Grande Mastere Dreade 4,131 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 aPZB5Xq_460svav1.mp4 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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SloopJonB 12,559 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 21 minutes ago, Grande Mastere Dreade said: Flak jackets for elementary school children. Only in Amurrica. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slap 975 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Great Balls of Fire! fire_balls.mp4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Foreverslow 495 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 On 12/26/2021 at 10:32 PM, Cal20sailor said: I grew up on an island in the Detroit River. There are some man-made fills (dredging) that border the down bound shipping channels. There were a few rusting shells of cars on one of them and the story was that they took the cars out to fish and the ice opened up behind them. Same shit happened playing hockey but we were always able to iceberg it to a spot we could get home. the town I lived in NH was on the Mass border. We had a lake used for 100 years to cut ice that was packed in sawdust and shipped to the Caribbean prior to refrigeration. Anyways the lazy fisherman from Mass drive up to fish in their pickups and fall through the ice a couple times every winter. So much so that the volunteer fire department built a giant rig made from huge oak timbers with long wide skids on bottom and a winch on top of the frame. When a nitwit dunks their truck, they haul the rig down to the lake, assembled the rig, slide it over the hole , attach cables to the corners of the truck before winching it up and siding the rig/truck to terra firma. Final step is handing the tool a bill for the removal.. The plethora of dumb asses each winter kept their skills honed and they could remove a vehicle in a couple hours max. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Lada 5,091 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 8 hours ago, SloopJonB said: Flak jackets for elementary school children. Only in Amurrica. That's the price of freedom dude. What's a few kids lives compared to the pleasure of owning a 5.56mm, semi auto penis extender. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cal20sailor 3,481 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Ed Lada said: That's the price of freedom dude. What's a few kids lives compared to the pleasure of owning a 5.56mm, semi auto penis extender. You know how I feel, a single child's life is not worth every gun in America. Jeff will be along shortly to tell us how an AR-15, that he claims is in a safe, protects his home. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slap 975 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Easy Rider Mower. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 5,150 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, slap said: Easy Mower. fixte 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Windward 672 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Snaggletooth said: fixte Not exactly a Zero turn model, but well suited for the straightaways. Drag racing mower? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 12,559 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 10 hours ago, Ed Lada said: That's the price of freedom dude. What's a few kids lives compared to the pleasure of owning a 5.56mm, semi auto penis extender. Mere collateral damage. Acceptable losses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 12,559 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 6 hours ago, Cal20sailor said: Jeff will be along shortly to tell us how an AR-15, that he claims is in a safe, protects his home. No - the AR is for hunting to feed his family. At least until they are acceptably lost. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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slap 975 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 The future of powerboat design: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaxHeadroom 276 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 34 minutes ago, slap said: The future of powerboat design: What's it rate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Lada 5,091 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 46 minutes ago, slap said: The future of powerboat design: The future is here. It's a 2002 MacGregor trailer sailer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 12,559 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 51 minutes ago, slap said: Flintstone spare? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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hobot 4,393 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Wow.mp4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 5,150 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 41 minutes ago, hobot said: Wow.mp4 Torwardes the ende, he becaime lesse convinceng........... butte a goode effortte nonthelesse! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hobot 4,393 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Really? My whole first marriage almost aligns perfectly with that short video. (Apparently he didn't expirience the wife doing her nails while on a flight to Hawaii though.....that was an interesting event). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slap 975 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Grabbing a nice hot snack. elephants.mp4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White Lightning2 626 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 5 hours ago, slap said: Grabbing a nice hot snack. elephants.mp4Unavailable Wow! Live footage of a lobbyist and a member of Congress!! WL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Ed Lada 5,091 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 That's about the 6th time since the cold weather started that that meme has been posted in GA. Just sayin'. Here's a new one. I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Point Break 4,385 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 5 hours ago, Ed Lada said: That's about the 6th time since the cold weather started that that meme has been posted in GA. Just sayin'. Here's a new one. I think. Hey……dirt clod fights were pretty cool. The rule was no hidden rocks………..however once in a while one would sneak in…….mostly unintentional. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slap 975 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Keeping it classy: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
