An admin announcement thing

| December 9, 2013

In case you missed the weekend post about our battle against spam, I was averaging more than 50,000 spam comments/day, and some of you were getting caught up in the spam filter and I got tired of reading all of the spam comments to find yours so I changed the settings on the blog to require that you use an email address when you make your comment – and you have to have a previously approved comment to make it to the forum. I also closed all posts over ten days old to comments. I hated to do that, but I’ll probably turn it all off after the holidays when the spam lightens up a bit.

If you’re having trouble getting the blog to accept your email address or sign in name, like MCPO and Pinto Nag, just email me the email address you’re trying to use and the screen name you want and I’ll set up a profile for you – that seems to cure the problem. But, you’ll still have to get your first comment approved. I’m sorry that we have to do this, but I was overwhelmed Friday and Saturday and had to do something drastic.

I hope you all understand.

Category: Administrative

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ChipNASA

Jonn,
You do what you have to do and carry on….we’ll pick up the slack and do what we need to do.

RunPatRun

Someone has got to be buying what the spammers are selling or they’d stop. Question is, who buys from spammers?

Sparks

Jonn, thanks for all your work keeping TAH on the air!

MCPO NYC USN Ret.

50,000 Spam a Day!

Try this out … http://www.spam.com/recipes

Laurie

I was expecting the obligatory mention of the Monty Python skit.

BooRadley

Testing, testing

NHSparky

Gaaaaaddddd…dammit.

MCPO NYC USN Ret.

Ken Daigneau, brother of a Hormel executive, named the product in a 1937 contest and won a $100 prize. Hormel claims that the meaning of the name “is known by only a small circle of former Hormel Foods executives”, but popular beliefs are that the name is an abbreviation of “special processed american meat” or “shoulders of pork and ham”. But an obstinate retired Navy Master Chief living in NYC states the product was designed under a US Army contract and it stands for “Special Processed Army Meat”!

Combat Historian

We Hawaiians LOOOVE spam, we usually eat it for breakfast lunch and dinner…

Old AF Sarge

That’s a lot of spam!

OWB

A guy’s gotta do what a guy’s gotta do. Carry on, Jonn.

MCPO NYC USN Ret.

Spam, bacon, eggs and spam:

Sparks

Spam and fried egg sandwich!

CWORet

Ya big whiner…

CWORet

Hey, guess I’m good to go. Just a little test there…

RM3(SS)

SPAM Misubi!! yum!!

Veritas Omnia Vincit

Spammers are another solid group of 4ssholes who deserve a regularly scheduled 4ss whipping to square them away…

We deal with constant horsesh1t from idiots at our point of entry for data as well….I am occasionally tempted to pursue it with my ISP and make a housecall to offer an in person counseling and tune up solution for their inability to find honest non-annoying bullsh1t work…

Pinto Nag

Well, lets see if I can still use TAH to take out my frustrations…:0

Ex-PH2

Spam hash is diced spam with diced onions and diced potatoes, a little salt and pepper, ketchup, and a good skillet. And radishes.

Carry on.

Valerie

Jonn:

Last I looked, this was your site — people don’t like what you do, oh well!

2/17 Air Cav

gnitset. gnitset.

Just An Old Dog

Is it a normal thing, a holiday thing, or it the shennanigans of a certain spandex wearing, chode yodeling ass-wart with the intitails of PKW?

1AirCav69

Just a test.

ANCCPT

Test, Test, Test.
I don’t comment often, but I like the crowd here and don’t want to be locked out.

SGT E

Yeah, I’m not a terribly frequent poster either, but hope it can be smooth when the time comes! Thanks for everything, gents…

Jilly

Ugh that is a lot of spam.

A Proud Infidel

Grilled spam with a hit of barbecue sauce! Hey, it’s one of those things that tastes better as you get more drunk!!

nucsnipe

Check Check 1,2 1,2 check. Nucs rule Psul drools.

nucsnipe

Getting ready to experience some Gorebull warming here in the Pacnorwest, maybe I shouldn’t have taken the motorcycle to work, Naaw. Live to ride.

Seadog

Only good spam is fried spam. I can’t handle that gelatinous stuff in uncooked spam.

AW1 Tim

So far so good. It’s your home, your front porch, as it were, so whatever you have to do to keep it clean, go for it. 🙂

MCPO NYC USN Ret.

Hey. Nucsnipe. You aint a snipe unless you lit off a boiler by hand. (Sarc)

Trust me I know.

MCPO NYC USN Ret.

Oh sh!t … All the Lurkers are coming out now.

Twist

Yayyyy more spam recipes. I had enough spam growing up, but I still love you people that aren’t part of the lucky sperm club (see what I did there).

MCPO NYC USN Ret.

Ok. Back to SPAM.

Little known fact. SPAM can be used for a variety things.

Example: Engine mounts. Open a can of SPAM. Leave it on driveway for a week. For you folks down south, a dirt road is fine or a gravel path between trailers.

Once SPAM has dried and hardened. Place old engine mount on SPAM block and trace mount outline.

Cut outline with hacksaw and smooth edges with bench grinder. Paint SPAM engine mount with Rustolium spray paint (dried and hardened SPAM will rust if re-moistened).

Ex-PH2

Spam, bacon and egg sandwich with cheese on biscuits.

Much better than fried baloney, eggs and gravy.

blinduser

Just testing

UpNorth

Test.

Sparks

@29 and @37 Thank you, thank you for those recipes. I love Spam and usually just fry it. Never tried hash or on biscuits. Again, loving the Spam!

Sparks

@36 MCPO NYC, Spam can also be used as a wheel chock. But…it’s still better, fried with a fried egg and cheese on whole wheat toast. After you’re done fixing your car though.

Pinto Nag

Spam, cubed and stir-fried, and mixed in with garbage eggs. That’s a breakfast!

Combat Historian

When I was growing up in Hawaii, if the folks were out and I was hungry, I would heat up a can of Hormel chili and throw a can of diced spam into it; spammed chili hit the spot…

brat

HATE spam the ‘food’ but LOVE Monty Python… Was going to share the link to their skit about spam, but see someone else beat me to it.

As for the spam you are dealing with? Your site, your rules. Period.

OldSargeUSAR

Test me, test me.. Why won’t they arrest me – Psul da Tool.

Ex-PH2

And the news tonight is that Ditka’s number will be permanently retired. http://wgntv.com/2013/12/09/ditkas-no-89-jersey-to-be-retired-monday/

Meanwhile, the snuggling industry is alive and well in Madison, WI, although it is under scrutiny. http://wgntv.com/2013/12/09/madison-officials-crack-down-on-snuggling-industry/

Come on, folks, some people just need a hug.

Fjardeson

Testing!

Frankly Opinionated

I wonder if the pukey purple suited heavy drop is liking this?

Flagwaver

Are you going to close down the Psul thread? If we can’t poke the monkey with a stick, what fun will there be here? 😛

MGySgtRet.

ah, testing, testing, is this thing on????

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