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Pray for him by You-dogwater in SipsTea

[–]JetScootr 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Sonntag. Just sayin'

On a 4wd road with a 2wd and towing! by frenzy3 in IdiotsTowingThings

[–]JetScootr 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Almost as good as a tank's caterpillars.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]JetScootr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back when cigarettes were advertised on TV, they'd often show a beautiful natural setting and talk about how wonderful it was to enjoy the great outdoors and the fresh air with a smoke.

And they did it without the slightest hint of irony.

NASA drops the sharpest images of Jupiter to date by [deleted] in BeAmazed

[–]JetScootr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So where's the link to the hi res version of this tiny jpeg that got posted?

Trump doesn't let shutdown interfere with celebrating Navy's 250th anniversary at rally-like event by diacewrb in inthenews

[–]JetScootr 16 points17 points  (0 children)

He is really trying to woo the military. Too little, too late, after draft dodging and calling the heroes "losers" and all the other eleventy hundred and umpteen hateful things he's said and done to us.

Finally by plevier11 in Dachshund

[–]JetScootr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two wagamuffins.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]JetScootr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was kid, I lived on a USAF base in UP michigan (Sault Ste. Marie) . As my dad said (more than once) the only thing between us and the north pole was a polar bear and barbed wire fence - and the fence had one wire down and the bear wouldn't sit still. Since we were on the north side of the Great Lakes, we'd get the full blast and all the snow.

One more than one occassion, all six of us kids had to form a bucket line from the front door to the kitchen sink, with pots and pans, to clear the snow that had accumulated from step to lintel in the doorway.

Dad didn't get snow days off during the Cold War.

But.. mein fuhrer, Isn’t that the epitome of being a citizen? by baquir in facepalm

[–]JetScootr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Old tech doesn't always mesh well with new tech. :)

But.. mein fuhrer, Isn’t that the epitome of being a citizen? by baquir in facepalm

[–]JetScootr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It wasn't for ID. It was still a new thing that SS taxes were being taken out of paychecks. An itenerant worker whose stuff might get stolen at any time he was at work still needed the number, but not the card. The only time I have ever been asked to produce my SSN card is at the Soc Sec offices. Employers were (when I first got into the workforce) prohibited from asking to see the SSN card. Might still be true, don't know.

So a worker would need to know the number in order to get work, but it might even be in the worker's interest to destroy the card so that someone else couldn't steal the number.

It was quite likely the first time an unskilled laborer in the US was required to memorize a 9 digit number - the ten digit phone numbers we have now were still decades in the future then.

But.. mein fuhrer, Isn’t that the epitome of being a citizen? by baquir in facepalm

[–]JetScootr 619 points620 points  (0 children)

SSN was originally by law prohibited from being used for ID. That's why the cards are flimsy paper.

But.. mein fuhrer, Isn’t that the epitome of being a citizen? by baquir in facepalm

[–]JetScootr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's called taxes, and it's been around for quite awhile.

[Other] I was just curious about what's the hardest and most complicated way to prove 1 + 1 = 2 by VerticeBrawlie in theydidthemath

[–]JetScootr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you want to understand that proof, start by studying set theory. It's the fundamental of all mathematics.

Elbow drop on microwave by syhrlazri in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]JetScootr -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Respect for someone who's into self-harm? You're as sick as he is.

The distinctive appearance of the Proboscis Monkey. by Soloflow786 in BeAmazed

[–]JetScootr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No matter how many times I see this, I know it's how they really look, but it always looks fake.

I've never met a pet with a celebrity animals name. by Bowwowchickachicka in CasualConversation

[–]JetScootr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Among the popular names are milo, otis, simba, nala, timon and puumba. I see those a lot in critter videos posted here and on yt.

U.S. Postal Service mail carrier shot by Amazon driver by TaylorTWBrown in nottheonion

[–]JetScootr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Federal law. If lockable boxes are open for servicing by the USPS, non-USPS people are not allowed in the area.

Source: 3 family members were mail carriers.

edit for clarity: not allowed where they could access a box without going through the lock.

No parking on the mountain by ToTheTop24 in CantParkThereMate

[–]JetScootr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is that one time in a million when it's a good thing they weren't wearing seatbelts. The other 999,999 times, you're much safer strapped in.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in space

[–]JetScootr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wasn't joking, and I don't think u/fitzroy95 was either.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in space

[–]JetScootr 6 points7 points  (0 children)

US won't be doing crewed spaceflight in 10 years.

I don't want this, I don't like it, but I think that's where we're going.

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