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  • What's in the infrastructure and social spending bills

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    JollyJ
    We're paying for it.
  • In the library

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    jon-nycJ
    And Nabokov smiled.
  • Addendum to GBTD

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    kluursK
    [image: 1634314948018-12bfc2ea-8efc-4dd0-b016-8d27bfe06fc4-image.png]
  • Big Giant Thought of the Day

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    MikM
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  • Catmouflage

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    HoraceH
    I'm reminded of the snake pic someone here posted some years back. That one was hard. I think Jolly spotted it easily.
  • 3 classes in four years

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    HoraceH
    @jolly said in 3 classes in four years: So, what is this kid going to do after high school? College or trade school? Ivy league on a -studies path, I presume.
  • Happy Birthday Evangelista Torricelli!

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    Doctor PhibesD
    He looks as though he's drunk more than a few millimeters of mercury. It's made him psi-cotic.
  • The Messerspit

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    Doctor PhibesD
    Cool story - I like Mark Felton's channel a lot. Incidentally, my brother was hill walking in the UK a couple of weeks ago. He was on top of Helvellyn, a mountain in Cumbria, and two Spitfires flew right over the top of him - my dad would definitely have approved
  • 5.4% vs. 13.5%

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    George KG
    Oh... [image: FBviFAJWQAUYhCt?format=jpg&name=large]
  • 36% and sinking.

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    George KG
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  • The stolen Gretch

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    bachophileB
    when i was in high school, bachman turner overdrive was a thing.
  • I would be afraid to cook these

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    AxtremusA
    @taiwan_girl said in I would be afraid to cook these: I was fortunate when I was in Japan 2 summers ago to be treated to a Kobe beef restaurant (which I think it the same (or almost the same) as Wagyu). Kobe beef is one type of Wagyu. Wagyu literals means "Japanese beef." Kobe is a city in Japan. There is a system that certifies certain beef output from that area as "Kobe beef." For a long time, "Kobe beef" tops the price scale in the beef market. Having tasted Kobe beef in Japan and in the USA, as well as other non-Kobe A5 Wagyu, I have come to conclude that I like them only in small servings. I find it unpleasant to consume more than, say, 3 to 4 ounces of such A5 beef in one sitting. A few bites as appetizer are quire delectable, but trying to down an 8+ oz. cut as an entrée in one sitting would be way too fatty. "Lesser" beef would work much better as an entrée. :man-shrugging:
  • Rome vs. Byzantium

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    taiwan_girlT
    Interesting perspective and history lesson. There is one statement I am not sure of : "... red states welcome change, " To me, it seems a bit the opposite.
  • Word for Today: Mortuusequusphobia

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    taiwan_girlT
    I wonder if anyone really has that fear? LOL
  • Interesting, if true.

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    taiwan_girlT
    I wonder how much (if any) of the COVID sickness/death that the Amish had were not reported. But an interesting article/interview.
  • House for sale

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    taiwan_girlT
    Cool house.
  • Variant

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  • On This Day In History

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    George KG
    One of my favorite movies: Link to video Just listen to Tom Conti's score. It's brilliant, and makes this scene all it could be. At 1:20...the music pauses as Yeager seals the hatch. And a nod to Holst's "The Planets" that follows. Read the book. The book is more about Yeager than the Mercury Seven, unlike the movie.
  • Meanwhile, in Germany

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  • Flakka

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    LarryL
    This isn't the exact one I saw, but it's similar: Link to video