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by StrawMan
Mon May 20, 2024 1:34 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: A thread for things that don't warrant their own thread
Replies: 1416
Views: 530095

Re: A thread for things that don't warrant their own thread

Wolfman, your Syracuse team is on ESPNU now in a great game vs Towson in the NCAA lacrosse playoffs. 8-8 almost to halftime I didn't know we had other lax fans in here! [Besides Laxplayer , that is. No spoilers, please... I was offline with no TV all weekend and am watching the games today & to...
by StrawMan
Mon May 20, 2024 1:28 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
Replies: 37
Views: 670

Re: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight

Screw_Michigan wrote: Sat May 18, 2024 5:34 pmI think a lot of that answer is China is going to the moon.
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner.
by StrawMan
Mon May 20, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
Replies: 37
Views: 670

Re: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight

88BuckeyeGrad wrote: Sun May 19, 2024 2:15 amWhat the U.S. blows in military spending each year is an absolute crime, particularly when you consider how badly we treat the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines.
RACK. This deserves its own thread.
by StrawMan
Mon May 20, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Weekend Roll Call 5-18-24
Replies: 6
Views: 205

Re: Weekend Roll Call 5-18-24

Softball Bat wrote: Sat May 18, 2024 3:49 pmDismal
Dreary, as usualm.

No more 3 a.m. $1.99 Steak & Eggs at Binion's?

Heresy.
by StrawMan
Mon May 20, 2024 12:55 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: the 149th Preakness Stakes, call it!
Replies: 18
Views: 383

Re: the 149th Preakness Stakes, call it!

Good grief. $0.00, Blutarsky!

Early picks for the Belmont:

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by StrawMan
Fri May 17, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
Replies: 37
Views: 670

Re: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight

Good point re Russia as the only back up plan. Not optimal.

That hasn't stopped Congress and NASA from sending millions to Russia since the shuttle program was shut down, though.
by StrawMan
Fri May 17, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Tom Brady roast on Netflix
Replies: 24
Views: 571

Re: Tom Brady roast on Netflix

RACK the Foster Brooks resets! Stayed at the MGM Grand for a week back in 1990-something. In one part of the casino, right next to a bar, they had an animatronic Foster Brooks figure. Over the course of the week, I spent many hours parked near the damn thing as it played Foster Brooks audio 24/7. He...
by StrawMan
Fri May 17, 2024 2:49 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
Replies: 37
Views: 670

Re: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight

We very well could lose the crew on this flight, followed by NASA's typical bullshit, "Going to space is HARD. Let's honor our heroes" You are obviously very knowledgeable about how NASA works. But I highly doubt we'll lose the crew on this flight. We've (humans) have been flying crew to ...
by StrawMan
Fri May 17, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Scottie Scheffler Arrested
Replies: 15
Views: 345

Re: Scottie Scheffler Arrested

Mikey wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 2:21 pm DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?!?!?
LOL. Exactly.
by StrawMan
Fri May 17, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
Replies: 37
Views: 670

Re: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight

Good points above! I'm no expert on the woes of Boeing and our space programs. Strictly an enthusiast... My main concerns are Boeing's questionable design decisions, numerous budget busting gremlins, and shitty quality control. We very well could lose the crew on this flight, followed by NASA's typi...
by StrawMan
Fri May 17, 2024 12:15 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: the 149th Preakness Stakes, call it!
Replies: 18
Views: 383

Re: the 149th Preakness Stakes, call it!

Mystik Dan Tuscan Gold Imagination Went to the Preakness with friends a few lifetimes ago… aka during high school. Watching the races up close and personal was very impressive. Beautiful animals! Maryland has a long history in horse racing, but nothing like Churchill Downs, and Pimlico was pretty r...
by StrawMan
Wed May 15, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
Replies: 37
Views: 670

Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight

Boeing’s Starliner is set to Launch May 06 , err May 10 , umm May 17 , err May 21, 2024. [/b] The CFT 1 astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, will be sent aloft in the woefully problem plagued, overdue, and over budget BOEING 2 Starliner, atop a ULA 3 Atlas V rocket. The crew is scheduled to...
by StrawMan
Tue May 14, 2024 1:48 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: A Murder of Crows...
Replies: 43
Views: 1065

Re: A Murder of Crows...

Rootbeer wrote: Mon May 13, 2024 4:41 pm A nursery of cycloptera.
Sin,
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A grove of low hanging fruit.

-- CarlS
by StrawMan
Mon May 13, 2024 2:42 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: A Murder of Crows...
Replies: 43
Views: 1065

Re: A Murder of Crows...

Meat Head wrote: Fri May 10, 2024 8:23 pm A Chaw of Nubile Tittie Nipples.




(over 18, female)
Sin,

Ed Gein


A Snippet of Serial Killers?
by StrawMan
Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:42 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Erf Day
Replies: 17
Views: 896

Re: Erf Day

by StrawMan
Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Something You Don't See Every Day
Replies: 0
Views: 122

Something You Don't See Every Day

by StrawMan
Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:49 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Weekend Roll Call 4-27-24
Replies: 33
Views: 1081

Re: Weekend Roll Call 4-27-24

IN---- biggest displacement engine I had was a 383 cu.Inch in the POS '73 Mercury I owned. Hope for tunes tonight---I'll be here for that. Definitely looking fwd to TT tonight. Your '73 Mercury most likely had a 390 or 351 in it. The 383 was a Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge power plant. Just sayin' Oh, an...
by StrawMan
Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:00 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: A brilliant student of history
Replies: 39
Views: 1627

Re: A brilliant student of history

JPGettysburg wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:14 pm A 9-0 ruling CONFIRMS what we've already known all along.
... which is WHY we need to nominate 6 more Supreme Court Justices ASAP!

