Mildly interesting
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A chart showing the parts of the body to be bled for different diseases, c.1310-1320.
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wrote on 22 Mar 2023, 20:46 last edited by Copper
I stayed at the Motel 6 in Sierra Vista on business one time. The room had a pay TV, it took only quarters. But no pay telephone in the room, that was outside in the hallway which was conveniently located under an awning to keep off the rain.
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@Copper said in Mildly interesting:
I read the article and looked at the studies they linked to. There are still many areas of secondary emissions that they aren’t taking into account. The replacement issue, for one… Especially if the insurance companies are more likely to scrap an EV… Beyond that, the installation and long term maintenance of the charging stations also springs to mind… Plus all of the emissions from obnoxious EV owners telling me how they are saving the world…
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The Ryugyong Hotel (Korean: 류경호텔; sometimes spelled as Ryu-Gyong Hotel), or Yu-Kyung Hotel,[4] is an unfinished 105-storey, 330-metre-tall (1,080 ft) pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its name ("capital of willows") is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang.[5] The building is also known as the 105 Building, a reference to its number of floors.[3] The building has been planned as a mixed-use development, which would include a hotel.
Construction began in 1987 but was halted in 1992 as North Korea entered a period of economic crisis after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. After 1992, the building stood topped out, but without any windows or interior fittings. In 2008, construction resumed, and the exterior was completed in 2011. The hotel was planned to open in 2012, the centenary of founding leader Kim Il-sung's birth. A partial opening was announced for 2013, but this was cancelled.[6] In 2018, an LED display was fitted to one side, which is used to show propaganda animations and film scenes.[7]
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The Ryugyong Hotel (Korean: 류경호텔; sometimes spelled as Ryu-Gyong Hotel), or Yu-Kyung Hotel,[4] is an unfinished 105-storey, 330-metre-tall (1,080 ft) pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its name ("capital of willows") is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang.[5] The building is also known as the 105 Building, a reference to its number of floors.[3] The building has been planned as a mixed-use development, which would include a hotel.
Construction began in 1987 but was halted in 1992 as North Korea entered a period of economic crisis after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. After 1992, the building stood topped out, but without any windows or interior fittings. In 2008, construction resumed, and the exterior was completed in 2011. The hotel was planned to open in 2012, the centenary of founding leader Kim Il-sung's birth. A partial opening was announced for 2013, but this was cancelled.[6] In 2018, an LED display was fitted to one side, which is used to show propaganda animations and film scenes.[7]
wrote on 25 Mar 2023, 17:20 last edited by@Copper My first trip there was before they did the outside cladding. This is what it looked like then.
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wrote on 26 Mar 2023, 01:32 last edited by Copper
I saw this on Buzz Aldrin's Facebook
Nice picture
Happy birthday to my friend and Gemini 12 crew mate, Jim Lovell. We have had quite the adventures over the years. My followers may not realize that we are also “models”. As we, along with Sally Ride, posed for Annie Liebowitz, in 2009, for a Louis Vuitton ad.
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I saw this on Buzz Aldrin's Facebook
Nice picture
Happy birthday to my friend and Gemini 12 crew mate, Jim Lovell. We have had quite the adventures over the years. My followers may not realize that we are also “models”. As we, along with Sally Ride, posed for Annie Liebowitz, in 2009, for a Louis Vuitton ad.
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wrote on 26 Mar 2023, 01:40 last edited by jon-nyc
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wrote on 26 Mar 2023, 01:41 last edited by George K
@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
He did that faster than I could.
Well, he did…
Indeed..
And I've won more Tour de France medals than Lance Armstrong.
Well, I have...
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@George-K said in Mildly interesting:
@Copper OK - that's the coolest thing I've seen today.
I was flipping through facebook and, of course, recognized the faces right away. I thought, what a great picture.
But the context didn't seem right. Then I read Buzz's comment.
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
He did that faster than I could.
Well, he did…
Indeed..
And I've won more Tour de France medals than Lance Armstrong.
Well, I have...
wrote on 26 Mar 2023, 03:27 last edited by@George-K said in Mildly interesting:
@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
He did that faster than I could.
Well, he did…
Indeed..
And I've won more Tour de France medals than Lance Armstrong.
Well, I have...
Um, you must mean you have won the same number of medals.
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