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There we go, it’s Friday!
And I didn’t think we’d make it to Friday.
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Who decides what words mean?
Bound by rules, yet constantly changing, language might be the ultimate self-regulating system, with nobody in charge.Language changes all the time. Some changes really are chaotic, and disruptive. Take decimate, a prescriptivist shibboleth. It comes from the old Roman practice of punishing a mutinous legion by killing every 10th soldier (hence that deci- root). Now we don’t often need a word for destroying exactly a 10th of something – this is the ‘etymological fallacy’, the idea that a word must mean exactly what its component roots indicate. But it is useful to have a word that means to destroy a sizeable proportion of something. Yet many people have extended the meaning of decimate until now it means something approaching ‘to wipe out utterly’.
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EL Gordo, go Armadillos! San Saba, all the way.
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Oh and it’s Pearl Harbor Day.
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Morning gang. I was chock full of knowledge to relay here to the group this morning, but looks like SD has covered just about everything that’s important to know. Rainy and cool in the low 40’s this morning. I might make the late session of the morning group of Olde Pharts for coffee here in a few minutes. It seems like Saturday after I had to play that tough game last night, and it will take me a few days to readjust to that. People keep mixing up these hours and days just to confuse old folks like me. You all have a great day.
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Speaking of irrelevant things that absolutely nobody could care about, it seems there is a movement under foot to dismiss a knee grow from hosting some Hollerwood show that no one watches any more because he said something about some other protected group. It interesting watching the lefties eat themselves. At least Drudge thinks it’s interesting.
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The Black Bean Episode, an aftermath of the Mier Expedition, resulted from an attempted escape of the captured Texans as they were being marched from Mier to Mexico City. After an escape at Salado, Tamaulipas, on February 11, 1843, some 176 of the men were recaptured within about a week. A decree that all who participated in the break were to be executed was modified to an order to kill every tenth man. Col. Domingo Huerta was to be in charge of the decimation. The victims were chosen by lottery, each man drawing a bean from an earthen jar containing 176 beans, seventeen black beans being the tokens signifying death.
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The End is Nigh when Florida trailer parks start having “architectural review committees”.
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On the top of page A6 of the dead tree version of the Houston Comical today there is an article titled ‘Woman who framed boyfriend freed from jail’ that is well worth the time to read.
It seems that some with wimminzes will lie to get back at an ex lover. In this case it was lies about death threats, in other cases it is lies about rape or sexual assault. The notion that wimminzes never lie about rape is absurd. -
The Clinton email thing is going to make another lap.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/judge-orders-justice-state-departments-to-reopen-narrow-inquiry-into-handling-of-clinton-email-records-lawsuit/2018/12/06/71d03530-f9a1-11e8-863c-9e2f864d47e7_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.de343d5a90d7 -
The Judicial Branch is so termite infested that even Orkin quoted Roberto Duran and said “no mas”.
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The Olde Pharts coffee club ran overtime this morning as those members who actually attended last night’s football game each took the stage to talk about how cold it was, how wet it was, and how we managed to win in spite of what used to be called perfect football weather. The rain has stopped most outdoor farming activities, so the farmers are looking for something to do today. Everyone seems to agree that football might run into a buzz saw next week, but they are still looking forward to going once the date and site are determined.
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Reopening a narrow inquiry into the Klint(g)on email scam really means this.
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Walked & delivered 3 blocks worth of my HOA newsletters before the Winter Storm Diego rains start flooding northwest Houston. Now I can do anything I like for several days. Sleep sounds good.
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I don’t think I’m allowed to comment on how bad the weather conditions must be for the little old ladies HOA brigade to go indoors for an extended period and stop patrolling for violations. Maybe they just build up a surplus of violations in storage so that they can write them up on rainy days in between taking photos of their cats.
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So all normal weather events have a name now.
How about winter storm Pork-n-Beans or maybe just a generic name will do.
That dude on the cover looks like he’s about visit The Ministry of Silly Walks.
