XENIAL.

AnonySchmoose comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Was searching for more information on how much xenial is used, but found a similar word. Xenial appears to have nothing to do with the word xennial, which refers to the micro-generation between Generation X and Millenials, or those born between 1977 and 1983. They appear to be disenfranchised more...

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@AnonySchmoose >French people to whom I tried speaking French looked puzzled, and on the verge of smirking. Dam American accent.

XENIAL.

AnonySchmoose comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Was searching for more information on how much xenial is used, but found a similar word. Xenial appears to have nothing to do with the word xennial, which refers to the micro-generation between Generation X and Millenials, or those born between 1977 and 1983. They appear to be disenfranchised more...

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@AnonySchmoose Petunia says she's my spouse and claims to have signed documents, videos, pictures, tax returns, etc. June isn't related to me at all. She's a nodding buddy.

For a bunch of people who wanted a penpal.

St-Sinner comments on May 16, 2019:

Afterlife?

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@Lavergne The after life is the narcisstic belief the party can't go on without you.

“You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.” Sam Harris

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 3, 2019:

I think I'm going to rain.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@Coffeeman Nobody can stand you if you had beer and hard boiled eggs for lunch.

Who's working tonight?

JimG comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Carlos must not have a life.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@JimG Some companies try to fill their staff with temp workers using a policy that only **full time** workers after a year on the job can get a paid vacation. One such example is Walmart, one the largest retail company in the US along with McDonald's. Along with paying employee close to minimum wage (not a living wage) they inspire no employee loyalty. It makes employees constantly look for better paying full time work, leaving the company at a whim. That in turn forces the company to constantly hire and train new employees. Instead of paying a living wage, they spend their money a screening new workers and training them costing them more than if they paid a living wage. It's amazingly short sighted on their part. If they're always hiring that's one of the major reasons. Naturally, those companies require a two week notice to quit but will fire an employee on a whim. Of course, those kind of companies are aggressively non-union. Because of under reported union busting activities, union memberships continue to decline in the US. Because this is extremely common in Dixie, I consider Dixie a region wide job training program. Once you've destroyed enough heavy equipment until you know what you're doing, you hunt down a job that pays better. We'un's crazy we is. If I could only line up a job in Rotterdam, I'd move.

Just a reminder: in a 2016 article, Franklin Graham calls for school boards to be dominated be ...

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I grew up going to public schools with the daily prayer and the idol worship of the flag pledge. T'ain't nothing new to me. We'un's all crazy in the states. Let's all go indiscriminately bomb the heathens somewhere we'un's we can't find on a map.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@Rob1948 All of that is based on " if I rightly remember. . . . " Now go look it up. I'm stealing this from the #1 cat trick: made you look!

“You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.” Sam Harris

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 3, 2019:

I think I'm going to rain.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@Moravian Here's hoping it's all gentle freeps and not triple flutter thunder blasts.

I’ve never had a pet, but I had a roommate who owned a black cat named Pixie.

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I boarded my cat, Percy, this weekend. You wouldn't guess how insecure he's feeling now. He's following me around, demanding love. Is that what happens with straight married couples?

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@Dicaron I don't think I could live with a woman who was an unctuous sycophant who loved to swing from the curtains.

“You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.” Sam Harris

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 3, 2019:

I think I'm going to rain.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@Moravian Is it that the foul wind that blows in one's bowels? (A tip of the hat to Ben Franklin).

Looks like I am going to be changing my status.

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 3, 2019:

>she is a lot like most of us agnostic Over 40 and whinny?

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@azzow2 I hope you take the advice of the Kama Sutra and take her to a formal garden with an optional picnic basket.

Just a reminder: in a 2016 article, Franklin Graham calls for school boards to be dominated be ...

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I grew up going to public schools with the daily prayer and the idol worship of the flag pledge. T'ain't nothing new to me. We'un's all crazy in the states. Let's all go indiscriminately bomb the heathens somewhere we'un's we can't find on a map.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@Rob1948 That is pretty much all one needs to know about you. That you've said I'm smarter than you. The terror! **The horror!**

I’ve never had a pet, but I had a roommate who owned a black cat named Pixie.

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I boarded my cat, Percy, this weekend. You wouldn't guess how insecure he's feeling now. He's following me around, demanding love. Is that what happens with straight married couples?

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@Jolanta Perhaps that's why my cat is an unctuous sycophant.

I was offered a faculty job in Panama City Fl yesterday.

ShadowAmicus comments on Jun 1, 2019:

congratulations - hope when you get there it becomes all you could wish for

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@DoctoralZombie It's hard for me to forget surfers hanging out on the beach when a hurricane approached muttering "I don't know. That rip tide is **something else.**

I'm pulling up with a trailer..

Wangobango3 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I thought milkshakes were the projectile of choice for Fascist Whiny Bitches..

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

Thar be cheap fucks everywhere that wouldn't buy a milk shake.

The Navys newest ship!

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

The little tug that couldn't. Real navy tugs come with fire fighting gear.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@freeofgod Only if a crew member is aboard. Otherwise, you'd be considered a pirate with a lack of ambition.

I am sure there are more out there! I still have hope.

sloryd comments on Jun 2, 2019:

And even I am not so sexy anymore!

