The totally off-topic thread

[TheRealTMA]

Only in Queensland?

‘I came up with the concept of drinking love or sipping rainbows’

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

I think that snow surprised those in Charleston back then as well....................
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We had 2 days of snow in Savannah in January ! Brought the city to a standstill - even McDonalds closed !!!! the last time it snowed in Savannah was 1989

 

[Quickstatus]

Only in Queensland?

‘I came up with the concept of drinking love or sipping rainbows’

Queensland seem to have a lot of scammers in recent past. Gold Coast was built on it

 

[drron]

We left Charleston the day the snow began in January.We went to Savannah where it also snowed.They had to wait for snow ploughs from Atlanta so the whole city basically shut down.Even Maccas was closed.The grandkids loved it though.

 

[JohnK]

But no one should be late after Easter DS adjustment as the clocks are turned back.

Still other reasons to be late.

 

[Denali]

We had snow in Nashville in April. The Aussies were not happy!

Did I mention Little Richie lived one floor above us at the Nashville hilton? Saw him one day, frail but wearing a purple suit and waved. My husband was a bit star struck, security guy (in elevator) said he was lovely.

 

[Quickstatus]

Still other reasons to be late.

Haha yes but I reckon most other reasons/ excuses are invented because it’s a bit sus when the “sorry the alarm clock did not work” is used too many times

 

[Denali]

Statue in Russia (Siberia actually), recognising the contribution mice have made to science. Note what it's knitting.

 

[Quickstatus]

I thought Watson and Crick discovered the double helix. Though understand that mice were the “material”

Currently NZ White Rabbits are a preferred “material/subject”. Specially bred ones for experiments are pricing at around $200-300 each

They obviously breed like rabbits so a nice little earner if prepared to do it

 

[Denali]

Apparently Russia has lots of weird statues.. Must be all that Vodka.

Seattle had lots of street art as well, funded by % of building applications. Was fun spotting it.

 

[RooFlyer]

I thought Watson and Crick discovered the double helix. Though understand that mice were the “material”

They were the first to explain the 3D structure of DNA, but it was Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkin's X ray diffraction images that led them a long way there. Widely thought that Franklin should have shared the Nobel Prize. Not sure if mice had much to do with it, this time, but the statue is interesting. Where is it exactly, @Denali ?

 

[Denali]

Novosibirsk

Monument to the laboratory mouse - Wikipedia

 

[Denali]

Russia’s 10 Weirdest Monuments

I like the keyboard and plumber but will give the enema a miss.

 

[RooFlyer]

Well known for being a S7 port into Central Asia. I've looked at those routes many times

 

[JessicaTam]

That's 2 changes in 2 weeks!

Yes. I hadn't planning on being in two different countries with daylight saving starting in one and finishing in the other on consecutive weekends!

 

[Quickstatus]

They were the first to explain the 3D structure of DNA, but it was Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkin's X ray diffraction images that led them a long way there. Widely thought that Franklin should have shared the Nobel Prize. Not sure if mice had much to do with it, this time, but the statue is interesting. Where is it exactly, @Denali ?

Rosalinds was the photographer and provided the pic. W&C deciphered it but yes without the initial idea of using Xray diffraction it may not have been the trio who got the NP. Wilkins was the senior and collaborated with W&C. Yes always wondered why Rosalinds never got the Gong. I’ve always thought it was because she was just the lab tech who did not get on with Wilkins. Or maybe it was because she was a she?

 

[RooFlyer]

The latter I think.

My favourite book on it was "The Eighth day of Creation" by Horace Freeland Judson.

 

[tgh]

The Eighth day of Creation

far out.. thirty bucks on kindle.. better be good…...

 

[JohnK]

Haha yes but I reckon most other reasons/ excuses are invented because it’s a bit sus when the “sorry the alarm clock did not work” is used too many times

I can sleep through most alarms.

 

[Quickstatus]

I can sleep through most alarms.

I have radio alarm plus phone alarm