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  • MikM Offline
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    #1833

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    It’s called a Walking Palm Tree because it does actually walk. When it chooses a location to go towards, it grows new roots in that direction and lets the trailing roots die back. This continues inch by inch, and it can travel up to twenty feet in a year.

    “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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      #1834

      Seems controversial

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratea_exorrhiza

      Only non-witches get due process.

      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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        #1835

        The world’s second oldest Christian country.

        Only non-witches get due process.

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          #1836

          Best comment: And yet it refuses to do so..,

          Only non-witches get due process.

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          • George KG Offline
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            #1837

            In 1967, The Mamas and The Papas were forced to lip sync their hit song "California Dreamin" on The Ed Sullivan Show. They rebelled by making this obvious to viewers.

            Link to video

            "Singer Michelle Phillips took a banana on stage and ate half of it in a sign of protest. At the end of the song, she misplaced the microphone and continued singing in the said banana."

            "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

              In 1967, The Mamas and The Papas were forced to lip sync their hit song "California Dreamin" on The Ed Sullivan Show. They rebelled by making this obvious to viewers.

              Link to video

              "Singer Michelle Phillips took a banana on stage and ate half of it in a sign of protest. At the end of the song, she misplaced the microphone and continued singing in the said banana."

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              taiwan_girl
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              #1838

              @George-K Outfits are very "60ish" looking. LOL

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              • George KG George K

                In 1967, The Mamas and The Papas were forced to lip sync their hit song "California Dreamin" on The Ed Sullivan Show. They rebelled by making this obvious to viewers.

                Link to video

                "Singer Michelle Phillips took a banana on stage and ate half of it in a sign of protest. At the end of the song, she misplaced the microphone and continued singing in the said banana."

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                #1839

                @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                In 1967, The Mamas and The Papas were forced to lip sync their hit song "California Dreamin" on The Ed Sullivan Show. They rebelled by making this obvious to viewers.

                Link to video

                "Singer Michelle Phillips took a banana on stage and ate half of it in a sign of protest. At the end of the song, she misplaced the microphone and continued singing in the said banana."

                So the story goes, the Grateful Dead was also in NY at the time and the Mamas and Papas had gotten together with Garcia and company for a friendly visit. The M & Ps expressed anxiety about their pending TV debut that evening. The Dead were their usual hospitable selves and offered their friends LSD to alleviate their concerns. The M & Ps were well into the psychedelic ozone when they floated on stage that evening.

                Might be just a story but then it might not. You decide.

                Elbows up!

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                • MikM Offline
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                  June 21 1955. Sam Gray, David Rutford and Fred Hallberg begin their cruise down the Mississippi river from Saint Paul Minnesota on a homemade raft. The raft was built of barrels and planks. Power for the propeller was provided by a 1939 Chevrolet they had paid $ 15 for. the car had 172,000 miles on it. The rear wheels of the car ran against another set of wheels which turned the propeller. The car's steering wheel turned the raft's rudder.
                  In Saint Louis Missouri the men had a delay as the Chevy's valves needed to be ground. Outside of Memphis Tennessee a bearing on the propeller shaft burned out but the men were able to repair it with tools borrowed from a barge crew. The men ran low on food as they discovered a stowaway was eating their food. The stowaway was a rat. The men tried fishing for food but caught nothing the entire trip.
                  Other problems encountered included mosquitoes, driftwood in the river and backwash from passing barges. On July 25 1955 the trio reached New Orleans. They planned to drive the Chevrolet back to Minnesota.
                  Epilogue. The three men made it back to Saint Paul driving the Chevrolet in 49 hours. The car used five gallons of oil for the return drive.
                  Photo Ramsey County Historical Society.

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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

                    June 21 1955. Sam Gray, David Rutford and Fred Hallberg begin their cruise down the Mississippi river from Saint Paul Minnesota on a homemade raft. The raft was built of barrels and planks. Power for the propeller was provided by a 1939 Chevrolet they had paid $ 15 for. the car had 172,000 miles on it. The rear wheels of the car ran against another set of wheels which turned the propeller. The car's steering wheel turned the raft's rudder.
                    In Saint Louis Missouri the men had a delay as the Chevy's valves needed to be ground. Outside of Memphis Tennessee a bearing on the propeller shaft burned out but the men were able to repair it with tools borrowed from a barge crew. The men ran low on food as they discovered a stowaway was eating their food. The stowaway was a rat. The men tried fishing for food but caught nothing the entire trip.
                    Other problems encountered included mosquitoes, driftwood in the river and backwash from passing barges. On July 25 1955 the trio reached New Orleans. They planned to drive the Chevrolet back to Minnesota.
                    Epilogue. The three men made it back to Saint Paul driving the Chevrolet in 49 hours. The car used five gallons of oil for the return drive.
                    Photo Ramsey County Historical Society.

                    image.png

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                    @Mik Quite the trip!

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                    • MikM Offline
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                      Mik
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                      #1842

                      File that one under “it seemed like a good idea at the time”.

                      “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

                        File that one under “it seemed like a good idea at the time”.

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                        @Mik 😂

                        Maybe it involved that saying: "Alcohol - because no good story ever started with someone eating a salad!" 555

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                          True, dat. 😆

                          “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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                            After almost 5 years playing golf at Cypress Creek, today I hit shot # 100,000.

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                              #1846

                              The Great Lakes and St Lawrence river superimposed on a map of Europe.

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                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                  The QR Code was invented in 1994.

                                  That’s 30 years ago. Before Microsoft launched Internet Explorer.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                  • CopperC Copper

                                    After almost 5 years playing golf at Cypress Creek, today I hit shot # 100,000.

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                                    #1849

                                    @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                    After almost 5 years playing golf at Cypress Creek, today I hit shot # 100,000.

                                    Nice… so let’s do the math, if you’re a bad golfer, that’s ~ 150 shots per round, or 650 rounds of golf.

                                    If you’re a pro, that’s 80 shots per round or 1250 rounds of golf.

                                    My guess is you are a very good amateur and shooting 100-110 per round. That’s 1000 rounds, or 200 per year. That’s damn near a full time hob…

                                    The Brad

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                                      #1850
                                      100,000 strokes in 1,165 rounds - Average 85.8
                                      
                                      19,072 strokes in 229 rounds the last 365 days - Average 83.3
                                      
                                      10,720 strokes in 129 rounds so far this year - Average  83.1
                                      
                                      2019   98 rounds
                                      2020  233
                                      2021  207
                                      2022  258
                                      2023  241
                                      
                                      Rounds by Day of Week
                                      _________    Sun    Mon    Tue    Wed    Thu    Fri    Sat
                                      Rounds        49    203    207    207    198    203     99
                                      
                                      Avg Score     89     85     85     85     85     85     91
                                      
                                      Max Score    105    108    101    108    111    103    104
                                      Min Score     81     76     75     76     74     76     81
                                      
                                      Avg Hrs     3:25   2:13   2:05   2:10   2:09   2:12   3:17
                                      
                                      Max Hrs     5:04   3:30   2:50   3:00   3:40   3:00   5:26
                                      Min Hrs     1:20   1:26   1:20   1:26   1:15   1:21   2:20
                                      
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                                        Link to video

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                          #1852

                                          How to make shadow puppets. From Modern Mechanix 1930. image.png

                                          “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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