Weekend Open Thread
Depending on how much of the sky is filled with clouds, you could be treated to a solar eclipse on Monday (April 8, 2024). Even if the sky is cloudy and blocks the sun and moon, you may see some indirect effects of the moon passing between the sun and you. Enjoy your weekend!
Category: Open thread
FIRST!
You derailed my attempt at a double ace! You fiend! Seriously, good job!
The King is dead, but he’s not forgotten.
Crap. I can, and will yield the field. Clock is ticking to edit.
Edit: See if AH is game as well.
No, you won it fair and square. No do-overs in the highly coveted, never given, always earned FIRST in the WOT. The throne is yours.
That’s a lot of pressure for a guy who routinely loses his automobile, cell phone, money clip, a pistol or two, his mind…
What do you think a pawn store’ll pay for this thing anyway?
There won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness. So you got that goin’ for you, which is nice.
Collusion! Russian interference!
Lets take up a collection and buy a dossier.
We want the unredacted pee tape.
GG
As the weekly appointed pointy ruler of the unruly,
Iwe demand y’all have a great weekend!“FOLLOW ME!” The In Fun Tree Leads the way! A Congolese Rat and smoked, pulled pork BBQed Beast for my Queen of Battle.
Hack Stone feels like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Never going to win the race, but a pain in the ass to the other candidates.
Hack Stone is filing a motion to impeach Roh-Dog as the reigning Weekend Open Thread Benevolent Dictator as to (see what Hack did there?) the commission of fraud. In conjunction with District Attorneys Alvin Bragg and Letitia James, we have incontrovertible proof that Roh-Dog committed fraud in 1972 when he failed to fulfill his purchase agreement with Columbia House Record and Tape Club. Can Hack Stone get a second?
Second the motion on the floor, in the kitchen, on the sofa,…
From the windowwwwww to the wall….
He can always return those 13 8-Track Tapes, they will return his penny, and everyone will be square.
BUT does he still owe on his Montgomery Ward credit card?
Never heard of Montgomery Ward, but Rosetta Stone did have a Monogamy Ward Charge Card. Cracks Hack up every time he thinks of her saying Monogamy Ward.
Old school.
Less the obscene shipping fee.
DENIED! Your motion is incompetent, irrevelant, and immaterial. It assumes facts not in evidence. FIRST (ht2 Roh-Dog by a solid one (1) second {ht2 AH}), of all, in 1972 Roh-Dog wasn’t even a gleam in Daddy-Dog’s eye. Second (ht2 AH), Dad-Dog may not even picked who was going to be the Queen Mother yet. I know…maff is hard on Marines, y’all have to get nekkid to count to twenty one (21). Thirdly (a bow to CW), a train smashed penny is NOT considered Legal Tender, thus negating any implied or assumed contract there of. Fourth (Hack on Stoner, get that loogie up) Heavy Metal was not a thing yet, nor were Compact Disc. Fifth (The Gun Bunny will take one…bottled by Jameson & Company) your sour grapes attitude is really taking away the time that you should be looking for Elaine and/or peddling your outdated Red Hat Soft Wear.
This lawering like this I could get “ten years in Leavenworth or 11 years Twelveworth”.
Ooh, KoB has been watching Perry Mason. Poor Hamilton Burger, always trying to win, always with the incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial. I love the way he looks like he’s about to have a stroke.
I’ve been watching Perry Mason lately and if I’ve told my Mrs once, I’ve told her a zillion times, “Woman if you keep rolling your eyes at me that way, they’ll get stuck that way.” She’d watches those home improvement shows and gets fodder for her “honey-do” lists.
