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  • HoraceH Offline
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    I can vouch that the number of random conversations with random people, multiplies when one has a dog, especially if that dog is an attention grabber.

    Education is extremely important.

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      Does having detailed conversations with my dogs qualify as dementia?

      I was only joking

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            This image displays the Complaint Tablet to Ea-nāṣir, considered to be the oldest known written customer complaint.
            This clay tablet, written in Akkadian cuneiform around 1750 BCE, was found in the ancient city of Ur (modern-day Iraq).
            It details a complaint from a customer named Nanni to a merchant named Ea-nāṣir, concerning the delivery of substandard copper ingots and mistreatment of Nanni's servant.
            The tablet offers a unique glimpse into ancient Mesopotamian trade practices and consumer grievances, demonstrating that customer complaints are a long-standing human phenomenon.

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            • MikM Away
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              I'm so glad we live in an age where we can eviscerate our enemies in minutes.

              "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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              • MikM Away
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                GOOD NEWS: America’s National Bird Thriving in the Buckeye State

                😍 Ohio can celebrate a milestone this Independence Day with 964 confirmed active bald eagle nests. 🎉

                ➡️ More than 1,800 reports from citizen scientists statewide helped complete the 2025 bald eagle nest census. Our staff followed up on these reports and confirmed nest locations in 87 of Ohio’s 88 counties.

                ➡️ Active nests were counted as those with an incubating eagle, eggs, or eaglets present. Given the high volume of nests, this nest census represents the most complete picture possible of Ohio’s breeding bald eagle population.

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                "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                  More American Indians or Indian Americans?

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                  • MikM Away
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                    Sounds right.

                    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                    • MikM Away
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                      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                        Must have been lingering effects of the depression. This from early WW-II

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                        • MikM Away
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                          ORNAMENTAL HERMITS were hired by wealthy landowners in the 18th century in Britain and Ireland to live on their landscaped estates.

                          Ornamental hermits were part living garden ornament, part conversation piece. They were meant to evoke a sense of ancient wisdom, solitude, and rustic wildness, aligning with the era’s fascination with nature, ruins, and the sublime. Sometimes the contracts were bizarrely specific: the hermit might be paid to grow out his hair and beard, wear rags or druid-like robes, never wash, avoid speaking to visitors, and remain on the estate for years, providing an atmosphere of poetic decay.

                          Some estates advertised for hermits in newspapers. One famous example is Charles Hamilton’s estate at Painshill Park in Surrey. He built a hermitage and offered a seven-year post to any man willing to live as a recluse under strict conditions. Legend says the first hired hermit was discovered at a local pub after only a few weeks and was promptly dismissed.

                          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                          • MikM Away
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                            Before they're ripe it's easier to understand why they're called eggplants.

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                            "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                              I had no idea. That’s cool

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                                I had always been mildly curious about the name. Now I know.

                                "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                    More surprises that I would have guessed.

                                    https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16vRBZrtyL/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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                                    • MikM Away
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                                      Indeed. What's Mixue? The meteoric rise of Subway, Starbucks.

                                      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                        Indeed. What's Mixue? The meteoric rise of Subway, Starbucks.

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                                        @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                                        Indeed. What's Mixue? The meteoric rise of Subway, Starbucks.

                                        Subway, in particular, was interesting to me. I wonder if their success has much to do with the simplicity in terms of food prep and kitchens? No grills, no deep fryers and the infrastructure that goes along with that. Just refrigerators, a couple of toaster ovens and standard kitchen prep stuff… Lower retail space needed, lower equipment costs and maintenance, lower training, it really is simple.

                                        The Brad

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                                        • MikM Away
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                                          Yes. A Subway franchise was within pretty easy reach.

                                          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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