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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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          #845

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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.

                  alt text

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                  @mark

                  Wow

                  Only non-witches get due process.

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

                    @mark

                    Wow

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                    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                    @mark

                    Wow

                    Meh - that'll buff out

                    I was only joking

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

                      alt text

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                      @mark how many giraffes is that?

                      "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 KG George K

                        @mark how many giraffes is that?

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                        @George-K probably more than all the Giraffes that are walking the planet. 😆

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                          USS Arizona on the East River, New York 1916.

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                            USS Arizona on the East River, New York 1916.

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                            @bachophile

                            Cool. No doubt heading out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                              Liszt’s writing desk.

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                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                              • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                Liszt’s writing desk.

                                2946EF14-EF3C-4D0D-9B80-6472DDA7AE46.jpeg

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                                @jon-nyc I’ve been to Lizst’s home in Budapest.

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                                • bachophileB bachophile

                                  @jon-nyc I’ve been to Lizst’s home in Budapest.

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                                  @bachophile

                                  Me too.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    Hawa Majal in Jaipur. built 1799.

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                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      There is no antidote for a blue-ringed octopus bite. However, if you can get a ventilator to breathe for you for 15 hours, you survive with no side effects
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                                        There is no antidote for a blue-ringed octopus bite. However, if you can get a ventilator to breathe for you for 15 hours, you survive with no side effects
                                        alt text

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                                        @mark said in Mildly interesting:

                                        There is no antidote for a blue-ringed octopus bite. However, if you can get a ventilator to breathe for you for 15 hours, you survive with no side effects

                                        Tetrodotoxin

                                        It's not as simple as that. Unlike classic paralytics (curare), TDX is a sodium-channel blocker whose effects are far wider-reaching than simply blocking the interaction of nerve and muscle.

                                        This actually "paralyzes" the nerve itself.

                                        It is the same shit as in pufferfish.

                                        "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 KG George K

                                          @mark said in Mildly interesting:

                                          There is no antidote for a blue-ringed octopus bite. However, if you can get a ventilator to breathe for you for 15 hours, you survive with no side effects

                                          Tetrodotoxin

                                          It's not as simple as that. Unlike classic paralytics (curare), TDX is a sodium-channel blocker whose effects are far wider-reaching than simply blocking the interaction of nerve and muscle.

                                          This actually "paralyzes" the nerve itself.

                                          It is the same shit as in pufferfish.

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                                          @George-K so, you will not be fine if you are vented for 15 hours?

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