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[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Hubby wanted me to share this.

[RTH10260]

How dumbed down is America really?

[MN-Skeptic]

Oh good lord.

[Frater I*I]

Oh good lord.

They're just missing Tinfoil-Greed and Klanthorn for the full Cavalcade of Fiends...

[qbawl]

I heard they would be there pulling double duty as a "warm up unnatural act" and head fluffers.

[neonzx]

But no Gym Jordan?

[Dave from down under]

Gaetz heard there would be 17 year olds there..

[raison de arizona]

[Dave from down under]

Busted for a night on the town....


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-25/ ... /100643636

Betty's exciting night out in Sydney during WWII was a secret — until her daughter busted her

As the theatre lights dim and historic photos of Australian women during WWII are projected onto the screen, Julie Guy spots a familiar face.

By simply settling into her seat, Ms Guy has busted her mother's 76-year secret of heading out for a night on the town as a 16-year-old with work friends to mingle with US soldiers.

[bill_g]

[neonzx]

Bill, what amia looking at? Where is this from.

[bill_g]

Bill, what amia looking at? Where is this from.

It was posted on the OLive Refugee site this morning. Could be a real TV image, or it could be a clever fake. But, it is funny.

[raison de arizona]

The What We Do in the Shadows press conference has suffered a zoom error so every reporter in the zoom is named "Stephen" and there's no way to change it so they have to just keep calling out "Stephen" and hope someone answers this is the best thing that's happened in weeks

It ended and someone (I think Paul Simms) went "thank you, Stephens" just an all around fantastic day we're having here on planet earth

[Volkonski]

[Dave from down under]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-07/ ... /101132070

Two additional shipwrecks found off Colombian coast close to San José galleon

Colombian naval officials conducting underwater monitoring of the long-sunken San José galleon have discovered two other historical shipwrecks nearby.

Key points:
The San José galleon is said to contain billions of dollars worth of treasure
An underwater vehicle has discovered two other nearby wrecks nearby — a colonial boat and a schooner
They are thought to be from around the same period as Colombia's war for independence from Spain, some 200 years ago
The San José galleon, thought by historians to be carrying treasure that would be worth billions of dollars and considered by some to be the holy grail of shipwrecks, sank in 1708 near Colombia's Caribbean port of Cartagena.

Its potential recovery has been the subject of decades of litigation, with Spain, Colombia and native Bolivian group the Qhara Qhara all laying claim to its bounty.

In a video statement on Monday, Colombian President Iván Duque and naval officials said a remotely operated vehicle had been sent 900 metres below the surface of the water, allowed new video of the wreckage to be shot.

The vehicle also discovered two other nearby wrecks — a colonial boat and a schooner thought to be from around the same period as Colombia's war for independence from Spain, some 200 years ago.

etc (including some pics)

[MsDaisy]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-07/ ... /101132070

Two additional shipwrecks found off Colombian coast close to San José galleon

Very cool!

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Is one of the The Pearl?

[Volkonski]

[Volkonski]

[MsDaisy]

OMG, I encountered a true hero today who rescued me on my way to take my grandbrats back to their parents. We were in the car sitting at a traffic light, and when the light turned green and I put my foot on the gas of my car (2021 Subaru Outback) and it died. Nothing dead stop so I turned on my flashers so the cars behind me could go around and grabbed my phone to call my husband. As soon as he answered a man appeared from the auto shop I broke down in front of who came out, opened my hood got it started and had me pull into his shop where he fixed the car in 5 minutes and sent me on my way with no charge. It was something about fuel injection and an EF5, whatever the hell that is. So I gave him a big hug and went on my way. How cool is that?

[Maybenaut]

OMG, I encountered a true hero today who rescued me on my way to take my grandbrats back to their parents. We were in the car sitting at a traffic light, and when the light turned green and I put my foot on the gas of my car (2021 Subaru Outback) and it died. Nothing dead stop so I turned on my flashers so the cars behind me could go around and grabbed my phone to call my husband. As soon as he answered a man appeared from the auto shop I broke down in front of who came out, opened my hood got it started and had me pull into his shop where he fixed the car in 5 minutes and sent me on my way with no charge. It was something about fuel injection and an EF5, whatever the hell that is. So I gave him a big hug and went on my way. How cool is that?

People can be awesome!

I tried to be awesome today, but some people don't want your help and you can't force it on them. We live in a house that used to be a business, and it still looks like a business. It's long and low-slung and has a parking lot. People pull in occasionally to turn around or switch drivers or take in the view or take a nap. Today a small pick-up truck pulled in and a woman got out and the truck peeled out. We went out and asked her if she was OK. She was visibly shaken and backed well away from us as we approached. She said she was OK and she was calling her mom to come pick her up. She started to walk toward the road and we told her she could wait in the rocking chairs on our porch but she declined. She started walking toward Luray (10 miles away), then turned around and started back in the other direction toward New Market (five miles away). I went out and asked her again if she was OK and if I could take her anywhere and she said she was OK, didn't need a ride, and walked off.

She looked to be in her mid-30's. Clean hair, clean clothes, a few tats, dressed kind of hippy-ish. I wanted to help her but she clearly just wanted to be on her way.

[Volkonski]

Just what the world needs.

[Shizzle Popped]

I make the Indy to St. Louis run every 3 or 4 weeks to check in on my 90 year old father and have been since we moved back 4 years ago. Besides the large amount of truck traffic that travels this stretch of I-70 every day, one constant has been the sight of some gargantuan pickup or SUV rolling up on my ass doing 90+ several times a trip. One advantage of $5 a gallon gas? Over the last 2 trips I've noticed that those assholes aren't driving that fast anymore and it seems like a whole lot fewer big trucks/SUVs are even on the highway now. I drive around 73 mph in a 70 mph zone and I don't think I got passed more than a half dozen times in the 240 mile trip today. Maybe $5 a gallon gas isn't such a bad thing after all.

[Shizzle Popped]

OMG, I encountered a true hero today who rescued me on my way to take my grandbrats back to their parents. We were in the car sitting at a traffic light, and when the light turned green and I put my foot on the gas of my car (2021 Subaru Outback) and it died. Nothing dead stop so I turned on my flashers so the cars behind me could go around and grabbed my phone to call my husband. As soon as he answered a man appeared from the auto shop I broke down in front of who came out, opened my hood got it started and had me pull into his shop where he fixed the car in 5 minutes and sent me on my way with no charge. It was something about fuel injection and an EF5, whatever the hell that is. So I gave him a big hug and went on my way. How cool is that?

I drive a 2020 Outback (I think we talked briefly in TFB 1.0 about it) and follow what's going on with these cars pretty closely and I've never heard of an issue like this before. I'd like to know more about the cause of this and wonder if you shouldn't talk to your dealer to make sure it's something that doesn't happen again. This really should never happen with a car this new. I've got about 25k on mine and other than a couple of infotainment system reboots it's been essentially perfect.

[Volkonski]

That's for replacement parts to maintain their existing fleet.