Weekend Open Thread
The color of vegetation that people will find on planets orbiting other stars may not be like what they find on Earth. Some scientists suggest that depending on the host star, a planet could have trees that are red, orange, and yellow throughout the year when foliage is up. Future interstellar explorers could find forests that have red, orange, and yellow trees in addition to green trees. On planets orbiting red dwarf stars, the vegetation may mostly be black. Even the vegetation could have a different appearance. Enjoy your weekend!
Category: Open thread
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Congolese RATs, Good J.O.B. CW. Dethroned the Stoned Hacker!
Looks like you beat Hack by two seconds.
Good Jerb!!
I was actually having a bit of a snow day playing X-Box between the infrequest work e-mails so I forgot what time it was.
Happy Happy WOT King CW.
As for (to) the rest of your fuckbucketables.
PPPbbhhhhtttttttttttt!!!! 😀
Chimp
ChipNASA,
125th
ChipNASA,
Oh, and I’ll leave this here, too.
Newly uncovered by others this past week.
Anyone who watches his nutty videos,
or buys his crap….
(fill in the sentence).
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We can take some consolation in Commissioner Wretched hooks up with some sweet cabinet positions in his administration so that we can grow fat off of kickbacks and diverting funds. Hack claims dibs on top dog at Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosive Diarrhea.
Done and done!
Oh, all knowing and wise Magic 8-Ball, will the stars shine down upon a worthy Director of Media Relations for a proud but humble woman owned company that sells outdated and overpriced Red Hat Software to retain his rightful place occupying the throne of First Post on The Weekend Open Thread for January 19, 2024 so that he can retain his authority to be a kind and benevolent dictator to the Adorable Deplorables? Magic 8-Ball says…
Missed it by “that much”.
The Magic-8 Ball says “You Will Get First Post When Phil Monkress Stops Working Balls”.
The Magic-8 Ball knows all.
All-Points Logistics is having a weekend special: A sloppy Phil and a side of lies.
Get yours before they sell out!
Magic 8-Ball says….Suck it up Buttercup. A whole ONE (1) Second too slow…for us both. I will graciously share a second place chicken wing with you, Hack Stone.
Let’s give this one a shot instead of wings this weekend.
https://www.mexicanplease.com/easy-chicken-tostadas-with-salsa-de-aguacate/
Looks good, Hack…I’ll bring some side dishes. Margaret/Rita. Shhh…don’t mention that to Rosetta.
I’ll bring a keg of Cerveza Indio…it’s a nice Vienna-style lager made in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico by the same brewery that makes Dos Equis. Even though Indio is considered a budget brew, I like it more than Dos Equis Amber. It kinda reminds me of Yuengling.
JUST MAYBE your computer was just-a little bit slowed down by outdated Red Hat Software procured from the trunk of a worn-out beat-up Jaguar?
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Well doggone.. lookie there.. better to be lucky than good!
damn faulty internet. Mine was the only post when I saw it… I say it’s a conspiracy..
TAH WWHQ Customer Service personnel are standing by.
You speak Udru, right?
Hello, my name is “Bill”, how can I help you (spoken with a Udru accent).
Gene Autry put it best … “Back in the saddle again!” Yes, the humble Commish returns to the throne for another week as WOT FIRST. Excellent efforts by the King of Battle and Hack Stone notwithstanding, I return to lord it over all for another week. With that lording, of course, comes the trivia … so here you go!
DID YOU KNOW…?
Did one part of the Confederacy not rejoin the Union until 1946?
By Commissioner Wretched
didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com
Copyright © 2024
The headline question this week needs a rather lengthy answer, so I’m going to be economical on the introduction this time. Just let me say thank you for reading this silly stuff every week and I hope you keep doing so!
Did you know …
… the collective names for some animal groups make a lot of sense? Properly noted, a group of ferrets is called a business. As for hyenas, they’re called a cackle. (And a group of silly people is called Congress.)
… some people deal with insomnia better than others? For example, look at reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes (1905-1976). While living in seclusion in Las Vegas, he was being kept awake at night by the bright neon sign at the nearby Silver Slipper casino. So Hughes bought the casino and dismantled the sign. (I suppose dark curtains never entered Mr. Hughes’ mind.)
… one light-year is a pretty long stretch? Most of us know that a light-year is a measurement of the distance light travels in one year. But just how big a distance is it? Well, in miles, it’s: 5,878,499,810,000. That’s five trillion, eight hundred seventy eight billion, four hundred ninety nine million, eight hundred ten thousand miles for a beam of light moving at … well … at the speed of light. (Not just a jaunt to the corner store for candy, you know.)
