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Doone
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I bet it went very, very quiet ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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Hedgehog
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So I drove a different way in to work today, to try to avoid some road construction on my regular route. On the way, I saw a gate across a driveway, bearing the sign; "Gate Must Be Kept Locked At All Times."
Now, my literalist nature instantly thought: "Well, that rather defeats the purpose of a gate. Why not just put up a fence?"
Of course, my common sense then pointed out that the sign did not mean what it said, but that explaining that "the gate is to be unlocked only by authorized personnel to allow vehicles in or out and then the gate is to be immediately re-locked" was really a bit much to put on a sign.
But these things bother me. The sign, as written, is nonsense.
Oh, and then there turned out to be road construction on this new route as well. Delaware's Dept. of Transportation is devoted to the concept that roadways should be a complete impediment to travel.
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Drifting Star
Drifting against the wind
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We once had insurance for our caravan that said the wheel clamp had to be on and locked at all times. I phoned them up and asked if that really meant it had to be clamped while it was being towed. They said yes.
We changed our insurer.
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Baptist Trainfan
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I like signs at supermarkets which say, "Parent and child parking".
I always expect to see a father and a couple of children disconsolately standing by the signpost while mum is busy going round the store.
This is even better - but do they expect folk to lie down in the space?
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
A good friend sent me this link. Knowing my involvement with the Ship, he thought it might be of interest to Shipmates.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Speaking of road signs, I've just passed a road on the way past an airport, clearly the site of much speeding, that reads:
"Remember: This is a motorway, not a runway."
It certainly makes it point memorably.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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During a time when so much bad stuff is going on with law enforcement, etc. I was delighted to hear that one group of inmates broke out of their cell to save the life of a guard who collapsed.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Originally posted by lilBuddha on What is the strangest thing you saw this week?:
An artist is sued because he claims he did not paint.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
During a time when so much bad stuff is going on with law enforcement, etc. I was delighted to hear that one group of inmates broke out of their cell to save the life of a guard who collapsed.
I hope the inmates got some consideration on the length of their sentences.
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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The internet is good for pictures of cute vertebrates. Even some of the arthropods have got a look in the cute division.
The banana slug rarely gets a mention. Pretty interesting page here about a not-very-pretty animal. Squeamish shipmates, use caution before clicking.
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Ariel
Shipmate
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(Sigh) yes, it looks like a yellow slug. Each to their own.
[ 16. July 2016, 20:28: Message edited by: Ariel ]
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Nicolemr
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Really big yellow slugs!
I think they're kinda' cute.
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Galloping Granny
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
I like signs at supermarkets which say, "Parent and child parking".
I always expect to see a father and a couple of children disconsolately standing by the signpost while mum is busy going round the store.
This is even better - but do they expect folk to lie down in the space?
I like the sign at my dentist's 'PATIENT CARPARK'
There was once a craft market – indoor, permanent, artists' work displayed in individual alcoves – which had a dad-park: a cosy corner with armchairs, newspapers, tea- and coffee-makers. A brilliant idea. There may have been toddlers' toys too.
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Baptist Trainfan
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I passed an Residential Home this morning (itself a euphemism: what else would one do in a home but reside?)
It had a sign on the gate: "Caution, Elderly People". That made me wonder why they should be so dangerous: are they axe-wielding maniacs, or what?
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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It's like that sign that crops up round here every time they squeeze another stack of boxes into a Victorian back garden - 'Retirement Flats'. Always think it should be followed by 'Utah'.
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
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Here is a computer animated re-creation of the destruction of Pompeii by Vesuvius. It's fascinating.
Moo
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Welease Woderwick
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Thanks Moo - amazing!
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