#Smoke

Right. So this gives me an opportunity to tell my favourite WW2 tea story. I came across it in a short, limited run book of first-hand accounts of tea in
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Suppose you motor-bike to work every day. @rallamee nags you, "Why don't you wear a crash helmet, it is safer, blah blah blah."If you wear a crash helmet today (ONLY),
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Reasons California wild fires are so bad. I'm not an expert just someone who has to live through them and studies them. 1)not enough prescribed Burns.This allows the vegetation to
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If you're going to read just one book on food and dieting, I suggest The Hungry Brain by Guyenet (@whsource). I think this book nails most of the causality behind
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Let's talk about this bug. It should have never reached players, but it does have an interesting root cause and game dev lesson. The defect was live for several hours
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Part 1 I was having a chat with a Teenage Girl 3 years ago in Muscat who spent her vacation in India. Though a supporter of Modi, she had her
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" Weekend Parties sounds like wow to us but is Actually Destroying us "Lifestyle is a complete concept originating from Ayurveda, but most of us forgot about the effect of
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I am here at the unholy hour of 11:51, nine minutes early for the right wing Back The Blue Save The Children Trump 2020 whatever rally.So far it is just
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Do you guys like to rock? 1 like = 1 neglected 60s/70s heavy psych, proto-metal, or hard rock gem. 1. Zior- Entrance of the Devil (1971):https://youtu.be/cl56t_-KpE8  2. Punch- Deathhead (1970):https://youtu.be/OyMKDIMJ3dk 
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The Pension War Room comments on the Fair Deal Report: Wow, what a blatant pile of unconstitutional dog whistles reheated by that has-been Preston. I will try to stick to
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I hate to sound like one of those “elite intellectual” types but if state governors don’t learn to understand (or remember from 2 months ago but whatever) what a time
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1. A 9-11 thread for my younger followers. (But you old-timers who, like me, lived in D.C. on that day may benefit from one man’s vivid remembrance.) 2. I was
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We've received a lot of questions about the new Executive Orders. We will be issuing more guidance ahead of Friday at 5pm, but many have asked one particular question "Why
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#LordGanesh Ever wondered why is it that we worship Lord Ganesh first! According to the Ganapati Upanishad, he appeared even before the creation of nature (prakriti) and consciousness (purusha). This
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Some thoughts on basic etiquettes of entertainment, based on my experience as a diplomat.Lunch (or luncheon), dinner reception and refreshments are called entertainment in diplomatic circles. Entertainment is important for
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Ok so I have figured it out. This is the team that retrieved the laptops (and whatever else). Notice the two women who are unlocking the door. Three men on
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