Subdeacon Joe
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April would count her tennis balls. We had a bunch of them. I'd THWACK them down the hall with a cane, she would fetch them to just out of cane reach - and if I moved so I could hook it with the cane, she would move it out of reach- I'd THWACK another one. She did the same, then look at them. By the time she got to 5 or 6 in her stash she would start poking them with her nose. If I snagged one when she was chasing the next one to add to her stash, when she counted up short by one she would glare at me. "That's not how we play this game!"
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Decant the bigger boxes into plastic containers that fit on your shelf. Or put them into smaller ziplock bags and evacuate most of the air by submerging the bags in water almost to the lip, then closing them.
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Oh! Blue Cheese dressing.
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1 hour ago, J-BAR #18287 said:
SJ, where/what is that?
https://www.museosansevero.it/en/the-chapel-and-the-veiled-christ/the-veiled-christ/the-statue
died in 1752 and only managed to make a terracotta scale model of the Christ, which is now preserved in the Museo di San Martino. So Raimondo di Sangro appointed a young Neapolitan artist, Giuseppe Sanmartino, to make “a life-sized marble statue, representing Our Lord Jesus Christ dead, and covered in a transparent shroud carved from the same block as the statue”. Sanmartino paid little heed to the previous scale model made by the Venetian sculptor. Both in Modesty, and in the Veiled Christ, the original stylistic message is in the veil, but Sanmartino’s late baroque feeling and sentiment permeate the shroud with a movement and a meaning far removed from Corradini’s rules.
And another one
https://academiaaesthetics.com/gallery/la-pudicizia/
https://medium.com/@oshmanlabby/three-artworks-that-got-the-artists-accused-of-alchemy-3086e919ca6
For more like these search "gossamer marble statue. "
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Marble.
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3 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:
I'm sure that the play 'Our American Cousin' was a good play.
I wonder how many people would remember it if it hadn't been for an "unpleasant moment" in it.
Somehow people saying that murder and political assassination are exactly the same as an offensive two minutes in a five hour program don't seem to be any different than the people who say a former president is "literally Hitler" or that enforcement of our immigration laws is the same as the Final Solution.
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7 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:
That's stuff that dreams are made of.
I thought that was Absinthe.
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1 hour ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said:
Ann recently made homemade fries and she ate them with no condiment; however, I typically use catsup.
On our second day... no catsup!
My usual backup is mayonnaise; yet Ann brought out:
I now have a new backup for fries.
That stuff is great. But so darned expensive.
For fries, if we're out of catsup, backup is BBQ sauce; BBQ sauce mixed with Mayo; Mustard; Homemade Lemon Garlic Mayo, store bought Mayo.
Although, as often as not I'll just sprinkle some powdered chicken base on them, maybe with a squeeze of lemon juice.
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How do you set term limits on a term that runs for life or until retirement?
What we need at term limits for both Houses of Congress with a total combined time limit. Something like:
Section 1. No person shall serve more than six (6) terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives, nor more than two (2) terms in the United States Senate, nor more than a combined total of fifteen (15) years in both.
Section 2. No person having served in any federal capacity, excepting military service under the rank of Rear Admiral or General Officer, shall take employment with, nor act as a consultant for, any contractor, lobbying organization, political action committee, or similar organization for a period of twenty-five (25) years after leaving office or position.
(I know, it needs to be tighghted up to take out any wiggle room, but I think my point should be clear enough for here)
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2 minutes ago, Dirty Dan Dawkins said:
I get it. Kinda like the fraction of a second to blow that spectators brains out was a tiny portion of the Butler Pa rally.
Right....that entire event was nothing but a shooting gallery. Nothing else happened.
I didn't like at the Republican Convention when a fundamentalist preacher gave his rambling benediction. But I don't define the entire event by that unpleasant moment in it. -
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OK, to be fair to it, that mocking of the Last Supper, was only a tiny portion of the 5 or 6 hour program. Most of the rest was just the general French glitteraty passion for being weird and avant gard.
