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Today I learned (or rather, re-learned) that my wristwatch doesn't account for leap years. I had to bump the date back from March 3 to March 2.
Oh, right! I forgot to adjust my sundial!jtbell said:Today I learned (or rather, re-learned) that my wristwatch doesn't account for leap years. I had to bump the date back from March 3 to March 2.
jtbell said:Today I learned (or rather, re-learned) that my wristwatch doesn't account for leap years. I had to bump the date back from March 3 to March 2.
Then I have to ask, "Why!?"The service from Dubai to Auckland covered 14,200 kilometres (8,824 miles), according to industry website airwaysnews.com, pipping Qantas' 13,800-kilometre Sydney-Dallas route launched in 2014.
It said the route was also the longest in duration, with passengers set to spend 17 hours 15 minutes in the air during the return leg from Auckland to Dubai.
Astronuc said:The world's longest scheduled commercial flight.
http://news.yahoo.com/worlds-longest-flight-lands-auckland-060409884.html
Then I have to ask, "Why!?"
http://www.ozy.com/acumen/the-filthy-rich-spanish-speaking-african-country/63117Equatorial Guinea is Africa’s third-largest oil exporter, with Exxon Mobil Corp. driving production. But no one knows exactly how much oil revenue the country has — President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo refuses to disclose his earnings.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/b...onspiracy-in-oil-and-natural-gas-bidding.htmlUnder Mr. McClendon’s leadership, Chesapeake and a handful of other companies transformed the face of energy in the United States, turning the country from an energy importer to an exporter and pioneering hydraulic fracturing in newly explored shale fields with ample global financing.
In the end, they produced a glut of natural gas that sent Chesapeake and several other companies to the brink of bankruptcy as gas prices collapsed.
or committed suicide for some other reason, failed relationships and hard drug addiction are common.Astronuc said:It is too early to tell, but it would seem he may have committed suicide rather than face prosecution
The timing would argue against alternate motivations.rootone said:or committed suicide for some other reason, failed relationships and hard drug addiction are common.
2013 Tahoe is reputed to have electric power steeringAstronuc said:It is too early to tell, but it would seem he may have committed suicide rather than face prosecution.
To get from Auckland to Dubai.Astronuc said:The world's longest scheduled commercial flight.
http://news.yahoo.com/worlds-longest-flight-lands-auckland-060409884.html
Then I have to ask, "Why!?"
There are cars driven with joysticks (like those used for computer games) already. Mainly for disabled people, I think, but apparently it works very well.jim hardy said:2013 Tahoe is reputed to have electric power steering
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2010/05/driving-a-pickup-with-electric-power-steering.html
Don't think I have seen that onezoobyshoe said:That poster reminds me of a Jack Nicholson line from the movie, The Last Detail. Those familiar will know what I'm talking about.
YouTube has the scene I mean, but I can't link to it due to bad language.davenn said:Don't think I have seen that one
zoobyshoe said:YouTube has the scene I mean, but I can't link to it due to bad language.
Right? It's disorienting.davenn said:dang, Jack Nicholson and Randy Quaid are so young !
jim hardy said:2013 Tahoe is reputed to have electric power steering
Vehicles, by contrast, don’t contain a box, per se. The data is captured by an airbag control module, which is more like a chip. All modern vehicles have such chips, but the data captured varies by manufacturer. And the modules aren’t fireproof, either. Many are made of aluminum; the one in a 2013 Tahoe is made of plastic.
Police have already said he was traveling well above the 40-mile-per-hour speed limit on the road, and that he had a chance to steer away from the bridge but didn’t. Other circumstantial evidence, such as a lack of prominent skid marks close to the bridge, also suggests suicide. “I’d say he aimed for that bridge support,” says Rusty Haight, director of the Collision Safety Institute in San Diego, who has examined photos and videos of the crash. “He was going into that bridge support. It’s the only thing in the area.”
awesome :) well donePsinter said:
Thanks!davenn said:awesome :) well done
jim hardy said:they killed Wordperfect.
I voted for a capitalist party that protects rights of minorities. I am a socialist but I decided for this party because the leader is a very fine person who was not involved in any scandal in 20 years. He always speaks about his wife with love and they adopted an orphan girl. So in this case I took into consideration character, not a political programme.Hornbein said:Which party got your vote?
Sophia said:I voted for a capitalist party that protects rights of minorities.
They are called bridge- hid.Hornbein said:Which one? I'm partial to the Ordinary People And Independent Personalities party. I don't know what they stand for, but I like the name.
Shades of Austria-Hungary!Sophia said:T
The party that you mention doesn't have any solutions at all. All they do is criticise, gossip and argue. They will not be able to form a coalition with anyone.
The problem is that anyone can have their own party. It was a result of post communist euphoria. If you can gain 10, 000 signatures hooray you have a party! And if you get 5%in elections you are in the parliament.Hornbein said:Shades of Austria-Hungary!
Surely that how one would expect Ordinary People And Independent Personalities to behave. So at least they have truth in advertising.
They say that Bridge represents Magyar/Slovak cooperation. Is that so?
It seems to me that two partners for Smer would do it, for a total of three.
What is Network all about? Is it just a name?
A brilliant idea! What about free pizza, 6 months of paid holiday and compulsory course in Advanced Physics for everyone? Would you vote for me?zoobyshoe said:Maybe you should start a party, Sophia.
Well, it was all good till you got to "compulsory."Sophia said:A brilliant idea! What about free pizza, 6 months of paid holiday and compulsory course in Advanced Physics for everyone? Would you vote for me?
You're right. I wouldn't be able to pass it myself lolzoobyshoe said:Well, it was all good till you got to "compulsory."