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    35ADD5CD-A7A0-4908-9C9A-FC7692734795.jpeg

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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      In 1963, San Francisco Giants pitcher Gaylord Perry famously declared, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run."
      On July 20, 1969, just 20 minutes after Neil Armstrong became the first human being ever to walk on the moon, Perry hit the first, and only, home run of his career.

      Only non-witches get due process.

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        No idea if this is true or not. Searches are not helpful.

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        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          No idea if this is true or not. Searches are not helpful.

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          @George-K

          https://seamussweeney.net/2018/10/18/still-on-patrol/#:~:text=There is a tradition in,still on patrol” in perpetuity.

          Scroll down to see the plaque dedicated to those still on patrol.

          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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            @George-K

            https://seamussweeney.net/2018/10/18/still-on-patrol/#:~:text=There is a tradition in,still on patrol” in perpetuity.

            Scroll down to see the plaque dedicated to those still on patrol.

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            @Catseye3 thank you!

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              George, today's Bookbub is offering the book Final Patrol: "During World War II, the US Navy’s submarine service suffered the highest rate of casualties of any American armed forces branch. Learn the stories behind 16 of these vessels — and the soldiers who lived, fought, and died in them. A must-have for military history enthusiasts."

              Coincidence, eh?

              Goto What/Reading to read more.

              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    @George-K interesting… I suspect it looks fun only because the video is speeded up. Bet it would be very boring in real time.

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                    • AxtremusA Axtremus

                      @George-K interesting… I suspect it looks fun only because the video is speeded up. Bet it would be very boring in real time.

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                      @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                      @George-K interesting… I suspect it looks fun only because the video is speeded up. Bet it would be very boring in real time.

                      Incorrect. It does not look fun even when sped up.

                      Please correct your post.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                        @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                        @George-K interesting… I suspect it looks fun only because the video is speeded up. Bet it would be very boring in real time.

                        Incorrect. It does not look fun even when sped up.

                        Please correct your post.

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                        @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                        @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

                        @George-K interesting… I suspect it looks fun only because the video is speeded up. Bet it would be very boring in real time.

                        Incorrect. It does not look fun even when sped up.

                        Please correct your post.

                        They also cut the bit out where the minimum wage guy gleefully stamps on all the cases marked 'Fragile', which is almost certainly the best part of that job.

                        I was only joking

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                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                            Wow! I never thought of that!

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                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                F44474A4-B472-4186-8FA7-D1C32B40A5F3.jpeg

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    @George-K

                                    Wow. That’s a lot of effort, even for the model.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      No idea if this is true or not. Searches are not helpful.

                                      IMG_1434.JPG

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                                      @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                                      No idea if this is true or not. Searches are not helpful.

                                      IMG_1434.JPG

                                      The can looks like an Akula class Soviet sub, but the conning tower looks different. I don't think that's an American sub.

                                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                                        I’m pretty sure scientists refer to Octopi as having neither arms or legs, but tentacles…

                                        The Brad

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                                          @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                                          I’m pretty sure scientists refer to Octopi as having neither arms or legs, but tentacles…

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                                          @LuFins-Dad said in Mildly interesting:

                                          I’m pretty sure scientists refer to Octopi as having neither arms or legs, but tentacles…

                                          They don't refer to octopi at all.

                                          It's "octopuses."

                                          “I knew little about octopuses—not even that the scientifically correct plural is not octopi, as I had always believed (it turns out you can’t put a Latin ending—i—on a word derived from Greek, such as octopus). ”

                                          Excerpt From
                                          The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
                                          Sy Montgomery

                                          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus#Etymology_and_pluralisation

                                          The scientific Latin term octopus was derived from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους, a compound form of ὀκτώ (oktō, "eight") and πούς (pous, "foot"), itself a variant form of ὀκτάπους, a word used for example by Alexander of Tralles (c. 525–c. 605) for the common octopus.[5][6][7] The standard pluralised form of "octopus" in English is "octopuses";[8] the Ancient Greek plural ὀκτώποδες, "octopodes" (/ɒkˈtɒpədiːz/), has also been used historically.[9] The alternative plural "octopi" is considered grammatically incorrect because it wrongly assumes that octopus is a Latin second declension "-us" noun or adjective when, in either Greek or Latin, it is a third declension noun.[10][11]

                                          Historically, the first plural to commonly appear in English language sources, in the early 19th century, is the latinate form "octopi",[12] followed by the English form "octopuses" in the latter half of the same century. The Hellenic plural is roughly contemporary in usage, although it is also the rarest.[13]

                                          Fowler's Modern English Usage states that the only acceptable plural in English is "octopuses", that "octopi" is misconceived, and "octopodes" pedantic;[14][15][16] the last is nonetheless used frequently enough to be acknowledged by the descriptivist Merriam-Webster 11th Collegiate Dictionary and Webster's New World College Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary lists "octopuses", "octopi", and "octopodes", in that order, reflecting frequency of use, calling "octopodes" rare and noting that "octopi" is based on a misunderstanding.[17] The New Oxford American Dictionary (3rd Edition, 2010) lists "octopuses" as the only acceptable pluralisation, and indicates that "octopodes" is still occasionally used, but that "octopi" is incorrect.[18]

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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