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I found this vid at that ::guimp:: world's smallest website link. unc would probably have an extraordinary appreciation of this:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...w-russia-1.jpg This Soviet-era model of Moscow is the largest miniature recreation of the city. Covering more than 400 square feet, the model opened in 1977 and is an incredibly detailed representation of the city at that time. Unfortunately, the museum it was in since the 1970s didn’t think it was worth the considerable electricity costs it generated, and in 2006 it offered the entire model for sale, for a modest price of just $3 million. |
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__________________________________________________________________________ The Longest Thread Ever! Posts: 23,801 Word Association... Again Posts: 23,750 I guess I'm gonna have to come back on here a bit more and help increase the gap. Or are we letting them catch up, so we can overtake them again? . |
I was thinking the same thing, Zook. It's all in the hunt.
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Mnh. The one time I don't complete my photographic research to the fullest, and then I get called out on it. Mea culpa. Of course geographic circumstances mix me up. As always. I once remember a 6-8 grade school-wide Geographic Bee, and for the first elimination question, there was given the supposition of which world nation (no, continent!) has the highest population per sq. mi. (or something similar -- concentration) ... anyway, as everyone was shuffling around giving off subsequently different answers, some countries, some continents, I didn't even decide to think about the nature of the question. I just went for the answer that I thought was most dissimilar. Microphone present, I bellow: Australia. I didn't even have time to sit back down before I was promptly eliminated. Fool. (The correct answer was, of course, Europe.) |
"Australia, Australia, Australia, Australia, we love you, Amen!" -Monty Python:
Philosophy faculty, all named "Bruce," to avoid confusion, odd-numbered rules: "No poofters!" |
My fondest memories of geographic bees and spelling bees relate to standing next to Christine T. and holding hands. The other kids in class always let us stand next to each other, and somehow it always worked out for her to be my partner at all school events. I remember in 1st grade I was the only boy at her birthday party. I'm sure she missed out big time when she got older and stopped going along with that program.
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then let me describe it:
Hymies is a high quality place and everything they serve is well above average. So this burger starts with a fine quality ground beef hamburger, grilled to perfection and I like it medium; the bread rolls they use are also quite tasty, so plop the burger on the roll. Then, being a traditional deli, they make their own corned beef and pastrami among other fine delicacies. And if I may quote our former governor of PA, now resting his soul in Mother Earth and his afterlife, our beloved Milton Shapp is quoted as saying "Hymie's deli pastrami is at least as good as New York City's best". So plop a big wad of lightly grilled pastrami on top of this burger. Served with a side order of nice crispy outside, soft and tender inside french fries. For your further mouth-watering evaluations, here's a link to Hymie's menu: http://www.hymies.com/pdf/HymiesMenu_6-10.pdf My favorite sandwich is their Delux Combo called "The Crazy" but I usually have them substitute pastrami for the corned beef....topped off with their homemade chopped chicken liver made with schmaltz (chicken fat) of course. Served on the best rye bread available in the Philadelphia area. Last night as I was eating my delectable treat, my dearest wifey and one son had their Nova lox on a bagel with cream cheese and each had a side order of their famous fried onion rings, very crispy and tastey never greasy; my other son had their Sante Fe Chicken salad and side order of cheese blintzes. |
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Why is it so red?
We cook our meat, to a brown - black colour, so that it's noice and tuff. Keeps the jaws exercised.... |
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Channeling CB |
I think it's likely
Lucy's head-shrinking worked well for comic culture. |
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When you cure and/or smoke pastrami, it stays red. This process was created many years ago as a way to preserve meat before modern refrigeration. Traditional deli style pastrami as I/we know it starts with the raw meat being brined, then partly dried, seasoned with various herbs and spices, then smoked and steamed. Here's a few gorgeous pastrami sambos on rye: http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...trami_rdfd.jpg http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rami-new26.jpg http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rami_plate.jpg |
I'm speechless again,
my mouth full of pastrami & kind-of drooling. (2-3)+(8-1)=6 |
Me too! Lucky my fingers don't drool or I'd be slip sliding away on my keyboard. I really should eat another one tonight in memory of that Christine girl. She had some pink parts too, though we were very young and I never had a chance to explore that with her. Sometimes I like a little spicy mustard on her, too.
