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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 11 Feb 2021, 17:17 last edited by
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    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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      11 Feb 2021, 17:17

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      George K
      wrote on 11 Feb 2021, 21:30 last edited by
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      @jon-nyc I asked a friend who used to work in the mortuary business....

      Screen Shot 2021-02-11 at 3.28.51 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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        George K
        wrote on 11 Feb 2021, 21:34 last edited by
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        We did this at work all the time....

        "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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          brenda
          wrote on 12 Feb 2021, 04:06 last edited by
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          Brilliant

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            12 Feb 2021, 04:06

            Brilliant

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            George K
            wrote on 12 Feb 2021, 11:47 last edited by
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            @brenda said in Mildly interesting:

            Brilliant

            Pro tip: If you can find a wider piece of yarn that's a bit flat, that works better.

            "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 17 Feb 2021, 01:25 last edited by
              #134

              Euthanasia Roller coaster

              Link to video

              "The concept design of the layout begins with a steep-angled lift to the 510-metre (1,670 ft) top, which would take two minutes for the train to reach. Any passengers that wished to get off could then do so.[3] From there, a 500-metre (1,600 ft) drop would take the train to 360 kilometres per hour (220 mph), close to its terminal velocity, before flattening out and speeding into the first of its seven slightly clothoid inversions.[3] Each inversion would have a smaller diameter than the one before in order to maintain the lethal 10 g to passengers while the train loses speed. After a sharp right-hand turn the train would enter a straight, where unloading of corpses and loading of new passengers could take place.[3]"

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                17 Feb 2021, 01:25

                Euthanasia Roller coaster

                Link to video

                "The concept design of the layout begins with a steep-angled lift to the 510-metre (1,670 ft) top, which would take two minutes for the train to reach. Any passengers that wished to get off could then do so.[3] From there, a 500-metre (1,600 ft) drop would take the train to 360 kilometres per hour (220 mph), close to its terminal velocity, before flattening out and speeding into the first of its seven slightly clothoid inversions.[3] Each inversion would have a smaller diameter than the one before in order to maintain the lethal 10 g to passengers while the train loses speed. After a sharp right-hand turn the train would enter a straight, where unloading of corpses and loading of new passengers could take place.[3]"

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                Klaus
                wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 07:32 last edited by
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                @taiwan_girl I love this! Brilliant!

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 13:52 last edited by
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                  Putting the fun back into concentration camps.

                  “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 17 Feb 2021, 14:54 last edited by George K
                    #137

                    Click on the tweet to get a sense of this:

                    "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
                      17 Feb 2021, 14:54

                      Click on the tweet to get a sense of this:

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                      taiwan_girl
                      wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 16:01 last edited by
                      #138

                      @george-k Wow!! That is impressive!!

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                        17 Feb 2021, 13:52

                        Putting the fun back into concentration camps.

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                        mark
                        wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 17:58 last edited by mark
                        #139

                        They don't make them like they used to! lol

                        Holy crap that is an excessively large door.

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                          Copper
                          wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 21:56 last edited by
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                          It makes me wonder what they intended to put through it.

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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 02:40 last edited by
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                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 6 Mar 2021, 18:03 last edited by
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                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 7 Mar 2021, 10:10 last edited by
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                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 14:10 last edited by
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                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    8 Mar 2021, 14:10

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 14:57 last edited by
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                                    @jon-nyc it's called an "electrician's" or "underwriter's" knot:

                                    https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-an-underwriters-knot-1152873

                                    Used in lamps and things like that.

                                    "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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                                      Klaus
                                      wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 15:55 last edited by
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                                      That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.

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                                        8 Mar 2021, 15:55

                                        That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 16:03 last edited by
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                                        @klaus a lamp cord has two wires, as you say, joined in a "cable." One has to split them apart to wire the lamp cord:

                                        https://www.bplampsupply.com/help/22HowToULKnot.php

                                        "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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                                          Klaus
                                          wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 16:08 last edited by
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                                          I think such cords would be illegal over here.

                                          Our power cables look like this.

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