“Good morning Mr. Walrus I am ready to earn my badge.”
“Sounds good, but aren’t you a bit overdressed?”
“To earn my cooking badge?”
“Oh, ooooh that accounts for tonight’s theme.”
“What were you thinking?”
“Something else evidently.”
Winner
This week.
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Researchers Have Developed a New Kind of ‘Unbreakable’ Glass
interestingengineering.com | Oct 01, 2021 | Christopher McFaddenResearchers at McGill University have developed the strongest and toughest glass ever known. Inspired, in part, by the inner layer of mollusk shells, this glass does not shatter when hit, and acts more like plastic.
The votes are in and we have our winner!
Kate Upton
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Final Score
126-65
With the SI Swimsuit Madness ending we get ready next week for our new contest. We are going for…
Bond Girlathon!
All the lovely girls James Bond has, err, interacted with over the years will be covered. There will be some crossover with the Babesleaga as you will see some ladies that competed there and some that will compete in the future. Format will be groups arranged around the Bonds. Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan and Craig. Some of them may be grouped together, I haven’t figured the numbers yet. Each Bond Girl will play each other once and the top girls will advance to the Championship round of a single elimination tournament. The girls will not include the Moneypennys. Reasons. We will get some very minor girls though, some without character names only descriptions. Hey, if he slept with her she’s included. This will all start up next week. Another long running series I hope you will enjoy.
Self-driving cars are gathering at night to honk at each other
TweakTown | August 15, 2024 | Jak ConnorOne parking lot in San Francisco is becoming the breeding ground for seemingly confused self-driving cars gathering at night and honking at each other.
Nearby resident Randol White captured footage of the Waymo self-driving vehicles taking over the parking lot and seemingly becoming stuck, and resulting in consistent honking at each other. The noise has kept residents in the area up at night, with reports stating several people in the nearby buildings have also complained about the noise. “Over the past two weeks, I’ve been woken up more times overnight than I have combined over 20 years,” said Russell Pofsky, who lives in a building adjacent to White.
Notably, Pofsky said the honking incidents have happened during the day and night, and have started to affect his mood throughout the day. ABC7 News reached out to Waymo for comment on the strange scenario, and the company replied by acknowledging its vehicles “may briefly honk while navigating our parking lots” and that it “identified the cause and is in the process of implementing a fix.” Despite the self-driving vehicles interrupting his sleep White says he still is a fan of Waymo cars and uses them quite regularly.
I’m not saying this represents a threat to humans, . . .
Banker’s wife who was hit with UK’s first ‘McMafia’ order after a £16m Harrods shopping spree loses her £14m Knightsbridge mansion
UK DAILY MAIL | 5 August 2024 | George OdlingBanker’s wife Zamira Hajiyeva spent £16m shopping at Harrods over a decade
Husband Jahangir was chair of the International Bank of Azerbaijan’s board
He is serving 16 years in Baku for fraud, abuse of office and embezzlement
The wife of a jailed ‘McMafia’ banker has agreed to give up a golf club in Ascot and a £14million Knightsbridge mansion following an investigation into fraud and embezzlement.
That golf club . . . did she own the business, or was it a membership, or was it a pitching wedge?
NASA pushes decision on bringing crew back in Starliner to the end of August
The Register (UK) | 15 Aug 2024 | Richard SpeedWhen is a mishap not really a mishap?
NASA has continued to twist itself into a pretzel over whether Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner – now two months past its original return date – can be used to bring back its crew to Earth and whether a failure to do so would be classed as a mishap.
The briefing, which did not feature any Boeing personnel, [cowards] hinted at the turmoil behind the scenes at the US space agency as staffers grapple with the problem of Starliner’s problematic thrusters amid the knowledge that a proven and operational spacecraft, in the form of the Crew Dragon, could be pressed into service.
The question for engineers and managers is which option would pose less risk for the crew.
The wrangling means a decision on the transport method that the Starliner crew, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, will take for their trip back to Earth has been delayed once again, likely to the week after next.
Just don’t call it a “Rapid Response Team,” OK?
Good night.
Selena Gomez vs Taylor Swift
Selena Gomez (3-0-0 Pts. 258 Avg. 86.00)
VS
Taylor Swift (3-0-0 Pts. 250 Avg. 83.33)
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Kamala Harris to high school football team:
“You will be undefeated even if you don’t win every game.”
Aug 18, 2024
https://rumble.com/v5bh5qk-kamala-harris-you-will-be-undefeated-even-if-you-dont-win-every-game.html
Vegas oddsmakers no longer know whether to support her or not.
Good evening.
Miley Cyrus vs Iggy Azalea
Miley Cyrus (0-3-0 Pts. 64 Avg. 21.33)
VS
Iggy Azalea (1-2-0 Pts. 152 Avg. 50.67)
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