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Who could ever have guessed that a thread about space travel on an AoSHQ thread would devolve into discussions about zero-G sex?

I did not see that coming.

Did anyone tell Ace that the "Stupid Dum-Dum Children" article is in the sidebar twice?

Did anyone tell Ace that the "Stupid Dum-Dum Children" article is in the sidebar twice?

Carpenters...

I don't often admit it, but in the mid-1970s, out in New Mexico, we tried selling Pyramid Greenhouses. Yes, official pyramid-power-channeling Cheops-angle pyramids!

Long story about our almost getting conned into working with another scam Pyramid Power company (honest to God con man, who went to jail), but through that we met Frank, former Hollywood set builder. Among his stories were building a whole Western town in So NM, and a working elevator for an episode of Mission Impossible. Had his blueprints for the big penis from Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex hanging in his bathroom. Wonderful man, he and his wonderful wife, Jean, befriended us idiots.

Anyway, we asked Frank about designing a pyramid greenhouse. Gave him just the "Cheops" angle, and that we wanted a same-angle base (four trapezoidal panels). Frank took a pencil, did a few figures on a 2x4, built a jig, cut the frame pieces, which included some crazy angles at the peak, assembled them in the jig, we added the plastic cover in the shop, then trucked the pieces out to his back yard, built the foundation, set up the diamond-shaped structure, put on the flashing, and finally added the doorway.

We walked inside, he looked up at where one panel met another at the corners and noted that there was an almost indiscernible gap (on the inside of course). He said, "I'll have to adjust that by 1°." Stunning!

We actually sold a few. They were genuinely good greenhouses!

Then an employee sabotaged and wrecked us, but that's another story.

Willowed, of course.

Bandersnatch: That's quay quay.

Unfortunately for the pun, isn't that pronounced "key"? Or is that just the Brits' pronunskiation?

(Looks it up) - well, "key" as 3rd allowed pronunskiation... (key, kay, kway)

...Christianity as a subset of Judaism...

The bacon-eating faction.

Seamus Muldoon: (Hope she enjoys it- let me know)

Um, well, early review, I think that's a yes, she does - she doesn't stay up late reading things she doesn't like. I'll elicit further comments, and encourage her to add some to Amazon. Then, maybe she'll let me read it.

Lea: What is up with Missouri lately? this is uncomfortably close to Arkansas...

And Oklahoma.

*

Seamus Muldoon: Have a Snickers, Thad.

This is not a good place to walk in with a chip on your shoulder.

BTW, Seamus! Milady blames you for keeping her up late at night lately.

Um.. your book, I mean, of course.

I wish I had something to add. But I don't.

Including this.

Been decades. Past time I read Tom and Huck again.

I would've been first but I stopped to read the content.

Morning, Glories! Sun's up, slightly overcast, but another beautiful day in the forecast.

Spent some of yesterday squirting a tube of tar into all the likely leaky spots on the roof. Now I wait for rain to see how I did.

Whatcha all been talkin' 'bout this morning? Lemme see...

*jump to top of heap*

Unlurking.

Can't believe what a trip down virtual memory lane this thread became. Some of it before my time, some not.

But, I'm caving under the weight of 1100+ comments.

If I don't make it, tell the ONT hello and good night, Gracies, for me.

From what I saw, Sooth irritated Maet FBoFW. Maet said cut it out or I'll ban you. Sooth poked further. So, Maet banned him with a "toldja so."

I saw Sooth again in the last thread, so I guess it was a wrist-slap, not a hard ban.

Someone said it's not Maet's blog. No, but he's in charge of ONT time. You just don't provoke the hosts; never a good idea. Try aggravating the Ewok some time on a grouchy day and see how that works for you.

They really pulled the buck-hunting nun story just because of jerk comments? That's painful.

Glad it was still up on the link posted here.

When we moved back to rural OK from urban Chicago a bit over two decades ago, the tenant-neighbor's son-in-law came to me to talk about his deer management. I stopped him, gathered the city-bred kids around, and asked him to tell them all about it.

Where he had his blind, being a bow hunter, tracking down wounded-not-killed deer, keeping out the drunk hunters wandering in from neighboring ranches, necessity of keeping the deer population down, the whole thing. It was great and I was so glad the kids got the lecture as soon as we got here.

Been thinking I ought to ask him to go through it again, for a video.

the 150th anniversary of ending slavery...

Ulp. I seem to remember the 100th... I was young, though...

FRJ: ...Somebody once cut and pasted the entire contents of a thread into a single comment box.

Think that was jwest just a couple of days ago. Wasn't the first time, though. Always a major embarreling. I think jwest may still be in there, stuck to the bottom.

Kafiroon was just enhancing the art post by demonstrating effective use of white space.

Funny thing: HTML specs call for multiple line-feeds or line feeds and blanks (spaces) to be compressed into just one line-feed IIRC. Not that any browsers do it, because, bad coders must be accommodated.

Colin: Trump Las Vegas Hotel workers and their supporters took to the streets Friday evening...

Unions v Trump. Taking flak, over target.

Wouldn't it be amusing if Trump treated them like Reagan treated the air traffic controllers!

MrScribbler: ...Trump is a blank slate for his detractors...

McS, I think that's far more true than that he's a blank slate for his followers! I've seen and heard so much of discussions that just dismiss Trump in passing - clown, nutjob, con artist.

Since I'm (finally) caught up on comments, it must be time for something fresh to be posted. I'm thinking, trees and water, or maybe a bowl of fruit with wormy apples. Or roses.