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  • I was asleep in bed one night many years ago and heard a loud bang, startling me awake. I thought for sure somebody was trying to break in a window or something. Went out, checked the house, nothing amiss. Went outside, checked around for any signs of something being off, not a thing. I then sat in my living room for 30 minutes trying to decide if it was a dream or if it would happen again. Still, nothing. I went back to sleep.

    The next morning I made coffee and sat down at my MacBook Pro. It was an older model but I immediately noticed something was wrong. The entire laptop was elevated off the table slightly. The battery had apparently expanded in the middle of the night and with enough force ripped the bottom aluminum cover through three of the screw holes. Found the source of the noise, and immediately took it for disposal.

    I was very lucky it didn’t catch fire, although it would have quickly solved my midnight mystery.











  • bluemellophone@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldBe Honest
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    3 months ago

    It’s a fantastic format from a docuseries on David Beckham.

    From: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/david-beckhams-be-honest-thank-you#origin

    On October 4th, the documentary series BECKHAM about the life and career of the British football player David Beckham premiered on Netflix. During an interview with Beckham’s wife Victoria, “Posh Spice” of the Spice Girls band, Victoria tells the interviewer that both she and her husband came from working-class families, with David interrupting and telling her to be honest, with Victoria reluctantly admitting that her father had a Rolls-Royce:

    - [Victoria] We both come from families that worked really hard. Both of our parents work really hard. We’re very working, working class.
    - [David] Be honest.
    - [V] I am being honest!
    - [D] Be honest.
    - [V] I am being honest!
    - [D] What car did your dad drive you to school in?
    - [V] So, my dad did-
    - [D] No. One answer. What car was it?
    - [V] It’s not a simple answer because-
    - [D] What car did your dad drive you to school in?
    - [V] It depends…
    - [D] No, no, no, no, no.
    - [V] Okay, In the 80s, my dad had a Rolls-Royce.
    - [D] Thank you.










  • bluemellophone@lemmy.worldtoGreentext@sh.itjust.worksMurica
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    5 months ago

    Taking a vacation road trip from Florida to the Grand Canyon with three kids with only bikes also comes at quite the cost. Bikes are great, but in many practical scenarios they are slow. Not all of us live in Manhattan, or a dense city, or even a well connected and safe to traverse suburb.

    Bikes cost time.