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Happy Birthday Beethoven - Pebble - 12/16/2021 10:50:56 AM
- I particularly recommend the 2nd one if you’ve not yet watched it - Sui - 12/17/2021 4:23:06 AM
  - Rowan Atkinson is truly great... - RL - 12/17/2021 12:33:37 PM
    - He's great - podrock - 12/17/2021 3:59:34 PM
      - ABBA in the shower :-) - Sui - 12/17/2021 4:52:10 PM
        
        LOL - podrock - 12/17/2021 5:12:05 PM
        
        I don't know if this works over the pond - Sui - 12/17/2021 6:38:38 PM
        
        I haven't watched it all the way through... - RL - 12/20/2021 4:12:11 PM
        
        works fine. saving for later. - podrock - 12/17/2021 8:20:51 PM
        
        How did it go? - Sui - 12/20/2021 2:44:34 PM
        
        it'll be interesting to see it works from the cultural aspect - Sui - 12/17/2021 8:36:16 PM
    - it is - Sui - 12/17/2021 2:00:13 PM
- He is dead... - RL - 12/16/2021 1:46:26 PM
  - One of my uncle's favorite jokes - podrock - 12/16/2021 6:23:36 PM
  - I knew it’d be you. - Sui - 12/16/2021 4:55:07 PM

HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - johannes - 12/16/2021 9:26:15 PM
- Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - Sui - 12/17/2021 3:43:46 PM
  - Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - johannes - 12/18/2021 11:45:11 PM
  - Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - RL - 12/17/2021 6:23:36 PM
- Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - Sui - 12/17/2021 2:28:43 AM
- thoughts - podrock - 12/16/2021 11:44:08 PM
- Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - RL - 12/16/2021 10:27:31 PM
- Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - ER - 12/16/2021 10:26:55 PM
  - Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - johannes - 12/18/2021 11:54:04 PM
    - Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - ER - 12/19/2021 5:59:48 AM
      - Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - johannes - 12/20/2021 12:16:52 AM
      - Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - ER - 12/19/2021 6:00:53 AM
        
        Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - ER - 12/19/2021 6:02:28 AM
        
        Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - ER - 12/19/2021 6:04:41 AM
        
        Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - ER - 12/19/2021 6:07:16 AM
    - Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - Sui - 12/19/2021 3:15:26 AM
      - Re: HOW SIMPLE CAN THE UNIVERSE BE - johannes - 12/20/2021 12:23:25 AM

No particular reason. - RobVG - 12/14/2021 4:45:52 AM
- How about this one - Sui - 12/14/2021 6:14:54 AM
  - Reminds me of a certain scene from "Soylent Green". - RobVG - 12/14/2021 7:15:45 AM
- An undercurrent of tension - Sui - 12/14/2021 6:14:19 AM
- Poetry through sound - RobVG - 12/14/2021 5:37:40 AM

Yo, ER - podrock - 12/12/2021 7:56:27 PM
- Saw this - Sui - 12/13/2021 1:49:45 PM
  - That's great! - podrock - 12/13/2021 2:56:15 PM
  - Image from Sui - podrock - 12/13/2021 2:54:54 PM
    - Thanks. One day I’ll get it right but today is not that day ;-) - Sui - 12/13/2021 3:20:10 PM
  - Hipgnosis - ER - 12/13/2021 2:02:40 PM
    - I used to but no longer - Sui - 12/13/2021 2:26:28 PM
- Copy that. - ER - 12/12/2021 8:52:51 PM
  - The Final Cut - RL - 12/12/2021 10:24:38 PM
    - Animals - podrock - 12/13/2021 12:42:08 AM

