Weekend Open Thread
I tried to use Bing AI image generator to recreate “The Most Interesting Man” with a blobfish head and cheese on the table. This was one of the results. Enjoy your weekend!
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FIRST!
Way to (GO) Army! My Main Man…3 seconds and yes, Chippy I see your 2nd Comment dropping as I type. You are 1st in OAM Heart ONLY IN YOUR DREAMS! Your SECOND PLACE Trophy is awaiting you in the Ladies’ Room.
I Proudly turn over the Trappings of FIRST on the Vaunted EARNED NEVER AWARDED TAH WOT FIRST, Good Sir!
Rule Well!
“Rule Well!”?
Naw, despotically and arbitrarily.
Are you still here? Beer. Machtenzee faster!
Well, at least I’m first in ONE thing today….Friday Fun things…which reminds me….I also have other TAH marital duties to perform….I’ll be doing a little tool work this weekend.
OK so here’s the ammo seek for today….not much going on this week and I switched up because I’m awaiting (in 12-18 months) a baby triple DEAGLE so we have appropriate ammoe (British typo? 🤔 😊 ) searching for the future.
Only notable was .44 mag dropped to about $ .54 ppr this week, other than that, mostly stable…(
peaceful)Are you familiar with 44 mag DEs’ being ammo sensitive?
Just in case someone else needs to know, since the 44 mag is mostly a revolver round (not roll crimped) you can have feed issues or bullet setback.
Magtech and others have rounds that’r more conducive to feeding in that action.
Also, it’s finicky with some hollow points.
Expensive beasts but a guaranteed smile every time… but at a cost.
I’ve heard that. I also had some flat nose 45 ACP that had feed issues with my CZ 97 BD 45 so I stuck with Rounded tip/nose afterwards.
I’ll see if I can’t just stick to rounded nose/tip range style .44 mag ammo. Other than that, it will be aways down the road when I get it but it’s on order and paid for so…
get a ’emith to do what’s called a “port and polish job” – it’ll feed an empty case afterward much less weird bullet shapes.
Thanks David. I’ll remember this. It will be useful down the road and if what I’m understanding is
Dayum!! Thats hot!
Let me know how that Viper do? It’s on the short list of micros I’m looking at.
I think it’ll be fine. I actually have one on my Canik METE FDE 9mm and it runs
Chippy wrote…
“which reminds me….I also have other TAH marital duties to perform….I’ll be doing a little tool work this weekend.”
“marital duties”? You finally gonna make an honest woman out of Rosy Palm and get hitched?
“…a little tool…” That’s what she told you?
*giggles*
Oh you HUSH!!
Bless your heart.
I saw the viper box on the right and looked up the company and saw this pit viper auto that went for $7000.00 in change but then looked at the auto on the left and I enlarger the screen and saw the FN 502 .22. Whew a price for that pit viper. 2 teeth implants a year or to ago ran me the same price.
I’m getting there, Your Grace. Slow Joe musta been by while I was on escort duty…somebody dropped a load of Bud Lite in the way of the Real Beer. OK, here…have a Yuengling Golden Pilsner Flight. Tacos will be ready right shortly.
*Pops head out of Lightfighter tent*
Did someone say tacos?
*Pops head out of tent again*
Wait, did I also hear Yuengling Golden Pilsner?
🍺🍺🍺 🌮 🌮 🌮
Can we feed the King this still?
Congratulations to The Queen Of Battle!
First
First in your thread and First in OAM’s heart. Not that stinky KoB. 😆
No cheese for you!
DAMN, I was sure I had it….I’ll give it to you by ONE SECOND!!
Shithead…but in a *loving* way…Sir shithead.
1st
Please see to it you place the jewels in the disinfectant barrel on your way out to grab beers for the droogs.
Don’t forget the beer salt, lime please.
Droogs? Careful, -Dog. Your literacy is showing.