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@EyesThatSmile Darken my doorstep anytime. I want to be around when you tell her you like her because of me.

I’ve never had a pet, but I had a roommate who owned a black cat named Pixie.

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I boarded my cat, Percy, this weekend. You wouldn't guess how insecure he's feeling now. He's following me around, demanding love. Is that what happens with straight married couples?

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Jolanta If we swap spouses, could we get rid of the cats? ;-)

Just a reminder: in a 2016 article, Franklin Graham calls for school boards to be dominated be ...

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I grew up going to public schools with the daily prayer and the idol worship of the flag pledge. T'ain't nothing new to me. We'un's all crazy in the states. Let's all go indiscriminately bomb the heathens somewhere we'un's we can't find on a map.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Rob1948 >You may be smarter than I . . . Gather 'round boys! I've met another confused soul. >. . . but at least I know how to check facts. You didn't start out that way. Instead you'd said "Teaching it, if I rightly remember . . . " That implies "I'm not too sure about this but let me babble on anyway." The big deal is when one makes public post, you're addressing the public. That includes people that have **no idea** what you're talking about. Therefore it's appropriate to give some background. > I may be old but that isn’t for you to say or point out. Honey child, I've claimed I'm so old I've dated God's mom. However just to keep the arm candy baffled other times I say I'm a mere young innocent. Keep 'em guessing. Considering that for most of human history people died before they got to be 30, anyone by historical standards made it past 30 is in geezer city. My current impression is I'm dealing with a hyper sensitive little soul who's easily offended. While the earth surface was cooling, plugging in the modem meant you were the new guy and were going to get your ass roasted until you were accepted by the snarling masses on line. Now getting offended is treated like something special. It's not.

Who's working tonight?

JimG comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Carlos must not have a life.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@JimG Here in gringo land, there is no law an employee has to get a vacation. Many Americans refuse to take a vacation unless they hire a temp that does a better job or other such nonsense.

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

RobertNappi2 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Murphy's Law strikes again...Better luck next time!!!

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

Murphy was an optimist.

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

Petter comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Hard luck, mate. Hope you can reschedule the trip.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Petter Percy was brought home from the animal shelter (aka the pound) when he was under a year old. He's three years old now. He's always refused to go outside. On rare occasion he'll venture a foot outside the door and fight to go back inside. When I brought him home from the pound, he manged to get inside a seldom used storage closet and wouldn't come out for food or water for three days. For three days we didn't know where he was hiding. He was scared to have left the pound. This is not a good cat to take anywhere. I consider him impossible to train not to panic inside a car. I've discovered he trashed his pet carrier and I'll have to replace it.

The Navys newest ship!

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

The little tug that couldn't. Real navy tugs come with fire fighting gear.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@freeofgod To be legit, USS only means "United States Ship." It doesn't mean it's a US navy ship. It means it's a ship registered in the United States.

I’ve never had a pet, but I had a roommate who owned a black cat named Pixie.

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I boarded my cat, Percy, this weekend. You wouldn't guess how insecure he's feeling now. He's following me around, demanding love. Is that what happens with straight married couples?

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@tinkercreek I consider my (neutered) Tom cat, Percy, as my therapy cat. After a rough day with an impatient wife, he consoles me.

Who's working tonight?

JimG comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Carlos must not have a life.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@JimG When you going place an order with the Mayan virgins for a burrito deluxe?

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

Petter comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Hard luck, mate. Hope you can reschedule the trip.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Petter Yes. It gives him panic attacks just to get in the cat carrier. He gave the carrier so much hell, I'm going to have to replace it. He came out from under the bed a few minutes ago and is alternating between Petunia and I asking for attention and petting. Looks like he's recovering.

I am sure there are more out there! I still have hope.

sloryd comments on Jun 2, 2019:

And even I am not so sexy anymore!

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

I'm not even single. Petunia insists.

I went out for the first time.

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

>I know I lean on the younger side of the members here . . . . Us dirty old men aren't comfortable with that. We're **so** much happier when 20 year old women paw and grab us. Why we got to go to the Philippines for that. >You can't even hear a thing at bars. Not at my favorite bars....

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Wenepai > I also tend to run into men while out and about. We're **everywhere!** Look. There's one behind that tree. Don't look too hard.

I was offered a faculty job in Panama City Fl yesterday.

ShadowAmicus comments on Jun 1, 2019:

congratulations - hope when you get there it becomes all you could wish for

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@DoctoralZombie My fault. I meant to say on average every town in Florida gets hit by a hurricane EVERY FIVE YEARS. When I lived in Pensacola, they had two hurricanes hit it with one month. It will be a good excuse to pay me a visit when it does.

Who's working tonight?

JimG comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Carlos must not have a life.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

Hey, he's got a job.

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

Petter comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Hard luck, mate. Hope you can reschedule the trip.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Petter BTW, just got Percy out of kitty jail. He's in a state of terror, refusing kitty treats and hiding under bed.

Just a reminder: in a 2016 article, Franklin Graham calls for school boards to be dominated be ...