Full disclosure…for those that haven’t been keeping up…I gots the HOTS for Della Street! I’d hit that with my junk and ALL of y’all pushing (ht2 IDC SARC)! One can also see a lot of the Classic Hollywood Beauties of the 50s and 60s and many of the young, upcoming actors/actresses that made a name for themselves later. So yeah, I do catch Perry on the MeTV Broadcast. Free TV…The way that God and Channel Master intended us to watch programs. Ol’ Ham Burger gets it wrong everytime…Bless His Heart. William Talman did have an interesting career doing multiple other characters, but he will always be typecast in that role. The View From Lady Lake Blog spot that I lurk around on runs a “Name that Dame” segment with a pin-up or Glamour shot of the Classic Beauties of yesteryear.
I’ve had eyes rolled at my comments so hard that I could hear them rattling around in their heads…and a lot of my escort duties are for ladies that want to pick up items for “their honey do lists”. Home improvement is a snap if the production company is paying all the costs.
Still trying to figure out what he planned on doing with 13 copies of Starland Vocal Band’s Greatest Hits on 8-Track.
Hits? They had more than one?
Who knew? I recall they had a TV show one summer.
As a former lawer, I opine your case has merit. Motion thirded.
1st dammit.
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Sloppy seconds ain’t nothing to wail about, AH. You done good, considering the “stiff” competition today. There’s a trophy awaiting you in the Ladies Room.
Eh, I’m not too upset. Having the opportunity to share a gif from one of my favorite movies is reward enough.
Two Os in Histoorian?
First!
The “First” comment on the Weekend Open Thread gets more traffic than a MEAL Team 6 RECON/Sniper/EOD phony.
Oh, all knowing and wise Magic 8-Ball, it has been so long since Hack Stone was bestowed the highly coveted and rarely awarded First Comment for The Weekend Open Thread, will his fortune change for the April 5, 2024 Weekend Open Thread? Magic 8-Ball says…
Shit! Hack saw it drop, the page open, and already 4 posts ahead of him.
The refresh and post comment speed was a merciless bitch today, huh Hack!
Damned Red Hat Software! Should have opted for the Y3K software.
Oh, all knowing and wise Magic 8-Ball, is Phil Monkress still a turd?
FIRST!
Happy Friday! Hope everyone had a good week. So I’ve been thinking about what to do when the Pacific series was over and done with for awhile now and what I’ve decided is to do something what I would call an “Interlude Series.” Basically, I would just post about random history topics until I found a specific historical period to post about. So, as I mentioned before, I’m a really big movie buff. I like most genres except horror. I especially like older movies when it used to be common place for actors and crew to put their lives at risk for their craft (I’m looking at you, Terminator 2 helicopter scene. That right there comes to mind as the best example.). Nowadays, instead of practical effects, it’s all done through CGI, Special effects, and green screen rooms. IMHO, relying heavily on that comes across as lazy to me. But, anyway, I want to share a critic video on one particular movie that has plenty of practical effects and on-scene shooting and, in keeping with my theme of having my posts be about history, the movie will be a historical movie. This post will be about an absolute legend in the history movie genre and that movie is A Bridge Too Far. I don’t think I need to tell many people on this blog how much of an epic movie this is, with acting legends like Sean Connery, James Caan, and Gene Hackman starring. The critic video is done by a channel called History Buffs. Ran by a Brit named Nick Hodges, he’ll go over the history the movie is based on, any inaccuracies or creative licenses the film takes, and he will sometimes go on a historical tangent if it’s related to what he’s talking about. In this video, he’ll talk about the absolute worst General I’ve ever heard of, during the British Empire’s failed attempt to annex Afghanistan: General William Elphinstone.
General William Elphinstone:
Anyway:
And here is my favorite scene sequence from the movie:
I think James Caan was mad as hell in everything he appeared in, film and TV.
Worked for him.
Well, that was weird. I didn’t post any links in the initial post. Must’ve said something wrong. Anyway, my intent for the Weekend Open Thread will be (aside from getting 1st) be doing review posts of 3 historical movies, starting with a legendary movie, an alright one next, and then a terrible one. The alright one will be next week, so stay tuned. Have a great weekend!
See…”Conspiracy, Vast Chicken Wing”…one (1) each.
You also have the option of going to Hellan Waite at the TAH Complaint Dprt.