FIRST # 8
Forgot 2 hit the send button so put me at #9
Roh-Dog takes the throne! And I tell you, the photo finishes for the coverted FIRST are getting tight! In his honor and for the entertainment of all, a trivia column awaits …
DID YOU KNOW…?
How long did it take to build the original Disneyland?
By Commissioner Wretched
didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com
I had so hoped to be able to compose my own “Ode to Spring” by this time.
It’s my 64th spring, after all, and one would think that by this time I’d come up with something good, something cute, something original.
But nope. I got nothing. I love spring, but I can’t seem to put it into words.
Oh, well. You can’t say I didn’t try. (Well, you can say it, but it would be wrong.)
What I can do for this lovely week in spring is … spring some trivia on you. So here it is, and remember, if you feel the need to chat about an item, my e-mail address is always didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com and I always, always reply.
On to the trivia!
Did you know …
… about 30,000 Americans are injured each year by their toilets? (How, for heaven’s sake?)
… a popular music award was created to counter the influence of rock music? In 1958, a group of record executives – alarmed by the explosive success of rock and roll – created an award for music that was anything but rock or other “rebellious” music. Originally called the Gramophone award, the name was soon shortened to the familiar Grammy award. As far as being “against” rock, that didn’t work out too well, as several rock artists and bands have been Grammy winners. (Funny how things like that always work out, isn’t it?)
… one of the smartest men in history got a divorce on a promise? Albert Einstein (1879-1955) desperately wanted to divorce his first wife, Mileva Maric (1875-1948), in 1919. Mileva was not going along with the plan, even though the two had been separated for years, so Dr. Einstein made a three-pronged offer to her: he would increase her annual stipend from 6,000 marks to 9,000, provided 2,000 of it went into the bank for the kids; he would grant her the widow’s pension; and most notably, he promised that if he ever won the Nobel Prize, he would give it to her. After giving the offer a week’s thought, Mileva accepted. By 1919, Dr. Einstein had been nominated for a Nobel Prize eighteen times, but had never won. When he did win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921, Dr. Einstein kept his word, and the prize money was deposited in a Swiss bank account for Mileva.
… the face of Aladdin, in the Disney animated movie of the same name, was based on a famous actor? Disney animators based the face of the character Aladdin on that of actor Tom Cruise (born 1962). (I thought I recognized him!)
“… the face of Aladdin, in the Disney animated movie of the same name, was based on a famous actor? Disney animators based the face of the character Aladdin on that of actor Tom Cruise (born 1962).”
You said the Magic Word.
Tom Cruise.
Danger Zone!
😉😎
Sooo…Goose and Maverick took a Magic Carpet Ride into the Danger Zone? Did Aladdin rub his heat lamp to get warm or was he cold as ice, man?
Imma steppen “woof” outa here
Swim lane. In. Stay.
Good doggie.
… one of the world’s most beloved theme parks was built in exactly one year? On July 16, 1954, the first shovel of dirt was turned by Walt Disney (1901-1966) in Anaheim, California, for the theme park that would become Disneyland, with construction beginning in earnest the following day. The park opened to the public for the first time one year later, on July 17, 1955. Under Disney’s close supervision, workers completed the huge 160-acre theme park in 365 days. Additional trivia note: Disneyland was Walt’s pride and joy, but it wasn’t his first attempt at a theme park. As far back as 1932, Disney had wanted to build a family park and had selected a vacant 16-acre plot of land in Burbank, California, which was across the street from his studio. His plans, however, were rejected by the city. (Bet they lived to regret that decision.)
… the pumpkin capital of the world is in the United States? The town of Morton, Illinois, calls itself that, as much of world’s canned pumpkin is processed at a plant in the town. It’s also the home of an annual pumpkin festival. (Naturally.)
… the iconic emblem of the Rolling Stones was not created by a famous artist? The depiction of an open mouth with a large tongue extending out is often said to have been devised by Andy Warhol (1928-1987), but this is not correct. The logo was created by John Pasche (born 1945) and Craig Braun (born 1939) of Sound Packaging Corporation from a request by band front man Mick Jagger (born 1943). (Well, whoever designed it was pure genius.)
