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What's your go to junk food snack?
- By olbriar
- Food and Beverage
- 98 Replies
I read about and finally my little Dillons store had a new trial product from M&M Mars Corp. It's called M&M Pop'd. It can't be a product of often consumption but the bites are very tasty. A lot of air in a package so they don't last long.
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Interesting Articles.. post some interesting articles that other might enjoy.
I never gave too much thought to the word "parsec" when I heard it in a sci-fi show; I just thought it sounded cool.
With apologies for the FB link, here's Neil deGrasse Tyson explaining the term very well (and simultaneously explaining why he doesn't like it).
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With apologies for the FB link, here's Neil deGrasse Tyson explaining the term very well (and simultaneously explaining why he doesn't like it).
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Why Neil Hates Parsecs?
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vivo X Fold3 Pro Global-APRIL 2026 update
- By ironass
- Smartphones
- 1 Replies
In a nutshell... this phone is blooming great!
Uncharacteristically for me, I have held on to the vivo X Fold 3 Pro for 21 months, since the launch of the global model, quite simply because I have not found a phone that can better it for my usage.
My original concerns about this phone were unfounded. The 5,700 mAh Si/C Li-Ion battery is now at 97% after nearly 2 years of constant use, (see screenshot), which is OK by me. Charging at 100W wired and 50W wireless in around 31" and 62" is a big plus for me.
The unique carbon fibre hinge of the phone has and still is, performing flawlessly and shows no sign of wear and tear.
Perhaps one of the biggest things for me is the screen brightness of 4,500 nits which works well in the sunshine here in the Cotswolds of England.
The phone works well on the global 5G Ultra network here in the UK and Europe
Last but not least is the crease which to me has not become any more noticeable than the day it arrived and can only be detected at a level angle of 90 degrees.
One thing I have noticed and is evident from my posts on here, is that the Chinese do not offer piecemeal updates but rather, bring all their optimisations, features releases and security patch, together in one monthly release. Apart from a few trial updates, such as the one in post #1, that is it so far.
In the last 21 months I have found nothing so far to tempt me away from this phone although I shall be looking at the global model of the Honor Magic V6 when it is released in Q3.
Uncharacteristically for me, I have held on to the vivo X Fold 3 Pro for 21 months, since the launch of the global model, quite simply because I have not found a phone that can better it for my usage.
My original concerns about this phone were unfounded. The 5,700 mAh Si/C Li-Ion battery is now at 97% after nearly 2 years of constant use, (see screenshot), which is OK by me. Charging at 100W wired and 50W wireless in around 31" and 62" is a big plus for me.
The unique carbon fibre hinge of the phone has and still is, performing flawlessly and shows no sign of wear and tear.
Perhaps one of the biggest things for me is the screen brightness of 4,500 nits which works well in the sunshine here in the Cotswolds of England.
The phone works well on the global 5G Ultra network here in the UK and Europe
Last but not least is the crease which to me has not become any more noticeable than the day it arrived and can only be detected at a level angle of 90 degrees.
One thing I have noticed and is evident from my posts on here, is that the Chinese do not offer piecemeal updates but rather, bring all their optimisations, features releases and security patch, together in one monthly release. Apart from a few trial updates, such as the one in post #1, that is it so far.
In the last 21 months I have found nothing so far to tempt me away from this phone although I shall be looking at the global model of the Honor Magic V6 when it is released in Q3.
Interesting pictures
- By olbriar
- Funny / Meme
- 164 Replies
In January 1972, a scheduling mix-up put 22-year-old flight attendant Vesna Vulović on a flight she was never meant to work. A colleague with the same first name had been assigned, but the error went unnoticed — and Vesna, easygoing and unbothered, simply showed up and boarded.
Forty-five minutes after JAT Flight 367 left Copenhagen, a bomb hidden inside a suitcase detonated in the front luggage hold. The aircraft didn't gradually descend. It came apart instantly, at 33,000 feet, over the frozen mountains of Czechoslovakia.
Everyone aboard was flung into the open sky. But Vesna wasn't.
She was working in the tail section when the explosion hit. A food trolley slammed into her, pinning her body against the fuselage. It was the very thing that saved her. While the others disappeared into the clouds above, she stayed — trapped inside a crumpling tube of metal that was now in complete freefall.
The tail section fell over six miles. It struck a steep, snow-covered mountainside at the edge of a small village — the slope and the snowpack absorbing just enough of the impact to keep what was inside from being destroyed entirely.
In the darkness of the wreckage, among the silence of the trees, something moved.
She was screaming.
A local man named Bruno Honke — a former medic who had served in the Second World War — heard her first. He pushed through the snow and wreckage and found a young woman alive inside something no person should have survived.
Her injuries were devastating. A fractured skull. Three broken vertebrae. Both legs shattered. Doctors told her family to prepare for the worst — and even if she lived, she would certainly never walk again.
They didn't know Vesna Vulović.
After 16 months of surgeries and relentless rehabilitation, she walked out of the hospital on her own two feet. The medical staff, who had once doubted her survival, watched in stunned silence.
She went back to work for the same airline.
She never developed a fear of flying.
She became a national hero in Yugoslavia.
And she holds a record that has stood for over 50 years: the greatest height ever survived in a free fall without a parachute — recognized by Guinness World Records.
The mix-up that put her on that flight should have ended her story before it began.
Instead, it gave the world one of the most remarkable stories of survival ever recorded.
Some people are just not finished yet.
Forty-five minutes after JAT Flight 367 left Copenhagen, a bomb hidden inside a suitcase detonated in the front luggage hold. The aircraft didn't gradually descend. It came apart instantly, at 33,000 feet, over the frozen mountains of Czechoslovakia.
Everyone aboard was flung into the open sky. But Vesna wasn't.
She was working in the tail section when the explosion hit. A food trolley slammed into her, pinning her body against the fuselage. It was the very thing that saved her. While the others disappeared into the clouds above, she stayed — trapped inside a crumpling tube of metal that was now in complete freefall.
The tail section fell over six miles. It struck a steep, snow-covered mountainside at the edge of a small village — the slope and the snowpack absorbing just enough of the impact to keep what was inside from being destroyed entirely.
In the darkness of the wreckage, among the silence of the trees, something moved.
She was screaming.
A local man named Bruno Honke — a former medic who had served in the Second World War — heard her first. He pushed through the snow and wreckage and found a young woman alive inside something no person should have survived.
Her injuries were devastating. A fractured skull. Three broken vertebrae. Both legs shattered. Doctors told her family to prepare for the worst — and even if she lived, she would certainly never walk again.
They didn't know Vesna Vulović.
After 16 months of surgeries and relentless rehabilitation, she walked out of the hospital on her own two feet. The medical staff, who had once doubted her survival, watched in stunned silence.
She went back to work for the same airline.
She never developed a fear of flying.
She became a national hero in Yugoslavia.
And she holds a record that has stood for over 50 years: the greatest height ever survived in a free fall without a parachute — recognized by Guinness World Records.
The mix-up that put her on that flight should have ended her story before it began.
Instead, it gave the world one of the most remarkable stories of survival ever recorded.
Some people are just not finished yet.
Favorite Coffee
- By joe71
- Food and Beverage
- 110 Replies
Today's morning coffee selection 
, got a feeling I'll be making more this afternoon
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The Masters 2026
Rory didn't have a great last round but few did. Rory was able to join the noble three by being a back to back winner at the Masters. Good on him! I think he is a quality role model for young golfers. Scottie Scheffler, though even after the first two rounds took second. He shot 11 under in the last two rounds to be one shot off of Rory's 12 under victorious score.
