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    Chevy's Holiday commerical

    Apologize if already posted; Masterful IMHO, wove modern day problems, middle America, family gatherings and memories of the old times all in one. -Thomas
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    Old one, but maybe everyone hasn't heard it.

    Queen Elizabeth is visiting an Edinburgh hospital. She enters a ward full of patients, and notices that they’re all dressed in street clothes and have no obvious sign of injury or illness. The Queen approaches a patient and greets him. The patient replies: “My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart...
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    Home mechanical; just need some ideas

    Recently moved to a condo in Feb and probably have to do some mechanical upgrades based on the inspection report and subsequent issues. Forced HA Furnace = NG Lennox Signature (maybe 13 years old) AC = York; 30+ years old Electric HW; AO Smith; 13 years old; HOA requires "under warranty"...
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    Washing machine hook up; what is this called; how does it work?

    How does this thing work.
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    Missing Amazon package

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    Indigenous people map.

    Tom NJ's post in coolest thing found thread reminded me of this map I stumbled upon a few months ago. I'm a big map viewer; this gives a good perspective of the variety and ranges of particular Indigenous people Interactive map It was either this, or a dog nose picture.
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    It appears "CA" for Fram doesn't mean "Cabin"

    Consulted the filter lookup guide for my prius and big book said 10159; Looked on the shelf and it only had CA10159 so I figured that was a cabin filter. Poke around a bit more and reinspected the box and it was in fact an air filter. $13 and 30 seconds later. This i believe is an STP air...
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    Last requests

    Two convicts are about to be executed. The warden asks one, "Any last requests?" The convict says, "Yeah, I'd like to hear "Achy Breaky Heart" one last time." The warden says "Fine, we can arrange that." The warden then turns to the other convict and asks, "How about you? Any last requests?"...
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    Odd WP replacement aftermath.

    Maybe a month and 1/2 ago, my B2300 (23NS duratec) threw a hot light driving out of town, rolled to a stop by the side of the road and called AAA The cooling system has no radiator cap, but a coolant bottle that I believe cycles coolant continuously thru the system (NOT an overflow tank) The...
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    Peaks Island ME

    Last weekend I went to Peaks Island ME; My friend did all the arrangements from FL and I just enjoyed the trip. Peaks Island is in Casco Bay ME (Portland) and is served by a car and people ferry hourly; the cost from a person round trip is Cars load, then people just stream on. Plenty of...
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    Close to abandoning the Ubuntu ship.

    Been using Ubuntu since about 2006; prior to that I used SuSE (I even BOUGHT the boxed set @ CompUSA in Orange CT) Pretty happy with it and the most recent release has ZFS option which I find very attractive Was chatting it up with a coworker who works out of KS and he indicated he thought...
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    Jaguar eats Cayman for lunch (not car related)

    Big cat fan here; this is an old one, but warrants a bump for those who have not seen it. Very cool because the behavior is so similar to a house cat.
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    Please help me identify what this is; outdoor home "thingy"

    This is outside my friend's house; she believes it has something to do with the previous owner having a tractor driven generator; The large nut does not rotate but the sleeve to the right of it does? VERY firmly in the ground; i could not move it @ all. Thanks.
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    Car stuck in high water? Just wait for "A few good men"

    Hats off to these guys for putting helping someone out above ruffling a few uniforms. Seems they are attached to Arlington National Cemetery
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    RIP Nanci Griffith

    Missed this on Friday https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/08/13/nanci-griffith-dead-68-obituary-folkabilly-singer-songwriter/8127478002/ Big fan of many of her albums especially "Other Voices, Other Rooms" which she did remakes of folk standards with some of the most...
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    Not a factory paint job; custom painting

    Saw this; pretty amazing talents going on there. https://www.wimp.com/how-low-rider-graphics-are-painted-on-cars-2/ FYI: The term "candy apple red" is used.
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    So ProtonVPN now has a linux desktop app.

    For anyone interested, protonVPN has a desktop app that looks like the Windows one. Prior to this, one had to use the VPN function built into network manager or use the command line. I can easily use the command line one, but the desktop app allows toggling of important additional functions...
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    Oil pan gasket; it doesn't get simpler than this ?

    Will be replacing my oil pan and possible the pickup tube after hitting a cinder block last winter. Bought a replacement gasket and "follow the instructions" that were not inside; Felpro site no help. Came with a RTV black which i believe is for the upper oil pan gasket (basically part of the...
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    Organist's "Plan comes together"

    Stumbled on this. Brought a smile, that is all; might not be recognizable by all. Comments below are a bonus.
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    Why realtors need to have copy editors.

    Any possible explanation is appreciated.
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