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♪ ♫Oh, it came out of the sky, landed just a little south of Moline.♪ ♫
♪ ♫Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't believe what he seen.♪ ♫
♪ ♫Laid on the ground and shook, fearin' for his life.♪ ♫
♪ ♫Then he ran all the way to town screamin' "it came out of the sky."♪ ♫

Revenge is about to be served, methinks...


Remember me posting about my neighbor nabbing Momdigr's adopted kitten? Heheh, look at this shit!

I came around the corner the other afternoon, and saw this cat head-shaped reflection on my house.

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I asked, and, neither Popdigr, nor Momdigr had ever seen it before. We've lived here, in one combination or another, for ~43 years, give or take, and none of us has ever seen this before.

And look what's producing the reflection:

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That's right, it's coming from catnabber's house! His bedroom window, to be precise!!:eek:

Has Sassy returned from the dead to haunt her nabber? Will Catnabber hear ghostly mews and meows in the night? I hope he never sleeps again.

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Is it odd that a (supposedly) flat, rectangular window makes a round(ish), cat head-shaped reflection, or what?

She even has a halo!

I think stronger forces are at work...

Go go ghostcat!!!!

Grav I have to say, you may make me laugh more than any other Dwellar.
That just gave me a huge guffaw, sitting on my own in a public place (free wifi)

(I shall give them your name if I am sectioned...)

Thank you for that.

http://s3.postimg.org/k81i87vqb/potd...m_2919375k.jpg

A trip on the London Underground (aka 'The Tube') offers the opportunity of spotting some of the more eccentric aspects of human behaviour at the best of times.

The reaction of the other passengers appears to be one of sheer indifference. They've seen it all before.

they're all too young to be miss havisham.

Candles that create another candle from the melted wax. Of course some of the wax gets burned up, so I guess each generation would be a little smaller.

That's a clever idea.

That's really smart. I wonder if that is an old idea resurrected?

You could use the candle to power a tiny steam engine perpetual motion machine!

It was a guy named Ben Shine who claims inventing it, and says "world wide patents pending".
Translation - Holy shit, one of my art pieces has gone viral which smells of commercial possibilities, so I better scramble it I'm finally going to make any real money for a change. :haha:

It's already been invented. Well, at least 90% of it has already been invented, and the patent on that 90% hasn't expired yet, so he's actually infringing someone else's patents.

US Patent number 6,220,855

Actually, Google shows that the maintenance fees haven't been paid on time, so that patent has lapsed.

Again with the fees. US government, why do you fee your citizens to death? First passports and now patents. Where's my pitchfork?

The pitchfork will never pass committee.

Just grab a torch and get in line.

:blush: Made m'day a little bit.

Don't be fooled, Grav, she just wants your body. :yesnod:


glatt, those patents look like they do the same thing, except they make a fatter new candle. The patent fees were probably not paid because there was no commercial interest to monetize.
I've mixed emotions about whether that's good or not. I suppose it frees up the idea for someone to try to make improvements or use as part of something new. An entrepreneur/inventor would be wary of investing time/money on a project which could be derailed by somebody holding an obscure patent.