Fluffy john = designer petri dish

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City pup visits the farm and is amazed at the giant dog

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The twins enjoyed surprising little brother by inviting him to join them in the garden.

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My brother's sunny adorableness in the early 1950s. Even now, with mid-stage Alzheimer's, he remains cheerful and smiles like sunshine.

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Pots with wheels 🤣

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This quarantine is tough on gas stations!

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When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure. --Viktor Frankl [640 x 626]

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Back in the day (1999), Google was sweet & innocent. And then it grew up and needed to work for a living.

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This version of a Plot Diagram is much more fun than the ones used in Literature classes.

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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. --Theodore Roosevelt [600 x 600]

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Education is not the learning of facts. It's rather training of the mind to think. --Albert Einstein [600 × 816]

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[1947] My dad's diary, describing a formal dance he and my mom went to. I just realized a photo I have of them framed in my hallway is taken at that event and she's in that dress.

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I underestimated the size of the bone when I ordered it. Alice is overwhelmed but willing to give it a go.

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A cool guide to types of acorns

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First time floating without help

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22,000 books nestled at home in an ancient English country house [source: dirt.com]

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Picked up groceries from the store, got home and found runaway fennel among the items. I didn't order it and they didn't charge me for it. Is there any way to use this for a dinner or lunch recipe? I've used fennel seeds (rarely), but never a whole plant.

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Dressing up for the locker room [1970]

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My kids have begged to keep Mr. Whipple, but my husband hates him. He blindfolds him or turns him around because he doesn't want to to be watched during his constitutional.

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No time for apologies? Here's a template for you

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1957 House of the Future: What did they get right?

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My father in law in 1966 on a sales trip to Italy from the US.

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It was a good year for corn. (Minnesota, 1916)

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Merry Christmas from my neighbor's bookshelf!

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[1860] This is Hiram, my 3rd great-grandfather. I'm super proud of his sideburns

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Sausage for Zion

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Found in our mailbox: fair warning from neighborhood environmental activists. They aren't wrong.

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Sarabelle and Gator Tot. She tracked him, trapped him, killed him, and stuffed him. She'll do the same to any man or creature who crosses her.

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All I want for Christmas is a six-gun and a six-pack

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It was a good year for corn. (Minnesota, 1916)

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A friend inherited a box of old tools and we're trying to figure out why Uncle Bo had a hammer like this.

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I read this life hack years ago and had the opportunity to use it on a trip this weekend. I needed darkness so I could sleep late before the long drive home. Curtains wouldn't close and didn't reach the window sill, so I used what was on hand, a hanger with clips and a towel wedged at the bottom

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Shamelessly celebrating naturalized gardening (my unofficial definition): Start with a garden plan and then stand back and let nature have its way with it. [North Carolina, near Hanging Rock Park]

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Privilege

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Can anyone help me find where I can buy this T-shirt? Or is this not available? I saved the picture in Oct 2021 when I saw it posted on reddit in the r/coolguides sub. (link to that post in comments)

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Thin, rich, and hazardous to your health

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My SO and I rarely entertain, so we're perplexed by the mystery of how this message found its way into the stack of blank papers we use for notes. We don't recognize the handwriting. (Possible translation in comments.)

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[Image] We can't get motivated for self-improvement if we're always putting others' needs ahead of our own. I'm no longer apologizing for making healthy choices & boundaries!

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This corny dish towel from the 1940s-50s has been used by my mom and now my family as a treasured tribute to our favorite vegetable.

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Look at the baby-face I saw tonight on Midsomer Murders from an episode 13 years ago (2007; S10,E3)

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Not sure whether to laugh or cry, but weird things are happening to my body as I get old

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Cursed_gossips

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Gorgeous South African Flower Mantis

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Who owns this book?

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OK, I lied about my typing speed, but look, I can do this and I wear shiny boots.. (Source unknown; found this photo in an unnamed folder on my brother's PC)

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In 1967, ABC news expanded from 15 minutes to 30 minutes and began airing in color. Here's baby-faced Peter Jennings in an ad announcing the change. He was 26 at the time.

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What birds are keeping you up at night? [source in comment]

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Mom: Happy 10th Birthday, Matthew, honey! Why don't you go up to the attic and see if you can find any treasures? Matthew: Why is everyone laughing?

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New replacement for 6-month-old DIY large-room air purifiers using 4 AC vent filters and a box fan -- solid (dusty) evidence of effectiveness ~ more details in comments

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Oven Temperature Chart (from an old cookbook)

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Back to School Sale: Homework Helper

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My Madison College notebook. I'm way past old.

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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African Proverb [960 x 960]

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First grade 1960 ... wondering where my classmates are now and if they still dress funny

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Back when the sugar industry sold sugar as an anorexic's friend

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The people will believe what the media tells them they believe. --George Orwell [483 × 477]

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Got this happy pepper in my garden

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Ah, yes... the girls -- Thank you for the flattering pseudonym, President Clinton! [p. 23-24 from *The President Is Missing* by James Patterson & Bill Clinton]

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If you're interacting with Alzheimers' patients, learn more about their disease to understand their perspective. All the while, be patient, keep calm, breathe, and learn how to de-escalate, distract, and redirect in loving ways. You may already know how; it's like loving toddlers.