What is it about modern life? - Pebble - 12/6/2021 3:28:39 AM
- "Loneliness is a power that we possess to give or take away forever" - podrock - 12/6/2021 6:39:29 PM
  - "Like" - RobVG - 12/6/2021 11:09:07 PM
- When we lived in small towns, or close-knit neighborhoods... - ER - 12/6/2021 5:16:11 AM
  - I live in a town like that - Sui - 12/7/2021 4:22:23 AM
    - "My Little Town"--Art Garfunkel - ER - 12/7/2021 4:45:55 AM
- Same as it ever was - podrock - 12/6/2021 4:33:06 AM
  - Perfect place to hunt for old bottles. - RobVG - 12/6/2021 11:08:09 PM
    - I have one, found in a field, near an old mine. - podrock - 12/7/2021 1:03:49 AM
      - Like - Sui - 12/7/2021 4:22:58 AM
  - They did… - Sui - 12/6/2021 4:44:10 AM

Mollymawks (aka albatross) - Pebble - 12/3/2021 8:55:59 PM
- When I was in the Navy... - ER - 12/4/2021 2:18:41 AM
  - Mollymawks and breeding - Sui - 12/4/2021 8:25:55 AM

Will we ever be mature enough for the internet? (originally from Mysteries of the Multiverse) - podrock - 11/29/2021 10:56:08 PM
- Pandora's box - RobVG - 12/3/2021 2:53:16 AM
  - Contact the author - podrock - 12/3/2021 3:06:57 AM
- Re: Will we ever be mature enough for the internet? - Raoul - 12/2/2021 9:13:13 AM
- We have had revolutions in information access before - RL - 11/30/2021 3:05:56 AM
- Its a Gutenberg universe. - ER - 11/30/2021 2:04:19 AM
  - Different in degree - podrock - 12/1/2021 9:04:40 PM
- I’m going to have to think on this when it’s not midnight - Sui - 11/30/2021 12:11:48 AM

War of the Worlds TV series - RobVG - 10/26/2021 4:33:02 PM
- I watched season one - podrock - 10/26/2021 5:38:22 PM
  - Finished season 2 - RobVG - 12/2/2021 10:52:06 PM

We just watched Disney's "Moana". - ER - 12/2/2021 5:23:43 AM

Maybe this will help you, or someone you know... - RL - 12/1/2021 2:40:58 AM
- Sounds horrible, RL - podrock - 12/1/2021 8:53:14 PM
- Thank you - Sui - 12/1/2021 6:44:50 AM
  - What you have may or may not be a cluster headache- so don't diagnose from my post... - RL - 12/1/2021 5:50:29 PM
    - I won’t but it’s useful to consider the possibility, thanks, - Sui - 12/1/2021 8:18:58 PM

Changing other cultures - Pebble - 11/25/2021 9:17:02 AM
- What is the consensus on the Toba eruption? - RL - 11/25/2021 7:23:08 PM
  - I haven't read anything lately - podrock - 11/26/2021 7:28:56 PM
    - The smithsonian is my go to when I start a write up - Sui - 11/30/2021 12:07:01 AM
- Thanks for the Link - podrock - 11/25/2021 5:06:57 PM
  - British empire - Sui - 11/25/2021 5:25:40 PM
    - I've seen many volcanos and hot springs in my time... - podrock - 11/25/2021 6:55:52 PM
      - Lovely picture - Sui - 11/26/2021 1:12:33 AM
        
        I'm going on an adventure! - podrock - 11/26/2021 2:59:44 AM
        
        Air New Zealand - Sui - 11/26/2021 5:27:24 AM
        
        Lovely - podrock - 11/26/2021 6:11:02 AM
        
        Thanks for the embed - Sui - 11/26/2021 7:14:29 PM
        
        embeds - podrock - 11/26/2021 7:33:37 PM
        
        Thank you - Sui - 11/27/2021 5:07:47 AM
- I am often quite critical of generic western/American culture. - ER - 11/25/2021 2:16:53 PM
  - No, we don’t want those. - Sui - 11/26/2021 1:15:20 AM
    - Actually, I kind of like nanny states. - ER - 11/26/2021 4:00:08 AM
      - To a certain extent, yes. - Sui - 11/26/2021 5:39:57 AM
        
        Contempt and anger for those that refuse to be vaccinated is warranted - RL - 11/26/2021 6:27:03 PM
        
