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Posted by puff

POLLAir New Zealand to weigh passengers before they fly About time some airline did this. As a FIFO worker utilizing light aircraft, this is standard practice. I recall an incident with my ex, a petite Thai lady all 55 Kg of her. We were checking in ...

Should total weight, person plus baggage, be taken into account when flying?

5 votes Yes as it is more accurate
0 votes No, keep the status quo of weighing baggage only

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News & Links

1 week ago1w

Posted by anglophone

China has just made an international joke of itself: 中国刚刚开了一个国际笑话。

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Political debate

2 weeks ago2w

Posted by redbai

LINKASIAN WOMAN ROASTING DELUSIONAL WHITE AMERICAN PEOPLE💭🔥|DARE HER IF YOU CAN😂💪 - YouTube

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Silly, Random & Fun

3 weeks ago3w

Posted by Lilac-JadeCanada

So, let me get this straight... You drive across town to a gym to walk on a treadmill?

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Silly, Random & Fun

1 month ago1m

Posted by DenoPenno

I work from Cuba, Mo. and just out of town as you head for Steelville, the "floating capital of Missouri" there is an annoying Jesus sign at the end of a driveway. It appears Asian or Oriental, could be there supporting LGBTQ. The troubling part is ...

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Apr 17Apr 17

Posted by vocaloldfart

LINKPang Pha, the Asian elephant, taught herself how to peel a banana | Ars Technica

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Cheesy Jokes

Apr 15Apr 15

Posted by Lilac-JadeCanada

Madame Gloria: "Alfred, why didn't you water the garden yesterday?" Alfred the butler: "It was raining, madam." Madame Gloria: "Well, that's hardly an excuse, couldn't you have taken an umbrella?"

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CLASSICAL, OPERA and CROSSOVER

Apr 7Apr 7

Posted by jackjr

Recently were some postings about Asian musicians. In the Seattle Times was an item about how a local will be giving a concert on her 91st birthday. Here’s a piece she played at 88. Michi Hirata North

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Religious Naturalism

Apr 2Apr 2

Posted by skado

The Spiritual Materialist How transcendent feelings arise from the forces of Darwinian natural selection. BY ALAN LIGHTMAN March 30, 2023 .

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CLASSICAL, OPERA and CROSSOVER

Mar 30Mar 30

Posted by jackjr

Another famous Asian (Japanese) pianist by request. (Dame) Mitsuko Uchida. Here’s a little synopsis about this amazing pianist. She seems to prefer Mozart.

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Herbalists Corner

Mar 27Mar 27

Posted by vocaloldfart

Researchers from The University of Queensland have discovered the active compound from an edible mushroom that boosts nerve growth and enhances memory. Professor Frederic Meunier from the Queensland Brain Institute said the team had identified new ...

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Politics

Mar 17Mar 17

Posted by SpikeTalon

Situations like the following story are reason why some are critical of the MeToo movement, as potential to take advantage of the system (making false accusations that is) is a legitimate concern... A woman who falsely claimed she was raped by ...

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Cooking

Jan 25Jan 25

Posted by jackjr

A previously additive that got a bad rap is restoring its negative image (believe it or not it was based on racism). ”General health misinformation is not the only reason MSG has gotten such a bad rap. Racial biases also play a role. Referring to ...

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Jan 21Jan 21

Posted by JackPedigo

words This will be fun for (me) some and, for some, E E E K!! Musophobia: Rats have always scared humans. At its worse, it called musophobia. The main topic for a recent Pacific NW magazine was ‘dedicated to this issue. ”You live in Seattle, a ...

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Legalize Cannabis Nationwide/Worldwide

Jan 17Jan 17

Posted by OldGoat43

STATE CANNABIS NEWS1/17/2023 Washington, D.C.'s attorney general criticized Congress for interfering with the city's marijuana laws. LINK: Florida's Senate president appointed two ...

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Posts

Jan 9Jan 9

Posted by OldGoat43

CANNABIS IN SCIENCE & HEALTH1/9/2023 A study found that "cannabis use is associated with same day improvements in self-reported sleep quality, but not pain or depressive symptoms, although sleep improvements occurred in the ...

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Ethical Vegans - Animal Rights - Environmental Concerns - Clean Food & Gardening

Jan 7Jan 7

Posted by TheoryNumber3

Watch this elephant paint a beautiful image of an elephant holding a flower. You'll be amazed at how her talent unfolds as she carefully completes each stroke. Her mahout talks to her throughout the process as his gentle touch gives her confidence. ...

