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Grampa Jimbo: There is nothing that cannot be improved by a tank-top.

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Triggly Puff

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(Sorry for the mental image)

vintage rarely used inventions

Early experiments in wind power generation were very strange.

Howdy hello fellow mortals and others.

Writing to the Carpenter themes.

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I hope whatever has caused this page to crash a few times on reloading will be discovered and removed.

Or, if it's you, NSA Bob, cut it out.

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Quantum Mechanics article in the sidebar

"All you have to do to make sense of quantum mechanics is to say to yourself: When we talk about particles, we really mean particles. Then all the problems go away."

That's what I've always said.

qdpsteve: ...Or slapping it over and over again on the side....

Palpatine: ...'Percussive maintenance...'

I've mentioned before on here, had a failing hard drive that I managed to get to spin up one last time for copying... by slapping the side of the computer box.

And the printer that I "repaired" by dropping from a height of a couple of inches. Twice. (Still works!)

Of course, my first computer repair, honest to God, involved a five-pound rubber mallet. But that was just to crack open the external ac/dc transformer case to change a fuse, so it doesn't really count, but it sounds great.

Electroshock therapy, no matter how much better it's done now, just makes me think LSD therapy would be preferable - if you're going to reboot a brain.

God bless Publius's mom & give him & his family strength & wisdom.

And with that overlong comment, I'm dragging my percussively maintained brain to bed.

Good night, sleep tight, and don't let the coyotes bite.

Home, where the owls hoot and the frogs croak and the deer and the cantaloupe play.

Farmer: Working during college we took off to go up to S. Beloit to have beers from 12 till 2 am because they we open so late.

The "best" pizza place was across the state line in S. Beloit. That's where my frat bros insisted I couldn't keep drinking Dr Pepper and had to share in the pitcher of beer. I was a good boy until then. (Well, didn't drink, anyway.)

Funny thing was, I was under 21. In Beloit, in those days, I was legal to drink. In S Beloit, I was breaking the law. Not that anybody ever checked.

Often pondered, if I stood astride the state line, with a beer in the 18yo-state hand, would I be breaking the law? And pondered the arbitrariness of age limits.

Drunkest cities:
16. Janesville-Beloit, WI

That's where I learned to drink.

Evening, overnightlies.

Led off with and ended with dogs. CDR M does it right.

He entertained my generation as the guy who owned (or was pwned by) talking horse Mr Ed...

and entertained my kids' generation as the voice of Uncle $crooge in Duck Tales...

Alan Young, dead at 96yo.

Another one of those "Wow, he was still alive?" guys.

In several post-Mr Ed roles he played a character named Wilbur.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949241

These get me every time. Really liked the son’s reaction.

Also, bob, the May wallpaper is pretty – and really looks like Great Aunt Edna’s wallpaper.

*pries eyes back open*

Whoa!! I'm still sitting at the computer?

I was dreaming something about .. um... never mind.

Think I better check out and head for bed now.

Because, zzz___

(Catches up with thread)

Er... have you people read what you've been writing? Yow! You should save that kind of stuff for the overnight thread!

Oh, wait, wait... never miiiiind.

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Home late. Dog is out there barking at the neighbor dogs. Canine version of the overnight thread.

Cool and drizzly tonight. We had June days back in February and March and I got spoiled. Well, clear and warmer days coming up this week, so they say. Oklahoma, where it's always too clammy, too muggy, too hot or too cold, except for that five minutes when it's just right.

League of Extraordinary Ladies?

Shirley Temple aka Mrs Hyde
Edmund Hillary Clinton
Glass Ceiling Lass
Captain Tennille
Agent Becky Thatcher

NDH: Why? Why did I go to the last thread to see what the fuss was about?

Headline out front shoulda tol' ya.

Palate cleanser #1:

Reunited: US soldier and escapee who directed troops to Dachau Concentration Camp.
https://youtu.be/8s552ducVvY

h/t Legal Insurrection

Palate cleanser #2:

Since - cute horse shot aside - NDH forgot to give us a critter video ():

100 Years of Kitten Beauty in 60 Seconds
https://youtu.be/bi6rKIYYA20

h/t BlazingCatFur

Ugh..

Shot Live of the WTC from the NYU DORM
https://youtu.be/ksYBQZ_jqFY

Never before released 9/11 video. Horrifying as ever. From after 1st plane hit until 2nd hits.

"Damn iPad keeps making me put my name & email address in"

I think y'gotta have cookies on to retain that info.

Jane D'oh: *woman spreads*

Um, excuse me, dear Jane D'oh, but...

oh, I see it's already been covered. Good.

The thought never crossed my mind.

Posted by: mindful webworker sings the ONT blues at May 19, 2016 10:54 PM (5a8XA)

Lol. Very clever.

Oh I stopped to read the content of the post.
[harmonica]
Oh I stopped to read the content of the post.
[harmonica]
The content was so satisfyin'
But it made me late, there's no denyin'
No Number One if you stop to read the post
[harmonica]

I was anticipating participating -
read the post and comments through -
really an amazing place, this forum!

But now, my 2¢ expended,
fingers failing at keyboard flailing,
I'm about to be out
like a light for the night.

Carry on my wayward sons.
There'll be peace when you are done.
At least until Vic gets up
and starts the cycle anew.