Holiday Open Thread
Happy Labor Day! This is a day to honor the American worker, regardless of what clean profession the worker is involved with. People engaging in work also engage in service to humanity. This day is dedicated to those engaged in work; your efforts are appreciated.
Category: Open thread
Congradulations to SgtM for making HOT first. An empty throne has been added in memory of KoB.
And a bottle of Yuengling shall be placed upon that throne.
Yuengling is the oldest brewery in the U.S., so they say. Hard to imagine that since they are in Pottsville or Pottstown, PA.
Whatever the “case” it is pretty decent, more-so in its price range.
Pottsville
I thought it said Pottysville,, and I had asudden urge to take a Brooklyn Navy Yard dump…
Thanks. Those two towns are just a few miles apart and they both have airports. When I was doing the long cross country solo trip for a private pilot license I had to land at the Pottsville airport, get the log book signed and pick up some fuel to finish the third leg of the trip.
If you landed at Pottstown airport, you failed the requirement and still had to go to Pottsville.
I got it right even though a pickup truck pulled onto the runway as I was on final approach and low on fuel.
I had to a go-around and ended up buying more than the minimum usable fuel–almost got into pre-Bernath situation. The line guy asked if I was paying cash or credit. I paid cash.
Nice motorcycle riding area.
I did my first solo cross country way back in 1967 as an ROTC cadet in Utah.
I was about 10 years behind you. Planes rented for about $8 – $10, wet. Flight instructors were a couple of bucks per hour and fuel still had lead in it.
I logged my 40 hours of instruction, but didn’t get my private pilot’s license because I completed what the Army would pay for, but I needed about five pr six more hours of training and passing the written test to pass a check ride. Moreover, I was off to the Benning School for Wayward Young Men as soon as I was commissioned.
If I drink Yuengling, will being Yueng ling er for the rest of my life being so young and Here we go, speaking of so young, how about “I’m So Young” by the Ohio Students 1958 on Argo.
https://youtu.be/YNHCnc9RzOY
Gotta be the slowest dance tune ever.
Thanks Beans, I read that the Ohio Students set the standards for the 1950’s “Kiddy” sound Jump songs when they did “Every Day Of The week”
When I was in high school, a slow dance tune where you could snuggle your girl on the dance floor forever was a dream.
Time to shine that buckle 😉
Cong-Rats SgtM, which throne, the bathroom throne…
First
Missed by 1
Hack Stone will take consolation with the Bronze Medal.
If you got thrown out on your ass over ten years ago by Phil Monkress and never had a “real job” since, can you still celebrate Labor Day?
I have dedicated a special area out behind the dumpsters behind the 7-11 just off the interstate. A half full bottle of Boones Farm and a week old donut will be left out so that “those people” do not feel slighted.
Your kindness knows no bounds.
Aww, it’s a holiday, why not go all-out and leave them a full bottle of T-bird instead?
What’s the price?
Tbird has gotten classy. Sort of.
https://www.tbirdwine.com/#
Averages about $5.00. What’s a poor wino to do?
Thirty twice!
Who drinks the most?
Answer:
Us culud folk!
50 twice.
Inflation, I guess.
Ya mean Rosie O’D the attention hoer?
Brats and burgers for everyone. My one day throne shall be transported outside where I will reign over the end of summer festivities. No throwing water balloons at the throne.
You hold “HOT first” title until the next HOT drops.
HOT title until veterans day? Hope you have lots of brats and burgers cause we will be hungry again before that.
After today it shall be 1st generation MRE’s. Everyone should suffer as I did in the 80’s. It will save on toilet paper in the penis covered porta potties also.
The chicklets should be rock hard by now.
I still remember my first MRE at Knox, summer ’85…. the legendary dehydrated pork patty
My first was October ‘87, Jackson. Dehydrated beef patty.
B-2 unit, beans and meatballs.
Sop it up with that hockey puck
biscuit and crackers.
I learned to eat it dry and chase it with a lot of water.
Fortunately, I have never eaten one. You youngsters missed out on the LRRP rations—dehydrated meals. They were made by Oregon Freeze Dried Foods. They still make some of the meals for backpackers.
Pork patty was fantastico, beef patty was okay.
My first, on the other hand, was beef slice, with bbq sauce, which had been pitched as “one of the best ones”. In 1988.
It could be worse, has anyone been able to rehydrate LRP rations?
I have. I liked them, I even ate them dry on occasions.
