I immed thought Toledo and Akron. Turns out just one. I mean, Toledo is 3x more populous than Duluth, offset by being 1/3 as wealthy I spose. I had to look up the sizes tbh.Akron is just Akron, no lake.
― antebellum tension fatigue (Hunt3r), Saturday, 25 December 2021 05:36 (two years ago) link
Detroit IS basically on a great lake and is close to a 2nd one, don't be so hard on yourself
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 25 December 2021 07:15 (two years ago) link
A 2nd not so great lake, that is
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 25 December 2021 07:16 (two years ago) link
Was shocked to learn recently that part of Virginia is further west than Detroit.
― Sam Weller, Saturday, 25 December 2021 10:18 (two years ago) link
For me the revelation was a couple years ago, lining up Detroit and Atlanta.
― peace, man, Saturday, 25 December 2021 11:15 (two years ago) link
As a Virginian person, I'll say that the thing about the part of Virginia that is west of Detroit is... that appears to be the main thing people say about it. When someone speaks of far southwestern Virginia, they will almost certainly mention that it is west of Detroit. Even in conversations that don't have anything to do with longitude or the automotive industry or the relative positions of bits of American geography. I long for a new topic. Hey can we maybe talk about the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe or the Cumberland Gap or Appalachian geology or the trail or... nope. Hey did you know we're west of Detroit?
An analog is how often longtime St. Louisans will somehow find a way slip the 1904 World's Fair into conversations that don't require it. Wow, that person is eating an ice cream cone. Hey did you kno--- YES, YES I DO KNOW ABOUT THAT
Do you know that this building was built for the W- YES YES I KNOW, THE WORLD'S FAIR GAH SHUT UP SHUT UP
Hey, look, a golf course, did you know that under the golf course in Forest Park there's a Ferris Wheel from the- YEAH I KNOW, THE FUCKING WORLD'S FAIR can we please talk about Nelly or Chingy or the Cardinals please
― ; (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 25 December 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
(inches away from playlist containing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas")
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 25 December 2021 15:18 (two years ago) link
Hey did you know that that movie is about the YEAH I FUCKING KNOW
― ; (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 25 December 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
― peace, man, Saturday, December 25, 2021 3:15 AM
This, today, for me. (And don't get me started on Reno / Los Angeles).
― nickn, Saturday, 25 December 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
Got a geography lesson the other week when I had to figure out the time zone to call someone in South Africa. (Seven hours ahead of the US east coast.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 25 December 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
That there was a format called Playtapeshttps://i.imgur.com/RRMwmAi.jpg
― Alba, Saturday, 25 December 2021 21:26 (two years ago) link
Rae Dawn Chong is Tommy Chong's daughter. god, so obvious and yet....
― hopefully this review helped someone (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 December 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
I recently learned that some of the members of the band Queen (such as Brian May) are actually heterosexual.
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 25 December 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
How did I not know that Janice Long was Keith Chegwin's sister?!
― they must have what you'd call some kind of 'arrangement' (Matt #2), Sunday, 26 December 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
tbf, she used her married name throughout. he died at 60, she at 66, which is no age at all really.
― koogs, Sunday, 26 December 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
She was on the pilot episode of "3-2-1" with her husband, but they split not long after
They did win, a canteen of cutlery I think. (They avoided winning the Great Dane. Winning live animals on TV quiz shows is forbidden, so just as well)
― Mark G, Sunday, 26 December 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link
Great Danes bum, it was a St Bernard. Still, though....
― Mark G, Sunday, 26 December 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
That the Wizard People, Dear Reader alternate soundtrack to the 1st Harry Potter movie, was done by Brad Neely, whose China, IL show on Adult Swim I am enjoying.
― nickn, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 04:42 (two years ago) link
That jasmine rice is not rice mixed/flavoured with jasmine but is in fact a variety of long-grain rice. Caused my partner much incredulous amusement.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 30 December 2021 23:43 (two years ago) link
I was not aware of that
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 30 December 2021 23:44 (two years ago) link
Ditto.
― I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 December 2021 23:46 (two years ago) link
Edinburgh is further west than Bristol
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 30 December 2021 23:50 (two years ago) link
and further north than Moscow!
