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  • C Catseye3
    28 Jan 2023, 21:34

    @mark

    Is this, uh, something to worry about?

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    George K
    wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 21:36 last edited by
    #825

    @Catseye3 said in Mildly interesting:

    Is this, uh, something to worry about?

    What? You didn't feel it?

    "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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      Rainman
      wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 22:31 last edited by
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      When I was a kid we had this guy Newton somewhere in our school, and he made a bunch of laws.
      As I recall something about something continuing in the same direction unless a force acted upon it. So, this "author" expects me to believe that a huge mass of spinning stuff can reverse direction in just a handful of years?
      Ever played with an out of balance basketball? That's our earth! Literally like a basketball. Same color too.

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        George K
        wrote on 29 Jan 2023, 01:34 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 29 Jan 2023, 12:07 last edited by
          #828

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 00:45 last edited by jon-nyc
            #829

            I didn’t know much about these guys, other than driving by them now and then. Interesting business model, but I’ll stick to the NY Sports Club.

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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              jon-nyc
              wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 00:47 last edited by
              #830

              Also the more I learn about franchise models the more they seem really predatory.

              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
              -Cormac McCarthy

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                George K
                wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 15:21 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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                • G George K
                  30 Jan 2023, 15:21

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                  Horace
                  wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 15:39 last edited by
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                  @George-K Seems the invention of contraptions is an underappreciated piece of the moviemaking art. Someone oughta do a documentary series on that subject.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    George K
                    wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 01:01 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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                      taiwan_girl
                      wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 03:06 last edited by
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                      • J jon-nyc
                        30 Jan 2023, 00:47

                        Also the more I learn about franchise models the more they seem really predatory.

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                        Mik
                        wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 03:32 last edited by
                        #835

                        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                        Also the more I learn about franchise models the more they seem really predatory.

                        I’m a member but I use it. It’s a great club and worth more than $10 a month.

                        “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 31 Jan 2023, 03:41 last edited by
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                          The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

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                            31 Jan 2023, 03:41

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                            The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

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                            Copper
                            wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 16:23 last edited by
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                            @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                            The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

                            I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.

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                              31 Jan 2023, 16:23

                              @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                              The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

                              I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.

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                              taiwan_girl
                              wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 19:06 last edited by
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                              @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                              @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                              The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

                              I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.

                              If i remember the story correctly, the photo (or the negative) was found in a school from where the photo was taken. Dont know what happened to the photographer.

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 21:03 last edited by
                                #839

                                I was going to say, there’s no reason to necessarily believe that the photographer survived, let alone remained sighted.

                                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                -Cormac McCarthy

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 2 Feb 2023, 15:22 last edited by
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                                  Not a "murder." An "embarrassment."

                                  ***Funny - but surprising.***

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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
                                    2 Feb 2023, 15:22

                                    Not a "murder." An "embarrassment."

                                    ***Funny - but surprising.***

                                    click to show

                                    image.jpeg

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                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on 2 Feb 2023, 20:14 last edited by
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                                    @George-K

                                    I want to be on the committee that decides these words of venery.

                                    My first nomination would be “a haggard of milfs”.

                                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                                      2 Feb 2023, 20:14

                                      @George-K

                                      I want to be on the committee that decides these words of venery.

                                      My first nomination would be “a haggard of milfs”.

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 2 Feb 2023, 20:55 last edited by George K 2 Feb 2023, 20:55
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                                      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                      My first nomination would be “a haggard of milfs”.

                                      (that almost deserves its own thread)

                                      My nomination for that would be "sere." It's obscure enough of a word to make people take pause and think..."What?"

                                      "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 3 Feb 2023, 01:05 last edited by
                                        #843

                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on 3 Feb 2023, 21:09 last edited by
                                          #844

                                          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                          -Cormac McCarthy

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