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  • CopperC Copper

    Shoot the piano player

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    @copper said in Mildly interesting:

    Shoot the piano player

    😄

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      A “petroglyph” (new word to me) from 8000BC.

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      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

      A “petroglyph” (new word to me) from 8000BC.

      Wow . . . I'd say that was more than mildly interesting, wouldn't you?

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      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

        Broadway Tower, England.

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        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

        Broadway Tower, England.

        Looks replica-ish to me.

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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          @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

          Broadway Tower, England.

          Looks replica-ish to me.

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          @catseye3 said in Mildly interesting:

          @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

          Broadway Tower, England.

          Looks replica-ish to me.

          Yes, it looks like an 18th or 19th century neo-Gothic folly.

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          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

            A “petroglyph” (new word to me) from 8000BC.

            8419FFFF-4166-41FE-8F5C-A7A0EDAA9E04.jpeg

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            @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

            A “petroglyph” (new word to me) from 8000BC.

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            As interesting, if not more, is Göbekli Tepe, which has archeologists stumped.

            It is a fully formed neolithic temple, which somewhat predates any stone founded city, and has no indication of the sort of human habitation needed to organize, build, and service a temple cultus. It seems to have been built by hunter-gathers (pre village, pre agrarian), who yet had 3 dimensional plastic art form of animals carved out of stone, rather than petroglyphs which were carved into stone.

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            10,000 year old art -- for reference these are more than twice as old as the Pyramids at Giza.

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              Only non-witches get due process.

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                Speaking of VW's. My family had a 1957 (or '58) VW. It had no fuel gauge, rather an auxiliary tank. You had to keep track of how far you had driven since the last fill up to know when to gas up.

                You did have an auxiliary fuel tank, with a gallon's capacity.

                That changed in 1962 with a real gas gauge.

                https://www.thegoldenbug.com/en/air-cooled_vw_history/d3/beetle_changes

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                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  $3.58 well spent

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                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                          @jon-nyc Did you see the movie about this?

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                            @jon-nyc Did you see the movie about this?

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                            @ivorythumper that was a fun film.

                            "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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                              I’ve not seen that IT but I’m intrigued.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                I’ve not seen that IT but I’m intrigued.

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                                @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                I’ve not seen that IT but I’m intrigued.

                                Movie was average. The story behind Sutton Hoo is nucking futs on a number of levels.

                                Please love yourself.

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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 said in Mildly interesting:

                                    I’ve not seen that IT but I’m intrigued.

                                    Movie was average. The story behind Sutton Hoo is nucking futs on a number of levels.

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                                    @aqua-letifer I agree-- both the leads just looked old and dowdy. not a particularly interesting story line, but an interesting subject matter.

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                                      Rachmaninoff looking at the score to his 3rd piano concerto, 1910.

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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        Rachmaninoff looking at the score to his 3rd piano concerto, 1910.

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                                        @jon-nyc He's probably trying to work out where to put the drum solo so he can take a quick bio-break

                                        I was only joking

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                                          @jon-nyc He's probably trying to work out where to put the drum solo so he can take a quick bio-break

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                                          @doctor-phibes said in Mildly interesting:

                                          @jon-nyc He's probably trying to work out where to put the drum solo so he can take a quick bio-break

                                          I think it's more likely that he was thinking about how to make the piano part hard enough such that people like @jon-nyc don't attempt to botch through it.

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