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  • MikM Away
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    Mik
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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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      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
      -Cormac McCarthy

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        Where is New Zealand on that map?

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          jon-nyc
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          Good question. And although Australia is on the map, it has no number next to it.

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
              -Cormac McCarthy

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              • MikM Away
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                Meet the Ulas! Thye family that walks on all fours.

                https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/family-that-walk-on-all-fours-have-undone-the-last-three-million-years-of-evolution/ar-AA1q1G3c?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=3b1ae552ddfb48b1b9a29fe6f5bd22f6&ei=17

                “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

                  Meet the Ulas! Thye family that walks on all fours.

                  https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/family-that-walk-on-all-fours-have-undone-the-last-three-million-years-of-evolution/ar-AA1q1G3c?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=3b1ae552ddfb48b1b9a29fe6f5bd22f6&ei=17

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                  @Mik That was interesting. I think it is brain damage. I cannot imagine that is more comfortable for them. From the documentatry, it does not seem like there is a physical problem with their back which forces them to do that.

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                    Godzilla-Shaped Harp
                    Bratislava, Slovakia

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                        A farmhouse in 1889.

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                        Today it’s 84th and Broadway, Manhattan.

                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                          George K
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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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                            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                            -Cormac McCarthy

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                              I had no idea. And I’ve even been there.

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                              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                              -Cormac McCarthy

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                              • MikM Away
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                                #1902

                                I didn’t either. Very interesting. I did notice the airport was busier than passenger traffic would be.

                                “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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                                  I know that with Russia airspace not available, a lot of Europe airlines have cut back on flights to Asia because of the added costs because they have to fly longer. Probably effects the Anchorage airport also.

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                                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                                      I had no idea. And I’ve even been there.

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                                      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                      I had no idea. And I’ve even been there.

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                                      Polar route does make a big difference. During the 90’s we ran weekly drilling, workover and service crew change charter flights out of Calgary and over the Pole into Surgut in Western Siberia. Flight time was 10.5 hours direct. The normal scheduled route was Calgary - Frankfurt - Moscow - Surgut which at minimum totalled 22 hours flight time excluding stopovers and (inevitable) flight delays between Moscow and Surgut or Nizhnevartovsk.

                                      Elbows up!

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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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                                          I bought one of these today. The old one was about 20 years old, very old for a lawn tractor.

                                          Now they come with a hose attachment that blows water on the blades to clean out the blade housing. I had never seen that before, a great idea.

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