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News & Links

Dec 31, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKDiabetes rates may surge in US young people, study finds

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Dec 11, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by Killtheskyfairy

Random cat thoughts…

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Food Glorious Food

Dec 5, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by KateOahu

I had a busy cooking day yesterday. In the morning, I made a big pot of lentil soup, much of which I shared with neighbors and friends. In the afternoon, I roasted a Harris Ranch Beef Round Roast, and accompanied it with sautéed mushrooms and a ...

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Posts

Nov 17, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by OldGoat43

CANNABIS IN SCIENCE & HEALTH11/17/2022 A review concluded that "CBD is a well-tolerated and safe natural compound that exerts analgesic effects, decreasing hyperalgesia, and mechanical/thermal allodynia in several animal models of ...

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Politics

Nov 8, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by Redheadedgammy

Great ad from mothers against Greg Abbott

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Wordsmith

Nov 7, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by yvilletom

“I think,/ “Therefore I am,”/ Said the philosopher./ Bunk! He didn’t feel. He only/ Half was.

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Politics

Nov 6, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by nogod4me

Michael Cohen Says Trump Stole More Top Secret Documents Than We Know

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World Music

Oct 27, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by Marionville

Here we are still in Scandinavia! I mentioned earlier this morning in Music Fans group that on this day in 1990 a-ha released their 4th studio album called East of the Sun, West of the Moon…this was the title track, inspired by a Norse fairytale ...

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Politics

Oct 25, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKRepublican Ad Blames Biden for Anti-Asian Violence Incited by Trump

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Sexual Deviants

Oct 20, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by Mofo1953

My friend Trish, she loves piercing and to be dommed. She's only 41, gorgeous Asian FWB.

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The Best of Late Night & News

Oct 14, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by phxbillcee

Beau of the Fifth Column - Let's talk about the NY AG's move and Trump Org II....

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Just for Laughs

Oct 6, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by Heather2367

What until they see a typewriter!

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Health & Happiness

Oct 5, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by LiterateHiker

Look what I made today! Pear upside-down gingerbread cake.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Oct 4, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by puff

This is what really pisses me off when conflicts are supported to supposedly protect the rule based international world order. Let's look at Yemen. They had a coup in 2014 resulting in civil war. The neighboring country felt it was a security risk ...

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Sep 25, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by Lilac-JadeCanada

“Asian Dream Song”

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Silly, Random & Fun

Sep 18, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKIf You Don’t Know, Now You Know - Asian Nations Reject Western Trash | The Daily Show - YouTube

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Silly, Random & Fun

Aug 22, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by BD66

Sorry Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Indian Dudes Looks like you are out of luck!

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Aug 18, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Marionville

UXORIOUS. - Adjective…having or showing a great or excessive fondness for one’s wife; excessively attached to or dependent on one’s wife “he had always impressed me as home-loving and uxorious. Late 16th century: from Latin uxoriosus, ...

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Progressives, Socialists, and Black Lives Matter

Aug 12, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Krish55

Today's News:

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General & Hellos

Jul 21, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by PondartIncbendog

LINKBREAKING: GOP votes AGAINST Interracial and Same-Sex Marriage… in 2022 - YouTube

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Feline Fanatics

Jul 8, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by RobertNappi2

Friday morning cuteness

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Atheist Videos & Miscellany

Jul 3, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by phxbillcee

Matt Dillahunty - Atheist Debates - Gen 19 & Judges 19 - huh??

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General & Hellos

Jul 1, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by AnneWimsey

So it appears @Triphid has blocked me, i guess kindly suggesting his majorly over-the-top outbursts whenever challenged even slightly might need medication were too close to the bone. I gotta tell y'all, it is Very peaceful on here since then!

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Sports talk

Jun 22, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by FvckY0u

Any fisherman out there? How do you feel about the name change of Asian Carp to Copi? More about eating the fish than anything.

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News & Links

Jun 20, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Druvius

Interesting discussion of the war and long term prospects. This was fun: "Moreover, the allies discovered, apparently to their surprise, that most Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American countries are unwilling to join the anti-Moscow ...

