A South Dakota/Wyoming Travelogue & Review
The Black Hills
The route
It was recommended I approach the Black Hills from the south. I drove down to Hermosa, SD through some rolling country, completely alien to my East Coast Lib Elite eyes. The Black Hills to my right, miles of open highway in front. It’s hard to get used to 70mph speed limits on small state highways.
As I entered the Hills just to the east of Custer State Park, I started to get a taste of the rugged beauty of the area. I love driving on these twisty-turny roads, never knowing what’s around the next bend.
 John Denver comes to mind… |
 Queen of all I survey? |
I turned onto the spectacular & fun Route 16A toward Keystone. Carved single-lane stone tunnels, and the “Pig Tails” (a couple of 360 degree turns) made the drive interesting. It wasn’t too crowded, as large RVs can’t pass through here, and most tourists decide to visit Rushmore via the main road direct from Rapid City to Keystone. What I didn’t expect was these perfectly-framed views of Rushmore.
 Euphemism |
 I think I see a spot for Trump’s head |
Having a deep and abiding hatred of crowds and yelling & screaming, I decided to bypass Rushmore. I passed through the unfortunate town of Keystone and headed up to less-traveled parts. You know what’s fun as a tourist driving in unfamiliar territory? A sign that says “Pavement Ends”. The road from Hill City to Rochford was a well-maintained, wide, dirt route along some steep hillsides, through ranches and hunting lodges. Too bad the Nissan Kicks I had rented made it feel like I was driving on ice. The speed limit was ~45mph, but I was lucky to make 30. Good thing no one was behind me.
My plan was to hit Rochford at midday and enjoy a burger at the Moonshine Gulch Saloon. It was closed. Damn.
 Pavement Ends |
 Downtown Rochford |
From here, it was all pavement north into Spearfish Canyon. I got stuck behind a couple on a Vespa, but this allowed me to take things slowly and enjoy the canyon walls above, and the clear, rushing river below. Note to self: bring a change of clothes next time and jump in that mountain water!
 Swimmin’ hole |
 Pointy |
 Fall creeping in |
 Contemplating cheeseburgers |
The highlights of the day were definitely route 16A and Spearfish Canyon. I can’t wait to go back and see about some fly fishing.
I got back on I-90 with a Whopper meal and started thinking about mashed potato sculpture.
I was robbed of my rightful First at 4:00PM. The Afternoon lines are posted at 4 as God intended. When they aren’t, God is displeased. I will not have this First taken from me. As God as my witness I will First.
Dude, don’t be a dick, this isn’t link time, go fetch some meds,
/Bad Doggie!
Meh, it’s just mildly entertaining here. It really pissed me off when they started using bots to win ebay auctions.
I got stuck behind a couple on a Vespa,
Wut? Did it have saddle bags and what states plates did it have?
Love the Rushmore tunnel shot! needs moar Pics!
really, it looks like a blast
Still no sex tourism.
Wait, the entire travelogue isn’t an euphemism?
If I wanted that softcore erotica shit, I’d watch Silk Stalkings, like a real American.
Don’t talk shit about that show! It’s still fun, until Rob Estes and Mitzi Kapture left.
I think I watched all of them.
That’s probably going to count against me in the afterlife.
Not to mention, I bought a mustard gold jacket just like the one Rob Estes wore on the show.
Just checked and the entire series is on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtbMv4lXX2mvnYqJzBvQlRovGdxcczL8x
But BBC has blocked Blake’s 7 now.
Huh. Silk Stalkings was another one of Mike Post’s themes.
Blake’s 7 blocked on youtube?
The first episode is up.
Markie Post, or, GTFO.
I watched some of those being filmed in San Diego.
Sometimes my buddy and I would come in from surfing to find them filming an opening scene with requisite dead hottie in lingerie on the beach.
We, of course, would act totally confused in order to prolong our presence.
HM. I thought you were indited for Tax Evasion and were detained in Spain.
My clone took the hit for that.
Did you not see the euphemism???? Are you not entertained??
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I got back on I-90 with a Whopper
It takes two hands…
HM, I challenge you to write that travelogue for our site. Go to Thailand (or wherever is the current hotspot) on a business trip and report back.
Also, I want SugarFree to bowlderize it, so that we keep our family friendly rating but still get the gist of what’s going on.
No, ick.
Too bad the Nissan Kicks I had rented made it feel like I was driving on ice. The speed limit was ~45mph, but I was lucky to make 30. Good thing no one was behind me.
