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Extreme closeup: Mount Everest - TB - 12/19/2012 4:52:20 AM
- Mt Everst Web Cam: - podrock - 12/21/2012 3:36:51 PM
- Re: Extreme closeup: Mount Everest - Jody - 12/19/2012 5:32:00 PM
- Spectacular - SteveS - 12/19/2012 4:09:02 PM

Los Tiempos Van Cambiando - TB - 12/21/2012 3:59:22 AM
- Who is it, performing? - alcaray - 12/21/2012 5:07:59 AM
  - Franky Perez - TB - 12/21/2012 6:25:03 AM

Eagle grabs baby! - Jody - 12/19/2012 5:01:31 PM
- The eagle was too ambitious - mcfly - 12/20/2012 5:06:35 AM
  - Re: The eagle was too ambitious - Jody - 12/20/2012 1:09:31 PM
- Re: Eagle grabs baby! - Jody - 12/20/2012 2:48:23 AM
- I saw on TV where a huge eagle took a grown woman and a barrel of whiskey - FrankC - 12/20/2012 1:12:32 AM
  - Re: I saw on TV where a huge eagle took a grown woman and a barrel of whiskey - Jody - 12/20/2012 3:07:13 AM
    - Well, we don't really know... - MaryAnne - 12/20/2012 3:38:10 AM
- Or not... - podrock - 12/20/2012 12:16:31 AM
- I'm skeptical. - alcaray - 12/19/2012 9:19:25 PM
  - You're correct. - MaryAnne - 12/20/2012 12:39:27 AM
  - Its possible. Babies are yummy, although they are heavier than they look. - ER - 12/19/2012 10:56:04 PM

Santa's pipe is missing! - MaryAnne - 12/18/2012 1:24:11 AM
- Maybe he's smokin' some of that Yukon Yeller. - ER - 12/18/2012 3:04:35 AM
  - He'll be spending extra time in Washington and Colorado. - podrock - 12/18/2012 3:39:57 AM
    - Make sure there are LOTS of cookies. - ER - 12/18/2012 1:36:27 PM
- Re: Santa's pipe is missing! - Jody - 12/18/2012 2:13:25 AM

Quick Pineapple Pickle, or "Strong But Good" (originally from Comestible Zone) - MaryAnne - 12/17/2012 11:14:15 PM
- Re: Quick Pineapple Pickle, or "Strong But Good" - TB - 12/18/2012 12:44:27 AM
  - True! The rings take less time to drain. Depends where you want your advantage. - MaryAnne - 12/18/2012 12:54:28 AM

Antique car updates (literally) - TB - 12/17/2012 2:42:21 AM
- Hat's off to Leno - SteveS - 12/17/2012 6:45:42 PM

UK stumped by lost WWII coded message - RobVG - 11/24/2012 2:29:57 AM
- It says... - TB - 11/25/2012 5:01:16 PM
- So much for the 'link' function - RobVG - 11/24/2012 2:33:58 AM
  - 404 error - alcaray - 11/24/2012 3:16:16 AM
    - Sorry - RobVG - 11/24/2012 3:23:05 AM
      - Better image - RobVG - 11/24/2012 3:31:36 AM
    - RobVG stumped by lost uncoded Habitablezone message. - bowser - 11/24/2012 3:20:55 AM
      - That was good :) - RobVG - 11/24/2012 3:23:58 AM
        
        :-) Fascinating story, really. Clearly a one-time pad. - bowser - 11/24/2012 7:07:33 AM
        
        Block Cipher - RobVG - 11/25/2012 12:42:20 AM
        
        I think that's why the NSA has such large computers. - bowser - 11/25/2012 4:59:09 AM
        
        It's probably something very routine--- - ER - 11/24/2012 2:30:25 PM
        
        I wonder how they do that. - bowser - 11/24/2012 7:43:29 PM
        
        A feathered hero, Cher Ami: - podrock - 12/13/2012 1:53:10 AM
        
        Absolutely fascinating. - bowser - 12/13/2012 7:27:26 PM
        
        good points. - ER - 11/24/2012 8:31:46 PM

A short history of Western Man. - ER - 12/13/2012 1:38:24 PM

Rob's hot buttered rum (originally from Comestible Zone) - RobVG - 12/5/2012 3:56:13 AM
- Questions: - MaryAnne - 12/10/2012 11:08:35 PM
  - Answers - RobVG - 12/11/2012 12:44:43 AM
    - Thanks! - MaryAnne - 12/11/2012 1:35:58 AM
      - Thanks. And the orange is an excellent idea. I'll definitely give it a try. - RobVG - 12/11/2012 2:24:47 AM
  - Cut straight to the chase: - TB - 12/10/2012 11:14:54 PM
    - Christmas pie at my house is lemon meringue. - MaryAnne - 12/10/2012 11:30:23 PM
      - Met an English lady a few years ago. On the trail. - bowser - 12/12/2012 6:10:31 PM
        
