Weekend Open Thread

| November 6, 2020

Symbolic of efforts to mitigate the effects of leftist propaganda. (The Donald Win)

Veterans Day is next week. The day before that is the birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps. With Halloween and the election behind us, Thanksgiving is just under three weeks away. Enjoy your weekend.

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5th/77th FA

1st

Devtun

Runner up. I’m saving my boxes full of phony 1st ballots for another time. 🙂

5th/77th FA

Test, Test, Test, Mic Test, 1,2, Testing Testing…Is this thing on? Hello Come In? Test, Test…1,2..Test….

AHEM!!! Did the full Bat- tree FIRE MISSION! Time on Target just blow all of the Delta Whiskeys/Whiskettes away? Just woke up from a nap and wandered thru to check on folks and WHOOMP, there it was, looking all Orphaned and Forlorn. The Friday TAH Weekend Open Thread…and NO ONE there to claim the Crown of FIRST! And I let it lay there for at least 10 Mississippis. DaHell wrong, y’all sleep too?

The King of Battle…THE King of FIRST hereby, forthwith reclaims his crown. Snacky stuff and beverages with seegars for all.

ninja

Ka-BOOM!!!!

gabn/rtr/hbtd

Me thinks some of us are a wee burned out on COVID and the Elections…but as everything else, this too shall pass…(Proverbs 3:5-6)

*smile*

VTRN

Um, 2nd?

Skippy

5th
👍😜😂😁😃😀🤣😠😎🎉💩🐻☝️🎊

Commissioner Wretched

Isn’t it odd how life gets into balance all by itself? The King of Battle makes yet another coveted FIRST, and the old Commissioner brings you the Friday trivia column. (The two aren’t related in any way, but should give you an idea of balance. Or lack thereof.) Regardless, here’s the trivia, friends! Enjoy. DID YOU KNOW…? Did a man appear from a country that didn’t exist, and then disappear the next day? By Commissioner Wretched In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving later this month, I have decided to spend some time in my column talking about things I am thankful for. For one thing, I’m thankful for every single one of you who take time out of your day to read this silly stuff I write. Without you, I’d be unemployed, so you mean more to me than you could possibly know. I’m thankful for my family and friends, and for the wonderful people I work with here at the newspaper. And I am very, very thankful that this horrible year of 2020 is almost over!!! Of course, I’m also thankful for trivia … so let’s take a look at some, shall we? Did you know … … the word “strengths” holds a Guinness record? It’s the longest word in English with only one vowel. (I wonder sometimes if, since the World Record Book publishers are also brewers, holding a Guinness would qualify for a Guinness record?) … the largest bird that ever existed weighed about 1,000 pounds? The now-extinct elephant bird, which died out about 1000 years ago, stood about 13 feet high. Its eggs were five times the size of an ostrich’s egg, weighing about 22 pounds. Needless to say, it could not fly. The elephant bird, which only lived on the island of Madagascar, is believed to have become extinct through the actions of humans. (Not being able to fly might have had a lot to do with that.) … it costs a pretty penny to climb Mt. Everest? Start saving now if you want to trek to the “rooftop of the world.” Average costs… Read more »

BruteLarson

Dammit. Sorry flagged you instead of reply. I should just stop. Just friggin’ stop. Sorry moderator. Dammit.

I WAS going to type that’d have to be one hell of a hangover for me to put up with that.

I am going to take a damned nap or something.

ninja

Thank You, again, CW, for the trivia!

BTW, isn’t the man from Taured considered an Urban Legend?

Now THIS story is true..it is about a West Point Cadet name Richard Colvin Cox who disappeared from West Point in his second year (1950):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Richard_Colvin_Cox

“Richard Colvin Cox (born 25 July 1928, last seen 14 January 1950) was a second-year cadet who disappeared from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. In January 1950, he was visited by a young man whose first name may have been George, three times over the course of a week. On the third occasion, Cox and “George” left the grounds of the academy and were never seen again. According to an eyewitness account from another cadet, the two men seemed to have known each other somewhere other than West Point. Cox is the only West Point cadet to have disappeared without a trace.”