justsomeguy! 1,032 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 5 kids is also not quite right. [ducks head] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Lada 5,091 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 5 hours ago, Point Break said: Hey……dirt clod fights were pretty cool. The rule was no hidden rocks………..however once in a while one would sneak in…….mostly unintentional. When I was a kid I grew up in a neighborhood loaded with kids, dogs, and Lake Erie 2 blocks from my house. It was a 1950s-1960s, working class, American dream neighborhood. I don't remember the precipitating event but one summer day we ended up in an epic battle. About a dozen boys against an equal number of girls. It got ugly. I remember chasing down a girl that was repeatedly whacking my brother across the back with a stout stick. I threw her to the ground and disarmed her. We had some tough girls in our neighborhood. Us boys regrouped and decided to do a frontal assault against the girls stronghold, WWI style. We were armed with rocks, sticks and whatever we could find. In the heat of the battle I got out in front of our line and was leading the charge. One of the boys behind me, Jimmy, decided to throw his rock, and it hit me square in the back of my head. Friendly fire! I went down, seeing stars and bleeding profusely, you know how scalp wound can bleed. I was screaming for a medic. I don't remember how it all ended but somehow there were no serious injuries, just a lot of bruises, a couple of bloody noses, and one bleeding scalp. The next day we were all playing together peacefully. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhoaTed 235 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, Ed Lada said: When I was a kid I grew up in a neighborhood loaded with kids, dogs, and Lake Erie 2 blocks from my house. It was a 1950s-1960s, working class, American dream neighborhood. I don't remember the precipitating event but one summer day we ended up in an epic battle. About a dozen boys against an equal number of girls. It got ugly. I remember chasing down a girl that was repeatedly whacking my brother across the back with a stout stick. I threw her to the ground and disarmed her. We had some tough girls in our neighborhood. Us boys regrouped and decided to do a frontal assault against the girls stronghold, WWI style. We were armed with rocks, sticks and whatever we could find. In the heat of the battle I got out in front of our line and was leading the charge. One of the boys behind me, Jimmy, decided to throw his rock, and it hit me square in the back of my head. Friendly fire! I went down, seeing stars and bleeding profusely, you know how scalp wound can bleed. I was screaming for a medic. I don't remember how it all ended but somehow there were no serious injuries, just a lot of bruises, a couple of bloody noses, and one bleeding scalp. The next day we were all playing together peacefully. You didn’t mention trash can lids, a vital part of any neighborhood kids battle. I remember folks not being thrilled that we’d borrowed the lids from their cans but they were ALWAYS returned when the war was over, albeit possibly a bit more bent/dented than before. Great times. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Lada 5,091 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, WhoaTed said: You didn’t mention trash can lids, a vital part of any neighborhood kids battle. I remember folks not being thrilled that we’d borrowed the lids from their cans but they were ALWAYS returned when the war was over, albeit possibly a bit more bent/dented than before. Great times. You're right, I forgot all about that! Nobody had plastic garbage cans back then, all galvanized steel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 12,559 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 11 hours ago, slap said: Keeping it classy: Ummmm... judging by the results... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedTuna 1,293 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 19 hours ago, Ed Lada said: That's about the 6th time since the cold weather started that that meme has been posted in GA. Yeah, probably even by me. I can't keep track of the hundreds I've posted. Lots of reposts here. No one ever seems to comment on it, though, which is incredibly polite by internet standards. Kinda odd that you chose to comment on my wiener pic and not others' wieners. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Lada 5,091 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 14 minutes ago, RedTuna said: Yeah, probably even by me. I can't keep track of the hundreds I've posted. Lots of reposts here. No one ever seems to comment on it, though, which is incredibly polite by internet standards. Kinda odd that you chose to comment on my wiener pic and not others' wieners. Lighten up Francis, I've posted duplicates as well. And took flak for it. And I didn't whine about it. I didn't single you out because I have a hard on for you, I've avoided far more legitimate reasons to criticize you because I'm trying to behave. The reason I mentioned you this time because that was like the 10th time in a few months that that same photo has been posted. I don't care if the repost is only 2 or 3 times in a longer time span. You just happened to be the poor sod that reached the magic number. Or maybe I just disliked your wiener and the other wieners were more manly, who knows. Don't ask and I won't tell. OK? Are we good, old buddy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 5,150 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 16 minutes ago, slap said: What ist LONQR? Thet she gotte tat sayeng it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
justsomeguy! 1,032 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 6 minutes ago, Snaggletooth said: What ist LONQR? Thet she gotte tat sayeng it? I think it's 'cause the tattoo artist misspelled "misunderestimate". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 5,150 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 2 minutes ago, justsomeguy! said: 10 minutes ago, Snaggletooth said: What ist LONQR? Thet she gotte tat sayeng it? I think it's 'cause the tattoo artist misspelled "misunderestimate". Oh, OK, I wase realley lookeng at thisse parte........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chester 1,245 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 21 minutes ago, Snaggletooth said: What ist LONQR? Thet she gotte tat sayeng it? pretty sure she can go to batshit crazy, doubt very much that it starts at "lady" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 5,150 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Ime am surre Jackie appreciatted the ride and to haive hisse ear.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willin' 1,695 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 20 hours ago, justsomeguy! said: 5 kids is also not quite right. [ducks head] Hey, I came from a brood of 5! Fortunately only two of my crechemates forgot how rough it was growing up with 5 kids in 3 bedrooms and begat a total of 3 spawn. And of those 3, apparently only one forgot her birthcontrol, once. Social security for millennials is gonna be a joke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hobot 4,393 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Death-is-coming.mp4 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