Somewhere around there, my dad worked the brakes up to a nice amber glow because he wasn’t using the engine to take some of the load. The white knuckles on the steering wheel when the brake pedal hit the floor and we were gaining speed down a steep grade toward a hairpin with a flimsy guardrail is seared in my memory.
Lots of tourists do that around here on the passes, brake lights at every curve downhill. Downshift to the right gear as needed and you should never need to touch the brake.
“Downshift”?? Dafuq is that?
What keeps you from being a smear at the bottom of the hillside several hundred feet down.
I’m terrified of brakes when I’m slipping & sliding…I stay off em as much as possible. I try to anticipate how much speed I need or don’t need.
I should add, every vehicle I saw on that road was those Polaris golf cart/ATV things. And the mailman in a private truck, like they do in Vermont. Thankfully they were all going the opposite direction.
@Nephilium – there is a nice-looking gravel bike path in this Hill City > Rochford area. Not sure what it’s called.
*Mickelson Trail
About 30 mi long. An old RR right of way. I’ve ridden a few miles of the north end. It’s beatiful.
https://imgur.com/a/aCqNDhd
I try to anticipate how much speed I need or don’t need
all day every day
I speed at night!
I knew it before I clicked.
Queen of all I survey?
Or just taking a leak?
Downtown Rochford
Those pictures are the Rochford files?
Neat stuff. Thanks KK
Swimmin’ hole
Ya, aint swimming in that.
Thanks for the travelogue KK. Some of my favorite trips have been down the two lane roads through Northern NM. Pull off on a Forest Service road where nobody was around and get out the camp stove to make a cup of coffee just because I wanted an afternoon coffee under giant ponderosa pines because I was a free man and that is what I wanted to do in that moment. Never had a bad cup of coffee in a pine forest.
That’s a good way to get jumped by a sneaky Chupacabra.
Or Steve Smith
Always keep an eye out for the free ranging STEVE SMITH.
He shows up in the damndest places.
It will only happen once, though.
AND BY SHOWS UP, MEAN. . . .
Never had a bad cup of coffee in a pine forest.
This is beautiful. And true.
Oooh saved the best part for last. I expect a trail of Whopper wrappers leading into Wyoming and a mound of pressed-together hamburgers taking shape in your back seat.
Rhywun at dinner
https://youtu.be/UQG5rsCtU2M
lol
Mmm I do love me some mashed potatoes.
I visited Custer State Park and Mt Rushmore over the 4th of July this year (unfortunately/fortunately was unable to get tickets to the show at Rushmore itself). South Dakota, even during the height of corona-panic, was awesome. Beautiful weather in July, for someone who is used to Virginia summers, too.
Pointy pic. ??
Open wild water and swim suit? This words do not make sense together.
The Black Hills region is pretty dang nice. No surprise that the indian tribes didn’t take the 7th Cav and miners mucking around in them. Did you see any buffalo on the hoof? I saw in your last post you had some on a plate. Where the elk bugling? Damn I miss the Rocky Mountain west.
My favorite mountains in the CONUS are still the Wind River Range in Wyoming.
Dunno if this has been covered yet. Enthusiasm! This is my drive home. I really wanted to take a glance, but the evil local government took it down because of complaints from the Trump haters. Boo!
It was mentioned, but that’s a great aerial shot.
They took it down????? Killdozers, not woodchippers.
The radio was vague. They said the building and safety people took it down after numerous complaints. Something, something, fire hazard and people kept stopping to take pictures.
LOL
They should have made it say “Trumpland”.
“Trumpywood”
Thanks, KK. I love everyone’s travelogues.
Thank you for sharing your adventure with us. I do so love the West.
KK. Someting to think about for your next vacation.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/j288t4/aviation_photography/
So, if KK is in the photo, who is taking the picture? Is it a Russian asset?
*Adjusts tinfoil hat*
?
Thanks for the travelogue. I too am forever planning trips. Some day the family and I will make the long RV journey out that way
Yea? And someday I’m going to put pants on again.
We pray for your speedy recovery.
I planned out a similar trip last year riding my motorcycle from Ohio but work got in the way. Haven’t visited that area since I was in 8th grade on a family cross country rv trip.
Nobody ever sits in their deathbed thinking, “Damn, I wish I had taken less trips on my motorcycle.”