Yes. With hot water, but some meals take over an hour to do so, especially the chili meal.
If a woman goes into labor on Labor Day will she have twins?
Congrats to SgtM for the win.
RIM SHOT
Hi
Last as usual….
In other news Randy “Duke” Cunningham passed away.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/randy-duke-cunningham-vietnam-war-011926687.html
Mike
USAF Retired
He was one hell of fighter pilot, despite his woeful failure as a Congressman.
So was Göring.
I actually might do Cunningham for the VF this week. What he and Driscoll did was epic.
He got caught doing what EVERY ONE OF THE REST OF THEM DO!!!
Arrive DC a near pauper, leave DC with untold wealth. Seriously, I’m not telling you where my wealth came from. How can you expect me to live on 6 figures per year plus per diem.
Yes, there is a certain Somali fraudster woman in Congress who came here under a false name and nearly penniless who is now worth over $25 million.
Slightly OT, but there’s a governor in the federal reserve who has bought 3 houses, 2 of them within days of each other, and claimed all 3 as primary residences. When somebody tried to fire her, she said she was going nowhere. I’m sometimes a little dense in my thinking, but how does one live in 3 houses in separate states at the same time. What am I missing that would help me connect the dots.
An apartment building or townhouses is a fairly common scheme.
Are Cadets eligible for the Soldiers Medal? See https://www.wral.com/news/local/enloe-football-star-rescues-man-fort-montgomery-aug-2025/
Twenty-something as I once again say “persent and unaccountable” as I once again award myself yet another Honorary First.
((((OVER))))
Anyone else see the clip about some roach turd of a billionaire stealing a hat from a kid that was autographed by a Tennis Star? He’s spazzing all over the place about the backlash, and I’m enjoying some schadenfreude from it!
The tennis pro really seized the moment in that sad story, made me smile for both of them.
A class act for sure.
Yeah, the billionaire Polish CEO who’s threatening legal action if you slander him.
Boy, it ain’t slander if it is true. And everyone on the interwebz knows you are a slimy scumbag who will steal from a child.
I’ll get in on that action:
Ahem. Mr. Szczerek. You are a dick biscuit.
You are safe; that is opinion and not a statement of fact.
Is it an opinion because he can’t prove he’s a biscuit ?
Yes. But if you had just said he was a “dick” you might be in trouble. No one knows what a dick biscuit is. So that qualifier saved you from liability for a defamatory statement of fact.
Yeah, I saw that and was impressed by the shocked face
on the kid. Even he could not believe an adult would be so
much of an asshole. Good lesson and I hope he chooses
military service as a career.
Good afternoon you gents! I’m present and accounted for this HOT. I have nothing to add other than this:
Well, Labor Day’s winding on down. I got the radiator in yesterday, along with the motor mount. Today I finally got tired of looking at the new over-the-stovetop microwave sitting on the floor and installed it. For those who have Exchange privileges and aren’t aware, AAFES has partnered with a few companies, including The Home Depot and Bass Pro Shops, so you can log in through shopmyexchange.com and take advantage of special pricing and tax-free shopping. It seems that the whole websites aren’t available, though; I tried digging through BPS and it seems it’s mostly clothing and some gear, so no ordering a firearm tax-free and picking it up at my former employer. Anyway, I ordered a new fridge, microwave, and dishwasher a while back. The dishwasher is going to wait awhile, until I replace the kitchen cabinets and counters. Then it will be time for a new oven and cook top.
I also finally upgraded my old Samsung A13 phone. After 3.5 years, it was about out of storage and running slow. I wanted to order the Tank 3 rugged phone but just got a free upgrade through my carrier, to an A36. No need for the full Galaxy phone. All three of my new appliances are also Samsung, and I connected the fridge and microwave to my phone earlier. Power cool works… last I checked the fridge was down from the normal 34-degrees to 22-degrees.
Now, it’s about time to put the body cam mount back on the vest. I used my Ryobi power scrubber with some Ariel detergent powder and Oxi-Clean to wash out the last couple of months of funk earlier today and reassembled the vest an hour ago. After that, I’ll be turning off the oven clean cycle (my late-’70s vintage GE double wall oven only has a cleaning cycle on the upper oven, the lower requires Easy-Off and scrubbing) and making strombolis for dinner.
My dog just dropped a huge, steaming pile of Phil Monkress in my neighbor’s yard.
Do you like your neighbor? Or should you leave it.