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  • Posted by Steven-Wells 1 month, 3 weeks ago
    As someone involved in documenting network software and control systems, the 404 error wins.
    The toilet roll with page error made me recall one of Biden's odd comments that sounded more than anything else like, "My butt's been wiped."
    He may really have answered a question with a confused question of his own, "Must what be what?" but he'd help himself if he talked clearer.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 1 month, 3 weeks ago in reply to this comment.
    Exactly. I say worms, but my yard is full of nightcrawlers - big ones, LOL. I really don't need to fool with a probe when I can just turn over a shovel or two of dirt in the garden and get all I need for a fishing trip.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 1 month, 3 weeks ago in reply to this comment.
    I imagine the cranked phone magneto is a lot safer to use for those who don't understand electricity.
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  • Posted by $ katrinam41 1 month, 3 weeks ago
    It's 1:15am Saturday morning and I can't stop laughing. Botix, pantsflowers, hospice (my fridge, where veggies go to die), light switch, power tool, they all made me laugh and I still can't quite stop! Thank you, Carl šŸ¤£
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  • Posted by $ Snezzy 1 month, 3 weeks ago in reply to this comment.
    The cranked phone magneto will work anywhere. You do not need a supply of regular electricity.

    No, that's not quite right. It won't work in Manhattan. As Stan Freberg said, "Whole island solid concrete. Nothing grow except little square place in middle." Who'd give $24 for something like that?
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  • Posted by $ 1 month, 3 weeks ago in reply to this comment.
    Seems to work on wrinkles but does it work on Alligator face, a dried up lake bed in need of a matching color for the gout lines . . .
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 1 month, 3 weeks ago in reply to this comment.
    Ah, yes, Venus De Milo. Can't quite put my finger on it, but her reach has something in common with a T-Rex.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 1 month, 3 weeks ago in reply to this comment.
    LOL, yes, when I was much younger we would make a "worm probe", which was a tire iron with very long electrical cord with a plug on one end and the other end bared and electrical taped to the iron. Disconnect one side of the plug so only one side can be live - if you screw this up you can blow fuses/breakers or hurt your self so be careful and pay attention to what you are doing. Stick the probe in the ground and go plug it in. If it doesn't work unplug, rotate and plug back in. If there are any worms in your ground they will come out quite quickly - unplug and go pick up the worms. You can look up "worm probe" on line to see How it's done.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 1 month, 3 weeks ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, I see, LOL! I actually have a 6 inch bronze bust of Beethoven in my man cave along with Mozart, Sophocles, and George Washington. The Ludwig Van wasn't known for a gentle demeanor so the forever scowl on his bust is fitting. Oh, let's not forget the white marble miniature of Venus De Milo, LOL!
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  • Posted by $ Snezzy 1 month, 3 weeks ago in reply to this comment.
    Get an old crank phone and use it to catch worms for fishing bait. Cranking generates about 90 volts AC. You run the "line" terminals to wires (we used coat hangers) poked into moist ground, turn the crank, and worms appear, crawling up to be caught.
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  • Posted by $ Snezzy 1 month, 3 weeks ago in reply to this comment.
    Best way to read music is Tom Brier's way. He learned to read music about the same age that he learned to read English, both with the same facility. Before the horrid auto accident that stole his abilities he could look at sheet music he'd never seen before and play it right away, first time through straight (more or less) and then repeated with improvisations.

    Many pianists can sight-read and many can improvise. It is unusual for one to be good with both skills at once. Here's an early example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZMro...

    Here he plays a composition by his friend Ron O'Dell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t96Xl...

    Oh, and the Beethoven? Intuitively obvious to the most casual observer, as my late friend Alexis Konstantinovich used to say.
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 1 month, 3 weeks ago
    Great bunch!
    Loved the phones. I remember when my grandparents had a phone that they had to crank to get an operator. Being from a city, my sister and I didnā€™t have a phone like that. But we still had to dial. And we were on a party lineā€¦.not much fun for a couple of teenagers.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 1 month, 3 weeks ago in reply to this comment.
    Me dino is not a Beethoven fan, though I am familiar with those Da Da Da da notes. Who isn't?
    Nevertheless, all the small urinal did was inspire me to research an assurance that Beethoven was indeed a short fella.
    See? See? Does everyone see how smart the dino be? He's short! He's short after all! Yay!
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  • Posted by mccannon01 1 month, 3 weeks ago
    Love this collection, OUC! We have those spring flowers all over the place. Had fun as a child with big cardboard boxes. I'll never view a light switch the same way again, ick, LOL! Page not found is priceless! Thanks, OUC, for another great start to my day!
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  • Posted by mccannon01 1 month, 3 weeks ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm a Beethoven fan, so picked up on it right away. DA DA DA da, LOL! I know what you mean, though, dino. I wouldn't expect too many folks to get that one right away, as good as it is.
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