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The Hebrew teacher says to her class, "We have recently been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Bible times. But, there is a higher power. Can anybody tell me what it is?" "Aces," says Sarah.

Nothing stopping them telling someone else the winning numbers.

What do you mean by 'clutterd desk top? I've just counted my icons, only got 225 on desktop.... If i could find the recycling can among them, I could delete a few.

Is this any better?

there's still a lot of stuff on his site. N gauge progress here, https://djmodels.co.uk/n-gauge-product-update If he's having to live off of what came in, then that is a regular expenditure of, say 2K/month roughly. This could be equivalent to Initial crowdfunding payments for, say 10 models per month, then say trip to China, maybe an additional 20 models. It does not take long for all the crowdfunding income to be spent - he did say you wouldn't get it back!

Many years ago, when I was a mere whipper-snapper, I bought some currant buns from the local bakers. My mum cut them in half to butter them, and found a fly in one of them. She sent me back to complain. The baker apologised and gave me a replacement currant.

A cowboy appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. "Have you ever done anything of particular merit?" St. Peter asked. "Well, I can think of one thing," the cowboy offered. "On a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of bikers who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest and most tattooed biker and smacked him in the face, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled, 'Now, back off or I'll kick the out of all of you!'" St. Peter was impressed, "When did this happen?" "Couple of minutes ago."

wind/rain blowing on a door opening outwards tends to seal it tighter against the frame. Opening a door which opens inwards , it'll get wrenched out of your hands if there's a gale. Internal doors were hinged to obscure the person entering the room, e.g. did not open back against a wall, but then they used to put skirts around table/chair legs...

Bonfire of the Vanities

Bacon

If you've seen any of Boston Dynamics stuff, you'll maybe like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKjCWfuvYxQ follow up on their site to see how it was made.

nothing wrong with Chlorinated chicken https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/buying-and-supplying/food-safety/chlorinated-chicken-explained-why-do-the-americans-treat-their-poultry-with-chlorine/555618.article and as for water injection into bacon, etc., we're up there with the rest of 'em. Engineered meat, anyone?

get a dog.

well, easy enough to make a bit better -

here you go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5IKthNYhVY

once upon a time, there were two bears... now look how many there are.

come on, CK, say what you really think

you could get a phone with a reasonable camera, and not install a sim. a cheap charger in the car will keep it charged, when needed. Genuine Canon info lithium batteries communicate with the charger and the camera, and have fairly extensive protection built in - cheap knockoffs do not. Maybe a camera that will take AA cells, say