Unless they are dying from that big motorcycle crash.
I laughed
* dull ache in right leg from 1983-07-24 *
fewer
Correct. My bad.
I certainly agree but the last trip I did with the wife, the car in front of us hit a deer and we almost hit the car. She may never ride again.
But you didn’t. You used your evasive riding skills to avoid tragedy. And traveling by motorcycle is certainly worth some degree of danger.
I am a fatalist when it comes to riding. I try to ride defensively but I enjoy it to much to let other drivers, deer, etc deter me.
Never ride through deer country at twilight. Never! If the sun starts going down, don’t ride around in the mountains. It ain’t worth it. Hedge your bets and you will be fine.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/angela-davis-we-knew-that-the-role-of-the-police-was-to-protect-white-supremacy?utm_source=pocket-newtab
This is the same Angela Davis who justified the USSR imprisoning political enemies because “they were counterevolutionaries and czarists”? Some Civil Rights campaigner.
OT: Cal Cunningham stuck it in crazy in his own house. Wow. This probably means the Republicans retain the Senate.
https://nationalfile.com/new-explicit-texts-cal-cunninghams-mistress-has-nudes-of-cal-slept-with-him-in-his-family-home/
Do people care? Will it be enough? Will they even know?
They will in South Carolina. Hard to win when you’re running against an incel.
How dare you call Lindsey and incel! He totally has a girlfriend in Canada that he talks to every night.
Don’t think that will go over real well in NC. But shit this is 2020, maybe it will help him.
Sleeping with another woman for a week in your wife’s bed probably doesn’t help with them female vote.
Damn, that is some schnoz.
And, let’s be honest–she’s as scuzzy as expected for a Dem shagger.
Thanks for letting us tag along virtually.
I have extended family scattered around SD and MN but haven’t gotten up there for some time now. But having recently read a few history books about plains Indians in the 19th century I have a renewed interest in the area.
In the battle against the Sioux/Lakota the US Army, probably for the only time in history, abandoned a series of forts to an enemy in an actual treaty with no plans to ever retake them. Those forts were burned to the ground by the Sioux and the area was not retaken for many years.
When I visited the Battle of Little Big Horn site, it was creepy as hell. Looking at all those grave markers where the men of the 7th were defeated by The People. The hairs on my arm stood up as I contemplated the waste, the tragedy, the inhumanity of trying to move The People off their land.
Only recently did I learn that Lt. Col. Custer and I are both descendants of Paulus Kuster, immigrant to Germantown, PA circa 1700. Cuz, you turned Civil War glory into got-your-comeuppance.
Does your vehicle have either automatic 4WD drive, or at least 4WD? If so, put it on automatic, or 4 high on the dirt and washboard roads, it will help with stability.
Nissan Kicks? It’s got a CVT that if you are lucky won’t grenade before the warranty runs out.
I have no idea if it offers some kind of “gear hold” emulation.
Not even AWD?
I don’t believe so. It’s their entry level car.
And KK thanks for the pictures!
my cvt does and its really nice on grade. Basically it holds speed. Push gas to set higher speed, push brake to set lower speed.
I have a used Murano that I’ve owned for just over 7 years–no issue with the CVT, other than maintenance. I have no idea where the hate comes from–it’s got plenty of power, and 7 years of good use (so far).
The scenery is nice.
Mark McCloskey, 63, and Patricia McCloskey, 61, were each indicted for unlawful use of a weapon, a felony, and tampering with a weapon, a misdemeanor, the couple’s attorney Al Watkins confirmed.
https://www.courthousenews.com/st-louis-couple-charged-over-standoff-with-protesters/amp/
Gardner, a Democrat, charged the couple with felony unlawful use of a weapon. She said at the time the display of guns risked bloodshed at what she called an otherwise peaceful protest.
something something wood chipper something something
Sure they were treaspassing and vandalizing property. But it was Peaceful Vandalism.
Not even a riot — Associated Press
But all those charges were dropped because.
^^
How it has gotten this bad without much more than some gnashing of teeth from the right, I dunno.
Tampering with a weapon? It was the $%#&^! DA that did the weapon-tampering!!!
Way to turn my hatred of government to 12!!
Yeah, I did time once for “attempted altering of an automobile” Creative charges, gotta love them.
what the hell does that even mean? Like bashing out a headlight or like cutting out the catalytic converter?