justsomeguy! 1,032 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 52 minutes ago, Willin' said: And of those 3, apparently only one forgot her birthcontrol, once. So, not catholic. Good onya! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willin' 1,695 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, justsomeguy! said: So, not catholic. Good onya! Raised Catholic, we all came from a good family but somehow, along the way, we individually developed some traits that just weren't right. With loose attribution to Tom Waits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Lada 5,091 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 13 hours ago, RedTuna said: Too soon??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 12,559 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 14 hours ago, hobot said: Death-is-coming.mp4 I really want to see the next scene. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 5,150 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 33 minutes ago, SloopJonB said: I really want to see the next scene. I no, I bette she bashte hime goode............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 12,559 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 24 minutes ago, Ishmael said: There's a market out there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Mastere Dreade 4,131 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Quote Withings' New Smart Scale Can Measure Your Individual Body Parts so you can , uh, lose weight really quickly... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Lada 5,091 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 8 hours ago, Grande Mastere Dreade said: so you can , uh, lose weight really quickly... Or if you want to sell your organs by the pound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slap 975 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Could have used this yesterday: snow_flamethrower.mp4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chester 1,245 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 5 hours ago, Ed Lada said: there's a joke in there..."they were dancing SANDWICHES"!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chester 1,245 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 20 minutes ago, slap said: Could have used this yesterday: snow_flamethrower.mp4Unavailable cleared quite a bit of snow in my day, in fact 10 CM just today, never used a flame thrower though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
d'ranger 4,316 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 4 minutes ago, chester said: cleared quite a bit of snow in my day, in fact 10 CM just today, never used a flame thrower though The fun part starts when all that melted snow freezes into ice. It's all downhill from there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Lada 5,091 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 2 minutes ago, chester said: cleared quite a bit of snow in my day, in fact 10 CM just today, never used a flame thrower though 10 cm of snow was a dusting where I grew up. The only reason we would bother to clear 10 cm is that invariably 30-50 cm of would fall in a few more days and it would just be harder to clear the total accumulation. Shoveling snow is a Sisyphean task to be sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tax Man 316 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 29 minutes ago, slap said: Could have used this yesterday: snow_flamethrower.mp4Unavailable They may need to napalm 100 miles of I-95, or wait for things to thaw. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chester 1,245 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 2 minutes ago, Ed Lada said: 10 cm of snow was a dusting where I grew up. The only reason we would bother to clear 10 cm is that invariably 30-50 cm of would fall in a few more days and it would just be harder to clear the total accumulation. Shoveling snow is a Sisyphean task to be sure. looks like we are going to get 20 CM in 24 hours...20 centimetere is a snow fall worth mentioning on the prairies, 30 CM is "holy shit"...note that this snow fall and most that come in december and january occured with temperatures of -15 to -20 C and enough breeze to make one direction with the snow blower really cold! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Lada 5,091 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 9 minutes ago, Tax Man said: They may need to napalm 100 miles of I-95, or wait for things to thaw. No they won't. There wasn't that much snow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Lada 5,091 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 7 minutes ago, chester said: looks like we are going to get 20 CM in 24 hours...20 centimetere is a snow fall worth mentioning on the prairies, 30 CM is "holy shit"...note that this snow fall and most that come in december and january occured with temperatures of -15 to -20 C and enough breeze to make one direction with the snow blower really cold! 30 cm of snow is 11 inches. To people in parts of the world where heavy snow is a normal, even, 11 inches of snow hardly causes a problem. -20 degrees C is -4 degrees F. Is that the ambient temperature or is that with the chill factor? Because if it's with the chill factor, it isn't that cold, it only feels that cold. That's why a thermometer won't register it. It isn't real. The coldest temperatures I experienced back home were around minus 25 F (-31 C), without the chill factor. One winter the daytime high didn't exceed -15 F (-26 C) for a week. That's fucking cold! The colder it it, the less likely it is for significant amounts of snow to fall. Snow forms from water vapor. Cold air is more dense than warm air. The more dense the air is, the less room there is for water vapor. It is extremely unlikely for significant amounts of snow to fall when temperatures are below temperatures of -10 F (-20 C). That's just physics. What constitutes a 'heavy' snow fall, and what people consider 'cold' are be relative. If you live in an area that doesn't often see temperatures in single or negative digits, or snowfall that normally doesn't exceed a few cm or inches, then people think it's a lot. But compared to other places in the world, it isn't a lot of snow or terribly cold at all. I'm guessing you live somewhere where heavy snowfalls and really cold temps are rare. I do agree with a strong wind, temperatures below 10 C can feel quite unpleasant. Especially if it's blowing in your face. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GCADDY 4 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 2 hours ago, Ed Lada said: No they won't. There wasn't that much snow. And you know this how from Poland? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Mastere Dreade 4,131 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 10 minutes ago, GCADDY said: And you know this how from Poland? didn't you know, he's omnipotent 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
