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serious question

is there a firefox addon that blocks all loading wheels on all websites?

they make me dizzy :(

I told my son I might be looking for another job and he suggested I become a train driver, which cheered me up no end. I love that life can be so simple to a kid.

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Today in 1884, 139 years ago: On the night of 23-24 September, the steamship Arctique runs aground near Cape Virgenes leading to the discovery of nearby placer gold, beginning the Tierra del Fuego gold rush.

#OnThisDay

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Today in 1909, 114 years ago: the novel by Gastón Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera (original: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra), is published for the first time by fascicles.

#OnThisDay

A neighbor's elderly Crown Vic. He's from California and collects these.

I know it detects weight on the seat, why can't it put 2 + 2 together? Stupid computer.

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The telemetrics on my car notifying me that it is unlocked when I am *sitting in it* is peak

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"You see, management wants to buy another ship; they are assured this one will be cheaper to run"

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Modern management: "You see, we bought this ship, but it's just so expensive, and you all cost so much to run it. What we'd like you to do for this financial year is drive it full speed into an iceberg. This will drive efficiency, and allow us to sink more ship with less iceberg, and allow this very expensive undertaking to just sink to the bottom of the ocean. This makes management comfortable, and should you survive, you'll get a staff service award"

Happy fedi, hope you all have a good weekend.

Been put in a very difficult position at work. Really brings out the red in me.

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Which is more confusing:

I would do anything for love, but I won’t do that.

I never want to hear you say I want it that way, ‘cause I want it that way.

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Today in 1957, 66 years ago: Pamir, a four-masted barque, was shipwrecked and sank off the Azores during Hurricane Carrie.

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Pt 9 is in the books, life and work got in the way so this was a while coming. I think two more entries and done.
media.sully.site/odyssey-pt-9/

Quite amused that the stripper's perennial - Pour Some Sugar on Me - has the line "one lump or two". I crack up every time I hear it.

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