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- Fri May 24, 2024 3:15 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: This Obit Brought to You by POM Wonderful, Mc Donald's
- Replies: 11
- Views: 190
This Obit Brought to You by POM Wonderful, Mc Donald's
Morgan Spurlock Dies: Oscar-Nominated ‘Super Size Me’ Director Was 53 Oscar-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, director of the groundbreaking documentary Super Size Me , has died after a private battle with cancer. He was 53. Spurlock “passed away peacefully in New York surrounded by family and f...
- Thu May 23, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: A Derecho Weather Event
- Replies: 17
- Views: 363
Re: A Derecho Weather Event
This ^HighPlainsGrifter wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 2:47 pm Rack Coogs for taking care of his neighbors. This is a disaster with a feel good ending.
- Thu May 23, 2024 1:50 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
- Replies: 46
- Views: 988
Re: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
Boeing’s Starliner is set to Launch May 06 , err May 10 , umm May 17 , err May 21 , 2024. NASA, Boeing Now Working Toward May 25 Launch of Crew Flight Test https://blogs.nasa.gov/boeing-crew-flight-test/ Bzzzzzzrrrrrrrtttttt ... try try again. Boeing Starliner's 1st astronaut launch delayed again, ...
- Thu May 23, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Bizarre B-17 Collision Over the North Sea During WWII
- Replies: 14
- Views: 298
Re: Bizarre B-17 Collision Over the North Sea During WWII
Cool story, never heard it before. Did you watch Masters of the Air? Band of Brothers for aviators, really good series on Apple tv. Haven't seen Masters of the Air , but I'll search for it. According to the referring article I read, this story hit the cutting room floor for MotA. The stories that m...
- Wed May 22, 2024 2:13 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Bizarre B-17 Collision Over the North Sea During WWII
- Replies: 14
- Views: 298
Bizarre B-17 Collision Over the North Sea During WWII
An incredible air combat story worth a read: https://www.historynet.com/bizarre-b-17-collision-over-the-north-sea-during-world-war-ii/ When a pair of B-17s collided in midair and became interlocked, the surviving crewmen experienced the ride of their lives. "At dawn on December 31, 1944, while...
- Wed May 22, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
- Replies: 46
- Views: 988
Re: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
Live Hard, Die Fast, and Leave a Pretty Corpse -- HA! Hold it right there, MF'erHighPlainsGrifter wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 12:02 amI looked her up. 58 years old, looks like she's been doing speed tests without a wind screen. Would not want to see her in high G.
- Tue May 21, 2024 8:51 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: A Murder of Crows...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1359
Re: A Murder of Crows...
A Klavern of Why TeasHighPlainsGrifter wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 7:09 pm A show of Clowns.
Why Tea would be proud of my cross threading rite heer.
- Tue May 21, 2024 8:39 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: RIP Double Zero
- Replies: 7
- Views: 192
Re: RIP Double Zero
Another HOF'er gone. He was outstanding.
- Tue May 21, 2024 8:35 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
- Replies: 46
- Views: 988
Re: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
Boeing’s Starliner is set to Launch May 06 , err May 10 , umm May 17 , err May 21 , 2024. Bzzzzzzrrrrrrrtttttt ... try again. NASA, Boeing Now Working Toward May 25 Launch of Crew Flight Test NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) teams will take additional time to work through spacecraft c...
- Tue May 21, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: A thread for things that don't warrant their own thread
- Replies: 1426
- Views: 531296
Re: A thread for things that don't warrant their own thread
Fell pretry hard this morning. Water on the floor after my shower, it happened fast. Don't think anything is broken but bruised and sore now. Y'all be safe Be careful. Accidental falls in the home are one of the leading causes of injury to our older citizens, often leading to long term disabilities...
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:34 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: A thread for things that don't warrant their own thread
- Replies: 1426
- Views: 531296
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...
