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1. about 3 hours ago on Wizard of Id

   40? Still idling, huh?

2. about 3 hours ago on The Other Coast

   Nobody locks up their tires anymore: anti-lock Brakes. However, the THUMP still applies.

3. about 3 hours ago on Scary Gary

   In India, pre-1948, the Brits would tie the condemned to a cannon and basically blow them apart. That was quick. the other trick was have an elephant squash their head. Nice stuff.The electric chair, in all of its forms, was not particularly quick. Some non-conductive victims lasted for a long time before finally dying of heart failure.

4. 1 day ago on The Argyle Sweater

   Actually no. It can be related to what you are playing but not necessarily. I played 1st Chair trumpet in high school and college; we, as an example had 5 first (parts), 4 second (parts) and two third(parts). Orchestras you are closer with (probably) 2 first parts (1st and second chair), 2 second parts (third and forth chairs), etc.

5. 1 day ago on Speed Bump

   Since we were coming, and are still coming out of the last ice age, no it didn’t.

6. 1 day ago on Garfield

   I use Firefox on a desktop and I do encounter this problem. I glanced through the page source but gave up trying to figure it out.

7. 1 day ago on Sherman's Lagoon

   AT school or eating the school?

8. 1 day ago on Bliss

   Not really trying to be snarky but…sounds like a fine Liberal in the making.

9. 2 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   Road rage is ALWAYS uncalled for.

10. 2 days ago on Back to B.C.

    1910, when the first aluminium foil rolling plant, Dr. Lauber, Neher & Cie. was opened in Emmishofen, Switzerland. The first use of foil in the United States was in 1913 for wrapping Life Savers, candy bars, and gum. Yep, that makes her considerably ahead of her time. Aluminum was first discovered in 1825 by Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted, was so hard to refine it was considered a precious metal. Frederik VII’s general’s helmet was made of aluminium, by J.B. Dalhoff, c. 1859.