Mildly interesting

[taiwan_girl]

@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.

[George K]

@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!!

[mark]

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.

[taiwan_girl]

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

[George K]

So I can emigrate to Russia!

выдающийся

[taiwan_girl]

@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.

[bachophile]

[taiwan_girl]

@bachophile The hero of every Year 6 student!!

[mark]

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

[taiwan_girl]

@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?

[Jon]

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

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

[mark]

3D model of a 2D frequency map.

[Copper]

Lando Calrissian's place

[LuFins Dad]

@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

Why are they running?

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

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

Somebody call Tim Ballard!

[Mik]

I think the last pic is from Sound of Freedom.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Mildly interesting:

I think the last pic is from Sound of Freedom.

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

[George K]

Boot Repair

[Jon]

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.

[Copper]

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.

[Mik]

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