I get it, UGA, I get it.
Last week was pure shite – Called on Sunday morning, “Dad in rapid decline” – gone by Monday night. I have been hauling furniture and turning in his apartment at the nursing home, and trying to arrange almost everything you need to do when someone passes away.
But I am back to the routine (mostly) today. So, here are some Links.
- At least I am getting some local entertainment.
- Sounds like normal cop shooting, right?
- Madden cheerleaders in burqas?
- *snortlaugh*
You will have to cover music today.
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Now that they are private the real Squid Games can begin
I just figure now they can really go all in on trying to micro-transaction all their players to death. Yay.
You have to pay for equipment for your players.
And watch all the ads for your team sponsors. And the ads for the other teams. And the ads for your players’ endorsements. And the ads for the ad agencies running the ads.
In honor of your last link, and to celebrate the return of the narrowed gaze — this feels appropriate.
Music, you say? From French TV (the band) The Secret Life of Walter Riddle.
Sorry to hear about your Dad.
I trust no lemurs were injured in the riots.
At least I am getting some local entertainment.
Just like when the Panzers rolled into Paris.
Sorry about your Dad. There’s nothing easy about that. I hope you’re keeping busy and you’re ok.
My sentiments, exactly. I can’t yet imagine how it feels, but I’d testify staying busy is appropriate. Positive Distraction Dust, without the opposite.
Take care of you, yours, and get rest when ya can. Thanks for all ya continue to do ’round here. (Add the other PTB to that bit, as well.)
“At least I am getting some local entertainment.”
Those drives to hockey practice might get interesting.
It may sound insensitive, but fast would have been better than slow, in my experience.
Speaking entirely for myself — that’s certainly how I want to go. (insert standard joke about peacefully in my sleep… not screaming like my passengers, I know…)
Sorry Swiss.
Good afternoon Glibs. I just got back last night from my first hockey trip. I might write about it, time (and people’s interest) permitting. We were in Park City, UT, which is beautiful. We brought a small group, Tier 4, and went 3-2-1 but somehow still came in 5th out of 6. Oh well, it was a good warm up for some new players, and our backup-backup goalie, who had only played 2 games before this, turned out to be the best in the tournament, with 3 shutouts and a 1.67 GAA. Sure some of that was defense, but one of the shutouts he faced 18 shots.
Pedestrians tell ICE agents to “go home” as feds stand in Chicago on Sunday, September 28, 2025.
You first, pendejo.
Deport.
Them.
All.
Or, y’know, take it a different direction pour encourager les autres.
I love the anodyne “pedestrians”, when the pics show obvious antifa commie ratfucker types – probably paid for the occasion.
That only works in the movies
The police said as an American Airlines plane that “had recently arrived from Europe” was going through maintenance Sunday morning, “a stowaway was located in the landing gear” and found to be dead.
It’s really fucking cold at 30000 feet, not to mention the lack of oxygen.
But…you just mentioned it…
I think Mythbusters did a bit on that a couple decades back. Ya, ya fuckin’ *die* doin’ it.
Gotta say, ‘bold.’ I kinda admire the balls on the dude. Shortly before death, I bet he looked at his own and realized he had a far worse problem than Costanza had from his time in the pool.
(My) Truth: Aggressive Mistakes are better than passive ones, when not enough – or nothing at all – is done leading to calamity. Stoic, Eisenhower Wisdom: Able to convincingly fake ya know ‘the difference’ ‘twain the two.
Why would someone be trying to sneak into such a horrible racist authoritarian fascist country like the U.S.? Did people once seek to climb over the wall into East Germany?
What, you didn’t hear about all those people who risk death on rickety rafts to float from Miami to Cuba so they can finally live in the socialist utopia with free healthcare?
Wiki has a list of defectors to East Germany.
I recall there were US defectors to North Korea.
James Joseph Dresnok is the defector to North Korea I’m thinking about. The article hints that there were more American defectors to North Korea.
Americans who defect to N. Korea = Useful Idiots. Fucking undisputed retards.
Zero sympathy, unless they were legit trafficked, which they weren’t. (There’s no money to it, so why would anyone take the trouble to kidnap your ass?)
Odd, but semi-proud I never went to the DMZ in my years in SoKo. (WTF would I want to subject myself to someone else’s interpretation of what they *knew* I needed to ‘see?’ If you take a Tour Guide, ya haven’t been there. (So why fucking bother?)
Evan: I’m sute you know about the North Korean abductions of Japanese adolescents back in the 1970s.
“Red Elvis” moved to East Germany…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Reed
Sorry, again, about your dad, Swiss. I can’t imagine it’s easy even if you think you’re prepared for it.
Sorry to hear that, Swiss. I’m sort of mentally preparing for the day I will have to clear out my parents’ houses.
Afternoon ray of sunshine (thunder edition).
Swiss, sorry about your dad.