Tried to steal the battery, but i was so fucked up on ‘ludes that I couldn’t get the cable off, so I just yanked as hard as I could, thinking my ‘lude strength would overcome the cable. That’s right about when I got caught. I never removed it, hence the crazy charge. I was 16 y/o. Refer to my first story, it happened then.
In this case it means putting the firing pin in incorrectly so the gun doesn’t work. Not that she had any ammo for it anyhow.
How can that charge be sustained, if it’s her property?
“You made it so we couldn’t test it, without changing what you changed. Since you made it difficult for the King’s Men, GUILTY!!!”
‘Cause the change was made after the horrific crime obviously.
I wish this was sarcasm but I think that is what the district attorney (or her minions) argued to the grand jury.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81dvuzEamIc
This is just funny to watch. TW: Local
Love it!
Spearfish Canyon is absurdly beautiful. And you can catch fish!
Thanks for highlighting on e of my favorite places, KK!
I got stuck behind a couple on a Vespa, but this allowed me to take things slowly and enjoy the canyon walls above, and the clear, rushing river below.
Did you have even a split second where you thought about screaming, “Get TF out of the way!”? Even on vacation, it takes me a little time to turn off the hustling lifestyle.
Your driving song
https://youtu.be/3oIbztWsY8g
My “sumimasen” has a tinge of Ludacris to it.
Sweeeaaamasen with an AAVE accent?
Lovely,KK. So glad you had a good time!
I travelled much of that part of the country when I moved to Portland 7 years ago. I loved it. I want to plan a long trip back again. Rushmore wasn’t that crowded when I was there and was spacious enough it didn’t feel claustrophobic.
Looking forward to more.
Portland is fucked.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/06/sarah-iannarone-antifa-portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-election/
Sorry Gustave Lytton
Her campaign later issued a follow-up statement saying the candidate does “not condone” criminal activity.
Love to hear her definition of “criminal activity”.
Protecting your property from trespassers, mainly.
Now do “your property”. She most likely wouldn’t agree with your definition. I would, though.
Resistance against the red guards?
“Hats”, GL….Hats.
“I’m not violent–I just want to wield the violence of gubmint. Also, I’m not violent, but, I AM insane.”
Creosote Achilles is the one to feel sorry for, or my relatives that haven’t moved away yet.
If she wins, will no doubt provide endless WTF stories to link here. More concerned that it’s moving the Overton window even further for state politics.
We’ll be okay. By the time she takes office we should be out in the country. We should start looking for some acreage outside of Portland by the end of the month.
Portland itself is already fucked. everytime I drive through the actual city core, the bums, the graffiti, the damage from the riots…it is going to get bad there.
Just you wait ’til they get rid of any and all conservative “people” (uggggh!). Then, they’ll have that utopia, by Gov…
Should be some more land for sale out in Clackistan. Might be a little charred…
Beautiful, KK. The only state I haven’t driven through. Now I’m enervated to start making some plans. Maybe I’ll do it in conjunction with the HH next year.
I’m getting on the road for Wyoming on Thursday morning. Driving straight up through Utah with a buddy en route to a friend’s place in Jackson. I’ll try to take some pics and maybe post them here with a write up.
Fun. Stay safe driving through Utah County.
Speaking of Wyoming… ish. I read one of the Longmire mysteries last week, and just found out there’s a well-liked series based on the novels. Has anyone watched it?
Thought it was decent without blowing me away.
There’s Ranier in the fridge again so it gets a thumbs up from me.
cs–you’re late by about 3 years or so. It was a great series–even got my FIL into it, and it became a family viewing show when we visited them.
I loved it. Loved the books, loved the series.
Filmed around northern NM, like the Caldera, Pecos, Las Vegas, etc. Great fun seeing my old stamping grounds, even if standing in for WY.
OT: How has this not been news?? Trump said this to Biden during the debate (evidently):
Hate him or not, he’s absolutely right. What happened to Trump was: (a) one of the most egregious acts ever undertaken by a sitting President (O’Criminal) and Cabinet level appointees; (b) completely fucking criminal from top to bottom, beginning to end; (c) makes Nixon and the Watergate burglars look like pikers by comparison. That’s why he needs to win. He’s the one Mfer who knows firsthand how corrupt that whole Establishment is. And he’s petty enough to be vindictive – in this case, I am ALL FOR THAT. No, big names probably aren’t going down, but the rot has to be exposed. It has to be and it will never come out under a D administration. Tom Fitton is doing God’s work at Judicial Watch, crushing these assholes with FOIA lawsuits. Declassification of the stuff Haspel is hiding would be YUUUUGE. Color me Orange for that reason alone.