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I grew up going to public schools with the daily prayer and the idol worship of the flag pledge. T'ain't nothing new to me. We'un's all crazy in the states. Let's all go indiscriminately bomb the heathens somewhere we'un's we can't find on a map.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Rob1948 >The Butler Act was repealed in 1967, not much earlier as you implied. I didn't **say** when it was repealed. Once the courts have decided a law can't be enforced, repealing the same law is only for political effect. I'm certain there's thousands of laws on the books struck down by the courts yet stay on the books. I'd like to point out that when you MAKE A PUBLIC RESPONSE, I won't be the **only** person reading it, you old sleepy head.

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

Petter comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Hard luck, mate. Hope you can reschedule the trip.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Petter Arg, many is the time I've gone gang aft a-gley.

Got to be strong.

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Sometimes I ponder the proverb that all problems can be solve with explosives.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@dartagnan6666 Expletives never work as planned.

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

ShadowAmicus comments on Jun 2, 2019:

sorry your trip didnt work out

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Petter Petunia takes my magnet philosophy too seriously. It says "Cats and women do what they want. Men have to get use to it." She doesn't see the other side of that: if they won't do the reasonable thing, don't change them; get rid of them.

My siblings and I used to love playing barefoot outside, when we were kids, growing up in the Middle...

JackPedigo comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Funny, I was just explaining to a friend the Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) was a real character. He did walk barefooted (everywhere) and wear a his cooking pan on his head. The native had a lot of admiration for him, My late partner had feet with elephant hide and loved the roughest reflexology...

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

>a real character. Most of that character was fictional. In more accurate terms he was a land baron who planted apple trees with uneatable fruit. The fruit was used to make alcoholic cider. I may have one of those apple trees in my back yard. At first my neighbors wanted the fruit and I told them to haul it off by the bucket, which they did.

My siblings and I used to love playing barefoot outside, when we were kids, growing up in the Middle...

AncientNight comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I used to walk barefoot a lot, but now, I wear flip-flops most of the time. Like @WonderWartHog99 said, in the South, there's a lot of broken glass. Mostly from Rednecks tossing beer bottles out of the windows of the vehicles they drive or ride in.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

The difference between a red neck and a "good old boy" is the red neck doesn't throw his empty beer bottle in the bed of his pick'em'up truck.

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

ShadowAmicus comments on Jun 2, 2019:

sorry your trip didnt work out

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Petter Petunia has a refrigerator magnet that says "If a woman's work is never done, why start?" Today, we unpacked the car. Because it was overdue, I pitched out tent to air it out. It sleeps 12 (in theory), it's like we got an extra house in the front yard. Petunia got our luggage and other camping gear spread out all over the living room because she's not sure where to put it. Guess that'll be my job next. I'm telling her to keep the luggage packed in case we get the car back while she still has time off from her job.

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

FrayedBear comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I used to have an ex Royal Mail minivan like that. Anything more than a gallon in the fuel tank and it leaked. When it broke down you just put your feet through the hole in the floor and push walked it. Road service? Who could afford it?

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

>Road service? Who could afford it? Here in the states some insurance companies include it. Additionally, I pay $90 a year for towing service with the American Auto Association (AAA) along with other travel services. The state has a road service for motorists broken down on their section of the Interstate highway system. They stopped and topped off my water and hooked up a battery charger. Didn't work. The AAA tried to swindle us repeatedly and made us wait almost four hours for their services. Steam continues to rise out of Petunia's ears about that.

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

Susieq comments on Jun 2, 2019:

* bet my cat can out cry your cat*

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

That's high on my list of don't want to know. I used to have a Siamese cat that could make ears bleed. When I took her to the vet, I put the cat (Taco) in a cat carrier and the cage in the bed of the truck. I couldn't hear Taco until I'd stop at traffic lights. Other motorists at the light thought someone was torturing a banshee.

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

Petter comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Hard luck, mate. Hope you can reschedule the trip.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

Petunia took the week off for the trip, only to come back the same day on a Saturday. We won't be able to get the car into the shop until tomorrow, Monday. If we're lucky we might be able to get the repairs done and get the car back by Tuesday. After that we could see her favorite aunt on a Wednesday for a two or three day visit. Aunt Sarah was disappointed as well. The master plan to include seeing Sarah **and** include an epic camping trip has been shot down the tubes.

Good Morning All.

Robecology comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Burning isn't too efficient a way to dispose of waste.... Do you have a "recycling" pick-up in "Nassau"? I'm assuming you do - unless this is the village of Nassau up near Albany? Then I get the need for a fire-pit.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@sassygirl3869 Sing around the campfire. Join the campfire girls.

Welp. That would do it.

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

My ancestors never missed work but most of them were either doing mindless brutal work or preaching to the masses. There are only two other relatives in my family that got a college degree.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@scurry I'm totally alone in the family as the one who got TWO bachelor's degrees.

Name something...... mine is a dehumidifier.🤪

BufftonBeotch comments on Jun 2, 2019:

My cat screams at me. SCREAMS. Rude little bitch. .

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

Percy, my Tom cat, subcontracted that chore to Petunia.

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

BudFrank comments on Jun 1, 2019:

I WILL not say it happened for a purpose

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

Good. I'm convinced the car breaking down happened by random chance.

Just a reminder: in a 2016 article, Franklin Graham calls for school boards to be dominated be ...

Kojaksmom comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Humans suck, I'm so happy I don't breed. I would feel so sorry for my rug rats. How are we going so far backwards? Is it possible that evolution is working backwards? one day we're just going to be breeding organisms dumber than a box of hammers?

