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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 7 Dec 2024, 13:27 last edited by
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    What’s in it for the ants?

    Only non-witches get due process.

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      George K
      wrote on 7 Dec 2024, 14:47 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 8 Dec 2024, 00:36 last edited by
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        Only non-witches get due process.

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 8 Dec 2024, 03:33 last edited by
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          Only non-witches get due process.

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            George K
            wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 12:34 last edited by
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            Vaccine administration:

            "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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              7 Dec 2024, 03:19

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              LuFins Dad
              wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 13:39 last edited by
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              @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

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              I don’t really find that surprising. There’s not been a draft in over 50 years.

              The Brad

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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 13:45 last edited by
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                Yeah. Still interesting to see it quantified.

                Another (though smaller) driver would be far more women in congress.

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                  9 Dec 2024, 13:45

                  Yeah. Still interesting to see it quantified.

                  Another (though smaller) driver would be far more women in congress.

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                  George K
                  wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 13:53 last edited by George K 12 Sept 2024, 13:53
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                  @jon-nyc

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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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                    Copper
                    wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 14:56 last edited by
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                    Apparently women spend more.

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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 10 Dec 2024, 12:49 last edited by
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                      Birthplace of the top 100 10,000m runners.

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                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                        jon-nyc
                        wrote on 10 Dec 2024, 13:03 last edited by
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                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                          10 Dec 2024, 12:49

                          Birthplace of the top 100 10,000m runners.

                          IMG_1794.jpeg

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                          Mik
                          wrote on 10 Dec 2024, 14:02 last edited by
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                          @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                          Birthplace of the top 100 10,000m runners.

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                          I am reminded of the old joke about the fastest creature in the world being the Ethiopian chicken.

                          “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 10 Dec 2024, 14:24 last edited by
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                            https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/32031/true-story-southwick-jog

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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 10 Dec 2024, 16:13 last edited by
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                              For how much time was X territory part of Poland.

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                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                George K
                                wrote on 12 Dec 2024, 14:10 last edited by
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                                The Gold Hoard:

                                https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1867208348514271286.html

                                The 'Trier Gold Hoard' was the largest Roman gold hoard ever discovered. Comprising of 2516 gold coins weighing 18.5kg, found in Trier, Germany, in September 1993, during construction works; nearly 1800 years after it was hidden.

                                The discovery of the Gold Hoard in Trier in 1993 caused quite a sensation. On 9 September 1993, an excavator unearthed and ripped apart a bronze cauldron during excavations for an underground parking garage. Part of cauldron and some coins went to a dump site, initially unnoticed. After the first coins were detected at the excavation site, treasure hunters also began to search the earth at the dump site.

                                An amateur archaeologist, Erich Eixner went back to the excavation site at night and found the larger part of the bronze cauldron, containing 560 coins and an additional lump of 1500 coins, using his metal detector. He informed the authorities of his discovery and received about 20,000 DM, a fraction of the estimated worth. Greater inspection revealed that it was not simply someone's personal fortune but most likely an official treasury. Treasury had been carefully administered and had grown over time. Hoard equated to the annual salary of around 130 Roman soldiers. The aurei (gold coins) feature a total of 27 emperors, empresses and members of the imperial family, and some are still considered unique to this day.

                                According to researchers; the hoard was hidden for the first time in 167 AD, probably because of the Antonine Plague. The last time it was probably buried in a cellar, dring civil war, while Augusta Treverorum was beleaguered by Clodius Albinus, since latest coins were struck 196 AD, under Septimius Severus. Clodius Albinus had caused a revolt against Emperor Septimius Severus when he appointed his son Caracalla as successor to the throne instead of Albinus. The former administrator of the hoard presumably took the knowledge of the secret stash with him to grave.

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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 Dec 2024, 14:20 last edited by
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                                  Just looking at the pile of coins it seems like it should be worth more than $1.6MM.

                                  I mean the gold itself. Surely the historical value increases it greatly.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on 13 Dec 2024, 03:29 last edited by jon-nyc
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                                    Average Daily Long-Haul Truck Traffic on the National Highway System (2015).

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                                    Interesting that the heaviest flow seems to be from Chicago to Cleveland on I90.

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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on 14 Dec 2024, 14:17 last edited by
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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on 14 Dec 2024, 14:23 last edited by
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                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                          Mik
                                          wrote on 14 Dec 2024, 18:51 last edited by
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                                          All The Bars In France That Primarily Serve Alcohol
                                          https://brilliantmaps.com/bars-in-france/

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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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