May I suggest General Raglan at Sevastopol in 1850s as a better candidate?
I don’t know, Lt Gen James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan should have known, “If one retreats, one should take his troops with him.”
Ditto him.
Don’t really know too much about him, but I’ll read up on him.
A Bridge Too Far– kicks ass.
Elphinstone– is an ass.
Yep.
Curses! My attempt at becoming a double-ace stops at eight. Well, darn and other comments. That being said, I turn the throne over to Roh-Dog with certainty that the rule forthcoming will be benevolent, wise, and probably way better than mine. For all of us, then, I post the weekly trivia column, which contains the annual April Fool’s game. Enjoy!
DID YOU KNOW…?
It’s April Fool’s! Can you find the three items in this week’s column that were totally made up?
By Commissioner Wretched
didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com
Copyright © 2024
Monday was April 1.
You know what that means, at least as far as this column is concerned. It’s time for the annual April Fool’s edition!
Hidden in plain sight in this column are three items that are totally made up. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find out which ones they are.
No prizes are offered, as I am a cheapskate in the classic Jack Benny mold. You just get that deep-down satisfaction of knowing I can’t fool you.
Want to check your work? E-mail me your guesses at didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com and I’ll let you know how many you correctly found. Answers will be in the introduction of next week’s column. No cheating by using Google, please.
The game’s afoot, Watson! Have fun.
Did you know …
… an actor was left a fortune by a fan? Actor Charles Bronson (1921-2003) must have been very surprised when Audrey Knauer (1943-1997) of Louisville, Kentucky, passed away and left her entire fortune – $300,000 – to him in her handwritten will. Knauer had never met Bronson; she was just a fan of the rugged actor. Knauer’s sister challenged the will in court, and she and the actor settled on a division of the amount. (It helps to know people, doesn’t it? Even if you don’t know them.)
… a fruit exists that is really, really small? I’m talking tiny. The wolffia globosa, a kind of duckweed, is actually about the same size as a grain of salt. It is also known as Asian watermeal. (Imagine how many you’d have to eat just to get a taste!)
… a gag by a playwright caused his play to flop? George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was arguably one of the most influential playwrights of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. But one of his plays was a total flop because of its title. In the years following World War I, Shaw was said to have written a play about the destruction of the war and the long road of reconstruction, and Shaw playfully titled it Closed for Remodeling. However, when the play was first produced, the title on the theatre marquee fooled audiences into thinking the theatre was actually shut down, and nobody came to see it. (That, friends, is why titles matter!)
… you may have a liripipe hanging in your closet? Don’t panic, it’s nothing unusual – if you have a hooded garment, anyway. A liripipe is the long, hanging tail at the end of a hood. Nowadays we mostly see them on the hoods of academic dress. They were associated with medieval fashion as well, so if you like to dress up in clothing styles from the Middle Ages, you might have one. (You see them a lot at Renaissance Festivals, I think.)
… students in Denmark get paid to go to college? Every Danish college student receives 5,839 krones (about $900 in U.S. dollars) per month under a plan called Statens Uddannelsesstøtte, or SU. The financial support does not have to be paid back, even if the student drops out of college. The only requirement for the stipend is that the student not live with their parents. Funds are paid for a maximum of six years beginning at age 18, and those who are particularly successful in school get extra money. (Where was that when I went to college? I know, in Denmark. Sheesh.)
… ancient Rome had a place to go if you got too drunk? The Romans loved their wines, as people today still do. But back in the days of the Empire, it wasn’t good form to get plastered in public. For those who didn’t follow the guidelines, however, there was hope – a place one could go to “get it out of their system.” The Romans called this place, where one could pretty much undo as much of the damage the wine did as possible, the vomitorium. (I’ll let you guess how they went about doing it.)
… police in Japan have an unusual method of handling unsolved murders? In many cases, if a murder goes unsolved for a length of time, the police will declare the murder a suicide. This saves face for the department, and helps keep crime statistics artificially low. (It’s an idea, anyway.)
