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@Axtremus said in 100 Students in a School Meant for 1,000: Inside Chicago’s Refusal to Deal With Its Nearly Empty Schools: Is it really bureaucracy, or the people/voters don’t want to let go? I think both. In this case the people/voters are also the bureaucracy so kind of the worst case to get progress in this situation.

I rather liked him. But this probably improves the odds of a democratic pickup, such as they were.

Also, you might want to tune into Youtuber James Hoffmann a World Barista Champion who has a wonderful site about expresso and it's associated equipment. Link to video Further, Mr. Hoffmann and I both worship the same hair god, the late great David Lynch. [image: 1751143103804-90e57a7f-ea18-4067-91f0-4b5b1bd96357-image.png] (We are not worthy, We are not worthy, We are not worthy.)

So there is such a thing as "city mouse" vs. "country mouse."

Interesting. Following Brexit, we moved most of our European operations out of London and into Luxembourg. This was odd, because I was told that Brexit was going to make the UK more business friendly and competitive due to blahblahblahblahblah.

@89th said in Megalodon Sharks Were Prehistoric Nightmares. Why Did They Go Extinct?: I'm surprised we haven't seen a trump-inspired MAGA LaDon. The article says it was slimmer than the great white rather than being built like a big fat torpedo.

high alcohol + cheap = easy to get drunk for people with very little money and no prospects (though I dont really know if this is the case for the Indian whisky)

On occasion my eggplant is absolutely filthy.

Snorkel: [image: ?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi5.walmartimages.com%2Fasr%2F28d29e0e-c003-4856-bae8-e98baebd7b90_1.4e631905433af5b0171ab6fb677eb28c.jpeg%3FodnWidth%3D1000%26odnHeight%3D1000%26odnBg%3Dffffff&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=9df1da3364011c68941cc7a265e6484e197de10295a953f4497c3833fd00e6a4] Not snorkel: [image: ?u=https%3A%2F%2Fd3d71ba2asa5oz.cloudfront.net%2F40000725%2Fimages%2Fgg1938w__1__.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=df84a34c541e89a499fe81df87a3cadc9ce6d6cdc166d1cd3c959c8bb6f1b205]

It’s all baloney.

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I like JFK’s. Classy.

Another question to ask is whether Mondalez's packaging designs were in turn "copied" from someone else. If they were, then one can argue that perhaps Aldi was merely inspired by the same sources that inspired Mondalez.

@taiwan_girl said in Beating Back the Lizards in Taiwan: @jon-nyc always wear a broad brim hat in the forest or in the vicinity of sea gulls.