Only Army Mom

First-ish?

Only Army Mom

Okay, how about first (on the WOT) to say how sick I am of political bashing? To all the TAH regulars, I respect and admire your thoughtful, heartfelt opinions and share many if not all of those positions. But, I simply cannot participate at this time for my own peace of mind. There is nothing I can say or do beyond what I already have to impact the outcome, so I have chosen to concentrate on my studies, cooking, yard work and other hobbies in a bid to save whatever is left of my sanity. Keep up the good fight, all you TAH deplorables, and I will continue to pray that it will matter. I come here and mostly lurk, to learn and to chuckle at the wit and wisdom of those who have been there and done that. This is one my most favorite hobbies, and something I have had to forego in the past few days because of the leavings of one semi-regular troll. I have had enough and am now making my statement. What good will it do? Probably not much if at all, but it sure feels good to let it out. I will return to my regularly un-scheduled and occasional comment after this well-earned rant. To the primary troll, the one who believes the dual myths of his own intelligence and his human decency, you represent every failed policy and initiative of These United States, the military and the education system. Your only value on this page is to provide either a mildly amusing example of everything wrong, both listed and unlisted above, or a worthy and appropriate receptacle of the garbage, feces and other indigestible, unconsumable, non-biodegradable refuse your betters have to put up with in the real world from your ilk. I have not contributed a single comment or response to your endless post-election diatribes, all of which can be summed up as, “Orange Man Bad”, and “Orange Man Supporters Bad”. Why? Simply because you are beyond a cure. Or more correctly stated, cannot be cured, because there is no cure for a… Read more »

ChipNASA

I’ll be the First to say…
Only Army Mom…
The argument I have with my kids sometimes LOL
AND because I can meme along with other comments here and post ponies….(some will get it and some not, don’t sweat it)
Just know….

You are always welcome here and I can speak from my own point of view, you are very much appreciated AND your comments greatly respected.
I get being burnt out on the recent bullshit, election, covid, 2020 in general AND not comes Autumn with the days getting dark at 5 and the end coming as the calendar turns, BUT 2021 is around the corner and after Winter is always the SPRING and rebirth.

So take time, meditate, look for quiet, peace and always come back here for some…*grin*

ChipNASA

Oh and for the rest of you, a hearty, FUCK YOU!!!! For those that only speak “pissy, crusty, crunchy, foul, sore, always sarcastic, veteran” but because sometimes we can be quite stingy, I’m taking some of that back because I DESERVE IT MORE THAN YOU!!!
(Confused yet?!?! 😀 😀 )

ChipNASA

OK I’m REPORTING MY FUCKING SELF!!! WRONG VIDEO LINK!!!!
Try again….Jesus H Tap dancing Christ…

DELETE AND SWAP THE YouTube LNINKS!!

Normally I’d happily delete and swap for you, Chip. I’m sorely tempted to, but I just may edit the wrong one.

And I love you too.
*grin*
AW1

Only Army Mom

Chip-thanks for the laugh! I do hope it was abundantly clear that I was neither admonishing nor complaining about the TAH regulars. One of my favorite features of TAH is those who only speak “pissy, crusty, crunchy, foul, sore, always sarcastic, veteran”. I’ve learned new words and new combinations of words. Granted, many of them I can’t ever say in public…

Fyrfighter

Very well said Only Army Mom!

The only part I’ll take exception to is your statement ” I chose to explain my lack of participation to my betters at TAH”..
IMHO, you do NOT have any betters here, we’re all equals, with some similar, and many different life experiences. That’s what makes this place so great. I’ll also second everything that Chip said…well except where he degenerated into incoherent ramblings…(ducks and runs)

ChipNASA

I WAS CHANNELING MY INNER JOE BIDEN BITCH!!! JESUS!!!!, IT’S FUCKING FRIDAY AND I DON’T DRINK ANYMORE!!!!! (See, I can’t even use that old joke…I don’t drink any less either!!)
Anyway, what was I saying?!??!?!!?!?!?