… the state of North Dakota produces enough beef to make 113 million hamburgers each year? There are about three times more cattle than there are people in North Dakota. (Of course, since the total population of North Dakota is like 16 people.)
… the advent of cooking has made human beings better? Scientists suggest that the discovery of cooking food led to healthier food. This led, in turn, to bigger brains and the development of language, art, music, and everything else we take for granted today. (This does not explain sushi, of course, but then … nothing really does. It’s just good.)
… a popular song had to be scrapped from the playlist of the 2000 Democratic National Convention? “Mambo No. 5” by Lou Bega (born 1975) was riding high on the Billboard charts when convention organizers were putting together the music playlist, but a review of the lyrics caused the song to be pulled. One of the lyrics is, “A little bit of Monica in my life,” and organizers thought that line might embarrass former President Bill Clinton (born 1946), whose White House tryst with intern Monica Lewinsky (born 1973) almost cost him the presidency. (There are so many comments I could make here, but … no, I won’t.)
… sounds travel faster through granite than through air? Measurements show sound moves up to 10 times faster through rock than through air. (Only problem is, you can’t hear it.)
… only one kind of Jell-O™ has actual fruit in it? Cranberry Jell-O has real fruit. All the others have fruit flavoring. (Well, nobody’s perfect.)
… ants can survive in a microwave oven? They are small enough to dodge the rays that cook the food. (Pretty neat trick, that.)
Now … you know!
“Ode to Spring”
A tisket a tasket there’s something funky in Chevy’s basket.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Phildoe’s a stinker
in the outhouse “oh pew”
Just for Shits & Grins, the 8-year-old (started 24 April 2015) Coveted Book of WOT “Firsts” was perused and it reveals that with today’s entry that Roh-Dog has scored a “First” 34 times.
Only one more time and he will be eligible for a free case (24 cans) of Government Issue Budweiser 4.0 alcohol Lager (NSN 8465-00-841-7870) that has been sitting in cold storage in Saigon since 20 Sep 1967. /s
34? In retrospect seems like the bribe(s) weren’t worth it.
Thanks much for the data and keeping of WOT:CBoF!!
Now, down to brass tax. Do I have to go to The ‘Nam to claim it or will it be delivered by my LBFM of choice? I’ll gladly pay CoD.
Well, since maybe the bribes you have been offering are for Coors 3.2 Light (8965-00-983-5795) aren’t working, the next time try Utica Club 3.78 Lager (8965-00-922-5026) as a bribe upgrade.
And Nope, no off-site delivery is authorized. You’ll have to go to Viet of the Nam and the all-new Ho Chi Minh City and sign off on the Point-of-Issue sheet (DA Form 3294) yourself with your payroll signature. / s
Once upon a once, I got reassigned to supervise a shop. The former supervisor had just been relieved. One of the former boss’s troops had been in engaged in an activity that could have merited him 2 years in prison and a dishonorable discharge. I didn’t want to know what or why; I just wanted to do my job; but that wasn’t going to happen. The rest of the troops were fond of their old boss and they complained to me about how he’d been treated (as if I could do something about it). It turned out the former boss knew about the activity. I asked the troops how did the commander find out about it; the troops replied, “Someone ate cheese on the boss”. Cheese eater was a line in an old movie (I think it was, On the Waterfront), but don’t quote me. The saying stuck, any report after that was referred to as “Eating cheese”. This would have never happen to Heavy Chevy the cheese eater since he never served on active duty.
But he DID serve a brief stint in the Texas Guard before he was gracefully booted!
Okay, where is the rest of my trivia column? Why is it “awaiting moderation as Spam”? I don’t like Spam!
That’s Ok, CW.
We are also waiting for approval!
🙄
CW:
We have tried twice to post the same article and STILL are waiting for approval!
Government Issue Spam: 8905-00-126-4020 / Enjoy!!
