Note: Does not contain instructions on how to remove acres of tangled thread from under the sole plate of your machine. :-) - Slippy Lane
slide plate off, rip that shit out, all the while swearing at the machine and threatening to throw it into the garbage bin out back and reminding it that you don't have to put up with that crap. - Orphan Spinster Librarian
Still not the one I was looking for - but this site has more. Is it me or have they decided to forgo creativity with Mahatma Gandhi? - Zestyn Zee
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"At least one of many large, lake-like features on Saturn's moon Titan contains liquid hydrocarbons, making it the only body in the solar system besides Earth known to have liquid on its surface, NASA said Wednesday." - Zestyn Zee
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Water on Mars, Ethanol on Titan, Olives on Earth. Interplanetary Gin Slings, anyone? - Slippy Lane
HAS Bob the Builder been on a working holiday? Crumbling walls in Italian town Bocchignano have been repaired - with LEGO BRICKS. - Zestyn Zee
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In England, this would be deemed both "unsafe" and "not in keeping with original construction methods". Thankfully, it's not in England, lol - Slippy Lane
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"A previously unknown portrait of a woman by Vincent van Gogh has been revealed in a high-tech look beneath another of his paintings, it was announced today." - Zestyn Zee
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One assumes he painted over it because he wasn't happy with it. If it were my work, I'd say "leave it hidden," but it's not, so I shan't. :-) - Slippy Lane
"The berry rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors for an hour or so, rendering lemons as sweet as candy." ... “It was like no holds barred in terms of what people would try to eat, so they opened my fridge and started downing Tabasco and maple syrup,” ... "limes were candied, vinegar resembled apple juice, goat cheese tasted like cheesecake on the tongue and goat cheese on the throat. Bananas were just bananas." - Slippy Lane
Those were my favourite three quotes from a fascinating article. Must save up and buy some of these! - Slippy Lane
I'd be well up for sampling them with you - then raiding the cupboards for all kinds of mad stuff! - Zestyn Zee
It's like something straight out of Willy Wonka! Exciting stuff. - VickyPearce
I had never heard of these before - and found them really interesting! - Zestyn Zee
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Snip: "The hobo nickel is a sculptural art form involving the creative modification of small-denomination coins, essentially resulting in miniature bas reliefs. The nickel, because of its size, thickness, and relative softness, was a favored coin for this purpose. However, the term "hobo nickel" is generic, as carvings have been made from many different denominations." - Slippy Lane
"The shuttle Discovery blasted its way into orbit through wispy clouds against blue skies on its way to deliver a bus-sized laboratory to the International Space Station." - Zestyn Zee
Poor old shuttle orbiters can barely struggle their way to orbit and back these days. NASA REALLY need to start pumping some money into the further development of space travel, and instead of trying to stop private industry from staging its own space launches, should be working with them - Slippy Lane
Elated scientists probing the arctic surface of Mars with their newly-landed Phoenix spacecraft said Saturday they are convinced they have found a bright and shiny layer of real ice only inches beneath the Martian soil and directly under the body of the lander itself. - Zestyn Zee
Woohoo! I love how the patch of ground which exposes the "ice" has been named "Holy Cow!" - Slippy Lane
