Weekend Open Thread

| April 21, 2017

April 21, 2017

An inquisitive fox approaches Your Shot photographer Boris Barabáš’s camera in this exceptional wildlife image.

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ChipNASA

First!! F5 you Muthas!!

HMCS(FMF) ret

How many times have you been first??? I’m thinking the Interwebs thingy is rigged by you zoomies or you is running with SATAN!!!

ChipNASA

My first first of 2017 was two weeks ago and then I think Mick had it last week so this may be my second first.
Usually only when I’m having a late lunch at my desk between 12 and 2 is the only way I’m ever even close.
Dumb Luck

Mick

Chip:

S took the prize last week.

Will he show up this afternoon to genuflect and hand over the WOT crown and scepter?

S

Her I is, Mick!
Even though because of a major blunder on my part that only the “S” showed up in the “First” page, I will hereby hand over the keys of the throne to ChipNASA.

Scepter? Damn, I thought you meant “sepulchre”!

Oh well. ChipNASA I extend to you this laurel…….and hardy handshake.

You da man!

Skyjumper

Damn…….I meant Skyjumper! 😉

HMCS(FMF) ret

Congrats, Zoomie…

2/17 Air Cav

In my lifetime, The Babe’s single-season HR fell, as did his lifetime HR record. I saw the upstart Jets beat the unbeatable Colts in Super Bowl III. I saw Secretariat destroy his competition to win the Triple Crown in 1973, after 24 consecutive years w/o a Triple Crown champ. And now this, the first ever WOT threepeat. Years from now, thousands—perhaps tens of thousands–will swear they were here this day to witness this event. The record will show otherwise. But I can say: “I was there and saw it happen, the Dickweed WOT Threepeat. ”

5 May 2015 1:06 p.m. EST
ChipNASA

28 April 2017 2:15 p.m. EST
ChipNASA

21 April 2017 1:38 p.m. EST
ChipNASA

Congratulations. Never thought I’d see it.

2/17 Air Cav

Scrivener’s error.

5 May 2017 1:06 p.m. EST
ChipNASA

28 April 2017 2:15 p.m. EST
ChipNASA

21 April 2017 1:38 p.m. EST
ChipNASA

ex-OS2

First.

ChipNASA

Go ahead…say it….SAY IT!!!!

ex-OS2

COCKSUCKER!

ChipNASA

LOL 🙂

Mick

KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

(ground shakes; Chip’s beer glass gets knocked over by the concussion)

Commissioner Wretched

Third. Not bad.

Hack Stone

Shit! Shit! Shit! Missed it by “that much”.

Hack Stone

I was going to dedicate my Weekend Open Thread First To Post to the safe return of Elaine Ricci. Now she will never come home.

HMCS(FMF) ret

PRESENT

HMCS(FMF) ret

Hey… anyone heard from MCPO lately? Seems like he’s dropped out of sight, or is he posting under another name?

Hope he’s doing well…

The Stranger

I’m pretty sure he’s posting under another name right now… I think I know the other name but I’ll keep it close to the vest for now.

Just An Old Dog

Oh, pretty sure he is around. He is probably in the Goat Locker right now working on his third pot of coffee and putting the finishing touches on polishing off our favorite fake CPO.

streetsweeper

eating all the doughnuts, too…

Ex-PH2

Accounted for.

Mick

Dammit.

Eden

Well, top ten today. Better than usual.

A Proud Infidel®™

Physically present and I once again lay claim to Honorary First as I fetch myself some more coffee.

OWB

Coffee? That sounds good. Could you pass me cup, please?

Oh, never mind. Keep forgetting that there is one of those thermal carafe thingies attached to my coffee maker now. Stays nice and hot all day without being cooked beyond recognition.

Ahhh. Yes. Thanks, API, for the very good idea.