😀 😀 😀 😀

Oh yeah, I was thinking that maybeOnly Army Mom has seen the The Hemisphere of Insults®™ . If so, I’m sure she’s picked up a few new adjectives and nouns and verbs and if not, I look forward to deploying it again, and sharing it with not only her, but, any Stolen Valor douchebags voted upon to deploy it.
Yay!
Cheers

Only Army Mom

Chip, if I had the power to post memes/vids, I would put this – or some version of it – in every thread in which the pigeon lands and does it’s thing. https://www.123rf.com/photo_120607833_closeup-rock-pigeon-are-pooping-on-the-roof-isolated-on-background.html

Fyrfighter

“I WAS CHANNELING MY INNER JOE BIDEN BITCH!!! JESUS!!!!,”.. I was gonna suggest just that, but I thought it too harsh.. to you, not the dottering old fool with dementia

ChipNASA

ALright, that’s about fucking it Fyrfighter I’ve had just about enough of your shit. First I lose my WoT crown now this!!!
Who the fuck do you think I *AM* LARS?!?!?

I’m *struggles* about…GONNA KICK…., hold on… OK DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!! ( “ungggghhhhh!!!!!!!!”

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HMCS(FMF) ret

Excellent post, Only Army Mom…

5th/77th FA

Skippy… 😆 😎 😛

CW…Our Main Man…Another fine job…TANKS…Mention me to the Nancys! ps I was considered unbalanced way yonder before the medically certified dain bramage.

Chipster, Always my pleasure…to take my phuqueing crown back from you, you all time phavorite, phuquing phuqer. Phuqueing glad you didn’t launch the phuquer into space, you wing wiping pukey phuquer…Smooches.

Only Army Mom…Bam! Bam! Bam! Talk about your Time on Target Fire for Effect Fire Mission…you have well and truly phu…er plucked that bird…feathers and entrails all over the AO. Spot on AND Testify. You have so very eloquently and sucincley stated what 99.69% of us feel about that spapos. I very very very very very seldom even skim his vulgar drivel, one thing nice about TAH comment layout, you see the commenter’s name FIRST, giving the opportunity to scroll on past without having to read it. I’m sure that there are a number of our dear readers that do me the same way. Now about that cooking hobby? Can we talk? I have beef, pork, bird, and swimming beast in inventory…with multitudes of casted iron cooking ware…and gas stove. Plus there is corn meal, flour, sugar, yeast, real butter, shortening. I can also pull KP like nobody’s bidness.

We hope that you know that you are one of our most favorites for…reasons. Blessing on you for who you are and what you mean to so many of us. 😉

BruteLarson

You aren’t the only one doing that! All systems are down here except the computer and stereo. The computer is in a fenced yard. All icons are in a file out of site.

What is the weather going to be tomorrow? Are the birds flying south again this year? That sort of thing.

I’ve been listening to a lot of music the last few days. More than in the previous year combined. I also found some old radio show podcasts. I’m new on a smartphone so I thought that was a big deal.

“Stars on Suspense” is a good one if you want top shelf actors from that time.

You can listen and go about whatever you want to do.

Head meet sand? I don’t know. I’m not much anymore so I don’t know what I could do anyway.

It will save me money, and not just on the electric bill. Me and mass media electronics…we have a history. I actually have backups, new and in the box, but haven’t needed one since nixing the cable in ’09’.

Mrs. Larson is worse than me! I’m not kidding, she is. We should have met a few hundred years ago.

Did you have to social distance for Typhus?

AW1Ed

“…to my betters at TAH.”

Damn few of those, and none I see from where I sit.

“Have a TAH Day.”
*grin*

Graybeard

Well said, Only Army Mom.

And I’ll join in the chorus to affirm that you have no betters here at TAH, and darn few equals anywhere.

God bless you always.

ninja

Only Army Mom:

WOW…

Thank You so much for sharing your thoughts and feelings as well as being open and honest.

Really appreciate your cander!

