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Archive of entries posted on 8th August 2025
Friday Night Open Thread: As I Remember It
As I remember it:
My gearless bicycle was a P-51, and the neighbor’s bike was a “Nazi Jap Zero.”
The neighborhood had Nazis around every outbuilding during war games with the neighborhood kids.
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I was able to plump down in a chair with a drink in my hand without ever spilling a drop.
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Kids made way on the sidewalk for older folks.
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That guy in front of me in the post office line first arrived at the counter.
Captious, This!
Could a word describe IMAO better?
captious /kăp′shəs/
adjective
- Marked by a disposition to find and point out trivial faults: “a captious scholar.”
- Intended to entrap or confuse, as in an argument: “a captious question.”
- Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
Perhaps “ebullient”:
Adj.: Short for “electronically bullient,” which is short for “electronically bull-salient.”
Liberal Tries To Cross Country in EV Using Power From Overhead Lines — Gets Exactly Half a Pole’s Length From Home
Straight Line of the Day: Wrong Ways To Store Cheese: …
I Was Storing Cheese All Wrong. This Simple Fix Keeps It Fresh for Days
CNet | August 05, 2025 | Pamela Vachon
Informative article, actually.
“If you see it molds up a little bit, generally you can scrape off that mold and it’s no problem,” says Montez. Because of the lack of water content in cheese, food mold can’t penetrate it very deeply like it would with many other food products. “Look out if it’s black mold or something like that,” he says, “but the thing is, it’s rare that a piece of cheese becomes unsafe to eat. It’s going to become unpalatable to you long before it’s unsafe.”
Bond Girlathon Friday : Results for 7/25/2025 : New Matches for 8/8/2025
Hey, I actually woke up in time to post these matches, woo-hoo!
Results
| Teri Hatcher | No Preference | Luciana Paluzzi |
|---|---|---|
| 211 | 0 | 37 |
| Molly Peters | No Preference | Cecile Thomsen |
|---|---|---|
| 117 | 0 | 93 |
New Matches for 8/8/2025
Match 1
Maryse Guy Mitsouko (Mademoiselle La Porte) vs Denise Richards (Dr. Christmas Jones)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Maryse Guy Mitsuoko | 1 – 1 – 0 | 201 – 10 – 276 |
Actress: Maryse Guy Mitsouko Nationality: French Bond Movie: Thunderball (1965) Synopsis:
Mlle. La Porte was Bond’s French liaison during his attendance of SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar’s funeral. She informs Bond that Bouvar passed away in his sleep, and as the two leave the funeral she ends with “Is there anything else our French station can do for Monsieur Bond?”, to which Bond replies, “Later, perhaps.”
VS
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Denise Richards | 2 – 0 – 0 | 315 – 1 – 180 |
Actress: Denise Richards Nationality: American Bond Movie: The World is Not Enough (1999) Synopsis:
Christmas Jones was a nuclear physicist working for an international agency that decommissioned nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union era. After Bond helped her escape from an explosion, Jones helped Bond investigate a bomb travelling along Elektra King’s oil pipeline. She discovered that half the plutonium was missing, which helped Bond discover King’s intentions in time to stop her. The two spend Christmas together in turkey at the end of the film.
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Match 2
Mie Hama (Kissy Suzuki) vs Halle Berry (Jinx)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Mie Hama | 0 – 2 – 0 | 109 – 5 – 312 |
Actress: Mie Hama Nationality: Japanese Bond Movie: You Only Live Twice (1967) Synopsis:
Kissy Suzuki was a ninja working for the head of the Japanese secret service, Tiger Tanaka. She had a mock wedding with James Bond, who underwent surgery to disguise himself as a Japanese fisherman, so that the pair could explore a quiet village without being noticed.
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| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Halle Berry | 1 – 1 – 0 | 218 – 2 – 253 |
Actress: Halle Berry Nationality: American Bond Movie: Die Another Day (2002) Synopsis:
Since Die Another Day was the 20th Bond film, and marked the 40th anniversary of the series, Jinx was introduced in the style of Honey Ryder, rising out of the sea in a bikini, with a hunting knife attached to her side. Jinx worked for the NSA and was assigned to kill Zao.
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