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Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:15 am to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:15 am to kywildcatfanone
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Posted on 12/10/25 at 12:19 pm to kywildcatfanone
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You got any painting close to the ground for those of us not steady enough yet for a ladder?
After the Gonzaga game I worry about all my Kentucky friends. Mostly because, as an Arkansas fan, I've been there.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:42 pm to kywildcatfanone
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You got any painting close to the ground for those of us not steady enough yet for a ladder?
I actually do I plan on painting the inside stem wall with a white concrete sealer and stain.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 10:11 pm to OK Roughneck
That’s looking good
Posted on 12/11/25 at 5:07 am to Rockbrc
History December 11
359
Honoratus, first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office, after the Emperor Constantius creates a new senate for the East
1620
Mayflower Pilgrims come ashore in Plymouth Bay, traditionally thought to be at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts [NS: Dec 21]
1930
As the economic crisis grows, the Bank of the United States closes its doors.
1936
Britain's King Edward VIII abdicates the throne to marry American Wallis Warfield Simpson.
1941
The United States declares war on Italy and Germany.
1945
A Boeing B-29 Superfortress shatters all records by crossing the United States in five hours and 27 minutes.
1967
The Concorde, a joint British-French venture and the world's first supersonic airliner, is unveiled in Toulouse, France.
1972
Challenger, the lunar lander for Apollo 17, touches down on the moon's surface, the last time that men visit the moon.
2008
Bernard "Bernie" Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in what was called a $50-billion Ponzi scheme.
2012
British physicist, Stephen Hawking, wins the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most lucrative academic prize in the world
2014
World's 1st penis transplant procedure by a team from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
2015
"Playboy" magazine publishes its last nude issue, features Pamela Anderson on the cover
2020
America's FDA authorizes the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
2020
US Supreme Court rejects lawsuit by Texas to overturn Jo Biden's election in four battleground states, endorsed by 17 Republican attorney generals
2023
Canadian accused poison seller Kenneth Law who allegedly sent 200 packages to people in more than 40 countries, is charged with 14 counts of murder
Born on December 11
1940
Donna Mills, actress (Knots Landing TV series, Play Misty for Me movie).
1944
Teri Garr, actress, dancer (Tootsie, Mr. Mom).
1944
Brenda Lee, singer; her 37 US chart hits in the 1960s is surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis ("I'm Sorry," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree").
1950
Christina Onassis, businesswoman; inherited and operated the Onassis shipping businessh.
Joke of the day
What’s the difference between your wife and your job?
After five years, your job will still suck.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 5:25 am to Armymann50
Morning all
Posted on 12/11/25 at 5:27 am to kywildcatfanone
Good Morning Al
Posted on 12/11/25 at 6:18 am to Summer of Jimbo
Good morning
Posted on 12/11/25 at 8:09 am to Summer of Jimbo
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Good Morning Al
Posted on 12/11/25 at 8:57 am to paperwasp
Posted on 12/11/25 at 12:52 pm to Armymann50
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359
Honoratus, first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office, after the Emperor Constantius creates a new senate for the East
The death blow of what we think of as the traditional Roman Empire/Republic. Rome would hang on for another hundred years but it was effectively dead in the water.
150 years earlier Rome was the undisputed top power in the world, even surpassing the Chinese. However they fell victim to a belief that people still furiously fap to even today. "Hard men create soft times, which create soft men who create hard times."
horseshite. Utter BS. Hard men wound up as the Emperors and totally screwed things up by constantly waging wars and destroying the economy. That lead to a series of devastating civil wars which started the death spiral.
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1936
Britain's King Edward VIII abdicates the throne to marry American Wallis Warfield Simpson.
At the times this was extremely controversial. Many in the UK supported King Eddie... including his most fervent supporter Winston Churchill. Not even Queen Elizabeth would discover just how devoted to the Nazi cause Edward was until the 50s. Had he been the King in '39 there is an excellent choice the UK would have sued for peace.
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1944
Teri Garr, actress, dancer (Tootsie, Mr. Mom).
It is hard for folks to understand how much Garr was an absolute smoke show back in the day. Not only her looks, but her persona as this incredibly likable young lady.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:02 pm to Arksulli
Evening All
Posted on 12/12/25 at 4:14 am to OK Roughneck
Good morning
Posted on 12/12/25 at 5:00 am to Rockbrc
Morning all
Posted on 12/12/25 at 6:30 am to OK Roughneck
Today in History: December 12
1279 Discovery of a sarcophagus supposedly containing the body of Mary Magdalene in the crypt of the church of Saint-Maximin, southeastern France
1770 The British soldiers responsible for the "Boston Massacre" are acquitted on murder charges.
1943 The German Army launches Operation Winter Tempest, the relief of the Sixth Army trapped in Stalingrad.
1946 UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1985 Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff at Gander, Newfoundland; among the 256 dead are 236 members of the US Army's 101st Airborne Division.
2000 The US Supreme Court announces its decision in Bush v. Gore, effectively ending legal changes to the results of that year's Presidential election.
