food/2021/07/national-ice-cream-day-2021-deals-and-freebies-from-friendlys-doordash-breyers.html
National ice cream day. I wonder if they make an IPA flavored ice cream…
“National ice cream day. I wonder if they make an IPA flavored ice cream…”
YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW!
https://abc7chicago.com/new-york-attempted-kidnapping-james-mcgonagle-5-year-old/10894500/
Drive through orphan pick up suspect in custody.
LOL dumbass. He could have been back out on the street in the afternoon with our recent kinder, gentler law enforcement.
Yup
https://www.autoblog.com/2021/07/13/2021-hd-sportster-s/#slide-2333259
Something for the motorcycle aficionados.
Know the difference between a Harley-Davidson and a vacuum cleaner ?
The location of the dirt bag.
I’ve been waiting for a HD I want to buy. This comes close. I have to wait for 1-2 years after release to see how this engine holds up.
Flathead Valley, Montana Crime Update
“4:45 p.m. A bag of drugs was found.”
like a shopping bag? A duffel bag?
That poor police dispatcher!
They should have a fireworks show to celebrate his/her service.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/new-uk-study-people-vaccinated-make-47-new-covid-cases/
Let me show you my shocked face. ?
Holy shit show batman! and… Steve Smith?
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-07-17/california-recall-enters-final-phase-little-excitement-drama
I’m voting for Larry Elder. Name recognition is going to be everything because there’s no run-off system.
I do find it hilarious that Gavin Newsom phoned in his own candidacy so nonchalantly that he forgot to register as “D” donkey, and his petition to do so after the fact was rejected by state judges, including the ones he appointed.
If California can’t recall that slimy totalitarian, the state is truly lost.
A bit overcast but pleasant here at Tranquility Base this morning. Feasted last night on ribeyes and corn-on-the-cob from the grill, homemade cole slaw, a light side salad with lettuce from our patio planting box (and leftover dressing packets from Donato’s – regional pizza etc. chain with which Tres is VERY familiar) and for dessert, little baby pies from the farmers’ market – these being sold to support a local Girl Scout troop! Apple for me, peach for TT. A sumptuous repast indeed!
Today will be the day to whack around the garden raised beds and the other fiddly bits where TT’s mower can’t quite reach. Dry, and not too hot & humid. And of course, laundry because Sunday. But that’s much later. For now, Glibs and Vox Choral on the satellite radio (AKA the “comfort from above.”)
Donato’s screwed up our order twice yesterday. The bonus was that I got to keep the pizza that was dropped here (but for another house),
OFFS!
This Keystone Kops theater is gonna have the whole country “self-isolating” within a week.
DON’T ANY OF YOU WORK!??!