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Good thing I am not sensitive to derision and ridicule such as I occasionally see on this Comfy Couch. Stop running, EG. No need.
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How about naming a storm after the generic weather guesser:. Tropical Storm Panty Wetter
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We went to Seabrook Classic Cafe for lunch and I had the blackened snapper with fry’s and slaw, topped off with peach cobbler, dang, it was good.
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Hey Super Dave what’s for supper?
Well we got blackened snapper
With fries and slaw
And peach cobbler for desert
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Today’s lunch here – day old chili, microwaved with sharp cheddar cheese and day old cornbread. A little dash of sweet cow’s milk on the side. Not bad for a rainy day.
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On this day 77 years ago, Japan launched a surprise attack against a U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor in the then-American territory of Hawaii. Over 2,400 Americans were killed, over 1,000 wounded on that day. The countries were not at war at the time. The next day, the U.S. Congress declared war against Japan. Speaking to a joint session of Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) called the day of the attack “a date which will live in infamy.” Three days later, Germany and Italy declared war against the U.S.; the U.S. then declared war against Germany and Italy. Thus did the U.S. enter into what was later called World War ll, which had been raging in Europe and elsewhere for over two years.
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I think it’s a great day for HOA French drain and gutter inspections.
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Here’s an AOC for dessert…
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HOA does not inspect anything. We look for violations of the deed restrictions that are visible from the street. Now, if your gutter fell off the front of your house, we would probably see that and take a photo of it. In fact, I have a photo of just such an event. -
If you hang a deer by the hind legs in a tree in your front yard and then gut it, does that count?
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Anybody notice that HOA and AOC have the same number of letters?
Just saying….
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No animal butchery in the front yard allowed in my subdivision.
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Given the current state of the union in 10 more years and she’ll be a serious contender for president/dictator.
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Driving through the old part of Clear Lake a couple of years ago, I had to slow down to keep from hitting a Honda Foreman 4 wheeler on the side of the road. That is when I noticed it was being used to hoist up a Russian Boar, in an oak tree. The guy was butchering his hog right in his front yard! I just had to stop and say hi. 😀
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As seen over yonder; Bush 4141 and a Cub Scout.
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#33 – Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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The guy was butchering his hog right in his front yard!
You mean he actually had it strung up by its hind legs to drain it?
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#35 Bones, yup, dumping the guts into a large trash can. I have no idea what he did with it after that.
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The guy was butchering his hog right in his front yard!
It wouldn’t make sense to do it in the back yard. Then you’d have to drag that trash can full of guts all the way to the front yard to load in your truck.
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We’ve been under a flash flood watch for two days and i haven’t seen it drop of rain yet.
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It just started raining here in the barrio. Just call me Rainmaker.
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Or just call Phil Rainmaker.
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Stevie’s a rainmaker.
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Good afternoon Hamsters. At least several media outlets are recognizing today as Pearl Harbor Day. Guess they are tired of being harassed yearly for omitting mention of it or burying it in the want ads section.
As we lose those who were there and survived the attack, I would wager their descendants will not forget and will keep reminding the media of the day’s significance.
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It’s been raining non-stop since about 2 pm at Chez Harp. Currently described in weather.com as Heavy Rain, probability 100%. Between 7 pm and 1 am, expected to be thunderstorms, not just rain. But rain should be about done by 6 a.m.
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Steady rain out here began on the moors of the Brazos about 1:30, slowly at first but robust now, almost an inch. Brought the mares in about 3 as it got stronger and the temp tanked into the upper 50s. Not gonna be a nice night to be outside.
Spouse’s brother and wife are in Paris, France on vacation this week, having only been there for a day several years previously on a tour. And of course they wanted to see a whole lot more stuff. Unfortunately things are not peaceful in Paris and elsewhere in France owing to protests by ordinary citizens over outrageous tax increases to combat the mythical global warming hoax. It appears ole PM Macron and henchmen are paying attention now.
