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    Horace
    wrote on 4 Aug 2023, 01:31 last edited by
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    Mark Rober talks IQ, and has his tested:

    Link to video

    Education is extremely important.

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      Mik
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      @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

      JWHT

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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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            mark
            wrote on 6 Aug 2023, 16:35 last edited by
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            Link to video

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              George K
              wrote on 6 Aug 2023, 17:06 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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                taiwan_girl
                wrote on 6 Aug 2023, 17:30 last edited by taiwan_girl 8 Jun 2023, 17:41
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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.

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

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                  George K
                  wrote on 6 Aug 2023, 21:27 last edited by
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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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                    George K
                    wrote on 8 Aug 2023, 11:32 last edited by
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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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                      George K
                      wrote on 8 Aug 2023, 12:09 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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                        Jon
                        wrote on 8 Aug 2023, 13:33 last edited by
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                        I was about to post that.

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                          Jon
                          wrote on 8 Aug 2023, 13:33 last edited by
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                          Interior of a passenger plane, 1930s.

                          IMG_0543.jpeg

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                            8 Aug 2023, 13:33

                            Interior of a passenger plane, 1930s.

                            IMG_0543.jpeg

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                            George K
                            wrote on 8 Aug 2023, 13:48 last edited by
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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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                              Rainman
                              wrote on 8 Aug 2023, 16:03 last edited by
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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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                                George K
                                wrote on 9 Aug 2023, 00:16 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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                                  taiwan_girl
                                  wrote on 9 Aug 2023, 02:03 last edited by
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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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                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on 9 Aug 2023, 09:22 last edited by
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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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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 10 Aug 2023, 20:05 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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                                        mark
                                        wrote on 10 Aug 2023, 20:08 last edited by
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                                        Couldn't make up my mind if this belonged here or the Funny pics thread.

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                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on 10 Aug 2023, 21:54 last edited by
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                                          Lol

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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