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[gotbeer]

 

[Blarg]

15 hours ago, Tank said:

sad. curly Neal and Meadowlark Lemon were amazing to watch. Loved them and their schtick. Got to see them a couple of times at the Forum.

I got to see two Globetrotter games at the Forum. Once with my Dad and brothers and once with my wife. Very memorable.

[Redondo]

2 hours ago, Blarg said:

I got to see two Globetrotter games at the Forum. Once with my Dad and brothers and once with my wife. Very memorable.

When I was a kid I used to like the water bucket that ended up being just torn up paper. The look on people when they threw it their way was fun.

All the top notch ball handling and passing was great.

Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal were so much fun to watch.

[Redondo]

Town forced to dye beautiful lagoon to stop gawkers amid virus

Police, wearing protective suits, have added black dye to this blue lagoon in England to deter people from gathering to take photos.

In the age of social distancing due to the coronavirus, authorities in England have dumped black dye into a picturesque bright blue lagoon to stop Instagrammers from gathering to snap pictures.

The Derbyshire Police said Wednesday that despite instructions by officials in the U.K. to stay home to slow the spread of COVID-19, people were still congregating at a former quarry known as the "Blue Lagoon" in Harpur Hill, located near Buxton. 
 
"No doubt this is due to the picturesque location and the lovely weather (for once!) in Buxton," police said on Facebook. "However, the location is dangerous and this type of gathering is in contravention of the current instruction of the UK Government."

While it may resemble something from a travel magazine, the water in the abandoned quarry gets its color from caustic chemicals in the quarry stone that can cause skin irritation, according to Sky News.

In addition to high PH levels, the water reportedly is very cold and has trash and dead animals in it.

[gotbeer]

A barrel of oil is now cheaper than a pint of beer in Canada

[Redondo]

36 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

A barrel of oil is now cheaper than a pint of beer in Canada

That's unreal. 

[Tank]

does . . . not . . . compute . . .

[arch stanton]

FWIW, oil is cheaper than water in the Middle East even at normal prices

[Redondo]

12 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

FWIW, oil is cheaper than water in the Middle East even at normal prices

Sounds odd, but makes sense. 

I live in the desert and definitely know how valuable water is. 

[arch stanton]

6 minutes ago, Redondo said:

Sounds odd, but makes sense. 

I live in the desert and definitely know how valuable water is. 

All the water here comes from desal plants that run 24/7. Ex[pensive to process. It's why all these countries want nuclear power plants.

[gotbeer]

LA’s most beautiful storage building was also a speakeasy

 

[gotbeer]

Maeve Kennedy McKean: Robert F Kennedy's granddaughter and her son missing after boating on Chesapeake Bay

 

 

[gotbeer]

For you coin collectors out there.  Watch out for the W quarters.  The American Samoa Coronavirus Bat ones might be hard to find.

https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-medal-programs/america-the-beautiful-quarters/national-park-of-american-samoa

[Lou]

 

On 4/3/2020 at 4:18 PM, gotbeer said:

Maeve Kennedy McKean: Robert F Kennedy's granddaughter and her son missing after boating on Chesapeake Bay

[Jason]

Good news in the world of pandas 

[St1ck]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

Good news in the world of pandas 

[Tank]

so we're reduced to panda porn now?

 

 

 

 

 

it's about time

[Redondo]

If Everyone Ate Beans Instead of Beef

With one dietary change, the U.S. could almost meet greenhouse-gas emission goals.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/if-everyone-ate-beans-instead-of-beef?utm_source=pocket-newtab

[arch stanton]

So what happens when those caw farts become human farts? What's the methane gap between the two?

[Redondo]

2 hours ago, arch stanton said:

So what happens when those caw farts become human farts? What's the methane gap between the two?

True. They do give you gas. 

Doesn't sound like they accounted for that. 

 

[Tank]

3 hours ago, arch stanton said:

So what happens when those caw farts become human farts? What's the methane gap between the two?

speaking only from personal experience, i can tell you the gap has been filled in my house.

frequently, in fact.

[gotbeer]

Stunning Images Show The Rings of Uranus Are Like Nothing Else in The Solar System

 

[Redondo]

3 hours ago, Tank said:

speaking only from personal experience, i can tell you the gap has been filled in my house.

frequently, in fact.

Yep, my house also. Lol

[Redondo]

Mustang crashes off California cliff during coronavirus lockdown, gets pulled out by 'Hulk' wrecker

 

While California was under a statewide stay-at-home order on March 28, a Ford Mustang Boss 302 owner out for a spin drove his car off the side of the Angeles Crest Highway and down a 400-foot cliff.

The driver and passenger were airlifted to a nearby hospital, and the driver returned to the scene the next day with just minor injuries, but the car didn’t fare so well.

The limited-edition model was absolutely crushed as it smashed through the trees and shrubs, and it ended up totaled in a nearly inaccessible spot.

The California Highway Patrol called Pepe’s Towing Service to see if it could retrieve the vehicle, and it had to bring in the big gun to do it. The company needed to use a 50-ton rotator wrecker it calls “Hulk” to reach the car and pull it out, but it needed to hook it up first.

auto/mustang-california-cliff-coronavirus-hulk-wrecker

[Blarg]

I love that drive but if you don't know it well, like the different aspects of every turn, you can get sideways quick on an off axis turn and there are no guardrails. If that had been an early model Mustang there would be no survivors, that is the leaps in cabin integrity between cars of old and today.