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

> one day we're just going to be breeding organisms dumber than a box of hammers? That day was long time ago. Why they can't even tell decent lies here in South Carolina.

Just a reminder: in a 2016 article, Franklin Graham calls for school boards to be dominated be ...

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I grew up going to public schools with the daily prayer and the idol worship of the flag pledge. T'ain't nothing new to me. We'un's all crazy in the states. Let's all go indiscriminately bomb the heathens somewhere we'un's we can't find on a map.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Rob1948 >Teaching it, if I rightly remember, was illegal here, at the time. Although briefly under the Butler Act in 1925. This was followed by the Scopes "monkey" trial in which it was proven that evolution was not incomparable with Christian religious beliefs. At first Scopes (a substitute teacher) was found guilty and fined. Accounting for inflation, his $100 fine would be $1,400 today. However the court decision was overturned on a technicality, allowing the teaching of evolution in Tennessee public schools. Because I used to be a substitute teacher, mentioning religious issues in public school kept me worried. By the way, this: > I assume you understand . . . . If not, look it up. . . . Says you don't know what you're talking about and aren't ready to explain it. Do your own arguments. Don't expect other people to do it for you.

Hey guys, before I came on this site I am a hundred % believer, as the time goes by and read most of...

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I'm living in the Bible belt of southeastern United States, also known as Dixie. In my little region of the South Carolina, next to a mountain chain, they're absolutely nuts when it comes to Christian religious sects. Largely, they're Southern Baptists a group so strict they ban drinking, card ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Boomtarat03 I got a feeling in your country, they'll play card and dance with you.

YOUTHQUAKE.

AnonySchmoose comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I hadn't heard that term before, maybe because I was within the California youthquake at that time. I went to an Andy Warhol exhibit in Los Angeles in 1965, and I'd never heard of him before. I met Indian musicians about then, and was at a concert at the Hollywood Bowl with The Beatles in the ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@AnonySchmoose Back in the 1980's the motto was if you don't remember the 1960's you were there.

I was offered a faculty job in Panama City Fl yesterday.

ShadowAmicus comments on Jun 1, 2019:

congratulations - hope when you get there it becomes all you could wish for

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@DoctoralZombie Come around October, look for cheap rent in Panama City Beach. The town dries up in the winter. In the summer it's an expensive party town with creeping traffic jams. In the winter, you need not spare the horses driving the main drag. On average, every Florida town gets hit by a hurricane. Buy flood insurance and call home "temporary."

For those interested in the Mueller report (I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this) I found ...

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

400 pages will take about 40 hours to listen to.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@patchoullijulie About the only serious reason to invest that kind of time into an audio book is be a trucker or have a long boring job that you need to do, i.e. the epic raised bed gardening adventure.

I've posted this before but every time I do I get berated for doing so.

WilliamFleming comments on Jun 1, 2019:

I agree with what you are saying. The concept of existence vs. non existence is bogus from the start. We don’t know what it means to exist—how can we even begin to have an intelligent discussion over the existence of “God”? And you are right—“God” is just a label for something we ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

>We don’t know much of anything except superficially This brings us to how to prove meat loaf exists along with how do we know we exist? Ultimately, we find the proof of our existence is "I think that I think, therefore I exist, I think."

Just a reminder: in a 2016 article, Franklin Graham calls for school boards to be dominated be ...

WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I grew up going to public schools with the daily prayer and the idol worship of the flag pledge. T'ain't nothing new to me. We'un's all crazy in the states. Let's all go indiscriminately bomb the heathens somewhere we'un's we can't find on a map.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@Rob1948 In my schools the word **theory** was heavily stressed when referring to evolution so as not to offend the student's parents.

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

ShadowAmicus comments on Jun 2, 2019:

sorry your trip didnt work out

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

Petunia got a week off of work for the trip.

So what-arian are you?

Zoohome comments on Jun 1, 2019:

I am all-atarian Or garbage disposal, refrigerator cleaner, free food reverer, hand me down left overs... you name it. Not picky as you can see 😂😂😂

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

I've met people so stoned and so full of the muchies, they ate a two gallon pot of the south's favorite slimy, hairy vegetable: okra. They showed up before I could start my master plan of making gumbo. They might never left if they showed up at dinner but they had all this weed....

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

IrishTxJudy comments on Jun 1, 2019:

It’s always wise to have your car checked before a trip.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

I've yet to have a bad car trip that a mechanical inspection couldn't haven't prevented the breakdown. Had one where in the middle of nowhere, the car blew out the oil plugs after the mechanic assured me the car was ready for the trip. There was no way either of us could see that coming. I figure the best bet is check the fluid levels before going anywhere.

Been planning a week long trip for four weeks.

azzow2 comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Kitty used its magic to bring you back lol.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

I've been getting lonesome for the little fur ball the second I sent him to kitty jail. I've telling Petunia he's my therapy cat. He's always trying to following me around like a groupie on a band tour.

Flirting...

RobertMartin comments on Jun 1, 2019:

And then maybe fornicate in my bed chambers.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 2, 2019:

Come to think of it, I could use a lusty frolic under the influence of magical mushrooms about now.

I was offered a faculty job in Panama City Fl yesterday.