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Come on Reddit! All of these followers can’t possibly think I’m interesting. These notifications are invasive and annoying and I want a setting to stop any follower from jumping into my account like this.

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The cordless leaf blower I ordered on Black Friday is here. I should have checked the specs more closely. Its big brother is laughing so hard.

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Please, don't!

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Does anyone have tips and tricks for trimming hair away from Alice’s eyes without freaking her out? She flails her head around when I try gently. (I have scissors with blunted ends for safety)

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When a recipe card is stained and spattered, I assume it's a favorite! This is from the 1960s, my grandmother's kitchen. Looks festive for a holiday dessert! I'm adding a drizzling glaze of icing after it cools, to dress it up and because I'm a sugar addict.

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Checklist for those who find apologies difficult

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My senior dog, Suzie, looks cleaner and fresher after today's grooming trauma (traumatic because she had to give up her nap time) ... pardon her messy blop mouth -- no teeth to hold her tongue in and some of her dinner ends up on her fur. She was clean 15 minutes ago, honest!

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How do you teach students the importance of checking facts about info on the internet?

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Please send this to your nearest Karen or Karen-child (aka Karen in training)

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Found in the wild: a possible writing challenge that'll help students feel smarter than most. Ask them to *try* to read this product review & count punctuation marks (they'll only find a dash & one exclamation point). Can they fix this review so it makes sense? Work in pairs or groups of 3-4.

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Gramma didn't want a cat

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... and yet another sprinkling of sugar shit to con dieters (mid-century print ad)

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Perspectives

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Emotional Spirals Illustrated [source: http://blog.readytomanage.com/leading-ourselves-successfully/ 2013]

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Prune Parties! WCGW?

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[early 1920s] My grandmother used to dive off the steamers bringing NY vacationers from the train station to summer houses around the lake in NH. It shocked people because (1) her knees and arms were uncovered, (2) she was a woman who could swim & dive, and (3) she dared to dive from such a height.

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Genuine 6 proof stuff

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First, we start by ripping down 20.000 hectares of virgin Brazilian rainforest. And that's just to make the toilet paper for the guys in the factory. Funny. Edgy. But they never give an actual answer, so do they even have a sustainability policy?

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Why do I choose screen time over bed time? Look what it's doing to me!

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Researching info about an ancestor's patent and found this news blip. I'm glad to say Nancy Dunn is not my ancestor.

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Plague doctors in the 1600s wore beaks filled with dried flowers, herbs, and spices to ward off the noxious bad air of disease

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As an introvert, escape pods like this at the office would have made the workday a little bit more tolerable.

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With the invention of VCRs in the 1980s and the simultaneous release of cable TV around the same time, couch potatoes were never again without a show to watch, making television nearly immersive.

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In 1932, you could order your home from a catalogue for less than $2,000

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Adorable children's cookbook from 1934

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It never made it to the production line, although it's quite stunning ~ 1951 Studebaker Manta Ray concept

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My parents' 1961 teak furniture purchased in Denmark has seen some wear, but it wakes up and glows when it's cleaned and oiled! Still have many other pieces to rescue from neglect. (The lighting is different in the before & after; the reddening was not so drastic as it looks here)

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Yum! Vaseline! A Petroleum product as smooth as pudding

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We have to teach civility and kindness. They don't come naturally. In the middle school where I taught for many years, this is painted on the cafeteria wall. We want our kids to learn the beauty of the Golden Rule.

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My mom had polio as a child in the 1930s, crippled for life. She was eager for her children to be vaccinated. We survived. We're not autistic. And we'll never have polio.

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The Sugar Industry marketed itself as a preferred dietary aid, a better choice than apples (1960s)

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Should the most recent headline be believed? Have all missing people been found?

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[Zone 7B] My needs might be too persnickety, but help! My front yard slopes down to my house. I want to create a low hedge (1-2') that will cross in front of the house to slow water from getting to the foundation w/out blocking view of the flower beds. Plants w/ robust roots, full sun. Winter heath?

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Right down the alley! Shoe polish and the alley of the balls

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Curious about your grandparents' childhood? Maybe you don't want to know.

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Mad at fungus gnats? You can massacre them with steel wool, and you can use other weapons, too. [source in comments]

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Headgear created with pop-tops from soda cans. [1970s]

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My uncle found this in a yard sale. He wondered if reddit can help with an I.D. It's designed to be hung on a wall. Top shelf has a centered, round cut-out; 2nd shelf has a more oblong cut-out; 3rd shelf has several small holes, and there are pegs below the 3 shelves.

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Sacrilege! The book titles aren't visible, but home interior designers apparently don't see that as a problem when they flip the books backward. Do they read?

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I took a fancy to this deserted place in NC (link to more photos of surrounding buildings in comments)

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Any advice, tips, or recipes for using my new Air Fryer lid for my Instant Pot? I've taken it out of the box but I haven't tried it yet. I'm non-gourmet and I need inspiration!

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This is the first time in 20+ years in education I've seen an administration direct its teachers how to behave in an upcoming election. It sounds as if they don't trust teachers to demonstrate professionalism and civility without hand-holding.

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