@Doctor-Phibes said in Missed it by *that* much: @LuFins-Dad said in Missed it by *that* much: Since the boy is okay, are we allowed to make puns? I find that people who make jokes about near tragedy are a real pain in the neck. Would you care to discus that?

It's 17 degrees right now - that's -8.3 for our Celsius friends. We're supposed to get about a foot of snow starting later today/tomorrow. Lots of Christmas travel is being postponed. D2 will not arrive Friday, but Saturday, weather permitting. Everyone else is local, so... Amtrak has cancelled the Empire Builder for 3 days. It would suck to have made travel plans on the train...

@George-K said in "I fell on it.": "Fire in the hole!" Expensive coffee everywhere…

RIP

@Mik said in Meanwhile, at the dinner table...: J&B - the trans scotch. One would think that would be at best a limited market segment. It's the fact that they're advertising it in Spain that struck me. It's not exactly the first nation that springs to mind when it comes to whisky sales.

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@Doctor-Phibes said in Nuclear Households: When I was growing up in the UK, we always thought of America as having a really high divorce rate. I'm sure it's a stereotype, but after living here for 20 years I'm also sure there's some truth to it. The numbers are old, but I imagine the trend hasn't changed much. https://divorcescience.org/for-students/world-divorce-statistics-comparisons-among-countries/ Note the USA was at 2.8 and the UK at 2.1. [image: 1671627369789-image.jpeg] Interesting numbers here: https://www.unifiedlawyers.com.au/blog/global-divorce-rates-statistics/ [image: 1671627316706-screenshot-2022-12-21-at-6.54.57-am.png] What's the old saw? "Half of all marriages end in divorce. The other half ends in death."

@taiwan_girl That's a dirty little secret of college sports... A four year athletic scholarship is actually four one-year scholarships. Most schools uphold their end of the bargain, should a player become injured, etc., but they don't have to.

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@Copper said in i guess this makes it official: @Renauda said in i guess this makes it official: @Copper said in i guess this makes it official: That's nothing We have a slave owner on our $1 bill And on your $2 and $50 bills as well. Jefferson had the most slaves of any serving president and U. S. Grant had one for about year until 1859 when he made him a free man. What were the slaves skin colors? Midnight and Quarter to 12. What did you think, Toby?

Thanks, Jolly.

Good on yer, Miranda!

@Aqua-Letifer said in Mean white man prevents nice brown girl from seat on plane.: @LuFins-Dad said in Mean white man prevents nice brown girl from seat on plane.: [image: 1671561121017-a8d40aa4-90b4-439b-9623-30bf123fa8d5.jpeg] Can someone please explain to me what the illustration has to do with the story? There's no way you don't know the answer to that. https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/19220/everything-is-racist

Excellent!

He actually said future polls would only count blue-checked accounts.