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I'm with Zooks. I've never been too much a fan (or a finder) of truly red meats.
Charred is a good descrpition of what I've been accustomed to most of the times in which I've indulged in eating muscles / meats. |
When my mom made home-made meat loaf, I'd eat a large part of my portion before she even cooked it...ala steak tartare, except sometimes it was 1/3 beef, 1/3 pork, 1/3 veal
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Languishing in shortness is not in the job description of this thread.
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When you're right, you're right,
with the overnights longer how can we prevail? 2x3/8-2=1 |
Don't turn out the lights until the party's over.
in memorium to Don Meredith, the Dandy one. |
May he rest in peace,
One who multiplied goodwill, offending no one. |
I've been thinking about this for the longest time, but only last night, was I able to elucidate it into metaphorically-tangible wordforms (in my head).
The conclusion: I'm segmenting myself into oblivion. |
Jet, maybe the segmenting is more like dividing.
Somebody said "Divide and conquer", but I'm not sure who. But there was an episode titled "Divide and Conquer" in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There was also an episode of Transformers called "Divide and Conquer", as well as an episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters called "Divide and Conquer". Before TV and movies were invented, Buddha said: "To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others" |
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indeed... Jet, do you think you'd enjoy having a pet? I don't recall you saying you have one. Ever thought about that? What kind of pet?
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I just petted a stolen cat earlier today for about 30 minutes.
I've been crying and sniffling (maybe dying) for half the day since. Perhaps I've gained the knowledge that in the past 2-3 years, I've become allergic to everything. (-- to note: yes, I know, I state quite a bit of how most of my daily activities involves 'stealing'. It's a colloquialism, whatever that means, and however you spell it.) |
My younger son is also allergic to cats and most dogs. When he goes over his friend's house he takes Zyrtec before going since they have two cats. We have a goldfish which he's not allergic to. We got fishy when he was less than 2 inches long and now he's probably about 8 inches long. Not the longest yet, but getting there.
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When you stated 'he was less than 2 inches long' ... yhkwt, nvrmnd. I'm making too much of an issue in which you referred to the fishy as well as your son, both, as the 'He'. .:another post:. |
(2+3)/(8-3)=1
One koi from last June has now magnified its bulk at warp factor six. |
kois are dinosaurs; I'm pretty sure of this.
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Birds are dinosaurs;
I'm pretty sure koi are not, since they're bony fish. |
sharks are dinosaurs. every marine biologist I've ever met (3) has told me so.
I'm gonna look up the history and significant relevance of the koi, as relates to its cultural heritage. |
If the term, loosely,
as in something outmoded, it still doesn't fit. 2+3=8-3=5 |
...for which fish? I shouldn't have brought in examples.
Ah! They're invincible. I'm not sure why I am surprised. All fish, in the water, are untouchable (unless you eat them, of course). [still looking for a good koi reference] |
Jet, funny you mentioned the son, fishy, he terms. When I first wrote that I thought about dropping the pronouns since I don't know if fishy is a he or a she. But for sure we didn't get fishy when my son was 2" long, and my son is now definitely more than 8" long. Perhaps that's misplaced or nebulous. I think my writing is not technically robust.
I would love to set up a koi pond someday soon. |
More than 8",
that's well above average: Trying for humor... http://www.artofbonsai.org/galleries...ha_berries.jpg |
Jet,
in case you want to file this away for your "new calendar" or other time-related project: from: Lego machine predicts future eclipses - Hack a Day http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ntikythera.jpg Hidden behind the white face plates of this machine are racks of gears that make up a replica of one of the oldest known mechanical computers. This is a working model of the Antikythera mechanism made from Lego pieces. In the video, the machine is disassembled into its various components. Each mechanical unit takes advantage of gear ratio combinations to perform numerous levels of mathematical functions in order to display the date and time that future celestial events will occur. Believed to date back to 100-150 BC, the stone bronze mechanism was recovered from a shipwreck around the turn of the twentieth century. The use of x-ray analysis helped to unlock the functions and confirm the theories of its operation. Want more of the Antikythera mechanism? Check out the model built by Tatyana van Vark. |
Near too amazing,
it's no wonder we wonder about what we are. |
striving toward longest, I'll add another one der
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Truthfully: I'm deeply saddened to note a few members only regularly ontribute and/or come back around dese parts to notch another tally in the WAs.
