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Somewhat off topic for this thread (but it is OTB)... back when I was single, I had some weird/funny experiences with blind dates (or rather lacks of...

Yes. It was interesting hearing about the speech difficulty she overcame; I had never heard of such a thing (having difficulty saying certain...

Heck, we did that as kids when we went to camp, or with our school lunches. "Hey, I'll trade you half my sandwich for your cookie"

She also played Danielle Rousseau on Lost. She was a talented actress, a good person, and she'll be missed. Her final statement:...

Ken Jennings is...meh. Speaks way too fast for my liking. But he's temporary so I'm not overly spun up about his time as guest host. We just...

I had a similar experience after having cataract surgery earlier this month. I would occasionally see an arc-like shadow in my right eye's...

SN-09 has completed a static fire at 9am EST 1500 UTC. That seems to be it for the day.

In keeping with the thread title, Amanda Gorman. If the name is unfamiliar, that's why we have Google. And YouTube. Hugely, majorly, amazingly...

I haven't watched Jeopardy since Alex Trebek died. Just can't.

The Christmas surge in new USA cases seems to have settled down a bit, with the 7-day average running under 200,000 cases daily where it had been...

One of the interesting effects of a vitreous detachment for me was a regular grid of red dots that appeared when I closed the affected eye. I got...

Not today.

No my apologies are directed to you for my causing a misunderstanding as I certainly didn't think you were preaching at me. I was trying, in what I...

You first

Sorry if I seemed to be preaching at you--I was sure you'd have had the full briefing. My remarks were mainly aimed at anyone else reading this...

It is easier to land a small probe on Titan using parachutes. Parachutes that can brake a large spacecraft are extremely difficult no matter how...

The optometrist went through the various signs and symptoms, pretty much as described by you, to look out for. My eye is so messed up inside that now...

So is this thread for things that annoy the people posting them, or for things that annoy Big Don, regardless of who post?

Actually, everyone gets posterior vitreous detachment at some time, late 50s onwards. Your vitreous becomes less flexible and shrinks slightly with...

Not surprising. On Firefly they bet jobs in card games. I would be shocked if they didn't have something similar on the ISS or any isolated community.

He3 is one of the more complex types of theoretical reactor fuel to achieve sustainable fusion. There's a reason we are starting with...

Northrop Grumman test fires solid motor for ULA’s Vulcan rocket ...

Google announced Jan. 21 it is shutting down Loon, a venture to provide wireless connectivity by balloon that has been seen as both complementary to...

NASA may limit its presence in Russia over shrinking cooperation on ISS. ...

SpaceX to launch dozens of satellites on Transporter-1 flight Friday and you can watch it live. A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket flight is scheduled to...

Thanks, grant! Bookmarked in my favorites.