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JANUS What Does “Auld Lang Syne” Actually Mean?  I found this article from dictionary.com Link:  History, Meaning & Lyrics of "Auld Lang Syne" | Dictionary.com Good news for me, the elevator company cleared away the mess left by the concrete people! If you remember, an older post explained how I had an outside open elevator installed to make it easier to get up and down the steps with my walker and wheelchair. It's a nice way to start the new year. Take care and have a happy new year. John

  I recently had a lift installed to make it easier to use my rollator and wheelchair. The two companies did a great job. But both the elevator company and the concrete company left a mess. I thought someone would clean up. I called both of them. The concrete company said their job was finished, It must be my fault for not seeing that the wording on the contract did not mentioning anything about cleaning up the mess.  The elevator company thought the concrete workers should have cleaned up. But they told me not to worry. They would make sure that it would be done one way or another. I asked another contractor. He told me it would cost about 500 dollars!  The mess includes very heavy concrete and brick items. It would take two men. Also the dump site charges a fee according to the weight. Wish me luck. Take care, John

"Mendeleev began arranging the elements and comparing them by their atomic weights."  Here is an extremally long article about the Periodic Table:   Periodic table - Wikipedia It fascinated me at school and it still fills me with wonder.   I found this interactive table which explains information about an element when you click on its'  symbol.  It works on line. It's Elemental - The Periodic Table of Elements I downloaded it as a PDF file and it still works. But when I tried to download it again I could not. Take care, John

I found this interesting post I thought you might like, From Quora https://www.quora.com/ The hard labor, the pushing, the expulsion: this is a gif of the happy event of one of the animal world's most present and caring fathers: the male seahorse (yes, it is the seahorse father that give birth, in a rare natural case of male pregnancy). During mating, the female lays eggs in a special incubator pouch located in the male's belly. The partner fertilizes and houses them for the duration of the larval stage, which ends after about 28 days. Birth occurs about a week later: in a series of rhythmic and violent contractions, reminiscent of those of human birth, the fish expels 20 to 1,000 miniature hippocampi, about 7 millimeters long. “Loyal” creatures. The absolute faithfulness of seahorses was discovered by a group of researchers at the University of Melbourne a few years ago. Among the more than 50 pairs of seahorses kept under observation for 135 days by Laila Sadler and her resea...

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"Burglary, also called breaking and entering and sometimes housebreaking, is the act of entering a building or other areas without permission, with the intention of committing a criminal offence. Usually that offence is theft, robbery or murder, but most jurisdictions include others within the ambit of burglary."   Wikipedia I've seen this man's videos on YouTube and I have to admit they are entertaining. He calls himself The Lock Picking Lawyer. Sometimes I wonder if he may be unintentionally encouraging crime? Besides making many videos he also sells the equipment.  But it is legal!!! Is Lock Picking Illegal? The Honest Truth | Art of Lock Picking Must Show Intent:  In most states, and most of the world, owning lock picks is  100% legal . It is only when you use them in an illegal way that you will find trouble. Lock picks in these states are seen by the law in the same light as a screwdriver or hammer. All of these tools can be used illegally, but until you show i...