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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    #1505

    "Street view"

    "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
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      #1506

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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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      • MikM Away
        MikM Away
        Mik
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        #1507

        Doggerland, 9,000 years ago, connected Britain to continental Europe through a mix of marshes, swamps, wooded valleys, and hills. It was likely inhabited by humans during the Mesolithic period and served as a hunting ground.

        However, ice melted, sea levels rose, and Doggerland became submerged, cutting off the British peninsula from Europe around 7,000 BC. Today, Doggerland is a productive fishing bank, with fishermen dredging up hand-made bone artifacts, textile fragments, paddles, canoes, fish traps, a 13,000-year-old human remains, and a woolly mammoth skull

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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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        • MikM Mik

          Doggerland, 9,000 years ago, connected Britain to continental Europe through a mix of marshes, swamps, wooded valleys, and hills. It was likely inhabited by humans during the Mesolithic period and served as a hunting ground.

          However, ice melted, sea levels rose, and Doggerland became submerged, cutting off the British peninsula from Europe around 7,000 BC. Today, Doggerland is a productive fishing bank, with fishermen dredging up hand-made bone artifacts, textile fragments, paddles, canoes, fish traps, a 13,000-year-old human remains, and a woolly mammoth skull

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          George KG Offline
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          George K
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          #1508

          @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

          However, ice melted, sea levels rose, and Doggerland became submerged, cutting off the British peninsula from Europe around 7,000 BC.

          Thank God for global warming and rising oceans!

          "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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          • kluursK Offline
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            kluurs
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            #1509

            1910 Gyro Monorail -

            Link to video

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            • MikM Away
              MikM Away
              Mik
              wrote on last edited by
              #1510

              What could go wrong?

              “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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              • George KG Offline
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                George K
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                #1511

                Fascinating.

                The gyroscopic stabilizer is the basis for the Segway, isn't it?

                Also, the tilting during curves is accomplished in modern trains by what's called "superelevating" the rail, with the outside rail being just a bit higher than the inside rail.

                The Acela's route is not superelevated along most (if any) of its route. Traveling at 135 mph around curves would be uncomfortable for passengers. The builder of the train solved that problem by allowing the body of the car to tilt "into" the curve while the trucks and wheels remained level.

                Link to video

                "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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                • MikM Away
                  MikM Away
                  Mik
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                  #1512

                  Roman Army Knife (201-300 AD); has a spoon, knife, fork, spike, spatula and pick allowing the user to even clean between their teeth after eating. It was part of the equipment of Roman legions.

                  This folding eating gadget has a three-pronged fork, a spoon,a spatula,a pick, a spike and an iron knife that has eroded away.

                  There is a hinge to allow each item to be folded out when it was needed, or folded away for ease of transporting it.

                  The spike might of helped in extracting the meat from snails, and the spatula in scraping sauce out of narrow-necked bottles. Some have even suggested the pick with the tiny spoon on the end could have been used to remove earwax.

                  Material : Silver and Iron

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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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                  • kluursK Offline
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                    kluurs
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                    #1513

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                      CopperC Offline
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                      @kluurs said in Mildly interesting:

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                      If he had instead invented the EV, he could have saved us all a lot of trouble .

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                      • CopperC Copper

                        @kluurs said in Mildly interesting:

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                        If he had instead invented the EV, he could have saved us all a lot of trouble .

                        George KG Offline
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                        George K
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                        #1515

                        @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                        If he had instead invented the EV

                        I got yer Diesel-Electric vehicle right here:

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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-nycJ Online
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                          jon-nyc
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                          Leet level counting

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          • MikM Away
                            MikM Away
                            Mik
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                            How often does one need to count that high using fingers? I can do similarly in my head for all practical purposes.

                            “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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                              jon-nyc
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                              Shepherds of old would count by touching their thumb to the segments of the four fingers, starting with the top of the index finger and moving down, then to the middle finger, etc.

                              That counted 12, and they’d keep track of how many sets of 12 they had counted with the other hand the same way.

                              That’s how base 12 entered our world (time of day, dozen, gross).

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                We talked about this about a year ago:

                                Link to video

                                Today a grand jury decided not to charge the shooter.
                                https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/01/03/harris-county-grand-jury-declines-to-charge-customer-who-shot-killed-robber-during-taqueria-heist/

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  When you almost never leave, but then have to take a few days for a funeral:

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                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                  • MikM Away
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                                    Mik
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                                    Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.

                                    Depending on your point of view, it either shows that Texas is really big or Europe is very small.

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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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                                    • MikM Mik

                                      Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.

                                      Depending on your point of view, it either shows that Texas is really big or Europe is very small.

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                                      George KG Offline
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                                      George K
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #1522

                                      @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                                      Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.

                                      Damn, that's interesting.

                                      "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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                                      • CopperC Offline
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                                        Copper
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                                        And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

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                                        • CopperC Copper

                                          And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

                                          George KG Offline
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                                          George K
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #1524

                                          @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                          And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

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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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