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  1. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I was being fatuous.
  2. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Pet Peeve: ponderous pedants peddling puerile puns. (Mea Culpa)
  3. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Do flautists flout convention when they flaunt their flutes?
  4. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    People using the word "weary" when they mean "wary". Or is that just auto correction at work?
  5. ChrisB

    To beard or not to beard?

    Facial hair is the default condition. The real question is not should you grow a beard but should you keep on shaving; since 1980, I have not.
  7. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Aside from the viability of the media itself, maintaining digital files will require continuous upgrades to the file format. Either way, you can't just toss these into a drawer and expect to be able to view them 20 years later.
  8. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I have family photos that are 150 years old, I wonder if our digital photos will last 15 years.
  9. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    When all you have are eyewitness accounts, it is hard to put together any definitive story. What we actually remeber are a few details, and our minds tend to fill in the gaps. Some things we will never know for certain.
  10. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Absent any optical effects, to be visible from a lifeboat, the Californian would have to have been within about 10 miles. I have seen many strange mirages of ships near the horizon, but they have all occurred in very hot weather. I don't know if there are any cold weather mirages, and in any...
  11. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    It was carried out by the same people who went on to fake the moon landing....
  13. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Didn't the Californian specifically note that they saw the rockets, but thought they were "company signals" rather than distress signals?
  14. ChrisB

    Nutty Neighbors

    My sister had a neighbor who liked to set off fireworks, discharge firearms, build fires into which he tossed spray cans, all at 3 AM. One day he set fire to his house, and when the fire dept. arrived he started shooting at them. They had to call the SWAT team, who found him hiding under her...
  15. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Some of the scenes from the 1943 movie were used in A Night To Remember: Shots of the ship underway in daytime as well as some interior scenes.
  16. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Actually I think he was using a Colt m1911 45 ACP.
  17. ChrisB

    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    Timex Watches I lost mine last September while I was cutting firewood. I was out walking in my woods a few weeks ago, I looked down and there it was, running and with the correct time. Too bad John Cameron Swayze wasn't around.
  19. ChrisB

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I change the size of images by emailing it to myself, I then have the option of selecting the file size.
  20. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Some people will say that we already got one 20 years ago.
  21. ChrisB

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I fear that we are approaching the day when our machines are more inteligent than we are, and it's not because the machines are getting smarter.
  22. ChrisB

    The Real Reason Malls Are Closing

    Munich has the largest underground shopping mall in Europe at the Stachus.
  23. ChrisB

    The Real Reason Malls Are Closing

    In my town, they have adopted the slogan "Hometown Friendly", and have banners on every lamp post bearing it. It seems to me that if you really were hometown friendly you wouldn't have to advertise the fact.

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