thinking of Born In The USA?
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The TIE Fighter sound was a combination of a car driving on wet pavement and the trumpeting of a male elephant.
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Ah, yes. Youâre correct. Thanks.
A great patriotic song, detailing the wonders of our beloved country.
/s
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TIL: Romans made some pretty good concrete, and how they did it:
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Iâll just assume itâs trueâŚand I wonât take issue with âeast of MNâ actually meaning âeast of at least one part of MNââŚ
Kind of like how Greenland is North and South and East and West of Iceland.
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Heh, I have one of the books they reference: This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland.
I heard the author speaking on NPR and bought the book on a lark. The first part was interesting, but I couldnât get through it. It remains unfinished.
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Alaska is also the Eastern most US state
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By an arbitrary metric, sure.
There is a SPAM Museum in Austin, Minnesota. Apparently, there are several varieties of SPAM.
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I vaguely recall hearing there was a museum, I didnât know there were multiple varieties of SPAM.
âStuartâs Plumbing of Austin Minnesotaâ?
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Donât sign up for his mailing list!
Is that the one owned by Stuart Smalley?
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I saw at Target, individually packed single serving slice of SPAM, in case you donât want to open a whole can.
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Today I learned that kids in Des Moines havenât trick or treated on Halloween since 1938
Back in my day, in Watertown, WI, ToT was in the afternoon.
I recall my youth wondering when we were doing tricks-or-treats (or both). I think it was mainly Beggarâs Night (10/30), so there could be Halloween Parties on 10/31.
That was a long time ago, so Iâll have to ask my historian (small âhâ) brother who remembers such trivia in our early lives.
I donât recall any changes due to weather. Your costume is now âThe Ghost of Gene Kellyâ with an umbrella.