Playing now- a blast from the past
Re this mornings talk about Tomahawks. We won’t be giving Ukrainians nukes, but I think it unbelievably stupid to send NUCLEAR capable missiles (that only we have program and launch) flying towards Russian cities and military facilities.
I suspect that we would react very poorly to nuclear capable cruise missiles flying towards DC, San Diego, Fort Bragg, etc.
I suspect that we would react very poorly
And that’s what most people are not thinking about in this conflict – what would WE have done if Russia did the things we did? Knowing our foreign policy establishment, probably a lot more than invade the proximal region of a neighboring country.
Off-the-cuff: I also think it’s dumb, so let’s get that outta the way. I don’t think I’m insane in thinking it’s a Trumpian move to show Putin that it *could* happen, putting the ‘hypothetical’ option on the table.
I don’t wanna bluff with nukes. I also see the truth behind the Putin= Paper Tiger stance. (More reason not to fuck with a dying animal, IMO.)
I *do* think it’s a press on the EU to actually think about giving a shit about their own security. Poking another animal, yes. I don’t trust His Trumpster to leave solid bravado at simply that, though I do have (faint?) confidence he won’t *directly* start anything.
(It doesn’t make it better if he responds to the eventual stings that (may) come ‘our’ way.)
‘Keep out of fights. I will be angry if you get into one, but I will be *livid* if you don’t fight back when someone else starts one.’ ~ Lesson from Dad I still hold dear, but I’m one human and don’t represent a damn nuclear force and Blue Water Navy that frets others.
(Tough to be King. Heavy is the crown. <– Also truth. The ones seeking to wear it should be the first disallowed from it.)
re: EA being sold — “Electronic Arts has been sold to private investors in the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners in an all-cash deal worth $55 billion.”
I haven’t laundered (much?) but curiosity struck and I did some math. $55B = 550M in $100 notes –> (at 1g per bill) = 606 US tons.
Fuck me. (Now?, Helen of Troy, OH?)
Issues I see:
1) How many banks do you need to get that much in cash?
1b. How quickly can ya get it? I imagine that needs several, several months advance notice.
2) How the fuck do you transport it? Mostly, the security needed at every step of the process, including the destination, where all sorts of fuck-wits are (very good) scamming you at every step. Including when you signed the deal before everything gets put into motion.
3) Overarching; How many ppl *need* to be involved to ‘pull it off’ and how much training and investment needs to be made per employee, given the stakes at hand?
4) I’d love to know how folk like Musk and Trump protect themselves. I highly doubt Musk’s Baby Mama’s have his personal #, for instance.
Curious world, we live in.
Only a small percentage of US money exists as bank notes. Most of it is just entries in a digital ledger.
So in this, and modern cases, “paid in cash” just means a direct, digital deposit? Even once, that $ raises flags, anything over $10k, if that’s still ‘the Rule.’
Let me live my fantasy of a boat carrying 606 tons of paper specie. If not, well, again, writers are shitty and unclear. “Paid in cash” means bills, dammit! I want my (friendly!) druglord boat-scheme fun. And I’ll have it. (One way or another…)
*Note: I get the digital $ bit.
It’s the “*in an all-cash deal* worth $55 billion” that interests me. Orwellian shit. All-cash means fucking suitcases of money. And I’ll take it as such. Tip your veal with my waitress. (She loves it!)
Condolences to you, Swiss. I will increase the frequency of my Zooms and see you soon.
tl;dr: What are some quick resources to learn the basics of how an internal combustion engine works, assuming that the starting point of knowledge is “fuel go in cylinder, fuel go boom, piston get pushy-outey, wheels go round”?
I decided when I eventually purchase a truck, I’m going to learn how to do basic repairs, e.g. swapping out some standard part when the problem can be narrowed down to that. Problem is that the only things I can identify under the hood are the dipstick, oil, and wiper fluid. I literally don’t know what any of those other parts are under there.
Besides, what’s the point of owning a truck if you can’t drink beer with no shirt on while fiddling around under the hood and periodically revving the engine with a poorly-tuned radio blasting the classic rock station??
Buy a Clymer or Chilton repair book $ for your model of truck (better yet a factory repair manual $$$).
https://us.haynes.com/collections/clymer-workshop-repair-manuals
Youtube has been great for repairing things on my truck.
Also good advice. And watching people bring utter crap cans back to life is very educational. This person is particularly good at making nigh-abandoned cars run again with minimal tools.
https://www.youtube.com/c/vicegripgarage
YouTube. If you can change your oil, you can probably change your brakes, fan belt, coolant, shocks, transmission oil, differential oil, brake fluid…. Buy a torque wrench that reads both Newton Meters and Foot Pounds. Buy some quality jack stands. Beer is for finishing the job, not starting it.
Also buy an ODB11 code reader.
Seconded.
Most stuff bolted to the engine is not hard to replace.
Brakes, fluids, etc are also not so bad.
The issue is what to do when things go wrong with a simple swap.
