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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
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    @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
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          Only non-witches get due process.

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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.

            Only non-witches get due process.

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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.

              Only non-witches get due process.

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

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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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”.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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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
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                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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