Wednesday Overnight Open Thread (8/26/20) Mailed It In Edition

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Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. Oscar Wilde

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Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. Lou Holtz

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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge

Fun loving kids............

So Hrothgar submitted this.............

DAY 1 of HOME SCHOOLING

2200 Working on an excuse to get out of school tomorrow.

Before the measurement of a shitton, there was a buttload.

After immediately falling down a Google hole about it, I discovered that this is, indeed, true! A butt, also known as a pipe, is a unit of measure for English Brewery Cask Units and English Wine Cask Units. It's the second-largest barrel size, equal to half a tun, which was typically 252 Imperial Gallons (although that exact quantity has changed throughout history; current standards place an English Tun at 259 US gallons or 216 Imperial Gallons).

You have to admit that 129 gallons is a substantial amount of beer or wine. That's enough for the kind of party the police would want to speak to you about. Read more about beer and wine measurements with plenty of links to follow at Boing Boing.

Born on this day: 26 Aug 1966
Dan Vickrey, guitarist, from American rock band Counting Crows, who had the 1994 UK hit single 'Mr Jones', and the 1996 US No.1 album Recovering The Satellites. They received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for their song 'Accidentally in Love', which was included in the film Shrek 2. via thisdayinmusic.com

On this day: 26 Aug 1994
Scottish singer Frankie Miller suffered a massive brain haemorrhage in New York, while writing material for a new band he and Joe Walsh from the Eagles had formed. Miller spent five months in a coma. He then entered rehabilitation, re-learning how to walk and talk. via thisdayinmusic.com

Well, at least he is a clean Genius Award Winner.

A naked man has decided a Sunshine Coast car and dog wash would be the perfect place for a late-night shower.
In video recorded on August 16, the man is seen receiving a high-pressure hose down from a mate in one of the washing bays.
The owner of the car wash shared the footage on their Facebook page and wished the man a "speedy recovery".

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posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:00 PM

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