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    Percolator vs Drip Coffee maker

    My first ever coffeemaker was similar to to this one. I showed it to my mom and she called it a Vaculator. It made a good pot of coffee.
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    Percolator vs Drip Coffee maker

    Same beans? Same grind? Same ratio of ground coffee to water? I too would have expected that the percolator would have produced the darker-looking brew.
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    Lyriq Hearse

    Were it me and if I were quite a bit shorter, I'd like my final ride to be in this one or in this replica.
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    Another old livery sighting

    I flew the nonstop SBA --> ORD route yesterday. After touchdown, we took the tour of what felt like every taxiway at O'Hare before we got to the gate. Along the way we passed this: .
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    Thread for photos that 100% do not violate any Terms Of Service, not political, not lewd, no gas price pics etc.

    Did some yard work this afternoon. I spotted something peeking out in the pachysandra:
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    Thread for photos that 100% do not violate any Terms Of Service, not political, not lewd, no gas price pics etc.

    Orange marmalade, anyone? Made with real oranges and lemons.
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    Wheel chair early boarding example

    Mobility-impaired passengers may (likely?) require an aisle seat. Boarding them last would work, but deplaning them last may not. Orders of boarding a plane have been studied a lot. Here's one of many writeups, a Scientific American article, about the topic.
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    SUBARU recall : 71,207 vehicles

    NHTSA safety recall report
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    Sausage, green pepper, jalapeno pizza- would you try?

    On a dare, once, in my misspent youth, I ate a jalapeño and anchovy pizza. I would not ever do that again.
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    Random Public Windows Error Screen

    Yes, point taken.
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    Random Public Windows Error Screen

    To be fair, it's not just Windows machines. Saw this at Costco this morning. On a Chrome display screen next to some appliances this morning:
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    Americans are leaving in record numbers.

    Looks like here: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa
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    1978 US Airline Fleet Data

    EDIT: As I think about it, it was likely more like $4K a year. The tickets were still a sizeable % of annual income.
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    1978 US Airline Fleet Data

    The only long-ago airfare that I know was from 1962 when my parents flew ORD <--> LAX to visit my mom's sisters. It was their first flight and they were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. They flew coach. The tickets were $400 each, round trip. At that time my dad was likely making...
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    Random Public Windows Error Screen

    Um, uh, never. I did see a macOS panic once. It was due to a failing hard drive.
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    Random Public Windows Error Screen

    It's interesting how often I see a Windows error screen - well, OK, a bluescreen - displayed to the public. I used to see them on the occasional Arrival or Departure display at an airport, or sometimes at the car rental counter. This one is of note in that nobody seems to be in a hurry to fix...
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    Rivian Amazon delivery van

    I first saw them in the St.Louis area a year or two ago.
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    1986 Chevrolet El camino- for sale Lompac, CA

    Small correction - the city is Lompoc, CA, Santa Barbara County: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1590216758797824/
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    1999 Craigslist Mercury cougar 80k miles $1,500

    If this was from the Flat Rock, MI plant, they also made the Ford Probe and the Mazda 626.
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    Lemon tree- Meyer

    I made lemon marmalade from Meyer lemons last year. I used my orange marmalade recipe and added a bit more sugar. It was a kinda tart but also sweet, if you can picture that. I brought Meyer lemon and a Satsuma orange trees from CA to a family member in IL a few years ago. They only lasted a...
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