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  • M mark
    14 Jul 2023, 22:09

    You didn't look close enough.

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    taiwan_girl
    wrote on 15 Jul 2023, 00:41 last edited by
    #1132

    @mark said in Mildly interesting:

    You didn't look close enough.

    Okay, my guess is that the light bulbs on the left side of the picture are actually not light bulbs but hold a scotch liqeur with the date they were made.

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    • T taiwan_girl
      15 Jul 2023, 00:41

      @mark said in Mildly interesting:

      You didn't look close enough.

      Okay, my guess is that the light bulbs on the left side of the picture are actually not light bulbs but hold a scotch liqeur with the date they were made.

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      George K
      wrote on 15 Jul 2023, 00:53 last edited by George K
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      @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

      Okay, my guess is that the light bulbs on the left side of the picture are actually not light bulbs but hold a scotch liqeur with the date they were made.

      @Horace!!

      Screenshot 2023-07-14 at 7.54.20 PM.png

      "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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        wrote on 15 Jul 2023, 14:35 last edited by mark
        #1134

        Bingo! For the bigoted audiophile I guess. I found it strange that vacuum tubes were actually imprinted with Nazi symbols. And you can still buy NOS versions of these tubes.

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          taiwan_girl
          wrote on 16 Jul 2023, 16:41 last edited by
          #1135

          US Social Security will send your payments to anywhere in the world except for the following countries:

          Azerbaijan

          Belarus

          Cuba

          Kazakhstan

          Kyrgyzstan

          Moldova

          North Korea

          Tajikistan

          Turkmenistan

          Uzbekistan

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            George K
            wrote on 16 Jul 2023, 19:49 last edited by
            #1136

            So I can emigrate to Russia!

            выдающийся

            "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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            • G George K
              16 Jul 2023, 19:49

              So I can emigrate to Russia!

              выдающийся

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              taiwan_girl
              wrote on 17 Jul 2023, 01:05 last edited by
              #1137

              @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

              So I can emigrate to Russia!

              выдающийся

              I am surprise that countries like Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afganistan, etc are not on that list.

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                bachophile
                wrote on 18 Jul 2023, 11:49 last edited by
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                  18 Jul 2023, 11:49

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                  taiwan_girl
                  wrote on 18 Jul 2023, 16:20 last edited by
                  #1139

                  @bachophile The hero of every Year 6 student!!

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                    mark
                    wrote on 19 Jul 2023, 01:53 last edited by
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                    FB_IMG_1689731477051.jpg

                    https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2020/04/14/norman-timbs-streamliner-to-literally-rise-from-the-ashes-after-malibu-wildfire-that-destroyed-it?fbclid=IwAR0KiHLNiAww7hg8OrIqlTzqzG39XV_ac4bSDGFEl20DuqvJK37X9k_uBM4

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                    • M mark
                      19 Jul 2023, 01:53

                      FB_IMG_1689731477051.jpg

                      https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2020/04/14/norman-timbs-streamliner-to-literally-rise-from-the-ashes-after-malibu-wildfire-that-destroyed-it?fbclid=IwAR0KiHLNiAww7hg8OrIqlTzqzG39XV_ac4bSDGFEl20DuqvJK37X9k_uBM4

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                      taiwan_girl
                      wrote on 19 Jul 2023, 02:06 last edited by
                      #1141

                      @mark
                      "Cerveny's still mapping out the project and doesn't think he or Rogers will get started on the streamliner's resurrection until sometime after January 1, 2021. Once they get started, he anticipates the restoration will only take 18 to 24 months this time, with another post-restoration debut of the streamliner at Amelia Island."

                      Wonder if he ever got it finished?

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                        Jon
                        wrote on 19 Jul 2023, 09:26 last edited by
                        #1142

                        Opening day pictures of Disneyland, July 17th, 1955.

                        https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/07/opening-day-disneyland-photos-1955/594655/

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                          mark
                          wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 14:10 last edited by
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                          3D model of a 2D frequency map.

                          alt text

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                            Copper
                            wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 16:29 last edited by
                            #1144

                            Lando Calrissian's place

                            b5206846-4e29-4136-8f8c-731afecf8222-image.png

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                            • J Jon
                              19 Jul 2023, 09:26

                              Opening day pictures of Disneyland, July 17th, 1955.

                              https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/07/opening-day-disneyland-photos-1955/594655/

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                              LuFins Dad
                              wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 17:29 last edited by
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                              @Jon said in Mildly interesting:

                              Opening day pictures of Disneyland, July 17th, 1955.

                              https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/07/opening-day-disneyland-photos-1955/594655/

                              These pictures take on entirely new meaning in light of Disney’s Grooming Ways

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                              Why are they running?

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                              Good lord! Run kids, run! Otherwise you will see

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                              The first Pride Parade…

                              And some weirdo named Mr. Toad will invite you to his wild ride…

                              I don’t know what the hell was happening here
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                              Somebody call Tim Ballard!

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                              The Brad

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                                Mik
                                wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 21:17 last edited by
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                                I think the last pic is from Sound of Freedom.

                                “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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                                • M Mik
                                  21 Jul 2023, 21:17

                                  I think the last pic is from Sound of Freedom.

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                                  LuFins Dad
                                  wrote on 22 Jul 2023, 00:10 last edited by
                                  #1147

                                  @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                                  I think the last pic is from Sound of Freedom.

                                  Everybody forgets about the 5th DisneyWorld Resort…Epstein Island…

                                  The Brad

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 22 Jul 2023, 11:51 last edited by
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                                    Boot Repair

                                    "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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                                      Jon
                                      wrote on 22 Jul 2023, 11:57 last edited by
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                                      Always nice to see an excellent craftsman at work, but I can’t imagine that many hours of labor being worth it except for the most expensive boots.

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                                        Copper
                                        wrote on 22 Jul 2023, 12:47 last edited by
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                                        I have had leather half-soles replaced on a pair of Florsheim Imperial wingtips. Probably at least a few times, I remember it being a reasonable price.

                                        Of course this is 40 or more years ago. I don't think this kind of cobbler's shop exists much anymore.

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                                          Mik
                                          wrote on 22 Jul 2023, 14:27 last edited by
                                          #1151

                                          We have one. Old Chinese guy, Mr. Wing. Great guy, great work. But I no longer wear that type of shoe.

                                          “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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