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First, I'd like to welcome both of you to the forum. Please don't be overly concerned about putting things in the right places and so on; while we appreciate things being in the right places, we'd rather you feel comfortable and unafraid to post or to try things. First, have the image you want...

@Mary Robi's post in the Murky History thread brought this up, as a reply, but I didn't want to create a digression in that thread, so I thought I'd bring it here. Please don't misunderstand me, Mary; your post was perfectly on-topic in that thread, but my reply would have been a digression, so...

My dad brought some home from work for us to play with. It was cool the way it formed into liquid balls, and when rubbed onto an old half dollar, it would shine it up like new.

Mercury was used as medicine for centuries. It has been found in Egyptian tombs dating back 3,500 years. In China, it was thought to prolong life, heal broken bones, and prevent pregnancy. Other cultures used it as a cosmetic and medicine. "Blue Mass," a pill with mercury as its main ingredient...

Some of the craziest things were once accepted as medical science, and it's likely that much of what we believe today will be disproved, as we're already seeing the beginning of it with the COVID vaccinations of 2020. The history of medicine and doctors is full of cures that did more to kill you...

Yes, Paul Revere played a part in the American Revolution, but why is he the one, and only one, remembered for the midnight ride when it was actually up to forty different messengers raising the alarm about the Redcoats coming? On the night of April 18, 1775, he and another man, William Dawes...

Regarding Lizzie Borden, it was Lizzie's stepmother who was murdered, and she received only eighteen whacks from an axe. He father received only eleven. Also, while Lizzie was indeed accused of these murders, she was acquitted, largely because the police refused to use a new crime investigation...

I think the "Lake Ontario" name predates European settlement, and the Canadian province was named for the lake, not the other way around.

Particularly with few, if any, facts.

You are allowed to insult Trump, as long as the insults aren't vulgar, because he is not a member here. Discussing issues rather than people is generally more effective, but just as others are allowed to insult AOC, Bernie, or others on the left, you can do the same for Trump or other Republican...

I hear that Canada Dry has been renamed.

Before going to bed last night, I asked Ella if she was coming (young lady, are you ready for bed?). She was lying on the futon downstairs and just gave me a tail flip, which I interpreted as meaning, "I'm okay where I'm at." She likes the futon and sometimes sleeps downstairs on it. Usually...

But... but... but, you need to understand one thing - it's okay when they do it, but when Trump does it, it's time for an uprising.

Happy birthday, @Hoot Crawford. I hope it's a good one.

Paying attention, I am aware that when I walk normally, my left foot is rotated outward quite a bit compared to the right, which is mostly forward. The same thing occurs after a few minutes on the elliptical glider. When I consciously try to keep it straight ahead, it feels like I'm twisting it...

That fits with what he's talking about in the video.

It's not a MacBook, an iPad, or an Apple Watch, but I don't see a point in starting a new thread for Apple AirPods. My wife bought me an Apple AirPods Pro 3, and I am just figuring out what it can do. I had thought they were simply for listening to music while you walk or exercise, but there's a...

The ZELUS device is a bit out of my league, at least right now. I see there are devices that sound similar on Amazon at various prices, but I don't want to spend half that amount if the result doesn't work.

So far this summer, I have rarely walked more than 5 miles at a time, whereas last year I was walking 5-15 miles most days, and I'd like to get back to that. Once I start walking, it's not like I get tired. Mostly, it's a matter of not wanting to be too far from a bathroom because at 75 I can't...

@Greg Karakas, welcome to the forum. I hope you'll like it here.