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Rome seems to be littered with badly maintained/neglected scooters. It's not unusual to see a seat badly eroded with a large patch of foam sticking through. This one was a winner, though...apparently covered with a tarp, which long ago decayed enough to have rather fallen away revealing the Vespa it was supposed to protect. Looks totally abandoned to me. If it was a POS scooter, it would be one thing, but why cover it in the first place?
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Re: Mystery
fledermaus wrote:
Rome seems to be littered with badly maintained/neglected scooters. It's not unusual to see a seat badly eroded with a large patch of foam sticking through. This one was a winner, though...apparently covered with a tarp, which long ago decayed enough to have rather fallen away revealing the Vespa it was supposed to protect. Looks totally abandoned to me. If it was a POS scooter, it would be one thing, but why cover it in the first place?
What better cover for an awesome scooter?
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Re: Mystery
Madison Sully wrote:
What better cover for an awesome scooter?
Probably a great theft deterrent.
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Treppenwitz wrote:
My company makes the satellites and launch vehicles for my country's space program. We also run the ground control station once they are in orbit.

I watched the launch of our 10th Satellite early yesterday.

The 'weird shit' part of it was that I watched it being launched westward; the opposite direction of every other satellite launch in the world.

Every other space capable country in the world launches their rockets eastward to take advantage of the earth's rotation. Since we don't want to raise tensions with any of our neighbors to the east, we launch in the opposite direction (west towards the Mediterranean, just south of Aviator47's house) - using a MUCH more powerful rocket engine - to escape the grip of earth's gravity.

Truth be told, it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Big rocket engines make for some really cool viewing!!!
this makes a whole lot of sense. Would not take a whole lot of provocation to make the poo hit the fan.
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mpfrank wrote:
Edumakated wrote:
I went to a Walmart in the middle of Kentucky. All I have to say is the one I went to has to be the location they get all those pictures for the People of Walmart website.
I made the huge mistake of going to that site.

Bleh emoticon Bleh emoticon Bleh emoticon Bleh emoticon Bleh emoticon

[looking for eyewash]
Whats wrong with Kentucky? They are a very nice family.
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Re: Lens
andyscooter wrote:
Bill Dog wrote:
I found a pair of sunglasses on my front door step yesterday.

I don't own any sunglasses.

Bill xxx
I caught a pair on my last fishing trip
I did that too. Snatched them right off my dad's face and cast them in the Gulf. Dad wasn't amused.
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Kinesthetic learning
In a training class this week. The staff put pipe cleaners on the tables for the equivalent of doodling while listening to lectures.

I must have scooters on my mind.
And Moose.
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I never thought of using pipe cleaners for doodling! I thought they were cat toys!! What an excellent idea!!
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Location: in the blue ridge mountains of Virginia... on the trail of the lonesome pine..."
 
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Interesting how you doodled a two wheel awesome scooter. 😉
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stickyfrog wrote:
Saw this on my way to work this morning. Any ideas?
Looks like head for a rotary dredge.
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Had a FB friend give me this , said he had to go around the block a couple times and think about it before
He got a picture.
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Molto Verboso
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Scooter2013 wrote:
Had a FB friend give me this , said he had to go around the block a couple times and think about it before
He got a picture.
Looks like a future Darwin award winner.
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That site makes me glad i live in Hawaii. Laughing emoticon I forget where this happened but a mayor of a city somewhere wanted to close the towns walmart because they've had hundreds of 911 calls to disturbances there . Wha? emoticon Consider it a menace to society Laughing emoticon
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So we've been getting a bunch of rain from hurricane Kilo. Yesterday we got almost 6in and a street in Waikiki got flooded which included a under the building garage. Here's what the fireman found when they went to pump it out. A school of Talipia. The garage wasn't near a stream or the beach.
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Tilapia... Also known as Houdini fish 😉
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F dinner also. Didn't know that. Thanks
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judy wrote:
F dinner also. Didn't know that. Thanks
I was just kidding 😊

They know magic since they randomly appeared. Magical fishes!
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My mother used to be convinced that it rained fish in Florida. As a kid, she used to winter in Pinellas Park when it was a small town. When the dry drainage ditches filled up with water after a heavy rain, you could catch fish in them.

