Subsequent GTD reflections

Hello there fellow DFO’er.  Hope you’re well today.  And thanks for coming back to see last weeks tl;dr of last week as decided by my brain.  There’s no reason as to why some comments make it and others don’t. Seriously. There isn’t.

Life has been super busy for me still, so not much time for an intro and have not been around these parts much.  Hoping it gets better soon, but it’s not really up to me.  Being responsible sucks sometimes.

Without further ado, here are the comments of the week.

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In the Pale Neckfolds

Redshirt

Gumbygirl

Fucking guy puts a Kennedy in his administration and then seems surprised when bullets start whizzing around 24/7.
Horatio Cornblower

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Don T

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Watching King Charles III arrive at White House and just by looking at their posture and demeanor you can literally see the difference between someone who so desperately wants to look like and so desperately wants to be a king and someone who was raised to be and is a king.

A illustration that you can’t buy and demand class and style.
Redshirt

It’s got to be weird having to interact with a guy who is Eskimo brothers with your own disavowed pedophile brother.
Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

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The site has now gone down in two straight days when an overtime hockey period starts.

This smells like Bettman’s doing. Fucking asshole.
Mr. Ayo

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Jimbo

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I tried to post this yesterday, this is Gumby’s 1969 3rd place Punt, Pass, and Kick trophy.
Gumbygirl

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My son Ben died 16 years ago today[April 29, 2026]. Hug your kids.
Gumbygirl

There aren’t enough words to express my deepest condolences and sympathies. We love you, and we’re always here for you.
WCS

Gumbygirl

This was Ben at 13 or 14. He was smart, funny, and beautiful. I miss him.
Gumbygirl

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TIL that ducks quack “coin coin” in France.

Sexxy Rexxy coaster. Needs to be printed with a 0.2mm nozzle, or blown up to dinner plate size.

BugEyedBoo

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This weekend is my birthday.

No, no, hold your applause.

I find that my weekend is planned start-to-finish by people who mean well, but do not seem to understand that you can just leave me alone with no responsibilities, a 12-pack of beer, and time to read this 608 page book about Mexico and I’d be perfectly content.

My father shares my birthday, and at 84 he has decided “fuck all ya’ll, I’m going to Provincetown for the weekend”

Being old and retired do have its advantages.
Horatio Cornblower

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I’m reading Wolf Hall, so borrowing from a passage I wrote a note to Mrs. scotchy that went something like this-

“As you work your way through your affairs today, I trust that you will show speed, intelligence and rigour-as they are your best attributes. I look forward to unlacing your bodice at a future time yet to be determined.”

/I think I’m going to win her over yet
scotchnaut

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deci_litre’s 9th bday tomorrow [May 2]. What does he want to do? Watch Dad squirm among the hard core Arsenal supporters at our local.

litre_cola

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Man, between Wrex, West, and Ful, tough day for hams.
SonOfSpam

“What you have to do is salt that raw ham and be generous about it. She’s a big girl that can take it. Leave it uncovered in the fridge for one day at least, but massage her every other hour because you know she wants it. After that do a low and slow cook with hickory chips and after 10 hours she’ll fall apart in your hands.”

-Yeah Right and Andy Reid’s new YT channel, first post
scotchnaut

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Today is May 2nd, a big day in U.S. Civil war history. Two significant events happened, but one of them gets all the attention, then and now, even though the other one was more important.

First, May 2nd is during the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia (April 30 to May 4, 1863), where General Stonewall Jackson’s corps famously slipped around the Union Army of the Potomac’s right flank and slammed into it out of the dense woods known as “The Wilderness.” It was the culmination of Lee’s outmaneuvering of General Joseph Hooker, and led ultimately to Hooker’s withdrawal. Chancellorsville is called “Lee’s Perfect Battle” and led to the confidence that resulted in his invasion of Pennsylvania and his defeat at Gettysburg in July, which was really the beginning of the end of the Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and ultimately the rebellion.

At the exact same time, however, General Ulysses S Grant is conducting one of the most important elements of his Vicksburg Campaign, the Army of the Tennessee’s crossing of the Mississippi River (April 30 to May 2, 1863). While Chancellorsville may be Lee’s Perfect Battle, the Vicksburg campaign is considered the greatest campaign in U.S. Army history, and led to a major strategic victory. Lee was fighting battles; Grant was fighting a war.

Grant’s crossing was the largest amphibious operation in U.S. military history until D-Day in June 1944.

Between April 30 and May 2, 1863, Grant moved 45,000 troops plus their animals and artillery across the Mississippi River, crossing 25,000 on the first night alone. His army was strictly built for speed and light weight: each soldier carried 3 days rations (expected to last 5 days), only essential animals and artillery were carried, and what supplies were brought were concentrated with ammunition, sugar, and coffee. After crossing, Grant’s force would immediately move out and go looking for a fight. There was no supply train; the Army of the Tennessee had to survive off the land and what they carried for 5 days until a supply train could be established, and in those 5 days they had to knock the Confederates off their heels and keep knocking them, never letting them pause and catch their breath. It was move, attack, move, attack, etc. If they didn’t reach their objective in 5 days and establish a supply line, the assault would have failed. Grant rolled the bones big time and won.

This crossing led to several battles where grant defeated the larger Confederate force (under General John Pemberton) by isolating smaller element’s of Pemberton’s army and outnumbering them and defeating them in detail.

The Vicksburg campaign culminated in the Siege of Vicksburg followed by Pemberton’s surrender in the Fall of Vicksburg, which happened July 4 1863, at the same time as Lee’s defeat at Gettysburg. The Fall of Vicksburg seized full control of the Mississippi River by Union Forces and cut the Confederacy in half. It is considered one of the most important elements in the Union’s victory in the war.

Yet, because the Eastern Theater got all the press attention at the time (and still today, really), Grant’s massive accomplishment is generally overshadowed by Lee’s romantic yet losing efforts from Chancellorsville to Gettysburg to Appomattox.

tldr: Grant > Lee
Brick Meathook

And soon afterwards Lincoln recognizes he needs a brawler and a gambler to end the whole thing.
2Pack

My great grandfather 37th Wisconsin Volunteers was in on the final kill.

2Pack

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Found a funny:

[date]

her: I’m a big dog person

me: whispering oh shit werewolf
rockingdog

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Found a funny:

Spirit Airlines has officially shut down operations.

Well, you know what that means…

rockingdog

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Someone say pickle?

DJ TAJ

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Here’s the mini L.A. DFO Confab & Summit Meeting at Joe Jost’s, July 20 2024 (Hey that’s Moon Landing Day!)

Visible are a schooner of beer, some pretzels, an empty bag of peanuts in the shell, and one of Joe Jost’s signature Polish sausage sandwiches.

Of course you recognize Yeah Right there on the left, and you can tell that Ballsy is on the right because he paints all his fingernails black except for the thumbs. It’s obvious that Brick took the photograph by the professional grade autofocus.

Photo©️The Meathook Foundation For The Arts / Consolidated Brick LLC

Brick Meathook

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Found a funny:

Cold plunge tub salesman: in an ideal world, how would you start each day
Me: cup of coff-
Him: that’s right, a simulation of an ice fishing accident
rockingdog

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