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Yup. That's always been an annoyance. A coffee "cup" is 6 oz and it's bullshit.
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(I thought it was 5, not that it matters because its not fucking 8.)
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mister d wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:16 pm If things ever return to normal and we can worry about frivolous things again, I'm going to start a campaign against coffee makers measuring in false cups.
Yeah, makes the measurement meaningless.
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mister d wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:48 pm (I thought it was 5, not that it matters because its not fucking 8.)
I think my piece-of-shit coffeemaker uses 4-ounces as a cup.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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sancarlos wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:05 pm
mister d wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:16 pm If things ever return to normal and we can worry about frivolous things again, I'm going to start a campaign against coffee makers measuring in false cups.
Yeah, makes the measurement meaningless.
Which was Mr. Coffee's grand design.
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A_B wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:57 pm
sancarlos wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:05 pm
mister d wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:16 pm If things ever return to normal and we can worry about frivolous things again, I'm going to start a campaign against coffee makers measuring in false cups.
Yeah, makes the measurement meaningless.
Which was Mr. Coffee's grand design.
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Michael Jackson wrote only 4 of the 9 songs on Thriller.

I'd always thought he wrote them all.
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How many did Quincy write?
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Totally Kafkaesque
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My closest cousin's husband died in his sleep last night. No idea why, completely out of nowhere. He was 52.
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brian wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 4:42 pm My closest cousin's husband died in his sleep last night. No idea why, completely out of nowhere. He was 52.
That’s terrible. I’m sorry, Brian.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Sorry to hear that, Brian.
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govmentchedda wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:04 pm Sorry to hear that, Brian.
So sorry for your family’s loss.
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Sorry to hear, brian.
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Thanks. It's completely crazy. No idea how this could have happened.
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brian wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:39 pm Thanks. It's completely crazy. No idea how this could have happened.
Same thing happened to my wife's cousin a couple years ago. She was 42. To make it worse, after two autopsies and nearly a year no cause of death was able to be determined.
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GoodKarma wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:08 am
brian wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:39 pm Thanks. It's completely crazy. No idea how this could have happened.
Same thing happened to my wife's cousin a couple years ago. She was 42. To make it worse, after two autopsies and nearly a year no cause of death was able to be determined.
Yup. They never did figure out exactly how my 25yo nephew died in his sleep in March. (We couldn’t do the funeral b/c Covid but finally saw his mom on this month’s trip.)
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Damn. Sorry to hear that brian.
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I must've missed this earlier. So sad to hear, Brian.
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Can you walk into the public woods and take branches and logs that have already fallen off trees? Like is that some weird form of stealing or is it perfectly fine / helpful?
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mister d wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:01 am Can you walk into the public woods and take branches and logs that have already fallen off trees? Like is that some weird form of stealing or is it perfectly fine / helpful?
I'd avoid doing that. Technically it's stealing, and you shouldn't be altering a natural setting in any way.
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"Public woods" is pretty vague. Regs vary depending on the land designation. USFS
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Sabo wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:06 am
mister d wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:01 am Can you walk into the public woods and take branches and logs that have already fallen off trees? Like is that some weird form of stealing or is it perfectly fine / helpful?
I'd avoid doing that. Technically it's stealing, and you shouldn't be altering a natural setting in any way.
Downed wood provides ecological functions as part of a forest. So technically it’s a weird form of stealing - but taking a couple sticks or cones or something isn’t a big deal.

Around here the USFS issues firewood- and Christmas-tree-cutting permits so they can keep control over it.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Actual regulations notwithstanding, I think my judgement would depend on how much you're taking away. A walking stick, or like one cool-looking log, meh. If you're harvesting a season's worth of firewood or something, not cool!
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rass wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:03 pm Actual regulations notwithstanding, I think my judgement would depend on how much you're taking away. A walking stick, or like one cool-looking log, meh. If you're harvesting a season's worth of firewood or something, not cool!
This is it. You want to collect some leaves or specimens for a project or something that's one thing. Anything more you're violating "leave no trace".
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70 percent of all soccer balls are made in one town
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:50 am 70 percent of all soccer balls are made in one town
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Wow, that's crazy. Wish they explained why there are so many soccer ball factories in one town, but interesting to see the manufacturing process.
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Kinston High School in Kinston, NC was founded in 1970 when the two segregated high schools were combined. Since then, one in every 58 players on the Kinston High basketball team has been drafted or played in the NBA.
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I've been to Kinston! Mother Earth Brewing.
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Met a lot of people from Kinston in school. All seemed normal except for a 6-6 225lb athletic freak named Stackhouse but he was also a good guy from my interacitons.
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I sometimes drive though Kinston on the way to/from the beach. It's a sad town. It grew up on tobacco and textile manufacturing money that's just not coming back.
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Listening to the Robinhood Snacks podcast this morning. Some solid random facts
1.) One of their listeners plays women's pro hoops in Spain. Jersey has 13 logos on it including Queso El Pastor
2.) Kettering Town FC were the first club to wear sponsorship upon their shirts and it happened in 1976
3.) Kettering Town FC , were the leading FA Cup goal scorers of all time as of 2015
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:24 am Listening to the Robinhood Snacks podcast this morning. Some solid random facts
1.) One of their listeners plays women's pro hoops in Spain. Jersey has 13 logos on it including Queso El Pastor
2.) Kettering Town FC were the first club to wear sponsorship upon their shirts and it happened in 1976
3.) Kettering Town FC , were the leading FA Cup goal scorers of all time as of 2015
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sancarlos wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:44 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:24 am Listening to the Robinhood Snacks podcast this morning. Some solid random facts
1.) One of their listeners plays women's pro hoops in Spain. Jersey has 13 logos on it including Queso El Pastor
2.) Kettering Town FC were the first club to wear sponsorship upon their shirts and it happened in 1976
3.) Kettering Town FC , were the leading FA Cup goal scorers of all time as of 2015
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Andy Summers of The Police is older than Mick Jagger. I never would have guessed that.
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Shirley wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:44 pm Andy Summers of The Police is older than Mick Jagger. I never would have guessed that.
Funny. Also funny that he is about 9 years older than the other guys in the band.
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