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| Woodcut uroscopy chart pairing urine flasks with colour descriptions, printed at the private press of Ulrich Pinder, physician to the City of Nuremberg, 1506 — Source. |
Troubled Waters: medieval manuscripts (image above) exhibit a spectrum of colours and consistencies when describing urine. (via everlasting blort)
It's a “state-of-the-art, five-star, world-class luxury 25-room resort": Would you stay on Epstein Island?
I'm going to ditch my treadmill and replace it with this space saving body exerciser
I totally get why people want to visit Venice but I don't understand why they don't mind destroying it. Link via PfRC
How to Survive a Car Crash in 10 Easy Steps A journalist navigates a world forever changed by her traumatic brain injury.
The route sticks to the river, so there are few climbs of any note. Cycling along the Seine looks like a wonderful way to experience Normandy.
Dolly Parton's new single: Liar, liar the world's on fire Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down
Sister Senators: A bipartisan group of five female state senators in South Carolina has united to block the legislature from passing a near-total ban on abortion in the state despite a Republican supermajority. YouTube Link
They were hoping for a free trip to Dogpatch, USA but all they won was a lousy transistor radio: Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae Lookalike Contest
“It used to be that over-the-top was looked down upon, but now over-the-top is applauded.” Look at me- I am not applauding. (New York Times Link)
Huge menu from the Warner Brothers Studio Cafe (1941) Despite wartime rationing they put on quite a spread.
Reasons for worker absence include "embalming brother", "brewing beer" and "bitten by scorpion" Ancient Egyptian tablet is an "attendance sheet" listing excuses for missing work
50 Most Beautiful Small Towns in the World My town made this list.
Sweden is building an electrified road that lets electric cars and trucks (EVs) charge their batteries while driving.
Fog X is a jacket that can make drinking water from fog.
Over the top means, and has always meant, excessive. Excessive was usually looked down on by peers, as it raised the bar for what was expected of them, but now it’s often applauded.
ReplyDeleteThe 1941 menu, we didn’t officially enter the war until Dec 7th .
Then rationing in the US started with sugar in March of ’42 and a bunch of stuff in Nov ’42.
Besides, WB was a defense contractor.
Mike Fox may get beaten down but will never back down.
Half the reason your town made the top 50 list is the hours of labor you and Mr NAG spend on your yard garden.
xoxoxoBruce
I forgot that the US entered the war so much later than Canada (not that I was alive then).
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