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    Horace
    wrote on 5 Jan 2024, 19:43 last edited by
    #1520

    When you almost never leave, but then have to take a few days for a funeral:

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    Education is extremely important.

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      Mik
      wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 19:47 last edited by
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      Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.

      Depending on your point of view, it either shows that Texas is really big or Europe is very small.

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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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      • M Mik
        6 Jan 2024, 19:47

        Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.

        Depending on your point of view, it either shows that Texas is really big or Europe is very small.

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        George K
        wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 19:52 last edited by
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        @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

        Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.

        Damn, that's interesting.

        "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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          Copper
          wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 21:20 last edited by
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          And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

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            6 Jan 2024, 21:20

            And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

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            George K
            wrote on 7 Jan 2024, 02:18 last edited by
            #1524

            @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

            And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

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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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              Mik
              wrote on 7 Jan 2024, 03:21 last edited by
              #1525

              Offhand, I’m going with Texas is really big. It is. I’ve driven a whole lot of it.

              “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 7 Jan 2024, 12:30 last edited by
                #1526

                As long as we're comparing countries' sizes...

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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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                • G George K
                  25 Dec 2023, 12:42

                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish

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                  taiwan_girl
                  wrote on 8 Jan 2024, 18:43 last edited by
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                  @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish

                  The above was filmed in Taiwan!

                  https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/25661/divers-in-taiwan-film-rare-encounter-with-giant-doomsday-fish-believed-to-be-a-harbinger-of-earthquakes?_=1704739307213

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                    George K
                    wrote on 10 Jan 2024, 12:12 last edited by
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                    Smooth ride.

                    "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 Jan 2024, 20:26 last edited by
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                      Vikki Dougan
                      is most famous for appearing at social events in daring low-cut backless dresses throughout the 1950s. In 1957 and 1961 Dougan appeared in Playboy magazine. Among the prominent Hollywood men she dated was Frank Sinatra.

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                      • M mark
                        10 Jan 2024, 20:26

                        Vikki Dougan
                        is most famous for appearing at social events in daring low-cut backless dresses throughout the 1950s. In 1957 and 1961 Dougan appeared in Playboy magazine. Among the prominent Hollywood men she dated was Frank Sinatra.

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                        George K
                        wrote on 10 Jan 2024, 20:42 last edited by
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                        @mark said in Mildly interesting:

                        Among the prominent Hollywood men she dated was Frank Sinatra.

                        "In 1961, her backless dresses and "callipygian cleft" were celebrated in the song "Vikki Dougan" by The Limeliters in their album The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters.

                        "Throughout the 1950s, she dated a string of prominent men, including Barry Goldwater, Mickey Rooney, Henry Fonda, Frank Sinatra and Glenn Ford."

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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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                          Mik
                          wrote on 11 Jan 2024, 21:06 last edited by
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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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                            xenon
                            wrote on 11 Jan 2024, 21:31 last edited by
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                            Gotta be pretty horny to do that.

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                            • M Mik
                              11 Jan 2024, 21:06

                              IMG_4136.jpeg

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                              George K
                              wrote on 11 Jan 2024, 21:36 last edited by
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                              @Mik OK, you made me look it up....

                              Link to video

                              https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57800/horrors-anglerfish-mating

                              "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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                                Mik
                                wrote on 11 Jan 2024, 22:20 last edited by
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                                I guess it’s better than being a male praying mantis. Marginally.

                                “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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                                  Doctor Phibes
                                  wrote on 11 Jan 2024, 22:50 last edited by
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                                  I knew a guy that pretty much happened to in high school

                                  I was only joking

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 12 Jan 2024, 00:37 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-nyc
                                      wrote on 12 Jan 2024, 01:50 last edited by
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                                      You were warned.

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                                        Mik
                                        wrote on 12 Jan 2024, 02:37 last edited by
                                        #1538

                                        Movin’ on up
                                        To the east side

                                        “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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                                          Mik
                                          wrote on 12 Jan 2024, 13:21 last edited by
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                                          Continuing the theme of strange aquatic mating...

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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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