justsomeguy! 1,032 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 3 minutes ago, Grande Mastere Dreade said: didn't you know, he's omnipotent Or at the very least, omniscient. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Autonomous 1,232 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Sigh, and we're just poor omnivores 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 12,559 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Around here any snow causes mass disaster. People never learn to drive in it and lots, maybe most only have all season tires, not real snows. That's on top of Vancouver drivers being generally shitty at the best of times - worst I've ever known. I put a new set of Pirelli Ice Radials on the Range Rover just before Christmas so we've been laughing. I haven't had to unstick a snowbound car for about 30 years but I got my neighbours Jeep up our shared steep driveway the other day - it was so slick I couldn't stand on it - just slid down it - but some cat litter and old ski hill skills got it out in a few minutes. Still got it. I've learned a couple of things through this patch though - traction control & ABS can actually be a negative when you're getting unstuck. When I needed some power and wheelspin the damn computers would dial everything back. She didn't know how to turn them off and I got her out faster than looking in the book for it so... I've also noticed an interesting phenomenon on the roads - nearly all the cars at the side of the road or on the hook are electrics - Tesla S's and today a Porsche Taycan as well as a Tesla. Not accident damage, just dead. Salty wet electrics? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 10,553 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 4 hours ago, Ed Lada said: I'm guessing you live somewhere where heavy snowfalls and really cold temps are rare. I do agree with a strong wind, temperatures below 10 C can feel quite unpleasant. Especially if it's blowing in your face. You'd be wrong. I'm from the same part of the world and a week at -40 is not unheard of. Last week they were sitting at around -37C not including wind chill. As for snow... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warbird 937 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 On 1/1/2022 at 11:37 PM, justsomeguy! said: 5 kids is also not quite right. [ducks head] I have 7 surviving sibs. Yes, 5 is not enough... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
justsomeguy! 1,032 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 5 minutes ago, warbird said: I have 7 surviving sibs. Yes, 5 is not enough... Sigh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warbird 937 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 4 minutes ago, justsomeguy! said: Sigh. You have a problem with brothers and sisters? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
justsomeguy! 1,032 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Just now, warbird said: You have a problem with brothers and sisters? Too many of them, yes. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warbird 937 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 4 minutes ago, justsomeguy! said: Too many of them, yes. Tell me which I should give up. Oldest sister has devoted her life to the VA in counseling and rehabilitation, older brother served in the Air Force, worked as a missionary to Ukraine orphanges and now volunteers at VA legal clinic (he has his Law license), older sis has run continuing legal education seminars for 30 years keeping the law community abreast of changing laws and practices, younger brother runs boat building seminars for kids at risk in the Twin Cities taking the innercity kids from first cut to launch, next younger brother launches small companies with finance, little sis, beside starting a neat at home business, raised fine kids who teach ESL in Korea, Buyer for Bosch in Stuttgart (?), finance in Chicago and RNA reasearch in Colorado, or the last littlest brother, 15 years younger, who works the public defenders office giving representation to those who can least afford it but most need it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cal20sailor 3,481 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 6 minutes ago, warbird said: Tell me which I should give up. We'll miss you Warbird. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
justsomeguy! 1,032 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 hours ago, warbird said: Tell me which I should give up. Oldest sister has devoted her life to the VA in counseling and rehabilitation, older brother served in the Air Force, worked as a missionary to Ukraine orphanges and now volunteers at VA legal clinic (he has his Law license), older sis has run continuing legal education seminars for 30 years keeping the law community abreast of changing laws and practices, younger brother runs boat building seminars for kids at risk in the Twin Cities taking the innercity kids from first cut to launch, next younger brother launches small companies with finance, little sis, beside starting a neat at home business, raised fine kids who teach ESL in Korea, Buyer for Bosch in Stuttgart (?), finance in Chicago and RNA reasearch in Colorado, or the last littlest brother, 15 years younger, who works the public defenders office giving representation to those who can least afford it but most need it. Too late now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 10,553 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 hours ago, Cal20sailor said: We'll miss you Warbird. Must have been the cunt of the litter. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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