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  • Joined the Uber club

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    Good for you!
  • The Romans and architecture

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    Yes, they were aristocrats, weren't they?
  • Not this S again

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    Indeed.
  • Word association thread

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  • Ric Grenell

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  • Please pass the popcorn

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  • Election integrity

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    Just a week after a behind-the-scenes clash with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl returned to Sunday’s (October 18) broadcast with a scathing report on Donald Trump. The report touched on the upcoming midterms and the president’s attempts to undermine election voting. Stahl spoke with state and local officials about what some consider to be election interference and intimidation tactics by the U.S. government. “In my wildest dreams, I never imagined that we would be raided by the FBI,” Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett told Stahl about the Trump administration’s FBI raid on a local Georgia election facility back in January. “They had vests. They had guns. They had all of the equipment on their belts as if they were raiding a drug house.” Barrett said she was forced to hand over hundreds of ballots and voter rolls, and to this day, has no idea what the FBI did with the material. “I think it was all part of this concerted effort that’s happening nationwide to undermine faith in elections,” she added. Stahl also spoke with Utah Republican Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson, who said the level of federal interference is unheard of. https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/60-minutes-lesley-stahl-delivers-scathing-trump-report-after-clash-with-bari-weiss/ar-AA2fzjvH?cvid=6ad6c75b0c6c46fba420e55585d0c12c&ei=40&cvpid=4118bfd4e0d04030b7e27fb9b7fb76b3 Link to video
  • Knee pain? Just walk it off.

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    Thank you all for your concern! I’ll get the knee taken care of as soon as I can.
  • Amelia

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    I’ve never had coconut crabs but from what I hear they itch like hell.
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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    @AndyD / It certainly is.
  • So, how weird are you??

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    That turntable was Elon's.
  • Joined the Aeropress club

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    Welcome to the club! I go through phases with my regular coffee making process and switch every few months from Aeropress to Pour Over. I always start the day with a double espresso.
  • Question for jon

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    I haven't cared much about keys for an unusual amount of time. I had the key to my old place and would... well I'm not going to want to remember it in detail... Suffice it to say I locked the place when I left. I've told the story about the electricity being shut off. So, yeah. This was in winter. Just a fact. It stayed off in the spring. It stayed off in the fall. It stayed off a 2nd winter. It stayed off in the spring. It stayed off a 2nd summer. Then I moved the 2nd week of last August this year. There were countless nights the back door and porch door stayed open all night because of the heat. There were countless days both these doors were left open all day. So day and night. Dying of heat stroke didn't seem like an option. It was dangerous. Being born here, I know how dangerous it was.... Then x, y, and z happened, and I don't have doors or windows left open. Everything is kept on lock down 24 hrs a day and if I am working outside (and this is often), I'm always aware of what doors are open or shut, and if they are or are not locked. I like my new locks and deadbolt. I like my new keys. They have an oval shaped top. You inset the key, and then turn it with your thumb and/or index finger. Your fingers have a place on the key where you can turn the key and apply pressure at the same time. One set of keys is on my old lanyard and it's somewhere inside where I know where it is at all times. I like my old landward keychain. It's Stitch merchandise from Disney. This set is waterproof. I'll point out one impractical thing about it. The attached charm (Stitch's face) gets in the way of using the door key. This is a distraction and wastes time you want to be using to unlock the door. But NBD. I bought a second keychain with a clip. I might later but haven't used the clip. The keys are in this keychain. Also linked through this keychain is a second one that's big enough to fit in the hand and heavy enough to balance the house and car key. I like my new keychain. It's a disc and the disc hangs between two "arms". It can be spun around 360°. The disk is an LED flashlight. You turn it on- high, low, flashing red, and finally off with a button in the center. I'll post a link to an image. https://photos.app.goo.gl/67fk6VWpzBasFsYy5 I don't know why the picture has what looks like a plastic pull tab with an arrow. It doesn't exist IRL. I had the locksmith take the aftermarket key fob receiver that was creating havoc with my electrical system out of my car and threw the fobs away. So my keys are just old fashioned keys. BTW, I strongly advise not adding aftermarket key fobs to older cars. This is asking for trouble.
  • Good grief

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    We're all so full of "forever chemicals" (another fun word combination) that if these chemicals trip the balance between health and disease or between life or death nobody will be the wiser
  • The art market is full of crooks

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    Interesting. I remember that girl and I'm sure I could Google her. Whoever put her up to it and profited from it is a con artist. I say con artist but it was no doubt many people operating together. I can't tell you how many 3rd rate artists made fortunes in Hawaii selling on Front St. In Lahaina until the art market cooled and the town burned to the ground a few years later.
  • News from the north

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    A polity is a paradox. It's real. It's artificial. It's meaningful. It's meaningless. Etc. They say time flies. They could as well say maps change. And the Prime Minister is against it? Knock me over with a feather.
  • Hegseth

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    Link to video 72 retired generals, admirals, and other high ranking officials wrote a public letter in protest. Only then was it cancelled. It you don't know the MTN YouTube channel, this is it.
  • A flying first for me

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    I was on another Delta flight to LGA this morning , no such announcement this time.
  • Meta-thread: Word association thread

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    @Steve-Miller Link to video