… a forest in Utah covers 107 acres – and is made up of just one tree? In Utah’s Fishlake National Forest, you’ll find 47,000 aspen trees that share one single root system. Thus, they can be considered just one tree. Botanists say the system could be up to a million years old. (A technicality, I concede, but nonetheless, one tree.)
… the removal of your tonsils may not be permanent? In most cases, of course, having a tonsillectomy is a one-and-done operation. However, if by some chance any of the tonsil tissue was left behind in the extraction, they can grow back. (And it would be just my luck, too.)
… sugar in children’s diets causes hyperactivity? Every mother reading this column will, of course, swear to this. The sugar is quickly broken down in the child’s bloodstream and provides more energy to their muscles, which they just have to work out as fast as they can. Thus, the situation – give your kids a sugary drink and within minutes, they’re climbing the walls. (I can attest to this … it certainly worked for me!)
… flowers were once used as currency? In 1634, tulips were considered one of Holland’s media of exchange, or money, in land deals. Actual pieces of property were exchanged for handfuls of tulip bulbs, and as the deals turned out to be profitable, the practice spread. (So money didn’t grow on trees, it grew in gardens.)
… keeping a secret can be a real burden? Studies conducted by researchers at Columbia University, published in 2012, have shown that people keeping a secret feel physically burdened by what they know. The sensation of being burdened even affects the secret-keeper’s social life. (I guess it really does wear you down.)
Now … you know!
Hah! At MacGregor range, for years there was a place referred to in tactical comms as Point Tango, aka The Tree. Oddly enough, about 5 miles away from it was the Oro Grande National Forest (two trees.) Both on Hiway 54, don’t know if either are still there.
oro grande national forest – Search Images (bing.com)
Another fine job on the trivia, CW. It is muchly appreciate.every.damn.week! Soons as I can get catched up on my Bunny Do List and get the week to ten days of escort duty trips out of my azz, I’ll peruse thru the tricky ones and sees if I can finger them out.
Do mention me to Lois.
Lois sends her best!
Gotten a lot of Kurt Russell & Charles Bronson lore in my Tubes o’ You feed as of late.
The R/C airplane birthday gift story as told by Mister Russell is already heavy enough (especially iff’n you know about the austere up-bringing of Mister Bronson), let alone all the other things Charles did while serving his terrestrial tour of duty.
Seems like he lived a life, and then some! (see below: a 50 year old Bronson with Jill Ireland)
[sorry for the jimmy kimmel clip]
During the Dutch tulip bubble, the bulbs were more accurately analogous to assets or NFTs than currency – but I doubt that little nitpick is one of your three falsehoods….
1. Vomitorium I know is wrong, as it refers to an exit lane – from the Latin “vomere” (to spill out). Thank you, DLI, for building a fascination with language learning.
2. I also know that sugar doesn’t cause hyperactivity because, well, like most here, paying attention to our physical activity was once a job requirement and sugar simply doesn’t work that way.
3. I’ve never been to Japan but I’m going to guess the police unsolved-murder/suicide thing is false. It’s simply an affront to human decency and, despite their very questionable wartime history, I don’t see that melding with the Japanese sense of honor. Also, you’ve used pseudo-Japanese lore to fuel this challenge in the past.
Brilliant minds think alike Hate_me. Was thinking the same…more from a WTF hunch than breaking it down into a reasonable presentation of your case. Perry Mason…grins.
If those be your choices, King, you also have two correct.
You got two right. Answers coming in Friday’s WOT.
TOP TEN!!! LOL< early fuckers…ROH_DAWG!!! WOOT!!! De-thrones CW, I see….
Well it had to happen some time.
Have a good weekend and EVERYBODY DON’T STARE AT THE FUCKING SUN ON MONDAY!!!! (Without ISO 12312-2 approved and procured glasses from a reputable facility)
(I head Public Libraries have them and they’re legit.)
