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GoneOffShore

GoneOffShore's Journal

December 21, 2021

A joyous solstice to all DU'ers -

A hymn to the solstice -
O Oriens,
splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:
veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.
Translation:
O Rising Sun,
splendor of light eternal and sun of righteousness:
Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.

December 15, 2021

Sometimes it's not a battle of wits with the unarmed, but with a multiple amputee.

Please note, there is no intent to mock differently abled people.

December 6, 2021

Are we seeing the next crypto currency? Lego bricks?

https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/02/lippstadt_lego_theft/

Christmas was (probably not) ruined for several German children yesterday after thieves bust through a toyshop wall in Lippstadt and escaped with dozens of Lego sets said to be worth a total of €35,000.

Despite the "picture of devastation" and metre-wide opening left in the wall, investigators are struggling to piece everything together.

Profile Information

Name: Sam
Gender: Male
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Current location: Aix-en-Provence
Member since: 2002
Number of posts: 17,554

About GoneOffShore

Moved to France in September of 2018 after buying our apartment in 2017 after the debacle of the election. We're glad to be here, but we continue to be involved with what's happening in the US.