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Erestor Arcamen said:

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This must mean that the trademarking authorities have now totally lost it, or what?!? 🤯

 

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Olorgando said:

This must mean that the trademarking authorities have now totally lost it, or what?!? 🤯

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Posted at @Squint-eyed Southerner's request 😁

 

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I asked him to "post something". 🙄

 

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And that I did

 

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*sigh*

 

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Squint-eyed Southerner said:

I asked him to "post something". 🙄

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Is that better? It still says "something"

 

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Anyway. . .

When your friends start talking about Beleriand and Numenor, but you've only ever read LOTR:

 

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Somebody stop me!

When you come back from Europe to New York after two years, and learn Eastern Daylight Time has been made permanent:

 

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When you've been fighting with your brother, and your Mom asks why your clothes are torn, but you don't want to get in trouble:

 

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Erestor Arcamen said:

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He's only 50! He looks older than Bilbo in that pic! 🤣

 

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Which reminds me:

When someone asks you about a mutual friend, and you want to break the news gently:

 

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The next time someone asks you "Why did the chicken cross the road?", insist they specify: rooster,

 

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A very interesting math question i wanna solve one day

 

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Mr.Underhill said:

A very interesting math question i wanna solve one day View attachment 15383

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Unless I'm entirely mistaken, the schematic drawing only takes into account the y-axis acceleration due to gravity (and that incorrectly?), but not the x-axis deceleration due to atmospheric drag - which varies with altitude above sea level ... 🤓

 

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Olorgando said:

Unless I'm entirely mistaken, the schematic drawing only takes into account the y-axis acceleration due to gravity (and that incorrectly?), but not the x-axis deceleration due to atmospheric drag - which varies with altitude above sea level ... 🤓

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And you forget the biggest assumption: that gravity in ME is the same as earth gravity. That's one BIG assumption.