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18 Jun 2012, 12:42 AM | #3136 |
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Even if the teaches in question could not control her pupils, she may possibly have been able to wiggle her ears.
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18 Jun 2012, 03:55 PM | #3137 |
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Realistically speaking, is it possible to EARN one's living if one's very good at ear-wiggling?
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19 Jun 2012, 11:12 AM | #3139 |
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Today is the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812, which involved the US, Great Britain, and their Canadian territories. I should WARN my northern friends that we Yanks employed a warrior pig in the hostilities. I don't know if our pig soldiers could wiggle their ears.
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19 Jun 2012, 01:35 PM | #3140 |
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I do believe that - wary war pigs have even been used to fight war elephants (in the past) Luckily the piggy in question never made it across the lake.
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19 Jun 2012, 04:16 PM | #3141 |
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There are many WAYS to introduce animals serving in the military to this thread, so here comes Wojtek the bear .
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22 Jun 2012, 12:00 PM | #3142 |
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22 Jun 2012, 12:38 PM | #3143 |
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I remember the DAYS ... when mail was composed using a fountain pen
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22 Jun 2012, 04:04 PM | #3144 |
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It still pays to use a fountain pen these days, especially if you are applying for a job with an 'old school' company. There are millions of them around - still.
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27 Jun 2012, 12:32 AM | #3145 |
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I will PASS on using a fountain pen, they are far too messy. I am glad that some of the old-fashioned things in life are still being used though; one example is the fact that I shocked many people last night using an old style camera with film to take pictures are our daughter's grade eight graduation.
I will still buy the disc/cd to upload the pics to the computer to email to friends/family/her facebook, etc but yes, not all old technology is outdated! |
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29 Jun 2012, 12:22 PM | #3147 |
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We shouldn't CAST away everything from the past. Last weekend I participated in a North America Amateur Radio contest (Field Day) using Morse code on shortwave radio. My radio is about 20 years old.
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30 Jun 2012, 04:10 PM | #3148 |
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1 Jul 2012, 12:11 AM | #3149 |
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I have an old (early) 'Swan' vacuum tube ham radio, that I do care about an awful lot. As I have recently moved house, I need to rehang my dipole antenna before I use it again.
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