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  • HoraceH Offline
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    Mark Rober talks IQ, and has his tested:

    Link to video

    Education is extremely important.

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      @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

      JWHT

      JFKDHT

      “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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            Link to video

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            • George KG Offline
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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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                @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                I toured a tower house in Ireland recently, and they mentioned this interesting fact. In addition to that, the height of the stairs also was varied from step to step to slow down anyone running up the stairs.

                8R3A0907.jpeg

                Also, the lower floors had super narrow windows to prevent archery people from shooting arrows through them

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                • George KG Offline
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                  Trick shot

                  "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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                    It's not rotating.

                    "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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                      "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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                        I was about to post that.

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                          Interior of a passenger plane, 1930s.

                          IMG_0543.jpeg

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                            Interior of a passenger plane, 1930s.

                            IMG_0543.jpeg

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                            @Jon said in Mildly interesting:

                            Interior of a passenger plane, 1930s.

                            D1 and I took a ride on a Ford Trimotor back in 1997. The seats were not dissimilar - basically just office chairs bolted to the floor.

                            Ford Trimotor Flight 2.jpeg

                            "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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                              George, do you remember what it was like?
                              I read that they vibrated hard due to the engine attached to the fuselage and that it was so loud it was hard to hear. Looking at the Harley landing gear, I would imagine some landings were pretty hard. Cool that you were able to take a ride in one!

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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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                                  @George-K @Jon
                                  Re: fluent English - quite interesting. Most make sense, but I was a bit surprised by the Canada number. I did not realize that there were that many French speakers that did not know English. Though I have to say when I visited Quebec City, I did come across a few of them. LOL (But they all were very kind and friendly)

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                                    I think there are probably more recent immigrants that don’t speak English than québécois.

                                    Probably some First Nations folks too.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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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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                                        Couldn't make up my mind if this belonged here or the Funny pics thread.

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                                          Lol

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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