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Nature is Metal

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    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on 13 Jul 2020, 19:06 last edited by
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    One halloween, there was a knock at the door of the most miserable old guy in town. He opened the door to see a snail on his step. "Trick or treat!!!" said the snail. The grumpy old bugger shouted, "sod off, you stupid creature" and kicked the snail right across the road.

    That Christmas, there was another knock at the door. "I hope it's not bloody carol singers" said the old guy, "I'll give 'em what for. the little..."...as he walked to the door. When he opened it, he was outraged to see the snail had returned. Rather than singing, the snail just asked "What did you do that for?"

    I was only joking

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      George K
      wrote on 14 Jul 2020, 00:02 last edited by
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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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        Horace
        wrote on 14 Jul 2020, 00:18 last edited by
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        wow that was cool

        Education is extremely important.

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 14 Jul 2020, 00:45 last edited by
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          What was it?

          Only non-witches get due process.

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            taiwan_girl
            wrote on 14 Jul 2020, 00:56 last edited by
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            Putting my detective glasses on, it looks like someone shot something in the water that then blew up.

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              Rainman
              wrote on 14 Jul 2020, 02:06 last edited by
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              When I lived in Tucson, I was looking out the front window during a storm, when a lightning bolt hit, right across the street in the desert. It was a huge flash and then an almost instant explosion. Scared the daylights out of me, I had never been so close.

              I walked across the street and looked. The lightning bolt hit a barrel cactus, which probably weighed a couple of hundred pounds. The cactus was blown out of the ground and landed around 20 feet away, split in half and charred.

              Tucson had fantastic lightning shows. We were lucky, as our view overlooked the city. We also could watch as a dust storm would come across the city from the southeast, a huge wall of brown which would suddenly hit like a hurricane, sandblasting everything.

              As for George's video, that was amazing! I watched it a couple of times, expecting to see fish floating on the surface.

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                14 Jul 2020, 00:45

                What was it?

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                LuFins Dad
                wrote on 14 Jul 2020, 02:10 last edited by
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                @jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

                What was it?

                Lightning strike

                The Brad

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                  14 Jul 2020, 00:45

                  What was it?

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                  Rainman
                  wrote on 14 Jul 2020, 02:15 last edited by
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                  @jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

                  What was it?

                  Seriously, Jon?
                  Well, OK. I suppose it could have been a cop that had hooked the taser up to a big generator. hmmmm. That gives me an idea I'd like to pursue.

                  Seriously 2 -- it did seem like the lightning bolt was horizontal at ground level, but maybe that was just the viewable portion of the bolt as it hit ground and skimmed over the surface. Wait, I'm going to look again. What did it hit in the water, maybe a log (?)

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                    14 Jul 2020, 02:10

                    @jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

                    What was it?

                    Lightning strike

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                    George K
                    wrote on 14 Jul 2020, 02:16 last edited by
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                    @LuFins-Dad

                    Sigh...guess not: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lightning-striking-a-river/

                    When the video is slowed down, it is easy to tell that the “lightning” strike doesn’t come from the sky, but from a wire on the hill. Here’s a screenshot showing the moment of impact (which can be glimpsed at the 7-second mark in the video above):

                    "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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                      Rainman
                      wrote on 14 Jul 2020, 02:26 last edited by
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                      I don't buy the explanation. And, George is a wet blanket. Next, he'll insist that UFO's aren't real.

                      OK. So, they decided to blow up a stump, using 10 times the explosive necessary? On the History Channel swamp people shows, they dive down and attach cables. But of course it could be, that there are no cables in Europe. And why would a cable, with a rubber sheath around it, look like lightning, hmmm?

                      It was God. Fishing.

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                        Horace
                        wrote on 14 Jul 2020, 03:20 last edited by
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                        I was hoping to see a mermaid go belly up because they remind me of all the girls who rejected me.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 14 Jul 2020, 03:35 last edited by
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                          Probably just the trans women who rejected you since the mermaids lack pussies.

                          Only non-witches get due process.

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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 14 Jul 2020, 10:10 last edited by
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                            Speaking of lightning strikes.

                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 15 Jul 2020, 17:36 last edited by
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                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 21 Jul 2020, 16:38 last edited by
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                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                • G George K
                                  13 Jul 2020, 17:03

                                  That snail would make a great interesting pet. I wonder if you can house-break it.

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                                  Mik
                                  wrote on 21 Jul 2020, 16:46 last edited by
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                                  @George-K said in Nature is Metal:

                                  That snail would make a great interesting pet. I wonder if you can house-break it.

                                  I was thinking escargot for a large group.

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                                    13 Jul 2020, 17:03

                                    That snail would make a great interesting pet. I wonder if you can house-break it.

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                                    Mik
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                                      Aqua Letifer
                                      wrote on 21 Jul 2020, 18:04 last edited by
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                                      @jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

                                      She could have just as easily lost her calf.

                                      Black bears are like giant kittens compared to Grizzlies. But if they think you're food and are hungry enough, they can easily cut you to ribbons.

                                      This woman's mistake was letting that bear get so close in the first place. I mean I get it, freeze and appear non-threatening is a go-to for people, but those three should have scared it off.

                                      Please love yourself.

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on 21 Jul 2020, 18:06 last edited by
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                                        So you’re saying you wouldn’t want to personally step in to break up the grizzly fight I posted above?

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                          21 Jul 2020, 18:06

                                          So you’re saying you wouldn’t want to personally step in to break up the grizzly fight I posted above?

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                                          Aqua Letifer
                                          wrote on 21 Jul 2020, 18:09 last edited by Aqua Letifer
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                                          @jon-nyc said in Nature is Metal:

                                          So you’re saying you wouldn’t want to personally step in to break up the grizzly fight I posted above?

                                          I'd pull out my phone and do exactly what the person recording it did. Except I might have to edit the audio afterward to mute out my pants-shitting, depending on how close I was.

                                          I've been up close to black bears a couple times. They're freaky enough.

                                          Please love yourself.

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