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18 Mar 2018, 3:49 pm

My dog is very interested in tortoises when they move. We took him to the pet store today, and he was whining at a little tortoise and tried to paw at the glass before we moved him away. I was not expecting that.


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18 Mar 2018, 4:00 pm

that If you pay proper attention, old age can teach you some sublime stuff. :o :bigsmurf:



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18 Mar 2018, 8:17 pm

My 2018 calendar has the dates of holidays all over the world in it in it but not the dates for daylight savings time, the start of the seasons or even the phases of the moon. That's kind of lame.

I guess they figured people use their computer now to check for all those things. Whoever "they" are.



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18 Mar 2018, 9:16 pm

"Ferrari" as a last name is the Italian counterpart to "Smith" in America.


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19 Mar 2018, 10:56 am

That my mom caught the same cold on the same day I caught mine. We must have both picked it up at the same place at the same time. How strange. :)

She's doing a lot better, but I'm still congested and she could hear it over the phone. :(



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19 Mar 2018, 12:50 pm

I learned that deer parks built hundreds of years ago had low sections of wall which deer could jump over, because the ground was lower on the other side they were unable to jump back out again.



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19 Mar 2018, 1:34 pm

That a truly determined cat is a force of nature :-)


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19 Mar 2018, 2:49 pm

The original name for the band Nirvana was "Fecal Matter." :eew: :lol:


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19 Mar 2018, 6:27 pm

Fecal Matter::Nirvana

is somewhat similar to:

The Quarrymen::The Beatles



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19 Mar 2018, 6:30 pm

^^ Urgh.

And when they had a jam session, they were the Dung Beatles... (also, time travelers, but never mind)

Graaaaahhhhh :eew: :eew: :eew:


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19 Mar 2018, 6:33 pm

The Beatles weren't exactly choirboys in their early days.....

They tried to exude a tough Liverpudlian air---but only Ringo actually came from the "inner city" of Liverpool. He's the one that exuded the least "toughness," ironically.



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19 Mar 2018, 6:38 pm

the beatles never dreamt of being that scatological. anyways, "the high numbers" caused so many mystified listeners to say "the WHO??! !" that the band changed its name.



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19 Mar 2018, 6:42 pm

The Who was originally The Detours. Then, they became The Who.

Then, they became the High Numbers. Some manager wanted them to appeal to the Mods. A "high number" in Mod Language is someone really important.

They were the High Numbers for maybe a few months---then decided to ditch that manager, and started calling themselves The Who again.



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19 Mar 2018, 6:44 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
The Beatles weren't exactly choirboys in their early days.....

They tried to exude a tough Liverpudlian air---but only Ringo actually came from the "inner city" of Liverpool. He's the one that exuded the least "toughness," ironically.


I love Ringo, to this day. Do you remember Mad Magazine parodying him as the Breck Girl?

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19 Mar 2018, 6:47 pm

^^You're amazing in your ability to find pertinent memes!



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19 Mar 2018, 6:56 pm

^^ Nah, I'm just old, and fondly remember the things of my youth, which the Interwebs thoughtfully stored away where I can find them. Usually.

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