One Of My Very Own

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The Yellow Rose Of Texas Mitch Miller Orchestra 1955

NEWSY BITS

The Argentine ace, Messi, sent "Becks" his best wishes in his new role as owner of the MLS franchise set to play in Miami. In a quick clip, Messi praised Beckham's efforts to get football to the city of Miami, and hinted that he might be "available" to join the team in the future.

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This from 1/19/18.

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(RH: That's just what somebody creating a zombie apocalypse to generate demand for flamethrowers would say.)

And now the proof.

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Did I ever tell you how much I hate the way all those people jump to their feet to applaud just about ever sentence during the State of the Union speech?

PEOPLE of INTEREST

Very well done, sir.

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Never skip brain day

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I wouldn't have the guts. You never know who does and who does not have a weapon.

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The photographer, Lesa Hall, said the shadows were really bad on the beautiful, clear, sunny day and that her professor never taught her to retouch photos.

Now there an app to allow you to do it.

I've rewatched every single episode more than once and I still can't figure out which of the bunch Tom Brady was.

PLACES

I find such images inspiring. To think of the millions of stories captured in that one image.

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I watched a documentary on that very thing at another site. The one in question collapsed because a workman used the wrong sized washers. It was as simple as that.

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Can you spell unsustainable boys and girls?

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Our brain is hardwired to spot such things.

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I absolutely detest such places. Places where the head chef is a microwave oven.

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Well, I blame that on lack of ventilation. Knowing there will be excess smoke, they should have massive exhaust ducts.

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I read that this has never been observed.

Well, why didn't Voyager I see it when it plowed through it?

Parents, then: Would it kill you to pick up the phone?

Parents, now: Would it kill you to put down the phone?

I couldn't agree more.

THINGS

How clever.

Oh, I should explain to you young people that you used to have to flip the tape over half way through.

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I researched that a little and it seems that at the time they claimed it went into outer space, but that was just to fuck with the Russians.

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More specifically I guess, the ejections of and dust cloud around a black hole.

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Converted locomotive to go off rail.

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That doesn't surprise me at all, in that the machine remembers every word it has ever "read".

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I can't imagine a more irrationally stupid object on which to spend your money.

Tempting fate....or How to get shot in one easy lesson. So very foolish.

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I thought those numbers were much too large so I looked it up, and sure enough, they are that old.

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This is a static wing deflection test of the Boeing 777. Aircraft are designed to an ultimate load - 150% of any expected real life loading that an aircraft is expected to see in service - per FAA requirements. The excitement you see on the dorks faces is when that 150% park has be reached. Thus validating their analysis and design.

And here you see the wing snapping like a toothpick...at 154% load. Having failure at this close of a percent to ultimate is a true testament to great engineering. Minimal weight and close to zero margin means an economical and safe aircraft. Pretty damn amazing with 90s technology.

A confessional booth but the pastor just complains to you about the last guy.

ANIMALS

How long does it take for this alligator to chomp down on this idiot's hand?

A - .001 second.

B - .01 second.

C - .1 second.

D - 1 second.

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Everything has to eat...

Everything...

And...

Octopus Chokes Dolphin to Death

Halfway down the throat, it grabbed onto the larynx and therefore could not be swallowed.

And still farther...

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This buck became tangled with another during a dual. Coyotes feasted on the dead buck while this guy was still attached. The hunters found him as the coyotes watched from a close distance, and worked to untangle him from his half-eaten opponent.

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D - 1 second....or so.

As Vladimir Putin announces he's seeking re-election in 2018, world leaders congratulate him on his landslide victory.

LANGUAGE

I mean that.

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I would love for someone...ANYONE to offer me a logical rationale as to why weed should be illegal.

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Frolicking? Forcechoking? I get it now.

They couldn’t say fornicating?!

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From the series Black Mirror last night. Art imitating life.

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I have a friend named Godley and I wonder to him if in an alternative universe he had an evil twin named Ungodley.

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Acknowledging that she hadn’t finished what she was saying in quite some time, family sources confirmed Monday that local mom Debra Garrison has not spoken a full, uninterrupted sentence to her family since 1997.