Ichthypresbyter

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by Ichthypresbyter 2mo ago
He was saying 35-40 mph on small rural roads.
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by Ichthypresbyter 2mo ago
>They could use a Japanese kei truck. I was hearing elsenet from someone who was planning to buy a Japanese kei truck until he borrowed one. Apparently with more than about 300 lb in the bed they feel dangerous to drive- combination of i
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by Ichthypresbyter 6mo ago
British Airways certainly made a profit from Concorde, which was operated by a separate division of the company. I don't know if (then state-owned) Air France did.
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by Ichthypresbyter 6mo ago
In the extended edition of Two Towers they show him in a flashback of Gondor retaking Osgiliath. It's not a particularly flattering portrayal- the military success is shown as belonging to Boromir more than Denethor- but at least it sh
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by Ichthypresbyter 6mo ago
FEHB plans would also have this incentive. I think at least historically Federal employees didn't switch employers as much (though job-hopping between agencies happens), but more importantly if you retire from the Federal government yo
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
Got it in one!
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
My favorite diner is just off an Interstate exit in Connecticut. I'm pretty sure it opened after the Interstate highway was built. Whenever I'm in there, it seems busy. Part of the USP is that it's open 24/7 (something i
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
>a cop train https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e6/55/f9/e655f9c6ae124664ad5c...
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
As opposed to the story about the person who leaves their unwanted furniture outside with a sign reading "Free- Please Take". It sits there undisturbed for a week. Then they replace the sign with one that reads "$10- put cash
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
They do if you drive over a stinger (or perhaps a sufficiently large number of nails or other sharp objects).
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
AIUI a Catholic monk who is also an ordained priest is addressed as Father not Brother (certainly this is true of the Dominicans I've met). I think this is also true for Orthodox monks. I'm not sure if there's a Christian den
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
Why would a flock of birds large enough to be ingested by both engines of a two-engined plane not also be large enough to be ingested by all four engines of a four-engined plane?
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
Of course William Tell was a crossbowman so could hold his bow at full draw for as long as he liked.
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
Reminds me of the Catholic friend who once told me that he had done IT support for every Catholic religious order with a presence in the city where he lived, except two. The Carthusians didn't use computers, and the Jesuits didn't
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
How do IP addresses work with cell towers? The WiFi where I work doesn't allow personal devices to connect, but there's reasonable 5G.
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
>Not only does the system know exactly where you are at every moment, it knows who your friends are, what they are interested in, and who you are spending time with This actually makes sense of an anecdote a colleague uses to say that he
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
> London Zoo penguins were fed “slivers of cat meat dipped in cod-liver oil.” I'm fairly sure this is a mistake and is supposed to be "cat's meat"- in other words, cheap poor-quality meat sold as cat food, rather than
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
>Posh = not from round here. Perhaps the best example of that is that, as one of the linked maps [0] says, both British people who rhyme "scone" with "gone" and those who rhyme it with "alone" think that the
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
The big issue AIUI is die-cut cardboard. The vast majority of modern board games come with several sheets of it to punch out small pieces (think coins or victory point chips). Producing these (and other game components) requires specialized
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
Rowing had the sliding rigger boat which was banned in international competition within a year of first being used. (In a normal racing rowing boat, the athlete sits on a sliding seat, while their shoes and the rigger with the oarlock are f
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by Ichthypresbyter 1y ago
Here's a museum catalogue entry [0] of a very similar object which the museum calls a fire mark. The Licensed Victuallers' Association was a mutual benefit society for pub landlords. As well as operating institutions like schools
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by Ichthypresbyter 2y ago
The same thing that serfdom has to do with monarchy. In other words, nothing.
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by Ichthypresbyter 2y ago
Or to a slave in a Republic (whether that's the Confederacy, Rome or Athens).
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by Ichthypresbyter 2y ago
AIUI that requirement can be met with vision corrected to 20/20 by glasses.
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by Ichthypresbyter 2y ago
Sorry, I got confused- it's the professor who stays with an uncle as a child in The Magician's Nephew.
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by Ichthypresbyter 2y ago
>the privilege of being sent to the country during a dangerous time. Children of all social classes were evacuated- the slum child evacuated to a prosperous country farmhouse is practically a trope, while some children of wealthy familie
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by Ichthypresbyter 2y ago
That's another problem, particularly out West (but also in Vermont). Most ski resorts operate at least partly on public land such as national forests. The relevant land management agencies, particularly the Forest Service, have been ex
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by Ichthypresbyter 2y ago
Posting from the perspective of an American East Coast skier: An interesting question is whether what is happening is loss or consolidation? In other words, while there are fewer ski resorts in the US, is the total size of the remaining res
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by Ichthypresbyter 2y ago
In the Netherlands and Flanders the week-long school break in late February/early March is called the Krokusvakantie (crocus vacation).
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by Ichthypresbyter 2y ago
They were already able to perceive polarized light [0], like many other arthropods, though AFAIK it's not clear what they normally use this perception for. [0] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317167346_Head

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