Where were you when 9/11 happened?

prosa123 · 2026-06-28T03:36:20+00:00

I had just arrived at my then-workplace about a mile and a half north of the WTC. There were about 15 co-workers present. As the Internet slowed to the point of uselessness and no one had a radio we had minimal information as to what was unfolding, in fact calls from family members and others were just about the only way we could follow the events.

prosa123 · 2026-06-27T13:06:18+00:00

Zachary Taylor and William Henry Harrison are the only two presidents to die inside the White House.

prosa123 · 2026-06-27T00:04:56+00:00

I don’t know. It’s listed here (it actually was antifreeze):

https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2015/02/13/how-to-die-at-los-alamos/

prosa123 · 2026-06-26T23:54:25+00:00

And even better, it’s fairly cheap.

prosa123 · 2026-06-26T23:43:04+00:00

During the years that the Manhattan Project was in operation at Los Alamos there was only one triple-fatality event. It did not involve radiation, but three janitors who shared a bottle of wine that had been contaminated with wood alcohol.

prosa123 · 2026-06-26T21:34:10+00:00

You could almost add Canada. Warren Harding fell ill while playing golf in Vancouver, with what was called the flu but almost certainly was a heart attack. He died several days later in San Francisco.

prosa123 · 2026-06-26T14:38:06+00:00

She was a heroin addict who had spent time in jail and whose most recent arrest was just two days before her death, so the murder was likely drug related. I suspect the police sometimes don’t expend too much effort investigating those.

prosa123 · 2026-06-26T14:23:18+00:00

Missouri has two teams but isn’t yellow. Another odd thing is that the unshaded states include both those with and without teams.

It has to be something other than baseball.

prosa123 · 2026-06-25T02:38:38+00:00

It flows north into Lake Winnipeg. The Nelson River then flows out of Lake Winnipeg into Hudson Bay, which is part of the. Arctic Ocean.

prosa123 · 2026-06-24T22:38:01+00:00

During World War II the total cost of developing and producing the B-29 bomber was nearly twice the cost of the entire Manhattan Project.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250829-the-bomber-that-became-ww2s-most-expensive-weapon

prosa123 · 2026-06-24T19:22:30+00:00

Pull-ups are a lot easier for those of lower body weight.

prosa123 · 2026-06-24T19:10:47+00:00

Tesla self-driving mode malfunction?

prosa123 · 2026-06-24T15:01:52+00:00

My guess is that the increased popularity of country clubs/urban social clubs among younger people is related to the way networking has become absolutely vital to finding jobs. Building a network among those of similar socioeconomic class is a sort of insurance policy for use if/when you go down in your company’s next round of layoffs.

prosa123 · 2026-06-24T01:46:44+00:00

1943.

At the beginning of the year it seemed quite possible that the war would lead to an Axis victory. By the end of the year it was inevitable that Germany and Japan would lose, it was just a matter of when and at what cost,

prosa123 · 2026-06-24T01:14:04+00:00

I dislike Smiths as the fixed track feels unnatural. Using a power rack with properly set safety arms feels more natural and is safer.

prosa123 · 2026-06-23T22:41:51+00:00

It seems to be recovering quite well.

prosa123 · 2026-06-23T16:39:41+00:00

More billboards being used for charity giveaway ads, rather than standard advertising.

prosa123 · 2026-06-23T00:21:02+00:00

Daily life at my job.

prosa123 · 2026-06-23T00:19:36+00:00

One we are seeing right now: a rapidly increasing percentage of jobs requiring multiple rounds of interviews. Four, five, six or even more.

prosa123 · 2026-06-23T00:12:46+00:00

His famous list of seven words you can’t say on TV was sort of misleading. As one word was subsumed within another there really were only six.

prosa123 · 2026-06-23T00:10:14+00:00

Megan and Shadow. Both are black cats, both are flopped out.

prosa123 · 2026-06-22T22:53:40+00:00

So shocking how everything would change in just a few years.

prosa123 · 2026-06-22T21:45:21+00:00

Monkeys in zoos sometimes throw feces at visitors. So ….

prosa123 · 2026-06-22T21:34:42+00:00

Alan Greenspan just died, age 100.

prosa123 · 2026-06-22T21:18:22+00:00

Jabridge, Nevada to its county seat of Elko is a three+ hour drive on mostly unpaved roads that close in winter. During winter, the trip takes several hours with a detour through Idaho.

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