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    Clever ads

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    • George KG Offline
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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 I don’t know whether that is a kindness or cruelty.

        “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

          @George-K I don’t know whether that is a kindness or cruelty.

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          @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

          @George-K I don’t know whether that is a kindness or cruelty.

          It's a cruelty we're all born with, in some sense. Not to that extent.

          Education is extremely important.

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            Looks so neat and orderly, (and somewhat kind in a way, but like @Mik said maybe not)

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              In a related thread, I read that the prisoner scheduled for execution is not told, in advance, when that day will be. He is told ON THE DAY, between 6:30 and 8:00 AM.

              Executions are carried out by hanging in an execution chamber within the detention center. When the death warrant has been signed, the condemned prisoner is informed on the morning of their execution. The condemned is given a choice of a last meal. The prisoner's family and legal representatives, and also the general public, are informed only after the execution has taken place. Since 7 December 2007, the authorities have been releasing names, natures of crime, and ages of executed prisoners.[20]

              In Japan, until the 1970s, the date of execution was announced to the condemned prisoner before the execution. However, because there were cases of death row inmates committing suicide before the execution, the method was changed to one or two hours before the execution to ensure the emotional stability of the inmate.[21]

              The method of hanging is the long drop, causing instant unconsciousness and rapid death by neck fracture.[22]

              "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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                Its weird. My experience with Japanese society is that they are very neat, orderly, good manners, and basically very thinking of others. That is why it is so weird what they did in World War 2 and how they acted so terribly and atrocious.

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                • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                  Its weird. My experience with Japanese society is that they are very neat, orderly, good manners, and basically very thinking of others. That is why it is so weird what they did in World War 2 and how they acted so terribly and atrocious.

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                  @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                  That is why it is so weird what they did in World War 2 and how they acted so terribly

                  Derailing here.

                  Guy that I worked with spent a couple of years in Hawaii while in the Air Force.

                  This was in the mid 1970s.

                  He said that the Japanese were among the most racist, arrogant, and xenophobic people he's ever met.

                  "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:

                    That is why it is so weird what they did in World War 2 and how they acted so terribly

                    Derailing here.

                    Guy that I worked with spent a couple of years in Hawaii while in the Air Force.

                    This was in the mid 1970s.

                    He said that the Japanese were among the most racist, arrogant, and xenophobic people he's ever met.

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                    @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                    He said that the Japanese were among the most racist, arrogant, and xenophobic people he's ever met.

                    Hmm, had to look up the meaning of xenophobic (LOL). Not sure they hate foreigners but definitely are nationalistic. I have not had problems there, and people know right away that I am not Japanese. Maybe they are saying something, but since I do not speak the language, "ignorance is bliss". I have had pretty good experience there.

                    There is a lot to like about the country. I mentioned previously that you will not find a cleaner city in the world than Tokyo. Even with no public garbage cans, there is no random garbage around. They are pretty good rule followers. I am mainly a rule flowerer, so I have no problems there. I am sure that if I lived there and understood the language, etc better, I would see the bad side. But from the outside, there is a lot to like.

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                      I work with a number of Japanese companies. I frequently find it quite difficult to figure out what they really mean. There is so much hidden away in the veneer of politeness, that decoding the underlying message they are trying to impart can be difficult. Heaven knows what they think of us - I suspect we come across as extremely rude.

                      Having said that, I've worked with a Japanese sales engineer for our company for probably about 15 years, and he's just a really likeable guy, very friendly, with a great sense of humour.

                      I was only joking

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                        You can turn off the "spinny things" LOL.

                        "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

                          You can turn off the "spinny things" LOL.

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                          @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                          You can turn off the "spinny things" LOL.

                          This only works in the Southern Hemisphere.

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                            Weird places to visit

                            https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/destinations-around-the-world-to-see-the-strangest-natural-phenomena/ar-BB1mFmhI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=35fac6a70186429c85006d0a081ee130&ei=31

                            “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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                              Weird places to visit

                              https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/destinations-around-the-world-to-see-the-strangest-natural-phenomena/ar-BB1mFmhI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=35fac6a70186429c85006d0a081ee130&ei=31

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                              @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                              Weird places to visit

                              https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/destinations-around-the-world-to-see-the-strangest-natural-phenomena/ar-BB1mFmhI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=35fac6a70186429c85006d0a081ee130&ei=31

                              Cool list. I have been to the rock in Mahalbalipurim, India. My pic of the place.

                              File0289.jpg

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                                The very same!

                                “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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                                  Fellas, is this the luckiest man alive?

                                  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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                                    $@&#%.

                                    “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

                                      $@&#%.

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                                      @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                                      $@&#%.

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

                                      "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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                                        The bastard.

                                        “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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                                          Accounts of the Enron scandal have frequently portrayed him as a mysterious figure

                                          He has a wiki with no picture, that is mysterious.

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