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Subdeacon Joe

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  1. Menu from the Light of Asia Restaurant. Mumbai, India in 1935. Zoom in to see everything. (1858-1947: India under British rule.) From the New York Public Library https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbeaa130-a68a-ec5c-e040-e00a18060519 Before Alpo asks, prices seem to be under this system: "anna (or ānna) was a currency unit formerly used in British India, equal to 1⁄16 of a rupee.[1] It was subdivided into four (old) Paisa or twelve pies (thus there were 192 pies in a rupee). When the rupee was decimalised and subdivided into 100 (new) paise, one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise. The anna was demonetised as a currency unit when India decimalised its currency in 1957, followed by Pakistan in 1961. It was replaced by the 5-paise coin, which was itself discontinued in 1994 and demonetised in 2011. The term anna is frequently used to express a fraction of 1⁄16."
  2. A Poncho, a Bayonet, and a 1943 C Ration Chocolate Against a Fort Lewis Snowstorm
  3. "If you can trade into a Soviet-issue AK with iron sights for a couple of healthy chickens and a date with your homeliest sister, then I think you should catch the first truck headed someplace else. "
  4. https://www.cottontailandwhiskers.com/streaky-bacon-scarf-crochet-pattern/
  5. Ever notice that the women who scream loudest about the mythical "pay gap" don't beat down the doors to get into jobs like this?
  6. From the front lines here in California I see the NRA as almost useless. It lets groups like Cal Rifle and Pistol Association, Second Amendment Foundation, et al. do the heavy lifting in the fight for civil rights, then step in at the last second, contributing almost nothing. It seems to me that the NRA only "fights for gun rights (a term I hate, the 2nd is about CIVIL rights, just like the 1st)" in places where no "fight" is needed, where anti-Bill of Rights bills will be defeated anyway. Then spend millions on back patting fund raising, "See how great we are? We defeated this! Now send us more money!" I'd have to check to be sure, but I don't think the NRA even bothered to file an amicus in the last couple of high profile cases here.
  7. A fine and underappreciated actress. She really was at her best in "The Court Jester," in my opinion
  8. God bless their brave, dedicated, and thoroughly insane souls. May Sts. Michael, Barbara, and Florian watch over them and intercede for them.
  9. I'm going to "a Special Hell" (see Firefly for reference) because while that's just WRONG in so many ways, it's also really funny! As to the the Three Holy Youths (actual general name of the icon). Hymns Troparion (Tone 2) Great are the accomplishments of faith, for the Three Holy Youths rejoiced in the fountain of flames as though in the waters of rest; and the prophet Daniel appeared, a shepherd to the lions as though they were sheep. So by their prayers, O Christ God, save our souls! Kontakion (Tone 6) You did not worship the graven image, O thrice-blessed ones, but armed with the immaterial Essence of God, you were glorified in a trial by fire. From the midst of unbearable flames you called on God, crying: Hasten, O compassionate One! Speedily come to our aid, for You are merciful and able to do as You will.
  10. https://youtube.com/shorts/unQDCB6EcxU?si=Dtmh616RsfcYL6bO https://youtube.com/shorts/QQkVnEJ-w-8?si=f45N8u-yugXTUfbK
  11. Yesterday, I had a flat tire on the interstate. So I ease my car over to the shoulder of the road, carefully get out of the car, and open the trunk. I took out 2 cardboard men, unfolded them, and stood them at the rear of my car, facing oncoming traffic. They look so lifelike you wouldn't believe it! They are in trench coats, exposing their nude bodies and private parts to the approaching drivers. But to my surprise, cars start slowing down, looking at my lifelike men. And, of course, traffic starts backing up. Everybody is tooting their horns and waving like crazy. It wasn't long before a state trooper pulled up behind me. He gets out of his car and starts walking towards me. I could tell he was not a happy camper! 'What's going on here?' 'My car has a flat tire,' I said calmly. 'Well, what the hell are those obscene cardboard men doing here by the road?' I couldn't believe that he didn't know. So I told him, 'Helloooooo, those are my emergency flashers! "
  12. 1918 dazzle camo experiment with Sopwith Camels to trick enemy pilots into giving too little “lead” when aiming. The spiral patterned wheel covers also help spoil pilots’ aim, having vanes that spin the two wheels in opposite directions. https://planehistoria.com/sopwith-camel/
  13. https://youtu.be/bQaF93-PDfk?si=F6UT6t-9xd_uigMU
  14. https://returntonow.net/2019/07/25/woman-knits-lace-fence-with-giant-needles/
  15. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1NkIGABVNL/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
  16. Thanks @Eliphalet R. Moderator.
  17. The girl married his rival.
  18. I was unable to copy the photos. https://digital-desert.com/cajon-pass/?fbclid=IwAR2Adv5ggw9LPtcT25bxD52IvcRgr4IaIuMgr_ICLq8JIER-jaAJkYYL_XY
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