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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    Also the more I learn about franchise models the more they seem really predatory.

    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 Seems the invention of contraptions is an underappreciated piece of the moviemaking art. Someone oughta do a documentary series on that subject.

        Education is extremely important.

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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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            Hong Kong 1920
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              Also the more I learn about franchise models the more they seem really predatory.

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              @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

              Also the more I learn about franchise models the more they seem really predatory.

              I’m a member but I use it. It’s a great club and worth more than $10 a month.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

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                  The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

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                  @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                  The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

                  I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.

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                    @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                    The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

                    I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.

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                    @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                    @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                    The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

                    I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.

                    If i remember the story correctly, the photo (or the negative) was found in a school from where the photo was taken. Dont know what happened to the photographer.

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                      I was going to say, there’s no reason to necessarily believe that the photographer survived, let alone remained sighted.

                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                        Not a "murder." An "embarrassment."

                        ***Funny - but surprising.***

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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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                          Not a "murder." An "embarrassment."

                          ***Funny - but surprising.***

                          click to show

                          image.jpeg

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                          @George-K

                          I want to be on the committee that decides these words of venery.

                          My first nomination would be “a haggard of milfs”.

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                            @George-K

                            I want to be on the committee that decides these words of venery.

                            My first nomination would be “a haggard of milfs”.

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                            @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                            My first nomination would be “a haggard of milfs”.

                            (that almost deserves its own thread)

                            My nomination for that would be "sere." It's obscure enough of a word to make people take pause and think..."What?"

                            "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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                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                  Details from La Wik:

                                  Spearfish holds the world record for the fastest recorded temperature change. On January 22, 1943, at about 7:30 a.m. MST, the temperature in Spearfish was −4 °F (−20 °C). The Chinook wind picked up speed rapidly, and two minutes later (7:32 a.m.) the temperature was +45 °F (7 °C). The 49 °F or 27 °C rise in two minutes set a world record that still holds. By 9:00 a.m., the temperature had risen to 54 °F (12 °C). Suddenly, the Chinook died down and the temperature tumbled back to −4 °F or −20 °C. The 58 °F or 32.2 °C drop took only 27 minutes.[18][19][20] The sudden change in temperatures caused glass windows to crack and windshields to instantly frost over.[21][20]

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    Related to the above, I read that a mountain in NH just set the record for the coldest windchill. -106 F. -45 F temperature with 97 mph wind.

                                    :eek

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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        This image shows Comet 67P/C-G compared to the city of Los Angeles, California.

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                                          This image shows Comet 67P/C-G compared to the city of Los Angeles, California.

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                                          @mark

                                          Wow

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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