David

Only Army Mom – easiest flag is when most topics have a handful of responses and you roll onto a post with multiple times as many as any other…. Lars has been laying bullshit eggs and everyone else is hatching ’em.

Thunderstixx

Welcome to the League of unanointed dickweeds as we are Lorded over by the winner of the weekly highly coveted TAH WOT !!!!
You have gained your acceptance with characteristic ease and the grace of a highly intelligent and no doubt beautiful Army Mom !!!
Welcome to the club my dear good friend, your sincerity regarding the group of individuals that frequent these pages is highly appreciated and acknowledged with greatest of compliments to someone that has gained the respect of many unknown and unnamed individuals.
And may said annoyance be given the Twitter trash heap treatment with a boot shoved so far up the anal orifice that the Regulation Jump Boot will be spit shined by the oral cavity protuberance classified as the tongue of the subject of scorn and ridicule…..

Penguinman000

Happy early birthday to my Marine brothers. In a world of constant change, some don’t.

Fyrfighter

I’ll second that! The red crayons are on me boys!

ninja

Ditto!!!

NHSparky

Top 10. Tested negative for the commie cold this week, which is nice.

Ret_25X

I have a case of corona…and a bag of limes….that is all!

ChipNASA

No stuffing the ballot box here.
I was sitting out front with two massive fire engines and a crew over at the neighbors house. They were around for about 20 minutes and then they packed up and left and one of the family who was here drove up and parked and then left.
Still no idea what happened or what was going on and no one to ask. I didn’t see any smoke or anything so maybe it was an appliance or kitchen issue.
I’m sure I’ll get the low down later.
For now, I’m glad to be top teen-ish and hand the crown and scepter over to 5th/77th FA
Once again he’s back on top.
I know he hates it being a bottom.
*runs* LOL
Cheers to all and all is well at this end.
Ciao
Chip

RGR 4-78

“stuffing the ballot box”

I am waiting until the wife gets home.

RGR 4-78

Claw, I picked up another Military Colman lantern yesterday, a 1958 model. It still had the brand new tool kit in the storage compartment, each piece wrapped in butcher paper.

Now that I have a matched set I am going to get some clear LED Christmas lights to put in them and hang them from the celling.

Claw

Thumbs Up!!

26Limabeans

Found this gem (two of them) in my unopened pile of neat stuff
from many years ago. Ah.. the memories of stuff careers are made of:

5985-01-119-1180

S/N’s omitted to protect the guilty.

RGR 4-78

Is that part of the plasma rifle in 40 watt range? 🙂

ChipNASA

That sounds like a really cool idea. I may steal it as I’m a real camping buff. I cabin camp these days as I’m older and spoiled. Been there did that down to 6 degrees.
Anyway, is it the baby shit green like the border of the comment box here or is it the much darker “pea” green like the vegetable or maybe even a little darker like, say broccoli? Just an aesthetic thing.

I was amazed as I used to have a camping box where I had all this stuff in a “go box” so I could bail on a weekend and hit the road with friends. I have no idea what I ever did with it but I had the traditional gas lantern, a can of fuel, and about 3 or 4 packs of mantles taped to the lid.
NOW, I go on Amazon and the canned gas model is about $90 and then duel fuel with case, model, (Coleman and unleaded gas fuel) is about $120. DAMN, it *is* about 1,000 lumens and I *DO* always remember growing up camping with that light around camping but jeeze, that’s a lot to have around to use (these days) once or twice a year.
I forgot I had a stove too. Have no idea what happened to that either. I must have given it to my friend.

I wonder if I can get one cheap online like $30? and do exactly this….hang it (dry and clean) and put some nice LED string of lights in it.
COOL IDEA!!

Mason

I *DO* always remember growing up camping with that light around

My memories of the Coleman are of my dad standing in the pitch black pop up tent trailer, with the light from the car’s headlights poorly illuminating the interior, while he cursed and swore and raged until the lantern finally got sick of hearing him and gave in and lit.

I’m sure we had a mantle that was 20 years old and fuel twice that. 🙂 Good times. Now, if the Internet gets slow (not even that it stops) the kids won’t shut about how they are “literally” going to die.

