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ewmayer 2014-09-17 20:50

Thanks, I'll bug the local store to stock those.

Xyzzy 2014-09-17 22:00

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We took this picture on our motorcycle ride today.

We are puzzled by the message.

firejuggler 2014-09-18 11:30

Al? tough!

LaurV 2014-09-18 11:48

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[QUOTE=Xyzzy;383266]We took this picture on our motorcycle ride today.
We are puzzled by the message.[/QUOTE]
Are you sure is not a [URL="http://www.says-it.com/churchsigns/"]generated banner[/URL]? :smile: Those things are so clever they can make any sign and place it in any surroundings. :wink:

henryzz 2014-09-18 23:19

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;383266]We took this picture on our motorcycle ride today.

We are puzzled by the message.[/QUOTE]
This is a quote from Lamentations 3:32.
It seems to be talking about how God does punish his people he also has compassion on them.

Lamentations was five poems in the original Hebrew. The first four of which were acrostic. This helps explain the slightly odd language.
It is thought that it was written around the time that Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Lamentations[/url]

Xyzzy 2014-09-20 21:47

[url]http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-b-1b-bomber-that-got-put-up-for-sale-as-is-no-war-1636448597[/url]

ewmayer 2014-09-21 01:06

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;383572][url]http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-b-1b-bomber-that-got-put-up-for-sale-as-is-no-war-1636448597[/url][/QUOTE]

@The author: Low miles? Any ordnance? Prospective buyers want to know these things.

"Help your item sell faster by offering free shipping." (Air express in this case.)

xilman 2014-09-22 17:57

Cow / fly tipping
 
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29316479[/url]

Fly tipping, of course, is the small-scale variant of cow tipping.

ewmayer 2014-09-22 20:48

Re. "the art of proper tipping":

Back in college I worked one summer in the Alaska fisheries. We did a fair bit of "halibut tipping", which is very challenging when said oversized-flounder bottom feeders are fresh and eelishly slippery. Frozen one can grab onto them much more easily and stack them like cordwood. Smaller frozen ones on a wet warehouse floor make for fun games of halibut hockey.

Batalov 2014-09-22 20:50

[QUOTE=ewmayer;383697]Back in college I worked one summer ... Smaller frozen ones on a wet warehouse floor make for fun games of halibut hockey.[/QUOTE]
That's one hell of a summer. In winter, the real fun begins. :smile:

Xyzzy 2014-09-25 01:03

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/09/24/hundreds-colorado-students-protest-proposed-history-curriculum-changes/[/url]


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