Sin,

Emotionally Crippled Lefties
by StrawMan
Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: This should be interesting
Replies: 5
Views: 370

Re: This should be interesting

'Fraid we're gonna have to expect a "bootleg tape" or .ogg file for Tune Town aficionados.
by StrawMan
Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:45 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: For all you dumbasses…
Replies: 79
Views: 4608

Re: For all you dumbasses…

General Peters wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:25 pm yeah, the people masked up while driving alone in 2024 are the clear thinking individuals, not the ones who laugh at them.
RACK the General.

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by StrawMan
Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:38 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Post the best thing you saw on the internet today
Replies: 676
Views: 365677

Re: Post the best thing you saw on the internet today

All that gear showed up the same way that pallets of bricks mysteriously appeared at 2020's BLM/ANTIFA peaceful protests.
by StrawMan
Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:32 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Roman Gabriel died this past week
Replies: 5
Views: 406

Re: Roman Gabriel died this past week

Roman Gabriel sporting a prototype "Hair Helmet"

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Poptart, I was just getting into the NFL back then, too. RIP #18
by StrawMan
Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:26 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Erf Day
Replies: 17
Views: 896

Re: Erf Day

I was travelling yesterday on what is probably America's most dangerous train route, the Amtrak Surfliner between San Diego and LA. Speaking of CA trains, sources have confirmed that the 1st leg of Gov. Newsom's High-Speed Rail Line is open. https://youtube.com/shorts/BatxqboVg6U?si=JLkL34IqyX8yxts...
by StrawMan
Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:16 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: In This Thread Rootbeer Answers Your Automotive Questions
Replies: 90
Views: 238545

Re: In This Thread Rootbeer Answers Your Automotive Questions

Excellent! How in the hell did you get the wiring harnesses working together and speaking to the 3.4L's ECU?

So what's left on your punch list? Did you fab all your brackets for relocating components? Gauges working?

You warned me to take the over. Haven't forgotten... nice job.
by StrawMan
Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:54 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Haiku 2024
Replies: 7
Views: 605

Re: Haiku 2024

Okay all you clones
I am not going to read
Your Orenthal takes
by StrawMan
Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Screwy’s Car-Free Soulmates
Replies: 21
Views: 1142

Re: Screwy’s Car-Free Soulmates

Rootbeer wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:10 pm
StrawMan wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:30 pm My daily driver - yes, it's got a hemi
You got the MDS lifters in it? If so, I'll say a prayer for them.
'Fraid so. Pray away! I know i'm on borrowed time...
by StrawMan
Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Haiku 2024
Replies: 7
Views: 605

Re: Haiku 2024

A long-lost poster
Elvis Monster gently shoves
Twix bars up his ass
by StrawMan
Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:35 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Haiku 2024
Replies: 7
Views: 605

Haiku 2024

Logged on T1B
Placer mining for gold takes
Left empty handed
by StrawMan
Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Screwy’s Car-Free Soulmates
Replies: 21
Views: 1142

Re: Screwy’s Car-Free Soulmates

Now we're talking, Rootbeer! My fleet of ozone-layer depleting turds:

Mama-san's daily driver
My daily driver - yes, it's got a hemi
2-seater w/removable hard top
Beater pick up
2 V-twin motorcycles

All of the above are more than 10 years old.
by StrawMan
Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:35 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Mass. State Police Robot Dog Shot During Standoff
Replies: 0
Views: 784

Mass. State Police Robot Dog Shot During Standoff

It’s both the first time a Massachusetts State Police robot dog was shot while working and the first time that one of Boston Dynamics’ well-known Spot robots was shot while working, representatives told NBC10 Boston Wednesday. The dog, known as Roscoe, was shot as a SWAT team dealt with a man barri...
by StrawMan
Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: any home baristas here?
Replies: 21
Views: 1037

Re: any home baristas here?

Whatever method you use, Community Coffee rules.
by StrawMan
Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: The April 8th Eclipse
Replies: 21
Views: 1392

Re: The April 8th Eclipse

Softball Bat wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:38 am Path, maps, and times for the solar eclipse today.

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8
Tons of great info on that site. Lots of specific details.

Thanks, 'Bat
by StrawMan
Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:34 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Meat Head's Cartoon and Meme Monday
Replies: 15
Views: 1509

Re: Meat Head's Cartoon and Meme Monday

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YW, Dave :lol:
by StrawMan
Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:03 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: The Eagle Has Landed!
Replies: 40
Views: 2593

Re: The Eagle Has Landed!

More from the NASA brain trust: NASA's next moon car is starting to take shape. The agency has selected three private teams — led by the companies Intuitive Machines , Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab, respectively — to develop their versions of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), the rover that Arte...
by StrawMan
Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: CA minimum wage $20/hour ???
Replies: 34
Views: 1722

Re: CA minimum wage $20/hour ???

And now for some math. The CEO of McDonalds made $19,200,000 last year. McDonalds has 150,000 employees. Let's assume each employee works 20 hours per week. If the evil CEO gave his entire salary to the employees, they would see raises of, on average, $0.12 per hour. Yup...Twelve cents. That's a sh...
by StrawMan
Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:39 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: neck tattoo
Replies: 21
Views: 1574

Re: neck tattoo

I was told there would be no math.
by StrawMan
Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: Easter candy thread
Replies: 7
Views: 508

Re: Easter candy thread

Rootbeer wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:00 pm Peeps?

Yes or no?
Peeps are as good for your teeth as a chronic meth habit. 'Sup KC clones?

by StrawMan
Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:31 pm
Forum: Cul de Smack
Topic: The Last Supper
Replies: 4
Views: 407

The Last Supper

... if it was in Louisiana.

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