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hoping to impress
  • My prostate dissagrees

  • hoping to impress
  • No i know. The point is, they wouldn't back in the 80s unless they were pro's. You would definetelly not be wearing one if you were trying to impress a girl back then

  • Dropbox now requires login to download a shared file
  • Isn't this a requirement that the sharer decides?

  • Nazi family celebrating the 'bright' future they were making for their children, Germany, ~1937
  • I just finished reading a book about German refugees and how they were treated in Denmark.

    Its a very interesting book. A lot of boys in their mid teens (16) were in the refugee camps, even though they secretly wanted to be in the Wehrmacht. They were not old enough.

    It seems like a lot of effort was put into convincing the German refugees that Nazis were the baddies and revealing what really had happened. Some where executed though, for still believing in Nazism

  • Biden Administration Opposes Surgery for Transgender Minors
  • I am out of the loop honestly, but i was sure that surgery was not an option until after puberty due to biological reasons. Am I wrong?

  • hoping to impress
  • This is not from before the internet

    Besides the clothing, the apple watch and the actual heart gesture itself, you'd be called gay if you ever rode a bike with a helmet back then, and on top of that made fun of for wearing goggles

  • Rimini - Italy

    I only noticed today, due to the Tour de France finishing there, but Rimini has some huge beaches! Also they seem to have constructed some sort of wave breaker, to give calmer waters for visitors (?). It does look amazin from a distance

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    Slightly furhter north, still in Rimini, but on the other side of "Porto di Rimini" the beaches get even larger!

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    Shipwrecks of ORP Wicher II & Grom II Polish Destroyers Hel Poland
  • Actually it was a total random find.
    I sometimes browse Google Earth for interesting pictures to share here. The reason why I was looking in this area, is because I just finished reading a book on how German refugees were treated in Northern Denmark after WWII. The book describes the evacuation from Danzig and the utter chaos that went on when the Germans finally realized that they needed to evacuate because of the advances of the red army. I wanted to check out the locations, and saw those two wrecks! I assumed it was from then, as a lot of refugee ships were bombed, both by the Axis and the Allies at that time!

  • Shipwrecks of ORP Wicher II & Grom II Polish Destroyers Hel Poland
  • oh i think you are right! Thanks for this! I was not aware that there are multiple Wichers. I have updated it on the post text.

  • Shipwrecks of ORP Wicher II & Grom II Polish Destroyers Hel Poland

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ndR0t_QIpY

    ORP Wicher ORP Wicher (English: Whirlwind) was a Project 30bis destroyer, transferred to the People's Republic of Poland from the Soviet Union in 1958.[2] She was built by the Zhdanov shipyard in Leningrad and originally commissioned into the Soviet Baltic Fleet as the Skoryy ("Rapid") in 1951, and transferred to Poland in 1958 together with a second ship, ORP Grom.

    ORP Grom was the lead ship of her class of destroyers serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. She was named after the Polish word for Thunderbolt, while her sister ship ORP Błyskawica translates to lightning

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    CNN's debate was no fair fight
  • 'you have the morals of an alley cat'

  • what is the worst case scenario that can happen at the presidential debate?
  • Its frontpage material in all 3 scandinavian media (denmark sweden norway). I imagine most of the world really though. Although the rest of the world has no influence on the result, the result has a huge impact on the rest of the world

  • How does my local Sonic run out of just the small box of chicken?
  • 'Sir, my apologises that I didn't realise in time that you were Cognitively Impaired. How about we replace your order with our exclusive package-free version that we have prepared for special guests like yourself?'

  • what is the worst case scenario that can happen at the presidential debate?
  • Although I share your sentiment about the US not being the world, this case I think is self explanatory. Myself I am in central Europe with no affiliation to the US but you'd have to live under a rock, if you've missed the buildup to this debate

  • How does my local Sonic run out of just the small box of chicken?
  • Unless people buy the medium instead. Then its good buziness

  • How does my local Sonic run out of just the small box of chicken?
  • Then they should be able to just sell fewer but in a large box/bag

  • what is the worst case scenario that can happen at the presidential debate?

    Waiting for the presidential debate feels like waiting for a train to crash. But how bad can it be?

    What are your guesses at what will happen? I am curious to compare the answers to what actually happens tonight

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    Experimental solar plant in Germany

    Testsing and development of components and systems for commercial solar thermal power plants. The aim is to make solar thermal power plants more efficient. They also test processes for solar water splitting, the production of solar fuels and the use of solar heat in industrial processes.

    More than 2,000 movable mirrors (heliostats) cover an area of around ten hectares in front of Jülich's two solar towers. They catch the sunlight, concentrate it and direct it onto the two solar towers.

    In the solar tower power plant, a volumetric receiver at the top of the tower absorbs the concentrated sunlight and uses it to heat the surrounding air to up to 700 degrees Celsius. A steam generator inside the tower uses this to heat water into steam, which drives a turbine that produces electricity via a generator.

    https://www.dlr.de/en/research-and-transfer/research-infrastructure/solar-towers-juelich

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    Auschwitz concentration camp

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp

    https://www.auschwitz.org/en/

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    Rice terraces Longsheng - Guangxi China

    Look closer for the almost pixelated elevation lines on those hills

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longsheng_Rice_Terraces

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    22 days old boys

    These are babies that we foster for the local animal wellfare. Their mother never really recovered from giving birth but the boys are doing great!

    More than 200 very hungry animals were found at the home of the deceased owner. Mostly guinea pigs, rats and snakes. We took 3 females in, who were very close to giving birth. They each had 2 babies the day after we got them!

    Support your local animal wellfare if you can! Even a small amount goes a long way!

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    Murasaki Golf Course, Japan

    If there is one thing that I keep noticing, when I look for cool places from above, it is golf courses! There are so many, and they are everywhere! This one is Murasaki Golf Club, with 27 holes, and 108 par.

    The largest golf course I could find, is Mission Hill Resort in Shenzhen China. It has 12 courses, with 18 holes. 216 holes in total. Id does, IMO not look quite as good as the one from Murasaki

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    Any guesses at what this may be?

    Found during a wet summer in scandinavian.

    Mostly pine trees and beech forest

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    The Le Mans 24h circuit

    This may not look like much if you don't watch motorsports, and in particular the 24hr Endurance race in Le Mans, but if you do, you may be able to identify the classic track on this map!

    Bellow are a few closeups of some of the most legendary corners

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    Farming in dry areas

    I believe that I found these in Egypt, but I am not 100% sure. Some times I get lost looking for cool places and end up in random places!

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    Hainan Haihua - Ocean Flower China

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Flower_Island

    Artificial island being built off the coast of Danzhou in China

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