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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    #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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      #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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        "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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          Horace
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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 KG Offline
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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-nycJ jon-nyc

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

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

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

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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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                      @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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                      @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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                        #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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                          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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                            Not a "murder." An "embarrassment."

                            ***Funny - but surprising.***

                            click to show

                            image.jpeg

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                            jon-nyc
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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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                              @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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                              #842

                              @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
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                                #843

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

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

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                                    Details from La Wik:

                                    Spearfish holds the world record for the fastest recorded temperature change. On January 22, 1943, at about 7:30 a.m. MST, the temperature in Spearfish was −4 °F (−20 °C). The Chinook wind picked up speed rapidly, and two minutes later (7:32 a.m.) the temperature was +45 °F (7 °C). The 49 °F or 27 °C rise in two minutes set a world record that still holds. By 9:00 a.m., the temperature had risen to 54 °F (12 °C). Suddenly, the Chinook died down and the temperature tumbled back to −4 °F or −20 °C. The 58 °F or 32.2 °C drop took only 27 minutes.[18][19][20] The sudden change in temperatures caused glass windows to crack and windshields to instantly frost over.[21][20]

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

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                                      Related to the above, I read that a mountain in NH just set the record for the coldest windchill. -106 F. -45 F temperature with 97 mph wind.

                                      :eek

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

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                                          This image shows Comet 67P/C-G compared to the city of Los Angeles, California.

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