• Bad weather coming to N.C

    From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to morningstarr on Wed Jan 28 23:05:26 2026
    Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
    By: Daryl Stout to morningstarr on Tue Jan 27 2026 22:11:57

    I hope the storm that is coming this weekend, isn't bad. Last
    time we got a storm like this, we were without power for a month... How mo>> bad do you guys think it will be? I'm debating on renting a generator or mo>> getting a hotel. I am not happy!!! :(

    This is the latest from Ryan Hall, Y'all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gF0Xq5rFmo

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  • From Morningstarr@VERT/HOBBYSPC to Denn on Mon Feb 2 15:51:33 2026
    Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
    By: Denn to MRO on Tue Jan 27 2026 08:07 am

    Why you mad bro? I wasn't talking about you or anyone. It's not something I would get mad about. What you feeling mad, because you are rude and trash talk others on here.

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Morningstarr on Mon Feb 2 20:11:27 2026
    Morningstarr wrote to Denn <=-

    Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
    By: Denn to MRO on Tue Jan 27 2026 08:07 am

    Why you mad bro? I wasn't talking about you or anyone. It's not
    something I would get mad about. What you feeling mad, because you are rude and trash talk others on here.

    Please learn how to quote, and take your trolling somewhere else.




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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Morningstarr on Mon Feb 2 22:15:18 2026
    Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
    By: Morningstarr to Denn on Mon Feb 02 2026 03:51 pm

    Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
    By: Denn to MRO on Tue Jan 27 2026 08:07 am

    Why you mad bro? I wasn't talking about you or anyone. It's not something I would get mad about. What you feeling mad, because you are rude and trash talk others on here.

    Hmmmm, not sure what you're talking about? maybe if you'd quote a little of whatever I said that offended you?

    Denn

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Mortar on Tue Feb 3 17:47:27 2026
    This is the latest from Ryan Hall, Y'all:

    I love watching his briefings and his live streams.

    He surely wasn't happy about all the fuss about the groundhog,
    who said "6 more weeks of winter".

    Several memes were generated after that, including:

    1) Phil's ex-wife, Philena, had divorced him, and had gone to
    Florida, as "Phil was a pathological liar".

    2) A wolf in the snow growled "The groundhog said 6 more weeks
    of winter. So, I ate him".

    3) Phil was seen at the Philadelphia airport, boarding a flight
    for Cancun.

    4) Phil was seen being booked into the local jail on perjury
    charges.

    5) Phil was seen entering "The Witness Protection Program".

    I agree with Bill Murray from the 1993 movie "Groundhog Day"...
    "a thousand people freezing their butts off to look at a rodent".

    But, that's Punxatawney's big tourist draw each year.

    In years past, they've set up an amateur radio special event
    station...plus had a "cardiac breakfast"...Southern Style. We're
    talking eggs, biscuits, gravy, tomatoes, sausage, ham, pork, bacon,
    hash browns, and everything else to deposit all that cholesterol
    into your arteries!!

    Daryl

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Daryl Stout on Wed Feb 4 11:22:45 2026
    Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
    By: Daryl Stout to Mortar on Tue Feb 03 2026 17:47:27

    I love watching his briefings and his live streams.

    I watched the stream from last weekend and I think he's getting a bit annoyed at Y'allbot breaking in every few minutes. He says he can't turn it off, just dismiss the call. Worse, sometimes Y'allbot gives the wrong info, making the interruption even more annoying. Personally, I could do without it.

    He surely wasn't happy about all the fuss about the groundhog...

    It's a pointless tradition, IMO. I think what annoyed him more was the fact that Phil's prediction was read off a scroll and not from visual evidence.

    I agree with Bill Murray from the 1993 movie "Groundhog Day"... "a thousand people freezing their butts off to look at a rodent".

    Loved the movie. I often reference it when someone asks me, "How's it going?" I just say, "It's Groundhog Day". Most people get it.

    But, that's Punxatawney's big tourist draw each year.

    Makes you wonder how they survive the 364 other days of the year.

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Mortar on Thu Feb 5 22:59:09 2026
    I watched the stream from last weekend and I think he's getting
    a bit annoyed at Y'allbot breaking in every few minutes. He
    says he can't turn it off, just dismiss the call. Worse,
    sometimes Y'allbot gives the wrong info, making the
    interruption even more annoying. Personally, I could do
    without it.

