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  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,977 Member
    edited March 2018
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    cee134 wrote: »
    empresssue wrote: »
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    empresssue wrote: »
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    "In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue"...and landed in Cuba. And then Haiti. Never set foot in North America let alone discovered it.

    Are Cuba & Haiti part of North America?

    The Caribbean

    Yes, but aren’t they technically part of the North American continent? If so, then Columbus discovered America :lol:

    Columbus didn't discover anything. There was a whole bunch of people that already knew it was there. :D

    Yes, but they didn't count :wink:
  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,977 Member
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    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    empresssue wrote: »
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    empresssue wrote: »
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    "In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue"...and landed in Cuba. And then Haiti. Never set foot in North America let alone discovered it.

    Are Cuba & Haiti part of North America?

    The Caribbean

    Yes, but aren’t they technically part of the North American continent? If so, then Columbus discovered America :lol:

    Haha! That's interesting, I looked it up and it seems it depends if you're speaking continentally, geo-politically, geographically...The Caribbean is its own entity but some islands are considered part of North America, or South America, or Central America. So the Caribbean is North American in the same way people from Russia are Asian lol.

    I like this analogy :smile:

  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited March 2018
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    The opposite of "tying the knot" is "no strings attached".
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Technically the floor is lava if you go deep enough.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Hackers in Hollywood films never use the mouse.
  • cqbkaju
    cqbkaju Posts: 1,011 Member
    edited March 2018
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    cee134 wrote: »
    Hackers in Hollywood films never use the mouse.
    Well, most real hackers do not use a GUI so I guess that is 2 useless facts in one.

    Almost all security penetration testing and training is done on a UNIX-like command like or at least via the keyboard.
    Clicking on a script with a mouse is not hacking; writing the original script is.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Computers need keyboards but don't need a mouse.
  • Alimacbean
    Alimacbean Posts: 120 Member
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    Your foot is as long as your arm from inside elbow to wrist.
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
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    Braces cost just shy of $6500
  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,977 Member
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    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    Braces cost just shy of $6500

    Braces break the bank. My kid had them, too.
  • Smilin40
    Smilin40 Posts: 1,828 Member
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    Romans invented the escalator
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Smilin40 wrote: »
    Romans invented the escalator

    I would say Elevator not escalator.

    Rudimentary elevators are known to have been in use in ancient Rome as far back as 336 B.C., with the first reference of one built by the talented Archimedes.
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
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    empresssue wrote: »
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    "In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue"...and landed in Cuba. And then Haiti. Never set foot in North America let alone discovered it.

    Are Cuba & Haiti part of North America?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America

    "The Caribbean islands, or West Indies, are considered part of North America. The continental coastline is long and irregular. The Gulf of Mexico is the largest body of water indenting the continent, followed by Hudson Bay."
  • princess7955
    princess7955 Posts: 1,277 Member
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    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    Braces cost just shy of $6500

    dealing with that - x 2!!!
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited March 2018
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    Everyone knows about the secret service.
  • Bushw12
    Bushw12 Posts: 26 Member
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    People who work in the factory that make Tobasco sauce never get a cold!! Fact
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited March 2018
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    lkmtiling wrote: »
    People who work in the factory that make Tabasco sauce never get a cold!! Fact

    It's probably all that vinegar they use to cut the sauce so it's not as spicy.

    Also, Tabasco sauce and coffee go well together. If you like hot sauce. It's like spicy coffee.

    @UrBaconMeCr8zy

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