The Off Topic Topic

[Syt]

Some more 1970s NY street pictures:

http://www.vintag.es/2014/07/street-scenes-of-new-york-city-of.html

[Josquius]

So America.

[alfred russel]

Woman receives text message reply from dead grandmother

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-29649603

My grandfather sent me an email asking a question, I didn't check that account for a few days, then he had a heart attack and died, I went to the funeral, etc., and then saw the question like a week after he sent it.

Still sad about that. 

[garbon]

I liked this: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/youve-been-swiped

This Is What Happens When You Send Tinder Guys The Emails From "You've Got Mail"

[citizen k]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/16/politics/hunter-biden-discharged-from-navy/index.html

Washington (CNN) -- The Navy Reserve discharged Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter this year after he tested positive for cocaine, U.S. officials confirmed.

The discharge of Biden, a 44-year-old lawyer and managing partner at an investment firm, was first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. He confirmed the report in a statement to CNN.

"It was the honor of my life to serve in the U.S. Navy, and I deeply regret and am embarrassed that my actions led to my administrative discharge. I respect the Navy's decision. With the love and support of my family, I'm moving forward," he said.

Biden was commissioned as an ensign in May 2013 and assigned as a public affairs officer in a Norfolk, Virginia-based reserve unit. A month later, he tested positive for cocaine, and he was discharged in February, according to the report.

The U.S. official said the Navy never had contact with the vice president's office over the issue, and that standard procedure for failed drug tests is administrative discharge. The vice president's office didn't comment on the report.

Hunter Biden is the younger of Biden's two sons. His older brother, Beau Biden, is Delaware's attorney general and a major in the Delaware Army National Guard. He was deployed for a year in Iraq.

[mongers]

Jeff Lynne is a genius.

[The Larch]

1914 map showing how long it'd take to travel from London to anywhere in the world.

[garbon]

So America.

Did you mean so New York?

[mongers]

1914 map showing how long it'd take to travel from London to anywhere in the world.

Is travel 'better' now?

[Josquius]

[Valmy]

1914 map showing how long it'd take to travel from London to anywhere in the world.

The British Empire must have been tough to manage with it taking a month or more just to travel to some of its outposts.

[FunkMonk]

[Valmy]

Is travel 'better' now?

Pretty sure I could go from London to Alaska now in less than 40 hours rather than 40 days.  Heck it looks like it would have taken 10 or more days to get to Austin from London and now we have direct flights.

[DGuller]

[Liep]

Is travel 'better' now?

Pretty sure I could go from London to Alaska now in less than 40 hours rather than 40 days.  Heck it looks like it would have taken 10 or more days to get to Austin from London and now we have direct flights.

It being mongers I'm sure he was just dreaming about the time when travelling meant adventuring.