And of course their tours, hotel accommodations, and airline tickets are all prepaid and would be difficult to cancel and receive full refund as the unrest there hasn’t gotten critical—yet. So they are being very cautious and have also registered with the US Embassy. Hope they don’t have to take refuge there. The protesting isn’t being reported much by US media, deliberately it seems. Hummm. Will be happy to get their email that they’re on the way home.
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Hamous made it rain.
And I was just about to wash my car.
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There just ain’t no justice in this world.
Now 47, Armstrong reached a $5 million settlement with the US federal government in April when they could have sought up to $100 million if the suit went to trial. But that doesn’t appear to come close to the windfall he’s made on an early investment in Uber.
The Texas native invested $100,000 with a venture capital firm in 2009, the bulk of which went to the ride-sharing app that he says was valued at just $3.7 million at the time.
Today, as the company prepares for its IPO, banks have valued it as high as $120 billion. That could make Armstrong’s shares worth more than $3 billion, but he declined to reveal the exact figure, simply telling CNBC the number is “too good to be true” and “it’s saved our family.”
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AND………….yet another REIGN
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I see the local Newspeakers are covering a regular rain storm like it’s Harvey II.
Panic manufacturing Losers.
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42 Adee
Pearl Harbor Day never went unobserved in our house growing up. Our mother would always retell her story of being in downtown Houston with my grandparents at one of the big, old hotels. She was 15 years old. They were there for the weekend because my grandfather had a convention to attend. After lunch, they went out onto the street and there were dozens of paperboys with sacks of hastily printed news bulletins from the Post, Chronicle and Press yelling, “Read all about it – Japan attacks America !” My mother was horrified. It never occurred to her anybody could attack this country.
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Blind man goes to the general store
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Cool story from October.
The Sentinels of the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier hold among the most revered posts in the U.S. armed forces, so it makes sense that they should have a sidearm to match.
Sig Sauer will present a cache of four specially-designed 9mm M17 pistols to Tomb Guard Platoon of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), the company announced on Oct. 3.
Created to the same specs as the M17’s adopted as part of the Army’s Modular Handgun System and fielded to soldiers earlier this year, the ceremonial M17 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Pistols are distinguished by a stainless steel slide and a custom wood and aluminum grip.
More importantly, each of the four pistols will have a unique name: Silence, Respect, Dignity, or Perseverance.
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One of my sisters-in-law was returning from visiting family in Australia yesterday. The last leg of that brutal journey was Dallas to San Angelo. On the final approach to the San Angelo Airport the plane very suddenly began climbing a steep angle and turning away. Momentarily the pilot informed them that some kind of navigational aid had failed on the ground and they were headed for Abilene.
Don’t plan on flying into San Angelo for at least two weeks. The airport is closed until this system is replaced, according to the sister-in-law.
I can’t find any kind of news story to confirm this.
This is her second trip to Australia and has made it clear to all concerned that she will never set foot on an airplane again. 🙂
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The Australia to America plane ride is enough to cure anybody (except our uncle) from ever wanting to fly again. I never went to visit my Indonesian customers even after one offered to buy me a ticket. I couldn’t stand the thought of being cooped up on a plane for that long.
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Just saw a Mexican cartel hitwoman in a YT video get off a motorcycle and shoot 5 men dead in the street in Veracruz. She remounted and took off like nothing ever happened.
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I was hoping the airplane geeks around here could discuss what could possibly go down at an airport that would have diverted that plane on final approach. And would take two weeks to replace or find spares.
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Well, I’ve checked my sources and I can find no planes from DFW to KSJT diverted and no notams indicating any problems at San Angelo wither yesterday or today. If you have a carrier and a flight number, that makes following it a bit simpler. I’ll see if I can post a link on here that may help. I haven’t checked Abilene yet to see about their arrivals, but that’s next.
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#51 Texpat, I saw that in American Rifleman last month, beautiful pistols.
