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Bystander said:
I said it for years: "they" always come in waves. Be it philosophers, crackpots, tri-sectionists, personal theories, whatever, but always in waves.
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I said it for years: "they" always come in waves. Be it philosophers, crackpots, tri-sectionists, personal theories, whatever, but always in waves.
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Weird complaint from a few years back , that I used to ask questions, walk out before they were fully answered, so the person answering the question was thought to be " off", because they were seen as talking to themselves when answering after I had left.
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I still don't know just what is it that makes him/her larger than life.
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that's definitely happeningBystander said:
I revisit Underwood Dudley's "What to do when the trisector comes" from time to time.
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I guess the whole neighborhood thought we are insane: running around in the garden with watering cans just before the storm hits in...
We said it's rain-dance. If you want rain, you need to water the plants first.
Everybody knows that, right?
...though it was just the distribution of the slug-control bio-stuff.
We made some 2-3km runs each
We said it's rain-dance. If you want rain, you need to water the plants first.
Everybody knows that, right?
...though it was just the distribution of the slug-control bio-stuff.
We made some 2-3km runs each
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When Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia, its Internet extension went from .yu to .me.
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So this guy shows up everyday wearing a helmet. To make conversation, I ask : "Ah, using your bike to come in?" He replies: " No, why?" My answer: ...............
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It seems, for self-help books, any phrase will do as a title: " The strawberries aren't ripe yet" is as good as " I don't wear blue shoes", etc.
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Like a hot air balloon?BillTre said:
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Wow, sharp kid. Was overhearing a tutoring session in Chemistry at a coffee shop. Involving the periodic table. Kid asks " What's Periodic about the table"? I went to look it up myself.
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Cameraman , carrying heavy camera is faster than runners:
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https://news.yahoo.com/watch-hurricane-force-winds-topple-173921588.html
Wooden frames don't do well in hurricane force winds.
Wooden frames don't do well in hurricane force winds.
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Not exactly sinusoidal, but this is an awesome graph!WWGD said:
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More severe weather - this time in Iowa where some wind turbines were taken down by a tornado or high winds.
https://news.yahoo.com/watch-tornadoes-tear-down-wind-214123250.html
https://apnews.com/article/tornado-iowa-wind-farm-turbines-feb9913c3d53915ffa420e277af4bb6d
https://news.yahoo.com/watch-tornadoes-tear-down-wind-214123250.html
https://apnews.com/article/tornado-iowa-wind-farm-turbines-feb9913c3d53915ffa420e277af4bb6d
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I had a good idea where the conversation would lead when this guy made mention of his " Life coach". Unfortunately, it wasn't the name of a bus. I guessed right.
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Astronuc said:
Here's a video. There's some crazy footage in this one.
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It's interesting to see the towers lean toward the tornado with the atmosphere being drawn into the vortex.collinsmark said:
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The pluses? The plan gives lifetime u limited access/use of ChatGpt for life for $39.99.
The minuses? Ill think everyone wearing dark glasses is out to kill me. Because I intend to squeeze every drop from it.
The minuses? Ill think everyone wearing dark glasses is out to kill me. Because I intend to squeeze every drop from it.
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No thanks! Too close to being a data-collection scheme.WWGD said:
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The last time the same two teams met in the FA cup back to back was 1885 according to my source (not checked yet)
Nice to see the Manchester Bee on the pitch, a nice touch.
Hopefully City will not eviscerate us, they are totally capable.
Nice to see the Manchester Bee on the pitch, a nice touch.
Hopefully City will not eviscerate us, they are totally capable.
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pinball1970 said:
Congratulations!
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Very stressful to watch. Best part? All the Man City supporters in the pub hugged and shook hands with the red side at the end of the match.fresh_42 said:
Fantastic. Cheers fresh.
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[bolding added] I had to reseach trisectionists. The rare times I encountered the term as a child I thought it meant a vivisectionist who cut bodies into thirds.fresh_42 said:
Thanks for the explaination. As children of the "New Math" (1960s) we studied basic number theory, geometry, logic and sets in grammar school, much less Dudley's high school geometry. Adding two even numbers produces an even number.nuuskur said:
I realized some adults had weird mathematical preoccupations but attributed that to poor nutrition during the Depression. Today I learned...
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In other scores, 1 Paris, nothing Tolouse.pinball1970 said:
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collinsmark said:
Tornado was initially reported as EF-3, but since upgraded to EF-4.
https://news.yahoo.com/news/damaged-wind-turbines-become-important-185620005.html
https://news.yahoo.com/drone-footage-shows-extensive-damage-170224040.html
I don't know if it was the same tornado, or another in the same storm system.
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Ok, his name was Golovkin, not Hublot. Just like " One way street" was not the name of the street.