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  • KlausK Offline
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    Klaus
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    #18

    That must have been painful.

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    • taiwan_girlT Offline
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      taiwan_girl
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      #19

      I think India holds the record (555) for most people having world records.

      It is a big thing there, and many of the records are quite goofy.

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      • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

        I think India holds the record (555) for most people having world records.

        It is a big thing there, and many of the records are quite goofy.

        AxtremusA Away
        AxtremusA Away
        Axtremus
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        #20

        @taiwan_girl said in Dudes posting their Ws:

        I think India holds the record (555) for most people having world records.

        It is a big thing there, and many of the records are quite goofy.

        What's the statistics if you normalize by population (# of world record holders divided by population size)?

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        • AxtremusA Axtremus

          @taiwan_girl said in Dudes posting their Ws:

          I think India holds the record (555) for most people having world records.

          It is a big thing there, and many of the records are quite goofy.

          What's the statistics if you normalize by population (# of world record holders divided by population size)?

          taiwan_girlT Offline
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          taiwan_girl
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          #21

          @Axtremus said in Dudes posting their Ws:

          @taiwan_girl said in Dudes posting their Ws:

          I think India holds the record (555) for most people having world records.

          It is a big thing there, and many of the records are quite goofy.

          What's the statistics if you normalize by population (# of world record holders divided by population size)?

          Probably India would still win. 555

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          • jon-nycJ Offline
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            jon-nyc
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            #22

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            • 89th8 Online
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              89th
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              #23

              His dancing-in-the-rain move at 0:57 was impressive.

              I guess if you are confident in your grip strength, go for it!

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              • jon-nycJ Offline
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                jon-nyc
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                #24

                Perfectly choreographed right at the end especially.

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • HoraceH Offline
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                  #25

                  He had plenty of leeway on the last car to dial in the landing. Note he hit the brakes to center himself at the crossing.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                  • LuFins DadL Offline
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                    #26

                    That train had one helluva suspension on it,

                    The Brad

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                    • HoraceH Horace

                      I brought a 100 ounce silver bar to work to show it to people because I thought it was cool, but I sensed people thought I was trying to show off. I work with a bunch of poor trash PhD scientists and engineers, so I guess they probably hadn't seen 2000 dollars all in the same place ever before. So I stopped showing it to people. You need to be an upper class high status type like me in order to appreciate the beauty separately from the monetary value.

                      taiwan_girlT Offline
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                      @Horace said in Dudes posting their Ws:

                      I brought a 100 ounce silver bar to work to show it to people because I thought it was cool, but I sensed people thought I was trying to show off. I work with a bunch of poor trash PhD scientists and engineers, so I guess they probably hadn't seen 2000 dollars all in the same place ever before. So I stopped showing it to people. You need to be an upper class high status type like me in order to appreciate the beauty separately from the monetary value.

                      Maybe you can move on to Platinum

                      The warehouse retailer (COST) has started selling one-ounce platinum bars priced at $1,089.99 apiece, which is slightly higher than the metal's current value of roughly $1,000 per ounce on the commodity market. Costco's foray into selling gold bars started last year and has proven a huge success, with the company reporting that sales reached $100 million in 2023.

                      https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20241003254/are-the-costco-platinum-bars-worth-buying-heres-what-finance-pros-have-to-say

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                      • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                        @Horace said in Dudes posting their Ws:

                        I brought a 100 ounce silver bar to work to show it to people because I thought it was cool, but I sensed people thought I was trying to show off. I work with a bunch of poor trash PhD scientists and engineers, so I guess they probably hadn't seen 2000 dollars all in the same place ever before. So I stopped showing it to people. You need to be an upper class high status type like me in order to appreciate the beauty separately from the monetary value.

                        Maybe you can move on to Platinum

                        The warehouse retailer (COST) has started selling one-ounce platinum bars priced at $1,089.99 apiece, which is slightly higher than the metal's current value of roughly $1,000 per ounce on the commodity market. Costco's foray into selling gold bars started last year and has proven a huge success, with the company reporting that sales reached $100 million in 2023.