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:28 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
- Replies: 46
- Views: 988
Re: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner.Screw_Michigan wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 5:34 pmI think a lot of that answer is China is going to the moon.
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:26 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
- Replies: 46
- Views: 988
Re: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
RACK. This deserves its own thread.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.
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Weekend Roll Call 5-18-24
- Replies: 7
- Views: 274
Re: Weekend Roll Call 5-18-24
Dreary, as usualm.
No more 3 a.m. $1.99 Steak & Eggs at Binion's?
Heresy.
- Mon May 20, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: the 149th Preakness Stakes, call it!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 434
Re: the 149th Preakness Stakes, call it!
Good grief. $0.00, Blutarsky!
Early picks for the Belmont:
Horse
Horse
Horse
Early picks for the Belmont:
Horse
Horse
Horse
- Fri May 17, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
- Replies: 46
- Views: 988
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.
That hasn't stopped Congress and NASA from sending millions to Russia since the shuttle program was shut down, though.
- Fri May 17, 2024 3:10 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Tom Brady roast on Netflix
- Replies: 24
- Views: 609
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...
- Fri May 17, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Post the best thing you saw on the internet today
- Replies: 678
- Views: 366615
- Fri May 17, 2024 2:49 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
- Replies: 46
- Views: 988
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 ...
- Fri May 17, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Scottie Scheffler Arrested
- Replies: 15
- Views: 388
- Fri May 17, 2024 12:30 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
- Replies: 46
- Views: 988
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...
- Fri May 17, 2024 12:15 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: the 149th Preakness Stakes, call it!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 434
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...
- Wed May 15, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight
- Replies: 46
- Views: 988
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...
- Tue May 14, 2024 1:48 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: A Murder of Crows...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1359
- Mon May 13, 2024 2:42 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: A Murder of Crows...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1359
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:42 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Erf Day
- Replies: 17
- Views: 983
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Something You Don't See Every Day
- Replies: 0
- Views: 199
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:49 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Weekend Roll Call 4-27-24
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1185
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...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: A brilliant student of history
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1718
Re: A brilliant student of history
... which is WHY we need to nominate 6 more Supreme Court Justices ASAP!JPGettysburg wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:14 pm A 9-0 ruling CONFIRMS what we've already known all along.
Sin,
Emotionally Crippled Lefties
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:51 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: This should be interesting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 415
Re: This should be interesting
'Fraid we're gonna have to expect a "bootleg tape" or .ogg file for Tune Town aficionados.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:45 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: For all you dumbasses…
- Replies: 79
- Views: 4875
Re: For all you dumbasses…
RACK the General.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.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Post the best thing you saw on the internet today
- Replies: 678
- Views: 366615
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.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:32 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Roman Gabriel died this past week
- Replies: 5
- Views: 438
Re: Roman Gabriel died this past week
Roman Gabriel sporting a prototype "Hair Helmet"
Poptart, I was just getting into the NFL back then, too. RIP #18
Poptart, I was just getting into the NFL back then, too. RIP #18
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Erf Day
- Replies: 17
- Views: 983
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...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:18 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: A thread for things that don't warrant their own thread
- Replies: 1426
- Views: 531296
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:16 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: In This Thread Rootbeer Answers Your Automotive Questions
- Replies: 90
- Views: 238715
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.
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.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:54 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Haiku 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 622
Re: Haiku 2024
Okay all you clones
I am not going to read
Your Orenthal takes
I am not going to read
Your Orenthal takes
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:41 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Screwy’s Car-Free Soulmates
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1206
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:42 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Haiku 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 622
Re: Haiku 2024
A long-lost poster
Elvis Monster gently shoves
Twix bars up his ass
Elvis Monster gently shoves
Twix bars up his ass
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:35 pm
- Forum: Cul de Smack
- Topic: Haiku 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 622
Haiku 2024
Logged on T1B
Placer mining for gold takes
Left empty handed
Placer mining for gold takes
Left empty handed