Weekend Open Thread
It’s easy for many among the political elite to come up with utopian visions that they think could be accomplished. If it’s pricey, they have a financial cushion. It’s usually the non-elite, the regular non-rich people, who pay the price for certain people being wrong. Enjoy your weekend.
Category: Open thread
First!
D’oh!
Looks like you beat Hack by 4 seconds.
Missed it by THAT much.
BOOOOOOOM!!!
I know you’re tired of hearing/reading it, but out of love IDGAF: buy food, ammo, tools, and get ready for a Great Unpleasantness.
The CPI came in hot as Hunter’s piss. With credit tightening ramping up, saving low and the idiots doing dumb shit all the hell over the place.
I don’t see this resolving itself without pain. Pray the doomers are wrong but every bank under the sun is waving the hurricane flag.
Keep that powder dry.
Have a great weekend y’all!!!
You are on Target Roh-Dog. You have fired for effect! Another FIRST fer GO ARMY…BEAT EVERYBODY! I will settle for a Fifth, FIRST! Make it a Jameson…or a George…or a Jim…or a Hennessey.
All hail the new ruler!
FU dog.
First!
Hahahahahah.
Shameless piggyback.
Why is it dat every time I listen to Led Zeppelin I think of the Vietnam War.
Did joe really listen to Led Zeppelin during the Vietnam War?
Gee, I dunno… their first album came out in ‘68, their second in ‘69, their third in ‘70, their fourth in ‘71, and their fifth in ‘73. What do you think?
Hey, gosh, just like the Rolling Stones… 😉
Hack Stone is appealing to all of the rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists who frequent This Ain’t Hell to help Make TAH Deplorable Again by launching denial of service attacks against the Usual Suspects (Roh-Dog, KoB, Commissioner Wretched). Hack Stone and your country thank you.
Hack Stone blames his failure in securing the highly coveted and rarely awarded title of First Commenter for This Ain’t Hell Weekend Open Thread on Purim’s invasion of Ukraine. Might as well, if Joe Biden can blame 17 straight months of rising fuel costs on an event that occurred 100 days ago, might as well blame him for all of our ills.
Thanks for the shout out, ‘Mano!
First
Missed it by thaaat much, dang it.
U sux ballz
1st
Lozer!!!!!!¹1111++
First
Gus try
Looks like Roh-Dog gets the coveted title this week. I hereby hand over the orb, scepter and crown. Rule well!
Thanks much, CW. Always a pleasure to see your column!
You are too kind. Thank you!
U galz canz getz a frigginz roomz.
Yeah, by the hour!
You’re just jealous someone can stand me for more than 10 minutes at a time.
umpteeenth
Having missed FIRST! (h/t Roh-Dog), here’s the trivia for the week, my consolation prize. Enjoy!
DID YOU KNOW…?
Which classic movie holds the record for the most number of “takes” to film a single scene?
By Jack Bagley
didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com
While preparing to write the column this week, I had one of those “Ah ha!” moments that made me realize I am getting old.
This week, 47 years ago, I graduated from Spencer High School in Columbus, Georgia.
Now that may not seem like anything big to you, but it is to me. You see, I was the youngest member of my graduating “Class of 1975,” all of 16 years old when I trod the stage to get my diploma and go face the big, bad world.
Sixteen. Like all 16-year-olds, I was bulletproof and ready.
Or so I thought.
The world has changed many times since that June day in 1975, but one thing remains steady – my bizarre sense of humor, which I bring you now in the form of yet another trivia column. Happy Graduation Week plus 47 to me, and happy trivia to you!
Did you know …
… in 1830, the average American consumed about 1.7 bottles of hard liquor per week? That equates to 7.1 gallons of booze per person, per year. This comes from a 2015 report done by the BBC on the history of drinking in America. (Well, what else was there to do in 1830 but drink, anyway?)
… cheese is the most frequently stolen food in the
world? Estimates are that about four percent of all the cheese available in stores is shoplifted. (That’s what I call a very “cheesy” statistic.)
