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My question is - Who was the first guy to blow through a hollow stick, make a sound, and amaze the shit out of everyone standing around? My vote would go towards some Australian about 40 or 50 thousand years ago. But I suppose a case could be made that it was an African before that. https://youtu.b...

zekeb wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 7:11 am
She wouldn't have held the position of presidency in anything other than Women's Relief or such.

Correct and no such implication was implied.

When my one time house mate was a young girl, her family lived next door to the man who became the President of the of the church.

I can't find the statement now, but I thought I saw someone put forth the idea that the Original Colonists (the Mayflower mob) 'escaped persecution' in England to pursue "religious freedom". This is one of the great American Myths that we should have grown out of long ago. The only religio...

A quick check of stats suggests that the Catholic church is nowhere near as central to American life as it was 50 years ago. At this point I paused, blinked, read it again and burst out laughing. Are you serious? The LDS has been more central to American life than Catholics ever were. :snippity: Ya...

Sam the Centipede wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 5:10 am

keith wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 5:01 am One of my long ago roommates grew up next door to one of the LDS Presidents.

So he had discount codes for the magic underwear?

SHE!

One of my long ago roommates grew up next door to one of the LDS Presidents.

Queue Turnip blaming his accounting woes on these guys in 3...2...

Time to rock it like it's 1499. https://youtu.be/W8DscJHxQ0w?si=MtOMKTD3kBxmor9c Talk about SCA!!! I loved the 'proto-trombone' - what's it actually called? And what are those reeded instruments? Surely not Oboes - (no valves, just finger holes) but maybe? I take it that thing on screen right is a ...

Not a SCAdian in the bunch. :rotflmao: I had a client, an engineer at Tektronics back when it still occupied the Beaverton campus, that was a SCA member. Huge dude. Six foot plus, well over 300lbs, had to drive a Dodge Powerwagon because it was the only thing that fit him. He said in his local club...

I reckon they are just making content for one of the 'best fails' channels.

neonzx wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 8:35 pm

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 8:29 pm "The threat was 'neutralized'" - the threat was a 14yo boy. And he was killed.

This language disturbs me.

You picked up that too, eh?

neonzx wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 1:35 pm

northland10 wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 1:28 pm I passed a few years back if I recall.

You still look good for that condition.

I pass most days. Sometimes twice in one day.

One of Australia's most famous satirist's (Barry Humphries RIP) most famous routines was to dress up in drag as Dame Edna.

He did other characters (male) too and was married with several kids. I never heard one person claim insult by Dame Edna.

Condolences and respect to a fellow orphan.

FYI The mountain, Sentinel Peak, commonally called A-Mountain was 'vandalized' a hundred years ago when the 'A' was built. It is repainted at least once a year before football season starts. Sometimes more that once. Rival students from ASU try to paint it in ASU colors, maroon and urine, when the f...

Private Eye is a great magazine. Started in the sixties and has boasted some of the greatest political and satirical writers of the last 70 years.

It was started by Peter Cook, and included a lot of expat Australians like Barry Humphreys in the early days.

:snippity: Pretty safe bet. Thorium reactors are practical now. But I dont know of any under developement (all nukes are too expensive), or operational (maybe in Italy?). China was supposed to bring on test reactor in 2021 in the Gobi desert but there is surprisingly little news available on it. Th...

Or maybe a Norwegian Blue?

:snippity: ETA: Here's another. A young native German speaker who thinks that some English words are better, not ugly like the German. I like that she speaks with an American English accent. I like "Shit Wing". Imma gonna start calling 'em that. She doesn't have an American accent - but s...

I am putting my money on thorium molten salt reactors becoming practical alternatives for uranium fueled high pressure water fusion reactors first (i. e. before quantum computing and fusion are practical.) Pretty safe bet. Thorium reactors are practical now. But I dont know of any under developemen...

Foggy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:16 am I support the protesters 100% and I am thrilled that there are protests happening at both my alma maters, Georgetown and USC.

And of course there is plenty of opportunity for you indulge your favourite beachside pastime...

I have returned. Good vacation, even if it did beat the crap out of me. I drove home 5 hours and I needed a bit of rest (and one last cuppa), but I recovered fully, put everything away, did my laundry, reinstalled my main laptop with all the peripherals, and charged up all my tech. Few more vacatio...

Pinging our local aircraft mechanic Ding Ding Ding .... How can a emergency exit slide fall off a plane, I thought that thingy was part of the door and can only inflate when the door is opened? I read recently that some asshole opened the door while the plane was approaching landing which tore off ...