        If the pie manufacturer uses Grade B eggs, and a lot of them do... - MaryAnne - 12/12/2012 11:14:55 PM
        
        Re: Met an English lady a few years ago. On the trail. - TB - 12/12/2012 6:30:07 PM
- I am feeding about 20 this Christmas. - FrankC - 12/6/2012 8:19:52 AM
  - Re: I am feeding about 20 this Christmas. - TB - 12/12/2012 6:32:10 PM
    - But can you drink it hot? - MaryAnne - 12/12/2012 11:16:24 PM
      - I was introduced to warm apple cider in VT, yummm - FrankC - 12/13/2012 12:26:28 AM
  - Feeding 20. - bowser - 12/12/2012 6:16:31 PM
    - Not as hard as it sounds - FrankC - 12/13/2012 12:18:20 AM
    - Thanksgiving at my Nana's - MaryAnne - 12/12/2012 11:01:25 PM
  - Whatever you do, don't use rum flavoring. Plain nasty in anything. - MaryAnne - 12/10/2012 10:52:04 PM
  - My mom was a serious lightweight but... - alcaray - 12/9/2012 8:54:28 PM
    - My dear Alice does the salt thing routinely (and lots of other stuff) without a drop to drink. - FrankC - 12/13/2012 12:32:43 AM
- Re: Rob's hot buttered rum - Jody - 12/6/2012 2:53:50 AM
- I've always hated alcohol served hot. - alcaray - 12/5/2012 6:11:40 AM
- I'm no drinker, but that looks good without the rum. - bowser - 12/5/2012 5:18:36 AM
- Save the rum. We'll need it for currency. - TB - 12/5/2012 4:20:05 AM
  - Sounds like you need that drink now, Tom. - Robert - 12/5/2012 7:46:54 AM

The Falcon and the Snowman (originally from Mysteries of the Multiverse) - RobVG - 12/11/2012 4:01:49 PM
- Well, they did disintegrate or perhaps metamorphosis is a better adjective - FrankC - 12/12/2012 10:47:13 AM
  - I've often wondered what a new US civil war would look like. - ER - 12/12/2012 1:35:34 PM
    - bleeding Kansas from coast to coast - FrankC - 12/12/2012 10:45:20 PM
- If the USSR disintegrated...then who are THEM? - ER - 12/11/2012 5:06:33 PM

Odd Links of the Day - TB - 12/12/2012 6:42:10 PM

On the interstate, nobody knows you're a dog. - TB - 12/11/2012 4:16:30 AM

And now, a relaxing interlude... - TB - 12/10/2012 7:08:43 PM
- Re: And now, a relaxing interlude... - Jody - 12/10/2012 7:28:56 PM
  - No problem. - TB - 12/10/2012 7:40:11 PM
    - Re: No problem. - Jody - 12/10/2012 11:01:26 PM
      - Not them. They've been drinking my pond water. - TB - 12/10/2012 11:13:03 PM

Report to home base: - johannes - 12/10/2012 7:45:46 PM

Eat a banana for muscle cramps. - johannes - 12/8/2012 4:37:08 AM
- The fellow in the video is trying to sell a book. - alcaray - 12/8/2012 9:26:52 AM
  - He is a nuclear engineer and - johannes - 12/8/2012 8:59:24 PM
    - Link test - johannes - 12/9/2012 6:33:05 PM
    - Please. - alcaray - 12/8/2012 9:07:42 PM
- Or take calcium, not carbonate. - bowser - 12/8/2012 5:32:57 AM

Motion lamps - ER - 12/9/2012 3:10:30 AM
- I had crystal sets. - bowser - 12/9/2012 5:41:33 AM
- I recall seeing them but I never had one. - alcaray - 12/9/2012 5:37:21 AM
- Here ya go... - TB - 12/9/2012 4:35:17 AM
  - That looks like the exact same model I had. - ER - 12/9/2012 5:30:45 PM

The Tonkin Gulf Incident - ER - 12/8/2012 2:44:30 AM
- I know a fellow who was present at an interesting recounting of that event. - bowser - 12/8/2012 4:48:14 AM
  - After I wrote my little essay, I read the Wikipedia article on the Tonkin Gulf Incident. - ER - 12/8/2012 3:18:34 PM
    - As an aside, that's an interesting submachine gun he has there. - bowser - 12/9/2012 12:24:18 AM
      - I noticed that. - ER - 12/9/2012 3:26:00 AM
        
