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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...

But for our security by obscurity, this Zionist propaganda forum right here!

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Really big one, maybe 500 tables?

Thing is it is older stuff, lugers and ww2 and ww1 guns and some militaria. Generally like walking thru a museum...

Thinking about terraforming my lake pond puddle by the addition of some new critters. I dropped hundreds of goldfish in it, I suspect they were et by...

Sears stays in business: Edward Lampert's hedge fund wins bankruptcy auction, saving retailer from liquidation
Chicago Tribune

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The...

Okay, this morning as I was driving the roads (at least the ones off the main highway) were kind of a mess from last night's snow. Nonetheless, I was...

This news is about two hours old but this break is three minutes

Just loses contact without any distress? Not too much that can cause that other...

I'm sick to death of hearing this.

No one ever says, Yeah, we got him from the pet store.
(Gasp! How dare you support those germ infested...

これは何も言わないで、それはただ ed と corplinx をトロールしようとしています。

はい、私は実際には言語を知らないので、私は安っぽいオンライン翻訳者を使っています。うまくいっても問題ありません。

調整された司祭は、湿気の光を見つめます。...

The Boy is now 11 years old and regularly plays Minecraft Build with a group of online friends. There is one named Amy that he frequently talks to,...

Having to call off this weeks game because of player existence failure. I.e. One of the players died.

Farewell, John, old buddy. You will be missed.

Here's a book that coaches you on how to beat the psych test. Really. :lmao:

As some of you know, I retired very recently. Maybe retired is the wrong word. But there's no word for 'quit my fucking job and decided to dip into...

That if you go to Google maps and grab the street view icon near Loch Ness it turns into a little green Loch Ness monster. At least that's what I...

Synopsis:
Only three ever made (prototypes). It was pitched to the military but not adopted.
Famous because it looks so damn WAY COOL that it's all...

Here ya go. :mrgreen:

All questions answered in the order received.

Make sure your submission is in the form of a question.

My very first car was a 10 year-old 1965 Ford Thunderbird. At 16, it wasn't really mine; rather my dad's. He bought it for 'the kids' so it was a...

On the main page of Reason , headline + sub-head looked sort of like this:

Californians Want to Make Community College Free
That’s a terrible...

A Frenchman has set off to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a barrel-shaped orange capsule, using ocean currents alone to propel him.

Jean-Jacques Savin,...

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Someone at work asked me how to use a strap wrench to open a bottle.

1) Extend the strap as far out as it will go.
2) Find a big strong guy in the...

Hi.

Been kinda busy the past ten years.

Did I miss anything?

Well fuck.

Although he's mentioned in a lot of threads, we don't have a thread specifically about Elon Musk.

That tweet he made a few weeks ago about taking...

144 years old today.

The giant of the 20th century.

Sir Winston Churchill

So, daughter #3 was up in CT, no insurance, moved back. Cannot get on Obamacare. She has no insurance. We can get something till open enrollment (wtf...

Here Abdul, for your reading pleasure
Behind the successful graphic designer Touko Laaksonen, born in 1920, was the illustrator of homoerotic...

It is only a test. If it was a real topic it would contain some content of some sort.