Smooches dickheads.
Chimp OUT!!
You got legit head at a public library? I bet you “wood”.
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Momma always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun…
Oh yeah. Awesome tune… the full-length version that is.
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Blinded By The Light (youtube.com)
I heard that version years before I knew it was a Springsteen tune. And you’re right!
https://youtu.be/ku_KhAX3BIA?si=lasxDrGNGCSU_Sr0
Huh, my history post is awaiting approval. Wonder what that’s about.
More than two active URL links in it? That pisses off the posting system and kicks it to Admins. 😉
No links in the initial ones, though 🤔
Typo in your email addy?
Nah, it auto populated as it always does. But it got corrected, so, you know, it’s whatever.
What day is it?
Well, it’s not Joe Day. That was last week.
https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-joe-day-march-27
Hack Stone found this image a long long time ago while trying to find a dragnet Blue Boy clip. Hack found it amusing. Your mileage may vary.
hehe!
😆
And she is the purtiest ewe in your harem.
SEND
IT!
OVER
Shared before, worth ‘saying again’:
You’re not a “real” Soldier until you’ve been the cause and/or subject of a safety brief.
Nothing in there about lighting yourself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy to protest the genocide in Gaza, so that is still an option for this weekend, weather permitting.
Don’t forget your PT belt.
Been there, done that. But don’t be the guy holding the handset when there may be an NVA sniper in range.
Will be deep into Margaritas when the moon does the thing. Sister’s house is right dead in the middle of it and she is throwing an extraterrestrial invite party.
Be sure to purchase your All Points Logistics Solar Eclipse Safety Goggles. Guaranteed to work or your next pair is free.
Ah, I see what you did there.
Be sure to buy your Solar Eclipse Software. It is fully compatible for your Commodore 64 workstation.
I’m dead center ground zero and will have a couple of friends
making the trip. Probably party hearty and miss the whole thing.
Boomer’s folder for Sunday is filling up nicely. Thanks, y’all.
Doesn’t somebody here allude to red hatted software available from a lady owned business? Could that software possibly increase Boomers meme storage capacity?
That’s a “proud but humble woman owned business”. Many people ask how can it be proud and humble simultaneously, and Hack enlightens that we are proud to announce that we are a woman owned business, but humble in not telling you who that woman is. Hence, “proud but humble”.
Present! Sportsman’s Warehouse informs me that today is .45 caliber day, making it a religious holiday for some. Celebrate responsibly!
St. John Moses would approve.
Maybe we should all pop the top on some Colt 45s to celebrate.
They still make that?
Yep…PBR got the rights to it from National Brewing Co a number of years back. Not sure if whyte doods are allowed to buy it tho.
Would that be beer misappropriation or viewed as cultural theft if a guy of non color bought it? Would that be considered a form of micro aggresion?
Yes, yes, and yes…but only micro aggression if it was the 12 oz. Purchase of the 40oz “Tall Boys” would be considered macro aggression. Doubly so if one were to pick up a pack of Newports at the same time…or Black and Milds.
Any beer less than 5% ABV is just
gay water.
3.2% beer is like making love in a canoe. It’s fucking close to water. However… having attempted college in Utah, you can get just as drunk on 3.2% beer as you can on good beer. It just takes a little longer.
A worse headache as well, from what I remember of my time at Keesler back in the day 🤯
I admit nothing. I know nothing of the bars that were once on the waterfront in Biloxi. At least, I can’t remember.
There were alternatives to the shit beer back then, the Thursday beer runs to Louisiana, and then this place.
I remember the Fiesta down on the beach, and a terrifying strip club by the pier, the Dream Room I think. I was at Keesler May of ‘88. They’d just approved casinos. Passed through again in ‘04, wasn’t sure it was the same place.
I spent most of ’89 there for tech school, spent a few Saturday nights down in New Orleans. I also spent time there when home base was Las Vegas when I was in casino construction during the 90s. Last visit was 2016 when we were “pre deployed” during a hurricane that eventually just glanced off the east coast.
