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    Hitler rant parodies on Youtube

    There was a poet on the Charlie Rose show from somewhere in the Balkans, I think. Can't remember the guy's name. His belief was that the humorous insults back and forth were part of the negotiating process between cultures, and it was his experience that when that stopped was typically when...
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    Possible slip up

    Not a doctor. Have had interesting employees over the year. OP might be leaving something out here unintentionally. Along the lines of "I get really stressed/wound-up/nervous at work/school/home and then my tummy hurts really bad". Which the doctor may hear as "primary cause person is...
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    Providing water to vacant house

    Excellent plan. If the OP had done that from the time of their posting to the above reply, their water bill would be about $15,000.00. Depending on area and flow rate, of course. On the plus side, AI is getting smarter.
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    Alaska Airlines explosive decompression 1/5/23

    I know you're kidding, but I believe it's absolutely true that the people on this forum are smarter than the average C level exec. More selfish? Perhaps not. But that's not what this is really all about. I complain about it, and make fun about it, but even I fall into the trap of referring...
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    Boeing’s on a streak...

    Wow. I wasn't going to bring this up before, but there's more than one reason to not document something. The simplest is either laziness or poor procedure. Another is to avoid documenting poor procedures. But another reason is financial, specifically accounting. If Boeing copied Welch...
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    Next word that comes to mind...

    bishops
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    Autonomous Fly-By-Wire?

    I don't know if I could see the risk people ok'ing an autonomous aircraft with 200,000lbs of fuel in it flying over the US, but over the Pacific Ocean? Sure, why not. Send it out, let if fly in an orbit.
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    the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

    In an ideal world, the fast food places would have to call them "hamburger shaped objects", with a little '*' note on the menu that reads "The meat used in these sandwiches isn't quite clean enough to serve below the cooking temperature of chicken, so that's how we cook them. The closest...
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    Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

    Having great suggestions about how to address other people's problems is actually one of my more charming characteristics. :) In my old age I'm now kind enough to put in a preface like that, because believe it or not without one sometimes people would actually TAKE those suggestions and then...
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    Boeing’s on a streak...

    :) If we're going to attach random human characteristics to corporations, maybe none of this is really Boeings fault at all. It's just that they grew up in a confusing time, with bad parents and in a questionable neighborhood. It's a half step away from having an imaginary friend and expecting...
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    Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

    I'll preface this with "I'm not married", but one option might be to take one of her sweaters or jackets and toss it in the washing machine.
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    What's For Dinner?

    GF does chicken or pork chops in a skillet in something like 10 minutes or so, and they're always perfect. Cooked through but just enough, never dry. She used to cook at a diner to put herself through school. Thinks I'm mentally deficient for having to sous vide anything, but does admit that...
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    Man who crashed snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter suing government for $9.5M

    I'm glad he didn't hit a parked light plane with a family in it, rather than a military helicopter. I feel bad for the flight crew that had to deal with this. Trying to avoid commenting on the rest. Betting that anyone else out there reading this thread that has an airport and has it tagged...
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    [NA] Check washing prevention

    I can appreciate the pita issues of running a business today. When I had my business 20+ years ago, check theft wasn't a thing. Check modifications by people could be a thing, but not if you kept a close eye on your processes and employees. My customers were all businesses, so in that respect...
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    What's For Dinner?

    That sounds good.... Chicken piccata tonight, which is one of my favorite ways to do chicken and gf says it's easy. Cooking light recipe. With broccoli on the side, and iced tea. If there is a tip, it's to butterfly the chicken, pound it flat and don't overcook it. That last thing is beyond...
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    the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

    I have an indirect tank that runs off a zone from the hot water furnace. Love the setup, because it gives me effectively unlimited hot water and it's less expensive than electric. I think my next favorite, here, would be gas or propane, because they recycle quick, or used to. Next choice...
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    Next word that comes to mind...

    co-workers
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    inadvertent duplicate.

    Just occurred to me that the title would make a great t-shirt to give to a twin.
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    A barbecue adventure, the saga unfolds.

    Huh. The thing on the left looks like one of floating mines from a WW2 movie.
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    Alec Baldwin shoots and kills cinematographer.

    I have a feeling that if this director and crew filmed a movie on location in an underground mine, rather than one person they'd all be dead. Just a guess. I don't know if it was reckless or stupid or both...and I'm not making light of the situation.
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