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daveboling wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 6:29 am
dave boling

And who did they use as their stereo imagining expert in order to figure out where on the asteroid to land the module? None other than Sir Brian May. Yes, that Sir Brian May.

Testing for another reason

No doubt many of you have encountered maddening glitches in the Board's operation. We have contacted Dreamhost, and at the moment they are troubleshooting the matter. We are aiming for a resolution in whatever way we have to come to it. The main issues are two: lag time when initiating functions (I...

"China... [has] approximately 355 ships and submarines in its navy, making it the world's largest by size." https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-defence-spending-1.6954658 There's another way to be the largest besides being the biggest? Now where have I heard something like that before? So...

Nanohedron wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 2:49 pm "Anti-Glasses Influencer ... Flouts Bizarre Claim She Can Fix Your Vision"

Guess she took all the work out if it for the rest of us.

That quote is bizarre in itself!

Nanohedron wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2023 2:52 pm Another headline:

"Woman spends the summer cleaning over 100 headstones at Cemetery to honor diseased"

...although I think a doctor would be better...

Definitely get a doctor. On the other hand, what if they became diseased because of unsanitary headstones?

You are making a lot of assumptions there. I don't think there were any metal whistles before the mid 19th century. I have yet to see any tuning slides in older whistles : the first tuneable whistles were the Generations when they adopted the plastic heads in the early 1950s. Proper slides weren't ...

... and, indeed, test ...

It doesn't say why, but one fears the worst. So sad. Such a talent.

Well, I expect the Moon is the largest ...

Here's another clickbait headline: "[Photos] *****'s Famous Wife That Few Know About." (name obscured because I'm a gentleman; make what you will of the full stop). Do I need to pose the obvious question, here? I've just Googled the phrase "Famous Wife That Few Know About" (with...

Tyler wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 1:17 pm Do we still do forum introductions?

Some people do, and I for one like it!

Welcome back indeed.

Apparently sarsaparilla is still manufactured in the UK. For the most popular brand, I might have to go to Tesco, though, and I won't do that on principle.