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No, just tedious, same as the rest of them.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I know what you mean...for people so apparently bright, I've yet to meet one I'd want to spend time with...
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How many HAVE you met? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Not that many - couple of dozen or so. Mostly because I have tended to avoid them after the first dozen... 
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Dunno.
I've never met you...
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I used to be a member several years ago, but couldn't find any other members that I wanted to spend time with...
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And just how many of them are in Mensa? Huh?
I rest my case...
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Did your wife put a stop to your browsing ladies pictures?
Nr 6 is apparently a Mensa member
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I got to number 4, and decided "this is just tacky rubbish to pull in the fouteen year old boys" and quit.
And besides, it's what's inside that counts. Herself keeps telling me that.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I got to number 4, and decided "this is just tacky rubbish to pull in the fouteen year old boys" and quit.
The last one would do just that.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I got to number 4, and decided "this is just tacky rubbish to pull in the fouteen year old boys" and quit.
I kept on going, surely there must be one Mensa member here
And you are right, I think you were meant to look at the pictures, they just added some text so you could make up excuses or something.
OriginalGriff wrote: And besides, it's what's inside that counts. Herself keeps telling me that.
Same with the bottle and the beer etc, but what really makes something thick, is they way you feel and interact with it 
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A couple of them are. Still no coupling with them for you though.
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I enjoy your APODs - thanks!
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
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Great image.
For a moment, I almost thought that the image copyright owner also owned this galaxy
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I'm reading the fantastic (albeit quite long) new biography of The Wright Brothers by David McCullough - amazon link[^]
I couldn't wait to get to their first flight. It's such an amazing tale of two brothers who set out to do something, who stayed strong through the failures and implemented the scientific method and home-made engineering skills to overcome a problem that people thought might be impossible.
McCullough is a true historian and although the book is long it really provides a great story and makes you feel like you are with the brothers as they fight to solve this problem.
Inspiring
I found it very inspiring in my work as a software developer.
Have any of you read it?
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Does it mention that they are widely credited for being the inventor of the aeroplane when they weren't actually the first to do so? There have been many people laying claim to this but the first, credible, independently verified instance was a New Zealand farmer called Richard Pearse (in March 1902);
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Just makes you wish this guy[^] had continued his experiments.
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Stringfellow is mentioned, at least in passing. McCullough attempts to mention that others did claim powered flight before The Wright Brothers and other forms of flight of course. That's why I like McCullough he represents the subject from numerous angles. Though that is why his books are normally quite long too.
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It does refer to some skepticism and an interesting thing with Langley and the Smithsonian.
The very cool thing is that The Wright Brothers flew above the controversy by never publicly trashing Langley's efforts which were paid for with gov't funds.
Also, keep in mind the real invention is one of "controlled, powered flight". Other flyers did not create a system of controls with powered flight. Not sure about the person you mention. Will check out more. Thanks.
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The most interesting one is May 11th, 1903 where Pearse flew along the side of a river before turning to fly over it and turning again. He achieved a distance of roughly 1KM on this flight. An impressive feat.
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