It’s Sunday, which is always the worst day of the week for me. The reminder that I am closer to being back at my desk and another week of pulling data and telling everyone where they are wrong. Yay!
In addition to the normal stuff, tomorrow is back to school. With one offspring doing online high school, I have one child I do not have to worry about. The one that returns to school tomorrow is the child that makes me worry. They have a new principal this year and hopefully he’s not some Tramp* loving a-hole.
Luckily, the school district said kids must wear a mask and need to have spare disposable masks when they return to class tomorrow. And my offspring is a bit paranoid.
The Olympics are done. And now we have the closing ceremony tonight. I don’t know what to expect, but will probably not watch. I think we got to see enough fun for the last couple of weeks to last until the Winter Olympics next year in vuh-China. The amount of COVID cases around the Olympics is around 430. Man, we just need to wrap this up and go home.
Anyone watching anything fun? I’m bored with TV right now. I need football back already. That HOF game was just not good. And the Giants already beat the Brewers today.
Geez. I’m a Debbie Downer today. Someone post some stuff to cheer me up.
Probably the weirdest thing about Chernobyl, for me personally. It happened in my lifetime, but early enough that I have zero memory of the event. I have memories of watching Bowling for Dollars (that was apparently my favorite show when I was wee and the start of my college fund) and memories of riding an elephant (I was on the back and scared I would fall off) but no memories of the closest we came to the death of civilization
I was 2000 km away at the time, stationed in Stuttgart… thankfully upwind.
I was a Rickover trained nuclear engineer in the navy and I still don’t understand Chernobyl. And for Fukushima it’s astonishing how many mistakes they continuously made. It’s like a Japanese cultural issue where men were afraid to correct their boss. Three Mile Island, on the other hand, there was not a single health issue inside or outside that plant due to that accident, and they had a 96% core meltdown. It was a naval-style pressurized water reactor and most of the employees were U.S. Navy trained nuclear engineer veterans.The Three Mile Island accident should never have happened in the first place, but after it did the casualty response by the crew was excellent, unlike Chernobyl and Fukushima. The only real victim of the Three Mile Island accident was the enormous financial loss to the parent utility company, Metropolitan Edison.
There were a few airline crashes caused by similar Asian culture issue, they had to do a huge amount of training to try and overcome it. Notable was one Korean Air crash where the aircraft just ran out of fuel because they wouldn’t communicate the severity of their situation to ATC who had them in a holding pattern
Correction, that was an Avianca flight. The Korean Air one was a pilot landing short of the runway because he overruled his junior officer: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_culture_on_aviation_safety
We were highly trained, and we were taught that if a “superior” was taking the wrong action, it was our responsibility and duty to tell him. This was Admiral Rickover’s philosophy.
So many places I want to go
I love this sketch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHTaMMyK274
And now we are in the increasingly desperate portion of the evening, where we’re just hours and a sleep from work.
First time I have had a hateful thought towards another DFOer.
Hate the game not the player?
I’m going to go read,adios amigos and amiga.
And now we are in the increasingly desperate portion of the evening, where we’re just hours and a sleep from work.
I’ve got a very busy two days to start the week, not sure what happens after that.
So I’m dicking around having a couple of beers to try to ignore the poison ivy and mosquito bites I picked up doing a metric shit-ton of yard work today.
Mass extinctions of plants, birds, mammals, insects, etc. going on right now but fucking poison ivy and mosquitos are out here thriving.
I’ve never understood the reluctance to pull the trigger on mosquito extinction. There is literally nothing else alive that has a better risk/reward ratio than the mosquito for extinction, yet we’re all “FUCK THE DODO, BUT DON’T FUCK AROUND WITH THAT BLOODSUCKING DISEASE CARRIER’S GENETICS SO IT CAN’T REPRODUCE”
Yer bringing back memories of following the DDT fogger truck on our Stingray bikes back before Rachel Carson’s warning took hold.
Playing a scenario in Civ and bombarding a city from across the English Channel in 1077 AD. REALISM PEOPLE.
Now do the Black Death of 1348 for verisimilitude!
Well hello ridiculous expensive bed. Let’s get acquainted.
Good night you wonderful people.
Sleep tight!
Sweet dreams
Enjoy your first wank on your new mattress!!!!
Rice is possibly the best grain. You can make everything out of it, including delicious, delicious, chewy mochi, and yet it also manages to not upset gluten-free people
All the Mess Management Specialists (cooks) on my ship were Filipinos. We were served rice EVERY FUCKING MEAL. It turned out they were making two meals for every meal; one for the Americans and one for the Filiipinos (we had a lot on my ship). They did not get in much trouble, probably because the ship’s executive officer was also from the Philippines.
