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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Rodents of Unusual Size |
| PhosphorusDecree |
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Posted: 07 Dec 2023, 10:24 am
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| ...I also feel the need to mention that bandicoots, the rat-like Australasian marsupials, are named after bandicoot rats, not the other way round. The word is an anglicised version of the Telugu word "pandi-koku," meaning "pig-rat". Western explorers were familiar with the oversi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Government subsidized housing |
| PhosphorusDecree |
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Posted: 07 Dec 2023, 10:00 am
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Replies: 9
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| I've been in social houing since 2016. (I pay rent to the city council - not sure how comparable the situation is to the USA.) The building is a dilapidated wreck, but they are very good a responding to urgent maintenance requests. The rent is less than half an equivalent private rental. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: If It’s Classical Post It |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2023, 6:51 pm
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Replies: 284
Views: 5,004
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A concerto in E minor for flute and recorder by Telemann. (I've been learning the recorder a bit, and Telemann is one of my favourite Baroque composers.)
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: A - Z of cities/towns |
| PhosphorusDecree |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2023, 6:35 pm
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Replies: 17,916
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Rodents of Unusual Size |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2023, 2:58 pm
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Replies: 27
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| I had a couple of ROUS sightings in Mumbai - creatures about the size of a rabbit, with an orangish tint to the fur. I think they may have been Lesser Bandicoot Rats. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Brexit a mistake? |
| PhosphorusDecree |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2023, 12:06 pm
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Replies: 49
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| I had personal reasons for voting against- too many of my friends and family are spread across the world for that "batten down the hatches" mentality to appeal. But aside from that, even if Brexit theoretically might have had its good points, I just plain did not trust David Cameron's Cons... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Animation on Youtube |
| PhosphorusDecree |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2023, 6:58 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 432
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ENA, the queen of "what did I just watch?"
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: If It’s Classical Post It |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2023, 4:09 pm
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Replies: 284
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Is this Round 2 of a new Pandemic? |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2023, 2:43 pm
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Replies: 67
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funeralxempire wrote: I wonder if this is like the similar outbreaks of these in the west among small kids, because they weren't exposed to them during peak covid.
I'm also wondering if the West hasn't had this problem on the same scale because our quaranttine measures were so shoddy.... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post a blatant lie |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2023, 7:29 pm
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Replies: 18,720
Views: 621,103
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Post A Silly Movie Title |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2023, 6:24 pm
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Replies: 1,853
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Daikon Hard.
(Starring Bruce Willis as a Japanese radish.) |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Christmas Music! (Post your favorites here) |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2023, 8:44 am
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Replies: 401
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I like my Christmas music old-school.
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: A-Z of words YOU like |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2023, 6:26 am
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Replies: 3,871
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Conservatives Cancel Breakfast Cereals |
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Posted: 27 Nov 2023, 10:24 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 388
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| ...they don't think that maybe boycotting their child's favourite breakfast cereal on ideological grounds might lead to their kids to grow up seeing their parents as a bunch of killjoy fanatics? |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Who remembers what a floppy disk is? |
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Posted: 27 Nov 2023, 10:23 am
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Replies: 31
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| 3.5 inch floppies were still in use when I arrived at University, and I rather liked them. A couple of years later, everyone started switching over to CD-RW for data storage, and those were bloody awful. Literally 1% as reliable as the trusty old floppies - they'd turn into useless junk while readin... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: If It’s Classical Post It |
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Posted: 26 Nov 2023, 2:31 pm
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Replies: 284
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcLtg5Ps8Rk&list=WL&t=23 Clara Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor Thought I remembered you posting this, so I went back for a listen. I've heard it once before, on the radio about 20 years ago. Struck by just how good the orchestral writing is - much more a... |
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