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All Things Asia

Jun 10, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Boomtarat03

Shoebrands from different Asian countries 🥰

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News & Links

May 30, 2022May 2022

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKUS birth rates rose slightly in 2021

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May 19, 2022May 2022

Posted by Boomtarat03

Native clothes of Asian women 😊

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Just for Laughs

Apr 18, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by clim995

enter me lord

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General & Hellos

Apr 17, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by HankHunter13

Must Eat Brains

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Posts

Apr 9, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by rogerbenham

Mongolian Music | Grasslands | Contemporary, Asian, Erhu & Fiddle

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Politics

Apr 8, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

Cognitive Dissonance:

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ACHES AND PAINS

Mar 12, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Jolanta

Diabetes and diet.

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World Music

Mar 8, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Reignmond

I became interested in the Siberian peoples when I discovered that I am .1% Yakut. The Yakut and traces of "broadly Asian" ancestry follows the Haudenosaunee side of my family.

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Posts

Mar 1, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by BDair

If there was a picture.

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Just for Laughs

Mar 1, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by OldMetalHead

A panda walks into a restaurant and orders a plate of bamboo When he’s finished with his meal, he hops up onto the table, pulls out two Glock 45s and unloads both magazines, blasting everything in sight. When the guns are empty, he throws them ...

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Singles/Mingle/Chat

Feb 15, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by azzow2

Has anyone used the Facebook dating app? I had a beautiful Asian lady contact me, I however am very leery of scammers and narcissistic people on these dating apps.

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News & Links

Feb 13, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKAsian students call on University of Toronto to take action after staff hands out 'hell money' | TheHill

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Music Fans

Feb 10, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Sierra4

Johnny Rivers from 1966 and Secret Asian Man😁

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Feb 5, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Larimar

Asian honeybees protect themselves against Giant asian hornets using tools

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News & Links

Feb 2, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by JonnaBononna

LINKFormer Dolphins coach Flores sues NFL saying league is run ‘like a plantation’ | NFL | The Guardian

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Conservative Atheists

Jan 11, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Captain_Feelgood

So some civil-rights groups including Black Voters Matter, the New Georgia Project Action Fund, the Asian American Advocacy Fund and the GALEO Impact Action Fund, which represents Latinos dissed Biden. I personally couldn't care...

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Health & Happiness

Jan 8, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by doug6352

"The COVID vaccines are the most dangerous vaccines in human history... by a long shot" "The smallpox vaccine used to be the most dangerous vaccine in human history. The COVID vaccines are over 800 times more deadly."

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Health & Happiness

Jan 2, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Castlepaloma

The Majority highest covid death countries per capita are European countries that are with the highest vaccinated rate and highest death rate countries in the world. Bulgaria has the lowest Vaccinated in Europe, yes a high rate death, yet recently ...

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Gun Control Now

Dec 9, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by SpikeTalon

This is pretty much a continuation of my previous post in this group, about how looks can be deceiving when it comes to firearms. Once again as a disclaimer, this post contains a photo of another one of my scary looking guns (I know, I'm a terrible ...

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Posts

Dec 7, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

SOME MORE NEWS - Simple, Obvious Solutions To Glaring Problems

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This Day In History

Nov 23, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by altschmerz

75 years ago: French forces massacre Vietnamese On November 23, 1946, French military vessels opened fire on the Vietnamese coastal city of Haiphong, in a brutal massacre that claimed at least 6,000 lives and as many as 20,000. ...

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News & Links

Nov 21, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by snytiger6

LINKUniv. of Maryland slammed for separating Asian students from 'students of color' in graphic

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Politics

Nov 19, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by snytiger6

LINKNew Asian American Muppet prompts CPAC president to call for defunding PBS

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News & Links

Nov 13, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKBorn to Win, Schooled to Lose: Why Equally Talented Students Don't Get Equal Chances to Be All They Can Be - CEW Georgetown

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Trump Pinata

Nov 5, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by CuddyCruiser

Cry us a river shitbag.

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COVID-19

Nov 5, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by FearlessFly

Oxford Scientists Find Gene That Doubles Risk of Dying From Covid-19 Gene prevents the lungs from responding to the virus properly About 60% of people with South Asian ancestry have gene

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General & Hellos

Oct 30, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Triphid

" You must do everything that I demand, God made man first then woman because God intended men to rule over women, it is written in the Bible." "Yes, God made man first examined what he had made, found out all his mistakes, went back and created ...

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News & Links

Oct 23, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by snytiger6

LINKOutrage grows after conservative host’s remarks on reporter’s Asian features

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Love & Relationships

Oct 22, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Triphid

Aw so sad. Do I show sympathy or do I just sit back and think to myself, "I knew it would come to this anyway?" Evangeloon has been spending time of late with a woman. Her name, so I 've been told, is Elizabeth and she is of S.E. Asian ethnicity. She...

