07/25/2024 12:25:44 PM PDT
· 3 of 25 P.O.E.
to Red Badger
Oh how I miss the word of the day. Not so much for the words but for the pleasant company (many of whom have joined the choir invisible). Thanks for the memory :)
07/25/2024 7:00:31 AM PDT
· 19 of 44 P.O.E.
to Empire_of_Liberty
The real Liberty Bell was hidden under a church in Allentown PA during the War of 1812. To keep the Brits from capturing and melting into military materiel, as well as the symbolism.
Local farmers hid it in their market wagons taking the country roads.
Unfortunately, the quaint museum at that church holding a replica recently closed.
07/24/2024 2:12:10 AM PDT
· 18 of 42 P.O.E.
to MinorityRepublican
After the “Miracle on Ice”, lost interest in the Olympics mostly because the lugubrious network “magazine pieces” on athletes.
The press was so impressed with themselves they lost sight of what made the thing interesting - the actual competition, not their reportage.
The only thing that revived it for me was when they had the multiple channels just basically streamcasting from the various arenas - that was what made curling a standout sport that year.
I hesitated to make the comparison at the time, but just like I used to say “Everything I need to know about radical Islamists I learned on 9/11”, I now find myself thinking “Everything I need to know about the Deep State I learned on 7/13”
07/21/2024 1:34:08 AM PDT
· 31 of 34 P.O.E.
to SunkenCiv
I’ve always wondered if the Roman name for lead was because they used lead for piping or as a weight in making a “plumb line” to make sure water ran downhill along the aqueducts and into the city fountains, baths, etc.