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"Commuting can mean cycling, running, in-line skating or even kayaking.
Habitat for Humanity? Volunteer to mow your elderly neighbors lawns?" [
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favorited 3 times, recently by orrnyereg, synecdoche, Capri
more than 12 hours ago
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"Also, concepts developed for and proven by the Segway could be useful in the future in creating better mobility devices for the disabled if they haven't already.
Actually, loiseau, they have already and you've got the timeline backwards. Kamen's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
2 days ago
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Photos of the secret interiors of buildings.
favorited 13 times, recently by hobbes, The Pluto Gangsta, omarr, lhall, Haruspex, redtriskelion, rmd1023, babybuns, brownpau, Abiezer, slogger, Terminal Verbosity, nicolin
7 days ago
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"What is it you want out of birding? Your question isn't really that clear. Do you need help spotting robins? Are you seeking to understand your local ecology better? Compile a life list a mile long? Be a master of identifying birds by just their..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rtha
11 days ago
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"Swallow it with a large spider. Then swallow a bird to catch the spider, then swallow a cat to catch the bird. Let us know if you need help after that point.
Warning: Perhaps you'll die...." [
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favorited 42 times, recently by mumeishi
2 weeks ago
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"I was just working on a post for this! It's part of Yauner's "Because We Can" series. I like The Fastest Clock in the World.
I also like the stick figure that gets tired of just standing there...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Afroblanco
Last month
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"This morning on Bike the Drive I spotted an old man cruising along on a tricycle with a filing cabinet attached to the back. It's bound to catch on." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Telf, wfrgms
Last month
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"I work as staff and part-time faculty in a college product design program.
There are a lot of ways to present your design. There are control drawings that include orthographic views (usually front, top and right, like a plan and two elevations in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by safetyfork
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"In 1968, Gilbert Gil and Caetano Veloso performed in eliminatory rounds of the Festival International de Canção at the Teatro de Universidade Católica in São Paulo. The purpose of the rounds was to select one Brazilian song to enter into the festival..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by wfrgms, soundofsuburbia
2 months ago
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"Urban Bikers' Tips & Tricks is a great book for the beginner. It's got answers to most of answers and more. You can get a taste of it at the author's site.
Safe Bicycling in Chicagoland has tips that apply to any metropolitan area. Especially..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
2 months ago
MeFi post:
There's a robot beneath the fluff.
favorited 16 times, recently by owhydididoit, hydropsyche, lalochezia, agregoli, Afroblanco, regicide is good for you, EarBucket, zippy, Jilder, cillit bang, phyrewerx, I-baLL, Faux Real, loquacious, shadow vector, Venadium
2 months ago
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"A duck walks into a convenience store, goes up to the counter, and asks the clerk, "Got any grapes?"
The clerk says, "I'm sorry, but no, we don't have any grapes." The duck walks out.
The next day the duck walks into the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Iamtherealme
2 months ago
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"DU, let me see if I have this straight:
You're complaining about a video clip that you didn't watch because it's not about a celebrity you don't like...." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Midnight Rambler
2 months ago
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"I honestly believe that all of the composting, recycling, biking, food-miles-counting and tofu-eating in the world won't help us if global warming theory is correct; and if it's not, obviously, then it doesn't matter anyway.
One nice thing about..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by Drexen, Blazecock Pileon, Skwirl, Jess the Mess, misha, bettafish
3 months ago
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"But "more robust transportation options"? What does that mean?
Well funded, smartly integrated public transportation systems. Rapid rail transit. More bike lanes. Urban planning that allows you to walk to a store...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
3 months ago
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"I wouldn't freak out, but I'd be inclined to think, "Aren't you being silly? It's just hair." At which point you'd explain that you've tried to find a good style for your in-between hair but really haven't much luck yet. And then I'd ask..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by thebellafonte
3 months ago
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"I think the best thing to do is have the wedding, not make a big deal to your guests, and continue to step up your green lifestyle and encourage others to do the same. Of course, you can still do some things for the wedding:
I don't know much..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kwaller
3 months ago
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"At least he didn't compare us to Hitler.
I have a dear, dear friend who is a major foodie, formally a chef. Like Bourdain, she tends to be very dismissive off anyone who chooses not to eat certain foods. When she was dating I got to hear..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by axon, crataegus, tehloki
4 months ago
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"The Fireside Bowl and The Hideout are two favorite music venues.
The Fireside Bowl no longer has shows. But you can once again bowl.
Born and raised in the city, and I say "Ell-innoy". I never really noticed it until this thread. I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nitsuj
4 months ago
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"I always thought the "mexican = lazy" meme was much older, from the early european introduction to the siesta.
Yeah. I guess it's interesting how Northern European stereotypical beliefs about Southern Europeans get carried over into..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MLIS
5 months ago
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"How is it that a prominent Nigerian business man wouldn't speak English? I kept wondering about that and missed all the funny." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pinothefrog
5 months ago
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"Especially to promote your samba school?
A samba school is a group that to exists enter a float, song and troupe of dancers in the carnival parade competition. Sometimes they are from actual schools but more often it's a neighborhood organization..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Abiezer, bookish
5 months ago
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"Tube, for shame. Surely you know to reign re: planes falls mainly to the vain." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by cortex, whir
5 months ago
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"I disagree; I think that human being are taught to go through a lot of pain if their spouse/partner sleeps with someone else.
Are human beings taught to be angry when they're punched in the face? How about when a rival takes away their domestic..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by applemeat
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Human beings are not inclined toward monogamy
Human being are also inclined to go through a lot of pain if their spouse/life partner/etc. sleeps with other people. The deal you make with monogamy, the dean Dean Wareham made, is that you sacrifice..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by transona5
5 months ago
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"Send a stripper over. Have him insist he's at the correct address for the bachelorette party and start his routine. Of course, he's wearing the lobster as a codpiece...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by HighTechUnderpants
6 months ago
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"I watched Solid Gold quite a bit when I was young. I'm glad someone finally explained to me what it was." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arcticwoman
6 months ago
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"While I might buy this story if you were a professional who had also been active in politics, I'm not buying it from you.
Yesterday I found out that if you google my name with a more common spelling variant, you'll find my name and photo on a list..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by thedanimal, shmegegge, axon, ShawnStruck, zardoz, aerotive, Blazecock Pileon, Gary, octothorpe, DevilsAdvocate
6 months ago
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"For the US, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has the data from their Current Population Survey online. It won't tell you anything about how many women are excelling in their fields, but a quick scan shows that women make up 13.1% of aerospace engineers..." [
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6 months ago
