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GBaby wrote:
Two unidentified carbon-based transportation units detected in sector R-27. Horsepower for each unit estimated to be approximately one. Operators appear to be very serious individuals. No relevant instructions on dealing with this situation found. Shutting down until relevant instructions are received.
I was wondering how many bhp a horse can produce and I found this helpful explanation:

"In fact, the maximum output of a horse can be up to 15 horsepower, [but] when you average the output of a horse over the course of a work day it ends up being around a horsepower. [...] James Watt chose to compare his engine, which was capable of sustaining it's power output for a full day, to a horse's average power output over a day."
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Boston.
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Also Boston.
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And one more for good measure.
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I must have walked by this trash at the back of someones house almost every day for the past 5 years.

Only today did I see this face in the glass.

Spooky.
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I must have walked by this trash at the back of someones house almost every day for the past 5 years.

Only today did I see this face in the glass.

Spooky.
Eerie!
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In all honesty I actually don't know what it is, Sure it's glass but it doesn't look like a promotion. It looks like someone's wife or partner.

If you want to romanticise it it's probably a ghost whose trying to tell me who the killer is but it did freak me out a little because I've never seen it before.

I'll make a bet that the image isn't there tomorrow.
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In all honesty I actually don't know what it is, Sure it's glass but it doesn't look like a promotion. It looks like someone's wife or partner.

If you want to romanticise it it's probably a ghost whose trying to tell me who the killer is but it did freak me out a little because I've never seen it before.

I'll make a bet that the image isn't there tomorrow.
It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge ...
It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge ...
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Is anybody in the neighborhood missing?
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I'll ask tomorrow.

If of course she's there..............
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On the local bottle shop.

Don't see many disclaimers on regular buildings.

Surprisingly there weren't any drunk kiwis trying to hold the wall up by leaning against it as they puked
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While traveling through Anselmo, Nebraska (Pop 145) about an hour ago, I spotted what is apparently a pole-mounted exterior communication device.

It wouldn't function unless a specific number and sized small metal discs were inserted into an orifice on its face. Ingenious! Why aren't there more of these?
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Why do they hate superman?
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Bill Dog wrote:
I must have walked by this trash at the back of someones house almost every day for the past 5 years.

Only today did I see this face in the glass.

Spooky.
Im getting a Phil Collins vibe from it. Younger Phil albeit.
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Are we talking No Jacket Required or Face Value ?
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Either way he's calling out to me!
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All in on hi-viz. Funny, first couple of comments were on the guy's chain. Laughing emoticon
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Well, Shazam! That was special.
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Had a group of toddlers over for playtime.
One of the parents opened the cheese box (blues, brie, camembert, fresh goat cheese et al, no colby) from the fridge for a snack.
Another parent said in a sing song voice " I think someone needs a nappy change."
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One of the parents opened the cheese box (blues, brie, camembert, fresh goat cheese et al, no colby) from the fridge for a snack.
Rather rude, innit?
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Rather rude, innit?
Yeah. Who doesn't bring inoffensive Colby?
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Woke up to this at 1:30am. Mind you, we live in a culdesac in the suburbs.

My wife said maybe they were trying to outrun the police and didn't realize it was a dead end.

To which I replied if they were trying to outrun the police in a U-Haul box truck, they are idiots and got what they deserved.

By 2:45 they had cuffed them and hauled them and the truck away and you'd never know anything happened.
???
???
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Looking at a news story about motorcyclists injured after hitting a 6 foot alligator.

Definitely Florida, but what's, wild is the gators face is obscured. Maybe still notifying next of kin?
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"Tastes like chicken..."
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Realizing that the tiny bumblebee I saw buzzing around some of the flowers in my garden...is actually ginormously gargantuan compared to some even more minuscule pollinators.
"Excuse me, is this flower taken, or do you have room for one more at the counter?"
"Excuse me, is this flower taken, or do you have room for one more at the counter?"
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A lady asked me today if I was a dog trainer because of the length of my beard.

Clue ? Anyone ?
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Sticker I need to have on the Stella.
Thundarr!
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seamus26 wrote:
Sticker I need to have on the Stella.
I loved that show!!
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Something strange is going on in my Hometown.

I walk daily through the Town Center at around 9am and each day when I pass by a particular Bank there's an employee that stands opposite the premises on the other side of the street, but rather than go in when it opens they stand there and face the building.

Nothing strange about that you might ask, but each day it's a different employee and each day they will stand in exactly the same spot which is to the left of a lampost.

They don't enter when the doors open. They just stand there.

It's kind of weird.
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Bill Dog wrote:
Something strange is going on in my Hometown.
...
Waiting for you to try and rob it. They know your type
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Bill Dog wrote:
Something strange is going on in my Hometown.

I walk daily through the Town Center at around 9am and each day when I pass by a particular Bank there's an employee that stands opposite the premises on the other side of the street, but rather than go in when it opens they stand there and face the building.

Nothing strange about that you might ask, but each day it's a different employee and each day they will stand in exactly the same spot which is to the left of a lampost.

They don't enter when the doors open. They just stand there.


If it's a daily thing only when the bank opens, one can only assume it's a security thing perhaps?

It's kind of weird.
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Half off damaged / melted Easter Bunnies at the C>R.A.P. Store.
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Oh I've got to get me one of those.
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I was in Target today buying pack of replacement brush heads for my electric toothbrush. It must be classified as an electronic item because the self-checkout prompted if I wanted to purchase a four year warranty care plan on the brush heads…

So if I'm supposed to change my toothbrush head regularly, does that mean I get free ones for four years?
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Shebalba wrote:
So if I'm supposed to change my toothbrush head regularly, does that mean I get free ones for four years?
I think you should definitely put that to the test.
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Goes and checks bathroom cabinet.

Yes we do have 4 years worth of toothbrushes, we're ready for the apocalypse.

For a while there we had six brushes out for the four of us. I sat my kids down for a serious talk and asked them who was hiding in the house.
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