Random Thoughts

The Sandbox General
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I randomly looked at the serial number in a dollar bill and it had all the digits from 1 to 8

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worst liar’s poker bill ever

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After months of switching out cords in my desk so I can charge my phone, I remembered I have a wireless charging station in the desk. But that’s also where I usually put the mousepad. And I guess I could rearrange everything to make it more accessible, but that seems like work.

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If you fly on delta and you’re in main 2 you don’t have to wait for them to call your zone. You can sneak in with the main 1 suckers.

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While walking the dog, I had someone pull their car up to the curb to me to ask for directions. In the age of smartphones, it’s been a long time since someone asked me for detailed driving directions. They weren’t near their destination at all (4-5 miles on surface streets). Took me a minute to think of a route with few enough turns that they might successfully be able to follow and find their spot.

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I know of some who have “connectivity” for Wi-Fi only (they don’t buy the “data”).

It’s also possible that they have a plan with limited data and they’ve used it all up already.

Or it’s a grad student doing research

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Or a contestant on The Amazing Race. Were there 4 people in the car, one with a camera and another with sound equipment? Were they in a big hurry?

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There’s also a chance they were hoping you’d take out a phone that they could swipe from you.

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Swiper no swiping

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Possibly, but I think quite remote based on the situation. They were in their car, I was more than arms length away with a big dog that was acting a bit wary about the situation

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I remember Ebaying $1 bills with Double 3 pairs, 4, 5, and 6 of the same serial #'s. Made some good money on each

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Somehow I wound up on a subreddit for currency collectors. I was astonished that bills with interesting serial numbers can fetch some decent money. Bills with very, very low serial numbers seemed especially of interest. Maybe I should go through my wallet!

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Unflavored < > flavorless

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I thought being an adult was going to be was easier.

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:people_hugging:

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My Member of Parliament can send mail postage-free, but I hafta pay good money if I want to mail something. That’s democracy for you!!! :roll_eyes:

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I was walking down the sidewalk with the dog when I heard a loud crash right behind me. When I turned around, I saw that a huge section of an ancient oak had fallen on the sidewalk and adjacent yard. We just walked under that thing seconds before, and would have been smashed.

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i was biking on the shoulder of US6 east of Lincoln. crusing along i hear a bang and a scraping sound. pickup truck had just passed me and it brakes hard and pulls over. i slow down and look behind to see they had an aluminum ladder fly off the back of the truck and well, i got lucky it missed me.

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It’s no joke. I know two people who were hit by trees falling on them and a third who had a very near miss… three unrelated incidents.

One died from his injuries (older, but excellent physical health), one was severely injured but made a mostly full recovery (has some cognitive issues but able to live a normal life) and the one with the near miss was quite shaken up but obviously fine other than that.