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  • About that Khashoggi guy

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    Mary Bruce from ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/trump-saudi-crown-prince-murder-jamal-khashoggi-127650855
  • A harrowing encounter with ice

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  • Love this show

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    Great! Thanks so much!
  • China's investments

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  • Ken Burns

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    We watched the first hour of last night's episode this morning while we were having breakfast. Good stuff.
  • "Ghost tapping"

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    Good links, wtg. I copied them to my email.
  • So inspirational

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  • solar flares and headaches??

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    Knew a florist who said she sold more roses on the full moon to men with apologies to make.
  • Virtual staging

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    @ShiroKuro said in Virtual staging: The line between presenting possibilities ("look how nice it would be if you did this!") and deception is tricky, but this one is too close to deception IMO. Yes indeed. But I understand the appeal of virtual staging in a nice home whose furniture has been removed. Staging a home with real furniture adds thousands to the cost of selling your home while putting virtual furniture in place costs a few hundred.
  • Biocomputers

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    @wtg said in Biocomputers: The computers that run on human brain cells It's just a matter of time before we're all connected into the Matrix, I guess.
  • Frankie the flamingo

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    Very interesting. In Hawaii, part of Maui (a large piece of land, actually) is a sanctuary for native plants and animals. There are experts who have catalogued every type of bird to the point they know when there are only a few of one type left and when a type (species?-- I'm not sure) goes extinct. It's very intense.
  • An unusual beer

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    Maybe they still call it “beer” merely for marketing; something like this may not “stand out” at all if it’s marketed as mere “hard liquor.”
  • US missing people with 'certain talents'

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    @Steve-Miller said in US missing people with 'certain talents': Seems to me Melania came over on an H1B visa. Not sure what her skills might be. Melanie came over to the U.S. first with a tourist visa, then later she obtained an H1-B visa, then later an E1-B visa before she became a U.S. citizen. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43256318
  • A recipe ... try it or not?

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    Like this one. https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/kitchen-sink-cookies/ Or maybe just salt like this one: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019152-salted-chocolate-chunk-shortbread-cookies?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share Or this one https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/salty-sweet-butter-pecan-cookies-recipe
  • £220 ‘for a cut-up sock'

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    I keep mine in my small sling/ belly bag but I need something else too. I've lost three phones in six months. It's hell when it happens.
  • Magnificent Beast!

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    @Steve-Miller That is a Grand Grill (not an upright)
  • Tutoring a baby

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    I thought the child of the UK upper class would need (I'm using the word loosely) a nanny. Tutor? Impossible. I didn't read the article but it seems these people are grasping.
  • U.S. Bishops' statement on mass deportations of immigrants ...

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    I'm a Congregationalist so I don't qualify. I will say one thing. "Lament" was a good word choice.
  • Are you singing enough?

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    I know a few that have joined the SoundsGood choirs. It appears to be just in the Chicago area. All levels welcome and they even have a group for memory-care singers. It is getting lots of seniors to sing again! https://soundsgoodchoir.org/about/
  • UK-US intelligence sharing

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    Over the legality or lack thereof is more to the point.