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06 Aug 2017, 8:14 pm

that some things can never quite be mastered.



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06 Aug 2017, 8:34 pm

I've learned the difference between a scam artist and someone who's really in dire straits. I know not to give money to just anyone now, and not to let a scam artist use my bank account to cash her cheques. I've also learned to stand up to scam artists and home invaders. Another thing I've learned is not to question myself and not to feel that I have to go back to my old (fake British) ways if I run into trouble with someone's Jewish like that scam artist was.


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06 Aug 2017, 10:14 pm

auntblabby wrote:
that some things can never quite be mastered.

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quite frankly i can't master anything. every situation is different



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07 Aug 2017, 10:54 am

I learned that cats can act in very peculiar ways.


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07 Aug 2017, 11:07 am

That religious significance is totally arbitrary, and depends entirely on self interest.


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07 Aug 2017, 1:53 pm

For every human cell in the your body, there's 360 bacterial cells.


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08 Aug 2017, 2:05 am

that if you leave the whole house fan running all night [sucking cool night air inside the house], you can get the house cooled sufficient to button everything up at about 8AM and have the house remain cool until the late afternoon.



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08 Aug 2017, 3:50 am

How to put a file path in a word document footer. Just kill me now. :wink:


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08 Aug 2017, 4:10 am

...That there ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman. And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James. And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi. And there ain't no good chain gang. :) .


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08 Aug 2017, 11:14 am

that breathing in too much smoke-laden air contributes to a sore throat and a cough.



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16 Aug 2017, 2:01 am

I learned that there are Douglas DC-3 planes still flying today, more than 80 years after they were first made. 8O

The DC-3 is one of the most revolutionary aircraft ever made. They were produced from around 1935–1945 (including military variants like the C-47), and thousands of the planes were used in commercial flights or as military transports during WWII. It was the first aeroplane to make commercial passenger aviation profitable, and it's a testament to the plane's sturdy, adaptable design that they are still used to this day.

In New Zealand there's at least one airline that has it in active service: Air Chathams, a small regional airline that runs a DC-3 plane on its Auckland–Whakatane passenger route in summer months, along with charter flights at other times. The plane itself was made in 1945, and has been in service with both the Royal NZ Air Force and for passenger services around the Pacific. Good grief, I might have to book a flight while it's still around. :D


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16 Aug 2017, 7:22 am

When you have OCD, don't go through all your obsessions to make sure they're gone when you're feeling better :( .


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18 Aug 2017, 6:38 pm

I learnt about Charles ii of Spain. He was the last of the Habsburg line; he was heavily inbred, he was ret*d, bald by the age of 30, heavily disfigured, senile by 35, incontinent, impotent...thats why inbreeding is a really bad idea.


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18 Aug 2017, 6:43 pm

Murihiku wrote:
In New Zealand there's at least one airline that has it in active service: Air Chathams, a small regional airline that runs a DC-3 plane on its Auckland–Whakatane passenger route in summer months, along with charter flights at other times. The plane itself was made in 1945, and has been in service with both the Royal NZ Air Force and for passenger services around the Pacific. Good grief, I might have to book a flight while it's still around. :D
Cool! I love airplanes with round motors!
Ah, they do have photos, would be astonishing if that site didn't.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-Chat ... -3/4331609
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A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.


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"Here upon landing I was lucky enough to get some flaming action from those radials."

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-Chat ... -3/2439845


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19 Aug 2017, 5:18 am

I learned that I am perfectly happy and willing to spend all day and night restoring just 3 minutes of audio.



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19 Aug 2017, 10:22 am

I learned that if you're laying down its harder for gas to escape :P I kinda already knew that but I was sharing that info with someone else who said their stomach was bothering them and said it was from gas