… one part of the United States that seceded during the Civil War didn’t rejoin until the 1940s? If that’s surprising, you’ll love this: the town that seceded wasn’t in the South at all. In 1861, the men of the small community of Town Line, New York voted 85 to 40 to sever ties with the United States and become part of the Confederacy. Town Line is a little place with maybe 2,400 people in it today, and it’s not far from the border with Canada. The vote to secede had nothing to do with the reasons the Southern states seceded; rather, the town’s voting-age men said they didn’t want to have to provide soldiers for the Union army draft, which would have decimated the population. But after the war was over in 1865, the town didn’t vote to rejoin the Union. Oh, the people still paid their taxes, voted in national elections and did all the other stuff American citizens can do, they were just not a part of the United States – at least in their minds. In 1945, a reporter dug up the story (which most of the people in Town Line had long forgotten) and a vote was scheduled to formally rejoin the Union – a vote which, amazingly, failed when 29 of 30 voters said “no.” The town leaders decided to send a letter to President Harry S Truman (1884-1972) and ask him what they should do. Tongue firmly in cheek, Truman suggested holding a big town barbecue and, on January 24, 1946, the town did just that, officially taking down Confederate colors and running the U.S. flag up the flagpole once again. A subsequent vote turned out 90-23 in favor of rejoining the Union, and the last Confederate holdout was readmitted after 85 years. The residents of Town Line have made the most of their minor footnote in history, calling themselves the “Last of the Rebels” and, until 2011, using crossed U.S. and Confederate flags as their town police and fire department shoulder patches. (Stubbornness is generational!)
A Salute, CW, for another fine job on the trivia. You are The Superman of our Daily Planet.
Was quite familiar with the history of Town Line, Noo Yawk. Have met, many years ago, some folks from there. Good people. There were several states that left the union after Old Abe put a levy out for them to provide troops, Virginia being one of them. We won’t get into a discussion on all of the causes of that Unpleasantness, (*cough*…politicians) but we will, since we spoke of Virginia, wish a Happy Birthday in Heaven to The Greatest Military Leader EVAH, Robert Edward Lee. Rest Easy Marse Robert, you are still revered here.
Speaking of a man named Lee…Well…We’re waiting! (ht2 The Judge)
… you may know a “mouse potato”? In fact, you could even be one. A mouse potato is someone who spends an inordinate amount of time at a computer. It’s the tech version of a couch potato. (What if the mouse potato does all his or her mousing from the couch? What then?)
… a year is not 365 days long? Sure, that’s what the calendar says. But in actuality, the year is 365.25 days long. That’s why we have Leap Year; the extra day added every four years makes up for the extra 25% of a day (six hours) that the actual year gives us. Without the addition of February 29 every four years, the calendar would be moving backward one full day every four years in relation to the seasons.
… memories aren’t exactly what we think they are? Scientists who study the brain and how it works tell us that when you remember an event, you’re actually recalling the last time you remembered it, not the actual event itself. That explains why things aren’t exactly the way we recall them. (Heck, I thought it was just because I’m getting old.)
… a satellite orbiting Earth has a message for people of the future? The LAGEOS (Laser Geodynamic Satellite), launched on May 4, 1976, is in a very high orbit around Earth, and is expected to crash back down between eight and ten million years from now. It carries a message sealed inside it to the people of the planet at that far-distant time, telling them of our lives in this time frame. (That assumes, of course, that there will be anybody here then. Or that anybody can read by then.)
… one 75-watt light bulb actually gives off more light than three 25-watt bulbs? (Not only that, fitting three 25-watt bulbs into one light socket is no mean trick.)
… hedgehogs are lactose intolerant? (This really only matters if you want to give milk to a hedgehog.)
… Daylight Saving Time is associated with an increase in heart attacks? According to one study, a 24% increase in heart attacks on the Monday after Daylight Saving Time begins was noted at a group of hospitals in Michigan. (Resetting the body’s internal clock will do that to you.)
… so-called “cavemen” had larger brains than modern humans have? Analysis of the fossilized skulls of Neanderthals, a race of humans which died out about 30,000 years ago, shows that their brain case was an average of 13% larger than those of Cro-Magnons, or modern humans. (But who used it better?)
… it is illegal to annoy pigeons in Massachusetts? (They remember, and they fly over you. I’m just saying.)
Now … you know!
You may have not read the entire legislation for the pigeon issue, CW. Pretty sure that it is one of those targeted laws, directed at Felix Unger to stop bothering his neighbors at 1049 Park Avenue in New York.
