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- Norgarth - 07-05-2017
A gas leak at a nightclub, that went unnoticed all night
http://puu.sh/wr5A8/1e6df4db38.jpg
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Re: Oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 07-26-2017
Niagara Falls chapel now offering drive-thru weddings
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/ ... -1.4221971
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Re: Oddities spotted in the news - Inquisitive Raven - 07-26-2017
What? Are they trying to compete with Las Vegas?
Re: Oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 07-29-2017
No, no, no... all the dishes need to be ready at the same time if the meal is to be successful!
June 04, 2017:
Thousands of pounds of lobster spill onto highway near Port Mouton, Nova Scotia
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot ... -1.4145474
July 07, 2017:
Potatoes galore: Tractor-trailer spills load on 417 ramp in Ottawa
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/tr ... -1.4195069
July 26, 2017:
Truck drops 'basketball-sized chunks' of rising dough all over a Washington highway
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as- ... -1.4222334
(insert your own joke about traffic bread and traffic jam)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Re: Oddities spotted in the news - Inquisitive Raven - 07-29-2017
It helps if they're all brought to the same table too.
Re: Oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 08-02-2017
Bird to fly to British Columbia - in business class
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bu ... -1.4231266
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Re: Oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 09-05-2017
See-through lobster
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/trans ... -1.4275271--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Re: Oddities spotted in the news - DHBirr - 09-06-2017
Charles may be out of a job. Cute little girls findin' swords in ponds as a basis for a system of government?-----
Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - DHBirr - 09-15-2017
I laugh that I may not weep.
The following comments were attached to a Washington Post article about Cassini's plunge into Saturn's atmosphere:
Quote:vincepage at 11:54 AM EDT
The Cassini spacecraft utilized nuclear fuel to create electrical power. Sometimes I think the folks at NASA are educated idiots. They have now intentionally crashed such a craft on a planet that may contain life and/or valuable resources. Someone should be fired for this. Cassini should have been allowed to drift harmlessly into outer space.
And
Quote:Sherry Adams at 12:26 PM EDT
Everything nasa does is FAKE. All conjured up to keep human beings believing that 'space' is real. Well, it isn't real. FAKE FAKE FAKE. There is NO proof that those points of light you see in the sky as 'stars' are distant SUNS like our sun. No proof. Only theory. Go watch the nasa space walk videos with air bubbles rising up during a live space walk... not kidding. All nasa gives us is GCI pictures and videos.
Put a 24/7 camera livestreaming from the moon if you want to change my mind. Will never happen because we can reach the moon.
Why hasn't nasa put a camera filming the earth 24/7?
How are people so stupid able to even breathe?
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I'm a very forgiving person ... on Lord Vader's terms. "Apology accepted, Captain."
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - hazard - 09-15-2017
Well, Sherry Adams is right that we can reach the moon...
Although, NASA does have a camera filming the Earth 24/7, there's a live stream from the ISS.
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - DHBirr - 09-16-2017
(09-15-2017, 08:46 PM)hazard Wrote: Well, Sherry Adams is right that we can reach the moon...
Judging by the tone of the rest of her diatribe, I suspect she meant to say "can't" rather than "can."
She also denies that the ISS footage is real — Emperor help us, she even says there's no proof the stars are distant suns — so I don't think she'd believe livestreamed video either.
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 09-20-2017
Medical marijuana producer receives kosher certification
Just before Rosh Hashanah, too - one of the high holidays. (Don't blame me; the headline writer mentioned it first.)
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - DHBirr - 09-20-2017
Ohhhh, wowwwww.... Maybe they should rename it "Rosh Hashish"?
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Considering that one dictionary definition of "carry on" is to "behave or speak in a foolish, excited, or improper manner," the designers of that famous poster, "Keep Calm and Carry On," need to make up their flippin' minds!
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 09-26-2017
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get a coffee.
EDIT:
Will this car suck?
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - Star Ranger4 - 09-26-2017
Did you know that if your in a high RF environment your remote entry fob for your Tesla won't work?
And there is no provision for unlocking the doors manually.
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - hazard - 09-27-2017
Personal experience?
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - Ebony - 09-27-2017
(09-26-2017, 09:56 PM)Star Ranger4 Wrote: Did you know that if your in a high RF environment your remote entry fob for your Tesla won't work?
And there is no provision for unlocking the doors manually.
According to the Tesla site, there's a phone app that should allow for it as well, but I have to say, not having a manual unlock for emergencies is probably one of the stupidest things I've encountered.
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - Star Ranger4 - 09-28-2017
(09-27-2017, 12:06 PM)Ebony Wrote:(09-26-2017, 09:56 PM)Star Ranger4 Wrote: Did you know that if your in a high RF environment your remote entry fob for your Tesla won't work?
And there is no provision for unlocking the doors manually.
According to the Tesla site, there's a phone app that should allow for it as well, but I have to say, not having a manual unlock for emergencies is probably one of the stupidest things I've encountered.
High RF environment = your cell phone won't work either. Was up at Mount Wilson Observatory Saturday and SAW it happen.
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 10-20-2017
Nine-year-old girl makes Penn Jillette cry manly tears
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - Bob Schroeck - 10-20-2017
Very cool.
Peggy and I had a chance to meet Penn and Teller, oh, about twenty years ago, I think, after a show they did at McCarter Theater in Princeton. And I will say that they both are class acts all the way.
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 11-01-2017
Doin' in Gangnam Vancouver style.
K-Pop group "Twice" deliberately invokes the trope Here There Be Lions... I think. (The firewall here won't let me watch the video.)
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 11-14-2017
Well-aged wine - 7 millennia old - discovered in Georgia
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - Ebony - 11-14-2017
(11-14-2017, 09:41 AM)robkelk Wrote: Well-aged wine vinegar - 7 millennia old - discovered in Georgia
Fixed that for you.
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 11-14-2017
(11-14-2017, 02:57 PM)Ebony Wrote:(11-14-2017, 09:41 AM)robkelk Wrote: Well-aged wine vinegar stains on the vessel - 7 millennia old - discovered in Georgia
Fixed that for you.
Fixed the fix.
RE: Oddities spotted in the news - Norgarth - 11-16-2017
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