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1. 2 months ago on The Lockhorns

   1969-70 USMC. I was the only one in my platoon who actually liked c-rat ham and lima beans. I used to trade one of anything else for two of those. Lots of takers.

2. 7 months ago on Close to Home

   Fissure actually, since both sides are on the same level.

3. about 3 years ago on Close to Home

   If the year is 1025 (presumably ab urbe condita — the year since the traditional founding of Rome in 753 BCE) it is 272 CE. Possible! (If banks had been invented then, which they hadn’t)

4. about 3 years ago on Close to Home

   That’s a fissure, not a fault! (Both sides are of equal elevation).

5. almost 4 years ago on Brevity

   The cylinder is the wrong color for helium and worse, it isn’t secured. If it should tip over the neck will break turning it into a rocket until all the pressurized gas is out. I’ve seen it happen and it is terrifying.