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

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                Copper
                wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 16:29 last edited by
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                Lando Calrissian's place

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                  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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                      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
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                      @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
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                              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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                                21 Jul 2023, 14:10

                                3D model of a 2D frequency map.

                                alt text

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                                Aqua Letifer
                                wrote on 22 Jul 2023, 17:51 last edited by
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                                @mark said in Mildly interesting:

                                3D model of a 2D frequency map.

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                                Mark, I expect 1x model of the Wow! Signal, please and thank you.

                                Please love yourself.

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                                  Mik
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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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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 23 Jul 2023, 13:21 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 23 Jul 2023, 13:46 last edited by
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                                      @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                                      That's interesting. Reminds me of the pictures of people with two sets of eyes, and how profoundly disorienting it is to look at. It's all because we have so much software to interpret faces. It's a complex and huge bit of code, and it's relatively easy to make it crash.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        22 Jul 2023, 12:47

                                        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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                                        Jon
                                        wrote on 23 Jul 2023, 15:57 last edited by
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                                        @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                        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.

                                        I had shoes resoled too, also 30 years ago or so, but I doubt it was as much work as was put into those boots.

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                                          wrote on 23 Jul 2023, 16:06 last edited by
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