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  1. Share trivial interesting things you just learned. Doesn't need to be important or useful. There are more Redwoods in the UK than there are in California. By almost 6x Giant redwoods: World’s largest trees 'thriving in UK'
  2. She's not scared of death... she's hoping for it. It's been 30yrs since I read the book, but IIRC it was some Japanese 5d chess. Women ran the home and she was within her right to ask him to leave. So he had leave or risk losing face. If she died protecting the guns, she has served Toranaga, protected her family honor, done her duty to the Gaijin, and gotten a quick death.
  3. Well on Hulu you can go into episodes and choose the english dub version. I normally hate dubs, but it's been pretty good so far (there are still some sub titles though)
  4. There are some other not insignificant benefits to this show. You will see
  5. I'll give you a 50% credit towards my own rap competition... The winner get TWO writing credits, royalties from all of my albums, but you must go on tour with the next Surly road trip... It's $100, but I need two verses so your recording costs might be slightly higher depending on how fast you can singrap
  6. Imagine a time traveler coming to you 10-15 years ago and telling you that in the future, Rednecks from the south would pledge fealty to their new god, a yankee from New York.
  7. Same-ish Lots of Scottish surnames in my family and family lore of being predominantly Scots. Ancestry returned majority English ~65% Scotish~17% Irish~13% and Germany/Norway making up the rest. Here's the rub... there is also a decent bit of French in my family... I know this because I have genealogical records of ancestors coming directly from France. This is why... Illegal DNA test in France It is considered illegal to take a DNA test outside of legal proceedings in France. According to the law, it is forbidden to carry out a genetic analysis in a private setting, for example on the internet or abroad. Therefore, as an individual, you do not have the right to use tests considered recreational through private laboratories. Bottom line these tests are only as accurate as the data they are compared against. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/22/578293890/my-grandmother-was-italian-why-arent-my-genes-italian
  8. That wrinkle was nicely set up.
  9. Poor Things... it was good, but I have found that I'm thinking about the movie more and more. and not like that you pervs! Best line of the film. A lot to unpack
  10. I still find it so hard To say what I need to say But I'm quite sure that you'll tell me Just how I should feel today
  11. What about a throw back T Shaggy Bevo with the tag line "Came and took it"? Maybe with a Thujone dong in place of the cannon...
  12. man! I worked security @UF. I only got to see Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer, and Garth Brooks! ^This is some bullshit! csb I was one of a few guys working security for a small indie band I'd never heard of. It did not go well, toughest gig I ever worked. It was Indigo Girls and the crowd was not really thrilled with the phallocracy. Just 4 guys trying to tell 1000+ women what they could and could not do. Not scary but very very hostile.
  13. Ok, get rid of #5 and put in The Natural. Better?
  14. Waterboy Major League Blades of Glory Talladega Nights The Replacements
  15. This is my final answer: Just show up have a snack, smug laugh and leave.
  16. I will disagree with you and also agree with you... Do I think MotA has done a great job fleshing out characters? No I don't, and I don't solely blame the circumstance of the war. I do think there are serious problems presented by the nature of the story. Large groups of men doing a single highly coordinated task while separated/isolated into groups of 10. For a BoB type telling I think they should have focused on one bomber crew, 10 men, but I do think it would have given those characters plot armor and taken away a key message. Friends, comrades, and maybe you just vanish into thin air. How impactful would that scene have been to the movie if Cody was immediately struck by a truck and killed? The characters are getting turned over too quickly to read those traits into a longer story. I think that "a mile wide and an inch deep" was a trade off to tell a larger story (in 10? episodes), one not associated specific individuals, but with the collective experience of a large group. I'd have liked twice the run time of each episode and deeper dives into the characters, but there's only so much $$ and time.
  17. This^ It's hard to do a lot of character development when most of the characters die. More Airforce personnel died in crashes than all the Marines killed in WWII... Just let that sink in... MotA did have a quick reference. Imagine if BoB was reduced to one character after Dday and had to roll over characters every 2 episodes. Flying bombers was just that much more dangerous. Attached is a history of the 401st if you are interested. My Great Uncle was in the 401st (H) bomb group, he died in a crash in Montana one week before deploying to Deenethorpe. "On October 1st, (1943) the 612th Squadron lost a Flying Fortress with nine men aboard in an accident over the Big Sandy bombing range. The Fortress was piloted by 2nd Lt. John McIlwain. The plane was flying in formation as they approached the bombing range when observers in other Fortresses saw it go out of control and spin in. All the crew were killed." US MILITARY CASUALTIES IN WORLD WAR II Branch Killed Wounded Army and Air Force 318,274 565,861 Navy 62,614 37,778 Marines 24,511 68,207 Coast Guard 1,917 Unknown TOTAL 407,316 671,278 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces USAAF statistical summary[edit] The United States Army Air Forces incurred 12% of the Army's 936,000 battle casualties in World War II. 88,119 airmen died in service. 52,173 were battle casualty deaths: 45,520 killed in action, 1,140 died of wounds, 3,603 were missing in action and declared dead, and 1,910 were non-hostile battle deaths. Of the United States military and naval services, only the Army Ground Forces suffered more battle deaths. 35,946 non-battle deaths included 25,844 in aircraft accidents, more than half of which occurred within the Continental United States.[118] 63,209 members of the USAAF were other battle casualties. 18,364 were wounded in action and required medical evacuation, and 41,057 became prisoners-of-war.[118][119] Its casualties were 5.1% of its strength, compared to 10% for the rest of the Army.[120][n 58] 401stBG(H).pdf
  18. City center to city center it's a push as far as time goes IMO. I'd prefer the train... less hassle London to airport ~ 45 mins Lead time/checkin/security ~ 1 hour (This is bare ass min imo) Flight ~ 1:15 mins if no delays (lol) Airport to Edinburgh ~ 30 mins (by car, tram is ~ 1 hour) So best case 3.5 hours Train is 4:15 but it's much much easier, the airfare can be cheaper, but it's not much fun waiting in the terminal for a commuter flight that keeps getting bumped.
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