From that 100 things article--what happened to diving boards?
Pools removed them due to liability/insurance issues.
Marco: Do we look reasonable to you? Mal: Well. Looks can be deceiving. Jayne: Not as deceiving as a low down dirty... deceiver.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Vortex - Jul 22, 2009 10:04:11 am PDT #269 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
-t - Jul 22, 2009 10:04:13 am PDT #270 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
And people don't delete stuff to make room from their hard drives any more?
I think that was implying that in the future memory will be so cheap and plentiful that that won't be necessary. The diving boards I don't understand.
Gudanov - Jul 22, 2009 10:06:06 am PDT #271 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
And people don't delete stuff to make room from their hard drives any more?
Really? I delete stuff all the time. The 320GB and 250GB drives in my computer are always running low on free space. The 1.5 TB drive is doing fine and the 1TB external drive is only half full though.
-t - Jul 22, 2009 10:06:16 am PDT #272 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Pools removed them due to liability/insurance issues.
Huh. I think the municipal pools around here still have them. I will have to check.
Gudanov - Jul 22, 2009 10:07:13 am PDT #273 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Pools here still have them.
Amy - Jul 22, 2009 10:08:19 am PDT #274 of 30001
Because books.
Pools here have them, too. And the one where we used to live in PA had just added a huge twisty slide before we moved.
Steph L. - Jul 22, 2009 10:08:47 am PDT #275 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
And people don't delete stuff to make room from their hard drives any more?
Really? I delete stuff all the time.
I do, too. There were a few on that list that made me boggle.
I mean, the Victrola still plays as good as ever, so there's no need to replace it!
Sophia Brooks - Jul 22, 2009 10:09:05 am PDT #276 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thanks msbelle and Jesse.
The town I grew up in didn't have any stores by the time I was old enough to go to them. The grocery store was open until 9 pm and 6 pm on Sundays.
Trudy Booth - Jul 22, 2009 10:10:34 am PDT #277 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
A few years back a WFMU DJ was telling the story about how a listener (who I think was about 19) called her and asked what a 12" single was.
A 12" single is someone who should call me.
I miss diving boards.
megan walker - Jul 22, 2009 10:11:49 am PDT #278 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
74. Toys actually being suitable for the under-3s.
I don't even get this one.
I think it was in Mass., when I grew up.
Malls were definitely open on Sundays (even in Mass.), not package stores though.