Only in Wigan could they have thought of this, The pie at night: Meat and potato treat 'sent into space'

Hope it's Homeward Bound (it has Wigan link.)

Follow up, the pie did get home.
'Space pie' survives trip to final frontier and lands in North Yorkshire village

LOL....
"They said they thought it would freeze on its ascent and be cooked on re-entry. "

I don't think the pie would have survived if it descended fast enough on re-entry to cook it.................

Can anyone calculate the terminal velocity of a pie?

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My thinking on CFLs and now LEDs has been to install them when the previous bulbs burn out. My limited experience with LEDs so far has been that they don't last nearly as long as they are supposed to, sometimes not even as long as the incandescent they replaced.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

My limited experience with LEDs so far has been that they don't last nearly as long as they are supposed to, sometimes not even as long as the incandescent they replaced.

The LED will last for decades. The electronics needed to make it function on mains AC, not quite so long.

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Grant
Darwin NT

My limited experience with LEDs so far has been that they don't last nearly as long as they are supposed to, sometimes not even as long as the incandescent they replaced.

The LED will last for decades. The electronics needed to make it function on mains AC, not quite so long.

That could be it.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Just how much can a Koala bear?
A Victorian man has videoed the moment he made friends with a wild koala by brushing prickly burrs out of its fur.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Berlin christmas market attack.

12 dead.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/19/europe/berlin-christmas-market-truck/

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Maybe this belong in the Number Crunching forum instead?????

Samsung sent cable guy to fix recalled washing machine

Got car problems? You call a mechanic. Leaky roof? You get a roofer. So when a couple had a recalled washing machine, they expected a washing machine repairman.

But that's not who some people are getting for their Samsung washing machines -- which need a fix for tops that can fly violently off.
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They were particularly baffled by who showed up to make the repairs.

"Dish Network!” Her husband Armando exclaimed. “Which we even questioned the guy when he came over: Why Dish Network?”

A spokesperson for Samsung told us that to try to respond faster, they "ramped up" their network of authorized service partners nationwide and Dish is one of those partners.

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May I just say.

Best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, winter solstice holiday, practised within the most joyous traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, but with respect for the religious persuasion of others who choose to practice their own religion as well as those who choose not to practice a religion at all;


Additionally, a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the generally accepted calendar year 2017, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions have helped make our society great, without regard to the race, creed, colour, religious, or sexual preferences of the wishes.

(Disclaimer: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others and no responsibility for any unintended emotional stress these greetings may bring to those not caught up in the holiday spirit.)

Bernie.

Get ready to start caroling around the office with these Linux-centric lyrics to popular Christmas carols.

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Get ready to start caroling around the office with these Linux-centric lyrics to popular Christmas carols.

Hyvää joulua:)

A Seal for Christmas?
"Newstead is about 50 kilometres from the sea.
The seal is believed to have found its way into the street from a nearby waterway."
Australian fur seal wanders into Launceston suburb, squashes car.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Ok I just got back from the Barstow Community Hospital ER, where I had some blood and urine samples taken, plus I had a Cat Scan, they found growths on both of My kidneys, the smaller growth is on the left, the bigger is on the right, plus they found blood in My urine, gave Me something for the intense pain, along w/an iv drip of saline solution(weird way to get a drink), I was alternating between higher temp and I gather normal, since I was sweating and then not sweating, plus they said My potassium was low and gave Me 2 potassium pills, with some water, I was advised to call My Doctor and setup an appointment asap(Monday, but they closed then), for urologist, so I did that, on the way there I had to stop the car near the Barstow Rd exit doubled over in intense pain and I almost felt like puking.

These 2 growths could be: benign, tumor, or cancer... I was told.

I'm hoping for Benign.

Then I went to buy some extra strength Tylenol 650mg, bananas, and some crackers(Chicken in a Biskit, by Nabisco), then I went home and fed Grace, and I'm doing some laundry.

And Grace tossed Her cookies before I came home, in the living room, lovely...

I have bad kidneys and one shrunk. I hope both growths are benign also Vic, as most are.

Rest and take care Vic. :)

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And Grace tossed Her cookies before I came home, in the living room, lovely...

She was probably worried about you.

potassium pills

Those things are big to swallow(at least the ones my mother takes).

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

I got a nice surprise later after I got home from the BCH ER, My cable bill dropped from the expected $113.30, to $98.70, I saved $14.60 per month(probably for a whole year, and probably a last XMAS gift from TWC, as they're becoming Spectrum), and My internet speed went from 30/5 to 100/10.

That's pretty cool. How in the world did you manage to get that?

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Victor........
I do hope the medical situation turns out to be minor.

I have not been to the doc in more than a year, and I am not sure I wanna.
Dr. Gunderson will probably, once again, read me the riot act for my lifestyle.
She has told me before, I do almost everything wrong.
But I convinced the nurses to refill my BP meds, as I had run out.
And they thought keeping that at least partially in check was better than withholding my meds because I did not wish to schedule an appointment.
Walgreens was not getting anywhere, so I did finally have to make a call to the clinic and ask them to get the dang thing done.
I had my meds in hand twenty minutes later, which includes a 15 minute drive.

I think somebody used the term 'stat' to the pharmacy.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Yeah the pills are Yuge! I tried swallowing both at once, spit one out before it dissolved, then swallowed both after they started dissolve, a horse I'm not.

Try bananas instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F9hVU35d70

Another useless patent... Microsoft Sees A Future Where Augmented Reality Can Find Lost Keys

We’re sure we’ve all been in that situation where you search high and low for something, like your watch, keys, wallet, or glasses, only to realize after an exhaustive and frustrating search that they were right in front of you, and in your haste simply missed them. Those problems could one day be a thing of the past, according to a patent filed by Microsoft.

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Having those symptoms, I would think I had a kidney stone. Scans showing growths are a little more scary.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Dr. Gunderson will probably, once again, read me the riot act for my lifestyle.

Sounds familary. (Oh Gunderson and Walgreen are Scandinavian names)

Only 522 bottles so...

...get yours here :-)