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I stumbled upon some videos of The Carpenters, and I was again entranced by Karen Carpenter’s voice.  I heard her singing described as “wrapping each note in velvet and laying it gently upon your ear”.

So true.  She had such a beautiful, one-of-a-kind gift.

RIP Karen.

So, more Merry Christmas to the Couch.


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Adee
December 4, 2022 11:10 pm

I’m also sad someone else has taken the LST name.  Just hope they are civilized folks who will not sully the name, especially when local folk who don’t read Hambone daily suddenly find out that somebody else has taken it. And then wonder where we have gone.  I also recall Squawk offering to buy it some time ago.  We’ve been… Read more »

El Gordo
December 4, 2022 10:10 pm

Nite all.

Shannon
Admin
December 4, 2022 10:05 pm

BSue was tired of my nonsense and suggested, STRONGLY I may add, that I go find something to do.

heh

Shannon
Admin
December 4, 2022 10:02 pm
squawkbox
Admin
December 4, 2022 9:33 pm

Super Dave

#131

That is a good one

Super Dave
December 4, 2022 9:30 pm

#130 Squawk, I do understand……  😀

Super Dave
December 4, 2022 9:28 pm

Before I go I have a picture that was taken in Dallas County Alabama, (think Selma), of a nice lady and her Banty rooster about 1940, is that a neat picture or what?

squawkbox
Admin
December 4, 2022 9:28 pm

Texpat and Super Dave I offered to buy LST name for a pretty sizable price a couple time.  Benzine just said no.  I asked him ot contact me if he ever wanted to get rid of it.  I have a theory I will keep to myself why it came up for sale. Super Dave it all depends on who the… Read more »

Super Dave
December 4, 2022 9:25 pm

Well sister just left after watching Yellowstone and having a fine T Bone before that. We had a fine visit and I had a hard time keeping up with wife and sister’s stories, man they know where all the bodies are buried in the Marley Mill area. Last night wife went to Ebenezer Baptist Church over near Long Street Range… Read more »

Super Dave
December 4, 2022 9:13 pm

Oh and Squawk and Texpat  this is just a Drive-By and I too hate that Lone Star Times was lost but why is the new site all about Indonesia?! I just don’t get it.

Super Dave
December 4, 2022 9:10 pm

I hope the Georgia GOP runs Duncan out of the party.

Don’t hold your breath but Georgia should be better some states. Wyoming got it right but they are ruby red.

Super Dave
December 4, 2022 9:07 pm

#122 Texpat, Yup, I just caught a clip of him on TV today where he said he couldn’t vote for Herschel Walker and my first thought was that he didn’t give a damn about his party or the country for that matter he is just the typical politician doing what he thinks will advance his career. ~SPITS~

Texpat
Admin
December 4, 2022 8:53 pm

105 Squawk

I’m a little irritated DB didn’t at least contact you and me to see if we wanted to preserve the domain.  I would’ve paid just to keep anyone else from having it.

squawkbox
Admin
December 4, 2022 7:49 pm

Sheesh

I can’t win

SIGH……………..

Texpat
Admin
December 4, 2022 7:49 pm

They are fleeing the Mainline. After a controversial stance against same sex marriages and LGBTQ clergy members was upheld by a slim majority in 2019, congregations across the country are seeking to leave the denomination through a meticulous process called disaffiliation. Although the two conferences meeting this weekend do not cover the Dallas-Fort Worth area, up to 439 churches across… Read more »

Texpat
Admin
December 4, 2022 6:31 pm

106 Super Dave They don’t call the GOP the Stupid Party for nothing ! Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) said in an interview with CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion that he does not think Walker is the right challenger for Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA). The two are facing off in a runoff election on Tuesday. plus this, “I’m a conservative because I think… Read more »

squawkbox
Admin
December 4, 2022 6:29 pm

Mr GJT

#117

It is all good man.  BSue was tired of my nonsense and suggested, STRONGLY I may add, that I go find something to do.  Through some cosmic events all things came together to give me something to do.  Tinkering on the back end was just in time, life saving (MINE) I may add.

Katfish
December 4, 2022 6:24 pm

#116 – McQueen’s son engaged Gas Monkey garage to build the Mustang for the video anniversary re-do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGiwESoX4Gc

GJT
GJT
December 4, 2022 5:54 pm

He said it was the best chicken he’d ever had. Hard to compete against yourself, hope I am successful lol.

GJT
GJT
December 4, 2022 5:51 pm

Wife’s nephew came to visit from New Hampshire last night and staying here a few days, DROVE! thirty hours straight through.

Anyhow, he remembered my beer can chicken and grilled foil wrapped diced potatoes from when he was a kid and requested it. We are at 162 degrees at the moment. 😀

GJT
GJT
December 4, 2022 5:45 pm

Mester Squawk – I was not mentioning the log on issue to mean anything be done about it. Don’t know if you already did anything but the issue went away it seems today. Many thanks.

Shannon
Admin
December 4, 2022 5:43 pm

Lost the link, but I read where Spielberg and Steve McQueen’s son and granddaughter are teaming up to make a sequel to Bullitt.

El Gordo
December 4, 2022 5:10 pm

This batch of soup turned out very good.  Spicy, but not too hot; veges crunchy, but not too crunchy.  I’ll have to let it cool for at least a couple of hours before putting it away.  I might have to have one more cup just before bedtime tonight.

