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The place I want them to implement AI is in text captions on TV. Quite honestly, you cannot make sense of the crap they display. Talking about the Liberals stance on The Voice referendum, twice this morning they referred to Dutton as Dunn. If you didn't have some hearing, you'd have no idea what the hell they were on about. Can't display two lines without a stuffup.

Moishe Plotnik's Laundry

Walking through San Francisco's Chinatown, a tourist from the Midwest was enjoying the artistry of all the Chinese restaurants, shops, signs and banners, etc.

Then he turned a corner and saw a building with the sign 'Moishe Plotnik's Laundry.'

"Moishe Plotnik?" he wondered.

'How does that belong in Chinatown?'

He walked into the shop and saw a fairly standard looking dry cleaner, although he could see that the proprietors were clearly aware of the uniqueness of the store name as there were baseball caps, T-shirts and coffee mugs emblazoned with the logo 'Moishe Plotnik's Chinese Laundry.'

The tourist selected a coffee cup as a conversation piece to take back home.

Behind the counter was a smiling old Chinese gentleman who thanked him for his purchase.

The tourist asked, "Can you explain how this place got a name like 'Moishe Plotnik's Laundry?'''

The old man answered, "Ah..Evleebody ask me dat.

It name of owner."

Looking around, the tourist asked,

"Is he here now?"

"It me. Me him!" replied the old man.

"Really? You're Chinese. How did you ever get a Jewish name like Moishe Plotnik?''

"It simple" said the old man.

"Many, many year ago I come to this country. I, standing in line at Document Center of Immiglation.

Man in front of me was man from Poland.'

Lady at counter look at him and say to him, 'What you name?'

He (Polish man) say to her, 'Moishe Plotnik.' Then she look at me and say, 'What your name?'

I say, 'Sam Ting.'"
 

19 minutes ago, onetrack said:

I cannot understand the deficient brain cells behind a beautiful young girl graffitiing her gorgeous body with scribbles and scrawls and other rubbish such as faces. 

As I have said on a few occasions, it's like scratching a new Mercedes with a screwdriver.

I don't want to imagine what they will look like in their 70's.

My lawn is smaller than an average school classroom, so I don't need a ride-on. My son now cuts the lawn anyway.

Here is a photo of the "Tower Fuel Stop - Groom, Texas" Truck Stop on Route 66 with its unique Britten water tower. This water tower lies right alongside the former path of Route 66, which has since been paved over to create US Interstate 40. During the early and mid-20th century, passersby on the "Mother Road" were intrigued by the severe tilt of the tower, asking themselves what on Earth could have caused it.

   In reality, it was the work of a heavy-duty vehicle and a bulldozer. Ralph Britten, a man who wanted to start up a truck stop and restaurant off Route 66 in Groom, bought the water tower from the town of Lefors as an ingenious marketing technique to attract new visitors. He towed the enormous thing 34 miles to Groom, wrote “Britten USA” on top, and then, using a bulldozer, elevated two of its legs off the ground, dangling them in midair without support, so that the water tower made an 80-degree angle with the ground.

   This helped his business immeasurably. It would catch the eye of every passing motorist on the route for years, many of them becoming terrified that the tower was in the process of collapsing. This played right into Britten’s hand. Worried route-takers often swerved off the road and into his truck stop, shouting “Watch out! That tower’s about to fall!” Britten responded that it had been like that for years, and then asked them to sit down and buy food and a drink. 

   Britten’s manipulation of the tower did, however, require sufficient knowledge of physics. If the water tower were completely empty or completely full, its center of mass would be directly in the middle of the can, making it topple when slanted. So Britten filled it only partially so that the low level of water would place the can’s center of mass near its base, directly above the two supporting legs, keeping it aloft.

   Unfortunately, after many years of success, Britten’s truck stop burned down in a devastating fire in about the mid-1980s, closing down all sales. Despite this unfortunate event, the leaning water tower is still one of the most photographed oddities on the way out west.

   This photo is courtesy of 66postcards.

I'm a bit like rgmwa. I look at YT for Bigfoot videos and trail cam stuff, as well as the music videos. The guys at the Men's Shed rely on YT quite a bit.

26 minutes ago, facthunter said:

It had a very large boot which let water in sometimes.

I once read somewhere, don't know if it's true, that the boot could hold a 44 gallon drum.

Used to be known as the P38 - half a car.

News today that Murdoch's engagement is off, as he is not happy with her “outspoken evangelical views”. No-one knows if she will keep the $2.5 mill diamond ring.

Putin protection officer defects and reveals despot's intense paranoia

A protection officer who worked directly for Vladimir Putin has defected from Russia, labelling the Kremlin despot a 'war criminal' for his invasion of Ukraine. Gleb Karakulov (pictured), 35, is a captain in the Federal Guard Service, known as the FGS or FSO, who escaped Russia to the safety via Istanbul. Now, he has revealed in an interview that Putin is so paranoid about his personal security, assassination attempts and health and that he opts to stay 'in his bunker' rather than make regular trips across the country like he used to. Karakulov added that the Russian despot is 'mortally afraid' of Covid and is isolating for the fourth year, and that he never uses a mobile phone out of fear of being bugged by the West - instead taking a special communications box with him.

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