@mik said in Storming a Federal Building:

Hmm. Crude oil is flammable?

At some point...

We're paying for it.

And Nabokov smiled.

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

@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.

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

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 🙂

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when i was in high school, bachman turner overdrive was a thing.

@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. 🤷‍♂️

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.

I wonder if anyone really has that fear? LOL

I wonder how much (if any) of the COVID sickness/death that the Amish had were not reported.

But an interesting article/interview.

Cool house.

One of my favorite movies:

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.