Holiday Open Thread
Happy New Year! The new year has arrived on the East Coast. 
Thank you for being with us through these years. We’ve completed a quarter of this century, and 2030 is just 4 years away. The United States will achieve a major milestone this year, celebrating 250 years. This site will also celebrate a milestone. On September 28, 2006, a 51-year-old Johnn Lillya dropped the very first post. We are now sitting at over 40,300 published posts. September 28, 2026, will mark This Ain’t Hell’s 20th anniversary. Enjoy your new year!
Category: Open thread
1st
Happy New Year!
Present! Happy new year to all!
Present and irresponsible.
Woke up early, had coffee then flushed 2025.
Probably should add a box of Rid-X just to make sure.
Hope the new year is good to everyone at TAH.
Now we know, and…
Happy New Year to all. May this year be better than the last. And if you managed not to get photographed or finger printed last night or early this morning, your year is off to a good start.
You know…
Happy New Years to all! Delivered breakfast burritos to my crew, then breakfast and bloody Mary’s with the wife.. now watching the Phildelphia Mummers Parade… if you haven’t seen it, you need to take a look… one of a kind!
Top ten, a HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of the Fine People of TAH®™, I’m present and unaccountable as I award mysef yet another Honorary First.
((((OVER))))
I couldn’t get on the site earlier, was someone running outdated software purchased from the trunk of a worn-out old Jaguar?
I was thinking Psul was trying a DDOS attack again.
Funny thing is, I was down at Merritt Island a couple of weeks ago. And I couldn’t remember Phildos name. It took a minute for me to remember Philip Dale Monkress. I just remembered Psul Wickre of the ballsack…. because he stepped up and decided that he was going to own that bulllshit.
He and the rest of the Dutch Rudder gang will forever live in the TAH® Dumbshit Hall of Fame™ among others.
Happy New Year!
MTV as we knew it has bought the farm… plays The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” as last video and that’s it:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/mtv-music-channels-sign-off-231722443.html
If y’all want to know which channel played what (with YouTube links):
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/mtv-channels-bid-farewell-fans-173839966.html
The only ads I’ve seen for MTV over the last 3 weeks have been for drag queen shows. So, if they’re going dark, they should hurry and do it.
They’re done…Streaming killed the video star.
I’m sure many folk were surprised MTV had music channels to cut off. It’s been stupid reality show programming and an occasional music event for years now.
Am thinking about giving up on making entries into the handwritten Coveted Book of OT “Firsts” which I started on 01 Jan 2015 and is now 29 pages long.
Requesting input on Yea or Nay.
Thank You for your time.
“handwritten”
An ancient method of record keeping that is not subject
to abuse by AI as long as the keeper keeps it that way.
Keep on keepin on Claw. The book is in good hands,
And it cannot be deleted. Of course, there is still white-out. But the use of it is readily apparent.
I know it is a lot of trouble and time, Claw.
I defer to your judgment as to the time and effort involved. I think I tried to maintain that for a while back then and it is some effort.
FWIW, you’ve done your share, if you need to lay it down.
Dude, you’re the man. Keep on keeping on.
Claw please continue to submit your articles! They are informative and humorous; I look forward to them. Sadly, we readers have often neglected expressing our appreciation. Keep ‘em coming and thank you!
Okay. Thanks to all for providing input.
The Open Thread “First” postings will continue as well as providing Whiz Wheel®™ scores to those who deserve them.
Happy New Year to all you TAHellions and Hellionettes.
May God grant each of you a blessed year.
And to YOU Graybeard.
Happy New year to All.
Happy New Year, my friends!
We’re getting smaller every year so let me say:
RRRRAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
Essayons!
Dammit, I miss you, Junior.
I’m not a Saint, I’m a Soldier.
Onward Christian soldiers. Keep the faith.
Damn right. Let’s keep the faith. Remember that Jewish Carpenter, that Engineer, who kept the faith and fulfilled the Father’s promise.
May 2026 be y’all’s year!
Tell it, Brother Roh
Well, Happy New Year to all of you misbegotten motherfuckers who, at some point in your lives, decided that you would serve the Republic.
And we’d do it again. Gladly.
DAMN RIGHT, Sarnt
Happy, Happy. Joy, Joy!!
Happy Happy Joy Joy. I’ll teach you to suck eggs and like it.
Happy New Year, ya filthy animals.
Oh it’s such a perfect day,
I’m glad I spent it with you..
I guess I figured out how to put the picture up again and I can’t remember how the fuck I did that. Oh well. Damn good song and apparently David Bowie helped to produce this jam. Lou Reed lived too long, he should’ve done like Jim Morrison and died in his 20’s. 🤣
Love you all and am happy to be part of this family:
What’s he that wishes so?
My cousin, Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin;
If we are mark’d to die, we are enough
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God’s peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more methinks would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man’s company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call’d the feast of Crispian.
that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say “To-morrow is Saint Crispian.”
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say “These wounds I had on Crispin’s day.”
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
Continuing on:
But he’ll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words—
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester—
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb’red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.
Love you all. Let’s not forget our brothers and sisters tonight.
I’m gonna share some Califa shit for you all. These guys apparently are from the Bakersfield area and they kick Buck Owens, Johnny Cash. Eddie Rabbit, and some straight up Norteño music:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=L0QFMckHo_0&si=DJyrbZCDQ7Lzwcpa
Ok. So I didn’t put the picture up on the link. I’m going to have to figure that shit out.
Ok let’s try this one:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=NtS_NRj4Dls&si=8uha0z1wVWgDAZZb
A story we’re all familiar with. Stumbling in at 4 in morning. 🤣
An old school Mexican corrido!
These Californios doing some Buck Owens.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=jrTlsESbFNM&si=uj95mpTu8NgHoXCw
One of our prayer chains today requested prayer for a young man “T”, who had his thumb damaged by a firework last night.
He was supposed to have surgery at 5 a.m., then by 5 p.m., then postponed until tomorrow because of so many other trauma cases coming in with greater priority.
I hope they save his thumb, but I bet he remembers to not ever again play with fireworks.
Happy New Year Dickweeds!!!
And to you as well, muh-fugger.