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Suzhou rap sounds like it has a French accent - From Chas Belov: Google Translate says that this song is in Suzhou topolect (it actually says "dialect" but thanks to you I know better). But I had to re...8 hours ago
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Dr. Vinay Prasad Embraces Policy-Based Evidence Making - Policy-based evidence making means working back from a predefined policy to produce underpinning evidence. The post Dr. Vinay Prasad Embraces Policy-Based...10 hours ago
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Am I one of the cool kids yet? - I had to go shopping to replace my sad, tired, old winter coat, and I got this. I see that “Carhartt” logo all over stuff here in the midwest. Did it work?...12 hours ago
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Thermoelectric Cooling – It’s Cooler Than You Think - I am fascinated by the technologies that live largely behind the scenes. These are not generally consumer devices, but they may be components of consumer...1 day ago
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Thanks for stopping by…. - I grew up in a wilderness area in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in a town proudly proclaiming almost 300 citizens on its road sign. Life there focused on surv...5 years ago
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Why real news is, indeed, fake. - I've taken three lengthy Uber trips in the past month. All of the drivers got around to asking what I did for a living. When I replied, “I teach journalism...
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Premiul mult Visat - Buna fetelor, m-am bucurat tare mult cand Dana m-a anuntat ca am primit si eu un premiu, mai ales ca mi se pare foarte interesant pentru ca ma ajuta sa va...9 years ago
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Guy in cheesy old Scientology promo looks kinda like Josh Timonen - Fast forward to about 3:00. I never met Josh so I can't say if it's him or not. Would be a few years younger in the promo.
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I live in a "soda" state, although I lived in a "pop" state for a few years of my youth. It was during those years that I recall accompanying the family to the local The Pop Shoppe to return empty glass bottles, and replenish the family stores.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if The Pop Shoppe influenced the use of that term, or if they were more successful in their southern spread from Canada due to a predisposition among the denizens for that particular moniker?
We call it ginger - no idea why - maybe because Irn Bru is ginger coloured
ReplyDeleteLiving in a "Coke" state would be an adjustment. I hear things go like this:
ReplyDelete"Wanna Coke?"
"Sure."
"What kind?"
Freaky!