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[jon-nyc]

No one born after 1935 has walked on the moon.

[mark]

[Catseye3]

Baritone Leonard Warren died onstage at the Met in 1960 just as he finished singing Verdi's "Morir, Tremenda Cosi," which means "To Die, A Momentous Thing."

[jon-nyc]

The Appalachian mountains are actually split between North America and Europe. How can that be? They are older than the Atlantic Ocean.

The mountains were formed before there were land animals, indeed even before fish had evolved. As a result most of the fossils seen on them are from early marine life.

[jon-nyc]

Elton John doing an early run through Tiny Dancer.

[89th]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

The mountains were formed before there were land animals, indeed even before fish had evolved. As a result most of the fossils seen on them are from early marine life.

Very cool - every time I'd hike in the Shenandoah I'd often think about this.

[Horace]

@89th said in Mildly interesting:

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

The mountains were formed before there were land animals, indeed even before fish had evolved. As a result most of the fossils seen on them are from early marine life.

Very cool - every time I'd hike in the Shenandoah I'd often think about this.

I was excited that you were doing something every time you'd hike, but then you said you merely 'often' did it. The promise of the phrase 'every time' was broken. I felt betrayed by this sentence.

[jon-nyc]

@horace It could be that he thought about it often on each hike.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

@horace It could be that he thought about it often on each hike.

Oh, the song got stuck in his head every time he went hiking there.

@89th, is that true? Did this Elton John song get stuck in your head every time you hiked there?

If so, I want to apologize for my previous post. Due to my lack of reading comprehension, I unfairly accused you of having betrayed me. I am sorry.

[Copper]

The John Denver song stuck in my head whenever I flew there, which was often.

Almost heaven, West Virginia

Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River

John Denver was a pilot.

The instrument approach into Martinsburg, WV has a waypoint called HEVEN.

You hit this point over the Blue Ridge and the Shenandoah River.

So when I announced that I was inbound at (or almost at) Heven, while over the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River, there was no way to stop the song from popping in.

I wonder if he got the lyrics while on approach there.

[89th]

@horace said in Mildly interesting:

If so, I want to apologize for my previous post. Due to my lack of reading comprehension, I unfairly accused you of having betrayed me. I am sorry.

It's ok, every time I read your posts I often think about your lack of reading skillz

[Aqua Letifer]

@89th said in Mildly interesting:

@horace said in Mildly interesting:

If so, I want to apologize for my previous post. Due to my lack of reading comprehension, I unfairly accused you of having betrayed me. I am sorry.

It's ok, every time I read your posts I often think about your lack of reading skillz

Okay that was funny.

Aside to horace: ""

[Horace]

Well I think it's sad that some of us stoop to making fun of one another on TNCR. I would prefer to keep the conversation at a more adult level, but I understand that some of us lack maturity.

[mark]

A measured response: The chip only costs one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. Replace it? No way!

[Catseye3]

@horace said in Mildly interesting:

I would prefer to keep the conversation at a more adult level, but I understand that some of us lack maturity.

That's right, you big doo-doo head!

[Catseye3]

In 1950, 22 percent of American adults were single, four million of them lived alone and they made up a paltry 9 percent of households. Today, by contrast, more than 50 percent of American adults are single, 31 million of them live alone and they make up a hefty 28 percent of households.

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

I read Hooker's book - the one upon which the movie was basted - about 5 months ago. It's...interesting.

[Aqua Letifer]

@george-k said in Mildly interesting:

I read Hooker's book - the one upon which the movie was basted - about 5 months ago. It's...interesting.

Pretty nuts, right?

[jon-nyc]