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'Early adoption, mass use and standardisation' =/= 'invented'

'Bought the company' =/= 'invented'

Wiki says, "Gauge blocks were invented in 1896 by Swedish machinist Carl Edvard Johansson" Really. Promise. I just looked cos I thought it was an interesting question; I was wondering if it was Henry Maudsley who invented the screw gauge.

A thread for those needy obsessionals whom absolutely must must must know everything about other posters including their real identity and employment status. So if you absolutely can't live without knowing the finer details such as work travel arrangements, car choice, colour of front door, whether self employed etc; post your enquiries here to save endlessly clogging up other threads again and again and again with the same pointless tiresome old questions. There seems to be a need for this - a dedicated thread - to save having said questions scattered elsewhere and all over the forum. Well now it's here. Any continuing enquiries of this nature appearing on other threads can now be referred here. Respondants are advised that this is a stalkers paradise and that it is inadvisable to give away any personal information whatsoever on a public forum. Enquirants are advised to get out more. Over to you.

How so? Some analysis and alternative insight would help. At least highlight the points you disagree with.

I dunno, simmed a pretty fair assessment to me: which bits do you disagree with? What's your take on the situation?

I thought it had been established that it is the american consumer that pays these tariffs and that the money goes to the american treasury: ie that it is a tax on americans not us. CUE T'Clash... Tar ree if he don't like it Rock the

And gnarly ancient magnolias.

Billy Threediggers Sorry, just made me laugh that's all. As you were.

Top choice, just the one I was thinking of.

A while back now I watched a whole load of the clips of his parts in Tombstone again on youtube. Absolutely stunning performance: redefined the character, made it his own, a bit like Marlon Brando did with Marc Anthony or The Sisters of Mercy did with Emma*. Stunning to watch. ETA and Knockin' on Heavens Door

Wisconsin went well. For some.

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All Terrain Lilo. It's what he uses when it's a bit choppy.

My two penn'th - just quickly whilst I'm waiting for a call: Get out of the armchair: me being tall and thin always used to suffer from a bad back <snip edit> and then it got worse. While it was so bad I stopped sitting in an armchair and used a wooden (?Welsh kitchen) chair with arms and a cushion tucked behind my back so that my spine curved out forwards rather than backwards as it does when sitting in an armchair. This was as pain relief at the time but 25 years later, I'm still using it and no further recurring back pain. As others have said Exercise: I've always been out and about active but never done any 'gym' type stuff: a few years back I started doing some sit ups - just by tucking my feet under the bed - just to make sure I could. Started out doing 20 once or twice a year now do 50 once or twice a month: but the result is much improved core strength (I was shoveling some wet clay: I just stood up straight and threw it over a high bank: I remember thinking, "how the hell did I manage to do that?") Both of which of the above help with posture: your spine is like a radio mast: long and thin sections held in place with stays/muscles: if any of them weaken or shorten through disuse the mast/spine buckles and bends - hence old people being curved over as the muscles in front lose their stretch. Diet: your metabolism slows right down: any extra food becomes extra weight: stop eating when you stop feeling hungry ie eat as little as possible, give up the crap (salt mush, sugar mush): your body can deal with it when you're younger, not any more. I stopped eating bread a few years back due to incredible indigestion: the effect was phenomenal: I now sleep better, I'm more alert, I feel better all round: the result was probably equal to giving up smoking (which I assume you have) or drinking (which I have but that's another story, I 'd recommend it but I'd never hear the last of it ) That's about it: that's what works for me and what I've changed: exercise as much as you can (which is easy for me and most on here: work is exercise) and eat as little as you need to (ie cut out 'reward' & 'social' eating). Bit more than two pennorth huh? Hey ho. Look after y'selves, Happy days Yourn.

Because in JD's world no white british people ever did any money laundering ever.

PLEASE DON'T FEED THE TROLLS

No pics m'fraid but top Springy stuff nevertheless: earlier in the week a tremendous racket blew up in hedge just outside the door of the outhouse that serves as a shed: then a blackcap (what else) perched on the front of the hedge right by the door looked in and flew off. And today a pair of ravens flew over with one, two or three times just while I watched, folding its wings and plummeting dramatically before swooping up and carrying on. Yippee! I'm a raven!

But as soon as something comes along that is important to you...

Yeah, I take the point regarding local/national elections I would have made the same point myself but to have a voting share fall from 80% to zero: do you not find that interesting? Especially on the heels of the Bullet Votes anomalies (Bullet votes where voters just tick for the president and leave the rest of the card unmarked) whereby a background level (all elections all states) of 1% rose to ~7% in favour of trump in a number of crucial swing states. If this was rigging the vote it was also very sloppy. And still no one questions that massive data gathering exercise that Muskie undertook with prizes of $1m just before the election. Nor what he did with the data. Are you questioning the data or the messenger on this one? Because however you look at it it IS anomalous: it is the definition of anomalous: that is what makes it interesting. If the Kamala vote had dropped to 60% or 40% that would be a bad night at the polls; 20% would be like Liz Truss getting her arse handed to her on that plate (but bear in mind Kamala is popular outside of politics, many would vote for her from affection); but zero? zero is interesting; and yet instead of sharing your insight/analysis you just scream bullshit. Again. You seem to pass up every opportunity to share what you know. Why is that? Why do you share so little?

If I told you that Trump has dubbed himself 'The Fertilization President' you wouldn't believe me would you?

How big's the tree? If not too; then warm soapy water.

Needs to take a bit more care when he's on ms paint though!

JDV Visits Greenland [BBC Link] "[JDV] said the visit to the military installation was to check on the island's security, as "a lot of other countries have threatened Greenland, have threatened to use its territories and its waterways to threaten the United States, to threaten Canada, and of course, to threaten the people of Greenland"." [My underlining] Er which countries would they be then? I can only think of one. Definite case of "Citation Needed" "He added that the Trump administration wants to "reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland", and that the United States and Denmark have ignored it for "far too long"." [My underlining again] sounds like one of those phrases that will go down in history like "special military operation", "Austria is suffering al of of unrest: it's up to us to sort it out", and "they speak german in the sudetenland so we might as well have that too" ETA "He added that the Trump administration wants to "reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland" and JDV is an honourable man.