Post something you've learnt today
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chi chi spent years before she decided to rent out that house she has north of the lake, after she retired. the house was built in the 1920s, out of cypress, just loaded with all manner of architectural flourishes and detail from a time when houses were made that way.
i cannot imagine how any of us would've reacted if anybody ripped any of that stuff up. i'm thinkin the phrase justifiable homicide might apply?
edit: i'm gonna add here that chi chi has always added a layer of luxury that normal folk would never have and that i never had in my life apart from her. i know zero about american or UK rental laws. she didn't need the rental money or anything. but that house was gonna sit there and rot from lack of attention. we just don't get up there anymore. so she decided to make the call that someone living in the house and taking basic care of it would be worth the risk of someone fucquin with sumthin for stupid reasons.
i cannot imagine how any of us would've reacted if anybody ripped any of that stuff up. i'm thinkin the phrase justifiable homicide might apply?
edit: i'm gonna add here that chi chi has always added a layer of luxury that normal folk would never have and that i never had in my life apart from her. i know zero about american or UK rental laws. she didn't need the rental money or anything. but that house was gonna sit there and rot from lack of attention. we just don't get up there anymore. so she decided to make the call that someone living in the house and taking basic care of it would be worth the risk of someone fucquin with sumthin for stupid reasons.
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The Sherman brothers (Mary Poppins, the Jungle Book) also wrote Ringo's huge hit "You're Sixteen".
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Positive Passion wrote:The Sherman brothers (Mary Poppins, the Jungle Book) also wrote Ringo's huge hit "You're Sixteen".
And I recently learnt (I've already forgotten how or why) that their father Al co-wrote this:
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The MP for Bolton North East is Northern Irish.
The MP for Beaconsfield is American-born and is dual national.
The MP for Beaconsfield is American-born and is dual national.
Nonsense to the aggressiveness, I've seen more aggression on the my little pony message board......I mean I was told.
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I learned that man is the only animal with crooked teeth. Early man all had straight teeth - but a big ugly old jaw! Thanks to soft food, apparently, our mouths have evolved to be smaller than the number of teeth we produce.
Question authority.
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If love could've saved you, you would've lived forever.
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That the word anthology literally means a collection or gathering of flowers.
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That New York City has a wire above it that is permanently in place - and is 18 miles long:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/ther ... ket-newtab
To selectively quote :
It's hard to imagine that anything literally hanging from utility poles across Manhattan could be considered "hidden," but throughout the borough, about 18 miles of translucent wire stretches around the skyline, and most people have likely never noticed. It's called an eruv (plural eruvin), and its existence is thanks to the Jewish Sabbath.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/ther ... ket-newtab
To selectively quote :
It's hard to imagine that anything literally hanging from utility poles across Manhattan could be considered "hidden," but throughout the borough, about 18 miles of translucent wire stretches around the skyline, and most people have likely never noticed. It's called an eruv (plural eruvin), and its existence is thanks to the Jewish Sabbath.
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Diamond Dog wrote:That New York City has a wire above it that is permanently in place - and is 18 miles long:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/ther ... ket-newtab
To selectively quote :
It's hard to imagine that anything literally hanging from utility poles across Manhattan could be considered "hidden," but throughout the borough, about 18 miles of translucent wire stretches around the skyline, and most people have likely never noticed. It's called an eruv (plural eruvin), and its existence is thanks to the Jewish Sabbath.
Fascinating, technology eh?
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Koala bears have fingerprints that are very similar to that of humans and often, their prints cause confusion at crime scenes!
You come at the Queen, you best not miss.
Dr Markus wrote:
Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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Well, I think ‘often’ may be pushing it, but you know.
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Dr Markus wrote:
Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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There's a suspiciously high number of Koalas in Armley jail so this could explain it.
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You come at the Queen, you best not miss.
Dr Markus wrote:
Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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You can tell your own countrymen by some very obvious body language :
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2020 ... obal-en-GB
If you’ve seen the film Inglourious Basterds, you will know that German and British people indicate the number three with their fingers in different ways. (Germans raise their thumb and first two fingers; Britons pin the little finger with their thumb and raise the rest.) Most never realise that this difference exists until they see the alternative, which, to them, looks strange.
I love stuff like this!
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2020 ... obal-en-GB
If you’ve seen the film Inglourious Basterds, you will know that German and British people indicate the number three with their fingers in different ways. (Germans raise their thumb and first two fingers; Britons pin the little finger with their thumb and raise the rest.) Most never realise that this difference exists until they see the alternative, which, to them, looks strange.
I love stuff like this!
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That "NEWSPAPER" means North, East, West, South, Past, And, Present, Event, Report.
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Diamond Dog wrote:That "NEWSPAPER" means North, East, West, South, Past, And, Present, Event, Report.
That sounds suspiciously like something invented after the fact.
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Charlie O. wrote:Diamond Dog wrote:That "NEWSPAPER" means North, East, West, South, Past, And, Present, Event, Report.
That sounds suspiciously like something invented after the fact.
It does (I agree). I think it's a Mnemonic.
What's an acrostic (I always confuse those two!)?
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Diamond Dog wrote:You can tell your own countrymen by some very obvious body language :
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2020 ... obal-en-GB
If you’ve seen the film Inglourious Basterds, you will know that German and British people indicate the number three with their fingers in different ways. (Germans raise their thumb and first two fingers; Britons pin the little finger with their thumb and raise the rest.) Most never realise that this difference exists until they see the alternative, which, to them, looks strange.
I love stuff like this!
It’s not exactly the same thing but we always enjoy playing “Spot the Brit” in international airports. But that’s generally based on clothes, hair, demeanor, skin, etc
take5_d_shorterer wrote:If John Bonham simply didn't listen to enough Tommy Johnson or Blind Willie Mctell, that's his doing.
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Dr. Baron wrote:Diamond Dog wrote:You can tell your own countrymen by some very obvious body language :
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2020 ... obal-en-GB
If you’ve seen the film Inglourious Basterds, you will know that German and British people indicate the number three with their fingers in different ways. (Germans raise their thumb and first two fingers; Britons pin the little finger with their thumb and raise the rest.) Most never realise that this difference exists until they see the alternative, which, to them, looks strange.
I love stuff like this!
It’s not exactly the same thing but we always enjoy playing “Spot the Brit” in international airports. But that’s generally based on clothes, hair, demeanor, skin, etc
Skin??
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Dr Markus wrote:
Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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True, it's the least telling factor.
take5_d_shorterer wrote:If John Bonham simply didn't listen to enough Tommy Johnson or Blind Willie Mctell, that's his doing.