ShadowAmicus comments on Jun 1, 2019:

congratulations - hope when you get there it becomes all you could wish for

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@DoctoralZombie There are two very different cities: Panama City and Panama City Beach. They are right up against each other.

I was offered a faculty job in Panama City Fl yesterday.

Anonbene comments on Jun 1, 2019:

You know there are Floridians there right? Well, good luck anyways.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@Nightshade1313 I grew up in the Panhandle. I claimed they redrew the state line to make all that beach front in Florida because nobody wants Alabama beach front. Somewhere around Ocala, the whole character of Florida changes so it's no longer southern Alabama.

XENIAL.

AnonySchmoose comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Was searching for more information on how much xenial is used, but found a similar word. Xenial appears to have nothing to do with the word xennial, which refers to the micro-generation between Generation X and Millenials, or those born between 1977 and 1983. They appear to be disenfranchised more...

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@AnonySchmoose Am I correct in assuming high school French strikes? Petunia got four years of that and when we got to Paris it was "Uhhhhh....." with ever native speaker, despite trying to memorize a phrase book. A friend of mine teaches French. June has to go back to France remain fluent. "She [Miss Piggy] only knows the French on the perfume bottle." -- Gonzo.

Stolen from f'buck -

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 31, 2019:

There's been times I've consider the cat the future Petunia replacement.

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@FrayedBear Ever gotten up in the morning, headed for the shower and found wet hosiery dangling from shower rod? Unlike dogs, cats use the cat box for puddle and poop rather than leave their deposits on the rug. Vomiting is luck of the draw on both species. Of course if you've had guests at the out of control orgy, they may leave all three on the floor. It's another reason I don't throw wild drunken orgies anymore.

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WonderWartHog99 comments on May 31, 2019:

I had high hopes of getting that t-shirt two weeks ago after I got a message they were sending it. They must have taped it on a turtle and pointed him my way. This weekend I'll be hanging out with Petunia's Aunt Martha. Her husband, the missionary, died this month and if I get that shirt before ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@EyesThatSmile You're right. Sex sells. Sexual accessories like marshmallows on nipples is one of a cast of thousands of things that might interest this crowd. I knew one gal who had three month run with mentioning the rampant rabbit vibrator as one of her favorite things. On the other hand, I have drawn ire for mentioning perky breasts and lurid licking lusty busty lesbians. Adding a line about the oil on a tarp trick has a so-so response with people muttering "what the fuck, over?"

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WonderWartHog99 comments on May 31, 2019:

I had high hopes of getting that t-shirt two weeks ago after I got a message they were sending it. They must have taped it on a turtle and pointed him my way. This weekend I'll be hanging out with Petunia's Aunt Martha. Her husband, the missionary, died this month and if I get that shirt before ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@Zoohome I guess you don't think I should throw that topic for the lions to devote? You're off on that guess. Why not start a discussion group called *educating children about sex?* There'll be a few perverts who'll show up, the prissy will freak and a few parents who'd like to keep the topic on course.

Describes my cat, Percy.

aahouck49 comments on May 30, 2019:

Percy seems to have it all under control, and cats like to be worshipped!!! Tell Percy he is lookin mighty fine and up to : what am I going to do next to warthog!! He is saying I lack courage, well, I do not agree and so he is not looking to timid to me, just plotting your demise!!

WonderWartHog99 replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@aahouck49 Percy was so loud, he worried Petunia all the way to kitty jail.

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WonderWartHog99 comments on May 31, 2019:

I'm looking for the group that hates people who feel they got to spent half their replies saying dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@Freedompath I missed something...this is a first for me? A likely story. My favorite claim is those dots represent chiggers.

Stolen from f'buck -

UUNJ comments on May 31, 2019:

Maybe it’s not the women who are the problem?

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

There's no shortage of different kinds of guys. If she can't find a nice one, well, yea, it's her fault for not looking hard enough or being way too picky.

Stolen from f'buck -

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 31, 2019:

There's been times I've consider the cat the future Petunia replacement.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@FrayedBear >They are more tying than humans. Cats are, compared to penthouse pets, are low up keep creatures. Never found Percy's underwear in the sink and he's happy to eat at home.

What counts as a high crime or misdemeanor for impeachment?

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 30, 2019:

I consider a misdemeanor as a small, petty criminal offense like driving 50 mph in a 35 mph speed limit zone. As a general rule one does not serve jail time for a misdemeanor as long as one pays a fine. That's opposed to high crime where a scofflaw could be sentenced to death or spend extended ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@mcgeo52 Assuming Trump doesn't declare himself president for life. "You have elected your **last** president." -- Michael Moore.

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WonderWartHog99 comments on May 31, 2019:

I had high hopes of getting that t-shirt two weeks ago after I got a message they were sending it. They must have taped it on a turtle and pointed him my way. This weekend I'll be hanging out with Petunia's Aunt Martha. Her husband, the missionary, died this month and if I get that shirt before ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@Zoohome How to introduce sex education to a child? Let 'em learn it from the gutter like the rest of us. Your best bet is have a student/parent conference. She'll recommend a sex ed book at his grade level. Shove it in his hands. Unless he's got reading problems, he'll take it from there. After he's asked you a few questions, he'll learn the rest "from the gutter." That means he'll ask classmates and buddies who don't know what he's talking about to fill him in. If he's smarter than the average bear, he'll start looking up all the strange stuff like whips, chains, leather, Ru Paul's drag races, putting marshmallows on women's nipples with chocolate sauce . . . .