I can't change there minds, and I should stop griping about it, but I suppose, it only stregthens my resolve to bury them whenever I can find the chance. |
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Now I'm one dering,
with a background jungle beat, around the bushes. I think explaining our desire for the numbers would help with a few. |
If I'm following you, I believe I already elucidated (couldn't think of a less, formal, synonym, in time) the overwhelming purpose of our samba shack.
T L ; T E I'm still waiting to hear back on our request for Hall of Fame induction. (as well as some aid in the Picture-Linkage thread regarding broken images.) |
I'm following you,
I meant some particular personal invites. (2x3)-8-4=-6 |
Should we hold a party on the anniversary?
Was it this week? Or next month? |
Written down somewhere,
I couldn't really tell you, but Zook' & 'Nick could. |
Jan 6. click to show (or ... the day after, The Twelfth Day of Christmas) |
I knew you could find it without me, though I would have tried my best to help if you hadn't already answered the question.
I suppose we could figure out some kind of virtual party to celebrate an anniversary of this thread, though I like real parties the best. Can I do something in this regard? Any suggestions? |
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ahh yes. I have fun memories from such an event here:
Murder Mystery at The Mohonk Mountain House - New Paltz, New York http://www.mohonk.com/images/popupim...tinghere_1.jpg |
Which reminds me:
When I stayed at Mohonk once, I signed up to have a hefty masseuse named Inga give me a massage. She was quite strong and it was an invigorating massage. But what also brought this to my mind right now was the report I just read about Martina Navratilova: Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya - Martina Navratilova was hospitalized in Kenya because of fluid accumulation in her lungs after attempting to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. The 54-year-old tennis great is expected to recover. Navratilova was diagnosed with high-altitude pulmonary edema, Dr. David Silverstein, a consultant in cardiology and internal medicine at Nairobi Hospital, said Friday. "It is potentially dangerous when someone is at high altitude, but once brought down, recovery is quick," he said. "Martina is doing well and will continue to do well." She is expected to spend two to three days in the hospital, Silverstein said. Navratilova was assisted down Africa's highest peak by porters and driven to the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre. She had reached nearly 14,800 feet when forced to give up, according to the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. She was flown to the Nairobi Hospital for more tests. She was trying to climb the mountain in Tanzania to raise money and awareness for the sports foundation as part of a 27-person team. It faced heavy snows and mist since beginning the trek Monday up the 19,340-foot mountain. "I'm disappointed not to be able to complete this amazing journey," Navratilova said in a statement. "It was something that I have wanted to do for so long, but it was not to be. So she's waited for the longest time, but she will have to try again another day. As some of you may have read in his recent thread about it, our very own dlish successfully climbed Kili recently so I'm glad to conclude that dlish seems to be in better shape than this 54 year old woman tennis champion. |
Breathing is important. There was a thread about that, too, maybe I'm right, and how barely anyone breathes the "correct" way.
Still, I'd think any world-class tennis champion, former or not, should have the stamina to climb mountains and drain rivers. Injuries and afflictions are a random misfit in life, though, so I pray for her speedy recovery, and may she try, try again. |
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such humor prevails
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TV's so easy as traps to fall into go sometimes I do so. |
I get caught in all sorts of voids.
I sometimes come out green and burly, though at others, I escape with some yet uncaptured knowledge. I hate fighting. |
Fighting in fun can be fun, as long as you can keep it under some control to prevent serious injury. My buddies and I used to frequently "chest box" where you're only allowed to strike above the belt and below the neck. It was fun and partially proved we were "men" ;)
Our house now has more TV's than I've ever owned in my life, and most of them are quite large widescreen, a couple high def...and I watch almost no TV at all. Not much on TV interests me except for an occaisonal car related show or science or about our world so on average that amounts to less than 1 hour per week. |
Funny you should mention it... I just randomly caugh about 15 min. of MotorWeek for the first time in over a year. (I almost thought they cancelled it.)
