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Post by Bats on Dec 2, 2018 1:59:19 GMT -8
December 29, 2011 - Samoa and Tokelau moved from east to west of the International Date Line, thereby skipping December 30, in order to align their time zones better with their main trading partners. No one likes December 30 anyway. It's probably the worst day of the Holidays. Everyone's sick of leftovers and it's still a day away from that booze-fest New Year's Eve.
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Post by Bats on Dec 2, 2018 2:05:29 GMT -8
August 5, 2011 - Juno, the first solar-powered spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, is launched from Cape Canaveral. It took nearly 5 years to reach its destination which, surprisingly, is still shorter than that bloody awful movie of the same name.
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Post by mrwoogieman on Dec 6, 2018 7:07:16 GMT -8
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Post by Bats on Dec 6, 2018 17:51:56 GMT -8
2012 - The year the Summer Olympics were held in London. A chance to show the rest of the world that we were the best. We came third. Still, at least we beat Russia.
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Post by mrwoogieman on Dec 7, 2018 5:27:14 GMT -8
2014
Sorry for the curveball, Bats, but that's how it goes sometimes!
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Post by Bats on Dec 7, 2018 6:44:51 GMT -8
2014
Sorry for the curveball, Bats, but that's how it goes sometimes!
No worries. Always loved the curveballs
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Post by parker1865 on Dec 7, 2018 7:19:43 GMT -8
"Russians have curved balls. Biguns".
Al Bundy
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Post by Bats on Dec 7, 2018 14:09:30 GMT -8
December 3, 2014 – The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches unmanned spaceprobe Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to Ryugu (a near Earth object) to collect rock samples. It's having such a great time, it's still there now!
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Post by mrwoogieman on Dec 8, 2018 11:04:46 GMT -8
2015!
Got a good looking sale lined up for tomorrow morning! Hundreds of Silver/Bronze books, including some keys! The feeding frenzy starts at 8:30 a.m. so I better get there early for a good spot in line! One dreadful thing - the pics show a spiffy new Overstreet price guide amongst the goodies - which is fine if they understand that value is condition-dependent, and not just the highest figure in the row!
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Post by Bats on Dec 8, 2018 11:10:02 GMT -8
2015!
Got a good looking sale lined up for tomorrow morning! Hundreds of Silver/Bronze books, including some keys! The feeding frenzy starts at 8:30 a.m. so I better get there early for a good spot in line! One dreadful thing - the pics show a spiffy new Overstreet price guide amongst the goodies - which is fine if they understand that value is condition-dependent, and not just the highest figure in the row!
Good luck
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Post by Bats on Dec 8, 2018 11:12:50 GMT -8
December 22, 2015 – SpaceX landed an unmanned Falcon 9 rocket, the first reusable rocket to successfully enter orbital space and return. Now that's environmentally friendly
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Post by Bats on Dec 8, 2018 11:19:53 GMT -8
March 6, 2015 - NASA's Dawn probe entered orbit around Ceres, becoming the first spacecraft to visit a dwarf planet. So why wasn't it called Snow White?
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Post by Bats on Dec 8, 2018 13:48:27 GMT -8
June 1, 2015 - Charles Kennedy, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats died aged fifty-five. For a politician, he was incredibly likeable RIP
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Post by mrwoogieman on Dec 9, 2018 14:15:39 GMT -8
2015!
Got a good looking sale lined up for tomorrow morning! Hundreds of Silver/Bronze books, including some keys! The feeding frenzy starts at 8:30 a.m. so I better get there early for a good spot in line! One dreadful thing - the pics show a spiffy new Overstreet price guide amongst the goodies - which is fine if they understand that value is condition-dependent, and not just the highest figure in the row!
Good luck Well, this sale turned into the biggest waste of time for me in 2018 - so it's got that going for it. I called the company running the sale and the guy I spoke with said that a sign-up sheet will be at the house starting at 6 p.m. the night before. Great! I drive the 35 minutes each way and sign up - number 5 on the list!
Drive back again this morning, get to the sale 5 minutes before scheduled opening, only to find out that they pre-sold the comics! All of them!
What a terrible way to run a business.
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Post by Ditch Fahrenheit on Dec 9, 2018 15:04:08 GMT -8
Good luck Well, this sale turned into the biggest waste of time for me in 2018 - so it's got that going for it. I called the company running the sale and the guy I spoke with said that a sign-up sheet will be at the house starting at 6 p.m. the night before. Great! I drive the 35 minutes each way and sign up - number 5 on the list! Drive back again this morning, get to the sale 5 minutes before scheduled opening, only to find out that they pre-sold the comics! All of them!
What a terrible way to run a business. That's awful. I'd be pissed.
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