    I think Ya'll Bot has an ego. Sometimes, it's very complementary,
    while at other times, he reams someone a new butt!!

    It's a pointless tradition, IMO. I think what annoyed him more
    was the fact that Phil's prediction was read off a scroll and
    not from visual evidence.

    There was a Looney Tunes Cartoon years ago with Grover Groundhog,
    who sings "A Groundhog and his shadow, are very important things".

    Porky Pig is hunting the groundhog with a dog by the name of
    "Mandrake" (sounds like something in one of the addons for L.O.R.D.
    II). When the dog is startled by the groundhog, he screams "Don't
    Do That!!". Then, looking at him, he surmises "You're a Groundhog".
    Grover gives him a greenback, and says "That gets you one dollar.
    Would you care to try for two??!!". <G>

    Loved the movie. I often reference it when someone asks me,
    "How's it going?" I just say, "It's Groundhog Day". Most
    people get it.

    A friend of mine, his daughter was born on Groundhog Day. I told
    him to ask her if she re-lives her birthday each year. <G>

    Makes you wonder how they survive the 364 other days of the
    year.

    On the money they make on that one day. :P

    Daryl

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Daryl Stout on Fri Feb 6 08:33:19 2026
    Re: Re: Ryan and the Rodent
    By: Daryl Stout to Mortar on Thu Feb 05 2026 10:59 pm

    There was a Looney Tunes Cartoon years ago with Grover Groundhog, who sings "A Groundhog and his shadow, are very important things".

    This is one of those things that I must have somehow missed when I was growing up. I'd never heard of Groundhog Day or Punxatawney Phil until the movie "Groundhog Day" came out in 1993, and I was wondering what the title meant. When I learned what Groundhog Day is, I was wondering if people actually do that. :P

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to NIGHTFOX on Sat Feb 7 10:04:01 2026
    There was a Looney Tunes Cartoon years ago with Grover Groundhog, who sings "A Groundhog and his shadow, are very important things".

    This is one of those things that I must have somehow missed when I was growing
    up. I'd never heard of Groundhog Day or Punxatawney Phil until the movie "Groundhog Day" came out in 1993, and I was wondering what the title meant. When I learned what Groundhog Day is, I was wondering if people actually do that. :P

    We learned about it in elementary school.


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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Nightfox on Wed Feb 18 17:36:44 2026
    This is one of those things that I must have somehow missed
    when I was growing up. I'd never heard of Groundhog Day or
    Punxatawney Phil until the movie "Groundhog Day" came out in
    1993, and I was wondering what the title meant. When I learned
    what Groundhog Day is, I was wondering if people actually do
    that. :P

    Quite a few of those things in the movie were obviously absurd.
    But, that is their big tourism money maker each year.

    In the wake of Phil's forecast for 6 more weeks of winter, there
    have been a ton of memes on Phil's fate, including:

    1) Witness Protection Program.
    2) Jailed with repeated charges of escape attempts.
    3) Caught a flight to Mexico, where it was warmer.
    4) His ex-wife, divorcing him, as he was "a pathological liar".
    5) Dressed up in military fatigues, with a bulletproof vest,
    a rifle, and magazines of shells.
    6) A wolf in the snow that said "he ate the groundhog, as he
    had said '6 more weeks of winter'".

    In short, Phil must have a lot of cousins or impersonators!! Of
    course, he's not the only groundhog, but that's a yearly ritual.

    Another cartoon had a groundhog in his underground burrow,
    rapidly running between computers with weather data.

    I will say that "the girlfriend" in the movie was rather cute. :)

    Daryl

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Daryl Stout on Thu Feb 19 07:16:36 2026
    Daryl Stout wrote to Nightfox <=-

    I will say that "the girlfriend" in the movie was rather cute. :)

    There's a podcast called "I was there, too" where they interview people
    with minor roles in major films. They interviewed Steven Tobolowsky, who
    played Ned Ryerson, the insurance salesman who recognizes Bill Murray on
    the street several times.

    It's interesting to see what they thought of the lead actors behind the
    scenes, and what it was like filming the movie.




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