The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[sun rise]

I'm going to sleep well tonight due to physical labor - working with handyman to take out a bush that is way past its prime.

 

[Secret Chief]

You're an odd sock.

Thanks. I'm assuming there's got to be a second Odd Socks Day, otherwise one is left with a further two odd socks. Very confusing.

 

[Wu Wei]

Tomorrow is Odd Socks Day.

- What is Odd Socks Day?

 

[sun rise]

Thanks. I'm assuming there's got to be a second Odd Socks Day, otherwise one is left with a further two odd socks. Very confusing.

As long as it's not a smellie olde oddy sock

 

[Spice]

I oftentimes think I was born in the wrong era, and then I see a reminder like this:

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm no fan of spendy wine.

 

[sun rise]

Sometimes I'm exactly this:

The rest of the story: 50 Memes That Cat Owners Might Find Relatable

 

[JustGeorge]

I oftentimes think I was born in the wrong era, and then I see a reminder like this:View attachment 99825

I'd never be ready to sew...

 

[sun rise]

So I need a shower after the Tholian Web

 

[Wu Wei]

27 degrees Fahrenheit this morning… now this is November in the foothills of the Adirondaks

 

[Stevicus]

It's 37°F here, but it's expected to get up to 77°F for today's high. This is November in the foothills of the Catalinas.

 

[Wu Wei]

It's 37°F here, but it's expected to get up to 77°F for today's high. This is November in the foothills of the Catalinas.

High here today....45F

 

[Wu Wei]

Listening to someone tell me how impressed they were with Singapore airport and how HUGE it was, it is 5 square miles...... I just smiled and said wow...... Beijing airport is 18 square miles

Singapore

Beijing

 

[Stevicus]

Listening to someone tell me how impressed they were with Singapore airport and how HUGE it was, it is 5 square miles...... I just smiled and said wow...... Beijing airport is 18 square miles

Singapore

Beijing

Ahh, but do either of these airports have Burt Lancaster managing them?

 

[Wu Wei]

Ahh, but do either of these airports have Burt Lancaster managing them?

Nope, they don't even have Richard Burton managing them

The V.I.P.s

 

[sun rise]

27 degrees Fahrenheit this morning… now this is November in the foothills of the Adirondaks

Fondly Fahrenheit? (SF short story reference)

 

[Wu Wei]

Fondly Fahrenheit? (SF short story reference)

Heard that before, but I never read the short story

 

[sun rise]

Heard that before, but I never read the short story

Fondly Fahrenheit - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://bristolsf.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/fondly-fahrenheit-alfred-bester.pdf

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Listening to someone tell me how impressed they were with Singapore airport and how HUGE it was, it is 5 square miles...... I just smiled and said wow...... Beijing airport is 18 square miles

Singapore

Beijing

DFW is 26, or as I like to call it "Run, Forest! Run!"

 

[Wu Wei]

DFW is 26, or as I like to call it "Run, Forest! Run!"

Never been there, have been in Denver International Airport, that one is the 2nd biggest in the world 52 square miles.

I did not know this until today, but the biggest airport in the world is King Fahd International Airport at about 300 square miles, which is about the size of NYC's land mass