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To lick off the pasta sauce, silly. :blush:
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Tiny, long-lost primate rediscovered in Indonesia
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Don't tarsier me, bro.
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here is the pic
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Looks like it could have come from Star Wars.
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Experts call for end of flushing toilets on World Toilet Day
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMDFz...eature=related
These swings won't stop swinging, they called scientists in, and now it looks like they put a fence around them. lol! |
Swings: Those swings are pretty weird. For one afternoon I could believe it was wind at just the right angle/frequency, but long term?
Toilets: I'm interested in permaculture and have spent some time on (kind of) self-sufficient farms, and learned about toilets there. Shit only really stinks if it breaks down anaerobically. Hence mixing shit and water/piss is bad. Piss in one place (err, the bushes, usually :) ) and shit in a special bin with a carbon rich sprinkle (sawdust, mulch, grass clippings) on top, and it breaks down wonderfully with only a mild smell. After a few months it can be composted or fed to worms, and the end product is ideal fertilizer. |
Swings - The video keeps you from seeing the top bar very much - I think they may be motorized in some fashion.
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There are several videos. The cops were actually called to stop the swinging. People couldn't take it anymore. Then they found that it's a safety risk? And erected the fence. Huge magnet? The scientists were called in....Now they have given up and called ghost hunters.
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They erected a fence instead of just taking the swings down? Stupid waste of money there.
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I agree that it's bizarre to fence them in rather than remove them, but perhaps it's a short-term measure that's quicker to arrange. I remember when swing seats were wooden, and I know more than one kid that caught one full in the face by not being careful walking behind them. It was character building! |
There were these two tall buildings near an old apartment I had. The buildings were oriented towards each other so that their corners were pointed to each other from different sides of the walkway between them. Like a funnel. On a perfectly calm day, there was always a breeze right between these two buildings. On a windy day, you had to literally lean into the wind to make it through the gap between these two buildings. It was really remarkable and a pretty cool effect.
I wonder if these swings are in the courtyard of an apartment complex with similar buildings. |
There is at least one building being designed to use a similar effect to power an integrated wind turbine.
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Last video and article about the swings:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...icle385529.ece |
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