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A Well-Planned Retirement

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From The London Times: Outside the Bristol Zoo, in England, there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 coaches, or buses. It was manned by a very pleasant att…

Outside the Bristol Zoo, in England, there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 coaches, or buses. It was manned by a very pleasant attendant with a ticket machine charging cars £1 (about $1.40) and coaches £5 (about $7). This parking attendant worked there solid for all of 25 years. Then, one day,…

Twitter

Twits du Jour (Jun 25)

16 years ago

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My rambling tweets for June 25, 2009

If I have to reboot one more…

Humour

The Front

16 years ago

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Heard another one on 'Les Grosses Têtes' today: On the war front, at night, a shell lands near a soldier. Succumbing to panic, the soldier flees… He runs a…

Internet

Facebook is so smart...

17 years ago

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Facebook's AI is so damn smart it has somehow figured out that I speak French. At least it is the only reasonable explanation as to why they keeps on sending…

So they can handle a bazillion vanity URLs in a split second, but can't deal with one person's…

Humour

First Network

17 years ago

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Heard that one on 'Les Grosses Têtes' last night… During a campaign of archeological digs in the deep Russian North, strands of copper are found. Russian s…

Humour

Negative People

17 years ago

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Here is something to think about when negative people are doing their best to rain on your parade. Remember this story the next time someone who knows nothin…

Twitter

Twits du Jour

17 years ago

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My muss up tweets for June 13, 2009

I use my iPhone with…