Jan 23, 2025 · I think we’ve all heard the news stories about fire hydrants in the LA running dry while fighting the wildfires there. Trump blamed it on Gov. Newsom refusing to send water from NorCal to the south, which I know has been debunked. But I’m curious as to what was the problem. The reports I’ve heard said the hydrant system was designed for fighting structure fires and simply wasn’t up to ...

Feb 11, 2025 · So since this came up in the Songs about planes and flying thread: …I thought it might be fun to do a thread about myths and ‘urban legend’ style stories that have sprung up about songs, bands and musicians. I didn’t see in ‘similar’, and don’t remember any recent threads like this, so hopefully I’m not duping a recent one. In …

Apr 9, 2012 · Which game is easier to get into, Dungeons and Dragons or Warhammer 40k? And yes, I understand that D&D is a roleplaying game and Warhammer is a wargame.

Oct 8, 2001 · I have a couple of babysitting in hell stories. The first occurred when I was about 12 years old. The first occurred when I was about 12 years old. We lived in a area of new homes and we were the only family there with “older kids”, so we got all of the work on the street, from babysitting to lawncutting, etc.

Sep 17, 2013 · The housekeeper will have to be unable to read the DND sign, and she will need a battering ram to get in past the chain. It takes about five extra seconds to put on pants in the event of a fire alarm; this is unlikely to affect your prospects for escape if the fire is real.

Feb 7, 2025 · The entire season (or maybe just the first half of it, I’m not sure) just dropped. I’m only a few episodes in and the show is still killing it. It’s diverging from the comics (which I loved) in interesting ways. I have only watched the first three episodes but I am loving it so far. There’s a short, dialogue free story at the opening of episode three that was just so well done. Since ...

Feb 10, 2025 · Mark Rosewater is the head designer of the game Magic the Gathering. He has a blog where he answers questions from people. Magic is not a perfect game but one thing they have done in the last decade or so is increase the number of minority characters they have in the game and on the card art. As you could guess this has caused some push back from a certain segment of their player base. For ...

Dec 16, 2024 · Longtime members of this board will remember the story circulating in the early 2000s about the woman named Carole (probably an assumed name) who wanted to be a DBE (double below-elbow) amputee and wanted to wear Dorrance #5 stainless steel hooks. Whilst perusing YouTube earlier tonight, I found a video from Debunk File from about 6 months ago that did a deep dive into discovering the identity ...

Continuing the discussion from Songs about planes and flying: I know we’ve done this several times before, but not too recently I think, and the thread I’ve spun this one off from has had several mentions of seeing this or that band. Especially @saucywench, who mentioned seeing Rush, Tom Petty twice and the Rolling Stones, 6 times! I …

Jun 28, 2011 · I got a hold of the late Jerry Clower, an incredible personality and raconteur. I wondered if anyone here ever saw him in person or knew him and has anything to add about him? I also wonder how real Marcel Ledbetter is, or whether he is an entirely fictional creation Clower made up (no doubt these country people are craftier than they seem). The there were 12 ledbetter siblings makes it harder ...