        Its true, its not just capitalists who are assholes. - ER - 11/26/2021 3:20:05 PM
        
        Very true - Sui - 11/26/2021 7:15:13 PM

Fear, a story - podrock - 11/24/2021 12:22:59 AM
- Deimos and Phobos - ER - 11/25/2021 1:29:04 AM
  - And there is a problem right there - Sui - 11/25/2021 5:33:09 AM
    - I'm an old and ugly man, too. - ER - 11/25/2021 6:10:42 AM
      - It’s not just to young and attractive women - Sui - 11/25/2021 6:28:14 AM
        
        Validate their own self-worth? - ER - 11/25/2021 6:57:03 AM
        
        Judging your own value - Sui - 11/25/2021 7:09:21 AM
        
        Relationships don't always turn out the way we'd prefer. - ER - 11/25/2021 1:50:59 PM
        
        Life - Sui - 11/25/2021 8:32:22 PM
        
        My Stepfather - ER - 11/25/2021 9:18:48 PM
        
        I think the appreciation of the absurdity of it all is required in order to stay sane... - RL - 11/26/2021 11:32:54 PM
        
        What a man he was. - Sui - 11/25/2021 10:20:06 PM
        
        I recently hit my 50th year on this planet... - RL - 11/25/2021 8:10:34 PM
        
        The World is a Beautiful Place - ER - 11/25/2021 8:48:06 PM
        
        It is, despite it all. - Sui - 11/25/2021 10:20:33 PM
- and another perspective (lighthearted from my point of view) - Sui - 11/24/2021 10:43:48 PM
  - Point and laugh is a reliable tactic in many situations. - podrock - 11/25/2021 12:21:50 AM
- From a different perspective - Sui - 11/24/2021 6:32:16 AM
  - Thanks for sharing that - podrock - 11/24/2021 9:34:26 PM
    - Sorry about that. - Sui - 11/24/2021 10:20:30 PM
  - That was a grim scene... - RL - 11/24/2021 7:32:31 AM
    - It wasn’t all that grim. - Sui - 11/24/2021 8:15:22 AM
      - It was grim and consequences I did not accept - Sui - 11/25/2021 12:21:33 AM
        
        We ALL have prejudices... - RL - 11/27/2021 1:33:52 AM
      - So sorry to hear that... - RL - 11/24/2021 6:49:00 PM
        
        I remember the first time that happened to me - podrock - 11/25/2021 12:09:59 AM
        
        It was standard advice back in the day - Sui - 11/25/2021 12:15:23 AM
        
        They had a self-defense class at my college for women. - podrock - 11/25/2021 12:59:08 AM
        
        The advice here was not to fight but run - Sui - 11/25/2021 1:29:54 AM
        
        thank you for thinking about your actions. - Sui - 11/24/2021 7:44:12 PM
        
        probably less than you think - Sui - 11/24/2021 7:41:17 PM
        
        Oh I can be quite clueless when distracted by work... - RL - 11/24/2021 8:39:17 PM
        
        You won't be the first one - Sui - 11/24/2021 9:48:31 PM
        
        Another tragic aspect of our society - RL - 11/24/2021 10:59:46 PM
        
        It’s the younger generations too - Sui - 11/25/2021 5:24:14 AM
        
        "amateur vs professional scientist" - podrock - 11/25/2021 5:21:41 AM
        
        I’m in awe of them - Sui - 11/25/2021 5:39:08 AM
- I probably wouldn't run... but not because I am some macho badass...I just can't run fast - RL - 11/24/2021 4:24:22 AM
  - Good choice. - podrock - 11/24/2021 4:51:18 AM
- You have to wonder what motivates assholes like that... - RL - 11/24/2021 1:57:58 AM
  - A reflection, not on you, - Sui - 11/24/2021 8:47:16 AM
- You call them rednecks. - ER - 11/24/2021 1:12:46 AM
  - Funny thing - podrock - 11/24/2021 4:45:08 AM
    - With people like that the violence and stupidity increases exponentially with the number in the group. - RL - 11/24/2021 5:34:32 AM