Frankie Cee

While a friend of mine is shoveling snow in Larmaie Wyoming today, I am doing some work on a fence around one of the pens here at the place, shirtless, wearing shorts, and sandals. Life is great in the Northwest Florida Panhandle.
And, STOLEN VALORIST/SERIAL POSER KYLE CHRISTOPHER BARWAN is carefully skirting dating sites, and using Instagram to seek out his next victim(s). He uses the User Name of Klutch_Reborn these days. One of those who also keep tabs on him correctly predicted that he would use either Kyle or Klutch as a first name. What a piece of shit.

Frankie Cee

If anyone who mentions him in comments, here or elsewhere, would use his name, it will go to google, and possibly alert others that he is out there.

Wilted Willy

Keep up the good work Frankie, we can always have hope the dumbass will hang himself once again! Didn’t they ban him from social media as part of his release? I sure hope they did!!!

ChipNASA

Yep, I was about to ask the exact question. Isn’t this a violation of his probation or release?

OWB

You mean we should mention the name KLUTCH REBORN or the name KYLE CHRISTOPHER BARWIN, or both names: KLUTCH REBORN aka KYLE CHRISTOPHER BARWIN?

Either way works for me. Let’s see what the courts have to say about it. Should be good.

OWB

Oops – typed BARWIN instead of BARWAN. Then again, his name (or one of the names he uses) is KYLE CHRISTOPHER BARWIN, isn’t it? This KLUTCH REBORN is a new alias, right?

Skippy

KYLE CHRISTOPHER BARWAN Is a Poser
KYLE CHRISTOPHER BARWAN Is a Stloen Valor QUEEN
I just Dumped a KYLE CHRISTOPHER BARWAN in the toilet

ex-OS2

KYLE CHRISTOPHER BARWAN is a cocksucker.

Mick

KA-BLAMMO!

A Proud Infidel®™

So is surfing social networking sites in violation of his probation? I’m not surprised, I’m sure that KYLE CHRISTOPHER BARWAN aka Klutch_Reborn will soon again be a part of Bubba & Thor’s little harem.

Frankie Cee

If KYLE BARWAN, aka KLUTCH_REBORN is sucking air, he is scamming or planning to scam. When I went on Facebook this morning I had a message and a screen shot of a message that a girl sent to Barwan. It read, in part:
“…this morning you defile the memory of our military family and our fallen soldiers by claiming you are on leave, you are about to deploy for 18 months, you are Special Forces, you’ve served 5 or 6 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and you are here on leave to help the homeless? Oh, also you’ve swam the English Channel to France, which is in your millionaire moms backyard because she owns the largest franchise in England and Germany? (This was all spat at me in 10 minutes as I sat with my daughter at the park.)”

Ex-PH2

Wow, KYLE BARWAN, aka KLUTCH_REBORN just doesn’t know when to quit, does he, Frankie?
Someone needs to re-educate him in a dark alley some day.

A Proud Infidel®™

Day-um, is KYLE BARWAN aka Klutch_Reborn gonna even last a week on the outside before he gets himself arrested for Violation of Probation?

Sparks

KYLE CHRISTOPHER BARWAN, the cocksmoker that can’t get off his knees.

Ret_25X

Still at work…dangnabit!

MSG Eric

16th!

MSG Eric

Actually 11th because of the Chip n’ OS back n’ forth above. lol.

Very workable.

Roh-Dog

Work… every time

Skippy

I self identify as FIRST !!!!!

BHWHAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!

Present and accounted for

Ex-PH2

Okay, I have something to read and critique for someone else. I also have chapters of my own to finish, and I will make a batch of chocolate chip cookies.

Standard Toll House recipe, substitute DARK BROWN sugar for regular brown sugar, and use TWO teaspoons of vanilla instead of one.

Egg and bacon pie:
9 inch piecrust in a piepan.
Beat 4 eggs and add 1 cup of 1/2 and 1/2 or 2% milk. Season the eggs, don’t overdo it.
Layer the following in the piecrust:
Minced ham or cooked bacon
Shredded cheese (any flavors)
any other stuffs you like, e.g., sauteed onion or tomatoes or whatever

Pour the beaten eggs over the cheese filling mixture, put a foil wrap around the piecrust edge, bake for 30 minutes at 350F. (Might be less if your oven runs warm, but test it. And keep an eye on it.)
Cut it into servings, plate it with hashbrowns with onion, crisp bacon and English muffins (lots of jam), OJ/Tomato juice, coffee or tea or whatever.

