Odd Stuff (Part 2)

Wow, they even put furigana on the signs just to make extra sure it could be read by all.

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Don’t we get one last chance to repent at the end of time, with Jesus asking us in person if we’d like to opt out of the Lake of Fire?

It sounded kinda like that Cake or Death scenario

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Their prerecorded message on repeat didn’t really get into the technical details, but I’ll ask them next time.

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Wasn’t this the name of one of the antagonists in American Flagg! ?

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I dimly remember that back then the Y2k “fix” for some systems was a workaround re-allocating memory intended for the 1900-1919 dates to be used for the 2000-2019 dates. Thereby delaying the problem for a whopping 20 years - and by then those systems would surely either be retired and replaced by something modern, or at least upgraded to fix the problem permanently.

(To be fair, on the whole this seemed to have worked out. Although I would be surprised if there weren’t any systems running on several layers of virtualisations by now with code originally from the 1950ies merrily chugging along. Possibly running essential infrastructure.)

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I know there was a Major Scheisskopf in Catch-22.

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That reminds me of the Devil’s lines in Bedazzled:

I lost Mussolini that way, all that work, then right at the end with the rope around his neck, he says, ‘Scusi. Mille regretti,’ and up he goes!"
:smiling_imp:

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to be fair, the historical Jesus seems like the kind of dude who would use an expression like “keep on truckin.” real salt-of-the-earth sort of guy.

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Yeah and maybe @beschizza was experimenting with some fireworks. Maybe. Probably.

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Not a peep in the north hills! From the reports it came in over Washington County, which is way out past the southern suburbs.

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No subtitles, but the holiday spirit transcends the boundaries of language.

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How large is large
 :grimacing:
Flying Inoshiro Honda GIF by Turner Classic Movies

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“I thought it was a dog.” A Capybara, probably hungry and craving for french fries, invaded a fast food joint in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro.

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I wanna watch movies this way!

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At dawn, riding from Kingston to Clapham:

It’s scenic and oddly soothing
 probably because of visual cues that nothing bad will happen despite driving on the left. :wink:

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It’s bonkers to me that that trip is all on one bus. In Chicago that would be five transfers and take 8 hours!

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When we lived in England I’d take my then-young kids down to London and we’d ride one of the buses around London, sitting up top. For kids in the 3-8 range it was a great adventure. For me it was a nice peaceful getaway and chance to catch up on some reading.

I drove 6 months “over there” with absolutely no problems, no errors, and no concerns. The first day I got back to the States I turned left out of a parking lot into oncoming traffic. :man_shrugging:t3:

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When you’re reminded that Nicolas Cage is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola and that he calls him uncle


I looked at Gary’s performance in uncle’s movie

Hell Yeah Gets Excited High Kick GIF

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