Starlord Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Oddly, summer here in SW Ohio has been relatively mild this year. Mid to low 80s for the last 6 weeks with a decent amount of rainfall this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted July 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 Quote Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess Pariah, L. Marcus and Hermit 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 RIP Pee Wee Herman https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/paul-reubens-actor-best-known-pee-wee-herman-dies-70-rcna97343 Logan D. Hurricanes and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 Good ❤️Young Gorillas Have Learnt to Dismantle Poachers' Traps in The Wild rravenwood, Ternaugh, DentArthurDent and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 Cygnus Installed on Station, Crew Begins Cargo Ops tkdguy, Pariah and DShomshak 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 Five guys were arrested for shooting a twelve year old. The police have put down the various weapons charges as well as charges for house and vehicle to sell marijuana. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 The Warriors Stage Musical in the Works From Lin-Manuel Miranda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 35 minutes ago, Cygnia said: The Warriors Stage Musical in the Works From Lin-Manuel Miranda I MUST SEE THIS. Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 Ennies: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 Mark Margolis dies aged 83. Recognisable face in American film and TV. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66411829 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 500 million-year-old worm with 'shuriken' spikes named after gigantic 'Dune' sandworms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 On 7/31/2023 at 8:55 AM, Starlord said: Oddly, summer here in SW Ohio has been relatively mild this year. Mid to low 80s for the last 6 weeks with a decent amount of rainfall this year. Count yourself lucky. Or if you're paranoid, wait for the other shoe to fall this winter. Forecast is we'll be setting new highs for the date, today, tomorrow, and Monday. Potentially by 2-3 degrees. And NO appreciable rain...which is bad, as summer thunderstorms are the main source here. Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 On Wednesday night this past week, we had a storm that dumped as much rain as Salt Lake City usually gets for the entire summer. And then Thursday night, we had an even wetter storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 Train crash kills 30 in Pakistan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66421481 tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2023 William Friedkin, ‘The Exorcist’ Director, Dies at 87 https://variety.com/2023/film/news/william-friedkin-dead-the-exorcist-1235689676/ Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 7, 2023 Report Share Posted August 7, 2023 Hank the Tank, the burglar bear has been captured https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66429736 Italian Man killed by cheese wheels https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66429342 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted August 7, 2023 Report Share Posted August 7, 2023 From The Economist (7-22-23), a report on "Iran's Bizarre Contraband": Would you believe ...piano smuggling? https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/07/20/how-well-connected-iranians-import-their-goodies Possibly of use in your Danger International/Dark Champions espionage campaign. Not that your heroes are trying to crack an international piano-smuggling ring, but it might be used as cover to smuggle other things. Maybe even a way for the heroes to smuggle *themselves* into Iran. Dean Shomshak wcw43921 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 7, 2023 Report Share Posted August 7, 2023 For gaming, one can start with the principle that, as soon as owning/using/importing something relatively benign (or adequately addictive) is restricted, black markets and smuggling crop up. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 Car crashes into second floor of Pennsylvania home https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66443925 Logan D. Hurricanes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 Let us hope the winner is more responsible than the stereotypical Floridian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 "Meth for everyone, it's on me!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 Well, Seems Like LK-99 Isn’t a Room Temperature Superconductor After All Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 Robbie Robertson, The Band Legend, Dies At 80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 9 hours ago, wcw43921 said: Let us hope the winner is more responsible than the stereotypical Floridian Yeah, well... Just for grins. Let's say you were the winner. Simple question: lump sum, or annuity? No right or wrong answer, as different situations, different motivations. Here are the numbers:https://www.omnicalculator.com/finance/mega-millions-payout Basically: pre-tax, $800M and change for the lump sum. Annuity, starts at $23M+, increasing every year...it's $36M after 10 years. Max is $96M. Almost everyone takes the lump sum; I think I saw only 1 winner of a 9-digit prize that took the annuity. But this is somewhat different, in that it's SO huge...let's face it, even after taxes, the first year alone is likely several times more than our individual lifetime earnings...including projected retirement. $13M net? I'm good right there. Why? The entire lump sum all at once offers some chance that you'll be STUPID with it. The annuity says, ok, well, your stupidity shouldn't crush you forever. So I think I'd actually do the annuity. 42 minutes ago, Cygnia said: Well, Seems Like LK-99 Isn’t a Room Temperature Superconductor After All If it sounds too good to be true, it almost certainly isn't. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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