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  • markM Offline
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    #1392

    Link to video

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    • CopperC Offline
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      #1393

      Always wear your safety helmet.

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        #1394

        Most common surname by country.

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        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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        • George KG Offline
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          #1395

          Did you know that the white and red stripes on a windsock are not for decoration?

          They actually indicate precise wind speeds.

          Here's how.

          F97vOxCacAAQ9SD.jpeg

          "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

            Did you know that the white and red stripes on a windsock are not for decoration?

            They actually indicate precise wind speeds.

            Here's how.

            F97vOxCacAAQ9SD.jpeg

            CopperC Offline
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            Copper
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            #1396

            @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

            Did you know that the white and red stripes on a windsock are not for decoration?

            Yes.

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            • George KG George K

              Did you know that the white and red stripes on a windsock are not for decoration?

              They actually indicate precise wind speeds.

              Here's how.

              F97vOxCacAAQ9SD.jpeg

              taiwan_girlT Offline
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              #1397

              @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

              Did you know that the white and red stripes on a windsock are not for decoration?

              No

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              • jon-nycJ Offline
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                #1398

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                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  #1399

                  British nursing home 😆

                  https://www.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk/the-chelsea-pensioners

                  I was only joking

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                  • George KG Offline
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                    #1400

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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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                      #1401

                      28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                      Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

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                        Photo from early 1980's with Arnold Schwarzenegger, looking small standing between a US pro basketball player and Pro wrestling player

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                          Andre the Giant (on the right) had acromegaly.

                          He, like Rachmaninoff, had big hands.

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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:

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                            The meth-head has a little trouble with celestial math.

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                              My in ground fig tree is giving one last heroic effort to ripen all of its fruits. Once they start turning purple, it’s just a few days. Almost the whole tree full just started turning purple.

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                              I’ve gotten about 20 figs from this tree over the summer. Now I’ll get 50 in the next week. Hopefully. If you charted figs vs time, it would look like the climate change hockey stick - not a pleasant thought, what with humanity’s fast approaching extinction due to climate change.

                              My other trees in pots were unproductive this year, stunted and immature. Much like Palestinians. Not a pleasant thought, what with humanity’s fast approaching extinction due to them.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                                Magnet.

                                "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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                                • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                  28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                                  Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

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                                  George K
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                                  #1407

                                  @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                  28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                                  Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

                                  https://www.inverse.com/article/41737-28-day-calendar

                                  “The idea is simple. Each month has four, seven-day weeks, making a total of 28 days. There are 13 months in a year, totaling 364 days, with a new month in between June and July called “Sol” to mark the summer solstice. The leftover day is a special Year Day, with two such days every four years”

                                  "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

                                    @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                    28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                                    Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

                                    https://www.inverse.com/article/41737-28-day-calendar

                                    “The idea is simple. Each month has four, seven-day weeks, making a total of 28 days. There are 13 months in a year, totaling 364 days, with a new month in between June and July called “Sol” to mark the summer solstice. The leftover day is a special Year Day, with two such days every four years”

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                                    #1408

                                    @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                                    @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                    28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                                    Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

                                    https://www.inverse.com/article/41737-28-day-calendar

                                    “The idea is simple. Each month has four, seven-day weeks, making a total of 28 days. There are 13 months in a year, totaling 364 days, with a new month in between June and July called “Sol” to mark the summer solstice. The leftover day is a special Year Day, with two such days every four years”

                                    It makes sense. I like the idea. Probably never happen, but I like it. (Interesting that Kodak used it as a company calendar)

                                    From the article:

                                    It may sound like a small detail to some, but don’t forget that Microsoft never released a version 13 of Office, and data from 2015 showed 574 Manhattan condos lack a 13th floor. Don’t underestimate the power of superstition.

                                    That is mainly US based. In north Asia, the number 4 has a similar sound to death, so many floors of buildings don't have a 4th floor. It skips from 3 to 5.

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                                    • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                      @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                                      @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                      28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                                      Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

                                      https://www.inverse.com/article/41737-28-day-calendar

                                      “The idea is simple. Each month has four, seven-day weeks, making a total of 28 days. There are 13 months in a year, totaling 364 days, with a new month in between June and July called “Sol” to mark the summer solstice. The leftover day is a special Year Day, with two such days every four years”

                                      It makes sense. I like the idea. Probably never happen, but I like it. (Interesting that Kodak used it as a company calendar)

                                      From the article:

                                      It may sound like a small detail to some, but don’t forget that Microsoft never released a version 13 of Office, and data from 2015 showed 574 Manhattan condos lack a 13th floor. Don’t underestimate the power of superstition.

                                      That is mainly US based. In north Asia, the number 4 has a similar sound to death, so many floors of buildings don't have a 4th floor. It skips from 3 to 5.

                                      George KG Offline
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                                      George K
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                                      #1409

                                      @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                      Don’t underestimate the power of superstition.

                                      When I worked downtown, one of the hospital buildings didn't have a 13th floor. Since they rebuilt, the new ones do.

                                      "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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                                        “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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                                        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                          @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                                          @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                          28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                                          Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

                                          https://www.inverse.com/article/41737-28-day-calendar

                                          “The idea is simple. Each month has four, seven-day weeks, making a total of 28 days. There are 13 months in a year, totaling 364 days, with a new month in between June and July called “Sol” to mark the summer solstice. The leftover day is a special Year Day, with two such days every four years”

                                          It makes sense. I like the idea. Probably never happen, but I like it. (Interesting that Kodak used it as a company calendar)

                                          From the article:

                                          It may sound like a small detail to some, but don’t forget that Microsoft never released a version 13 of Office, and data from 2015 showed 574 Manhattan condos lack a 13th floor. Don’t underestimate the power of superstition.

                                          That is mainly US based. In north Asia, the number 4 has a similar sound to death, so many floors of buildings don't have a 4th floor. It skips from 3 to 5.

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                                          #1411

                                          @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                          It makes sense.

                                          I hate to tell you this, but the orbital speed of the Earth is slowing.

                                          This is just like Climate Change.

                                          It is happening with or without Daylight Saving.

                                          A year won't have 365 days forever.

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