I was reading a post on the consertive athiest group.

Robecology comments on May 31, 2019:

Of all the groups on Agnostic, I trust the honesty of the Conservatives and the Republicans the least. Remember; a "pillar of foundation" for both is a **"belief in God".**... So I'd take what they say with a grain fo salt... **I tried joining and debating **in both groups; and I got ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@Robecology >They also go with the mantra of "no collusion"- but I think the evidence supports "collusion". You think facts matter? Silly boy. The trick is to cite a few reasonably reliable sources. Calms them down while they try to justify their position with unreliable sources. The only time you know you've made inroads is when they stop trying to contradict you. Nobody in an online debate ever says "Hey, you're right; I was wrong." Most people on line are too self important to say **that.** Generally, they stick to their own opinion, hate that you've got a different opinion and remove you from the discussion group. I used to claim there was a market of ideas out there but after too many years of internet debates I'm no longer sold on that there are open minds swapping ideas. >I even tried adding something that I was taught here, on Agnostic.com;but to no avail... You noticed the largest part of the pyramid is people saying "You're an idiot"? It's the TINY part that refutes the central point. There are debates if the tiny part exists. The fancy Dan name for that is cognitive dissonance.

I was reading a post on the consertive athiest group.

Robecology comments on May 31, 2019:

Of all the groups on Agnostic, I trust the honesty of the Conservatives and the Republicans the least. Remember; a "pillar of foundation" for both is a **"belief in God".**... So I'd take what they say with a grain fo salt... **I tried joining and debating **in both groups; and I got ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

People join discussion groups to find the like minded. If they join a discussion group where they disagree with the group, the most common result (after the cussing) is: > - and then I was blocked out. Civil discussion isn't on the agenda.

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chocbroc comments on May 31, 2019:

Me too! I’m 66 points away from 6. Like me! Love me 🤪

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

>Like me! Love me Petunia would run you off with a broom.

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WonderWartHog99 comments on May 31, 2019:

I had high hopes of getting that t-shirt two weeks ago after I got a message they were sending it. They must have taped it on a turtle and pointed him my way. This weekend I'll be hanging out with Petunia's Aunt Martha. Her husband, the missionary, died this month and if I get that shirt before ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@Zoohome >Can you come up with a hilarious one for abortion? Screw the coat hangers! Let's have gun control for abortions. Blast the little bastards out of there. >My antivaxx friend also thinks you should vaccinate dogs. Can you believe? **Ah believe!** It's just a dog. So it gets autism? Better than it biting me and giving me rabies. > I know that the field I work in brings a lot of debate. But I don't think I should use it for stirring up the pot. Oh piffle poo! Just point out the most cuddly animal you work with and say it needs ten hours in a crock pot, chili powder and cumin. After that, chop it up, put it in a taco. >Maybe guns in school would be a fun one? What's an eight year old without a shot gun?

WHINGE.

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 31, 2019:

The word "antipodean" was new to me.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@Marionville Possibly because we don't have any territories that are a half planet away. American Samoa is as close as we get to that.

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Science-guy comments on May 30, 2019:

It’s an international group too. 😎

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@Science-guy After decades on line, I've only heard from one gal in Mongolia. I think I pissed her off by saying teepees were better than yurts. There are some countries I don't ever expect to see on line.

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WonderWartHog99 comments on May 31, 2019:

I had high hopes of getting that t-shirt two weeks ago after I got a message they were sending it. They must have taped it on a turtle and pointed him my way. This weekend I'll be hanging out with Petunia's Aunt Martha. Her husband, the missionary, died this month and if I get that shirt before ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@Zoohome It's my master plan to get new level 8 members bitching about the t-shirt that doesn't arrive. It's my fear of myself and others running around half naked without it. Seriously there are some topics that bring people out of the wood works. Tell 'em guns aren't a civil right and you're more likely to shoot yourself than uphold the law or democracy with a gun. That is high on the gotta get a response. Also high on that list, defend any sexual perversity as good for society as whole, thus making child molesters secret saints. We need more stump broke horses (if you don't know, you're better off not knowing). Anal sex with chickens make tender meat! We need more stud muffins fucking chickens.

What counts as a high crime or misdemeanor for impeachment?

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 30, 2019:

I consider a misdemeanor as a small, petty criminal offense like driving 50 mph in a 35 mph speed limit zone. As a general rule one does not serve jail time for a misdemeanor as long as one pays a fine. That's opposed to high crime where a scofflaw could be sentenced to death or spend extended ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@mcgeo52 One needs to define a term. Under your version congress could call Trump's comb over a high crime and slurring his words a misdemeanor. One needs to look to the courts to give a sense of what things like "criminal" mean.

It definitely gets your attention.

BudFrank comments on May 30, 2019:

Actually I find that in sex play, this isn’t totally accurate either.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

Let's hope we never discover how to have nasal sex.

Nearing hurricane season. Time to get the party favors out!