Greenland and Iceland photos. I added some more. - Pebble - 11/22/2021 7:20:42 PM
- Thank you Podrock - Sui - 11/22/2021 7:21:41 PM
  - Beautiful pictures! - podrock - 11/22/2021 9:05:04 PM
    - thank you - Sui - 11/22/2021 11:34:05 PM
      - Great pics... - RL - 11/23/2021 9:09:14 PM
        
        It’s my favourite place to be. Thank you. - Sui - 11/24/2021 8:57:33 AM
        
        Whenever my wife and I discuss an international trip - RL - 11/24/2021 5:13:37 PM
        
        New Zealand… - Sui - 11/24/2021 9:28:14 PM

Where and why? - Pebble - 11/19/2021 5:04:14 PM
- Iceberg and Greenland cliffs - Sui - 11/20/2021 5:19:32 PM
- Your turn, Sui. - podrock - 11/20/2021 3:46:44 PM
  - Done it - Sui - 11/20/2021 5:21:06 PM
    - Photos - podrock - 11/20/2021 5:40:52 PM
- Deserted cities of the heart - ER - 11/20/2021 5:54:41 AM
  - Chaco? - podrock - 11/20/2021 6:25:05 AM
    - Not Chaco. - ER - 11/20/2021 5:20:21 PM
  - Am I allowed another one? - ER - 11/20/2021 5:57:01 AM
    - "Observatories are holy places"... - RL - 11/20/2021 8:12:10 PM
- The Kennedy Space Center - RobVG - 11/19/2021 10:23:18 PM
  - You’ve reminded me of a memory - Sui - 11/20/2021 12:48:56 AM
    - "Like" - RobVG - 11/20/2021 6:31:00 PM
- Dunworley bay, County Cork, SW coast of Ireland. - podrock - 11/19/2021 6:01:36 PM
  - Photo - podrock - 11/20/2021 5:47:17 PM
  - A special memory - Sui - 11/20/2021 6:02:29 AM
  - By the way - podrock - 11/19/2021 6:50:16 PM

Have you ever been superman? - RL - 11/15/2021 12:12:56 AM
- A trivial one - Sui - 11/16/2021 5:07:57 AM
  - Arachnophobia - RL - 11/18/2021 10:43:51 PM
    - Now I’m over the shock - Sui - 11/18/2021 11:54:35 PM
      - And how is she? - podrock - 11/19/2021 2:33:56 AM
        
        A black widow as a pet ?! - Sui - 11/19/2021 6:19:31 AM
        
        Yup - podrock - 11/19/2021 6:56:25 PM
        
        I wouldn’t turn my back on one - Sui - 11/20/2021 12:52:10 AM
        
        She’s fine with them - Sui - 11/19/2021 6:18:23 AM
    - I just screamed - Sui - 11/18/2021 11:24:42 PM
      - Sorry, I should have warned you it had a picture.... - RL - 11/18/2021 11:52:54 PM
        
        Re: Sorry, I should have warned you it had a picture.... - Sui - 11/18/2021 11:55:58 PM
- Yes but… - Sui - 11/15/2021 11:15:49 PM
  - Survival is the important part - podrock - 11/15/2021 11:27:18 PM
    - Re: Survival is the important part - Sui - 11/16/2021 12:13:19 AM
      - Sounds heroic to me. - podrock - 11/16/2021 12:30:12 AM
        
        Stop it Podrock - Sui - 11/16/2021 12:38:06 AM
    - Testing - Sui - 11/15/2021 11:54:17 PM
      - That one got through. - podrock - 11/15/2021 11:56:30 PM
        
        Third time round so did i - Sui - 11/16/2021 5:32:54 AM
        
        There's a bit of a glitch if you try to post HTML - podrock - 11/16/2021 12:00:52 AM
        