Graybeard

I have a few of those gas-powered Colemans hanging around here (literally)

Being a Scout leader for 20+ years, I have an entire camp shed with gear (next to the canoe rack) most of which is still usable – the rest of which I’ll get around to repairing “someday”…

Grandsons use a lot of it now.

Back to the gas-fueled Coleman lanterns (or stoves) I never thought to try to sell them. Or repurpose them for Christmas… may do something like that.

RGR 4-78

“Anyway, is it the baby shit green like the border of the comment box here or is it the much darker “pea” green like the vegetable or maybe even a little darker like, say broccoli? Just an aesthetic thing.”

Chip, it is hard to tell. It is a barn find and after I scrubbed all the chicken s#!t and mud dauber nests off of it the color is a bit faded. I do know it is Gov. surplus since it has the NSN on 1 of the 4 glass panes. It still had gas in the tank that probably dates back to the mid 1970s.

Roh-Dog

Just got home from murdering trees, grabbed a beer and figured I’d check in.
Gotta get ready for the annual Vets camp out tomorrow night. I’m sure it’ll be a shitshow. Rumor is Fear and Loathing-esque a doings…
Packing the golf shoes and lizard tail.
Have a great weekend y’all! (Don’t let resident Commie funsponge get ya down!)

ninja

Burned out on COVID and the Elections?

Need a break, i.e. a GOOD laugh?

Check out this 2:00 minute video featuring Diemon Dave’s Ninja School.

It is HILARIOUS!!!

“Judy Chop!”

Will post another one of his videos titled “The Proper Judy Chop” where he uses the phrase “Stolen Valor”.

Trailer Park humor at its best!

Enjoy!

ninja

Diemon Dave gives “Stolen Valor” a whole new meaning!

LOL!!!

“The Proper Judy Chop”

Hack Stone

Hack is just checking in so that he can keep his WOT registration valid. Yet another week of meeting sales quota for outdated overpriced Red Hat software.

Hack would also like to remind you lovable Deplorables that it was six years ago during election week that Elaine Ricci relapsed from ten years sober and got hooked on placebos again, leading to her removal as President of a proud but humble woman owned business that sold software to the Federal Government. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

ninja

Music Appreciation Time!

John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival singing “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” in Belgium, 2010.

About 3 minutes…and worth it.

Enjoy!

ninja

rgr1480 posted this yesterday…it is worth the repeat.

This is the now elected North Carolina LT Governor Mark Robinson’s 2018 speech to Greensboro, NC City Council on gun show ban.

So happy he was elected. Mark Robinson ROCKS!

4 minutes…Worth Watching!

Thank You, rgr1480, for previously sharing!

OldSoldier54

Preach it, Brother!!

OldSoldier54

Here is a well explained case for massive ballot fraud red flags by former accountant turned novelist Larry Correia.

There has been massive fraud, IMO. YMMV

LC

His first main point, about the districts showing over 200% voting, has already been proven false, and even the site he links to has updated their data:
https://www.wisn.com/article/debunked-no-there-were-not-more-votes-than-registered-milwaukee-voters/34591256

And the O’Keefe thing is also wrong, since it doesn’t matter when votes are postmarked in Michigan. They need to be received by 8pm on Election Day – postmarking them after that doesn’t do anything, and the clerk said it hasn’t happened.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/05/allegations-usps-election-fraud-michigan-dont-hold/

In any election with a lot of data, there’s going to be concerns – here’s one from liberals freaking out about how votes changed in Texas and Florida, and it does look odd.. but there are also plenty of other explanations:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1323921182622732288.html

To take one example from there, let’s look at Hidalgo, Texas — in 2016, according to the thread, that vote went 73.5% D, and 24% R, with a total of 119,277 voters [1]. It’s obviously a Democratic area. But in 2020, the percentages dropped to 57% (D) to 41% (R) [2]. The kicker was ~50K new voters, in this Democratic area, but >80% of them were Trump voters? That seems pretty unlikely, no? One explanation, without any evidence, is fraud. But another is just that there were 50K new voters, and they split in some more reasonable fashion -even 60/40 (R)- and Trump pulled some of the D votes over.