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 29, 2019:

When I lived in Florida, hurricane meant free firewood for the winter.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@SiouxcitySue That'll teach me not to subscribe to *Arizona Highways* and look for power lines in their pictures.

I am so grateful for this group!!! This is the only place where I can truly share my frustrations ...

Science-guy comments on May 30, 2019:

It’s an international group too. 😎

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

How come people from the Republic of Chad aren't making posts in here? South Sudan? France or Sweden would do. Pretty much a smattering of folks from Canada and the UK with a whole bunch of people from the states.

What counts as a high crime or misdemeanor for impeachment?

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 30, 2019:

I consider a misdemeanor as a small, petty criminal offense like driving 50 mph in a 35 mph speed limit zone. As a general rule one does not serve jail time for a misdemeanor as long as one pays a fine. That's opposed to high crime where a scofflaw could be sentenced to death or spend extended ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@mcgeo52 It's my view that the courts would agree with my position and not with the author of the article. So there! Nanny, nanny, poo, poo. Demand a constitutional crisis today!

Anybody else confused!??

thinktwice comments on May 29, 2019:

Use that fancy phone and get an app to convert if you don't know, you lazy fuck...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 31, 2019:

@thinktwice We ought to miss that park by 500 miles on this trip. You sure you don't want to take a little side trip to the Peaks of Otter, VA in the next few days? That'll be as close as we will be to Pennsylvania. You can't miss our tent -- it was advertised to sleep 12. The place also has a lodge for those too pooped to plant tent stakes.

Nearing hurricane season. Time to get the party favors out!

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 29, 2019:

When I lived in Florida, hurricane meant free firewood for the winter.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

@SiouxcitySue Where I live in AZ, my subdivision was built in the late 1960s and all utilities are underground. Here in Dixie gas lines are under ground. High powered electric lines are on top of tall towers right up to the power sub station. Generally, from that point on it's up for grabs which utility lines are on poles and which are buried. > Ari-fucking-zona where . . . . . . I'm totally clueless how they deal with utilities. Putting them in connecting concrete vaults sound obscenely expensive. Additionally, I've never had sex in "Ari-fucking-zona." I suppose I ought to find willing women to round out my bucket list and include the other three corners of the southwest. When was the last time you heard some one plead ignorance about Ari-fucking-zona and your nameless suburb?

The Trumpoids!

thinktwice comments on May 30, 2019:

I highly recommend a book called The Death of Expertise by Tom Nicols... It really points out how ignorance has become a virtue...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

>It really points out how ignorance has become a virtue... It's always been a virtue. Ergo God's punishment for eating of the tree of knowledge. As a child I use hear the phrase "book learning" spoken with disgust. It was so ingrained in me that that the first time I was called an "intellectual" I took it as an insult until it dawned on me they were calling me smarter than they were. Why argue?

Anybody else confused!??

thinktwice comments on May 29, 2019:

Use that fancy phone and get an app to convert if you don't know, you lazy fuck...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

@thinktwice Last time I went camping walking around the entire campground wasn't possible. Since then, Petunia ran out and bought more camping supplies for our **next** camping experience. I've told her this will be my **last** camping trip. She thinks I ought spend more time hiking. Last two times I was hiking a few miles, I had a stroke. A full recovery has not seemed likely. Therefore she thinks I ought to hike more. It's not like there's a big life insurance policy in place to take care of her. We have spent a fortune to live like we're homeless.

Here comes the rain again... oh goodie!...

Petter comments on May 29, 2019:

If you've got some spare rain, we could use it here. You can keep the wind, thanks.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

@Petter I can't hear my wind chimes inside the house until the wind goes past 50 Kph. At that point, the two meter wide market umbrella on the porch tends to take flight. Last time it did that, it damaged a shepard's hook that held a hummingbird feeder. When I hear the chimes, I crank the umbrella shut. Because you live near the shore, I would guess the wind commonly exceeds 50 Kph. Here it's uncommon except for approaching storms. I live in a drought prone area.

Anybody else confused!??

thinktwice comments on May 29, 2019:

Use that fancy phone and get an app to convert if you don't know, you lazy fuck...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

@thinktwice Sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway often close down in the dead of winter because of ice and snow. That's why I've never been on it during winter. I've seen the southern half of the parkway. This trip I hope to see the northern half. One national park on the southern end route is the Smokey Mountain National Park. I've managed to camp in all of their campgrounds and taken day long backpacking trips from those campgrounds. A person loses a lot if they visit a national park without backpacking the trails. Petunia wants us to visit the Grand Canyon but she's worried I'll fall off the rim if I try to backpack.

Describes my cat, Percy.

aahouck49 comments on May 30, 2019:

Percy seems to have it all under control, and cats like to be worshipped!!! Tell Percy he is lookin mighty fine and up to : what am I going to do next to warthog!! He is saying I lack courage, well, I do not agree and so he is not looking to timid to me, just plotting your demise!!

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

@aahouck49 He's going to kitty jail next week.

Good morning from Morro Strand Campground! IRL meeting other Agnostics at a gathering of women ...

aahouck49 comments on May 30, 2019:

Hey there ladies, I was available,why did I not get an invite?? I am an asset at any gathering, dang it, sure wish I was there with a bunch of CAWW's! it is a thing some of us have going on here: crazy ass wild women!! I wish I was there, but have a great time, looks to me, you are!! SO ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

>it is a thing some of us have going on here: crazy ass wild women!! Sometimes they try to move in without warning.