        No html and I was signed in - Sui - 11/16/2021 12:05:57 AM
        
        Hmm. - podrock - 11/16/2021 12:24:07 AM
        
        No worries - Sui - 11/16/2021 12:27:46 AM
- And you, RL? - podrock - 11/15/2021 11:05:05 PM
  - Re: And you, RL? - RL - 11/15/2021 11:57:59 PM
    - Letting go - podrock - 11/16/2021 1:20:13 AM
      - I am glad you got out of that alive... - RL - 11/16/2021 2:25:09 AM
        
        The mind is fast. - podrock - 11/16/2021 2:55:22 AM
        
        Catching balls - Sui - 11/16/2021 4:28:07 AM
        
        Watching from outside - Sui - 11/16/2021 2:43:31 AM
        
        What impresses me about the experience - RL - 11/16/2021 2:53:55 AM
        
        Adrenaline withdrawal - Sui - 11/16/2021 4:22:32 AM
        
        Though, one drawback to the experience I have noticed... - RL - 11/16/2021 3:19:31 AM
        
        Totally - Sui - 11/16/2021 4:19:25 AM
        
        Conversion disorder - Sui - 11/16/2021 4:55:22 AM
        
        Sub-sonics and emotions Podrock - Sui - 11/16/2021 5:20:00 AM
        
        The fear frequency - podrock - 11/16/2021 3:09:02 PM
        
        When I was a kid I read a sci-fi story that mentioned the supposed effect of subsonics... - RL - 11/18/2021 6:50:13 PM
        
        I would - podrock - 11/18/2021 9:47:42 PM
- Sea story - ER - 11/15/2021 7:54:18 PM
  - 15 degrees? - podrock - 11/15/2021 8:22:35 PM
    - We were probably already off course... - ER - 11/15/2021 9:17:16 PM
      - It sounds well within superhero status to me - Sui - 11/16/2021 5:00:42 AM
- Sort of? - podrock - 11/15/2021 1:19:26 AM
  - No sort of about it - Sui - 11/16/2021 5:08:55 AM
  - Can't believe you were suspended for that... - RL - 11/15/2021 1:59:11 AM
    - I deserved suspension. - podrock - 11/15/2021 2:46:21 AM

Service that should be offered - Pebble - 10/25/2021 3:10:37 PM
- Totally agree... - DanS - 11/8/2021 7:36:46 PM
- %100 agree - RL - 10/25/2021 8:12:26 PM
  - the most difficult time - podrock - 10/25/2021 9:25:15 PM
    - So sorry - Pebble - 10/26/2021 4:22:43 AM
      - Thanks Pebble - podrock - 10/26/2021 4:48:32 AM
        
        The best way - Sui - 10/26/2021 5:27:52 AM
    - Been there - Pebble - 10/26/2021 4:21:53 AM
      - Yikes - podrock - 10/26/2021 4:43:57 AM
        
        I can see it still - Pebble - 10/26/2021 4:58:27 AM
        
        Such moments carve a path in our memories - podrock - 10/26/2021 5:28:15 AM
        
        Memories - Sui - 10/26/2021 12:29:25 PM
    - I cannot even imagine... - RL - 10/26/2021 2:21:43 AM
      - It was a year of that level of weirdness - podrock - 10/26/2021 3:10:45 AM
- I agree - podrock - 10/25/2021 6:52:28 PM
  - Ownership - Pebble - 10/25/2021 8:06:45 PM

Happy Dewali n/t (n/t) - RobVG - 11/4/2021 3:50:51 PM
- Light in our lives - Sui - 11/5/2021 9:19:09 AM
  - "Like" - RobVG - 11/5/2021 2:55:42 PM
- Isn't that a mountain in Alaska? - ER - 11/5/2021 3:16:52 AM
  - "Diwali" - RobVG - 11/5/2021 4:54:42 AM
- Light it up, Rob - podrock - 11/4/2021 4:03:52 PM

