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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, February 3, 2022 8:20 PM

dstarr

This isn't quantum mechanics, but I believe the fabric of our space time has myriad tiny holes,  each big enough to swallow anything the size of a 4-40 nut or less.  Those tiny parts you cannot find just fell thru one of the holes.  Where the holes go I have no idea. 

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Hi David
 
For the record it's the time space continuum has...
 
My extraterrestrial friend ZyLordrin picked me up the other day to show me his new UFO.  I'm one of his favorite Earth humanoid specimen studies so that's why he has never considered me for any further scientific alien experiments.
 
Upon his arrival I was pretty impressed with his new ride from the last piece of junk he picked me up in.
 
What a saucer I'm telling you!  It was equipped with the new high pressure resistant fiber carbon multigrid Zinroyt frame and shelled with the new ultra-light titanium hybrid shell.
 
Inside the craft ZyLordrin showed me the new tri-gyroscopic electromagnetic propulsion system and my chin nearly fell to the floor.
 
We took off around 9:00 AM and I was a little bummed out when he told me he had to pick up a few more specimens before we left the atmosphere.
 
The last time I road in his saucer wasn't anything like the excitement of being in this new hybrid craft fully equipped with the most modern advancements of his time space continuum.
 
No faster than I had those thoughts  ZyLordrin took us through a Black Hole into tomorrow.
 
Now David,  I looked for all these small parts and pieces we all have lost in that black hole but I didn't see any as it was too dark and we were traveling too fast.
 
After we arrived in tomorrow,  Zylordrin turned his new craft around and took us all back through the same hole just as fast as when we came through it.
 
Here's my phone picture of Zylordrin's craft dropping us all back off.
 
 
The one thing I forgot was to ask ZyLordrin to look up the Earth's Lottery numbers on the internet when we were in tomorrow because he got me back around noon the same day I left.
 
I'll look forward to the next time ZyLordrin stops by and wonder why John wonders why I don't sleep so well at nightLaugh
 
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Posted by Little Timmy on Thursday, February 3, 2022 9:11 PM

You have all been sniffing the glue again .....

Wait, ...

Where did my glue go ...

Rust...... It's a good thing !

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Posted by NVSRR on Friday, February 4, 2022 7:08 AM

Is that where this half used glue bottle come from..

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, February 4, 2022 7:59 AM

When do you find the missing item?

After buying another one at twice the price of the lost one.  Then the lost one is there in front of you  like a flashing beacon.

 

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Posted by dknelson on Friday, February 4, 2022 9:49 AM

gort! klaatu barada nikto

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Posted by rrebell on Friday, February 4, 2022 9:57 AM

WE are obviously really bored!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by Southgate 2 on Friday, February 4, 2022 2:33 PM

rrebell

WE are obviously really bored!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Posted by -E-C-Mills on Friday, February 4, 2022 8:35 PM

Keep in mind, quantum mechanics is actually wave mechanics. Everything is actually waves. The problem is, we humans have a hard time visualizing waves. Its much easier to visualize particles. The tiny parts we lose are there, we just cant see them becuase we are looking for a particle. Its actually a wavicle, a tiny bundle of waves. So to see them, we need to think like a wave. One might try drinking large amounts of caffeine to cause one to vibrate. Listen to music with a strong beat while searching for the part.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, February 4, 2022 9:06 PM

And she said that crap don't matter and you don't look any more intelligent with your glasses on the tip of your noseLaugh

In a Split Second after her comment I replied "Yes Dear".

 

 

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Friday, February 4, 2022 10:09 PM

-E-C-Mills
Everything is actually waves. The problem is, we humans have a hard time visualizing waves. Its much easier to visualize particles.

 

A wave is a particle in motion.

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Posted by Overmod on Saturday, February 5, 2022 11:38 AM

Lastspikemike
Are you certain about that?

That's wicked.

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Posted by Overmod on Saturday, February 5, 2022 11:41 AM

Lastspikemike
Who let that tiger in?

Unless I'm mistaken, that's a liger, which is half lion...

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Posted by mvlandsw on Saturday, February 5, 2022 3:08 PM

 A friend of mine lost a part at his workshop on Long Island. He found it on the floor of his new home 300 miles away.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, February 5, 2022 9:26 PM

-E-C-Mills
The problem is, we humans have a hard time visualizing waves.

I love visualizing waves.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Sunday, February 6, 2022 5:32 AM

-E-C-Mills

 The problem is, we humans have a hard time visualizing waves. 

 

A Mediterranean Sea Wave  --

 

 IMG_E0208 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, February 6, 2022 1:15 PM

Lastspikemike

Who let that tiger in?

I don't know but I don't think it was a very good idea.
 
We had a springer spaniel named Duke that looked more like a Saint Bernard with his attitude that looked almost exactly like that.
 
It was never a very good idea to irritate that dog and hard living with a dog that only likes you sometimes.
 
If you've ever seen one of those dogs that turns their head sideways while you're trying to reason with it, that was Duke.
 
Corners were a little difficult to come around in the house because you didn't know if Duke would be there.
 
But when you wanted to rest well at night you just left him in the living room.
 
 
 
TF

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