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Music Fans

Oct 22, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Garf

Jonathan Bree - Your so cool

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This Day In History

Oct 17, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Marionville

17th October 1943: Death Railway Completed: Burma Railway completed, built by Allied POWs and Asian labourers for the use of the Japanese Army

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News & Links

Oct 15, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Buck

The leader of this magacult appears to be of Asian descent!? 👀

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Just for Laughs

Oct 9, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by bobwjr

Definitely giving this a hard pass

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News & Links

Oct 8, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by barjoe

LINKTesla: Elon Musk says company headquarters will move to Texas

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General & Hellos

Oct 7, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by HankHunter13

LINKMore than 140,000 US children lost a parent or caregiver to Covid, study finds | Coronavirus | The Guardian

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General & Hellos

Oct 5, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by St-Sinner

AVICENA - THE GREAT DOCTOR OF PERSIA Samira Atash is an Afghan-American fashion designer but I have seen that she is a multi-talented woman who majored in history, sings well, is very familiar with Central Asian cultures and is very accurate ...

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News & Links

Aug 31, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by snytiger6

LINKHate crimes hit 12-year high in United States in 2020 -FBI | Reuters

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology

Aug 30, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by BirdMan1

New Perspective on the Peopling of SE Asian Islands:

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Critter Corner

Aug 26, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Mooolah

LINKAsian giant hornet nest destroyed in Washington state

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Health & Happiness

Aug 19, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by FrayedBear

An incredible experience! I envy Allan McKenzie.

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Oddities and Anomalies

Aug 17, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Lorajay

According to a friend our local Asian market actually has durians for sale. I can't imagine how they package them. In any instance, I am so angered by anti-vaxxers and trumpists, I am tempted to go buy some and mail them to all those idiots. I put ...

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Feline Fanatics

Aug 7, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Diagoras

My son went on a trip. He has me feeding his cats while he's gone. This kitten won't leave me alone unless she's sleeping. Do all kittens want to snuggle and purr all the time? Was trying to lay down and read earlier and she decided to rub my face. ...

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Music Fans

Jul 26, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Marionville

Today I was just thinking that the extraordinarily prolonged hot and dry spell we’re having here this summer…this is Northern Ireland after all, not known for drought conditions…has made this July seem to be lasting much longer than usual, ...

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News & Links

Jul 22, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKLetters From An American 07/21/2021

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General & Hellos

Jul 13, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by OldMetalHead

It's really that simple

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Just for Laughs

Jul 10, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by johnnyrobish

True then - even more so now!

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Sex Over Sixty

Jul 7, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by mischl

It's gotten to the point where two times out of three when I give a hint to my S.O. about having a "date" tonight, I'll get the response, "Why don't you go get a good massage tonight?" I'm always willing, because it's such a nice alternative. My ...

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Site & Customer Service

Jun 24, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Racheltu

Where is mt Everest? Mount Everest is situated at the junction of the Eurasian continent and the South Asian subcontinent, which is the largest plateau in China and the highest in the world. It is on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the "Roof of ...

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Posts

Jun 15, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Captain_Feelgood

I know I know,,, could have guessed the Asian guy would win it.. 😂🤣😁😜😎👍

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Love & Relationships

Jun 8, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Wayne44

I’m here to find my soul mate

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Progressives, Socialists, and Black Lives Matter

Jun 7, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Asian Americans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Feline Fanatics

May 29, 2021May 2021

Posted by Kynlei

My mom and stepdad adopted two calico kittens yesterday. Muffin is good at taking pictures, Shelby, not so much. 😂

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Sex Over Sixty

May 17, 2021May 2021

Posted by mischl

Many men and most women have greatly reduced energy and interest in sex during the wintertime of life. From my own perspective, it was a kind of relief when the flame dampened a bit. Chiefly because our female contemporaries usually have even less ...

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News & Links

May 15, 2021May 2021

Posted by barjoe

LINKMurderer Voted for Trump Using His Missing Wife's Identity

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Music Fans

May 14, 2021May 2021

Posted by Marionville

Today for my teatime treat I’m posting Will Young whom I’ve been a fan of ever since I heard him sing on the first series of Pop Idol in 2002...which he won. - this song he’s singing is called. - Daniel.

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