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Retirement home Spirit cover -- yeah, we had better music. ER July 26, 2025 7:31 am (Off-Topic)

♫ I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it's too late ♫ BuckGalaxy July 22, 2025 1:32 pm (Off-Topic)

How Groupthink Protected Biden and Re-elected Trump, or put another way... BuckGalaxy July 19, 2025 2:32 pm (Flame)

just passin' thru... ER July 16, 2025 2:08 pm (Space/Science)

Why Trump Can’t Shake Jeffrey Epstein BuckGalaxy July 18, 2025 8:07 pm (CurrentEvents)

Colbert cancelled. ER July 17, 2025 8:20 pm (CurrentEvents)

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Someone was thinking outside the box on this one. FN-90 by bowser February 8, 2012 5:27 pm

Last WWI Veteran dies by TB February 7, 2012 12:59 pm

The Girl in the window by Jody February 6, 2012 9:46 pm

It's only the kindness and humanity of people like the family that took in Dani that can make up for ... by ER 2012-02-07 07:05:55
I was hoping for a Hollywood ending. n/t by RobVG 2012-02-06 23:08:39

Da Vinci quote I had never seen (for our writers) by FrankC February 6, 2012 1:34 pm

Shark Summer by ER February 2, 2012 7:19 pm

Great story. Demything sharks has been a long, long project. And now a more sordid story. A ... by bowser 2012-02-02 20:18:56
- I'm not squeamish about killing, especially fish. We all have to eat, and we can't learn about living things ... by ER 2012-02-02 22:00:43
  - I was not thinking about fishing for food, I was more thinking about capturing 4 or 5 sharks knowing most ... by bowser 2012-02-03 12:11:55
    - At the time, it never occurred to me. Now, I'm having second thoughts. Still, the sharks were harvested ... by ER 2012-02-03 14:44:45

Feel free to use image as needed by FrankC February 2, 2012 12:31 pm

Thank you, Frank. I will use that image when I need to. I'm reminded of the Mona Lisa, ... by bowser 2012-02-03 12:01:52
- Nothing personal taken. If you are serious in your puzzlement. The picture comes from Star Wars and the Emperor Palpatine encouraging ... by FrankC 2012-02-03 13:48:53
OWWWW!!! by Jody 2012-02-02 14:27:46

Politics as Literature by ER February 1, 2012 6:05 pm

Kubrick's "The Shining": cracking the code by TB January 30, 2012 10:11 pm

Also Sprach Zarathustra by ER 2012-02-01 05:14:55
Having seen "Dr. Strangelove" I looked forward to a fairly tight, logical movie. About the time of the hedge ... by bowser 2012-01-31 23:25:48
- I really don't understand what the fuss is all about. I found "Shining" to be completely entertaining, but not ... by ER 2012-02-01 05:44:42
oh my gah! Poor Mr. Kubrick. by alcaray 2012-01-31 02:30:23

What are y'all doing for National Signing Day? by FrankC January 31, 2012 5:54 pm

Roll Tide!!!! by Jody 2012-01-31 18:07:17
- Bless you sweetie! by FrankC 2012-01-31 18:56:11

Tell me if you've heard this one... by TB January 29, 2012 9:28 pm

Timing is everything... by FrankC 2012-01-29 22:31:39
They were a randy bunch! by bowser 2012-01-29 22:13:26

Question of the Day... by TB January 29, 2012 5:30 pm

I don't think Abbott and Costello have anything to do with the Grateful Dead, but they obviously had a great ... by ER 2012-01-29 19:43:08

Science question about explosions by alcaray January 26, 2012 4:16 pm

For gunpowder without residue the weight of the gas will be the volume of the powder. However, the weight ... by bowser 2012-01-27 00:18:26
- How can the weight of something equal the volume of something else? The units aren't comparable. by alcaray 2012-01-27 00:39:18
  - At the risk of putting words in Bowser's mouth, what I think he means is that a certain weight of ... by ER 2012-01-27 07:05:43
    - Exactly. The weight of a solid will equal the weight of the gas into which it is turned. ... by bowser 2012-01-27 12:09:24
      - The amount of gas produced by the 9mm bullet charge I described will occupy about a pint at STP, ... by ER 2012-01-27 14:28:44
I can't give you a straight answer, but I can give you some real thermodynamic run-around! The energy for the ... by ER 2012-01-26 18:36:44
- PS Just for a quick cocktail-napkin calculation--assume 1 gram of carbon propellant combines with oxygen to form CO2. I ... by ER 2012-01-26 18:54:17
  - 6.023 x 10 2 the 23rd n/t by RobVG 2012-01-26 21:14:16
    - Avocado's number! by ER 2012-01-27 06:49:17

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