Posts by CJPM

Adiós Arecibo Observatory: America's largest radio telescope faces explosive end after over 50 years of service

Re: This is it... Global invasion, our lizard overlords are coming

Don't forget The Arrival/The Arrival 2. Increase of air pollution to make the atmosphere/temperature

more welcoming to our new Extraterrestrial Overlords believed by some to be currently in progress.

Police warn of bad Apples that fell off the back of a truck after highway robbery

See a couple of likes but no sign of sarcasm. 2 up and 2 across make 4 pallets in 4 linear feet of trailer

x 12 racks of skids front to back make 48 pallets of product. Apple exaggeration?

Facebook: The future is private! So private, we designed some handy new fingercams for y'all!

Prior art?

TV series from the early70s. Does this count as prior art?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_(TV_series)#Cast

Sheer luck helped prevent mid-air drone glider prang in Blighty

Re: Kansas...

Yes, you can end up in Oz, if you're not careful...

(looking for the silver shoes to get back)

You will not get back that way, look for the ruby slippers instead.

US states accused of skimming cash from 911 emergency call dosh

Re: Not Surprised

How is this for a "temporary" tax?

Tax History Project -- The Phone Tax -- Gone but Never Forgotten

www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/.../557559440437EDBC8525718B005ACCCB?...

Jun 1, 2006 - Last week the Treasury Department announced it would stop collecting the 3 percent federal excise tax on long-distance telephone service that Americans have been paying since 1898, when the tax was first levied to help finance the Spanish-American War.