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  • HoraceH Offline
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    Horace
    wrote on last edited by
    #1519

    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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    • HoraceH Offline
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      Horace
      wrote on last edited by
      #1520

      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 Offline
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        Mik
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        #1521

        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.

          alt text

          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
            wrote on last edited by
            #1523

            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

              GDINkDIXcAAmq7T.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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              • MikM Offline
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                Mik
                wrote on last edited by
                #1525

                Offhand, I’m going with Texas is really big. It is. I’ve driven a whole lot of it.

                “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
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #1526

                  As long as we're comparing countries' sizes...

                  image.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

                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish

                    taiwan_girlT Offline
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                    taiwan_girl
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                    #1527

                    @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish

                    The above was filmed in Taiwan!

                    https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/25661/divers-in-taiwan-film-rare-encounter-with-giant-doomsday-fish-believed-to-be-a-harbinger-of-earthquakes?_=1704739307213

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                    • George KG Offline
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                      George K
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #1528

                      Smooth ride.

                      "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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                      • markM Offline
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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #1529

                        Vikki Dougan
                        is most famous for appearing at social events in daring low-cut backless dresses throughout the 1950s. In 1957 and 1961 Dougan appeared in Playboy magazine. Among the prominent Hollywood men she dated was Frank Sinatra.

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                        • markM mark

                          Vikki Dougan
                          is most famous for appearing at social events in daring low-cut backless dresses throughout the 1950s. In 1957 and 1961 Dougan appeared in Playboy magazine. Among the prominent Hollywood men she dated was Frank Sinatra.

                          FB_IMG_1704918261357.jpg

                          George KG Offline
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                          George K
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #1530

                          @mark said in Mildly interesting:

                          Among the prominent Hollywood men she dated was Frank Sinatra.

                          "In 1961, her backless dresses and "callipygian cleft" were celebrated in the song "Vikki Dougan" by The Limeliters in their album The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters.

                          "Throughout the 1950s, she dated a string of prominent men, including Barry Goldwater, Mickey Rooney, Henry Fonda, Frank Sinatra and Glenn Ford."

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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 Offline
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                            Mik
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #1531

                            IMG_4136.jpeg

                            “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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                              xenon
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                              #1532

                              Gotta be pretty horny to do that.

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                              • MikM Mik

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                                George K
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                                #1533

                                @Mik OK, you made me look it up....

                                Link to video

                                https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57800/horrors-anglerfish-mating

                                "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 Offline
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                                  Mik
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #1534

                                  I guess it’s better than being a male praying mantis. Marginally.

                                  “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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                                    Doctor Phibes
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                                    #1535

                                    I knew a guy that pretty much happened to in high school

                                    I was only joking

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                                    • George KG Offline
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                                      George K
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #1536

                                      "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-nyc
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                                        #1537

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                                        Only non-witches get due process.

                                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        • MikM Offline
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                                          Mik
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #1538

                                          Movin’ on up
                                          To the east side

                                          “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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