Non-IT News Thread
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@NerdyDad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
My dad trained as a pilot, but realized right when he was getting ready to get certified that he was afraid of heights and would black out if he looked out the windoes.
I'm scared of heights too. Even as a passenger, I have problems. I have to talk myself into thinking that everything is okay.
Then you see that one panic-stricken person sitting three rows up from you...
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So glad that my kids think that flying is the most casual thing in the world. They fall asleep the moment that we head down the runway.
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'Huge advance' in fighting world's biggest killer
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US man held for sending flashing tweet to epileptic writer
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Archbishop in Sicily bans mafia from being godfathers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39313674 -
Chuck Berry just passed away.
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Indian engineer named Saddam Hussain cannot get a job
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US man held for sending flashing tweet to epileptic writer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39315393He did much more than send a tweet.
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Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206*starts packing*
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206*starts packing*
It's a beautiful country. I've spent a week there, we love it. But boy is it expensive.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206*starts packing*
It's a beautiful country. I've spent a week there, we love it. But boy is it expensive.
*blinks tears from eyes, starts unpacking*
Is it as bad as places like NYC or not quite that bad?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206*starts packing*
It's a beautiful country. I've spent a week there, we love it. But boy is it expensive.
but their minimum wage is also higher
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@NattNatt said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206*starts packing*
It's a beautiful country. I've spent a week there, we love it. But boy is it expensive.
but their minimum wage is also higher
LOL, and won't pay for you to do ANYTHING, nor is it available as a non-citizen
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206*starts packing*
It's a beautiful country. I've spent a week there, we love it. But boy is it expensive.
*blinks tears from eyes, starts unpacking*
Is it as bad as places like NYC or not quite that bad?
LOL, it's so far beyond that.
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NYC... I know how to get a two bedroom apartment in Manhattan for under $1,000 / mo and how to get breakfast for $1.50
Norway.... apartment is $1,000 a week and coffee is $7
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206
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@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206They have on their happy faces... Can't you tell?
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206They have on their happy faces... Can't you tell?
Oh I can tell!!!
That band right there may have the most messed up story in the history of metal.
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Electronics banned on some US flights from Middle East
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39333424
