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Omelette, FTW or failing that, washed down with a beer !
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This seems like a great venture capital opportunity. Who wants some hippo leather boots?
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@Filthy:
This seems like a great venture capital opportunity. Who wants some hippo leather boots? [emoji1]
https://nypost.com/2021/01/17/colombias-cocaine-hippos-must-be-stopped-scientists/amp/That’s nuts isnt it. A couple years ago The Grand Tour show went to Columbia and took pictures of them. I had figured there was probably only a few and had no idea that there were so many!
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@Filthy:
Who wants some hippo leather boots?
Had a pair. Interesting leather- looks kinda like a textured suede, but a lot more durable.
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I figured it would be super thick and tough.
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@Filthy:
This seems like a great venture capital opportunity. Who wants some hippo leather boots? [emoji1]
https://nypost.com/2021/01/17/colombias-cocaine-hippos-must-be-stopped-scientists/amp/That’s nuts isnt it. A couple years ago The Grand Tour show went to Columbia and took pictures of them. I had figured there was probably only a few and had no idea that there were so many!
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I was looking to see if I had been near Medellín but my google timeline doesn't go back that far. They used to give me a different mobile phone way back when. I don't remember for sure, but I remember being in the jungle sort of in that area. I know they told me it was extremely dangerous there, and I also got bit on the hand by a wild dog trying to feed it on that job. There were times when we'd be driving and they would tell me to duck down so we didn't get hassled by the military at check points.
I don't remember there being any hippos.
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Huh I think my life is pretty dull and uninteresting. I appreciate that though
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These are almost ready to stand and walk away on their own
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@Filthy:
I figured it would be super thick and tough.
Not super thick; I'd say similar to a heavier cowhide. It is pretty tough, though. Relatively soft- the boots broke in fairly quickly. Every once in a while I think about getting another pair.
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This is pretty weird and idk how I feel about it. Seems kind of icky.
https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-patent-details-tech-that-could-turn-dead-people-into-ai-chatbots/ -
@Filthy:
This is pretty weird and idk how I feel about it. Seems kind of icky.
https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-patent-details-tech-that-could-turn-dead-people-into-ai-chatbots/It's an interesting technology. But, one that would easily be used in an unethical manner. I find it creepy as fuck…
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Yeah, I'm not into this idea at all, because as you say, creepy as fuck.
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@Filthy:
This is pretty weird and idk how I feel about it. Seems kind of icky.
https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-patent-details-tech-that-could-turn-dead-people-into-ai-chatbots/you guys should look up this series on amazon prime called UPLOAD and give it a go. pretty much the same idea about being uploaded into the cloud for your afterlife..
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@Filthy:
This is pretty weird and idk how I feel about it. Seems kind of icky.
https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-patent-details-tech-that-could-turn-dead-people-into-ai-chatbots/you guys should look up this series on amazon prime called UPLOAD and give it a go. pretty much the same idea about being uploaded into the cloud for your afterlife..
Neal Stephenson wrote a very long, detailed novel about this called The Fall, or Dodge in Hell.
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Thought I’d share some info on a wild tropical fruit which is very tasty but not widely known. It is abundant in the area I spent this weekend. The local name is GUAPURU and it looks like this on the plant
Looks similar to a grape, juicy inside, sweet and very fragrant. The blacker, the sweeter… Easy to pick as the plants are rarely higher than 4 meters and it clings to the main branches. This bee is the local pollinator and he moves quickly so I couldn’t get a sharper image with my phone.
The ones I found were smallish but they get quite larger during rainier years.
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you guys should look up this series on amazon prime called UPLOAD and give it a go. pretty much the same idea about being uploaded into the cloud for your afterlife..
Upload is a good show. I'm looking forward to the second season.