Glad the weekend is here!

ex-OS2

Sounds delicious, thank you Ex-PH2!

Wilted Willy

That sounds so good! What time do we eat??

Mick

(Mick peeks around the corner in Ex-PH2’s kitchen; speaks in a whisper)

Psssssssssst! Ex-PH2!

Whatever you do, don’t let this mob of incorrigible knuckleheads know that that egg and bacon pie is the same thing as a quiche!

It does sound pretty darn good.

Bon Appetit!

ex-OS2

But, but….I thought it was egg and bacon pie?

All these years. Pffttt.

Ex-PH2

I have learned to not use THAT WORD around this bunch of manly men, Mick. They probably don’t like the word ‘frittata’, either, but it’s a hash of potatoes and lots of other stuff (including smoked sausage) with beaten eggs poured over them, cooked in a skillet and finished with a little shredded cheese on top.

Or if you don’t want the potatoes, it’s whatever fillings you like with beaten eggs poured over them.

Ex-PH2

Helpful baking hint: if a recipe says something is done when a toothpick or broomstraw poked into it comes out clean, use a short length of spaghetti or other long pasta instead. Half a length of an uncooked spaghetti strand will reach the bottom of a cake pan or whatever. The dry pasta will let uncooked wet stuff stick to it.

ex-OS2

Ex-PH2 Tip of the Day, Boom.

11B-Mailclerk

Now -that- was using your noodle!

HMCS(FMF) ret

A long time ago,
in a galaxy far, far away
I was FIRST…

2/17 Air Cav

Dahell happened to MCPO NYC USN (Ret.) anyway?

2/17 Air Cav

That wasn’t supposed to be a reply HMCS. Sorry ’bout that.

Just An Old Dog

Pretty sure he is around. :). The DRG should be the ones sweating. When you piss off a Sr Enlisted and they seem to be laying low its because they are consuming copious amounts of coffee and figuring out how to fix your little red wagon.

A Proud Infidel®™

Not just MCPO NYC, they decided to screw with The Chief’s Mess and I’ve always heard in no uncertain terms that’s a great way to bring copious misery on oneself!

I’m all stocked up on beer, nachos and popcorn in the meantime.

ChipNASA

He’s working and lurking I understand.

2/17 Air Cav

Good. Good. I miss that crazy mick sometimes. I always enjoyed trying to decode his messages.

Skippy

I can’t remember the last time I was even in the top 5. 😀

IDC SARC

Elebentyeightytooth!

UpNorth

lebentyninetyoneth!

Bill M

Dang! Someday, by golly, someday!

ex-OS2

James Walls, phony UH-1 pilot still works balls.

RGQ

Along with the DRG. Or is Walls an honorary, or perhaps full member now?

ex-OS2

Jimmy Balls is still working on his initiation, supposedly.

Left ball looooow Jimmah!

RGQ

Well hopefully he gets the official DRG Pearl Necklace welcoming present soon.

AW1Ed

37th loser.

Running around with Son #2 who is back from sea for a couple weeks. Well worth it!

Ex-PH2

If he has any of the straight skinny on whatsupwithdanorks, please let us know!

AW1Ed

He is headed that way in a couple of weeks. I post up any intell he passes on to me.

AZtoVA

30th!!!!

Silentium Est Aureum

Not first, not last. Shit happens.

Gotta love springtime in the Northeast. 85 one day, 35 the next.

A Proud Infidel®™

Visit Kansas and if you don’t like the weather when you get there, just wait five minutes and it’ll change completely.

Aysel

top whatever number…:) supposed to be 70 today here in the PNW, it’s the longest we’ve gone in the spring will our first 70 degree day since sometime in the 50’s….yea…

Perry Gaskill

Refresh my memory since I haven’t lived in the PNW in a few years. Is a nice day still defined as two hours of sun between the other 22 hours of rain?

