Thursday Overnight Open Thread - April 9, 2026 [Doof]

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Thursday night ONT has arrived, and so have you. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

What kind of country are we if a man can't have a pet alligator?

A Buffalo-area man ends his fight to reclaim Albert, his 12-foot alligator seized in 2024

An upstate New York man who had his alligator seized after sharing a home for more than three decades has given up his court fight to get back the reptile he affectionately named Albert.

Tony Cavallaro sued the state Department of Environmental Conservation after officers met him with a warrant in the driveway of his home in the Buffalo suburb of Hamburg in March 2024. The officers sedated the 12-foot (3.6-meter), 750-pound (340-kilogram) alligator and drove him away in a van.

Albert, who lived in an indoor swimming pool, eventually ended up in a sanctuary in Texas.

Cavallaro sued over the state’s denial of a license to keep Albert. But the 66-year-old said Thursday that the legal action had consumed his life for two years. With no quick end in sight, he decided last month that he couldn’t deal with the exhausting battle anymore.

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Cavallaro said he has not seen Albert since the animal was taken away, though he has seen photographs.

“I’m not at peace. I don’t think I ever will be,” he said. “I’m very angry about the whole thing.”

Check out the whole thing and let us know if you think this is overreach or justified.

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What's the most amount of layers you've ever worn on your upper body? Bet this woman has you beat!

An Arkansas athlete donned 55 T-shirts and ran a half marathon to break a Guinness World Record and celebrate her weight loss journey.

Meredith Smith ran the Fort Smith Half Marathon on March 30, 2025, while wearing her 55 layers of shirts, and Guinness World Records has now confirmed she earned the title for the most T-shirts worn during a half marathon (female).

Ummm - OK.

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"A Tradition Unlike Any Other" - 2026 Edition

The Masters opened up today

Drone footage of Augusta - KEWL!

Speaking of coolness - how about Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer burning lung darts at Augusta 60 years ago?

Not from The Masters, but still kewl

From the official site of The Masters
Thursday Photos From the 2026 Masters

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Nearly 7 minutes of car owner stupidity.

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