Fixed. Sorry, no idea what tripped the spam filters.
Your Video For The Week.
This is SO COOL!
18 Minutes.
“Gun Restoration, Colt M1911 U.S. ARMY 1914, (with test fire).”
Enjoy. We Did!
After he had completed restoration, and you were looking at it for the first time, you would almost think someone had done a matt finish on it.
Cool! 🙂
Air Force JAG Officer Who Prosecuted Child Sex Crimes Charged With Seeking Sex With Minor”
https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-04-20/air-force-jag-arrest-attempt-child-sex-9870563.html
“An Air Force judge advocate in Hawaii is in federal custody, charged with attempting to lure a 14-year-old girl into having sex.”
“Lt. Col. Ross Andrew Brown, 41, was arrested April 16 at Schofield Barracks after traveling there for what he believed would be a sexual encounter with a girl named Izzy, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Hawaii.”
“Izzy was actually an online persona created by an Army Criminal Investigative Division special agent who is also affiliated with the Internet Crimes Against Children-Hawaii Task Force, the complaint said.”
“During exchanges in the following days, Brown continually steered the conversations toward explicit discussions about sex, particularly about how he as an older man could provide “lessons” to a young girl, the complaint said.”
“The youngest I’ve taught was 16,” Brown wrote on April 13, the complaint states. “That was a lot of fun.”
“He continued: “Some of the most fun sex I’ve had has actually been teaching inexperienced girls. I like sort of expanding things for them and helping them explore if it makes sense.”
“Brown is a legal adviser for the 613th Air Operations Center at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, the complaint said. That center executes command and control of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s joint air and space operations.”
Screw the rope. Piano wire….
around the midriff, tied to two light duty trucks in low gear underneath a lemon juice fountain on a fire ant mound…
while Barbara Streisand’s greatest hits pays in the background and Big Mike 0Bama recreates his dance from The Ellen Show.
ROFLOL!
Maybe even leave him locked alone in a concrete walled windowless room with a razor blade.
Mentoring the youth of America. He should be awarded for that.
Knew I had been hanging out here too long when I remembered BEFORE the whole weekly WOT thing. Then KoB and a couple others started fighting over who was First, and it just escalated from there.
I remember the pre weekly WOT days. 😀 Jonn originally did not post these until he had family come over one weekend… Or he went over to family for a weekend… And he did not plan on posting anything for the weekend. So, one Friday, he posted a “Weekend Open Thread,” allowing the commenters to simply shoot the breeze the entire weekend until Jonn started pumping posts out the following Monday.
He used the WOT sparingly, and did not post it weekly until folks wanted a weekly posting.
SO just who was the first to ever declare “First!” in a WOT?
IIRC it was our very own, now Beloved, AW1Ed. Way yonder before he became and editor then admin type. Claw Daddy, correct me if I’m wrong.
API has the honor of the initial First.
Hey, at least I had the “A” part right. I knowed somebody (the usual suspects) would make shore that they corrected me. Thanks, Big Dog. Now we know why you make the Big Bucks. *grin*
Yep, API®™ posted the initial WOT “FIRST” at 4:40 PM (EST) on 02 Jan 2015.
BTW, the Coveted Book of WOT “Firsts” is now 21 pages long.
“Former Lawyer From SC Pleads Guilty To Bilking Veterans, Retirees In $31M Fraud Scheme”
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2023-04-21/veterans-fraud-case-south-carolina-9874708.html
“A South Carolina attorney who used her law firm to orchestrate a $31 million fraud scheme targeting veterans and the elderly faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty this week to conspiracy.”
“Candy Kern, 55, carried out a nationwide scam from 2012 to 2021 that took advantage of cash-strapped veterans and clients who were seeking a secure retirement investment, the Justice Department said in a statement Wednesday, the same day as the plea agreement.”
“The scheme offered veterans cash in exchange for temporary rights to their pensions and disability payments, usually until their loans were repaid with interest.”