2015 COP21 climate change summit in Paris reaches a deal between 195 countries to limit the rise in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels
2016 Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte boasts he killed susected criminals personally when mayor of Davao City
2021 British PM Boris Johnson announces a emergency COVID-19 booster program to protect the NHS and stem a possible incoming “tidal wave of Omicron”
2022 The city of Richmond, Virginia, capital of the Confederacy during the US Civil War, removes its last Confederate statue, of Ambrose P. Hill
Born on December 12
1915 Frank Sinatra, American pop singer and actor.
1937 Buford Pusser, American sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, born in Finger, Tennessee
1952 Cathy Rigby, gymnast, actress.
Joke of the Day
A teenage boy was delivering papers to an apartment building
A teenage boy was delivering papers to an apartment building. While there, a stunning young woman came out of the apartment next to the mailboxes wearing only a robe. The boy smiled at the young woman and she started up a conversation with him. As they talked, her robe slipped open, and it was obvious that she had nothing else on. The poor kid broke into a sweat trying to maintain eye contact.
After a few minutes of flirting, she placed her hand on his arm and said, "Let's go to my apartment, I hear someone coming."
He followed her into her apartment; she closed the door and leaned against it, allowing her robe to fall off completely. Now nude, she purred at him, "What would you say is my best feature?"
Flustered and embarrassed, he finally squeaked, "It has to be your ears."
Astounded, and a little hurt she asked, "My ears? Look at these breasts; they are a full 38 inches and 100 percent natural. I work out every day and my arse is firm and solid. I have a 28 inch waist. Look at my skin, not a blemish anywhere, how can you say the best part of my body is my ears?"
Clearing his throat, he stammered, "Outside when you heard someone coming... that was me"
Posted on 12/12/25 at 11:39 pm to Armymann50
Night All
This post was edited on 12/12/25 at 11:49 pm
Posted on 12/13/25 at 3:57 am to OK Roughneck
Today in History: December 13
1266
Rebels holed up inside Kenilworth Castle surrender after 172 days to Henry III, ending one of the longest sieges in medieval English history
1814
General Andrew Jackson announces martial law in New Orleans, Louisiana, as British troops disembark at Lake Borne, 40 miles east of the city. The Battle of New Orleans
1951
After meeting with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, President Harry S Truman vows to purge all disloyal government workers.
1968
President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mexico's President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz meet on a bridge at El Paso, Texas, to officiate at ceremonies returning the long-disputed El Chamizal area to the Mexican side of the border.
1972
Astronaut Gene Cernan climbs into his lunar lander on the moon and prepares to lift off. He is the last man to set foot on the moon.
1973
Great Britain cuts the work week to three days to save energy.
1981
Polish labor leader Lech Walesa is arrested and the government decrees martial law, restricting civil rights and suspending operation of the independent trade union Solidarity.
2003
Deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein captured; he is found hiding in near his home town of Tikrit.
2021
1 in a 100 Americans aged over 65 has now died of COVID-19, or 75% of total deaths, according to the CDC
Born on December 13
1948
Ted Nugent, singer, songwriter, musician, actor.
1989
Taylor Swift, multiple award-winning crossover country singer, actress; youngest-ever Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year and youngest artist ever to win an Album of the Year Grammy.
Joke of the Day
Today at the gym I asked a girl what her New Year's resolution was.
She said "frick you."
So I'm pretty excited for 2024.
Posted on 12/13/25 at 4:07 am to Armymann50
Good morning
Posted on 12/13/25 at 4:55 am to Rockbrc
Morning all
Posted on 12/13/25 at 11:05 am to Armymann50
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1814
General Andrew Jackson announces martial law in New Orleans, Louisiana, as British troops disembark at Lake Borne, 40 miles east of the city. The Battle of New Orleans
A prime example of something that we, today, have a hard time grasping about warfare until recently. The essentially decentralized nature of command when it came to fighting wars outside of your territory.
The Battle of New Orleans was meant to end the war with an assault on the long time US city of... hehe... sorry. Couldn't resist. New Orleans had only been in US custody for a very short period of time. The French founded it, the Spanish wound up in possession of it, and then the French sold it to the US.
So the Spanish, after dragging their heels for years surrendered it to the French, who, a couple of days later, surrendered it to the US. History is weird folks.
Regardless, Britain's two big "knockout" attempts to end the War of 1812 had both been centered around seizing vital US ports. First Baltimore and now New Orleans. For most of a year the British had slowly built up their forces in the Caribbean. Taking New Orleans would surely force the US to agree to a peace favorable for the British!
And instead they lost. (Southern Louisiana is not a good place to launch an amphibious assault). This would give the US the upper hand in negotiations. Except that the battle happened almost a week after a peace treaty had been signed. It took too long for a messenger ship to get back to the States and then down to the Gulf of Mexico.
That is why many "colonial" wars were a fairly vague set of instructions "try to capture this city" from the government followed by the local commanders exercising broad powers of discretion. The communications lag was too heavy for much else.
Who won the War of 1812? Britain came out mildly ahead on the treaty but in all honest the US and UK were both losers. The real winners? The future country of Canada.
They had decisively defeated an American invasion attempt and held onto their local sovereignty. Which they are quite proud of in case anyone is wondering Canada's response to becoming the 51st state is a rousing chorus of "f*ck off eh?"
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