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Went to a 30th birthday party last night.... Not a single chair anywhere
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hmmm. no chairs? You mean no chairs available since people were sitting on them, or there were no chairs at the party? Any sofas? Beds?
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OR: you could have truly impressed ALL the ladies, and even some falootin' fellas, by doing the ELECTRIC CHAIR, for two, NO! THREE hours!
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or you could have just brought a couple of electric bikes:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...SHya_11446.jpg It’s not yet officially official, however, a seating capacity of eight and a 5.2 meters long body will sure help the Chinese-made electric bike to register itself as the World’s Longest Electric Bike in Guinness World Records. The bike was showcased during the Zhejiang International Bicycle Electric-Cycle Exhibition. |
No chairs, stools, blocks of wood, sofa's, beds, bunks, bricks, dead/dying/prone bodies. Nothing to sit on, at all by anyone. No lawn, window sills... Nothin', Nada,zip, Fuck all, even.
Everyone stood, until they left, then they left, walkin' |
Less than an hour ago, I just lost about two weeks' worth of work, research and curation.
God. What' with me and procrastination, my lazy-fellow-fattied-friend? I just needed to listen to one more song by Neon Indian, didn't I? Then my browser crashed. Ah. I still have more than a year's worth of stuff in my backlog, so I'm guessing a week's worth of bloglog (which, roughly, equates to about 10 x 16 x 10 x 2 x 5 = wait? before the 5 came in, was that 3,200? I trawl through 3,200 separate links, articles, pictures, videos, theses, and random asides in a given week? No wonder I hate the internet so much. It's like I've given myself another job to do.) isn't too much of a waste. Perhaps I'm the waste? My mind isn't readily capable to process this much information. (And that's also the mayhaps reason why my foray into learning to speak fluent Japanese / Portuguese has been delayed by at least four years.) Incorrigible? That's the word, I guess. Incorrigible, indomitable, miserly, abhorrant people. People who passively-force their guests to stand and meander around like cattle for hours on end without rest. Snobs. |
You're definitely not the waste. Just a bit wasted!
http://usingit.files.wordpress.com/2...-explosion.jpg Sounds as though you could use a rest from all that work anyway. As long as it doesn't keep you from TFP. |
Jet, one of my current mottos is "he that has the best mental input filter for the internet shall inherit the earth". That Jewish guy probably already said that since he's omni-intellectual like me.
Zooks, why couldn't you just lay down on the floor/ground? What's wrong with that? Was anybody naked? |
Omni-Intellectuals
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It's called (tentatively) "The Lying-Down Game" [alternative: Flatliners]. I have a few resources for it, but here's one example of wutziteyemean: http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld...m7q1o1_500.jpg -- (to note: I'm not sure if the 'flatliner' above is alive; it resembles an eccentic statue.) Most of what I'd ideally like to share are humans doing this, but I suppose pets, and babies, and eerie statues that embody the soul of the aim can also be contributed. I don't think Photography or Artwork is the proper forum, but I don't want to start it here either, lest it get buried within the first two days. I'll think of something. |
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It's like I once stated: (herein) I'm like a Lepidopterologist, out in the field with my butterfly net, throwing hurricane swings, but my catcher has moth-eaten holes, an I stay outside longer, exerting myself more, for minimal gain in the end. I just try to simplify it for myself by arranging my library just so, writing down reminder notes anywhere I can (just so I can forget about them, until I need 'em) and why I've transformed my web browser 4 years ago into my personal webnotebook of eccentric trivials. informational education This is what one of my notes entitled 'Pro Photography' contains: (personal portfolios) Pro Photography click to show Now imagine hundreds more genre-specific notes raning from topic like RECENT FILMS (that I have watched for the first time ever, fully) to the perceived implications of the mental visual when one is confronted with a Big Red Button. I could say I need a break (which I will be receiving this Tuesday, yes) but I've been on a break for months now. I'm just taking it slow: a post or three there, and that's it. I have just 15 minutes writing this one, and it will vanish by tomorrow. I try too hard, if only to appease myself. - - - How's the weather for you guys? Delightful? (does it rhyme with 'delightful', at least.) |
frightful rhymes with delightful = It's raining and cold, and later it will stop raining and get a lot colder.