… white chocolate is not really chocolate? Bear with me a minute. White chocolate does contain cocoa butter, but none of the cocoa solids that define chocolate. Technically, then, it isn’t real chocolate. (And it doesn’t taste much like chocolate either.)
… storing cottage cheese or sour cream upside down makes it last longer? Inverting the container creates a vacuum in it, which slows the growth of the bacteria that causes the cheese or cream to spoil. (Of course, if you forget to secure the lid, you make a big mess in your refrigerator, too.)
… only one number in the English language, when written out, has all its letters in alphabetical order? That number is forty. (Nice to know if you’re ever on Jeopardy!, I guess.)
White chocolate is evil and wrong.
As long as we are discussing crimes against humanity, who is the rat bastard that came up with turkey bacon? For some reason, Hack Stone’s lovely bride Rosetta Stone wants him to live longer, but if a long life can only be had by not consuming a big thick slab of smokehouse bacon, Hack Stone doesn’t want to live.
Remember Pajama Boy?
Him/her/it/zit, or someone like him/her/it/zit.
… the tallest mountain in the Solar System is not on Earth? It’s on Mars. Olympus Mons, three times higher than Mt. Everest, is also the largest volcano in the system (as far as we know, anyway).
… treadmills were originally designed to be used in prisons? In Victorian England, a device called the “treadwheel” was created for prison inmates to use. They were simply steps set inside cast iron wheels, and the inmate walking on the steps would turn the wheels and pump water, mill corn, or connect to a large fan. This device evolved into the modern exercise machine we love (or loathe) today. (See? I knew they were for punishment!)
How long did it take for them to discover that the device would be a great place to hang laundry?
I believe the “tread wheel” was referred to as the “cockchafer” in Crichton’s novel, “ The Great Train Robbery.”
… a classic movie holds the record for the most number of takes for one scene? The 1931 film City Lights, starring Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), holds the record. One scene, featuring actress Virginia Cherrill (1908-1996) saying the line, “Flower, sir?” was shot … and reshot … and reshot again … a total of 342 times. Chaplin, who was also directing the film, was something of a perfectionist, and Cherrill was not at that time a professional actress. Rather, she was a socialite whom Chaplin had seen in the crowd at a boxing match. The final take of the scene as used took only three minutes of the total film. (I’m surprised Cherrill remained in acting after that torturous event!)
… a classic item of the Old West isn’t native to North America? If you’ve ever been out west and saw a “tumbling tumbleweed,” you should know that the plant Kali tragus, which when it dies and dries out becomes a tumbleweed, is actually a plant introduced from Asia. There, it is known as the “Russian thistle.” (But “drifting along with the tumbling Russian thistle” doesn’t sound so very musical, does it?)
… mirrors are placed near elevators for a reason? It’s purely psychological, but those who have studied it say that the placement of mirrors near an elevator is a trick to make the wait for the elevator more bearable. It seems that people, by and large, like to look at themselves. (No comment.)
Supposedly Russian immigrants to the great plains brought in wheat seed to start growing cold- and weather-resistant Asian wheat here, but the wheat seed was often contaminated with Russian thistle – which adapted and survived nicely. Farmers added salt to the tumbleweed and used it as feed during the Dust Bowl.
Not native? Sure made itself at home in Hell Paso.
… a platypus’ tail has a definite purpose? Even though it looks as if the platypus borrowed the tail from a beaver, its purpose is to store up to 50% of the animal’s body fat. The tail provides the platypus with an energy reserve in the event of a food shortage. (Oh, the classic jokes I could do right now …)
… cats cannot move their jaws sideways? (Nor do they want to.)
… mosquitoes are able to survive collisions with raindrops? It’s pretty ingenious, too … the little bloodsuckers cling to the droplet and ride with it for a while. (Well, there goes that idea for getting rid of them.)