(Hack will give you two minutes to ferment the above statement in order for The Adorable Deplorables time to get the reference)
Ah, Gwendolyn and Cecily, the lovely Pigeon Sisters!
A group of wives is called a gossip according to the late great author Patrick F McManus.
And they shoot canoes, don’t they?
Especially on the night they shot Goombah.
It caused a full-bore linear panic.
It takes some skill to execute a full-bore linear panic!😱
It works wonders when installing power line poles in a forest.
The doctor said, “Please describe your reaction to the injury.” “Well” said I, “I was looking at the blood pumping out and I considered doing a full-bore linear panic. I figured that a full-bore linear panic would cause the injury to worsen; so, I did a stationary full-bore linear panic.”
The doctor said he had no idea what I was talking about. I guess he didn’t get out much.
The man sure could write the funny.
In 2014 I took a weekend trip to visit a Ranger buddy out west. I had a couple of McManus paperbacks that I had picked up at a garage sale. I was on the final leg home bound and was finishing the 2nd, I was giggling about what I was reading when one of the stewardesses stopped by to see why. I read her a short passage, she smiled and moved on. I finished the book, after landing, on the way out I handed her the 2 books and simply said “enjoy”.
Now THAT’S what I call sharing the wealth. I remember I would read his short stories and start roaring with laughter. My wife would ask what was going on and I’d tell her, “I’m reading some stories by ese pinche viejo mentiroso!” Which loosely translates to “that damned lying old man.” That dude could tell a story, although I get the feeling he was a far better outdoorsman than the way he wrote himself in his books.
I believe I’ve read everything he wrote including the cook book he wrote with the troll, the children’s book, and the text books.
I patterned my fly-fishing techniques on his “beating the air like an old woman swinging a broom at a bee”.
He was indeed unique and I miss him.
And real ponies don’t go “Oink”! Man, I miss Pat McManus…
All of this talk about McManus reminds me of my old hound. My hound loved to chew on books. I had a copy of Clausewitz and a 1st edition McManus on my table. The hound took one bite of Clausewitz and spit it out. He thoroughly devoured the McManus.
A group of people ripping off the Federal Government by falsely claiming the owner is a US Navy SEALs is called All Points Logistics.
The federal observance of Daniel Bernath Day is off to a rousing start. His legacy lives on.
https://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2024/01/small-plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-loudoun-co-parkway-near-dulles-airport/
Naw, this was an example of competent piloting in an emergency situation that resulted in a safe off-airport landing. Whereas, Bernasty’s death spiral and crash was the result of incompetent piloting and a self induced loss of control and structural failure, resulting in total destruction of his plane. Unlike Epstein, Bernutz did kill himself, even if inadvertently. Stupidity and incompetence kills.
Here is some Daniel Bernath Trivia: Daniel Bernath’s High School classmates voted him Most Likely to Die Due To His Own Stupidity.
Based upon his record here with TAH and his activities as a lawer, I could believe that.
It’s plane to see that he planely didn’t know how to get out of a plane old death spiral and planely speaking, his flight instrructor planely should have told him how to handle a plane situation like the one that befell him in the end.
But were their hands and feet duck taped?
Was a duct-taped dead dog found behind his rudder pedals? Only the NTSB and FAA know for sure.
There once was a lawer named Dan,
Who got himself thrown in the can,
He was finally let out,
Then went flying about,
And that’s when the shit hit the fan
Hey, I’m 18th! Or so.
From way back when, Issue 1/2004 – 16.03.2004
Iraqi War: They Were Not Asked
http://www.guns.connect.fi/gow/war.html
The False Commander “Phony” Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) works balls in the hall with a man named Paul-mer (of the ballsack) as he avoids calls seeking clarification of his highly dubious and potentially felonious Navy SEAL, Native American and Law Enforcement claims.
I hear it’s rumored that they both still blow winos behind bus stops for a dime a pop and give change.
Isn’t this just a shame.
Alec Baldwin faces new indictment in ‘Rust’ movie set shooting | Fox News
A crying shame… at least you can be sure Baldwin will be crying… when he’s not screaming at someone about it..
Yeah, nothing is going to come out of this. You’d have better luck getting a Navy maintenance crew to correctly mount some turboprop engines…
Shots fired..,
Yeah, I’m always stirring the pot:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=sWRlNpy8jB8&sq=1&si=NdRaCrh4g_5AvGTz
Damn, I’m reliving my college radio DJ days. Dropping deep tracks all over this board. I remember one time I played a Beatles song, followed by Pearl Jam, Metallica, and Cypress Hill. I’d play everything from Elvis to Slayer with detours to country, reggae, new wave, and Mexican music. Funny thing was, I was always sober while doing my show. I’d go to the on campus pub after my show and never have to buy a drink. Ah, good times.