^^
A small part of me is still holding out hope for an October Surprise. Next two weeks are prime time for that. Early enough to catch most early voters. Late enough to still have aftershocks being felt into November.
The rational side of me knows that nothing will happen. The emotional side responds with “well, 2020 can’t possibly get crazier… can it?”
So if Trump is going down, he needs to take all these folks, if they are criminals, with him. He has until the end of January to get their asses prosecuted.
Even if Harris wipes it all out later, the voters must know and be able to take appropriate action in 2022.
Fuckin’ A. I’ve been saying this since forever, though I’ll put it it simpler terms. The Democratic coup is vindicated if they win this election.
And I don’t consider myself a conspiracy theorist, but I really don’t put election fraud past them. They are that desperate.
I don’t like him at all but you have a point.
I’d much rather see Trump win, but I don’t see how him simply squeaking out a victory brings about the real change that is needed. US society looks to be slipping culturally further and further away from what I see a “liberty”.
Real change? That isn’t going to happen. We are on the downward slope. But Trump is at least the temporary fuck you to the powers that be that we need and can get at this particular moment.
What they’ve done the last four years is unprecedented. My only question is how long until mainstream historians can look at it objectively and say, “Yup, that was some corrupt shit.”
*looks at FDR hagiography*
Yeah, about that…
FDR is still politically relevant and he got to say he fought Naz-es.
I don’t know how much time it will take, but eventually sanity will prevail in the historical record.
I don’t know enough about what causes a real shift in a cultures thinking (other than an A bomb) to advocate for one person or the other in a strategic sense. Collapsitarians have a point.
Ozy, you’re in luck. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-authorizes-declassification-of-all-russia-collusion-hillary-clinton-email-probe-documents
Ozy, it gets worse. From Toxteth O’Grady’s link — Former CIA Director John Brennan briefed former President Obama on Hillary Clinton’s purported “plan” to tie then-candidate Donald Trump to Russia as “a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server” ahead of the 2016 presidential election. This was in September 2016.
I hope this was a stab at humor, wouldn’t be surprised if serious.
https://twitter.com/yihyun_jeong/status/1313621610750980103
Tyvek suit, for total commitment to the….narrative.
A bike company offers Black customers reparations in the form of a discount
Blatantly illegal.
Are the heads of this business making a claim that they have discriminated against a group of legislatively-protected people in the past?
Sounds like time to hire a lawyer.
Rule of man, not of law.
^^ this.
Racism is okay when it’s socially acceptable.
30 years from now, schoolchildren will be wondering how the hell we put up with all the casual racism in our culture in 2020, and us old gomers will have to answer “well, back then things were different. People actually thought they were fixing racism by being racist against white people”
Rivendell ever heard of the Unruh Civil Rights Act?
Staples is officially pro-BLM, as in printed on staff t-shirts. I wish there were an Office Depot nearby.
Who’s to say you’re not black? Do they do a dna test first? Imagine the scene you could make if you were denied the discount because some clerk decided you weren’t black.
“Is it cos I is black?” https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/54ca93ddb8f23e3a0313ea9a/master/w_768,c_limit/image.jpg
I can only hope there is someone with a sense of humor and even a modicum of sense who will try this, and do so with some kind of recording equipment.
Nice pics KK. That part of the country is high on my list to visit.
RIP Eddie. Fair Warning is my favorite VH album but this tune off of Diver is a beauty.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6umKShwSVQA
In memory of Eddie
Man could shred.
Not for noting, but, I kinda wish that Alex/Keanu/et al had got Eddie for this last installment.
Oh, right….spoiler alert.
Beautiful, Kristen. Thanks!
Thanks, also, for including the map. I am a map geek.
Took a shot at drawing another eye after a few months off. Drew the iris and pupil differently, but still having trouble with the eyelid and lashes. Different shading technique?
https://ibb.co/tHNjPyk
I don’t see the trouble/issue.
I guess that might be
funnyhumoroussad, actually.Me not being an artist, any feedback is cool, Digs.
It looks like a pro sketch to me.
/ya just had to do an eye, di’ncha?
