Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - April 16, 2025 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.

This is the Wednesday night ONT. Fair warning: the ONT is random and scattered tonight. That is either a feature or a bug.

[Top photo: Wall of fire and a Lockheed F-35B, USMC Beaufort Air Show. MAGTF demo. Not AI.]

Prayers up for Mrs. Salty:

Continued prayers for Jim NSD:

Prayers in general for strength and wisdom for the Horde and those Horde adjacent.

The Yellow Footprints are the first stop for new Marine recruits arriving at Parris Island:

USMC Parris Island mission statement:

Ummm... Outback Steakhouse: just push the button and gift cards emerge?

Anyone want to buy a refueling tanker? KC-10 Extender Tankers Are Up For Auction

Ten tankers are up for sale on the GSA surplus website. Eight are missing an engine and none come with a refueling boom, so you'll have to supply your own or work with Boeing. Auction closes on May 6. First bids of $500,000 each have already been placed.

True, true.

One for the A-10 fan club:

Great moments in marketing:

Because the ONT knows you were curious to know how bowling balls are made:

Rolling chaos:

Big penguin strikes back: Unsecured Penguin Causes Helicopter Crash After Getting Its Adorable Widdle Feet All Over The Controls

Hat tip: blaster

Pittsburgh police scanner monitoring - highlights since April 5:

The Guinness Book of World records tackles the hard questions of life:

Classic ZZ Top for our big ONT finish:

Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking? Come out and play. Unless you're intoxicated and swinging safety cones around at a construction site in Pittsburgh. If that's you, carry on.

posted by Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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