So Far From Heaven

and once you’ve said that, @sffh, I do have some idea – they do make it as difficult as possible!

Did  you ever contact the administrator? You said you begged for it to be cashed, so do you know that it was received?

@sffh

Normally, @sffh dishes up some meat-based slop, but not me…. No, I want to give you the RIGHT Mongolian Food –

Here’s a nice dish of Tsuivan!  (hey, I tried to give you cookies, but picture wouldn’t copy!)

They really shouldn’t be called sciences, because they’re not. Don’t believe me, ask a real scientist like @sffh. He knows history, political science, philosophy, etc. are not sciences. It’s kind of hard to crank up the old scientific method in the social sciences.

At their best, they can provide valuable, and interesting, insights on what…[Read more]

@mrdmk and @nvwino win for getting the liquid and solid. @sffh wins for remembering something.

Acetylene gas is very tricky stuff. If allowed to escape too quickly, it can spontaneously ignite or explode. The gas is dissolved in acetone, a common organic solvent. In addition, the tank contains a matrix of crushed concrete or fire brick to limit…[Read more]

I thought @sffh said not to put these UFO topics in General Discussion?

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Feeling more pissed off at my situation than usual.  Didn’t mean to take it out on you.  I really don’t like (most) Doctors very much – and I’ve met some scientists and professors who were really arrogant pricks.  Not saying you’re one of them – I was projecting, or whatever they call it.

I find science fascinating and frustrating.  Fas…[Read more]

@sffh

Not really scientific is it?  To dismiss all of this as crap because you don’t believe it could be true?

Aside from that, my understanding has always been that general discussion was… well, for general discussion and did not have to necessarily apply specifically to politics or progressive ideas.

I don’t think anyone is pushing a…[Read more]

@sffh

As to what these UFOs might be.  Given how widespread the stories are in the media right now – I would argue that it is a fitting topic for general discussion.

Now, it is true, no one can prove yet what these things might be – or whether it might all be nonsense.  I would point out though that there are scientists – and even a physicist o…[Read more]

@sffh We haven’t had one of those for awhile.

I only have one quibble, David. I don’t think any coverup of how Covid originated will be the most terrible conspiracy in history by a long shot, simply because Covid wasn’t that deadly. Well, it wasn’t. It is just a cold on steroids. Maybe literally for all I know. Anyway, since I had it, I’m not…[Read more]

You’ll just have to guess why I said that, @sffh…

By the way, you left the banner on tonight!

@sffh

Somebody complained about your banner. Can you take it down?

@sffh

She’s a singer who’s been successful w/o taking her clothes off so far, so why bother now?

Or maybe it includes his memorabilia in the National Liar’s Hall of Fame.

https://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/daily-trivia-29-april-special-edition/

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@sffh

I learn from Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_sandwich#Possible_origins — that the theory of a Nebraska origin has its adherents, but that there is also a body of opinion giving the credit to New York City.

You might consider giving @pam2 partial credit.

Look again, that’s not me!

@sffh

Those suckers are all over when I lived in Sacramento.

They are loud. They wake you up at 6 in the morning. If I had a pellet gun, I would have picked them off the fence or tree branches.

If there is a bunch of them together, they all make freaking noise. Really annoying.

I absolutely hated them.

@sffh

So I will obfuscate when I’m referring to more direct sources.

Thanks for letting me know why!

@sffh

Apparently something somewhere up the line doesn’t like links to Russian sources.

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@sffh

You write, “I didn’t find out just why the fuck they did it, though.”

I’ve told you before, WIYF (Wikipedia Is Your Friend).  From the article about this building (link):

The Parthenon in Centennial Park, in Nashville, Tennessee, is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens. It was designed by architect William Crawford Sm…

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