“faces up to five years in prison”…ONLY 5 YEARS, for scamming veterans and the elderly out of the little money they had.
That’s just not right.
Mega-scrunt!
Too many letters in the word scrunt.
Civil War Reenactor Goes Off Script, Admits Plan To Bomb Battlefield”
https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/04/20/civil-war-reenactor-goes-off-script-admits-plan-to-bomb-battlefield/
“A Virginia man recently confessed to bringing a pipe bomb to a Civil War reenactment, creating a less-than-historic retelling of how an important battle unfolded.”
“Gerald Leonard Drake, 63, a former Civil War reenactor, was federally charged for mailing threatening letters and planting an explosive device at the Cedar Creek Battlefield in Middletown, Virginia, during a 2017 reenactment event.”
“He pleaded guilty April 17 for possession of the unregistered explosive device and for stalking…”
“The 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, a Union victory, ended Confederate resistance in the Shenandoah Valley and helped propel President Abraham Lincoln to reelection.”
“Court documents show Drake belonged to a group that participated in a yearly reenactment of the battle until he was removed from the cosplaying unit in 2014. It remains unclear whether his acting chops or his propensity for dangerous explosives led to his exit from the cohort.”
I once again declare myself “PRESENT” and award myself Honorary First Once again as I hear Rumor that Phildo and his gang are up to the usual.
((((OVER))))
Who?
Finally made formation. Had to get out of prison and the gym FIRST (h/t Rho-Dog).
Mrs. GB and I celebrated 49 years together yesterday.
Airborne Son’s eldest celebrates her 6th birthday today.
Eldest grandson HS graduation party this weekend.
We have been greatly blessed by God.
Mrs. GB, my brother, and I doing reasonably well in the health department.
Y’all have a great weekend.
Congrats and good to hear on all GB. Have a great weekend!
DITTO what Fyrfighter wrote!
HAPPY 49th, Mr and Mrs Graybeard!
Happy 6th Birthday to your Granddaughter!
Congrats on your Grandson’s HS Graduation!
God Is Good!
🎂🎈🎉🎊
Hey, check out this Selfish Beyatch story– anyone sympathize with her?
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/loved-fiance-brain-cancer-diagnosis-095634976.html
Really solid Trump impression.
Prank Call from TRUMP – YouTube
Retired air force colonel & former astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, to receive an honorary promotion to brigadier general.
Buzz Aldrin to Be Promoted to Air Force General | Military.com
Haven’t seen this one posted yet, but Mike Lindell ran a “Prove Mike Wrong” contest, offering $5M to anyone who could debunk the data that he claimed showed Chinese election interference in 2020.
Well, unsurprisingly to those of us who live in the real world, someone did exactly that, and Lindell has been ordered to pay the guy:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/us/politics/mike-lindell-arbitration-case-5-million.html
The software engineer who did it is, notably, also a Republican, who pointed out the obvious – that false claims about election fraud damage the country.
Heh. Post Lindell stuff? Not likely, mostly because he’s annoying A-F.
And, speaking of election lies that I haven’t seen covered here, in case someone missed it, Fox News has settled with Dominion for a whopping sum of $787.5M dollars, and admitted to making false claims about Dominion:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/dominions-defamation-case-against-fox-poised-trial-after-delay-2023-04-18/
With that much money, they could probably buy a Kraken or something.
Tears of joy?
😉😎
“Biden Campaign, Blinken Orchestrated Intel Letter To Discredit Hunter Biden Laptop Story, Ex-CIA Official Says”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-campaign-blinken-orchestrated-intel-letter-discredit-hunter-biden-laptop-story-ex-cia-official-says
“The lawmakers said that based on Morell’s testimony, it is “apparent” that the Biden campaign “played an active role in the origins of the public statement, which had the effect of helping to suppress the Hunter Biden story and preventing American citizens from making a fully informed decision during the 2020 presidential election.”
