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  • Someone has a birthday today....

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    brendaB
    Bring yer cake to the party over here https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/8934/so-it-90th-now/6
  • The new iMac

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    KlausK
    @george-k said in The new iMac: @klaus said in The new iMac: The main problem is that most monitors look like this on the back. Ah, I see your point. I guess in particular you can rule out all monitors with adjustable height.
  • Gaslighting Continues

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  • "Sir, stop trying to give us money. You're being dumb."

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    brendaB
    Integrity. Honesty. Intelligence. That's impressive to find. They must want to keep their customers.
  • Night Landing

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    George KG
    https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-crew-1-astronauts-return-home-in-rare-nighttime-splashdown/?ftag=CAD-03-10aaj8j "We welcome you back to planet Earth and thanks for flying SpaceX," SpaceX's Mission Control radioed moments after splashdown. "For those of you enrolled in our frequent flyer program, you've earned 68 million miles on this voyage." "We'll take those miles," spacecraft commander Col. Mike Hopkins said moments after landing. "Are they transferrable?"
  • At least somebody admitted it...

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  • Get ready for mowing this year. You'll want to mow with this!

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    JollyJ
    @jolly said in Get ready for mowing this year. You'll want to mow with this!: Built y'all one...Nice mower... https://apps.kubotausa.com/configurator/BuildMyKubota.aspx?pgId=1&bmId=1001&sId=123 [image: f7233625-1e84-41a2-bbc3-969bf5fad780.png] With cab, belly mower, FEL, snowblower and backhoe, $59,461.00, list price.
  • To bring Larry back, perhaps a birthday gift?

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    JollyJ
  • Individual people are smart.

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    MikM
    Some people just think God will provide. I think He helps those.....
  • We Suck

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    LuFins DadL
    15% of the student population live in a culture that demeans and belittles academic success and accomplishment. Another 8% is put at an extreme disadvantage by not speaking English. We have an education system that is more focused inequity than individual success. American educators are now telling us that math is racist, and “getting the right answers” and “showing your work” are given as examples of white supremacy. https://katu.com/news/local/debate-emerges-over-racism-and-white-supremacy-in-math-instruction. I wonder why we are failing...
  • The Variety Show

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    @george-k said in The Variety Show: @copper said in The Variety Show: What's stopping you? The guy spinning plates on a slick. And Topo Gigo, of course. That's what. Topo Grigio!
  • US daily Covid deaths

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    JollyJ
    @loki said in US daily Covid deaths: So the one week rolling average of deaths in the US are at the lowest point of the pandemic with the exception of the period June 17 to July 10, 2020. I suspect Mothers Day will be a huge gathering this year and Memorial Day weekend a blowout. Probably a good idea to really start prepping for a return to normal life. I suspect for many there are going to be much mental anguish on many fronts. Operation Warp Speed should be Time’s Person of the Year. Nah, if they want to sell magazines, use a pic of Trump signing the EO.
  • Instacart

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    MikM
    Instacart has pretty big markups on a lot of things, as does Doordash. I think in both cases it is because the supplier doesn't want to eat all the Instacart fees. Here the Instacart selection is pretty limited. I cannot get what I want. I use Kroger Clicklist and Meijer online. Both pick and bring out your order to your car for free and I don't see any markup at all. Picked up at both this morning.
  • Biden discloses Trump secret drone strike rules

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    MikM
    There is also balancing that against the civilians who would have been killed had we not struck. Hard to know, but surely not zero.
  • Now you can test if you have free will

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    HoraceH
    @axtremus said in Now you can test if you have free will: No support for virtual keyboard. It's blatant discrimination against the keyboard-less, I tell 'ya! It's also QWERTY-supremacist. F and D, really? Not every keyboard has those two arbitrary keys next to each other.
  • A letter to 60 minutes

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    George KG
    @klaus my bad. It was supposed to be a Wikipedia link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._George
  • Fair enough

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    brendaB
    @george-k said in Fair enough: @jon-nyc said in Fair enough: @brenda said in Fair enough: Maybe on the mailbox by the driveway, which is usually beside the road. That was my thought. You guys are so rural. And proud of it!!!
  • My *other* favorite NOLA band

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    JollyJ
    Good band. I can really picture them doing something like Prairie Home Companion in its heyday...
  • Going Against the Voters’ Expressed Will

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    CopperC
    @george-k [image: giphy.gif]
  • It's a hell of a thing, killing another man.

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    George KG
    For some reason, I hadn't watched this until now. Very disturbing and human. As I was watching, listening to him talk about the man-to-man fighting, I was thinking about how today's conflicts have become, in a sense, like video games. He addresses the same point at the end of the interview, how bombs, and shooting at a distance are impersonal. Yet, when you stab another man in the heart and watch him die, blood coming from his mouth, it's quite a different thing. However, I recall reading some stories about drone "pilots" who have a similar reaction - though impersonal, that kind of warfare takes its toll as well.