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October 12, 2021 at 11:20 am
(October 12, 2021 at 11:16 am)Brian37 Wrote: (October 12, 2021 at 11:10 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I would LOVE to have been a Pompeiian 79CE!! Seriously - eyewitness to one of the great events of the classical world and a 90% chance of living through it. Who wouldn’t want that?
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Bullshit. If you have a pyroclastic flow chasing you down at hundreds of miles per hour, it is going to make a Kentucky Fried Chicken deep fryer look like a Klondike ice cream bar.
You can’t call bullshit on me wanting to witness an historic volcanic eruption.
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October 12, 2021 at 11:21 am
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I will say this about 79ce. My mom should not have taken me to see Jaws, and she should not have given me the very first edition of "World Magazine" which was the kids edition of National Geographic. The very first edition of World Magazine had an article about the 79ce eruption with pictures of the plaster cast dead. That didn't give me nightmares. *cough*
(October 12, 2021 at 11:18 am)arewethereyet Wrote: (October 12, 2021 at 11:16 am)Brian37 Wrote: Bullshit. If you have a pyroclastic flow chasing you down at hundreds of miles per hour, it is going to make a Kentucky Fried Chicken deep fryer look like a Klondike ice cream bar.
Is it impossible for you to talk like a normal human?
Um did it shock you that I used the words "pyroclastic flow"? Ok, fine, "A bunch of rocks fell off a mountain because it sneezed", is that better?
(October 12, 2021 at 7:04 am)no one Wrote: And before this, I was planning on living forever.
Damn it Jim, I'm an ABBA fan, not a doctor! (AN aside, Shatner is scheduled to do a short stint in zero gravity)
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October 12, 2021 at 12:02 pm
(October 12, 2021 at 11:21 am)Brian37 Wrote: I will say this about 79ce. My mom should not have taken me to see Jaws, and she should not have given me the very first edition of "World Magazine" which was the kids edition of National Geographic. The very first edition of World Magazine had an article about the 79ce eruption with pictures of the plaster cast dead. That didn't give me nightmares. *cough*
(October 12, 2021 at 11:18 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Is it impossible for you to talk like a normal human?
Um did it shock you that I used the words "pyroclastic flow"? Ok, fine, "A bunch of rocks fell off a mountain because it sneezed", is that better?
(October 12, 2021 at 7:04 am)no one Wrote: And before this, I was planning on living forever.
Damn it Jim, I'm an ABBA fan, not a doctor! (AN aside, Shatner is scheduled to do a short stint in zero gravity)
I’d still like to know why my wanting to witness the eruption of Vesuvius qualifies as ‘bullshit’.
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October 12, 2021 at 12:04 pm
Yeah, it'd be pretty baller..and you'd be one of the only people that knew to watch it from the sea, lol. Score!
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October 12, 2021 at 12:05 pm
(October 12, 2021 at 12:02 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (October 12, 2021 at 11:21 am)Brian37 Wrote: I will say this about 79ce. My mom should not have taken me to see Jaws, and she should not have given me the very first edition of "World Magazine" which was the kids edition of National Geographic. The very first edition of World Magazine had an article about the 79ce eruption with pictures of the plaster cast dead. That didn't give me nightmares. *cough*
Um did it shock you that I used the words "pyroclastic flow"? Ok, fine, "A bunch of rocks fell off a mountain because it sneezed", is that better?
Damn it Jim, I'm an ABBA fan, not a doctor! (AN aside, Shatner is scheduled to do a short stint in zero gravity)
I’d still like to know why my wanting to witness the eruption of Vesuvius qualifies as ‘bullshit’.
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October 12, 2021 at 12:07 pm
(October 12, 2021 at 12:05 pm)Brian37 Wrote: (October 12, 2021 at 12:02 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I’d still like to know why my wanting to witness the eruption of Vesuvius qualifies as ‘bullshit’.
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Good song, but I’d still like an answer.
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October 12, 2021 at 12:09 pm
(October 12, 2021 at 12:04 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Yeah, it'd be pretty baller..and you'd be one of the only people that knew to watch it from the sea, lol. Score!
You could watch it from downtown Pompeii and still have an excellent chance of living through it.
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October 12, 2021 at 12:09 pm
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If you are going to claim you witnessed the 79 Eruption, you are old. That was the point of the video, nothing more.
(October 12, 2021 at 12:09 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (October 12, 2021 at 12:04 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Yeah, it'd be pretty baller..and you'd be one of the only people that knew to watch it from the sea, lol. Score!
You could watch it from downtown Pompeii and still have an excellent chance of living through it.
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In all seriousness, if I didn't hate flying so much, Pompeii would be the last on my bucket list. I doubt I could muster the nerve after two ping pong ball in a jar trips over the Pacific to Australia. But I would love to actually visit Pompeii.
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October 12, 2021 at 12:11 pm
(October 12, 2021 at 12:09 pm)Brian37 Wrote: If you are going to claim you witnessed the 79 Eruption, you are old. That was the point of the video, nothing more.
But I’m not claiming that. I’ll try again.
I said I’d love to watch the eruption of Vesuvius from Pompeii. You said that was bullshit. WHY is it bullshit?
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RE: Even if we don't kill ourselves off as a species.
October 12, 2021 at 12:17 pm
Damn it's already been a multi-WTF day. And it keeps getting weirder.
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