For another one on the left, here’s the Wisconsin GOP trying to encourage fraud in Pennsylvania:
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/06/trumps-wisconsin-campaign-asks-pennsylvania-cast-late-ballots/6182506002/

There’s tons of allegations on both sides. But no real evidence of widespread fraud other than the unreliable ‘so-and-so saw something on Facebook that someone else said they heard their neighbor witness’. If you want me to pick apart more of that post, I’m happy to. At the end of the day, aside from the lack of evidence, it also doesn’t make sense that the Democrats are able to orchestrate massive voter fraud, … but do it in a way that fails to get them the Senate.

Sources for Hidalgo, Texas:
[1] https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Hidalgo/64161/183981/Web01/en/summary.html
[2] https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Hidalgo/106203/web.264614/#/summary

Hondo

FWIW: that’s Hidalgo County, TX vice the TX town of the same name. It’s in the lower Rio Grande valley, about 50 miles (give or take) west of Brownsville. I’ve been to Hidalgo county a number of times.

The town of Hidalgo (in Hidalgo county) only has a population of somewhat over 11,000.

Hidalgo County is 90+% Hispanic and has a population of nearly 870k. It would normally be expected to be very heavily Democratic-leaning. I’m frankly surprised there weren’t more total votes in that county given the population total.

I’m pretty sure your thesis of “pulling over some of the Democratic voters” is correct. That part of Texas is conservative – even the Democratic voters tend somewhat conservative. Biden and Harris may have simply been too liberal for their tastes.

However, I wouldn’t dismiss the possibility of voter fraud out of hand – though for reasons I’ll explain, I strongly doubt it was the case here.

The Democratic Party in South Texas has a very long history of vote fraud. In fact, we have them to thank for that “thoroughly wonderful” POTUS called LBJ (and thus for the Vietnam War, into which LBJ engineered US entry “on the sly”).

Without South Texas political bosses stealing the 1948 Democratic senatorial nomination for him, LBJ’s political career would have likely cone to a screeching halt in 1948. He’d almost certainly have never been Senate Majority Leader in 1960 or chosen as JFK’s running mate.

See Robert A. Caro’s Means of Ascent for details. The most pertinent chapters are those tited “Lists of Names” and “The Stealing”. Caro documents the theft quite thoroughly.

The Democratic party still controls most of South Texas today. Due to that fact, it’s highly doubtful the South Texas GOP would have the opportunity (much less the ability) to commit vote fraud on the same scale as could the South Texas Democrats.

OldSoldier54

Sorry, I think the 200+% thing is alive and well, they changed some numbers to lower the percentage figures.

I guess we’ll see.

Fyrfighter

Regarding fraud, it’s always good to remember the words of Ian Fleming:

Once is happenstance
Twice is coincidence
Three times is enemy action…

OldSoldier54

Yep.

Graybeard

Top 50

Was out scouting the hunting area and setting up a new trail camera. Opening day of gun season starts in our AO tomorrow – but it’s gonna be warm after a couple of weeks of nice cool temps.

Talking to a friend of mine at the gun store he told me a YGBKM story from an incident at the gun counter.
A lady came in wanting to buy a gun. But not just any gun, specifically a .44 Mag revolver with an 8″ barrel.
This lady has ZERO experience with a firearm. So why, do you ask yourself, does she want nothing but a .44 Mag revolver with an 8″ barrel?

Because that’s what they use in the video games she plays and it’s the best gun, nothing else is powerful enough, and she wants that gun for her home defense weapon.

The management made an executive decision (at my friend’s suggestion) to not sell her a firearm of any type.

(Do you think she voted for Biden?)

Y’all take care and have a great weekend, wherever you be.

ninja

Graybeard wrote:

“Talking to a friend of mine at the gun store he told me a YGBKM story from an incident at the gun counter.”

“A lady came in wanting to buy a gun. But not just any gun, specifically a .44 Mag revolver with an 8″ barrel.”

