60 year old Canadian. I remember these as an occasional thing, like maybe during a dental promotion week? It wasn’t like it happened all the time.
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Recovering academic now in public safety. You’ll find me kibitzing on brains (my academic expertise) to critical infrastructure and resilience (current worklife). Also hockey, games, music just because.
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Just plain raw potatoes out of a bag. They have a reputation for this and some groups of kids will be chanting " potato, potato, potato" before they even open the door. They were saying they may spring for full size russet baking potatoes for the enthusiasts next year.
My BiL always offers the option of a potato over chocolate. There are a surprising number of takers. I should note he gets a couple dozen kids so he can spend time messing with them. I get several hundred thanks to the haunted house a neighbour two doors down sets up. My door is lime an assembly line.
Dr. Bob@lemmy.cato
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What was the first thing "pirated" on the net? What was the first thing to be pirated off the net in the modern age?English
33·2 days agoWhat do you mean by “pirated” and by net do you specifically mean the web or does the old internet and DARPAnet count?
As an example does guitar tablature count as pirated? What about the scan of a playboy centrefold?
2kb is about 4 double spaced pages. Why not just write it out and store copies in multiple locations?
I remember reading this story in Reader’s Digest back in the 1970s or 80s. An oldie but a goodie.
She is wondering if she can eat you yet.
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TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•Half a scaramucciEnglish
0·18 days agoCould you explain a bit further…maybe with some helpful illustrations.
Can I get a matching Paula Radcliffe pooping plate?




They’re a republic dammit! https://republicofnewfoundland.com/
Here’s the documentary that has the details.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xiIOurc19aA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Nation