Her aunt told her that it rained fish down there, and she thoroughly believed that for many years.
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They probably came up the storm drain. I like you guys theories tho. Laughing emoticon
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More funny than weird.
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Here's another one. My friend mowing one of the lawns in the rain. Wha? emoticon Raining harder now with ponding. I've seen a lot of things done in the rain but mowing isn't one of them. Maybe he needs his meds changed (kidding) Razz emoticon Raining harder than it looks.
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6666 depending on how the blades turn its not a bad thing


my mate used to be a grounds man for a sports club he had to mow the football pitches on Friday whatever as the pitches had to be ready for Saturdays matches

if it was raining he had a mower that ran backwards so instead of knocking the grass down it lifted it and cut it
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A hadn't thought of that. I'll tell him and see if mows in the rain backwards next time. with our lawn mower. Laughing emoticon
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A guy in a brain bucket helmet, on a big HD with long ape hanger handlebars wearing a business suit and tie.
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ckaiserca wrote:
A guy in a brain bucket helmet, on a big HD with long ape hanger handlebars wearing a business suit and tie.
A man can dream.
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Where do the bad guys go?
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zombies-nyc wrote:
Where do the bad guys go?
That's HILARIOUS! I'd have to see it in person and check it out for authenticity to actually believe it...
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I guess it's not really 'weird shit' but had to share anyways.
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Tigger808 wrote:
zombies-nyc wrote:
Where do the bad guys go?
That's HILARIOUS! I'd have to see it in person and check it out for authenticity to actually believe it...
Oh it's real. Real small. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-testing-smart-cars-replace-scooters-article-1.2110959
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My sister sent this to me. Had to laugh. With her permission posting it here.

She lives in Seattle. Her medical provider sent this message. Think someone needs to revise their spell check....
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Issaquah isn't that slow a neighborhood, tho I haven't been there in a while ... R
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my wife wants to know why she's getting mammography at the animal shelter
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I love Google Voice. It takes the most boring messages and makes them hilarious.
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xantufrog wrote:
my wife wants to know why she's getting mammography at the animal shelter
I was wondering that too, at least around here the SPCA stands for:
Society to Prevent Cruelty to Animals
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kshansen wrote:
xantufrog wrote:
my wife wants to know why she's getting mammography at the animal shelter
I was wondering that too, at least around here the SPCA stands for:
Society to Prevent Cruelty to Animals
That's part of the puzzle. We're still laughing.
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I grew up in Issaquah and I'm not familiar with the dead neighborhood. Perhaps the cemetery? If it said it was Renton instead of Issaquah I would say that the van would be at Evergreen Cemetery. Probably right next to Jimi Hendrix's grave.
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Saw a guy this morning who looked to be around 60 years old.
He was walking into the supermarket. Yawn emoticon
He was wearing a red plaid button-down shirt. Snore emoticon
He was also wearing green plaid pajama pants. What The? emoticon

(Did I mention this was a 60 year old male, not a 14 year old girl?)

And blue suspenders. Goofy emoticon

Suspenders...to keep his pajama pants up. Wha? emoticon
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Of course
No belt loops on pjs.
OP
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Fill
Went to Hitchin today.

Saw a man in white suit with a white hat with short arms defecate and urinate into his own pants/trousers then walk into an off licence/liquor store.

I'm not going back to Hitchin.

Bill xxx
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Re: Fill
Bill Dog wrote:
Went to Hitchin today.

Saw a man in white suit with a white hat with short arms defecate and urinate into his own pants/trousers then walk into an off licence/liquor store.

I'm not going back to Hitchin.

Bill xxx
Maybe his arms were too short to reach his belt buckle and zipper...
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