“This lady has ZERO experience with a firearm. So why, do you ask yourself, does she want nothing but a .44 Mag revolver with an 8″ barrel?”

“Because that’s what they use in the video games she plays and it’s the best gun, nothing else is powerful enough, and she wants that gun for her home defense weapon.”

The ninja family is rolling all over the floor, laughing so hard…

THAT WAS A GREAT ONE, Graybeard…THANK YOU!

ninja

Speaking of the Marine Corps upcoming birthday:

“Someone Finally Made Edible Crayons For Marines”

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2020/08/05/someone-finally-made-edible-crayons-for-marines/

“After years of confronting ridicule for being an illiterate branch whose personnel enjoy a nice wax snack after learning how to war from coloring books, Marines everywhere can rejoice — edible crayons have arrived.”

“As far as inter-service rivalries go, everyone who has served in uniform knows the stereotypes: soldiers are overweight, sailors are wimps, airmen are lazy, Marines are the dimmest bulbs in the box, and the Coast Guard … well, they’re just the Coast Guard.”

“But the Marine Corps crayon-eating trope is perhaps the most well known and meme-worthy of the lot. Dozens of Reddit threads and Quora posts address the topic. The satire site DuffelBlog even once shared an unfortunate story about a Marine crayon-eating competition gone wrong.”

“That’s why Tashina Coronel, a Marine Corps veteran and the owner of Okashi Sweets, decided to start selling crayons Marines could actually eat. She also threw in edible glue for good measure.”

“The crayons started as an inside joke between services,” Coronel told Military Times. “It was actually a jab at Marines from other services, trying to make fun of us. But as Marines, we can laugh along with them and own it as our own.”

“A sweets creator by trade, Coronel has been working in the dessert industry for seven years after serving 10 years on active duty. Her decision to start making and selling edible crayons and glue was ultimately inspired by content on the aforementioned online threads.”

“From the memes I was seeing on social media, it just made sense to make a novelty item for Marines to truly eat,” she said.”

“Perhaps it’s finally time the Marine Corps considers amending its motto to “Semper fidelis manducare Crayola” — Always faithful to eat … you know.”

11B-Mailclerk

Beeswax instead of paraffin, and dry food coloring.

OldSoldier54

Now THAT is funny … and smart, too!

That woman has business acumen, for sure.

ninja

A story from May 2020. The video says it all.

Some people are SO dumb…

“Watch this Tinker airman with a need for speed get busted after 183-mph motorcycle chase”

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2020/05/21/watch-this-tinker-airman-with-a-need-for-speed-get-busted-after-183-mph-motorcycle-chase/

5th/77th FA

ninja…rtr/gabn/hbtd!!! Great videos posted above, Tanks for the comic relief…it was needed. Been a fan of CCR since back yonder when our little 3 piece garage band was banging out their tunes at the sock hops and Birthday Parties. Had a number of original 33&1/3 rpm polyvinyl carbons, a few left, wore out innumerable 8 track and cassette tapes, got some CDs and even a bunch of downloads that one of my former Navy nephews put on a stick for use in Little Josey and the Ark. Urban legend has it that Fogarty developed that singing style early on ’cause their PA equipment didn’t include enough stage monitors so that they could hear the vocals during a show. Good times!

Had a wholesale customer back yonder in my rep days owned a car dealership. Wanted the top of the line, very best radar detector known to mankind. Showed him what was out there and told him, “These are not a license to speed, you get pulled over with one, you WILL get s speeding ticket.” Came back thru about a month later, he wanted a credit memo written. He’d put it in a Porsche 911, got busted by a Georgia Boy doing 161 in a 55 on I-16. Yes I laughed, no he didn’t get a credit memo. (dumbazz didn’t keep the box or packing material.) I did hook him up with another customer that worked out a trade.