I’m missing something which should make the lashes pop more. *Shrugs*. Lately, I’m into scenery more. Simple tree:
https://ibb.co/xmCvngD
That could be scaried up for Halloween, too. Not that it isn’t pleasant in its current form; just that a few adjustments could make it a Poltergeist-style tree.
https://www.lorealparisusa.com/beauty-magazine/makeup/eye-makeup/how-to-get-bold-bottom-lashes.aspx
Don’t let CPRM know, but….Freedom Toons is copying his style now.
Heh.
It’s nowhere near as clever, and I like the channel.
Taking stuff out of context and slicing together nonsense is fun. Has it’s limitations on how legit a point you can make, but still good fun.
True–we tend to already get the point(s), so we have that room to just watch and laugh.
I think I now know why no one was curious about the shirts when I wore them around–they don’t get it in the first place.
Yeah, I’ll stick with that.
Dionne’s voice is beautiful and rich, yet they have to put horns in this song and ruin it. I’m hard pressed to think of a single pop song that is better with horns.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D53v84sXluw
Left without comment: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/dc242b34-eee4-4c67-a844-41d76139fe85
Point Digby. But, what I’m talking about is how you lean in to catch all the subtle tones in Dionne’s voice and then *BA DA BA BUM!!!* inside your fucking eardrums.
Oh, no disagreement–I’m just being me, and pushing Let’s Go To Prison in the process. I would say the same about Marilyn McCoo.
You got me grooving to Chuck. Totally forgot about him.
Don’t let Hank Hill hear you say that.
Happy Heart? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CQlh4k5pXKA
(And anything by Herb Alpert?)
Hey–before I forget, are you still interested in off-loading the Blade Runner set?
I am. My apologies. I am way behind on life. I feel as if I should give it a shot first as a cineaste but I suspect it will leave me cold. Accessories all present (origami unicorn is a bit discolored).
Hmmm….I dunno about the cold thing, but, that is obviously a personal preference thing. I would definitely promote it for anyone even remotely interested.
As for the accessories–outstanding! And, still, no rush for me. I just didn’t want to be clueless if anything had changed.
You’re very understanding. No welsher I. Will have to figure out how to box it.
Sure thing! I plan on being around, so, whenever you are ready, just let me know.
Better without the blaring horns? I’d say yes, but we all listen to music for different reasons.
https://youtu.be/99p7-r_BMSA
But I’m a brass band fan.
My ear canal feels like Guadalcanal 1942.
*turns volume to 11 and punches play on the reveille tape*
Guadalcanal did you say?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GDPMfV2798
https://youtu.be/KvFsULpx0To
https://youtu.be/ZuWkVqum6a8
Vote up for Jay & USA.
I honestly don’t understand the function of the horns in those songs. Got a sad story going and then *herpety derpety* horns chime in.
I always chalked up the horns in Come a Little Bit Closer as for the mariachi feel. To be fair, I don’t think I’ve ever heard a version without them, so I can’t really comment on how that Mexican feel would be, sans horns.
We does Cuomo hate (((them)))?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8813417/About-80-Orthodox-Jews-protest-Cuomos-restrictions-areas-COVID-surges.html
“Why”—not we.
::grabs courtroom popcorn::
Good on the Jews. Rights subjected to revocation in tough times aren’t “rights”, those are “privileges”.
“Damn straight!”
-DeBlasio
Yup.
As a mainstream Christian, I never expected to see an American governor/mayor, city council etc so blatantly tell me that I cannot gather with others to worship.
I mean, it’s the first amendment we’re talking here.
And the media stands idly by, never imagining their free speech could be next.
Oh, they think OMB already destroyed that. And, they’re gonna report it ad nauseum!
Covid theater
Six months to test every senior care worker and now are going to test each one monthly.
https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/10/all-oregon-senior-care-workers-and-consenting-residents-have-been-tested-for-the-coronavirus-state-says.html
Good job. That will prevent spread into care facilities except for the other 23-27 days of the month.
Half a year of constant news saying “It’s spiking!”. Fine. Can we admit now that you can’t stop it?
“Can we admit now that you can’t stop it?”
Only if Trump loses.. And it will be his fault that we can’t stop it, despite the rest of the planet.
Well shit. Another one. RIP.
https://youtu.be/NkwJ-g0iJ6w
Tom’s show is great today.
https://tomwoods.com/ep-1749-the-non-hysterics-just-asserted-themselves/
I watched “The Real Adam Smith” on Amazon Prime guided by Johan Norberg.
