As with everything in life, there are good points & bad points.

1 of the good points for Social Media

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Trying to remove one's self from the gene pool is one thing. But your 9yo son??
Police: Boy tied to minivan's roof to hold down plastic pool.

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

Trying to remove one's self from the gene pool is one thing. But your 9yo son??
Police: Boy tied to minivan's roof to hold down plastic pool.

Had to be ok. Her dad had done similar things to her. She probably even drank water from a garden hose.

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Trying to remove one's self from the gene pool is one thing. But your 9yo son??
Police: Boy tied to minivan's roof to hold down plastic pool.

Had to be ok. Her dad had done similar things to her. She probably even drank water from a garden hose.

I don't think Perry Mason or Ben Matlock would touch her case. Lol.

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This should be interesting!
Loved the animated version, wonder how it will play with live actors.
Disney announces cast for live-action 'Lion King' movie.
Meowbigkitties.

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

Man pulls gun in Ohio McDonald's drive-thru over Egg McMuffin

WARREN, Ohio — Police in Ohio say they’re looking for a man who pulled out a gun after being told by a McDonald’s drive-thru worker there were no Egg McMuffin sandwiches available.

Police say the incident occurred shortly after 3:30 a.m. Wednesday at a McDonald’s in Warren, about 60 miles southeast of Cleveland.

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Looked at my Facebook wall and found this. I'm not in the least bit happy about it. But I am in 100% agreement about the post. It would scare the holy hell out of me too to find out to late about this.
https://www.facebook.com/debbie.gorton.56/posts/1677494155618315

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Looked at my Facebook wall and found this. I'm not in the least bit happy about it. But I am in 100% agreement about the post. It would scare the holy hell out of me too to find out to late about this.
https://www.facebook.com/debbie.gorton.56/posts/1677494155618315

Yikes.....
A tragedy in the making.
Time for some lessons for the kiddies about never playing on or around vehicles of any kind.

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

Internet down?

Hungry birds

If not kept for historical purposes, it might as well put it to other use.
WWII air raid shelter converted to grow food beneath London's streets.

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Grant
Darwin NT

A strange object from outside our solar system just zoomed past the sun - Popular Science

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Rendezvous with Rama?

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Rendezvous with Rama?

Looks like it's in post production.

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Go find your "boom-box" from the 1980's along with some Disco music....
Cassette Tapes Are Almost Cool Again

Tapes are due for a midlife crisis. Invented in 1963 by Lou Ottens and later introduced at the Funkausstellung radio exhibition in Berlin, compact cassettes would go on to become the most prevalent form of prerecorded music from 1983, when they began outselling records, until 1991, when the CD became the most popular medium.

Tapes were undeniably an iconic part of music culture for several decades during the height of physical musical sales and distribution. And as the technology turns 50 this month, is anyone paying attention?

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The cassette isn't quite shaking physical music these days, and it isn't enjoying the same sort of renaissance as vinyl, which has seen a 33.5 percent increase in sales in the first half of 2013 alone. But there is undoubtedly public interest in the format today, spurred by new tape labels popping up, a phenomenon Marc Hogan wrote about in a 2010 Pitchfork feature. Our colleagues at Noisey have said there’s a “resurgence” of tapes, even if most folks have yet to see it.

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Go find your "boom-box" from the 1980's along with some Disco music....
Cassette Tapes Are Almost Cool Again

I still have several devices to play tapes, and plenty in my collection, along with records of 33's, 45's, and 78's.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

I even have some tapes for my Philips N1700 player!!!

Now there is a bit of ancient history.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Still have the Betamax top loader as well. But not quite collectors items YET !!

Beta top loaders were collectors items about the time Beta eventually lost out to VHS.
:-)

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Grant
Darwin NT

I have several Sony Elcaset decks, and blank tapes for them.
A very cool but short-lived format.

Meow!

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