“Morell further explained that one of his two goals in releasing the statement was to help then-Vice President Biden in the debate and to assist him in winning the election,” Jordan and Turner wrote.”
“Morell was asked why he wanted to help Biden.”
“Because I wanted him to win the election,” Morell testified.”
Seems like that would be fraud, and hmmm, I don’t know, maybe illegal???
Not for D-rats.
Vice President of Marketing Out at Bud Light Amid Transgender Controversy
Breitbart
Well, bye.
Perhaps the ad campaign will work out?
They need to pair him with a pup-player doing his Dalmatian impression. Perhaps that Aviation colonel is available.
I think that Colonel used a Doberman mask.
Whatever the fuck this is:
Where are the butt sniffing pics?
Headed to Indy tomorrow if anyone should be in that AO.. Good chance of hoisting a cold one, with plenty of room for others to join..
Teddy Daniels has issues with
Navy SEAL Congressman Dan Crenshaw,
and on Thursday, April 20,
Teddy donned a phony eyepatch
to criticize and mock Crenshaw.
Whatever anyone thinks of the issues of the week,
this strikes me as below low.
Pretty bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.
Well played sir!
Former SEALs, Ret. CPO Eddie Gallagher & Ret. LCDR/now congressman Dan Crenshaw probably not going to exchange Christmas cards or go for coffee anytime soon.
Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher EXPOSES Some Interesting Things About Congressman Dan Crenshaw – YouTube
Devtun and SFC D,
Teddy makes his own opening title screen graphics.
In recent weeks, on almost every opening title screen,
Teddy uses this same photoshopped pic,
sometimes reversed (see the t-shirt lettering),
with “inflated arms”.
HEY Fellow TAH Folks, it’s “Earth Day” which is also Vladimir Lenin’s birthday. Happenstance? Coincidence? Nearly every eco-wonk out there is like a watermelon, green on the outside while red on the inside. Is it also some coincidence that ever since the late 1960’s they have constantly been screeching the WE ONLY HAVE 10 years left? Let’s see, when I was a gullible young impressionable meathead in college during the late 1980’s the “Experts’ were screeching that AT LEAST fifty percent of humanity would be dead by the year 2000 as well as at least fifty percent of all animal species extinct due to climate change from deforestation along with Ozone Depletion, acid rain, you name it AND TODAY we have more forested acreage in the USA than we did in the 1930’s, rivers and lakes are cleaner, along with many other improvements, but the eco-kooks WILL NEVER cease in their crusades for more control over people’s lives, especially the politicians.
HEY Fellow TAH Folks®™, what say y’all to that? I’d love to hear back on that!
Been hearing the same sh^t since the early 60s, API. We spent a bloody fortune reconfiguring nozzles and chemical make up of tuner contact cleaners and such used on old school mechanical contact points, switches/relays etc. when I was in the electronics business. And the new products sucked but the ozone layer was cured so there is that.
Looking forward to the additional tax and the lack of tasty beasts to eat when the climate wars are won, just like the war on drugs was.
They got to keep up the skeer…for reasons.
For those that like source linkys…
https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/50-years-of-failed-doomsday-eco-pocalyptic-predictions-the-so-called-experts-are-0-50/
FWIW, I was substituting in a prison high school this past week.
One of the things the students could do if they finished their work was look at some Scolastic.comMATH© magazines. (Dec/Jan 22/23, & April 23 issues)
These magazines are targeted to public school students with interesting news stories that lend themselves to doing some math problems.
Both of the two I saw had some “Climate Change” manure included in the stories.
They are pushing this lie on our kids all the friggin’ time.
Hack Stone checking in from an undisclosed location, since posting from the world corporate headquarters of a proud but humble woman owned business that sells software to the Federal Government formerly located in Bethesda Maryland is still be sent to the “Pending Approval” trash can. When Elon musk finally takes over This Ain’t Hell, his first step will be to release all of the internal documents showing the vast chicken wing conspiracy to silence Hack by the Admins of this page.