Petraglyph

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  IMAGE QUIZ -just for fun

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  first person to identify this building and its location gets to post the next image .

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  and on we go!.

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  Petraglyph

  One thing I've not understood with that seed vault is why the entrance needs to be so tall.

  https://goo.gl/maps/frWTDpkbwtq
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  They would all fit on the isle of Wight?

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember once asking how the planet could possibly accommodate all the people who have ever lived?

  after the resurrection i mean.

  the answer i was told is that the gb had calculated that all the people who have ever lived could all fit on to the isle of wight?!.

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  Petraglyph

  Texas = 268,581 sq miles = 171,891,840 acres

  World population = 7,373,108,350

  So there would be almost 43 people per acre if everyone lived in Texas.
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  I got up yesterday morning (Saturday) and enjoyed the watchtower work

  by Zoos in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  reaching the fire watchtower on top of wayah bald overlooking the smokey mountains can be a difficult hike from nantahala lake up the bartram and appalachian trails where they straddle each other passing through this area.

  the most enjoyable watchtower work i've ever participated in.. the views from the tower are spectacular.. .

  looking across nantahala forest to the smoky mountains, described poetically as the most elevated peak; from whence i beheld with rapture and astonishment, a sublimely awful scene of power and magnificence, a world of mountains piled upon mountains.

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  Petraglyph

  Ha :D
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  They would all fit on the isle of Wight?

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember once asking how the planet could possibly accommodate all the people who have ever lived?

  after the resurrection i mean.

  the answer i was told is that the gb had calculated that all the people who have ever lived could all fit on to the isle of wight?!.

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  Petraglyph

  @Je.suis.oisif I was responding to the OP, I've just edited it to make this clear. We posted at almost the same time.
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  They would all fit on the isle of Wight?

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember once asking how the planet could possibly accommodate all the people who have ever lived?

  after the resurrection i mean.

  the answer i was told is that the gb had calculated that all the people who have ever lived could all fit on to the isle of wight?!.

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  Petraglyph

  @purrpurr No it's not true.

  Although the entire current population of the world could theoretically live on the surface area of New Zealand with a density slightly larger than Manhattan.
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  The Exorcist

  by Petraglyph in

  1. social
  2. humour

  remembering the furore at the time when this was released i thought i'd share this which appeared in my news feed the other day.... .

  :).

  from the book 'creative mischief' by dave trott.

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  Petraglyph

  DesirousOfChange: When I first read the book "The Shining", I burned it and threw it in the trash.

  How would you have felt if sometime later you'd discovered a slightly burned version in your drawer? ;)
  
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  So Microsoft made a laptop - Surface Pro 4 / Surface Book

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  microsoft definitely seem to be undergoing a revival and are coming out with some cool tech.

  it's good to see them turning things around and keeping apple honest.. the holo-lens looks fantastic - much better than full vr headsets by providing augmented reality instead (imagine 3d minecraft projected on a table or aliens running round your living room to shoot at).. more practical though is the update to the surface tablet and the surprise release, the surface book laptop / tablet.

  yeah, it's confusing - one is a tablet that becomes a laptop and the other is a laptop that becomes a tablet.. i promised our eldest a laptop for his high-school graduation and to use now he's starting university and took him to the apple store a few months ago but the macbooks i was leaning towards weren't available at the time.

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  Simon: Apparently, it's all about adjusting the center of gravity so the laptop doesn't tip back. It allowed them to shave off some weight.
  Without it the base would need to be heavier (or the screen / tablet lighter which = lower battery life).

  
  I can't help but think though, that if this was an Apple or a Tesla product the hinge would do that, and it would close flush ;)
  
  
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  The Exorcist

  by Petraglyph in

  1. social
  2. humour

  remembering the furore at the time when this was released i thought i'd share this which appeared in my news feed the other day.... .

  :).

  from the book 'creative mischief' by dave trott.

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  Petraglyph

  Remembering the furore at the time when this was released I thought I'd share this which appeared in my news feed the other day...

  

  :)

  From the book 'Creative Mischief' by Dave Trott
  
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  How to?

  by OneFingerSalute in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  i cannot use the "quote" feature.. if i click on the quote marks it does the hi-lite of the quote i wish, but i cannot under any circumstances get out of the yellow quote box to create my own post.. i would like to know how other posters are able to do this.

  i use both ie and firefox.

  the same thing happens in both of them.. also hi-liting no longer works as it used to.

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  Petraglyph

  I know what you mean.

  I now do everything in plain text and then add the quote highlighting afterwards ;)
  

  Or you can add in some carriage returns before you do the quote so you already have a blank line to move down to.
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  This morning's magazine trolley encounter..

  by GodZoo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  was just out shopping and came across two middle aged female witnesses with their magazine trolley..

  i approached them and they were all glee and smiles and ready to hand me a couple of magazines.

  one moment ladies i have just a couple of questions..

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  Petraglyph

  umbertoecho: That number has climbed to about 5,000 now. Abused that is.

  Do you have a written reference for this? This will mean a recalculation of the worldwide extrapolation and the potential liability for WT in Australia.