Nearing hurricane season. Time to get the party favors out!

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 29, 2019:

When I lived in Florida, hurricane meant free firewood for the winter.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

@SiouxcitySue Burrowing animals, people with shovels who don't check before they dig and water levels that corrode lines faster than air.

Anybody else confused!??

thinktwice comments on May 29, 2019:

Use that fancy phone and get an app to convert if you don't know, you lazy fuck...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

@thinktwice Domestic travel rarely requires a passport. It's why I rarely carry my passport -- fear of it dropping out of my pocket. They're expensive to replace. About 2/3rds of Americans don't have a passport and don't know what they look like. Customs officials tell me they are regularly confronted with joke passports by Americans such as a passport to New Mexico. It always fails to amuse them. Leaving the country on a whim is too expensive for me to consider without advance planning. That's because I'm cheap. I keep checking for a tramp steamer (they've got discount state rooms) leaving Charleston, SC, bound for Havana. Cost of couch surfing in Havana is a joke. Couldn't hurt if I learned a few phrases of Spanish before I left. Next month, I'll be traveling in an over packed car for a tour of the amazingly slow and scenic Blue Ridge Parkway. The parkway runs the ridges of the Blue Ridge mountains, following anus gripping hair pin turns next to deep plunging cliff faces. Because it's mostly hairpin turns, speed limit averages 35 mph. Good drinking and driving country for the depressed and suicidal who want to bring a nagging woman with them. I've stayed at one of the campgrounds on the Blue Ridge Parkway for $8 a night while across the street was a $180 a night motel room. After I've bought the gear, camping makes domestic travel cheap. Despite that, I'm with you as far as buy some of your supplies when you get there. All you really need is a one day's change of clothing. When you leave, bring souvenirs and leave stuff like toothbrushes behind.

Antivaxxers have a new belief.

Kynlei comments on May 30, 2019:

I see no problem with this belief. It'll get rid of a lot of stupid.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

If the stupid will listen to you.

Here comes the rain again... oh goodie!...

Petter comments on May 29, 2019:

If you've got some spare rain, we could use it here. You can keep the wind, thanks.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

@Petter Most people buy the cheap tiny wind chimes that you'll never hear inside the house. 70 Kph winds could be roaring outside but you'll never get a warning from the chimes for bought for rattling pocket change. The larger, more expensive wind chimes will let you know of approaching tornadoes.

Hide the USS John McCain! Don't upset the Orange Baffon. [cnn.com]

HippieChick58 comments on May 30, 2019:

Gotta keep him in his little fantasy land.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

Only if you have a job where you serve at his pleasure. Otherwise, he'll call you names just like any spoiled brat.

Just read an an article saying their are now military patches with trumps likeness on it! Wtf?

bobwjr comments on May 30, 2019:

No way not in Nazi America yet

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

@TheGreatShadow There are several other well established and reputable sources that tell the same tale besides the New York Times. For me that passes the test as likely story. If it's only one source, it's a true story they just made up.

Just read an an article saying their are now military patches with trumps likeness on it! Wtf?

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 30, 2019:

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/05/28/navy-probing-patches-worn-during-trumps-wasp-visit/ According to the Navy brass, military uniforms aren't supposed to wear patches supporting politics but are willing to look the other way for Trump.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

@TheGreatShadow It is a well sharpened point suitable for coring tomatoes.

I think I'll plan one of these for my next gathering.

Marionville comments on May 29, 2019:

Never heard of it.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

@itsmedammit >I have seen a restaurant or two with the word in their name. Both of them so horrible they went out of business before the health department closed them down. Care for a slice of baloney on our ambigu?

Describes my cat, Percy.

AnonySchmoose comments on May 30, 2019:

He's in the submissive pose. He's very pretty and clean looking too. What did he do when you told him he was pusillanimous?

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

Running in unholy fear from cardboard boxes he knocked over. Any kind of loud noises he runs from in terror.

Describes my cat, Percy.

aahouck49 comments on May 30, 2019:

Percy seems to have it all under control, and cats like to be worshipped!!! Tell Percy he is lookin mighty fine and up to : what am I going to do next to warthog!! He is saying I lack courage, well, I do not agree and so he is not looking to timid to me, just plotting your demise!!

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

>what am I going to do next to warthog!! This morning he ran up behind me on rocket power, wrapped his paws around by shins, gave me a slight love bite, got his claws to barely sink through my pants and went running away at warp speed before I gave him a swift kick. When he draws blood, he knows no matter where he hides I'll be hosing him down with a spray water bottle if not something worse.

Nearing hurricane season. Time to get the party favors out!

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 29, 2019:

When I lived in Florida, hurricane meant free firewood for the winter.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 30, 2019:

@EyesThatSmile The firewood was for day three. By day three, if the electricity had not been restored people realized all the food in the freezer wouldn't stay frozen. Therefore they held a block barbecue and used it all the thawing large slabs of meat to feed the block. On day two, those with generators fired them up and took their TVs outside. Crowds from around the block gathered. Ohhh...television. Until the power returned, might as well party. Day one was recovery from the hurricane party that used copious amounts of fruit punch and rum.