… the most counterfeited piece of money of all time is American? The U.S. $100 bill has been judged the bill most copied by people practicing their own versions of the economy. Even the newest version of the “C note,” which features numerous anti-counterfeit measures, has been successfully copied.
… rice can be poison? Bear with me, here. If you like rice as much as I do – and brother, do I like rice! – you should know that in addition to protein and vitamins, rice also contains arsenic. Not just a trace amount, either … one serving of some brands of rice contains more than the recommended weekly dose of arsenic. (Wait – there’s a recommended weekly dose of arsenic?)
Now … you know!
Of course rice can be poison. You’ve never heard of ricin? 😉
No shit, there I was… at Safeway with MRS D, doing a little grocery shopping. I’m unloading the cart, I put a box of rice on the conveyor. I put on my best innocent look, turned to MRS D and asked “If we buy Uncle Ben’s rice, does that make us ricists?” I was in timeout for a while on that one. Cashier nearly pissed himself laughing.
We do our grocery shopping at the local Walmart, what is this “cashier” you speak of?
Dirtbags ring up only half their items and Walmart thinks that’s still cost effective.
Been getting more and more food at Wally lately. They have fresh stock of Dinty Moore beef stew with date codes out to 2025.
Perfect for the coming depression.
And the Moose lottery is today with results on line at 6 PM.
Ha ha, the self checkout. I try to see how lousy a bill it will take without ripping it in half. Had some rejected but not torn. And the lady watching the machines is pretty but very large.
I could “cuff” a few small items but I’m not like
that and believe most people also are not.
Rube that I am….
Columbus GA? I used to live there, had an apartment down near the Iron Works!
Indeed? It is true, what they say about the false size of the world! When were you in Columbus?
Stationed at Benning until 1994, moved on in 2001. Loved going to the annual “Pig Jig” over there at the Iron Works, they had plenty of Gun Shows there as well!
I wonder how many people really believe this “Oh, we are transitioning to green energy!” crap? I know some do, but have those people ever considered that every single bite of food they eat, unless they grow it themselves, needs diesel fuel or gasoline to plant it, cultivate it, harvest it, transport it to the processor, then transport it again to their market?
Have they ever tried to count how many electric semi-trucks are hauling groceries on the road or electric combines harvesting wheat? Maybe they’d think that the need for diesel isn’t quite ready to go away and maybe food wouldn’t cost so d@#Mn much if we had more fuel being produced. But no, we are on our way to a greeeeeen future.
I filled up the car today – $5.09/gal. The pump spun at a rate just under 1 dollar/second.
Ah, Harvard Business Review has an article for ’em (which then gets stuck on how explaining BS lofty goals is somehow strategy to achieve them for hard-of-thinking “woke” Biztards, but it’s a start):
“Don’t Confuse Strategy with Lofty Goals,” by Constantinos C. Markides, HBR, 8 June 2022
https://hbr.org/2022/06/dont-confuse-strategy-with-lofty-goals
Inflation hits Russia?
Bigger hats would not be an issue for him.
Wow! I’ll bet he would dress out at 300 lbs minimum.
The False Commander “Phony” Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) works balls when avoiding calls seeking clarification of his highly dubious and potentially felonious Native American, Navy SEAL and Law Enforcement claims.
He can’t take calls when he’s in the truck stop men’s room asking the guy at the next urinal, “Hey, what radio station do you listen to?” Works for him every time.
Lay off of Commander Phil Monkress of All Points Logistics. The guy has such great leadership skills that employees are willing to sacrifice their jobs, homes, reputations and marriage to defend his lies of being a US Navy SEAL.
And for those who missed Hack’s comment earlier this week on the Honor Flight Poser, this week marks the nine year anniversary of when the year long dormant initial Phil Monkress thread was resurrected, leading to a never ending series of threads of one particular former employee of All Points Logistics. Happy Anniversary Psaul, this year is Copper, next year is Tin, so just give me whatever part falls off of your Jaguar.
Does Psul even have a door on his mailbox yet? Bless his heart…
Word.
Phildo has longevity.
