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I saw this on Buzz Aldrin's Facebook
Nice picture
Happy birthday to my friend and Gemini 12 crew mate, Jim Lovell. We have had quite the adventures over the years. My followers may not realize that we are also “models”. As we, along with Sally Ride, posed for Annie Liebowitz, in 2009, for a Louis Vuitton ad.
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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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It’s always something.
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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 said in Mildly interesting:
@Copper OK - that's the coolest thing I've seen today.
I was flipping through facebook and, of course, recognized the faces right away. I thought, what a great picture.
But the context didn't seem right. Then I read Buzz's comment.
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@George-K said in Mildly interesting:
@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
He did that faster than I could.
Well, he did…
Indeed..
And I've won more Tour de France medals than Lance Armstrong.
Well, I have...
Um, you must mean you have won the same number of medals.
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Green Lake, Austria
Green Lake is considered as one of the most “exotic” waters . . . around Europe due to a rare natural phenomenon: during summer, the snow from the peaks starts to melt and fresh water floods the valley.
in March, once the temperature rises and the snow on the mountain melts, the water level in the lake slowly begins to go up, covering pathways and small trees.
In June, the lake becomes an amazing lagoon, reaching its maximum depth of 12 meters while swallowing high trees, a bridge and even benches. In late-July, the lake becomes smaller and smaller, revealing once again the underwater landscape. And this happens every year!
Some nice photos at https://www.tourismontheedge.com/underwater-park-austria/
I gather the lake is closed off to divers now.
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Passenger trains in the US vs. Europe
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Doctor-Phibes that's a bit misleading. The map shows only Amtrak routes, not other passenger rail in the US which is frequently clustered around major cities.
Here's what's in a 60-70 mile radius of downtown Chicago.
Boston.
New York
That said, yeah, the US is woefully under-railed compared to Europe.
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Herb Alpert was not even remotely Hispanic. He was Russian, Romanian and Jewish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Alpert
Herb Alpert was born and raised in the Boyle Heights section of Eastside Los Angeles,[4] California, the youngest of three children (a daughter and two sons) of Tillie (née Goldberg) and Louis Leib (or Louis Bentsion-Leib) Alpert. His parents were Jewish immigrants to the U.S. from Radomyshl (in present-day Ukraine) and Romania.
He is married to Lani Hall - one of the vocalists from Brazil '66.
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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 said in Mildly interesting:
It's why there are still 2 of them in my garage. I think I will keep this 18+ year old S-500 until the wheels fall off it.
I have had it for 10.5 years and it now has over 200k on the odometer so far! I would like to see it go another 10 years 100k or more.
6 disk CD changer, single DVD drive in dash which can hold 4+GB of mp3s. Analog buttons and knobs, etc.
