There are 589,375,193,487 ways to discuss politics, corruption, incompetence and this virus shit. It's getting old...
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Baseball pitcher Old Hoss Radbourn pictured giving the finger to cameraman. First known photograph of the gesture. 1886
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This is great news, but the way the headline is written it's pretty funny. Sounds like we're a buncha old bears coming outta the cave after a long winter.
Isolated by the pandemic, older adults were hard hit by loneliness caused by restrictions intended to keep people safe. Many of them sat out summer reunions, canceled vacation plans and missed family holiday gatherings in November and December. In states with older populations, like Maine, Arizona and Florida, health officials worried about the emotional and physical toll of loneliness, posing an additional health concern on top of the virus.
But that's changing, and more older people are reappearing in public after they were among the first group to get vaccinated.
Those who are fully vaccinated are ready to get out of Dodge without worrying they were endangering themselves amid a pandemic that has claimed more than 540,000 lives in the United States. “Now there’s an extra level of confidence. I am feeling good about moving forward,” said Ken Hughes, a 79-year-old Florida resident who is flying with his wife for a pandemic-delayed annual trip to Arizona in April.
But that's changing, and more older people are reappearing in public after they were among the first group to get vaccinated.
Those who are fully vaccinated are ready to get out of Dodge without worrying they were endangering themselves amid a pandemic that has claimed more than 540,000 lives in the United States. “Now there’s an extra level of confidence. I am feeling good about moving forward,” said Ken Hughes, a 79-year-old Florida resident who is flying with his wife for a pandemic-delayed annual trip to Arizona in April.
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Great imagery. Who thinks up shit like this?
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Check out the guy at the beginning of the video:
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The Revolver Camera: A Colt 38 Carrying a Small Camera That Automatically Takes a Picture When You Pull the Trigger
Pull the trigger. Snap a picture. The revolver camera is old, but not as odd as one might think. It may even seem weird and potentially even a little morbid. Theoretically, the shooter could capture a photo of the target at the moment of impact. But is this technology really as odd and antiquated as it appears, or simply a design a half-century ahead of its time?
Though the revolver camera’s history is pretty blurry, records indicate this contraption was created and photographed in 1938 in New York. The only known surviving photos come from the Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands, where the gun-camera now calls home. What’s not so clear is where the gun came from, whose brainchild it was, and whether its intended use was pure novelty or true invention.
The device itself is a very tiny camera attached to both the underside of the barrel and front of the trigger guard of a Colt .38 special revolver. The camera was somehow configured so that each time the trigger was pulled, a photo was snapped simultaneously. These black-and-white still images of times either just prior to — or more likely just after — impact left something to the imagination, unlike today’s streaming video. No doubt, the revolver camera was lens to which you don’t want to say cheese, smile or wait for the flash.
There’s no evidence that this gun was actually put to use other than for trial photo shoots and practice runs — sans bullets, we assume. Unfortunately, few photos of-and-by the revolver survive today. The only surviving images — the actual camera and the six inset images it snapped — were actually posted on Flickr in the hopes of gathering more information about the revolver camera’s history. So far, all they’ve gathered are oohs, ahhs, and gun puns. The true history of this novel(ty) idea may never be known.
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Like I said, I normally don't like memes, but occasionally
you run across one that just fuckin' nails it.
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Marie Curies Notebooks. They are still radioactive and have to been stored in lead-lined containers to reduce the radioactivity given off to the environment.
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'Bandwagon of the week club'.
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Great little toy to have in an emergency. Especially when the power goes out from storms like the ones we keep hearing about in the Midwest and the South.
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Gotta admit - took me a coupla minutes...
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Some rules are just plain frikkin' stupid.
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Don't think this effects us here at all, does it?
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Thinking about getting a nice gift or surprise
for your wife or girlfriend for Easter?
How about something nice and simple like these Silver cross earrings?
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Fresh avocado? Put the half not used (skin down) in an airtight container with some onion, it will stay fresh for a few days.
ReplyDeleteWho knew is was so easy to block the Suez Canal?
Makes you wonder if the canal blockage was an accident, now doesn't it?
DeleteHalf not used avocado? No way, it all gets eaten. Good with salt.
DeleteI can't discount anything anymore.
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