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  • R Renauda
    21 Nov 2022, 00:29

    @Mik

    We have all those Stooges shorts on DVD here. Regularly watched as well. The Moronia shorts are among of favourites.

    Our teen loves those oldie comedies. Just last evening we watched Another Thin Man with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Shemp Howard from the Stooges appears in it uncredited. My son found the whole series of 6 movies on the net and downloaded them onto DVD. We also have all Marx Brothers movies as well some Buster Keaton, Abbott and Costello and Laurel and Hardy.

    Am trying to talk him into down loading some Borgart/Bacall film noirs.

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    George K
    wrote on 21 Nov 2022, 01:09 last edited by
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    @Renauda said in Mildly interesting:

    Our teen loves those oldie comedies. Just last evening we watched Another Thin Man with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Shemp Howard from the Stooges appears in it as uncredited. My son found the whole series of 6 movies on the net and downloaded them onto DVD. We also have all Marx Brothers movies as well some Buster Keaton, Abbott and Costello and Laurel and Hardy.
    Am trying to talk him into down loading some Borgart/Bacall film noirs.

    You've raised him well.

    "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
      21 Nov 2022, 01:09

      @Renauda said in Mildly interesting:

      Our teen loves those oldie comedies. Just last evening we watched Another Thin Man with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Shemp Howard from the Stooges appears in it as uncredited. My son found the whole series of 6 movies on the net and downloaded them onto DVD. We also have all Marx Brothers movies as well some Buster Keaton, Abbott and Costello and Laurel and Hardy.
      Am trying to talk him into down loading some Borgart/Bacall film noirs.

      You've raised him well.

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      Renauda
      wrote on 21 Nov 2022, 01:18 last edited by Renauda
      #687

      @George-K

      I hope so. As a family we are not into pop culture.

      Elbows up!

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        Mik
        wrote on 21 Nov 2022, 01:46 last edited by
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        Pop culture is disposable. An endless stream of vacuous circuses.

        “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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        • J jon-nyc
          20 Nov 2022, 14:27

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          taiwan_girl
          wrote on 21 Nov 2022, 14:54 last edited by
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          @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

          I was in Dallas a couple of years ago. Here is the view from the window where President Kennedy was shot. It was a lot closer than I thought it was. I always thought it was a super long distance, but it wasn't really.

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            Copper
            wrote on 21 Nov 2022, 17:13 last edited by
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            I can still remember the first time I walked that scene.

            It was kind of spooky. Not a lot of people , but still, tourists standing and staring at the street, and the grassy knoll and the Hertz sign and the book depository.

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              jon-nyc
              wrote on 21 Nov 2022, 17:28 last edited by
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              Only non-witches get due process.

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                Mik
                wrote on 21 Nov 2022, 21:34 last edited by
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                All hail the Bar-Tailed Godwit!

                This bird is a champion flyer and once again an individual has broken the world record for the longest continual flight.

                This week a juvenile godwit just 5 months old landed in Ansons Bay in northeast Tasmania, Australia. It had been tagged in Alaska and departed there on October 13, 2022 before flying non-stop to Tasmania.

                Godwits are regular visitors to Tasmania so it’s likely that many undertake a similar flight but it's the first time a tagged bird has flown between Alaska and Tasmania.

                This bird flew a minimum of 13,560 km in 11 days 1 hour, that’s an average of over 51kmh continually for those 11 days. And don’t forget there will be no eating, drinking or sleeping during that journey!

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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 21 Nov 2022, 21:51 last edited by
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                  "I just flew in from New York. Boy are my...."

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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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                    taiwan_girl
                    wrote on 22 Nov 2022, 02:31 last edited by
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                    Speaking of air travel

                    In flight entertainment at 1925

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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 22 Nov 2022, 13:58 last edited by
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                      Only non-witches get due process.

                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        jon-nyc
                        wrote on 22 Nov 2022, 14:04 last edited by
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                        More on that here

                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_5390

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        • J jon-nyc
                          22 Nov 2022, 14:04

                          More on that here

                          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_5390

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                          taiwan_girl
                          wrote on 22 Nov 2022, 15:28 last edited by
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                          @jon-nyc Eek!!

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                            Horace
                            wrote on 22 Nov 2022, 21:41 last edited by
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                            Some good clean humor from India.

                            Link to video

                            Link to video

                            Education is extremely important.

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 23 Nov 2022, 17:27 last edited by
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                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                kluurs
                                wrote on 24 Nov 2022, 16:47 last edited by
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                                Cat with cat pattern on its back...
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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on 24 Nov 2022, 18:51 last edited by
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                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 25 Nov 2022, 14:23 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 25 Nov 2022, 22:37 last edited by
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                                      The FBI recovered a 495 year old (!) manuscript signed by Spanish Conquistador Hernando Cortés that was about to be sold at auction in Massachusetts.

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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      • J jon-nyc
                                        25 Nov 2022, 22:37

                                        The FBI recovered a 495 year old (!) manuscript signed by Spanish Conquistador Hernando Cortés that was about to be sold at auction in Massachusetts.

                                        DACBDB47-3C35-4C66-B73D-24CEB26ADC09.jpeg

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                                        Horace
                                        wrote on 25 Nov 2022, 22:41 last edited by
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                                        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                        The FBI recovered a 495 year old (!) manuscript signed by Spanish Conquistador Hernando Cortés that was about to be sold at auction in Massachusetts.

                                        DACBDB47-3C35-4C66-B73D-24CEB26ADC09.jpeg

                                        That should finally be sufficient information to draw some conclusions about Hernando Cortes.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                          Copper
                                          wrote on 26 Nov 2022, 00:03 last edited by
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                                          How to run a marathon

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