Something Interesting Thread

[Dionysus]

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day from @TracesofTexas:

The lovely town of Fredericksburg, in the Texas Hill Country, has a friendly greeting built-in for folks who visit. The first letters of the street names going east along Main Street/290 from the Vereins Kirche spell "All Welcome." Those going west spell "Come Back." It's true.

Going east we see Adams, Llano, Lincoln, Washington, Elk, Lee, Columbus, Olive, Mesquite, Eagle streets ("all welcome") and going west we see Crockett, Orange, Milam, Edison, Bowie, Acorn, Cherry, Kay ("come back").

I have met many folks who are from Fredericksburg who don't realize this, but it appears the city founding fathers were thinking ahead about hospitality!

 

[mchammer]

100 bottles of champagne found in 19th century Baltic shipwreck — CBS News

Sunken sailing ship "loaded to the sides" with alcohol and mineral water off the Swedish coast, according to Polish diving group

stocks.apple.com

 

[Horn6721]

I read yes that there were originally 300 bottles of champagne found.Apparently all 50 bottles of mineral water were recovered.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

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[SabreHorn]

To hell with the bicycle pump, does it come with an electric compressor?

 

[mchammer]

To hell with the bicycle pump, does it come with an electric compressor?

And window AC?

 

[Dionysus]

And window AC?

And plumbing/bathroom/shower?

I used to love camping as a young man. Now I like different things, like not camping.

 

[Vol Horn 4 Life]

I used to love camping as a young man. Now I like different things, like not camping.

My wife tells me for the last 25 years she'd be happy to go camping with me as long as there's a bed, shower and A/C in the tent.

 

[SabreHorn]

And plumbing/bathroom/shower?

I used to love camping as a young man. Now I like different things, like not camping.

I loved camping as a kid, and pretty much up until I got my first AmEx and discovered Fairmont President's Club

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[Driver 8]

Your daily creep-out
The chicken was never seen again

 

[mchammer]

 

[mchammer]

 

[Hideo Gump Jr.]

Waaaaay beyond my musical skill set. I can barely manage bar chords.

 

[mchammer]

 

[Dionysus]

Waaaaay beyond my musical skill set. I can barely manage bar chords.

A fascinating instrument but I don’t want to have to re-string that monster.

 

[Driver 8]

That's a really good thread on Rome and the aqueducts

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

aggy and hoggy combined don't match us.

Osoner isn't even on the list at all. WTH?

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[mchammer]

 

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[LonghornCatholic]