Kinda like that bowel mark stain – otherwise known as the Phil Monkress stain – at the local dive bar, it will just not go away flush after flush.
Phildostyle!
As if you need another reason to walk away from the NFL, you better not stray from the Left’s talking points. Haven’t watched an NFL game in two or three years, and have no intention of ever coming back.
https://www.nfl.com/news/commanders-fine-dc-jack-del-rio-100k-for-comments-on-capitol-riots
I hung up the phone on ever watching the NFL years ago as well and I heard that another one of their teams is considering being renamed. The Detroit Tigers are considering being renamed the Opossums because they play dead at home and get killed out on the road.
LMAO!!!
The last good NFL season/game was the undefeated Miami 1972, won some bets off those games as a wild teen.
For shits n giggles, check out a Dall-E mini on google…it’s an AI that makes pictures from a sentence you write…I asked for the ‘Smile of God” and got some cool pictures.
Trying to get back on my feet after a paypal scam almost got a lot of moola shmoola from me last thursday and had locked out PC in shop to get it going, got new saving and check accts and awaiting some forms to come in to send voided checks out, called the Federal Trade commision plus the credit unions so it will take time. what a fuckin mess and I thought that I was Mr. security and hip to this shit. He may have gotten my SS # but not sure so I signed up for Norton Lifelock last Friday night.
So sorry, jeff!
Those bastards can get pretty slick. First D-i-L’s brother runs a computer service, and is a no-shiite specialist in security issues. They had a hacker break into their system. They did a hard shut-down right there and had to roll their customer’s data back to just before the hack. The hackers didn’t get anything, but it sure made a problem.
Good luck getting it cleared up. I’ve had my PII exposed in a hack of a government system I am in as a petty-bureaucrat (ret.) but AFAIK have managed to keep them out of my systems – so far.
My bank just locked me out of checking my acct by phone
because I have an unlisted number. They want me to give the
general public personally identifiable information just so I can
use phone banking. How fucking stupid is that?
I told them the next time they look at my acct it will have zero
balance and I will no longer need to access it. Bu-bye….
It appears that the mainstream media is just as confused as President Biden.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/chuck-todds-show-tries-to-book-dead-congressman/
Thirty-some and I award myself Honorary First once again.
((((OVER))))
NOT FIRST!!!
Unh Huh
yep
well we all know
of course
Huh?
I heard that it was my fault, blyat!
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Suka! Tvoyu mat!
+10 XP
Fitty-somethingth and still in the AO.
Corn is nearly finished. Green beans coming on. When the tomatoes start ripening I’ll be up to my ears in them. Zucchini still producing.
The blasted heat is sapping me something fierce. All I can think is that I’m still in the after-effects of the radiation. Hit the pool at the gym today. Scale saying I’m losing weight, below 195 for the first time since early college.
God bless all my fellow TAH Miscreants, DWs, and lurkers. Have a great weekend!
Sounds true?
I’ll buy that for a dollar 💵!
It’s absolutely true. That McDonald’s no longer exists, it was where the parking lot of the present McDonalds at 1802 Fry Blvd is. I’m totally serious about the street. The original window is in the Sierra Vista museum I believe.
I went through that drive through shortly after they finished it. Many fond memories of Sierra Vista in those days…
It was a sleepy little town unlike today–it is still a small town–just more annoying.
I blame NETCOM for that–they ruin everything they touch
I blame the Intel school, they run things now. NETCOM is just a small tenant unit. And all ya’ll dickweeds are invited to the 40th Signal Battalion color casing ceremony on 22 July. Signal es no mas on Huachuca. The departure of 11th Signal Brigade put a crimp in the Sierra Vista economy and was the end of the line for a lot of civilian jobs on post.
I featured that item in a trivia column about four years ago, and had a few people try to call me out on it. I had the same background info. Fascinating stuff, things we now take for granted.
In recent years… not just for NTVs (although not same place):
Yeah, them fuckers would build a wall for THAT! They couldn’t build one high enough to keep me out.
