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I've lived in this town for nearly fifteen years. I just noticed a shop sign for a (long-defunct, I suspect) business high up on the end wall of a building that I've passed probably a thousand times. They were blind makers, apparently...
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Or I was made blind to it!
<dun dun DUNNNNN!>
<dun dun DUNNNNN!>
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I once had to explain somebody how to find the way from the airport to my house. And although I certainly had taken the route hundreds of times, I couldn't tell what exactly was written on the street signs, e.g. which town in the northern direction was actually on the sign for the exit to the north.Ibix said:
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I can actually direct people pretty well in this town and both cities where I studied, because when I moved there I bought a streetmap. The city I grew up in, though, and my wife's hometown I'm hopeless in. I can get from anywhere to anywhere, but I've no idea about street names or anything. In both cases I learned my way around by following someone who knew the place, so I just learned how to get from place to place without any formal structure to it.fresh_42 said:
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Cities with a grid system are, I guess, the simplest to navigate, find your way . Place p is at street x, avenue y. But then some will complain layout is too boring. Edit: But you may also have people assign names instead of numbers to the avenues. Can't win.
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Objection! Biased!
I've once been in such a city: All I remember are the middle of the alphabet and a couple of numbers. I like mnemonics, aka names. Grids aren't boring, they are confusing.WWGD said:
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No matter how lazy or tired I feel at a given moment, I cannot get myself to throw a book in the trash. I am doing a periodic cleaning (An iteration of it) and it would be much easier to throw them in the trash. Instead I traveled th mile plus carrying heavy bags to donate them to the thrift shop.
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Good boy!WWGD said:
I can't throw away books either. Except one, which I would burn, in case I would have to steal it from somebody who might have it if I saw.
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I'm going to drink beer all day 
When I see photos of galaxies, there's always a bright center like a huge star is there, but isn't the center supposed to be a black hole that absorbs light instead?
EDIT: That must be a cluster of stars with a black hole in the center. It looks like one star.
When I see photos of galaxies, there's always a bright center like a huge star is there, but isn't the center supposed to be a black hole that absorbs light instead?
EDIT: That must be a cluster of stars with a black hole in the center. It looks like one star.
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The story of my life.WWGD said:
50%: Effortless Love.
50%: Loveless Effort.
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Sounds very specific. Complete stab in the dark herefresh_42 said:
The Mystery of 2012: Predictions, Prophecies & Possibilities (if you have any regard for logic, you should burn the book no later than by page 20), I can't recall the authors, likely not worth mentioning, either.
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Are the Keys still islands?WWGD said:
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Where’s the blacksmith?
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That's a nightmare waiting to happen! I saw in a documentary a few days ago, which amount of goods they actually transport each day back and forth. In the show they had an accident with the overhead power supply in the tunnel which took a couple of hours to repair. Unbelievable! But now 90% are inner European traffic, which need no customs. After Brexit they will have to control every single truck! And as of now, the French deal with the complete custom management (check people, and control non-EU freight). I wonder if they will do after Brexit.WWGD said:
Since the tunnel, large parts of British economy introduced just-in-time delivery. They will have to rebuild the entire infrastructure!
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It will be even more complicated, because the tunnel is maintained by workers of both countries and they don't really care where the actual border is, and often even work in mixed teams. How will they manage this situation?WWGD said:
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Why oh why am I stuck here in first year experience exploration?