How about some Loreena McKennet for some deep track goodness.. Enjoy.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eUTci9UbxNU
Think she was the last concert I went to. Her version of “The Highwayman” is awesome.
Dey pile-it gonna has ta finger out hows to land dat der aeroplane on de floating airbase FIRST (ht2 CW).
Let’s see if he handles the repeat court appearance as well as the guy he liked to make fun of on SNL. I’m betting not.
To all of my 88M friend out here
It’s a part of disneys inclusive movie series
Looks like the Triple T Truck stop
Good breakfast tho
Omar’s is the shiznit!
WOW…🤣
Is this like a sequel to Cars? 🤣
Anyone on here who drives a semi know what this is 😂🤣😆😃😅
I used to drive semis, and had one of these “ladies”knock on the door one night. I get out of bed, she asks if I want company. I replied, let me ask my wife figuring that was the politest way of saying no, and went back to bed. Couple minutes later, another knock. I roll the window down, it’s the same gal asking “what did she say”? I replied, she said she’s going to come out and stomp your ass if you knock on the door again.
End of problem, and went back to bed for a couple hours sleep of my required “8 hours off”.
I seem to recall a TTT truck stop in/near Phoenix. There may have been others.
The one in Tucson (I-10/S. Craycroft) was a stop for early morning breakfast on the way home after a night on the town (in my much younger days of course)
Craycroft sounds familiar all these years later. I knew it was in Southern Arizona, and was in either Tucson or Phoenix.
Most of my travels through Arizona was on 40
Ahh, Through Winslow Arizona. Such a fine sight to see, something about a girl and a Ford
I stood on a corner there once. Nothing happened.
Talk about opening the door for snarky remarks!
Not even a loitering or solicitation charge?
Nothing. Nobody slowed down to take a look at me.
i almost ran over a native there last year sleeping I the road, I completely shit myself
Yup. Had to refuel on the way back to Huachuca from The Bum Steer or Wild Wild West.
Bum Steer! Across from the Wildcat House – a young lady checking IDs accepted my Malibu Grand Prix “license” to get in one night 🤣. Used to shoot pool at the Original Red Garter (Speedway/Alvernon area I believe) sat nites, or go see a band at Jeff’s Pub.
This one is a classic
$10. Same as in town.
Oh I know. It would just suck to see Mater in such a movie!🤣
Frends of the road?
😎😆😜😅😀😄
Hey, that may be the President and VP of Local 69, Lot Lizards and Street Walkers United.
Way of the road, Bubs…way of the road!
Hot Hamburg sandwiches means pull the fuck over!
Turd rolling, rolling Bolling….
Fat sack of shit, patrolling….
Turd rolling, rolling Bolling…
Turd lied!
The Ambassador Worldwide Protection Agency (both national and international) battle cry!
Bringing two-hole security to a town near you!
Kristi, I can neither confirm or deny, I be a fat sack of shit and I like to lie!
Have you ever read the Yelp reviews on CCW Training that you can attend at Ambassador Worldwide Protection Agency? Thomas Turd Bolling and his misfits make the Keystone Kops look like Delta Force.
Ambassador Worldwide Protection in Cordova, TN 38018 – (901) 3… (chamberofcommerce.com)
Aww gee whiz, no surprise at all, I wonder how much turd Bolling has paid to try to erase negative reviews of his scam, I mean business?
I wonder if he ever contact Reginald Henson…
Turd Bolling has been “protecting” Memphis for a while.
Shocked this fool is still around.
Nice. I’m surprised no one thought to work Turd Bolling’s escapades into the theme from Rawhide! Well, played. 👏👏👍
I can be creative at times….
FIRST THIRTY FIFTH
Missed again due to my paint by numbers and not looking at the watch. 4 more little plastic paint cans to go and then paint in all the numbers I mised between 1-24.
Send some TAH love for Buddy (15+), just had half his remaining teeth pulled. Drugs for him Guiness for me, long night.
Best of luck Buddy, hang in there!
We had to the same thing a couple years back to my terrier mix, Dexter. I call him Sinister, Da Mastermind, because that little fucker is always plotting. Plus, obviously, the Latin reference is a nice inside joke.
We lost our Sasha this past September. She raised my 19 and 20 year olds. From when they were 7/8. We lost a family member that night and the feeling is still sore!
Trying to post a picture of the “Lady” but can’t figure out how to!