Aysel

Yes, that is still a working definition of a “nice day”

Skippy

We are expecting 100 down here in hell north of the border enjoy the 70s

Gravel

Eleventytwentythird, and happy to be there.

Devtun

1st of teh 65th!

Ex-PH2

This 2015 is about a guy in a wingsuit setting a record for wingsuit flight. Yeah, he’s a retired SEAL, and there’s a movie, too. He was doing it as a fundraiser.

I will never understand this impulse to jump out of perfectly good airplanes.

https://www.wired.com/2015/11/flying-navy-seal-soars-a-world-record-18-miles-in-a-wingsuit/

Tallywhagger

I didn’t think a Cessna Caravan could go that high.

Hell YES I’d do that!

AW1Ed

I jumped out of perfectly good aircraft, with every intention of getting back into it! That being said, here’s my favorite wing suit video, Jeff Corliss in “Grinding the Crack.”

Tony180a

28 years ago today Col Nick Rowe was assassinated in Quezon City.

Tony180a

Still 21 April in my time zone.

farmgirl with a mosin nagant

So for those of y’all who like interesting music and will be in range of Seattle June 2-4, I have made the mistake of displaying competence and been handed the responsibility of promoting a music festival.

Naturally, the first thing I did was to talk them into arranging a military discount (for both pre-sale tickets and at the door) which they’re figuring out how to code up now. I’ll gladly pass along details if folks are interested but don’t want to break any rules by getting too specific in this. Let me know if it’s okay, Jonn et al!

Hondo

This just in: per the State Bar of California, Daniel A. Bernath IS STILL DISBARRED.

If anyone is interested, the reason why may be found here.

It also appears that yet another judge has decided to give DAB a well-deserved “kutomba wewe” shout-out – though the result of this latter case appears to be under appeal.

Yo, Danni-boi:

Too bad, so sad
Sucks to be you
Received your due
Courts said, “Screw You . . .
. . . and the horse you rode in on.”

comment image

(Note: linked image is possibly NSFW and also is not recommended around prudes, clergy, or children.)

Hope being a world-class jerk was worth it, fella. Enjoy.

Silentium Est Aureum

I don’t think he’s done, Hondo.

People have the right to remain silent. He just doesn’t have the ability.

Thirteen Bears

Everybody also has the right to be stupid and every member of The Dutch Rudder Gang ABUSES THE PRIVILEGE.

Hack Stone

Daniel Bernath; Going from disbarred to behind bars.

HMCS(FMF) ret

And meeting new “friends”…

Ex-PH2

He has an appeal, right? Wait for him to make a mess out of that. How many names will he pull out of the magic hat?

A Proud Infidel®™

I wonder how big of a mess he’ll try to make of that?

Ex-PH2

If you have to ask….

AW1Ed

“Inquisitive fox is inquisitive” is now my screen saver. Thanks, Jonn.

Sparks

Well the traveling is over for a LONG while I imagine. April 7th the wife unit tripped up both feet on the leg of a folding table and landed on her left side. Broke her left wrist and the head of her left femur. One surgeon said it was best to go ahead and do a total hip replacement because it canted the femur head and lost blood supply for too long and the hand surgeon put a plate in from her radius to the metacarpal bone on her second finger. She’s up and moving with a walker but the plate has to stay for 90 days for the bones to heal correctly. So she’s a one handed cripple at this point. You know, if I’ve said to her once, I’ve said it a thousand times, “honey, watch your feet, you’re gonna trip on that, or this or your own feet, so be careful please.”

So I am playing nurse, cook, laundry boy, bath aide, butler and ladies dressing aide.

When she heals up, in September I’m sending her off to Ecuador to visit her friend so I can get some relief.

But the in home PT and OT has been good and next week she starts out patient PT. I mean she’s the one who’s all messed up so I shouldn’t sound like I’m complaining.

What was it I said way back when, “For better or worse, in sickness and in health”. I guess it’s one of those times to step up, ruck up and move out towards the mission ahead.