No, they wouldn't dare mock mohammedeans that way, nor would they think about using blackface instead of femface.
But there were some fantastic routines in the men’s gymnastics qualifyings, the mixed air rifle was impressive, and the women's kayak slolum is amazing.
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What is the difference between a feedwater heater, and a super heater?;
In a feedwater heater, you're preheating the feedwaterbefore it's boiled to make steam. With a superheater element, you're heating the steam that's already been made. Feed water heater is the big barrel-y boil on top of the smokebox, it heats water from the tender before it gets put into the boiler so that heat isn’t lost trying to heat that cold water up to temp. Superheatersare steam pipes that run INSIDE the fire-tubes (flues) and the steam that is going to the cylinders gets heated way above 100c (what it would usually be) making it more efficient.
Given the benefits of a feedwater heater the obvious question is: "Why didn't all steam locomotive have them?" The answer is: Because railroads had to weigh the cost of higher maintenance against the price of fuel. Sometimes, the cost of fuel was simply cheaper than the cost to maintain them.
There are two main types of feedwaterheaters: open and closed
Feedwater is always preheated equiped with a live steam valve, the purose of wich is to automatically heat the feedwater with live steam from the boiler, when exhaust steam is not available .- this prevents cold water from entering the boiler when exhaust steam is not available
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9 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
Losing about one a month these days. Many more are hanging on by a thread. About 2/3 are younger than I am.
That's the effect you have on people.
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37 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:
The drag queens doing The Last Supper was also a crowd pleaser.
Imagine if they did it in blackface instead of femface.
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Holy Father, the only true physician of our souls and bodies, who cast down and lift up, accept me as I come in all humility to glorify you and thank you for preserving, by your grace, your servant through his recent operation.
We thank you for blessing the attending physicians and the means employed for his cure, and for restoring him safe and sound to his family and Church, having fended off every danger against his (her) body and soul.
Raise him speedily, we pray you, from the bed of illness on which he lies and return him to his home and peaceful pursuits. Grant that the suffering of his body may avail for the purifying of his soul and may lead him to return, in thanksgiving, to the works of his hands and to Christ Jesus, the Physician of soul and body.
Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on us and save us. Amen. -
Interesting that you mention a horse.
That mechanical horse was pretty darned cool. Same for the entrance to the stadium and the flag bearers falling in behind the real horses.
So, mostly weird (I did like Lady Gaga, and the body suit in the fashion show) the first 3 hours, but this might pull it up to an overall C+.
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A couple of days ago on a FB thread about the Olympics I made the comment that the opening ceremonies would likely look like they were designed by a committee composed of Bosch, Picasso in his later years, Dali, and Escher.
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36 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
I did and I really got confused, there's not much info to tell you about the 2 FA. Oh well I gotta go now. I'll be back later.
Basically, change your password then wait for the rollout of the 2 step verification thing.
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52 minutes ago, Alpo said:
Why? Did the plane leak gasoline fumes into the cockpit?
Just about all fighters of that era had fumes of avgas, lubricants, and hydraulic fluids the cockpit.
Add in the extra O2 and you have a situation where an open flame might not be conducive to a long and happy life.
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O Lord Jesus Christ our God, Who did patiently endure the scourging and wounding of Your most holy Body, that You might save the souls and bodies of Your people, look graciously, we beseech You, upon the suffering body of this Your servant and give him strength to endure patiently whatsoever You shall see fit to lay upon him. Bless the means employed for the working out of his cure, granting that he may so endure his sufferings in the flesh that the wounding of his body may be to avail for the correcting and salvation of his soul, for Yours it is to show mercy and to save, O Christ our God; and to You do we send up Glory, as to Your Eternal Father and Your All‑Holy, Good and Life‑creating Spirit, both now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
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51 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
Okay just changed my password, now what's next? Anyone??
Go to the pinned post on The Wire.
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WHY?
in SASS Wire Saloon
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