I’m guessing there were also flavor differences between the two? Waaay back in the colonial day it was a normal thing to make two meals, and less so nowadays with service meals for restaurants
Yeah, but can she play a TIGER?
@Anthony, I too once had a shih tzu named Maggie. One of two dogs i inherited from my grandma, and while she wasn’t named after the song, we did call her maggie may.
I honestly thought she was the dumbest dog i had ever owned, till I realized she just didn’t give a fuck.
She’s gone now, but we still have her little brother, and naturally this is the best shot ingot of him
Most cowardly dog I’ve ever seen. Dude is scared of the automatic trash can
And i posted this under the assumption that my other post didnt
When my mom had her businesses, she had a 2′ x 2′ paper cutter that made a pretty gnarly noise when operated. Old Buster hated the sound of that thing, and would go hide whenever mom used it. Guess he was able to imagine his tail getting lopped off by that thing. It did sound pretty sinister.
Awww! Very cute!
My Mags doesnt do too well with fireworks or major thunderstorms, but thankfully she isn’t too much of a scaredy cat (dog) otherwise.
Okay, this one is just funny. I think the old-timey weight watchers collection might be gold.
Also, they seem to be serving this on the floor??
As was the custom in those days…
Watching the Closing Ceremony is getting me all excited for the Paris Olympics. That would be cool as hell to go to.
But you couldn’t act excited about it, you would have to be all Frenchy like “Oui, I have zee tickets to the haucky finale, I suppose I will go if nothing better turns up, siiiigh” *examine manicure*
American: Will you go?
/ French shrug
I like french toast, but I wish he would use an ashtray
That’s where the flavour comes from!
Years later, still makes me laugh
Gumby is up to his evil tricks, sending me pictures of disgusting “food.” I may have to pummel him senseless(er)
Just send him a bunch of pics of jello recipes from 1950s Good Housekeeping and Family Circle mags.
He always has something much more disgusting to retaliate with. Like this
Octopus gelatin in a watermelon gross?
Japan, right?
I certainly hope so
Thank the bloody beating heart of Jeebus, I can’t open that one!
Oh my God it just opened!
Pistols at dawn, Zymm.
I’m still shuddering over this one and it was at least a week ago.
That thing should have been tried in The Hague!
They tried it, they didn’t like it
Now this doesn’t bother me. I’m from PA and I lived in Scotland. I’ve had this stuff, it’s not horrible. But jellied shit from a can just sets me off!
Not from a can, and doesn’t look that bad, but jellied pork blood (or any sort of jellied blood for that matter) is on the very short list of things I will not even try. Not a fan of blood sausage, and no way the texture will help with a jelly.
I dunno. Throw some Tabasco on it…
Fuuuuuck! I’m gagging now Zymm, you happy?
Hey, at least it looks like cranberry sauce. The one you couldn’t open? Yikes.
When I was a kid, we went to a Turkish Marines banquet at their base in Iznik. One of the desert treats was sheep brains. No thanks.
Also, tongue of anything.
Yeah, I think brains is where I draw the line. Ironically enough, my dad likes tacos de sesos. He doesn’t eat them often as very few places offer them, but he speaks fondly of them.
Nothing that will taste you back?
Me too. Organ meats can be delicious if properly spiced. See haggis.
Haggis is delicious, it’s that kid who has a bad reputation but is actually a really good dude
https://www.rawstory.com/dan-bongino-trump-backlash-fox/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKdJ6DnPhzk
Here’s a picture of my dog Maggie. She’s a 12 year old pug/shih-tzu mix and dumb as a bag of hammers.* But she’s also really sweet.
*Dumb hammers. She’s just so, so dumb.
The dumbest pets are always the sweetest pets.
She’s so lovey (in part because she has MAJOR separation anxiety, I think). It’s funny to see her try to get that lil’ peanut brain working when things don’t go the way she expects. Poor baby.
But she doesn’t poop in the house and all she wants to do is snuggle, which is basically all I ask of a dog.
Unfortunately, that’s not true about the dumbest humans.
Do you ever tell her to wake up, because you got something to say to her?
As a matter of fact, that song is where I got her name!
Rod Stewart’s oldest stuff is Gumbygirl approved. But fuck Disco Rod!
Yeah, I’m very pro-Faces-era Rod.