An interesting confession from a friend - podrock - 11/5/2021 2:41:00 AM
- There's a lot of honest, decent conservatives out there... - ER - 11/5/2021 3:27:04 AM
  - An interesting thread - Sui - 11/5/2021 9:14:43 AM
    - Guy Fawkes night - Sui - 11/5/2021 9:26:24 AM

On the Origins of Fascism - ER - 11/3/2021 1:55:57 PM
- On a side note - podrock - 11/4/2021 1:56:15 AM
  - Its not about history magically repeating itself. - ER - 11/4/2021 2:20:20 AM
    - Social memory, or the lack thereof - podrock - 11/4/2021 2:39:52 AM
      - I'm not sure I fully agree with that. - ER - 11/4/2021 4:28:40 PM
        
        The terms change, not the goal - podrock - 11/5/2021 2:24:55 AM

Happy Halloween! - ER - 10/21/2021 2:28:18 PM

Until the End of Time (Greene) (originally from Mysteries of the Multiverse) - Raoul - 9/28/2021 1:14:17 PM
- Along those lines... - RL - 9/29/2021 1:18:26 PM
  - Mr Natural sez... - ER - 9/29/2021 4:05:23 PM
    - Re: Mr Natural sez... - Raoul - 10/7/2021 8:48:47 PM
      - Welcome back, Raoul. - ER - 10/7/2021 11:23:29 PM
        
        Besides Language and Mathematics. - ER - 10/8/2021 3:35:00 AM
- Looks interesting, Raoul - podrock - 9/28/2021 7:31:58 PM
- It has been a long time, Raoul! - RL - 9/28/2021 1:54:27 PM
  - Re: It has been a long time, Raoul! - Raoul - 10/7/2021 8:42:15 PM
    - You'll fit in quite well with the rest of us. - ER - 10/8/2021 5:01:34 PM

20 galactic years... - RL - 9/29/2021 2:04:44 PM
- When I was 20 I thought I was really cool. - ER - 10/5/2021 4:20:15 AM
  - I fear we will simply stop showing up to class - RL - 10/5/2021 4:41:37 AM
- Thanks, RL, Nice way of putting it all into perspective. - podrock - 10/1/2021 12:29:28 AM

Until the End of Time - Raoul - 9/27/2021 9:52:20 PM

Causing someone to think. - RobVG - 9/26/2021 6:49:36 PM
- Re: Causing someone to think. - Pebble - 9/26/2021 7:24:08 PM
  - You're free to take it to the Flame board if you'd like to elaborate. - RobVG - 9/26/2021 7:47:06 PM
    - Re: You're free to take it to the Flame board if you'd like to elaborate. - Pebble - 9/27/2021 4:38:46 AM
    - Please go easy on our new member, Rob. - podrock - 9/26/2021 8:18:49 PM
      - I have no intention of attacking anyone Pod. - RobVG - 9/26/2021 8:32:42 PM
        
        Thank you - podrock - 9/27/2021 6:15:00 AM

The Donkey and the Tiger - RobVG - 9/17/2021 3:10:37 AM
- Time to repost "Storm" by Tim Minchin - podrock - 9/17/2021 7:52:03 PM
  - That guy is incredible... - RL - 9/17/2021 8:09:13 PM
    - There's an animated version too - podrock - 9/17/2021 8:52:59 PM
  - Or I should reread "The Taming of the Shrew" - podrock - 9/17/2021 8:01:03 PM
- Musing on the lion, the grass, and your lyin' ass - RL - 9/17/2021 7:26:59 PM
  - Oh great guardian of the galaxy... - RobVG - 9/18/2021 7:23:09 PM
    - Take the time to read the lines for they do address your interpretation... - RL - 9/18/2021 8:45:06 PM
      - What is your goal? - RobVG - 9/19/2021 6:55:00 PM
        
        Its really more about the journey than the destination at this point... - RL - 9/19/2021 10:04:25 PM
- Barack Obama is a socialist Muslim born in Kenya. - ER - 9/17/2021 3:38:37 AM

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