        That photo was taken in the 50's I think. - bowser - 12/9/2012 5:39:13 AM
        
        another pointless military digression related to colored tracers - ER - 12/9/2012 4:19:47 PM

The Blitz interactive bombing map - TB - 12/8/2012 3:19:48 AM

Is there a link between - johannes - 12/6/2012 1:04:20 AM
- I don't think you can link everything which goes up with something which goes down. - bowser - 12/6/2012 4:05:04 AM
  - You may be right - johannes - 12/6/2012 5:15:53 AM
    - if background radiation was increasing significantly it would be big scientific news. - alcaray - 12/6/2012 7:05:36 AM
      - Not necessarily news. - johannes - 12/6/2012 6:19:38 PM
        
        It is easily measurable. You can measure it yourself if you want to spend on some equipment. - alcaray - 12/6/2012 8:52:37 PM
        
        Something seems to be happening all around the world but. - johannes - 12/7/2012 1:08:46 AM
        
        Seems to be a cottage industry. - alcaray - 12/7/2012 4:52:26 AM
        
        The information comes from many people around the world. - johannes - 12/7/2012 9:31:34 PM
- Only if you stand too close. - alcaray - 12/6/2012 1:17:49 AM

Planetfall - ER - 12/7/2012 1:28:54 PM

Anyone remember who said this? - FrankC - 11/30/2012 9:22:36 PM
- The Invisible Man. n/t - ER - 11/30/2012 10:28:34 PM
  - yes, of course google makes questions like this no fun. not that you didn't know it without looking. - FrankC - 12/1/2012 12:51:20 AM
    - I cannot tell a lie. I Googled it. - ER - 12/1/2012 1:25:19 AM
      - I read the book many years ago and I have forgotten most of it - FrankC - 12/6/2012 8:02:08 AM
      - I cannot tell a lie - I did not Google it! - bowser - 12/2/2012 6:13:52 AM
      - I Googled it. - ER - 12/1/2012 1:54:35 AM
- Re: Anyone remember who said this? - TB - 11/30/2012 9:28:48 PM

The Song Remains The Same.... - BuckGalaxy - 12/4/2012 2:21:20 AM
- Robert Plant looks pretty respectable in a tuxedo. - ER - 12/4/2012 9:23:29 PM

My view on dialogue, for Jody et al. - johannes - 12/2/2012 9:05:07 PM
- Gravity does not "originate in a curved space-time". - alcaray - 12/2/2012 11:25:58 PM
  - Perhaps your explanation is better. - johannes - 12/3/2012 4:27:30 AM
    - I keep telling myself to stop feeding the troll... - alcaray - 12/3/2012 6:14:24 AM
      - Confusing info - johannes - 12/4/2012 1:29:37 AM
        
        Space-time is pretty much the functional make-up of the universe we live in. - alcaray - 12/4/2012 2:08:09 AM
- Re: My view on dialogue, for Jody et al. - Jody - 12/2/2012 10:57:15 PM
  - Perhaps your explanation is better. - johannes - 12/3/2012 4:26:33 AM
    - Should have been under alcaray’s post. - johannes - 12/3/2012 4:29:30 AM
  - I have noticed the frustration from others, mostly concerning politics. - johannes - 12/3/2012 4:24:41 AM
    - Re: I have noticed the frustration from others, mostly concerning politics. - Jody - 12/3/2012 6:37:23 PM
      - Observers, aren’t we all. - johannes - 12/4/2012 1:27:15 AM

Stupider - BuckGalaxy - 12/1/2012 7:55:49 AM
- Re: Stupider - Jody - 12/1/2012 2:41:33 PM

So.....do you think a *replicator* would solve the world's problems??? - Jody - 11/30/2012 5:24:49 PM
- Not at all - FrankC - 11/30/2012 9:37:08 PM
  - Our future in 3D - TB - 11/30/2012 10:21:37 PM
    - Has there been any progress in 3d printers - ER - 11/30/2012 11:20:26 PM
      - The build-up devices I've actually seen operate worked with at least two different materials. - TB - 11/30/2012 11:42:58 PM
- Are you talking about a Star Trek replicator? - RobVG - 11/30/2012 5:49:26 PM
  - "...there would be serious economic consequences." - ER - 11/30/2012 6:11:46 PM
  - Re: Are you talking about a Star Trek replicator? - Jody - 11/30/2012 5:54:51 PM
    - ST replicator tech was based on transporter physics. - ER - 12/1/2012 1:34:50 AM

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