Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Monday, May 19, 2025

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle for May 19

 

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The big one below the fold~~


Friday, May 16, 2025

The autostereogram

 

 
Is a way to look at 3D images without any help.
 
There are two ways to do it. One is to kinda try to look (focus your eyes) about eight inches behind the picture until you can see the 3D image.
The other is to cross your eyes and slowly uncross them until you see the picture.
 
This one- when you finally get it- is Legionnaires standing in columns.
From Here  to see an enlarged ( and easier to see) pic.
 
 

Monday, May 12, 2025

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle for May 12

 

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The big one below the fold~~~

Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Not only NO!

 But FUCK NO!

America has no business doing Jack Shit with anything involving those terrorists in Gaza. 

"The United States and Israel have discussed the possibility of Washington leading a temporary post-war administration of Gaza, according to five people familiar with the matter.

The "high-level" consultations have centered around a transitional government headed by a U.S. official that would oversee Gaza until it had been demilitarized and stabilized, and a viable Palestinian administration had emerged, the sources said."

Monday, May 05, 2025

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle for May 5

 May the Fifth be with you-

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The big one below the break~~~

Thursday, May 01, 2025

Almost forgot

Happy International Workers Day-


 

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Wednesday oddiments

25 Forgotten Poor Man Sandwiches Your Grandparents Ate To Survive!

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Scammers stole almost $400,000  of cheese in Jolly Olde England

Neal’s Yard Dairy, a cheese retailer based in London, was recently robbed of more than 20 tons of cheddar in a sophisticated scam. After the company was approached by a fraudster posing as a legitimate wholesaler, employees shipped 950 clothbound cheeses to France — only to realize the whole thing had been a setup.

 

 

Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a painting which depicts what might be the precursor to the Italian pizza.  

 

The flatbread depicted in the 2,000-year-old fresco "may be a distant ancestor of the modern dish", Italy's culture ministry said.

The fresco was found in the hall of a house next to a bakery during recent digs at the site in southern Italy.

The discovery was made this year during new excavations of Regio IX in the centre of Pompeii, one of the nine districts that the ancient site is divided into. 

 

A tale of a bored octopus

 Daily Telegraph article published in October 2008 describes the exploits of an octopus named Otto, who, acquiring a taste for chaos after learning how to short circuit the light above his tank by squirting jets of water at it, embarked on a rampage of escalating mischief. In addition to electrical tampering, by the end of the spree Otto’s misdemeanours included damaging his tank by throwing stones against the glass, juggling hermit crabs, rearranging the tank “much to the distress of his fellow occupants,” and squandering the resources of the aquarium staff, who took some time to get to the bottom of the matter.

 

 A Brit accidentally bought back his stolen car

 April 25 (UPI) -- A British man who paid more than $26,000 to replace his stolen car later discovered he had unknowing bought his own vehicle back.

Ewan Valentine, 36, from Solihull, England, said he discovered Feb. 28 that his black 2016 Honda Civic Type-R had been stolen from its overnight parking space. Valentine said he was distraught about the loss and hoped to replace the car with a nearly-identical vehicle.

"Sure enough, I found one for sale. Same color, same year, same custom exhaust system," he wrote on social media.

The license plates and VIN were different from his stolen vehicle, so he didn't think too much about the similarities until he had already paid more than $26,000 for the replacement ride.

 

BRaaiinnnssss

 

The remains of a young Roman man were uncovered in the ruins of Herculaneum—the other city destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE—in the 1960s. His remains revealed something remarkable that’s never been seen before or since: Soft tissue vitrification.

That’s both the name of my new grindcore band and the term for this never-before-seen occurrence that only adds to the horrors we know those in the vicinity of Vesuvius experienced

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Canada's election is over.

 Sorry it's so late, but Canada isn't really on my radar.

 They voted for Kier Tredeau even harder than they did for Fideleto the first couple of times.

Now they're going to get what they voted for even harder and won't understand WHY the Thought Police are blocking their bank accounts for wrongthink.

The ones I really feel for is the Conservatives that are going to be stitting in Stir after they're rounded up and then having to listen to Progs bitch and moan about being thrown in there with them because they didn't believe hard enough.

I'm sure Neil has a huge sore spot about lying

 Especially in a place that's supposed to be free of those kind of accusations.

 

Like Senate hearings are supposed to be.
Even though you take an oath to tell the truth....


 

Monday, April 28, 2025

Your Monday Rule 5 Puzzle for April 24

 

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The big one below the break~~

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Since Kenny is starting to slow his blog down

 And I'm nowhere near his ability to spin a tale. Or even write coherently more than a few sentences.
I thought that I'd maybe take over his Friday "She's taken, man" that I noticed had been missing for a while, so I decided to look.
Even going back a year, It seems like it just dropped off with no history at all.
I wonder if this is something Kenny did, or it's a Blogger thing?

 

Should I even try?
I know I won't be throwing news blurbs up like he did, but maybe I'll start throwing insignificae up as I see it.

