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Post by Pete on Apr 12, 2024 11:31:28 GMT
In the wake of Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years, an eight-year-old Labrador named Roger is winning hearts across the island nation.
Roger was once a drug-sniffing dog but lost his job due to being overly friendly. His love for fun, food, and people often diverted his attention and hindered his responsiveness to his handler's instructions.
But his personality and intelligence made him a much better candidate to be a rescue dog.
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Post by Sandy on Apr 12, 2024 17:47:47 GMT
That was one huge monster of an earthquake!! Seems to me that there have been a lot of them this year.
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Post by Pete on Apr 12, 2024 18:19:59 GMT
Sandy, yeah, there recently was a 'quake in the nearby states of NY & NJ. Nothing felt over here, about 250 miles from NJ.
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Post by Hank on Apr 13, 2024 0:42:59 GMT
Pete the 250 is you?
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Post by Pete on Apr 13, 2024 11:13:54 GMT
Henry, yeah, from here to NJ. But I only guessed from my own experience driving there.
So I looked it up to see how close I was. The average distance, based on which route is taken, is 288 miles.
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Post by Hank on Apr 13, 2024 12:11:38 GMT
I just had thought was more.
But have not been in P since July of'96.
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Post by Pete on Apr 13, 2024 12:58:50 GMT
Henry, cool that you've been to PA. Where did you go & what were you doing there?
Closest I've been out your way was in Chicago in '77.
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Post by Hank on Apr 13, 2024 17:37:14 GMT
I went to Philadelphia for 7.4 in '76 & 96.
The decay over those 20 years in large cities was unbelievable.
In '96 I took time to ride the transit around.
Are you aware of the (edit as i was speaking of 2nd, current location) Philadelphia City Hall building?, different.
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At its nexus point, where Broad Street crosses Market Street, resides Philly’s historic and beautiful City Hall.
I stopped in Chicago went up the then Sears tower.
Do not recall leaving bus depot in any other cities.
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Post by Pete on Apr 13, 2024 18:09:50 GMT
Henry, never been to Philly myself. Biggest city I've been to in PA was Pittsburgh. Went on a company outing to Kennywood with coworkers. The thing I remember the most about it is a female coworker poking fun at me about not going on the highest roller-coaster, first hill was 160 ft high. She got on it & when it got to the top & began to go down I heard her screaming, "We're all going to die!"  Here's a video of the coaster. |
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Post by Hank on Apr 13, 2024 20:18:31 GMT
Ah well the city hall is built up from four separate blocks corners.
First time I had seen such a thing.
I recall Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, I expect we were on I 90 / 94.
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Post by Pete on Apr 13, 2024 22:08:26 GMT
Henry, you were on what's called the Turnpike. It's been expanded since your visit. Now runs entirely across the state from Ohio to NJ. A little over 500 miles long.
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Post by Sandy on Apr 14, 2024 12:49:01 GMT
I rode on a roller coaster once. When it reached a peak, before plunging downward, I thought we would all be hurled into space.
Never again! Why pay to be terrorized??
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Post by Pete on Apr 14, 2024 13:04:20 GMT
Sandy, I've been on 'coasters when I was a kid but those were tame compared to the crazy ones there are nowadays. The Steel Phantom one seen in the video above was like I'd said 160 ft high. But a few years ago it was rebuilt & renamed, Phantom's Revenge, & the height was raised to 262 ft. |
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Post by Sandy on Apr 14, 2024 13:54:44 GMT
Yikes - 262 feet!! I wonder if there have been any roller coaster disasters - or people not strapped in who fell out.
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Post by Pete on Apr 14, 2024 18:28:10 GMT
Sandy, to put the 262 ft in perspective I imagine a building of that height. Each story is normally a height of 10 ft. So that coaster is as high as a 26 story building. Or a lil' over half as tall as the Washington Monument.  |
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