MarineDad61

What’s this crying like a pussy crap?
Oh no… I’m gonna get in trouble.
He can ask for Germany now, like I got for 2 years,
and air it out over there, like I did.
(135mph on my 1984 Honda V-65 Magna)
NOTE – The V-65 could do more, but my BELL LTD helmet could not.
Blurred vision and shattering glass sound at 135mph.
Then again, a really comfortable cruiser at 105mph,
and passing acceleration like few others.
I’d hate to see crying pussy’s next insurance bill.

MarineDad61

CONUS speed note —

12.3 sec 110mph at Maple Grove Dragway
on a brackets weekend with (Camaro and El Camino) buds
while on leave between tech school and Germany.

I drew ball #64, so I ran the very first match
of the Sunday feature event,
against #1, the 1983 track champ.
He had a 9.8 sec Kawasaki Twin-1000 with wheelie bar.
Yes, I got smoked.
But the Maple Grove PA announcer
gave me a nice 15 sec. intro.
Good times……

MarineDad61

Best memory riding home on leave from Texas to PA in summer ’84…
Harley’s would come up by me,
the guy would give me the up and down,
and his biker babe on the back seat would flip her shield,
give me the middle finger, and yell “RICE BURNER”.
Last laugh for me, a double downshift, and throttle to 10k rpm.

Cameron

Trump parade in Nigeria. Even in Nigeria, Trump still can gather crowds.

Thunderstixx

As we find ourselves in the middle of a Constitutional crisis not seen since the early days of the Re[public and the period of time leading up to the Civil war….
I’m with Sarah Hoyt here….
Release the joker and let them become the most giant pains in the ass of every stinking liberal that dares to show their ugly face…….
She’s got a great point !!!
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2020/11/06/let-the-joker-go-wild/

ChipNASA

I am reading this and am at the point of RPG (role playing games) and it’s genius!! YES,
I have to share this on Parler where I can conservative post without getting ANOTHER 30 ban from FUCK YOU MARK ZUCKERBURG Book of Face.
I love it.
You can’t IMAGINE, as an older, corrupt, fucked up in the head veteran, I can mimic a grumpy overtired, hangry (yes spelling), just shitty as can be, two year old.

A Proud Infidel®™️

Present, woke up still breathing this morning and Honorary First once again.

((((OVER))))

Mason

What media bias? 🙄

The Other Whitey

https://www.deviantart.com/yt45

For those interested.

KoB

Tanks for the update TOW. Coming along nicely. Look forward to next week’s showing!

Claw

For those interested:

Today (first Saturday of November) is National Bison Day.

5th/77th FA

Tanka Claw! Kool video here on them furry rascals. Lubs me some Bison…’specially on a plate next to the peas and taters.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=american+bison&docid=608040878472890299&mid=D4D87EA80B9B9788D736D4D87EA80B9B9788D736&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

LC

This is one of those moments when real life is wilder than anything The Onion could come up with – the Trump campaign had a press conference this morning at the Four Seasons in Philly. Except, instead of the famous hotel, they got the ‘Four Seasons Total Landscaping’ parking lot. A small business on the outskirts of the city. Oops! Some intern is getting fired…

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-promised-big-press-conference-at-the-four-seasons-landscaping-office

MarineDad61

Callahan County Sheriff election update (Clyde, Texas).
Eric Pechacek is the newly elected Sheriff.

Unofficial update on our Stolen Valor dynamic duo….
RICK JOWERS is still in town, laying low. A bum?
LEROY FOLEY has split the county AND the state of Texas,
and is laying low somewhere in rural Oklahoma.
No word on state or federal prosecution on either of them.
Does anyone else have any new details?

https://ktxs.com/news/local/eric-pechacek-wins-over-write-in-candidate-to-become-the-new-callahan-county-sheriff

Claw

For those who believe in the old American Indian proverb of cutting six inches off the bottom of a blanket and sewing it back on the top will get you a longer blanket:

7210-00-282-7950 Blanket, Wool, Olive Green 84×66 inch (Marked U.S.)

7210-00-715-7985 Blanket, Wool, Medical 90×66 inch (Marked US w/Caduceus)

Smile

OWB

It works if I cut 6″ off your blanket and sew it on my blanket…