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Cats in Space!
On a somewhat tangentially related note, there are meteorites up for auction:
Want a meteorite? Christie
As always, open the links at your own peril.Comment
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Hey BC, I saw this and thought of you...
The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen HawkingComment
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As far as the argument over which is better, metric or imperial, I thought I would toss this in...
The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen HawkingComment
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If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.
blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=Comment
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Went out to do a routine maintenance today. Dropped the new drum and it hits a sharp steel edge which destroys it. Had to drive all the way back to the shop just for a drum. I can already feel "One of those weeks" coming.Comment
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The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen HawkingComment
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I have one tree in my back yard. It is a boxelder tree. Boxelder trees are one of the largest weeds on earth, around here they will grow anywhere, they look stupid and mine is now shedding branches all over the back yard. Blegh. I'd rather have a mulberry tree, at least mulberries are tasty.Comment
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The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen HawkingComment
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People forward emails to me. This is from one of them:
"HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS MIDDLE FINGER GESTURE
Isn't history more fun when you know something about it?
Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified.
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as 'plucking the yew' (or 'pluck yew').
Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and they began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentals fricative F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as 'giving the bird.'
And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing."Comment
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Corgis as police dogs?
Will Corgis Make Good Police Dogs? - Neatorama
I have a border collie, so I suppose anything's possible.Comment
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