El Gordo
December 4, 2022 3:59 pm

#108 – pants = Plants.  My wireless keyboard must be getting old as it’s starting to nor respond exactly to what I hit on the keyboard.

bsue54
December 4, 2022 3:44 pm

#107  SuperDave – Right – I definitely wouldn’t call him “Here Kitty Kitty Kitty!!!!”

mharper42
mharper42
December 4, 2022 3:42 pm

I’m back from Kroger with 60 more lbs of dog kibble for the night crew. So far, after I use the cane to get around for first 15-20 mins after I get up, my leg pain subsides and I’m able to walk. Yes, I have my doc appt on Tuesday, but remains to be seen if she will have any… Read more »

Super Dave
December 4, 2022 3:34 pm

Say, what are “pepper pants”?

Pepper plants?

Super Dave
December 4, 2022 3:33 pm

Happy 58th Birthday to the beautiful & talented Marisa Tomei!!! ….Dang is it getting warm in here or is it just me?   😀

mharper42
mharper42
December 4, 2022 3:32 pm

#99 EG

Say, what are “pepper pants”?

Super Dave
December 4, 2022 3:31 pm

bsue #5) BFC is what you say when you see him in the wild.   😀

Super Dave
December 4, 2022 3:30 pm

Attention!; Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan is an EVIL SLIMBALL!!!….. Think Liz Cheney here.  ~SPITS~

squawkbox
Admin
December 4, 2022 3:13 pm

Looks to me like Benzine let go of the Lonestartimes name……. and someone picked it up.

This makes me sad.

wagonburner
Editor
December 4, 2022 3:09 pm

I like mine better.

bsue54
December 4, 2022 3:06 pm

 

What are it’s five common names?

With Squawk’s assistance, I think I got ’em all…

1) mountain lion

2) Puma

3) Cougar

4) Fluffy

5) BFC

Bonecrusher
December 4, 2022 3:00 pm

Mountain Lion

Cougar

Puma

Panther

Cat-A-Mount

wagonburner
Editor
December 4, 2022 2:51 pm

what are it’s five common names?

  1. Steve
  2. Bob
  3. Rachel
  4. Mary
  5. Fluffy?

 

squawkbox
Admin
December 4, 2022 2:45 pm

BLOG MONKEY GETS AN UPGRADE Elon Musk shared a video of a monkey demonstrating “telepathic typing” during Neuralink’s show-and-tell event on Wednesday night. In the demo video, the monkey appears to type out words on a screen using only his mind, thanks to an implanted brain chip. Musk was quick to explain that the monkey was using his mind to… Read more »

El Gordo
December 4, 2022 2:36 pm

My soup veges are all chopped up and on the stove.  I fund some chicken legs on sale, so I steamed them up in the Instapot while I was chopping veges.  I got a new enameled cast iron dutch oven a while back and decided to give it a try since this batch of veges is larger than I usually… Read more »

squawkbox
Admin
December 4, 2022 2:32 pm

I love this……. ECONOMIC REALITIES DASH BIDEN’S OFFSHORE WIND PLANS But then we knew that… oh BTW Climate Change legislation is more about control but I digress As Haaland made clear, the Biden administration’s offshore wind efforts are about more than fighting climate change. They also amount to a federally financed jobs program with hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars… Read more »

squawkbox
Admin
December 4, 2022 2:14 pm

One more piece of evidence that our legal system defenders are WOKE. No Dissent on Abortion Allowed at Hogan Lovells The global law firm fired me for defending the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. Someone made a formal complaint to the firm. Later that day, Hogan Lovells suspended my contracts, cut off my contact with clients, removed me from email and… Read more »

Bonecrusher
December 4, 2022 1:41 pm

what are it’s five common names?

wagonburner
Editor
December 4, 2022 1:31 pm

According to BlogMonkey, the only cat allowed to be posted on this site is…

This is what a cat should look like.

See the source image

Nice kitty.

mharper42
mharper42
December 4, 2022 12:43 pm

And a brisk new day to The Couch! I can’t say Morning, since it took me this far past 12 noon to get to hamous.net. Well, my 20-Y.O Millie is grumpy this morning; she’s had 4 bowls of food so far but is complaining that she’s still hungry. Me, I worked the sudoku in record time then dug into my… Read more »

Texpat
Admin
December 4, 2022 12:18 pm

When I jack up any vehicle, truck or car, I chock the wheels front and back and set the emergency brake after I make sure it is in park mode.  I use heavy duty jackstands, always. I do not understand people who don’t. “I couldn’t get a good angle, so I slid my body underneath the truck and was hitting… Read more »

Dr phil Good-E=1984
December 4, 2022 12:16 pm

One in bucket has two links.
Thx.

El Gordo
December 4, 2022 12:13 pm

I’m thinking that this may be another cabbage soup making day.  I think I’ll use chicken thighs in it this time.  The ingredients do not sound all that appetizing, but I’ve found that it tastes pretty good, is filling, and is almost keto (carrots and onions are really not keto but they are not just overloaded with carbs like a… Read more »

Dr phil Good-E=1984
December 4, 2022 12:03 pm

Always trust the ex-spurts. 2020 and 2022 were the most secure elections ever The wooden dummy really did get 81 million votes Fetterman is a genius Trump colluded with Russia and wizzed on the Kenyan’s mattress in Russia. the propagandist media is not bias in favor of totalitariancrats Kentucky swamp turtles eat Chinese food. well, maybe. twitter doesn’t censor corn-servatives… Read more »