Broken or lost fasteners, missing instructions from your YouTube guide or manual.
Why wait for the truck? you probably own a vehicle now.. Why don’t you do the basic services like oil, filters, brakes, tires etc.? Ease into it, and the truck is just larger and probably simpler than the car.
The engine is the most complicated part of the vehicle, and all modern (in the last 20 years) engines need to be debugged with a code reader.
My wife’s ’06 Powerstroke diesel is starting to have staring problems when it has sat for 3-4 days. No way of knowing if it is a fuel injector issue, oil pressure issue etc without the code reader, but we have replaced plenty of brake pads and discs, shocks, transmission cooler parts, tires, brake lines, filters, batteries, starters etc. All basic maintenance parts. The toughest part of a DIY mechanic in the north east is the rust.
I have a pair of rear shock mounts to replace due to rusting, We have to drill/chisel out the old rivets as Ford doesn’t consider them replaceable parts.
I am the least handy guy with car tools. I’ve long ago given up fixing thing that always seem to cost more at the shop to undo what I fixed. Now if you want your house wired or odd plumbing I would have helped you out, a few years ago.
Now I’ll email you my go to guys phone numbers.
Now I can’t change a tire, I’ve joined the Robby Souves of the world.
You left your wife for a man Fourscore?
Akira on a Sat morning.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9I9MDswUeYc
Akira,
Here is a beginner’s guide. Looks like a basic starter for what you are looking for.
https://themotorguy.com/a-beginners-guide-to-car-mechanics/
I prefer the Haynes books.
C Hiltons books assume you are already a mechanic.
My condolences Swiss.
Enjoy the memories, Swissie. Even the troubled times fade away as we get older. My kids are nicer than they’ve ever been.
Well, except for the one or is it the other?
tl;dr: What are some quick resources to learn the basics of how an internal combustion engine works, assuming that the starting point of knowledge is “fuel go in cylinder, fuel go boom, piston get pushy-outey, wheels go round”?
In case nobody mentioned him yet:
Driving 4 Answers
Made a quick run to the store. They had Michelob Amber Bock on sale, so I grabbed a box of bottles. I haven’t even seen it in a long time.
Wonder if it’s an Oktoberfest release.
I used to love getting the original Michelob about once a year just for nostalgia’s sake (it was my Old Man’s beer of choice, and thus the one that I could sneak a couple out of the fridge once every few weekends in high school). I was unhappy when A-B discontinued it.
But the Amber Bock is up there, too. All malt, no adjunct (I think), and a very solid quaff for the price*.
Now if they’d only bring back the lava lamp bottle….
*FWIW, I have some Yuengling Golden Pilsner around the house right now. It’s okay for a quick drink after doing some yard work. But the local Publix has New Holland Dragon’s Milk on BOGO right now, and every beer store in the county has a nice selection of Festbiers, so the Yuengling is going undrank at present.
Yuengling is my cheap beer of choice.
I just finished lawn work, having a Michelob.
@ Sensei:
Yuengling is my go-to, either the original lager or the Black & Tan.
I have one last Dragons Milk in the fridge.
It will be drank tonight.
I’m sorry, Swissy.
Mormon shooter had a trump sign in his yard!
Mystery solved. Case closed.
This is more stupid Hollywood promoting bullshit.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-says-he-will-impose-100-tariff-movies-made-outside-us
Sincerest condolences, Swiss.
Today I learned: Robert de Niro fathered a kid at age 79:
In April 2023, De Niro welcomed his seventh child, a daughter Gia, with his girlfriend Tiffany Chen.[279][280][281][282] At age 79, De Niro is one of the oldest fathers on record.[283][284]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_De_Niro#Personal_life
While I certainly can’t blame a guy for still gettin’ it at that age, is it really ethical to have a kid considering:
– His faculties and abilities are probably on the decline, so he’ll only be able to play a diminished part in actually raising the kid (newborns are a ton of work, from what I hear).
– He’s already well past the average American lifespan and is very likely to pass away before the kid is an adult.
I’m sure the kid will be financially fine, but that’s in no way a guarantee of a healthy upbringing.
I have a feeling that Robert de Niro only cares about Robert de Niro and not any of his kids from various baby mamas.
My deepest condolences Swiss.
So, when I plug the new router into the AP, it will pick up a DHCP address from my local server, it got 10.233 and all the parameters for a device on my local network.
When I plug it into the modem, it doesn’t play nice with the ISP’s DHCP service. Immediately, the linux gateway tried to route out by way of the new Router, (this doesn’t get me outside since I just had a loop instead of a gateway)
So, the Linux box is actually behaving better than I thought. The new Router isn’t playing nice with the ISP DHCP. Maybe I have to increase some of the timeouts? I donno.
What router are you using?
Asus EBG15
It looks like it should just be plug into the WAN port and go. Does your ISP modem have MAC restrictions?
I don’t know, I was about to tell it to clone the AP’s WAN MAC
It didn’t work.