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  • Where was Andy?
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    @AndyD said:

    Fountains Abbey.

    Or, as my mom referred to it "that damn abbey". I'll explain....

    We took the train from London to York, spent a couple of days checking out the city, especially York Minster. It was a month after there had been a major fire. We could see the damage but most of the building was open. We also made multiple visits to Betty's. 😁

    I picked up a car and we drove to Fountains Abbey on our way to Masham, where our B&B was located. We were walking around the abbey and I suddenly heard my mom cry out in pain. She was on the ground, gasping like a fish out of water. I thought she was having a heart attack and I was wondering what to do. Pre-cell phone era, and the place was pretty deserted on a weekday. Turns out Mom had tripped and knocked the wind out of herself. She recovered pretty quickly and we made our way to the bed and breakfast, where she took a hot bath in a gloriously huge bathtub (Brits have the best bathtubs!). The hosts served a dinner of Nidderdale trout that had been caught just a few hours earlier. And I had my first sticky toffee pudding. We ended up staying in Masham and doing some day trips around Yorkshire instead of heading to the Lake District, which was our original destination. The G&Ts and the excellent draft beer at the B&B had nothing to do with our extending our stay....

    Despite all those nice things that happened, Mom still referred to Fountains as that damn abbey.

    edit: I see Bank Villa is still there! Though it seems it is just a hotel rather than a B&B.

    https://bank-villa.yorkshire-hotel.com/en/


  • Word association thread
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    bounty


  • Hegseth
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    Just wait! There's more....

    Hegseth awards medal to soldier who reprimanded him and aides at Arlington Cemetery

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    https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/12/politics/hegseth-awards-medal-soldier-reprimanded-him


  • Word association thread
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    leaves


  • Its GAME TIME
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    Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race

    His opponent has conceded.

    https://www.npr.org/2026/11/11/g-s1-151688/mississippi-senate-race-scott-colom


  • Lithuanian knitting
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    For the crafters among us...

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    https://ltfai.org/lithuanian-folk-art/knitting-mezgimas/?v=05c7c5a71e52

    And a deeper dive into the "how to":

    https://independentstitch.com/2015/05/lithuanian-knitting-unusual-and-approachable-continuing-traditions.html


  • Where was Andy?
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    I couldn't get either one on my own, so I cheated. 😊

    I missed both of those towns when I traveled in that part of the country! Your photos are encouragement to go back some day....


  • Hegseth
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    Hegseth and advisers reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and a group he was with were reprimanded by a sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday. The incident followed a wreath-laying ceremony marking Veterans Day.

    Hegseth had joined the group for a photo and someone laughed, prompting the US Army sentinel guarding the tomb to shout. "All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times", the sentinel said.

    According to the BBC's US partner, CBS News, the people in the photo before the reprimand also included Hegseth's advisers Patrick Weaver and Tami Radabaugh, Hegseth's chief of staff Ricky Buria and Hegseth's wife Jennifer Hegseth.

    Video:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/ck5y132yq1ymo


  • I had hoped that Jensen could be an exception ...
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    More from inside the administration.

    https://www.axios.com/2026/11/11/bessent-lutnick-megaspeed-nvidia-china-chips


  • Did you get advent calendars as a kid?
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    My maternal great-aunt was a Catholic nun; she sent me an Advent calendar when I was a kid. It got re-used every year.

    I went down to the basement and dug it out of my box of precious pimentos. It was printed in "Western Germany". It must be from the 1960s.

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    These days Advent calendars are way more interesting. 24 bottles of wine, 24 kinds of chocolate, and one I hadn't seen before...

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    ...alt text


  • Nice overview of various AI products
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    I have found it to be very useful. It helped me parse Mr wtg's rapidly evolving and complex medical situation earlier this year; I could never have figured out on my own what it did for me in seconds.


  • A pretty decent drawing
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    Prince George as artist.

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    https://www.countrylife.co.uk/countryside/nature-wildlife/exclusive-if-prince-george-cant-be-king-he-has-a-promising-back-up-career-as-a-wildlife-artist


  • AI stole my voice and I want it back
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    Bill Kurtis, well known news anchor in Chicago. And the narrator in some of the Anchorman movies.

    https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/10/opinion-ai-stole-my-voice-bill-kurtis/


  • Nice overview of various AI products
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    An opinionated guide to which AI to use to do stuff

    The Summer 2026 Edition

    Every few months, I write a guide for people who want to use AI to do stuff. This time, a lot has changed, in part because what it means to “use AI to do stuff” encompasses so much more “stuff” than it used to. Until recently, using AI meant talking to a model through a chatbot in a constant back-and-forth conversation. Now, it means using an agentic system, where the AI is capable of doing the equivalent of many hours of real human work in one go by combining the brains of an AI model with a set of tools that let it plan and act for you. Basically, an agentic system gives an AI a computer to use.

    https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/an-opinionated-guide-to-which-ai-b22


  • Meta-thread: Word association thread
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    @adagiom Are they friendly spirits?


  • Word association thread
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    burger


  • Word association thread
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    fried


  • Meta-thread: Word association thread
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    @jon-nyc

    Watch the most recent video I posted in this thread, a few posts up from here.

    ***=Steve and AdagioM and I watched the same show***

    click to show

    Rocky and Bullwinkle


  • I had hoped that Jensen could be an exception ...
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    Who knew what, and when….

    https://www.axios.com/2026/11/10/lutnick-nvidia-jensen-huang-china-memo


  • In the 1950s shopping cart
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    I think Uneeda was around for at least that long.

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