I recommend it. One hour, simple message, not dumbed down or jazzed up.
How a young man grows up in Sweden and becomes libertarian is beyond me, but it’s Today’s Ray of Hope.
I…..but…..what….::looks at hayeks suspiciously::
I mean the author/guide Johan Nirdberg., silly goose!
The Scottish Enlightenment was quite a fortuitous confluence of minds in the right time and place together, much like the Founding Fathers in the mid to late 18th century.
Well, he’s has good company 🙂
Very true about the Scottish
PlayEnlightenment.Oh–watching ep 1 on YT now.
Blackadder is da ?
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd2yr12abg8
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https://www.wfmz.com/news/odd-news/ex-jail-employees-charged-for-playing-baby-shark-on-repeat/article_8448969d-53a9-5f8b-9723-9493fabf32fa.html
HahahahahEwwww…….
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/10/audit-of-gov-wolfs-covid-19-business-shutdown-waiver-program-make-it-clear-this-was-not-a-level-playing.html
Never again. NEVER.
It’s beginning to sound like a small-scale, limited, nuclear exchange might actually benefit the survivors.
How nice that the government spokeswoman blames the businesses
I thought the Supreme Court said it’s not really a big deal.
mornin ya’all
Mornin’, homey! Another hard day’s night?
’twas, but its over
TALL CANS for b̶r̶e̶a̶k̶f̶a̶s̶t̶ supper !
Mornin.
Working from home today, so the commute was short.
Mornin’, UCS. Did you ever post that pic of Albany shrouded in fog?
Mornin GT,
Mornin’, Yu! How’s things up nort’?
Feels like an AZ winter, 59 at dawn, howling winds, good times!
I fell asleep.
But is is: Here
Nice! Looks like a decent enough view even without the fog – plenty of trees!
This wedge is only about a third of the view from my window. The rest is office buildings and parking lots.
Traffic must be hell, mornin UCS
Indeed, it was at best a slow walk.
Sup Tres! Coffee for me, Tall Cans! for you,
Cheers!
HEY YUFUS!
Heh…guy needs a garage, just buys a box van instead (UK it sounds like, too many permits needed old chap):
https://cheezburger.com/12660997/dude-needs-permit-to-build-garage-just-buys-a-van?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+failblog+%28The+FAIL+Blog+-+Fail+Pictures+%26+Videos+at+Failblog.ORG%29
How is that a solution? I mean he doesn’t even have a ramp to drive a car into the truck.
It’s England I think, he only needs room for his old Triumph motorcycle and an umbrella. Also I think garage in this case more means storage building.
You can put cars in garages???
I’ve known people who do it.
I’ve never owned a garage, but it might be nice in winter.
Too much stuff in our two-car garage to fit even one car. I’ll be regretting that for the next several months.
That would be us. Incredibly cluttered house but even if we did have a proper garage it would never see an oil stain on the concrete. Sometimes my heart rate soars just moving around the abode because disorganized spaces trigger me. Ah well, she lets me drink to my heart’s content and I don’t complain overmuch about her stuff.
Mornin, Fes. You…might want to call ahead before dropping in at Chez GT/TT. About a month ahead.
Infuriating:
“ Watch: Mourners Admonished For Moving Chairs Closer Together At British Funeral”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-mourners-admonished-moving-chairs-closer-together-british-funeral
I don’t blame the employee really, just the douchebags that put the orders in place.
The douchebags that put the orders in place were the type of kids that liked to pull wings off of flies. I don’t see any other explanation for this wanton emotional cruelty. Old Folks are dying alone and their survivors are denied that most basic comfort, human touch. I hate this world.
It’s not the world’s fault, it’s the people you just mentioned. I’m already voting to acquit whoever justifiably snaps and does very bad things to them.
I was imprecise. I hate what this world has become over the last two decades. The loss of rational thought and proper risk management has crippled at least two generations.
Feature, not bug? ::adjusts flexible aluminum millinery::
No tin foil hat required, if people will put up with these indignities they will put up with anything. If this isn’t by design it is, for the shotcallers, a happy side benefit at least.
I just wear the foil tucked neatly under my ball cap (unlike RDA). It’s safer that way just in case I come under any extra scrutiny from , you know, THEM.
Mornin’ All! I’ve been watching pre Hayes Code videos on YouTube for the last few days on breaks. I can honestly state about Joan Blondell, Va-Va-Va-Voom! That’s a hot Tomato!
