Tuesday Night Open Thread

Band leader Sammy Kaye was a saxophone and clarinet player, but he never featured himself playing either instrument on any of his records. He did feature a lot of different singers, including Betty Barclay, who helped take this song to number one in April 1946.

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A Moment With Joe Biden

Biden Belts Out: “Thank Heaven For Little Grills”

Press Tries To Downplay It By Ignoring It

Biden Switches To: “Thank Heaven for Little Gorillas”

Press Laughs It Off As “Joe Being Joe”

He Corrects Himself To: “Thanks Given for Little Curls”

Now They Know What He’s Getting At

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When we remain house on weekends, we typically sit by the computer system, watch Tv, watch movies, listen to music and play games. The sort of.

Then, those who watch videos or films have to have encountered the issue that even though watching a video, they will must spend interest to a friend next door or the…

It’s their own family’s scrounging then it impacts the speed in the net, causing us to watch videos using a tiny bit of a lag, which seems pretty substantially not It is comfortable.

We generally choose to cache the video then wait for it to finish downloading prior to we watch it, so we do not have to worry regarding the network.

But what if we cached or downloaded a very good video or film and we accidentally deleted it by error, how much that would must do to us mentally! The blow! Immediately after all, it requires a lengthy time to download a video or perhaps a movie yes!

Try — Try Your Hardest — To Care

The Impact of Climate Change on Marmot Survival Differs Between Seasons

by Bangor University, via Phys.org / July 7, 2020

Just out of curiosity, haven’t you guys always defined “seasons” as “climate change”?

The research, carried out in and around the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Colorado, analyzed 40 years of life-history data to understand how yellow-bellied marmots (large burrowing ground squirrels)

Joe Biden has just found a new insult!

have responded to climate change during their active summer season and the long winter hibernation.

Over the course of four decades (1979-2018), marmot survival generally increased during summer but decreased during winter

What a startling find! Stop the presses!

and these effects were greatest among pups and one-year-olds

. . . and, presumably, 90-year-old marmots . . .

“I may not have your brain, humans, but may I ask, what exactly did you expect? Asking for offend.”

Straight Line of The Day: Uh Oh! It Seems There’s a National Coin Shortage. That Means…

Straight Line of The Day: Uh Oh! It seems there’s a national coin shortage. That means…

National Coin Shortage Prompts Giant Supermarkets To Limit Cash Transactions
Pennlive.com | 07/03/2020 | John Luciew

Those pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters are far more precious due to a national coin shortage brought on by the coronavirus and resulting shut down.

As a result, the Giant supermarkets chain is the newest member of a growing list of retailers limiting cash transactions and/or demanding exact change.

“Due to the national coin shortage, select Giant registers can only accept credit, debit, and electronic payments at this time,” company spokesman Christopher Brand said in response to PennLive questions about coin shortages on Friday.

As the New York Post reports, Lowe’s home improvement stores have posted signs urging shoppers to pay with exact change or use other forms of payment, as have convenience stores such as 7-Eleven, Pilot and Circle K, according to news reports and social media posts.