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  • bachophileB bachophile

    @LuFins-Dad said in Mildly interesting:

    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

    American battleship USS Indiana (BB-58) arrives home after the war. Taken from the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, on 29 September 1945.

    IMG_2154.jpeg

    Man, how would you like to have to pilot one of those Kingfishers? That plane catapult does not look very long… That’s 0-60 in what? 60’? That looks rougher than taking off in a fighter on a nice long 700’ runway…

    I assume they landed on the water and were hoisted back onto the catapults?

    https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1990/january/battleship-floatplanes

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    @bachophile said in Mildly interesting:

    @LuFins-Dad said in Mildly interesting:

    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

    American battleship USS Indiana (BB-58) arrives home after the war. Taken from the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, on 29 September 1945.

    IMG_2154.jpeg

    Man, how would you like to have to pilot one of those Kingfishers? That plane catapult does not look very long… That’s 0-60 in what? 60’? That looks rougher than taking off in a fighter on a nice long 700’ runway…

    I assume they landed on the water and were hoisted back onto the catapults?

    https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1990/january/battleship-floatplanes

    Thank you, @bachophile !

    The Brad

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    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

      A good trend.

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      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

      A good trend.

      IMG_2168.jpeg

      I’m sorry I’m being a nuisance but I don’t get it. Is the map what your preferred drink is? or what you call a fizzy drink?

      Pop is a meaningless term pertaining to nothing. Soda is sparkling water. And coke is coke. I call sparkling water soda ( no I don’t call it seltzer) and I call coke coke unless for some reason I’m drinking Pepsi. I never drink just cola. No such animal. Like pop. Anyone who says pop here, go drink by yourself.

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        "Soda" and "Pop" are generic terms for a carbonated (usually flavored) drink.

        "Coke" is Coca-Cola.

        And then there are those who say "Soda-Pop."

        "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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          Yeah, and if you don't know the vast superiority of Coke over Pepsi, well, we just can't be friends.

          “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

            Yeah, and if you don't know the vast superiority of Coke over Pepsi, well, we just can't be friends.

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            @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

            Yeah, and if you don't know the vast superiority of Coke over Pepsi, well, we just can't be friends.

            Not sure about "superiority," but I do prefer Coke.

            "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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              #2159

              Only Coke with real sugar please.

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                #2160

                Zero sugar. Tastes a lot more like the REAL Coke you mention. Delicious stuff, the real thing.

                “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

                  Zero sugar. Tastes a lot more like the REAL Coke you mention. Delicious stuff, the real thing.

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                  @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                  Zero sugar. Tastes a lot more like the REAL Coke you mention

                  No sweetener?

                  I drink about a liter and a half of carbonated water (SodaStream) a day.

                  "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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                    David Attenborough: Pufferfish release a toxin when they puff out that is meant to impair the attacker, so they can safely escape. Ironically, this doesn’t work on dolphins in the same way.. it actually gets them high. So they purposely inflate them and pass them around to their dolphin friends for fun.

                    Here's more:

                    Link to video

                    “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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                      #2163

                      Don’t bogart that puffer, dude…

                      The Brad

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                      • CopperC Copper

                        Only Coke with real sugar please.

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                        @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                        Only Coke with real sugar please.

                        Mexican Coke… Made with cane sugar, and served in the traditional glass bottles that fit perfectly in the hand…

                        When I was younger, I was used to Pepsi and it was the favorite in our house, but these days it’s too sweet.

                        The Brad

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                          I will never forgive Coca Cola or give them any money unless some social situation requires it. The cost of that is low for me as I’m not generally a soda drinker.

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                            I will never forgive Coca Cola or give them any money unless some social situation requires it. The cost of that is low for me as I’m not generally a soda drinker.

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                            @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                            I will never forgive Coca Cola or give them any money unless some social situation requires it. The cost of that is low for me as I’m not generally a soda drinker.

                            Forgive? Is that over the whole new Coke thing?

                            The Brad

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                            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                              @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                              I will never forgive Coca Cola or give them any money unless some social situation requires it. The cost of that is low for me as I’m not generally a soda drinker.

                              Forgive? Is that over the whole new Coke thing?

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                              @LuFins-Dad said in Mildly interesting:

                              @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                              I will never forgive Coca Cola or give them any money unless some social situation requires it. The cost of that is low for me as I’m not generally a soda drinker.

                              Forgive? Is that over the whole new Coke thing?

                              https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/313663

                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                I get it. But I occasionally (like when I'm having Skyline) crave a Coke Zero or a Minute Maid Zero Sugar lemonade.

                                “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-nycJ jon-nyc

                                  @LuFins-Dad said in Mildly interesting:

                                  @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                  I will never forgive Coca Cola or give them any money unless some social situation requires it. The cost of that is low for me as I’m not generally a soda drinker.

                                  Forgive? Is that over the whole new Coke thing?

                                  https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/313663

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                                  @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                  @LuFins-Dad said in Mildly interesting:

                                  @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                  I will never forgive Coca Cola or give them any money unless some social situation requires it. The cost of that is low for me as I’m not generally a soda drinker.

                                  Forgive? Is that over the whole new Coke thing?

                                  It sounds like Dismaland, except for real.

                                  I was only joking

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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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                                      Around 77 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period, North America looked vastly different from today. A shallow inland sea, the Western Interior Seaway, split the continent into two landmasses: Laramidia in the west and Appalachia in the east.
                                      Laramidia, a narrow strip along the western coast, was a haven for dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, and duck-billed hadrosaurs. Appalachia, separated by the seaway, had its own unique ecosystems. Dense forests, swamps, and evolving flowering plants dominated the landscapes, while marine reptiles like mosasaurs and ammonites thrived in the seaway.
                                      The climate was warmer, with no polar ice caps, creating lush environments perfect for prehistoric giants.

                                      ee8d92ac-6b67-492c-9eaf-0e84a8e82d0a-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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                                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                        @LuFins-Dad said in Mildly interesting:

                                        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                        I will never forgive Coca Cola or give them any money unless some social situation requires it. The cost of that is low for me as I’m not generally a soda drinker.

                                        Forgive? Is that over the whole new Coke thing?

                                        https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/313663

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                                        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                        @LuFins-Dad said in Mildly interesting:

                                        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                        I will never forgive Coca Cola or give them any money unless some social situation requires it. The cost of that is low for me as I’m not generally a soda drinker.

                                        Forgive? Is that over the whole new Coke thing?

                                        https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/313663

                                        Go to Guiness museum instead. (But maybe you have already been there?)

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                                        • MikM Mik

                                          Around 77 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period, North America looked vastly different from today. A shallow inland sea, the Western Interior Seaway, split the continent into two landmasses: Laramidia in the west and Appalachia in the east.
                                          Laramidia, a narrow strip along the western coast, was a haven for dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, and duck-billed hadrosaurs. Appalachia, separated by the seaway, had its own unique ecosystems. Dense forests, swamps, and evolving flowering plants dominated the landscapes, while marine reptiles like mosasaurs and ammonites thrived in the seaway.
                                          The climate was warmer, with no polar ice caps, creating lush environments perfect for prehistoric giants.

                                          ee8d92ac-6b67-492c-9eaf-0e84a8e82d0a-image.png

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                                          @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                                          The climate was warmer, with no polar ice caps,

                                          Blasphemer!

                                          "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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