My GF won tix to go to Austin on the Radio Station Bus to see Rod back in the late 80s. I was very disappointed in the leopard skin tights and the fact that he did not sing “Every Picture Tells a Story” (my personal favorite RS song) or “Mandolin Wind.” On the bus back from Austin, the radio station DJ lady asked me what I thought of the show and I responded “Rod is ready for Vegas.” I think he was booked to do a recurring show at one of the casinos shortly thereafter.
Stupid pets need the MOST attention!
Yes, they do. And Mags is no exception. But it’s okay because her tiny little body is bursting with love for basically every person she’s ever met.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mvGeOj9POg8
I’ve heard this song a whole bunch of times and never had any idea it was called Bag of Hammers. Good find!
She doesn’t have to be smart, she’s pretty!
I tell her that all the time!
My shits-you is also a dumb dog. Comes with the territory. But we are best friends.
No blue stripe on American Flag? Traitor!!!
They may not be Mensa members, but they make excellent friends.
I inherited a shih tzu named Maggie from my gma.
I thought for years she was dumb till I realized she just didn’t give a fuck.
She’s no longer with us. But I am left with her little brother who is the most cowardly dog I’ve ever owned. Guy is scared of the automatic trash can.
Never realized how much of Breaking Bad relies on phones, missed phone calls, and answering machines. Like 90% of the conflicts would never have happened if everyone just used snapchat or something.
The entire Rambo franchise might’ve been avoided had Sherriff Teasle stopped by Drive Thru while giving Rambo a ride through town.
I remember the X Files had to rely a lot on Scully and/or Mulder not being able to get a cell phone signal at critical times. Which, to be fair, was a lot more common in the 90s when coverage really sucked.
…or when I had T-Mobile in the early 2010s.
You young’ns have it easy. In my day, we were tethered to the fucking wall. Now get off my lawn, goddammit!
Whachoo talkin’ ’bout? We had wireless phones in the house back in the 80s! Range from the “home base” was at least 25 feet!
Had to be standing directly under a tower to get a signal.
Just think if we had Twitter and Facebook back in 1861, we might have been able to avoid the First Civil War.
Or it would have happened sooner, but been less deadly as the main weapons would have been photoshopped porn and waltz-battles
Waltz battles? I’m intrigued, going to google.
This is making me want to start playing Pokemon Go again…
https://www.exutopia.com/hunting-for-pokemon-in-the-chernobyl-exclusion-zone/
I’m not sure it would work. My GPS Running App didn’t record my time on The Beast, so I couldn’t calculate calories burned for running 1.4 miles at 64 mph.
Some people theorize that’s the origin of the pokeymans, the result of a colorful worldwide nuclear holocaust.
So I’ve started look at apartments near my new job to reduce commuting time and gas money. The prices is…pretty on the high end. Now I’m not saying I ready to sell my body out for sex, but how much can I get for pictures of my feet? I’m assuming one person here knows the answer.
Maybe sell a kidney or a lung?
Yeah, but where I find one each month?
Scotchy might be able to help with that..
Yeah, I did not necessarily mean Redshirt had to sell HIS organs.
Check with TransnationalAmusements.com, I hear they pay well.
And another.
https://crooksandliars.com/2021/08/bodybuilder-dies-covid-Eyers
These are the same guys! I need fresh corpses!
Dang! I thought that was a new one…
Hope springs eternal!
Thank the Sports Gods for the Pittsburgh Pirates giving my Redlegs the four game sweep. Is this how it feels when your teams play the Bengals?
Number two cause of alcoholism in the Midwest, living in the Midwest
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Bopping around on RadioGarden is usually fun. They’re rocking out with some military marches in Sunbury, Australia. That’ll get you back on track.
http://radio.garden/visit/sunbury/fMwnjGrr
For RTD:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/8/8/2044519/-Missouri-Republican-State-Representative-and-Husband-Get-COVID-19-Husband-on-Ventilator
Now there’s a “feel good” story to fight that Sunday evening ennui. Well played, VLTR, cheering us all up quite nicely…
Everything is coming up Milhous!
I understand they have been infected with the Karma variant.
/not my joke, but I’ll be damned if I’m not gonna run that one into the ground.
430 out of 11,000+ athletes coming to Japan is actually not too bad. I’m guessing with support staff included, the number of visitors is probably twice that, which makes the total look even better.
There’s your optimism for you!
I guess if none of them die, it would be a good thing
I’ll never forget that time I looked out the window of my sixth floor office and saw Balls fall by on his way down after jumping off the roof of the ten-story building. “Four floors down and it’s looking good so far!” he hollered as he plummeted past.
A little long, but certainly banner worthy!
Last sentence would probably suffice.
This is why you’re my favorite, Balls. Don’t tell the others
https://youtu.be/SJUhlRoBL8M