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humanregularbeing t1_je2rcun wrote
Reply to comment by thatsquidguy in TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain. by delano1998
Thx. These are strange times.
humanregularbeing t1_je0g9ik wrote
Reply to comment by Travelgrrl in Sigmund and the sea monsters 1970s by steroidamoeba
:-)!
We made a model of the town in Here Come the Brides out of a shoebox. You lifted the lid and the sides fell down. The long part became the main road. One long side stayed up and became the saloon and the place where the girls lived. The other long side lay flat and was the water, the dock with some ships. We also made stand-up cardboard characters (and maybe horses?). Then you could put it away at the end.
We must be remembering the same couple of years, although maybe I'm a bit before you. You forgot the Jackson 5, the Partridge Family (went with my younger sister to a David Cassidy concert!), the Brady Bunch, Johnny Whitaker, the guys from Emergency (?!)… I'd better stop.
Another part of it was the fold-up posters. Do young people have posters these days (they also came in LP albums)? They have to have fold marks and the corners have to be torn from all the times they've been taped and re-taped to the walls.
Such fun.
humanregularbeing t1_jdze4kt wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain. by delano1998
Wow. I read your question and thought poverty, then wondered why the downvotes, then spent a few minutes in your comment history. Yecch. Seriously?
(Edit: The comments of yours I'm referring to seem to have been deleted from the posts, so have lost their context, but pretty sure I understood them. Apologies if wrong.)
humanregularbeing t1_jdz83rh wrote
Reply to comment by Rhodog1234 in Sigmund and the sea monsters 1970s by steroidamoeba
We have a 45 of that song.
humanregularbeing t1_jdz81xk wrote
Reply to comment by Travelgrrl in Sigmund and the sea monsters 1970s by steroidamoeba
Those teen magazines were an inseparable aspect of my crushes back then.
humanregularbeing t1_jdz7r3o wrote
Reply to comment by davepete in Sigmund and the sea monsters 1970s by steroidamoeba
And he was ready good! Recently watched Tom Sawyer. Sweet!
humanregularbeing t1_jdh10hv wrote
Reply to comment by Theher0not in TIL that the Hemlock Water Dropwort is the most poisonous plant in the UK. Its poison constricts the muscles, causing death by asphyxia, which also causes a rictus like death grin. Use of this plant in Phoenician Sardinia for executions is the origin of the term "Sardonic Grin". by AspireAgain
I had a medical plants book that said messing with members of the parsley family is "like playing herbal roulette." Well put, I thought.
humanregularbeing t1_jcs5wb7 wrote
Reply to Bacteria in recalled eye drops linked to cases of vision loss, surgical removal of eyeballs by iamthyfucker
Note to self: add "put cheap drops in your eyes" to the list of things never to do again, right after "nasal-irrigate with tap water."
humanregularbeing t1_its1wu5 wrote
Reply to TIL The US Geologic Survey analyzes twitter data that can often identify earthquakes faster than their own sensors as well as filter out false positives from their sensors. by AudibleNod
Was on a phone call with someone once during a mild earthquake, and they felt it a short time after I did.
humanregularbeing t1_itf5qr4 wrote
Reply to My Uncle in the early 70s by Marnibarni98
Everyone you know either survived or is descended from people who survived the 1970s. Respect.
humanregularbeing t1_je3x9pt wrote
Reply to comment by jollybumpkin in N.Y. to pay $5.5 million to man exonerated in writer Alice Sebold rape case by OutsideObserver2
Don't know anything about this case, am only passing through. But "was it racism probably not there was never much doubt that the perpetrator was black it just wasn't Broadwater" is a bit messed up. Just reread it.