HMCS(FMF) ret

You’re a good man, Sparks…

Hondo

Give your spouse my best, Sparks. Hopefully she’ll have a speedy and full recovery.

A Proud Infidel®™

Bummer to hear that, Sparks. I hope for her to have a speedy and complete recovery.

Ex-PH2

You’re a good guy, Sparks. Please give your wife my deepest sympathies because I’ve had friends go through replacing both knees or new hip stuff, and it is NO fun, period.

Graybeard

Real men follow through on their vows when we say the “for better, for worse” part.
Good job, Sparks.

2/17 Air Cav

“So I am playing nurse, cook, laundry boy, bath aide, butler and ladies dressing aide.” Cook? Dahell you say!

Sparks

Ham & M*therf*ckers. She’ll get use to them.

HMCS(FMF) ret

Some more interesting news from the People’s Republic of Bezerkestan… the mayor has some “friends”:

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/04/21/berkeley-mayor-is-member-of-antifa-facebook-group-that-organized-riots/

I’m wondering if just maybe the mayor can be sued by local businesses for damages incurred during the “peaceful” demonstrations?

A Proud Infidel®™

He’s the Mayor of Berzerkely CA, I’m sure that news will help him get reelected with the liberal freak vote.

Ex-PH2

In a righteous world, I would say, yes, that mayor can be personally sued for such damages. However, the Land of Fruits and Nuts is not necessarily a righteous world, is it? It’s more of a Leftious world, which may be coming to an untimely end.

Businesses will not stay in a place where they are under constant attack by mobs and thugs.

Ex-PH2

Oh, I missed an opportunity to point out the obvious: if Berserkley the town is bereft of business and the campus of the UC/B is so awash in antisocial groups that no one can attend classes there, what do you think will happen to the whole place? Yeah, it’ll become a ghost of its former self.

Graybeard

Present.
While yall were trying to be first we were enjoying our brand new San Jacinto Day granddaughter. 8lbs 1 ox and 21 inches. Her mother must be Superwoman in disguise because she endured more than 55 hours in constant labor.
Also the Mrs and I were celebrating our 43rd year of wedded bliss.
I’ll give up WOT 1st/Top Ten for that.

Ex-PH2

Congratulations, Grandpa!

A Proud Infidel®™

Congrats on the new arrival GB, and many more Happy Anniversaries as well!

ex-OS2

Fucking cocksucker too.

Ex-PH2

Here’s a video regarding the upcoming first round of French elections this next week. It appears that Marine LePen has the Big Boys a bit scared. It will also give you a chance to practice your French skills here and there.
The other side of that coin is that LaFarge, the head of the IMF says that if LePen is elected and proceeds with Frexit, it will ‘destroy Europe’ or something to that effect. She’s upset because there hasn’t been a war in Europe for 70 years but doesn’t seem to have a real good grasp of history, either.

Frankie Cee

NORTH Korea has threatened to hit Australia with a nuclear strike if it continues to follow the United States.
Is NDtBF trying to gain membership in the DRG? He is acting as Irrational as them.
http://www.mygc.com.au/north-korea-threatens-australia-nuclear-strike-sanctions-comments/

Tman

Trump is getting flack from some for the way he presented a Purple Heart to an Afghanistan veteran wounded in combat (particularly him telling him, congratulations)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/22/trump-visits-injured-soldiers-during-first-official-trip-military-hospital/100788328/

2/17 Air Cav

“[NYC]Mayor Bill de Blasio is proposing free, full-day pre-kindergarten for all 3-year-old children in New York by the fall of 2021. The new plan is referred to 3-K for All. It will get youngsters into an environment that supports their academic and social development a year earlier when they are young, impressionable and ready to grow.”

That’s sick. Three-year olds in school? Yeah, the earlier they can be brainwashed, the better for these sick phuks. ‘Okay, boys, girls, and undecideds, let’s watch Bert and Ernie’s Honeymoon. Afterwards, we’ll watch an old but really important film called An Inconvenient Truth. Tomorrow, we have a special fun guest from something called Planned Parenthood. And, remember, guns are bad. Guns are very, very bad.”