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.

... this shot of a bungee jumper dangling over Auckland harbour (Oz)... a winning photo entry in The Sunday Telegraph (UK) competition, 'The Big Picture'.

{Photo by: Sally Moloney}


[Telegraph.]

/\ ? Oz????? NZ, surely?


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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?

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I was thinking the same thing, Zook. It's all in the hunt.

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paging mike hunt...paging mike hunt. Would Mike Hunt please come to the office.

Within three dozen
is where I start to worry:
fifty-some's calming.

re: Jet's request for additional personalities, we should send out invitations.

Do'h (sp?) ... I maid myself laff there.

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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In memory of her I just ate a hot pastrami burger from Hymie's Deli. My not too good cell phone photo:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ramiburger.jpg

I see it buuuuut I don' believe it...

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.

no posting? did I leave everyone speechless? errrr....postless

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....

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2...dhvpo1_500.jpg
Channeling CB

I think it's likely
Lucy's head-shrinking worked well
for comic culture.

Sorry to hear that, Zooks. Even beef steak that I eat is mostly pink since ...in my opinion... if it gets brown or black it's destroyed..except for some blackened edges here and there from the grilling process.

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.

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

Languishing in shortness is not in the job description of this thread.

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"

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?

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.

I may be forgetting what this is called, but re-examining your sentence structure, do you, too, think this could be terme a misplaced modifier (or is it a nebulous pronoun)?

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.

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.