Things that make you go "Hmmmm…" - Page 180

retina · 2014-02-08, 11:36

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...indows-81.html

kladner · 2014-02-08, 15:26

Borowitz is great! Much merriment was occasioned at this location. The link at the top to guest complaints in Sochi is also hilarious.

rogue · 2014-02-08, 15:33

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Originally Posted by retina

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...indows-81.html

This one is good too:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...ntcid=obinsite

Xyzzy · 2014-02-12, 20:15

http://www.latimes.com/business/auto...,5353012.story

Xyzzy · 2014-02-12, 21:07

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/0...ing-obsession/

Uncwilly · 2014-02-13, 00:14

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Originally Posted by Xyzzy

http://www.latimes.com/business/auto...,5353012.story

As it should be.

jasong · 2014-02-13, 19:22

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Originally Posted by Xyzzy

http://www.latimes.com/business/auto...,5353012.story

Gives new meaning to the phrase,"You might as well be throwing your money in a hole in the ground."

chalsall · 2014-02-13, 19:39

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Originally Posted by jasong

Gives new meaning to the phrase,"You might as well be throwing your money in a hole in the ground."

Or, perhaps alternatively...

"You shouldn't undermine the natural super-structure, and suck out materials beneath you, and be surprised when the ground sinks."

"Fracking" anyone? (Sorry; that might come across as Liberal.)

kladner · 2014-02-13, 22:09

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Originally Posted by chalsall

Or, perhaps alternatively...

"You shouldn't undermine the natural super-structure, and suck out materials beneath you, and be surprised when the ground sinks."

"Fracking" anyone? (Sorry; that might come across as Liberal.)

I certainly wondered if there were either fracking or waste injection wells in the vicinity.

Chuck · 2014-02-13, 22:26

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Originally Posted by kladner

I certainly wondered if there were either fracking or waste injection wells in the vicinity.

No; the Corvette Museum is near Mammoth Cave National Park in the middle of the Central Kentucky Karst, a geographic area very prone to sinkholes.

I have driven by the museum numerous times on the Interstate on the way to Mammoth Cave, but I never stopped to visit.

kladner · 2014-02-13, 22:39

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Originally Posted by Chuck

No; the Corvette Museum is near Mammoth Cave National Park in the middle of the Central Kentucky Karst, a geographic area very prone to sinkholes.

I have driven by the museum numerous times on the Interstate on the way to Mammoth Cave, but I never stopped to visit.

Thanks for answering my speculative thought, Chuck. So this is just a common occurrence in limestone country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karst

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