Not bad but she ain’t no Demi Rose which is apparently the gold standard for beauty on this website.
Don’t be fooled. She is merely the obsession of one tuber.
Demi is too small for my tastes.
My tastes tend more svelte.
Her lack of facial expression is what turns me off, kinda looks like a realdoll.
Maybe that’s what The Count finds so alluring?
*sigh* We’re well versed as to your particular proclivities, Friend.
Cellulite is allright!
Two cheesecloth sacks of ricotta hastily sprayed with varnish. She does have pretty eyes.
Agreed. Blondell was also Vi, the saucy waitress who consoled Frenchy, in Grease.
Frenchy – “What do think of waitressing?”
Vi – “You’re too young to know.”
Tons of hotsy-totsies from way back when, saucy dialogue too. Those camera guys were experts at framing a moving shot so that never a nipple was exposed.
I never remember to bring lunch on days I drop off the step kids at daycare. Never. And I can work through lunch as long as I don’t leave the premises. So, I can clock out and stay a half hour later, or starve. I’m thinking I’ll just starve today.
That’s why I keep a stash of food at work. Nutrition bars and meal replacement shakes, ramen and canned soup. Sometimes I’m halfway through a shift and then suddenly remember that I have eaten nothing since the night before.
We had a mouse problem at work a while back. So I stopped keeping anything there. I don’t have much faith that the problem was permanently solved. I guess I could buy some sort of mouse proof container for snacks. But, I also don’t like keeping too many snacks around because my self control with food can sometimes be lacking.
Funny you should mention! My food was going missing and it wasn’t mice. Kept finding my wrappers in the Ladies washroom garbage. Can’t trick the Custodian. Now I keep it in the Janitor’s closet in a bin and the door is locked. My problem is the inverse. I forget to eat.
It’s insanely rude to steal others food. That would piss me off to no end.
Aw, I thought it was sorta cute because I know who was doing it and she’s a really sweet girl that is struggling with her weight.
I merely removed the temptation.
You’re a nicer man than I.
Since I’m complaining about work. I need to take a dump. The cleaning lady cleans the rest room every morning between 7-8am (EST). Every day, this is when I need to use the facilities. There have been some days I’m close to leaving to go to the nearest gas station. Now, she does a good job and I appreciate that. But mornings are prime time for using the bathroom, I really wish her schedule could be a bit different.
Everybody knows 7am to 8am is post coffee/ prime dumping time.
“That’s when I poop”, is a strong position from which to open negotiations about potential rescheduling of the restroom cleaning. You would expect the other party to counter first with “that’s when I/she clean(s)”, which is of course reasonable, and hopefully leads to a productive conversation with an agreeable outcome for both parties, for instance, that she may allow you to poop in the stall while cleaning the rest of the bathroom, provided you adhere to a stipulation of at least one courtesy flush per 3 minutes of stall time.
A good custodian works around the schedule of the staff. You need to have a word with her. When I clean I try to remain as invisible and innocuous as possible. I know the floor routines and work in areas that are not busy. She’s a good cleaner but she’s a bad janitor.
Either that or she just doesn’t care and her dogs are hurtin’. A sentiment that I completely understand.
Let’s continue this work complaints session:
There are two VERY large women in our office. This morning they are talking to each other. One is holding, not one, but two Big Gulp sized sodas. Yep, double fisting the sugar water. Meanwhile, the woman she is talking to is eating marshmallows straight from the bag.
I’ll further add that the marshmallow eater brings a bag in at least twice a week and eats the whole bag within a day.
And is also the organizer of all the pitch ins . . .the lunch ones usually start at 10:30am at her insistence . . . sometimes the stereotypes write themselves.
Slow motion suicide.
It’s a dying thread but need to know! Never-Trumpers?
Black woman and white trash Trump supporter type.
I smell a sitcom.
Two strong, sassy women divided by politics are brought together by their mutual love of snack food and the desire to Smash The Patriarchy!
“Eat to Death” – a compelling story of two diametrically opposed women who form a common bond over Cheetos and mayo straight from the jar.
“You got your Cheetos in my Mayo!’ “You got your Mayo on my Cheetos!” Hijinks and then they walk away, arm in arm. Cue Theme.
“You got your Cheetos in my Mayo!’ “You got your Mayo on my Cheetos!” Hijinks and then they
walkwaddle away, arm in arm. Cue ThemFTFY