The random stuff that doesn't need it's own thread thread

Man Mountain

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The White Knight Chronicles Chapter 2




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Lo-ki

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Check your closet..:)
I think I want a job cleaning mirrors.
It's something I could really see myself doing.
 

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Europe's Comet Probe Philae Has Woken Up

The European Space Agency says the comet probe Philae has woken up seven months after scientists lost contact.

Philae, a 100kg robot lab, was dropped on to the surface of Comet 67P by mothership, Rosetta, last November after a 10-year trek.

Philae's mission was to unveil the secrets of comets which some experts believe may hold the secrets to how the Solar System was formed.

But instead of attaching itself to the iceball's surface, the little lander bounced and settled at an angle in a dark ditch.

It worked for 60 hours before going to sleep when its solar-powered battery ran flat but the comet has now sparked into life, transmitting signals for two minutes, as well as 40 seconds worth of data.

Some of the data was historical, indicating that Philae may have been awake earlier but unable to communicate with Rosetta.

Stephan Ulamec, project manager at the German Aerospace Centre, DLR, said: "Philae is doing very well. The lander is ready for operations."

The space probe's Twitter account, run by the Lander Control Centre LCC in Cologne, announced Philae's revival, tweeting after a seven-month silence: "Hello Earth! Can you hear me?"

Then in a tweet directed at the account for its mothership, the space agency wrote: "Hello @ESA_Rosetta! I'm awake! How long have I been asleep?"

After a reply saying the rest had been seven months, the Philae account tweeted back: "Wow @ESA_Rosetta! That’s a long time… time for me to get back to work! #Lifeonacomet".

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/europes-comet-probe-philae-woken-113458419.html#wc2QG6f

I'm now following a space probe sitting on a comet, on Twitter! lol :)
 

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....^...I once followed a Space Cadet Twit around, that I probed for about seven months, till she was recalled to the Mothership...The Mothership being ,The Marble Arch.
 

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Cambridge University is hiring a professor of Lego



The best learning is, as any parent knows, through play. Academics at Camrbridge University agree: they’ve just received funding to recruit a Lego professorship of play in education, development and learning.

The University’s Faculty of Education has will receive a total of $6 million in funding from the Lego Foundation which in part will help support a Research Centre on Play in Education, Development, and Learning. Part of the funding will be directed into funding a Lego professorship who will work at the new center. The University claims that more details about the research and the post itself will be revealed after various internal meetings are held during October.

http://lego.gizmodo.com/cambridge-university-is-hiring-a-professor-of-lego-1711352924
 

Lo-ki

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Check your closet..:)
Texting for elderly:


ATD: At The Doctor's
BFF: Best Friend’s Funeral
BTW: Bring the Wheelchair
BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth
CBM: Covered By Medicare
CGU: Can’t Get Up
CR: Can't Remember
CUATSC: See You At The Senior Center
DTAF: Don’t Trust A Fart
DWI: Driving While Incontinent
FWBB: Friend with Beta Blockers
FWIW: Forgot Where I Was
FYI: Found Your Insulin
FYI: For Your Indigestion.
GGLKI: Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking In
GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low
GHA: Got Heartburn Again
GOML: Get Off My Lawn
GTG: Got the Gout
HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement
IMHMO: In My HMO...
IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?
JK: Just Kvetching
LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out
LOL: Living On Lipitor
LWO: Lawrence Welk’s On
MGAD: My Grandson’s A Doctor
MILF: Meal I'd Like To Forget
OMG: Ouch, My Groin!
OMMR: On My Massage Recliner
OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas.
PIMP: Pooped In My Pants
ROFL CGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing, and Can’t Get Up
RULKM: Are You Leaving Kids Money?
SGGP: Sorry, Gotta Go Poop
SUS: Speak Up, Sonny
TGIF: Thank Goodness It's Four (Four O'Clock - Early Bird Special)
TLC: Totally Lost Continence
TOT: Texting on Toilet
TTYL: Talk To You Louder
WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?
WIWYA: When I Was Your Age
WTF: Wet the Floor
WTP: Where’s The Prunes?
WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil
 
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