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Old 06-08-2017, 02:56 PM   #1576
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I was reading the rules for this crazy unpowered boat race starting today
The first leg is from Port Townsend WA 40 miles to Victoria BC.
The second leg is from Victoria BC, 710 miles to Ketchikan AK.
Anyway, in the rules was this chart of battery life that I thought interesting
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Old 06-08-2017, 08:40 PM   #1577
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battery chart interesting.

race on the other hand is insane.

no engines, no support teams, ready, go.

first place, $10,000. Second place, a set of steak knives.

this year they have three paddleboard entrants. W . T . F .
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Old 06-09-2017, 12:42 AM   #1578
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The Nukes are coming, the Nukes are coming, and it won't be over till it's over over here.
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Old 06-10-2017, 11:23 AM   #1579
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Bummer of a birthmark, Hal.
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Old 06-10-2017, 11:49 AM   #1580
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Ha! blast from the past
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Old 06-12-2017, 01:08 PM   #1581
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Wow. Says 1986 in the corner. That is definitely The Past.
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Old 06-14-2017, 03:47 PM   #1582
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Tracking the emojis used on Twitter before and after the appearance on the gun.
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Old 06-15-2017, 06:47 PM   #1583
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People shedding cable TV.
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Old 06-15-2017, 09:38 PM   #1584
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We got rid of ours--and also our land line--maybe six months ago. Haven't missed it.
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Old 06-15-2017, 10:37 PM   #1585
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Wow. Says 1986 in the corner. That is definitely The Past.
Well, yeah. The Golden Age of The Far Side. Who here wasn't a fan then, I ask you?

Excellent detective work, by the way, well done. It's exactly as I remember it.
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Old 06-15-2017, 11:31 PM   #1586
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Larson retired on 1-01-95, that's 22.5 years ago and his cartoons are still popular.
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Old 06-21-2017, 02:44 PM   #1587
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Oil prices are down. Gas prices are up.
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Old 06-22-2017, 11:20 PM   #1588
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A guy was unhappy with Comcast because he was paying for 150 Mbps and not getting it so he set up an automatic system to tweet every hour if it dropped below 50 Mbps, just 1/3rd of what he was paying for.

The FCC reports each year on internet service provided to panelists (the 12000 people monitored by Samknows. I'm one). Samknows is a British company hired by the FCC to do this.
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Old 06-27-2017, 10:15 AM   #1590
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How much time the average person spends with whom during there lifetime.
Makes sense, early 20s carousing with friends drops off, so does your parents family as you start your own. Cow orkers fade after you retire, children head out to their future after you're 40, partners die off after 70, and alone sometimes by choice and sometimes by isolation.
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