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Léon P Léon P
A rat with wings?

Hey, I love seagulls. When I was little my dad used to take me to the landfill to dump our trash. In those days you backed up to a giant field of garbage and shoved your trash over the edge. There was garbage for as far as the eye could see, and it was teeming with seagulls squawking and fighting over trash. Good times!

These days I take my daughters down by the waterfront and feed the seagulls stale bread. They will catch it in midair if you toss it to them, and they will eat from your hands. One time we brought my mother-in-law and she was horrified. I think she is in the rats with wings camp.
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gatorcpa gatorcpa
Ask and ye shall receive.

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gatorcpa
I still remember when you found little Chomper as a foundling at your back door. I think he was only 8in back then.
 
timecube
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Since we're posting Constellations, here's my favorite.
I hope to have one some day.
 
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MtV MtV
That’s exactly what people seem to forget too often. They could ban the word Kiwi and only allow watches to be posted made in years the Aussies won the Ashes - their place, their rules. It’s that easy.
They can’t ban Kiwi - what would happen to me???🙁
 
YY77
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Kiwibloke Kiwibloke
They can’t ban Kiwi - what would happen to me???🙁
You would just be some random bloke on the internet to us.😗
 
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gatorcpa gatorcpa
Ask and ye shall receive.

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gatorcpa
I hope this fine specimen has not been turned into some luxury strap!
 
Pvt-Public
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cineaste cineaste
I hope this fine specimen has not been turned into some luxury strap!
Several of them as a matter of fact. 😗
 
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JwRosenthal JwRosenthal
Let’s take this beyond off course- can anyone tell me what this is? (It’s a test- not a question). I’ll give a hint- the scorched board is common to these. I have put red over the names to not give it away obviously.
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Best cheap upgrade to these is to unsolder the screw terminal blocks and directly solder the motor leads and the mains to the board.

Once you've fixed that fried resistor.
 
STANDY
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Texasjohn Texasjohn
This isn’t going to work out like OP planned.

ETA only 4 more posts and I can buy and sell, WOOHOO

😜 just think without the Texas blackout a few months back you would be 200 posts already.
 
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simomega simomega
Best cheap upgrade to these is to unsolder the screw terminal blocks and directly solder the motor leads and the mains to the board.

Once you've fixed that fried resistor.
Was thinking of just upgrading to the Hercules Mose outboard PS which gets the heat out of the plinth and is apparently more stable- read good things but haven’t tried it.
 
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To merge a couple of the concepts discussed above, and bring harmony to the force, I offer you one of my cats doing her Yoda impression. I thank yew:

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Engee
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The way I understand kosher rules is that 5k years ago, if you told someone that eating undercooked pork could kill them, they would blow you off. If you told them it was Gods will- then that settles it. Much of it pertained to hygiene.
Probably not. There's little evidence that hygiene had to do with it. Most likely it was about separation of the tribes. Back in the day there were all these tribes wandering around Canaan. In order to develop and maintain tribal loyalty the leaders found ways to make their tribe seem special so they instituted restrictions and told their followers that this was the word of God. Those restrictions were largely in the context of what other tribes did: If they eat certain things, we don't. If they pray this way, we pray that. Some of these behaviours became defining, others got lost over time or because they were not practical to maintain, or because social mores meant that people were no longer prepared to adhere. By this time the rabbis were pretty good at following the lead of the people, or adapting the rules, rather than risk them abandoning a faith that didn't fit their value system.
 
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To merge a couple of the concepts discussed above, and bring harmony to the force, I offer you one of my cats doing her Yoda impression. I thank yew:

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That’s a really good cat. Best post in this thread so far 👍
 
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Socks Socks
I’m not sure if you are allowed to use the term “dwarf” anymore? I think it’s “person of short stature”

unless you are referring to a star...

yes person of short stature.
 
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cineaste cineaste
I hope this fine specimen has not been turned into some luxury strap!
99% of nuisance alligators are harvested for hide and meat.

Alligators are extremely territorial. Once they’ve decided that your lake, pool or house is part of their territory, they will find their way back no matter where you drop them off.
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cineaste
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Engee Engee
Probably not. There's little evidence that hygiene had to do with it. Most likely it was about separation of the tribes. Back in the day there were all these tribes wandering around Canaan. In order to develop and maintain tribal loyalty the leaders found ways to make their tribe seem special so they instituted restrictions and told their followers that this was the word of God. Those restrictions were largely in the context of what other tribes did: If they eat certain things, we don't. If they pray this way, we pray that. Some of these behaviours became defining, others got lost over time or because they were not practical to maintain, or because social mores meant that people were no longer prepared to adhere. By this time the rabbis were pretty good at following the lead of the people, or adapting the rules, rather than risk them abandoning a faith that didn't fit their value system.

Maybe pork was scarce back then so they wanted people to feel good about not being able to eat it?
 
Engee
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Maybe pork was scarce back then so they wanted people to feel good about not being able to eat it?
There’s no specific prohibition against eating pork. The law says that Jews must only eat animals that have a cloven hoof and chew the cud. Pigs fall into neither category. It has nothing to do with availability or cleanliness.
 
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Engee Engee
There’s no specific prohibition against eating pork. The law says that Jews must only eat animals that have a cloven hoof and chew the cud. Pigs fall into neither category. It has nothing to do with availability or cleanliness.
Perhaps it’s a Hasidic thing then the ones I talked to said they are unclean animals and forbidden I’m just kinda into religions like to read about all of them. For a while I was in the Bob Dylan religion of the month club but I settled back into the one I was born into. I find some good in all religions regardless
 
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Engee Engee
There’s no specific prohibition against eating pork. The law says that Jews must only eat animals that have a cloven hoof and chew the cud. Pigs fall into neither category. It has nothing to do with availability or cleanliness.
I've read theories about this. My intepretation is that it was easier to make an inclusive list than an exclusive list, because inclusive is smaller. The (not) mixing the meat and dairy must have come from too much cross-contamination. I'm guessing for shellfish that someone noticed they are bottom-feeding scavengers.
 
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