The banned challenge coin FJB is after.
Outfuckingstanding!
Retired Marine 4 star in a bit of trouble w/ the DOJ. Gen John Allen under investigation for illegal, undisclosed lobbying, and allegedly lying about it to FBI agents. The FBI reportedly seized his computers.
Retired General Investigated Over Undisclosed Lobbying for Qatar – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Thank God we are “transitioning” to ten dollar per gallon gasoline and $11 per gallon diesel fuel. I am sure this will save the planet from whatever change is “climate change.” I can’t wait for those solar powered big rigs and freight trains. When will we see the solar powered airliners? Anyone? Beuhler?
Ah, but wait, left/libtards make an interesting admission– their “green energy” utopia includes “clean fuels” (biogas, LPG, ethanol, natural gas and hydrogen fuel cells)… that planes, trains, trucks, buses other vehicles that gov’t and big business will have. The balky $100K electric cars with Chicom batteries will be for us peons if we’re rich and connected enough in the Great Reset economy to get them. (Democrats are sayin’ only EVs– unfeasible electric-everything– or ruin with nasty gas prices for some reason.)
https://theconversation.com/biden-just-declared-heat-pumps-and-solar-panels-essential-to-national-defense-heres-why-and-the-challenges-ahead-184632
Even the weirdo liberal UN doesn’t think an electric-only grid powered by solar and windmills works… and natural gas and LPG are “clean fuels” for ’em:
https://www.who.int/tools/clean-household-energy-solutions-toolkit/module-7-defining-clean
Nuke plants have zero emissions cept for steam.
The detectable radiation leakage is slightly less
than zippity doo dah.
Incredable amount of clean energy but it has been dirtied
by politics.
How about Hydro? What’s not to like? Gravity is free!
And last time I checked the river was full.
How is Hydro not “renewable”? I’ll wait………………..
Dems seems not to like dams or nuclear. Laughable with only solar and wind, but they’re not thinking that far at all… as long as the rest of have no guns, gas vehicles or red meat (“for our own good,” of course) they’ll be happy ruling us like kings.
Can you just imagine how thoroughly Mel Brooks would destroy all the liberal absurdities we are faced with today?
It would be his funniest movie EVAH! 😜
Yes, that would kick ass!
BUTbutbut dams are icky things and fish uuhhhmmm,…, just ask any moonbat and they’ll tell you something like that!
“How is Hydro not “renewable”? I’ll wait……”
You may not have to wait long, Beans:
Hoover Dam water shortage: Levels decline amid West dryness, droughts (usatoday.com)
What Happens If Glen Canyon Dam’s Power Shuts Off? – Circle of Blue
In other parts of the country, you are correct, but out west where extended drought is more problematic, hydro may not prove to be entirely foolproof.
What Poe’s never understood about hydro is why it’s not used serially, with a series of dams strategically emplaced along a single river course, to reuse the flow. Then, with a little Googling, he finds that other great minds share his vision 😜 :
Unlocking Hydroelectric Power for Kentucky – YouTube
Depends how long they can keep Hoover and Glen Canyon Dams going. Seen the levels in Lake Mead and Powell lately? CA and AZ are screwed, to say nothing of Nevada.
Gotta have rain for hydro but at least it rains at
night…
I always liked the Bay of Fundy tidal idea.
Seems every few years it gets another look.
But, but, natural gas is an evil fossil fuel.
Shhh! Democrats don’t want you to know even the UN thinks it’s okay.
“solar powered airliners”
We tried super clean Hydrogen powered airliners (Hindenburg)
but they had other issues.
Really long extension cords will be their next big breakthrough.
I love the idiots who know nothing about electricity running with Elon Musk’s (incorrect) statement we could power the US off a couple hundred square kilometers of solar panels. Uh, no. Not even close. Yet when I point this out, I get the usual, “What the hell do you know?” replies.
Oh, gee, I dunno, maybe cause IT’S MY FUCKING JOB????
Just for general amusement…