                        https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20241003254/are-the-costco-platinum-bars-worth-buying-heres-what-finance-pros-have-to-say

                        HoraceH Offline
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                        #28

                        @taiwan_girl said in Dudes posting their Ws:

                        @Horace said in Dudes posting their Ws:

                        I brought a 100 ounce silver bar to work to show it to people because I thought it was cool, but I sensed people thought I was trying to show off. I work with a bunch of poor trash PhD scientists and engineers, so I guess they probably hadn't seen 2000 dollars all in the same place ever before. So I stopped showing it to people. You need to be an upper class high status type like me in order to appreciate the beauty separately from the monetary value.

                        Maybe you can move on to Platinum

                        The warehouse retailer (COST) has started selling one-ounce platinum bars priced at $1,089.99 apiece, which is slightly higher than the metal's current value of roughly $1,000 per ounce on the commodity market. Costco's foray into selling gold bars started last year and has proven a huge success, with the company reporting that sales reached $100 million in 2023.

                        https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20241003254/are-the-costco-platinum-bars-worth-buying-heres-what-finance-pros-have-to-say

                        That silver bar is $3150 now. Doubled since I bought it. I'm thinking of cashing them in for a nice grand piano.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                        • jon-nycJ Offline
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                          #29

                          That’s probably 800lbs or so.

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          • HoraceH Offline
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                            Horace
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                            I guess there's a chance he grew up on a farm and has done that before. Lots of technique involved in that.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                            • George KG Offline
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                              George K
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                              #31

                              "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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                              • MikM Offline
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                                Mik
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                                #32

                                A big W

                                “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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                                • jon-nycJ Offline
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                                  jon-nyc
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                                  #33

                                  That’s cool

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  • LuFins DadL Offline
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                                    LuFins Dad
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                                    #34

                                    That room would pass no DEI standards today.

                                    The Brad

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                                    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                      That room would pass no DEI standards today.

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                                      #35

                                      @LuFins-Dad said in Dudes posting their Ws:

                                      That room would pass no DEI standards today.

                                      Which is, in part, why they figured it out and not NASA.

                                      Please love yourself.

                                      George KG 1 Reply Last reply
                                      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                                        @LuFins-Dad said in Dudes posting their Ws:

                                        That room would pass no DEI standards today.

                                        Which is, in part, why they figured it out and not NASA.

                                        George KG Offline
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                                        George K
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #36

                                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Dudes posting their Ws:

                                        Which is, in part, why they figured it out and not NASA.

                                        NASA's approach has been make it perfect the first time.

                                        SpaceX's approach is make it fast, cheap and learn from mistakes.

                                        "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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                                        • 89th8 Online
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                                          89th
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                                          #37

                                          Last week I was able to visit Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

                                          If you ever go, you pay like $75 to get in (includes a bus from the visitor center to the Saturn V building), but for $25 you can upgrade the bus to a 1.5 hour "explore tour" of the property.

                                          LISTEN TO ME, PAYING THE EXTRA $25 IS THE BIGGEST NO BRAINER ON THE PLANET IF YOU EVER GO THERE.

                                          It was AMAZING, the tour guide on the bus was fantastic, lots of trivia, a few jokes, and amazing facts. The bus lets you out 3 times to take pictures, and you see so much. You get awfully close to the launch pads for the Apollo and Shuttle launches, and now Artemis, as well as a new Space X "tower and chopsticks". You get to see the Vehicle Assembly Building, the crawler, the actual places where the Apollo astronauts got ready, the countdown clock, the stands, the CBS building where Cronkite watched Apollo launches from, you drive the very same road the Apollo (and other) astronauts took back in 1969...

                                          Anyway...............what struck me, as I saw a SpaceX falcon rocket being refurbished after a launch, was how incredibly routine this has become. The day after we left, there were 2 SpaceX launches, where the rocket returned (one to a drone ship, one to the launch pad).

                                          I didn't get to see a launch unfortunately (I was hoping, but weather scrubbed one launch) but did get to hear/feel the rumble from one later that week from 10+ miles away. It was great.

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