Is Buddy a Maltese? I had one when I was in High School. A stray that just wandered up, but became my companion. When I left home for the Army, he took up with my mom. She took the comforter off of my bed, folded it up on the corner of her bed and that’s where he slept every night. I named him Jerry Lee. The movie with the German Shepherd and the detective had been out for a few months when he wondered up.
We think he is a Yorkie, as a double rescue not sure.
Recovering nicely, and enjoying a wide selection of baby food.
Awesome!!!
OKAY NOW, 60-sump’n and I once again award myself Honorary First.
((((OVER))))
Epstein did not kill himself.
ALWAYS stay skeptical of what Government and the mainstream media says, but nearly everyone here already does.
STAY WARM EVERYONE, where the flaming HELL is the “Global Warming” that the heathen left keeps promising?
I know what happened!
Nick Saben announced his retirement and the whole country froze over!
RTR!
Alright, here’s a continuation of the video done by Potential History about the WW2 Pacific Campaign. This time about the Midway and how that battle was a rare example of turning points in history. Now fair warning: the initial meme Potential History does is one I really don’t find funny (I fail to see how war crimes are funny and the format for the meme is boring) and so anyone wanting to skip it and the video game ad can jump to 1:35. The rest of the video is good, though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYhiulRDoms&si=sFQ_qQ3Eic5WosZK
The other video is a very interesting video done by whatifalthist about the French Revolution and how the US is due for it’s own version in the near future. He does make interesting points:
Thought I did it right that time, but I guess I can only do one video for one post.
Apropos of nothing:
https://youtu.be/cl7xdUNERuA?si=LQUED7uQwQyXtbEt
I’m a big Motörhead fan and a big Buddy Holly fan, so I was thrilled when I found this on the Tube of Ewe. It’s a band that Lemmy put together with Slim Jim Phantom from the Stray Cats. It confirms how Lemmy introduced Motörhead: “Good evening, we’re Motörhead…we’re a Rock ‘n Roll band.” Yes, they were…a very loud and fast Rock ‘n Roll band. I remember when a guitar player friend of mine insisted that Motörhead was a metal band. I told him to pick up his guitar and play “Ace of Spades” at 2/3 speed of the recording without any effects. He was like, “Oh shit, this is a country song!” I told him, “More like Rockabilly, but yeah.”
Now, to be fair, I had found and played this version of the song over the airwaves during my college radio DJ days a few years earlier:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=beak68ONPo8&si=yTct-pnCdHOGXIZ-
My interdiction to Lemmy was from MTVs The Young Ones at midnight.
wR3xwENK7Jo
Yeah, I remember the first time I heard Motörhead…a little Ace of Spades and it was off to the races. Saw them in concert twice. Wished I could’ve seen them more. RIP Lemmy! And RIP to Edward Allen “Fast Eddie” Clark and Phillip John “Philthy Animal” Taylor. The entire “classic era” lineup is gone…Rock in Peace, gents🤘
Present! And here’s a thought for the assembled miscreants, dickweeds, and lionesses:
If Bruce Jenner can retain his male appendages and still be a woman, then you can retain your firearms and call yourself disarmed.
Man, that’s DEEP!😂
I’ll try that with my local ATF agent! 😆 🤣
Wow! And “they” can’t disagree with you, or “they” admit that all of “their” woke beliefs are BS!
Awesome!!!!!!!
Hey Commisar!!!!
Watching Bill Maher (yep, I hate him too, but I like to know what they’re up to)
Maher just said California is “so over regulated”!!!
W- T- actual- F??????????
Well????
It’s the weekend… he’s probably “tied up”.
Providing oral support to antifa.
Attention all hands, attention all hands:
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again until common sense prevails with their leadership/who they elect to lead (wishful thinking…)
Shithole. Failed. State.
That is all.
Late but alive.
Stayed warm with no broken pipes at the GB Compound.
But both sons families whacked by some bug. Daughters family, Mrs GB and I doing OK.
Y’all have a great weekend (‘ceptin’ you FBI/ATF/DHS etc agents. You need to take a long swim bare nekked in Lake Superior. )
Those 3 letter clowns aren’t here today. Their attention was required elsewhere:
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/01/20/far-right-patriot-front-marches-through-manhattan-n2391971
The comments in the article are great!
An interesting read.
Exclusive: Alleged Qatar spy operation said to have targeted GOP lawmakers opposed to Muslim Brotherhood (msn.com)
If you’re an American with national security experience and you start taking part in foreign operations against your own country, well, that should have some .. consequences.
Do not forget to have a drink to commemorate the passing of everyone’s favorite disbarred attorney. May Hack recommend a round of Kamikazes?