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Fun Fact: In southwestern Germany, where open-air outdoor urinals are still common, it is verboten to use them during "Spargelzeit", the annual spring 'Spargel' (asparagus) harvest. Everyone goes mad for asparagus; local restaurants, and even individual household 'pop-up' restaurants, welcome...

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Bacon truck hauling bacon!!!

My stepdad was a flooring guy. Had his own business. I tagged along a few days when we moved back home from overseas, just to contribute. Every part of his day was far beyond my abilities, from lugging heavy buckets of grout to hauling boxes of stone tiles. That elegant sapphire was HARD WORK...

I'm a dude, and I'm downright terrible at algebra. Consequently, I didn't fare well in Newtonian physics, but I prefer Aristotelian physics anyway :P Somehow, geometry is my jam.

Since no one took the bait, guess I'll have to work this worm myself. Aw shucks guys, I would but I kinda have a lot going on right now.

In the meantime, the court jesters occupy the floor.. The Beer Cow There was an old farmer named Lear, Who possessed a fine cow that gave beer. Budweiser or Schlitz, Could be tapped from her teats, And pretzels came out of the rear.

Naah, that might work in regular threads, but this one here, this place is special. "Cult of personality" is way too strong a description, but this thread was founded on the musings and celestial contemplations of a real one. Kindred spirits like ours are drawn like a moth to a flame. Rare is...

Regardless; you are arguably the next most charismatic character still languishing down this malty hole. Tag. You're it.

With God's help she'll conquer this terrible affliction

That used to be me at a good hobby shop, but they've all gone out of business. I've long suspected she had something to do with it.

Were you nearsighted before? I've been like +4.5 since the 4th grade; is there really hope that in old age I could finally be free of contact lenses and reading glasses? I'm all ears!

2023 has been a real @$$hat...

If I haven't said so elsewhere previously, thank you for your service. Now more than ever, our patriots deserve recognition.

I share your fear/respect of pressurized fluids. Navy personnel are obviously well acquainted with the dangers of steam, so I'm sure none of this will be news to you, this is for other readers. As a young process engineer, I saw some stuff that opened my eyes. Petrochemical and plastics...

Ahem, Actually, the pressure is regulated by a weighted conical pin that fits atop a hollow tube with a small inner diameter. The area of the passage and the mass of the regulator generate ~1 atmosphere of pressure differential before it overcomes the weight, and venting occurs. Should the...

Muppet aficionado myself. Their Christmas Carol is a classic, but Muppets Take Manhattan is definitely my favorite.

Well in that case, I wish you a merry Shark Week and a happy Toyotathon.

If the jolly perverts could just keep it in their pants at least until black Friday, that would be fine with me.