Have a great Eggs’ Wedding Anniversary Weekend!! Toast to the one who’s put up with me this long!!
Happy Anniversary, and many, many more!
I hereby award myself another Honorary First, Greetings and Salutations, everyone!
((((OVER))))
Epstein did not kill himself.
A hearty FUCK YOU to the “Feebies” (FBII) monitoring us while ignoring real crime.
I am now MAJ, USA(ret.)
And on a Friday too.
E sure to have enough space on your backyard for a black military helicopter to safely land while you are chopping firewood to bring you back on active duty by Presidential Order for a top secret mission. You would think that the US Military would have more than one person with a particular set of skills so that they don’t have to pull people out of retirement, but the ones that did were separated for not taking the COVID shot and/or being a cisgender white Christian male.
“Ukraine will join NATO.”– say what?
https://twitter.com/i/status/1775926842257813910
Yeah, watching this one.
Present once again. Off to read the comments to see what I missed.
You haven’t missed much. Same as every other week, the crown was stolen from Hack Stone.
Sorry to hear about your luck, or lack of. One of these days, I will remember to stop my projects before 2pm EST. And then I will try to remember it’s Friday.
I thought being retired would be less work, but apparently I have 20 years of honey do’s saved up. Not by me mind you, but they have been saved like savings bonds and they have matured.
Present and as unaccountable as ever.
Had a very sweet thing happen today:
The 9 year old young lady to whom I teach guitar brought me a self-made rubber band bracelet she made just for me.
She also loves to practice her guitar, and is doing quite well considering that I’m her teacher. 😉
The old geezers that are also my students don’t do that, but share their prayer concerns and tell me of special blessings in their lives. And are also progressing well.
Teaching any subject can be such a rewarding endeavor.
God bless you all this weekend.
FIRST 100th comment…Prepare…
Prepare and stockpile faster. Has she really seen what’s going on and speaking up, or just trying to play us.
https://www.ammoland.com/2024/04/gabbards-change-of-heart-blows-whistle-on-capitol-hill-gun-grabbers/#axzz8WXf7pgiW
Yes, yes, and…yes.
Agreed, it is not.
yup
Well fill up your tanks get out the popcorn and let’s get ready for some radioactive games coming soon
Let’s see how bad you know who fucks this up
Some MST3K for y’all. I’m busy today so grovel at your own pace.
Have you checked out Riff Trax? Same crew as MST3K, but they don’t have the silhouettes. They do a lot of films they could not do on MST3K due to content or licensing issues. Reefer Madness, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Night Of The Living Dead.
Phil Monkress works balls.
Maine’s former Governor Joe Brennan has died at 89 years.
An Irish democrat born and raised in Portlands tough Munjoy
hill neighborhood.
Army veteran.
Politics aside, he deserves mention.
Rest in peace Joe.
Music for an eclipse.
The Sunrays – I Live For The Sun (1965)
One of my favorites – Dancing In The Moonlight
https://youtu.be/g5JqPxmYhlo?si=kzZxA0sqKeF2jdMu
Oh Oh.
PowerBall delayed, due to “technical issues”.
The issue is that Hack Stone did not win. He was going to use that money to help the less fortunate, like buying mailbox doors for Vice Presidents of proud but humble woman owned businesses. How will Psul know that he is being sued, again, if his mailbox will not properly hold his subpoenas?
Why are you disparaging the size of his poenas?
In observance of the solar eclipse expected this afternoon, the Vice President of the proud but humble woman owned business that sells outdated and overpriced Red Hat Software to the Federal Government will be getting blackout drunk. So if you see a rusting 1980’s vintage Jaguar coming your way this afternoon, get off of the sidewalk.
It just wouldn’t be a solar eclipse in the National Capital Region without being stuck on the beltway during the event. Vehicle fire by Joint Base Andrews, rumor has it that 1980’s vintage Jaguar lit itself on fire to protest the genocide in Gaza.