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    George K
    wrote on 29 Jul 2024, 12:10 last edited by
    #1863

    I worked with a very Irish urologist who had a daughter named "Kelly."

    She married a guy...

    "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 29 Jul 2024, 14:55 last edited by
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      Fordite, a man-made mineral born from the discarded paint layers of Detroit's car factories. This stunning specimen showcases the intricate patterns formed over decades of industrial history.

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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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        taiwan_girl
        wrote on 29 Jul 2024, 16:51 last edited by
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        Power Plants by Type of Fuel Scheduled To Come On Line in the Next Year

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          Mik
          wrote on 31 Jul 2024, 16:43 last edited by
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          https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/pope-house-hidden-home-at-disneyland-18665869.php?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral

          “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 1 Aug 2024, 01:22 last edited by
            #1867

            "Tersorium"

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

            See also "Shit Stick"

            "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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              1 Aug 2024, 01:22

              "Tersorium"

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

              See also "Shit Stick"

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              taiwan_girl
              wrote on 1 Aug 2024, 02:04 last edited by
              #1868

              @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

              "Tersorium"

              image.jpeg

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

              See also "Shit Stick"

              Disgusting and similar to what was used on 1600's/1700's sailing ships. At the back of the ship, they had open hole in the deck and a long rope that reached down to the water. After doing your duty, you would wipe yourself with the end of the rope, and then drop it back in the water. :eek (learned that from one of the books I read)

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                1 Aug 2024, 02:04

                @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                "Tersorium"

                image.jpeg

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

                See also "Shit Stick"

                Disgusting and similar to what was used on 1600's/1700's sailing ships. At the back of the ship, they had open hole in the deck and a long rope that reached down to the water. After doing your duty, you would wipe yourself with the end of the rope, and then drop it back in the water. :eek (learned that from one of the books I read)

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                George K
                wrote on 1 Aug 2024, 02:09 last edited by
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                @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                After doing your duty, you would wipe yourself with the end of the rope, and then drop it back in the water.

                That's probably at least as sanitary as the Roman solution.

                "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
                  1 Aug 2024, 02:09

                  @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                  After doing your duty, you would wipe yourself with the end of the rope, and then drop it back in the water.

                  That's probably at least as sanitary as the Roman solution.

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                  taiwan_girl
                  wrote on 1 Aug 2024, 02:10 last edited by
                  #1870

                  @George-K Glad I live in the 21 century!!!

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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 1 Aug 2024, 12:10 last edited by
                    #1871

                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                      George K
                      wrote on 4 Aug 2024, 12:50 last edited by
                      #1872

                      Best anti-aging face cream.

                      "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 4 Aug 2024, 14:00 last edited by
                        #1873

                        You too can be Marvin the Martian!

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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 11 Aug 2024, 13:49 last edited by
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                          The Pigg-o-Stat

                          "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 13 Aug 2024, 10:37 last edited by
                            #1875

                            Interesting thread.

                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 16 Aug 2024, 12:35 last edited by jon-nyc
                              #1876

                              The Mississippi and its tributaries.

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                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 16 Aug 2024, 12:36 last edited by
                                #1877

                                It’s amazing how close you can live to the Great Lakes and still have your ground water drain to the gulf.

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                  Mik
                                  wrote on 26 Aug 2024, 22:21 last edited by
                                  #1878

                                  This is a first.

                                  https://www.wcpo.com/sports/mlb-manager-confirms-catcher-to-play-for-both-teams-in-same-game

                                  “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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                                    26 Aug 2024, 22:21

                                    This is a first.

                                    https://www.wcpo.com/sports/mlb-manager-confirms-catcher-to-play-for-both-teams-in-same-game

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                                    Copper
                                    wrote on 26 Aug 2024, 23:07 last edited by
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                                    @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                                    This is a first.

                                    https://www.wcpo.com/sports/mlb-manager-confirms-catcher-to-play-for-both-teams-in-same-game

                                    John Kiley played for the Bruins, Celtics and Red Sox, all in the same season.

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                                    He was the organist.

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                                      Mik
                                      wrote on 29 Aug 2024, 22:42 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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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 30 Aug 2024, 11:24 last edited by
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                                        https://www.gottman.com/blog/research-still-face-experiment/

                                        Dr. Edward Tronick of UMass Boston’s Infant-Parent Mental Health Program conducts research on how mothers’ depression and other stressful behaviors affect the emotional development and health of infants and children. Jason Goldman published Thoughtful Animal about Tronick’s 1975 experiment, the impact it had in understanding child development, and how it’s being used, including to predict child behavior:

                                        In 1975, Edward Tronick and colleagues first presented the “Still Face Experiment” to colleagues at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. He described a phenomenon in which an infant, after three minutes of “interaction” with a non-responsive expressionless mother, “rapidly sobers and grows wary. He makes repeated attempts to get the interaction into its usual reciprocal pattern. When these attempts fail, the infant withdraws [and] orients his face and body away from his mother with a withdrawn, hopeless facial expression.” It remains one of the most replicated findings in developmental psychology.

                                        Once the phenomenon had been thoroughly tested and replicated, it became a standard method for testing hypotheses about person perception, communication differences as a result of gender or cultural differences, individual differences in attachment style, and the effects of maternal depression on infants. The still-face experiment has also been used to investigate cross-cultural differences, deaf infants, infants with Down syndrome, cocaine-exposed infants, autistic children, and children of parents with various psychopathologies, especially depression.

                                        "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 30 Aug 2024, 12:04 last edited by
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                                          I think you’d have trouble getting that past an IRB today.

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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