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52 Shannon
San Angelo’s Mathis Field is open for business. Flight data real time at FlightAware here.
But that’s not what’s important. The real story is the Airport Cafe at the airport there. A guy from Taiwan runs it and it gets “best airport food ever ratings.” Who ever thought you could get great Chinese food in San Angelo ?
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I was hoping the airplane geeks around here could discuss what could possibly go down at an airport that would have diverted that plane on final approach. And would take two weeks to replace or find spares.
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Maybe the flight was out of Love.
Problem is, we got all of this information “third hand”. (All women.)
So
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What
That
Means,
ELGordo.When I get it from the horse’s mouth we will revisit this story. But I assume she is sound asleep by now.
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I see the local Newspeakers are covering a regular rain storm like it’s Harvey II.
Not just local. It’s nationwide. I just got a text from a friend in northwest Missouri:
Hey Mark. Saw bad weather in Houston. You doing ok?
It’s raining but not particularly hard.
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#60 – OK, check this out. Envoy Dep DFW 4:35 (Thurs) and arrives 6:53 or 1 hour and 19 minutes late. The route does not actually show a landing at San Angelo.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ENY3681/history/20181206/2250Z/KDFW/KSJT
Now, if you click on the line just above the highlighted one, it shows San Angelo to Abilene – presumably the same plane. Before you leave that page, you can click on the view track log button on the right lower side, and it will display a bunch of numbers and check points, etc. It will include altitude and speed and you can see the take off and descent, etc. that with a little study you can make out.Now I’m going to the Abilene page to note the flight. Now, when you click on the SJT to ABI leg, once again find the “view track log” button, and there you will see where the flight was diverted. We don’t know why, but it was flying low and slow the entire time if you look at the speeds and altitudes. Now we have a mystery on our hands, but I can’t access the ATC tapes. Looks like something happened though to cause it to divert, but if it were a plane problem, they would probably divert to some place where they could get repairs. So, who knows, but, there’s another thing to consider which I’ll get in to later.
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San Angelo Regional Airport-Mathis Field serves more than 66,000 passengers annually via five American Eagle flights daily on regional jets to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
By comparison, IAH serves 41,000,000 per year. Atlanta serves over 100 million.
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IIRC San Angelo is the closet one can order a Green Chile Double at Whataburger…………….YUM!
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Hearing some thunder north of us, corresponds to where I see the lightning zigzags on doppler radar. Rain is now intermittent. 4 raccoons have been able to come out and eat on the patio, under the breezeway, gave them enough cover from the rain. Oh, and White Oak Bayou is up 6 ft at the nearest gauge to Chez Harp.
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Power just went out for a couple seconds. We’re all gonna die.
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Just imagine the horror we’d be facing if we hadn’t approved Prop A!
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OK, on this page you can make out the small red circle out in west Texas somewhere. That is a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) for a small area of air space near the San Angelo airport. Apparently they are testing some secret drones or UFO’s or something out there, and they frequently close off that little bit of space. Anyone filing an IFR flight plan, especially a corporate flyer, should have any restrictions like that noted before he ever takes off or at worst somewhere in flight before actually encountering such a space. That’s the only kind of problem that I can see that might affect a flight into San Angelo.
https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr_map_ims/html/ew/scale2/tile_2_2.htmlBTW, I cannot tell when the plane left Abilene since the flight number was terminated when it arrived in Abilene. How did the passengers ever get to where they were going?
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How did the passengers ever get to where they were going?
I have no idea about the rest, but Sis-in-law’s son and daughter-in-law hopped in the pickup and drove to Abilene and picked her up.
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Thanks for the detective work!
ELGordo, P.I.
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Robert Stack was great as Rex Kramer talking Striker down.
Yelling at him the whole time.–“you’re too low d@mmit.”
Always gets me.
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Hmm, is it still Friday?
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Whew, that was a close one.
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Hey, Hamous paid the Light Bill!
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I checked in about 6 AM and got THIS.
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