― pplains, Friday, 31 December 2021 02:36 (two years ago) link
Ok, not shockingly old but only discovered today after listening to her for past couple of years that the singer Spellling has 3 l’s in her name.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 31 December 2021 15:18 (two years ago) link
I was about to type something (probably heavily influenced by John McPhee) about how the geology of Manhattan affects the skyline, and I saw this
http://www.actforlibraries.org/the-geology-of-manhattan/
There is a persuasively made counterargument that it is economics, not the accessibility of bedrock, that accounts for the profusion of skyscrapers in lower Manhattan and midtown, and the relative paucity of skyscrapers in (say) Greenwich Village.
I am not convinced yet but I am intrigued that it's up for debate.
― ; (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 3 January 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
https://buildingtheskyline.org/bedrock-and-midtown-i/
― ; (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 3 January 2022 16:49 (two years ago) link
^ the counterargument
I've always wondered why I was led to believe you couldn't build tall buildings in the East Village/Lower East Side and then suddenly there were a bunch of tall buildings there after 2000 or so. That second link does offer an explanation.
― Josefa, Monday, 3 January 2022 17:28 (two years ago) link
That article is great but ignores the impact of Zoning regulations which started limiting building heights in certain areas starting around WWI (although granted that's slightly later than his time frame).
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 3 January 2022 18:01 (two years ago) link
good articles!
― Nhex, Monday, 3 January 2022 18:49 (two years ago) link
Wow, great read - I've definitely heard and repeated the bedrock story myself.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Monday, 3 January 2022 18:59 (two years ago) link
I don’t know that Barr’s story is sufficient to entirely support his claim to be honest— I mean yeah, the cost of building caissons to bedrock may not be prohibitive for an additional feet as he specifically claims, but 20 STORIES deeper? Your market has to be pretty damn supportive to make your time horizon to profitable roi doable, esp before robots and deep drilling to keep the proles from dying of the bends all the time (if they cared about that). He never writes that bedrock is not a necessary target zone. Like his point is good and important, but now I want more content on what tech it takes to make that shit now, or if there’s now bldgs that float on quicksand or whatever.
― The Hon. Christian Sharia (R - MO) (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 04:59 (two years ago) link
“50 ft”
― The Hon. Christian Sharia (R - MO) (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 05:00 (two years ago) link
The Michelin man is made out of stacked tires
Tyres of the future from the Michelin man - prints now in the shop: https://t.co/iznhWeAhMj pic.twitter.com/qpRYy3Jdvl— Flashbak.com (@aflashbak) January 11, 2022
― silverfish, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 20:47 (two years ago) link
Show the tire guy some respect. He’s got a name, and it’s Bibendum
― mh, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 21:16 (two years ago) link
Are Michelin * restaurant guides even related to the tire company anymore?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 21:30 (two years ago) link
Yes. Bibendum writes them.
― mh, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 21:35 (two years ago) link
Yes, still the same company.
I fondly recall my grandad being a slave to the AA's version of the scheme in the UK and their Book of the Road.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 21:36 (two years ago) link
Michelin guide, where to eat when out driving etc.A bit like the Green Book though a lot less necessary I guess. JUst is useful to know where it is worth eating if one is far away from home.Whereas the Green Book told people where they actually could eat
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 22:05 (two years ago) link
the one restaurant in London, by the museums, has bibendum stained glass windows
http://www.spinarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Exterior-e1512663506701.jpg
― koogs, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 23:06 (two years ago) link
If he ever teamed up with the Kool-Aid man, they could cause a lot of damage
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 23:42 (two years ago) link
the Michelin House is one of the greatest lesser-known architectural treats in all London.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 00:01 (two years ago) link
my ex collects bibendum miscellany, it's a weird mascot
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 01:29 (two years ago) link
Identical twins don't have identical fingerprints: https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/atlanta-twin-murder-case-echoes-fingerprint-origins/story?id=9909586
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:01 (two years ago) link
There's actually a way to properly fold a fitted sheet.. but I've tried & failed several times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckTCocBCUN4
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:17 (two years ago) link
I learned that fitted sheet fold as a New Years resolution some years back. Took awhile to master but has been worth it for gaining closet space.
― Jaq, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:28 (two years ago) link
I did that for a few years but kinda just gave up and roll it into a ball again
― Nhex, Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
this is an oldish one for me, but for years I was familiar with at least a half a dozen Rahsaan Roland Kirk albums without knowing he was blind. lol when I say oldish I mean about 3 years ago.
― calzino, Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:27 (two years ago) link
Have watched those kinds of videos several times and still can never get the fitted sheet folding technique in person.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 13 January 2022 11:14 (two years ago) link
my secret to fitted sheets is to have one set of sheets that you wash and reinstall the same day
― joygoat, Thursday, 13 January 2022 18:56 (two years ago) link