One Of My Very Own
"Why on medium?"
"Well, we wouldn't want to wake Mother would we?"
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I hardly ever read books to my children at night preferring to just wing it. Once the improvised story took a dark turn and I ended it by saying that Little Boo-boo woke up and was so relieved that it had all been just a nightmare. The next time the story got a little dark, my daughter pointed a finger right at my face and said, "This better not be another dream."
Those could easily blow off fingers and our parents bought them for us by the dozens.
I will admit that modern rap music is not my cup of tea but I don't blame the music, I blame myself. Every single generation hates and hated the music that is introduced when they get old. I simply refuse to participate in the condemnation opting instead to admit that I just don't understand it.
There is a Mom and Pop diner in our town where my wife and I often phone in an order for pimento burgers (made with pimento cheese instead of regular cheese) and a real homemade milkshake. They write Mr. Ralph and Mrs. Ralph on the wrappers to identify which has onions and which does not.
Another time at Bojangles I ordered a two instead of my usual three-piece chicken and the lady on the speaker asked, "Are you sure?"
*"You're."
I could still make changes in books that I "finished" decades ago. I just reached a point of "good enough".
Not just your neighbors. Americans come in an infinite variety and each and every one of them is guaranteed the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...NO MATTER HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THEIR LIFESTYLE.
My favorite job as a kid was delivering newspapers because I had very little supervision. Then I discovered leathercraft where I could be my own boss and make more money.
Later I named one of my mural companies "BYOB Murals" - Be Your Own Boss.
When I first posted that in many cases inflation was fueled by corporate greed commenters declared that I knew nothing about economics. Now the people who know about economics agree with me.
If you think I'm rude you should hear the little voice in my head.
Before cellphones what did people look at while they were driving?
My young daughter came home almost in tears and told me that she had read every book in her elementary school's library. I, of course, got her a library card at the big country library and we made frequent trips there.
I once walked past a veteran teacher who was standing over a boy in the hallway with her arms akimbo when she said, "Marcus, do you want to see Mr. Walker's dark side?" I only had to use that line once in all the years I taught - but it worked.
My chief master sergeant brother was a general's aide who would sit behind him in meetings and whisper talking points into his ear. Most of the advice had to do with changing this or that with a new way of doing things and my brother would whisper things like, "We tried that in the '70s and it didn't work."
That is EXACTLY what veteran teachers tell principals when changes are suggested.
When I was in college I had a teacher who was late more often than was normal. If he wasn't there at start time I would walk out the door, down the hallway to the door to the stairs, and stand there staring at the door to the elevator that would bring him up. At precisely 15 minutes I exited down the stairs. It was like a snow day for people who paid to go to school.
I had a student whose antics took 90% of my time forcing me to call his mother. The mother said, "Hell, I can't control him at home either and when he's at school he's your problem."
Game over.
I was once assigned to a school with an art budget of $0. The principal told me to use copy paper and "just teach them to draw"...for a year. I took a lot of sick days from that school.
When I said I wanted to be held I didn't mean accountable.
When a clown moves into a palace he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus. Make of that what you will.
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How did they get the water up into the tank in the old days before electricity?
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I looked it up...
To accumulate the water, water stops employed water tanks, water towers, and tank ponds. The water was initially pumped by windmills, watermills, or by hand pumps often by the train crew themselves.
I am still in awe that man figured out how to explore the entire Earth with only wind energy.
They have something similar through the Congaree Swamp near my home.
I strongly suggest that you put a trip out west to see those for yourself on your bucket list. I literally stood in awe my mouth agape.
Please don't do that. Each one of those will eventually become a piece of litter.
I'm assuming the large disks at the water's surface are the counterweights. Does anyone know differently?
I think I can explain that. In my city, they had a huge multistory defunct mall that they turned into office space. They had to seal off numerous access points similar to the one above.
Just another way to sneak alcohol into sporting events.
But how do you suppose they clean it out?
Only one that may or may not be heart-shaped...
Indeed.
At first, I thought it was driving in water.
Home is where the fuckers ain't.
F1 is just NASCAR for rich people.
ODD HUMAN ACTIVITY
I wonder if she puts that on her résumé.
Who would think that was a good idea?
An adherent to Rule #39...
Do you see anything...odd?
This is the to-scale size of two of those ladies' feet.
I haven't a clue.
Mildly amusing.
I have shown you successes and failures in the unloading of these pipes. Your mission, if you chose to accept it, is to guess if the slide-it-down-a-board method succeeds or fails.
HIMARS destroyed a battalion of Russian Msta-S.
"The Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance unit discovered the positions of a battalion of two Russian Msta-S self-propelled howitzers firing at the Ukrainian military in the Donetsk region. With the help of coordinated actions, the battalion’s fire was quickly suppressed."
Shockwave on ground
Reading can seriously damage your ignorance.
Know your its from your it's.
VISUALS
Think of any other scenario where the good guy kills every man, woman, and child on Earth except for one family. And if you doubt his love, he will torture you for eternity. 
This took me much too long.
10 comments:
A3: I don't quite agree with you on this one. I'm not a big fan of rap music, but I'm not a fan of country music either.
I do enjoy listening to new music, even if it's not rock and roll, or soft rock. I don't need to listen to Billy Joel, led Zeppelin, or the Beatles. Not to say that they're in the same class with one another at all.
But there's something about country music that just makes my skin crawl. I'd rather listen to rap music than have to listen to some redneck wine about his grandmother's dog dying and his wife running off with his best friend.
It has nothing to do with age. It has everything to do with the genre. Country's been around a lot longer than rap. Country's been around a lot longer than I have. I still hate country though.
Item A2: Nobody bought them in my state, not legally, and especially not my parents.
As a 14-yo I had to make my own. It still amazes me that I was able to buy all the materials via mail order.
A13: How do they spell 'defenestration' in Cyrillic?
C6: Pont Gustave-Flaubert (Gustave Flaubert Bridge) in Rouen, France.
The flat, circular structures positioned either side of the tall pylons are fixed concrete barriers, protecting the bridge structure from collisions by errant vessels.
There probably are counterweights, I would guess incorporated inside the four tall pylon structuress. The lifting cables leading into the top of each pylon suggests the counterweights are inside.
D6: I think there's a typo in the caption. Corrected = Mildly ANNOYING!
Puzzle Time: "I Have Done It Again"
^^A12^^
Don't worry, it's transitory or so we're told...
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The large discs are just there to protect the bridge support pillars from collisions etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_Gustave-Flaubert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkrSD3LKkmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vscfNoF-QfI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjT9VGw31FI
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Dishwashing soap & water
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They might also just be closer to the camera.
Puzzle Time
I have done it again
Sex
^^ C6 ^^. I would expect the large disks are to prevent ships from striking the bridge tower.
B5 the assistant principal at my Jr high had me and my 1 year younger brother in his office and when he found out there was a third brother coming the next year he was furious.
When a clown moves into a palace he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus. Make of that what you will.
<> The clowns of then are the comics of now, Bill Burr the Bill Hicks, Dave Chappelles
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