Friday, April 25, 2025

So I was out doing some grocery shopping

When this song came on the muzac machine and it gave me an earworm.

The best way to get rid of it is to share it.

You're welcome.


Monday, April 21, 2025

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle of when Texas won the battle of San Jacento

 Thereby becoming it's own nation.

 

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The big one below the fold~~
I couldn't find any specifically 'Texas gun girls' ,,,so, you get this.

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Kurt's driving lesson for today

 

This happened to me three times today.

I went to Seguin to do some shopping on the northbound 466 and twice SB on 1117 toward Nixon to get a round bale.

All three of the vehicles were doing 10MPH below the speed limit until I could pass them. THEN they all decided to put their foot in the carburetor.
 
1- TX law Sec. 545.053 (b)2 says (b) An operator being passed by another vehicle:....(2) may not accelerate until completely passed by the passing vehicle. 
I'm sure other states have the same kind of statutes.
 
AND-
 
2- I'll bury my speedometer getting passed you so just keep doing whatever you were doing as I drive the speed limit.
 
This ends Kurts' driving tips for today.
Buckle up, enjoy the ride and keep your hands inside the vehicle. (Just like they told the girl crew of Bezos thrill ride)
 

Monday, April 14, 2025

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle for April 14

 

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The big one below the break~~

Monday, April 07, 2025

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle for April 7

 

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The big one below the fold~~

Sunday, April 06, 2025

Friday, April 04, 2025

I'm seeing a lot of doom and gloom about the stock market

 Because of tariff wars- maybe?

If you were thinking about getting into the stock market, now would be almost as good as back in May(?) of 2020 when America shut down and stocks tanked.

I put some $1500 into Jack in the Box when it hit around $8.50/share and sold it at around $22 to put into something else that was paying better dividends. Now, my $1,000 in dividends I reinvested at $12.45 bought a lot more than it would have two weeks ago when it was in the $20 range.

It's all in perspective and over the long haul, stocks generally gain.

Maybe not as much as you want, but unless you choose the wrong time to sell, you'll be a little better.

 

I also took a shot at doing a DRIP on penny stocks at $2.24/stock. $250 worth with a steady 4 cents dividend every three months which will buy me 2-3 stocks this time and 3-4 next time.

Thursday, April 03, 2025

It's not another remake

Lets hope it's not woke.

Monday, March 31, 2025

Your last Monday Rule 5 puzzle for March

 

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The big one below the break, as usual~~~

Monday, March 24, 2025

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle for March 24

 

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The big one below the break~~

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

And a pallate cleaner from yesterday

 Where some took a generalized rant and made it political.

Now maybe Matthew W. has a choice to make -one or both? (ETA- of this post or Mondays original)

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The big one below the break with something they have hidden, because.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Get a grip, people

 Seriously!
I'm getting tired of seeing this

Elon is picking up passengers from the ISS.
It's been in the works for months.
It's no more newsworthy than his 100th round trip.


It's *****NOT***** a rescue.

A rescue would go something like
"Drop everything you're doing and see how fast you can get to Apollo 13 because their Oxygen tank blew up!"

Monday, March 17, 2025

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle for Mar. 17

 

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The big one below the break~~~

Monday, March 10, 2025

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle for Mar. 10

 

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The big one under the break~~

Wednesday, March 05, 2025

I just got back from the San Antonio VA

 

 
 
TxDOT has every f*cking interstate interchange blocked down to one lane (from 3-5) SB I-35 to NB I-10 is always a hassle. Add in the onramps and cones and it really sucks. We were probably doing 5 MPH if we were moving at all.

Siri didn't show shit about the road work that obviously been going on for a while. 
I'm glad I budgeted a little over an hour and a half to get to Audie Murphy.
 
After I got done, I decided to stay on EB I-10 to Seguin.
Yeah, they had 5 out of six lanes closed off there, too.
Why da fuq are 4-wheelers so married to the lane they're in that it takes cones to force them into a different lane.
I got into the open lane early and left a good 100 feet in front of me, but nobody was even interested until the f*cking HAD to merge.
AND they still have 15 miles of I-10 they're working on on the way to Seguin.
 
 
Oh, and we're looking at an MRI and probably rotator cuff surgery.

Tuesday, March 04, 2025

You're Monday Rule 5 puzzle on Tuesday

 Because it got blocked like I kinda thought it would.
So we get her again, still waiting on your soul.

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the big one below the break~~~

Monday, March 03, 2025

Your Rule 5 puzzle for Monday Mar 03

 I wonder if this'll get blocked.

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The big one below the break~~~~~~

Saturday, March 01, 2025

Yesterday was supposed to be some massive Prog. boycott

 Nobody was supposed to buy anything to... stick it to the Man.

Or something.
I put 43 gallons of gas in the F-250 and 17 in the Silverado.
Stocked up on booze.

Got a handful of 4" grinding discs.
And a round bale (that didn't count because I got it from a farm.

What did you buy last Friday?