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small courtyard, too many peeps, in side house was off limits for some reason.
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That hungry fool 23 ate 78. I hope he's not still hungry.
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Hunger never goes away
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ouch!!! kreepers!!!
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Yeah, nice makeup, right?
~"He was always so happy, more so dressing up." |
Perhaps you've heard..?
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc...pwi0o1_500.jpg According to the just-unembargoed research paper “A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus,” the much-debated possibility of a terrestrial “shadow biosphere” (that is, “a second genesis for life on this planet”) has allegedly been confirmed by scientists studying the microbes of California’s arsenic-rich Mono Lake. From Cosmic Log: [/indent]In the paper published today, the researchers report that some of the bacteria could survive on arsenic and incorporate it into their cellular biochemistry. Instead of the usual phosphate-rich DNA, they observed arsenate-rich DNA. Heightened levels of arsenic also showed up in the cell’s proteins and fats. The scientists used mass spectroscopy, radioactive labeling and X-ray fluorescence to confirm that the arsenic was really being used in the biomolecules rather than merely contaminating the cells.[/indent] |
Life as we know it
is always surprising us & probably will. |
Even life as we don't know it. I think humans typically sell short the other little critters and microbes while overinflating our own importance. I never met a tree I didn't like.
Given the content of Jet's post above, if I now look at the Periodic Table I'll predict that pretty soon some smart human will stumble upon critters who thrive in Antimony and Bismuth environments in other parts of our Universe. |
I don't like a lot of trees. They're really stand-off-ish. So long as they leave me be, I let them alone.
- - - Here's a post I hope to one day re-contribute into my TFP Aquarium idea thread. So much so, I'll post it here first so you know what it might look like then, in the future. (... continued ... from elsewhere) http://i53.tinypic.com/qxm36g.jpg The Hippocampus Denise Seahorse is no bigger than most human fingernails at about 16 millimeters from the its snout to the tip of its tail. It’s so small that experts had previously believed it to be the young of the next smallest seahorse species, the Hippocampus bargibanti. It’s hard to even discern most Hippocampus denise seahorses from the coral they live in off the coast of Indonesia. [webecoist.] |
I'll sleep a bit better tonight knowing I made this thread one longer.
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//Forced to think, damnit,
about types of energy & how they collide.// |
Don't worry, the earth and moon are not actually colliding during the upcoming total eclipse of the moon on Dec. 20 & 21, 2010.
In case you are interested to learn more about this specific subject, this is a very nicely designed site: Shadow & Substance Home Page |
That settles it. I am now on the record in believing we sorely need a "Stars in Space" topic, even if it only just pictures, links, and our three selves.
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I'll 3rd that.
...though I am under the impression that "the authorities" have looked askance at pictures only threads. I don't believe that's change my habits, but it crosses my mind when I do it...sort of like a partial eclipse of the mind. |
Here is a link that may immensely benefit all us "older" timers...
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld...s5iyo1_500.png Google's Teach Parents Tech |
one more for the cause...
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Another, as well, for the "Stars in Space" topic, this microverse waits. |
Finish this sentence:
Technically speaking...... |
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In actuality, I like automotive subject matter a lot so sometimes that leads me to overly technically speaking about it.
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(Do you believe? Do you believe - does this count as a 'space post' {coast to coast}? I want to believe.) - - - -- (to note: I make it a habit of rarely uttering the hackneyed terms of 'technical', 'irony', and/or 'you know what I mean?', because, to state it like what I ate for lunch today , {"Franks"} it is an unillustrated but known fact that 96.7% of the Western population uses the above in-sentence phrases in precisely the opposite {channeling Lex Luthor: WRONG!} manner. Just to put it out there.) |
Actuality
is served by technicality & one's perspective. **post space** Ashes to ashes - further, fucking dust to dust! Dreams aren't even air. |
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