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I'm taking five minutes of silence for Dave Brubeck.
Not exactly one of my idols but nonetheless a good guy whose positive influence was widely felt.

OK, as some of you may know, I volunteer at the local country park/nature reserve.

One of my colleagues is leaving this week to live in a mud hut...

From what I can gather, you grew up in a classic NYC jewish very liberal household. Like you know commie jargon and such.

Now, you are a deplorable....

Because I'm fucking sick and tired of all the lame, which sad wanker of blah-de-blah, shite 'Murrrican T.V. series are you? efforts my Yankee friends...

Eva Braun: Underwear apparently belonging to Hitler’s lover for sale at Ohio antiques shop
Independent (UK)

:)

Missing Thai boys, soccer coach all found alive in cave complex

They aren't quite rescued yet, but it looks like they will be.

BANGKOK — Twelve...

The other day I overheard a couple of coworkers talking about a detox that one of them planned to do. One asked the other What is a detox supposed to...

It is now October 1, 1929 and you know the crash is coming. You have some loot, not JP Morgan loot but enough to have invested.

What do you do?

The more you watch, the more freaky and distorted the faces appear.

Except for Tom Cruise.

Actually it's a caterpillar, a very toxic caterpillar and those hairs would be quite painful ( for you) to touch. But still...

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Men’s cuddling group aims to redefine masculinity and heal trauma
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Just one data point:
I'm a homo and would not do...

:lmao:

Just to prove that I have a pair, I bought new rear bicycle lights. (And an extra set for ed.)

I bought 5 gallons of gasoline for my gas powered generator in preparation of hurricane Jose. Now it's looking like Jose is pussing out and might...

Feel free to nominate your favourite miserable bastards here. :)

I'd like to nominate Old Man Cooper, owner of Coopers Campsite, Edale.

This guy...

Been seeing a lot of these lately, but today it hit me. :coolspecs:
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Blurry video but that's unimportant.

For Bruce it's too late, of course. :|

Tired of shout those tired old expletives?

Make up your own here.

Butt Nuggets!

I was going to get crawfish to stock lake ed.

$180 more or less for 30 lbs of the suckers.

Might add some interest and keep the damn kids on...

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I did many years ago. I don't know what made me think of that.

Incidentally, I'm having a cataract operation tomorrow morning. :)

FFS OMG and numerous other wotsits.

Only Abdul could find these Celtic tosspots and their music attractive.

Damn cant think of it. Had new data showed that Japan would have had complete civilian mobilization.

Gave my copy to a friend and Icant think of the...

The bosses are talking about it. I need to prepare. Could someone mansplain me what it is.

Natto is fucking belter food. Never eat it!

It's slimy.

evidences

Enjoy! :mrgreen:

Boss Paul! Get the hounds!

I posted the following book in response to a question in another thread (where few people are likely to see it), and then I wondered if anyone might...

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The Homesman
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Just freeze your drive, it'll be just fine
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Your machine is fine, just power thru it.
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Well? :evil:

C'mon, ed, you need to name and date this.

The Zippo was my father's and included to both prop it up and give an indication of size.

I just don't think it can be said enough

I note that it is currently 100% fuck ed.

I was playing Jumble the other day and one of the scrambled group of letters was pideme .*

Seems like pideme should be a real word.
I like the...

Is IHOP just trolling us?

Supposedly they are changing their name to IHOb on June 11th. They haven't said what the b stands for so let's see who...

vow Show IPA
noun
1.
a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment: marriage vows; a vow of secrecy.
2.
a solemn promise made to a deity or saint...

I came to a realization today.

The leadership in my division of the company is now dominated by women. Old, grouchy, vindictive, manipulative,...

The lawsuit states Gertie bought a two-cheeseburger Extra Value Meal from at least five suburban Chicago McDonald's locations in October and...

So, I left my old job in February of last year (or more accurately, it left me). Been selling insurance since November, but that isn't really working...

Eye lids.
Covered by medicare
Ha.
Laying here bored

Disaster. But first some background.

Ages ago I went to a modern music concert. Featured a string quartet playing some experimental music. The...

Recent one about an author withdrawing her book because she was not PC or some such bullshit. There was a link to an author who came down on her...

This thread is for reporting on events, real or promised, that promise death, destruction, early termination (with or without prejudice) and so on....

Cue for ed to gloat about the weather in Floridor. :wink:
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Germany ranked fourth best country in the world
The Local (Germany)

Synopsis: Swaziland, Japan, Canada.

With apologies to a certain Humble, Yet MagNIfIcent poster. A thread without any particular idea except that it should be about knowledge to be...