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"Happy New Year" in Swiss German is "E guets Nöis" – but I doubt many people in Switzerland are saying that today.
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About 40 people dead and 115 injured in fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year's celebration
About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, during a New Year’s celebration in a Swiss Alpine bar, police said.
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According to New York Times reporter Isabella Kwai, "Swiss authorities have said that a fire in the bar caused a 'flashover,' which led to one or two explosions. A flashover occurs when all the combustible material in a room ignites and a growing fire turns into a fully developed one."
Flags in Switzerland will fly at half-staff for five days.
Flags in Switzerland will fly at half-staff for five days.
When you all were younger did you go to clubs?
In my teens and 20's that seemed like a nightmare and after that, like Chris Rock said, "you don't want to be the old guy in the club".
I would go every now and then if a smaller jam band I'd like was booked to play one but that was the only reason. I've probably been in about 20 for that reason alone.
It's a very different vibe.
In my teens and 20's that seemed like a nightmare and after that, like Chris Rock said, "you don't want to be the old guy in the club".
I would go every now and then if a smaller jam band I'd like was booked to play one but that was the only reason. I've probably been in about 20 for that reason alone.
It's a very different vibe.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
I only went to clubs to see live bands. No cover bands, just touring bands.
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Obviously, if I go back to my college days, I went to clubs all the time in both NJ and NYC. And when I got out of college, I went to clubs in Boston with work friends, back in '84-85. And then again in '95, when I was getting divorced.
Now we have clubs up here where they play grownup music, Like Jimmy's Jazz and Blues in Portsmouth, and Johnathan's in Ogunquit. I've also been to some of the small venues in Portsmouth to see friends play in local bands.
The Federal Cigar chain has a bunch of very nice lounges in Portsmouth and Dover NH. On Thursdays, the Dover one has live music. It's a huge place, like the size of a restaurant. I went there once on a Thursday, and found it was very "clique-y". Groups of friends - who were regulars there - would stake-out tables or seating areas. I sat at the bar. And that was the only time I went.
Ironically, I had friends who'd be the type to go with me, but they lived where I used to live in NH, and wouldn't drive up here on a Thursday night. I think now they would, but I don't hang-out with them anymore.
We now know what caused the fire that killed 40 and injured 119 at the Crans-Montana ski resort. Lit sparklers. Indoors. Kids, don't try this at home!
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Switzerland ski bar fire that killed 40 likely started by sparklers on champagne bottles, officials say
Some 113 injured people have been formally identified, authorities add. They include 71 Swiss citizens, 14 French and 11 Italians.
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This article was in my Facebook memories for this day in 2019. Here's the updated article link.
Toto's Africa will play on a permanent loop in the Namib Desert
Six speakers blasting the 1982 classic have been set up in the world's oldest desert by Namibian artist Max Siedentopf. The 27-year-old said he wants the project to 'keep Toto going for all eternity'.
This article was in my Facebook memories for this day in 2019. Here's the updated article link.
Toto's Africa will play on a permanent loop in the Namib Desert
Six speakers blasting the 1982 classic have been set up in the world's oldest desert by Namibian artist Max Siedentopf. The 27-year-old said he wants the project to 'keep Toto going for all eternity'.www.dailymail.co.uk
Hahah I remember that!
Cool to get a 6/7 year later update.
I don't know how this is happening but I really don't like how the uprising in Iran seems to be actively getting shut down.
This was probably as close as the people have been to a chance at freedom in my lifetime and somehow it's sputtering out.
I do not want to discuss anything that is inappropriate around here but despite their hemispherical difference I am very disappointed and I am not talking about my feelings towards the heroic protesters.
This was probably as close as the people have been to a chance at freedom in my lifetime and somehow it's sputtering out.
I do not want to discuss anything that is inappropriate around here but despite their hemispherical difference I am very disappointed and I am not talking about my feelings towards the heroic protesters.
You know those stories of people starving and dying of thirst in the desert and they see things that aren't there, like a pool of water. If I were lost in the desert, I'd swear I was going insane if I heard Toto randomly blasting across the sands.
'He was bleeding for 40 minutes, gasping for life': The dying moments of an aspiring Iranian rapper
Abolfazl Yaghmouri was just 17-years-old when he was killed during the Iranian regime's crackdown on protests.
The video in this article has a very real, unpleasant like 10 secs showing wounded protesters bleeding as they attempt to flee IRGC forces opening fire on their own people.
Anyway it's hard to tell what's going on over there. A few days ago I heard the regime and their IRGC had quashed the protests. Now today I'm hearing they are still going in full force. As far as I can tell Iran has two military branches ARTESH and IRGC.
To make a crude, elementary comparison: ARTESH is like the normal standing, army and the IRGC is like the Knights Templar. There have been major defections from ARTECH but IRGC has been holding true to the Ayatollah and regime and have been the ones firing on their own people.
Also............................. UN, ICJ and ICC.......................Hmmmmmmmmm.
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"I love KitKats. I never expected to get an Easter basket with 10,000 KitKat bars. Thanks, Mom and Dad! They must have cost you a fortune."
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Nestlé says 413,793 KitKat candy bars stolen en route from Italy to Poland
Nestlé says thieves have stolen a huge shipment of KitKat bars from a truck heading from Italy to Poland
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IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
My son found several memes of various sports teams capitalizing on this. The text of the meme was something like: "Sorry Nestle for your loss of all those KitKat bars. For the fans: tonight if you come to the game, all fans will receive a free KitKat bar". Small print at the bottom saying it was a joke and they will not get a free KitKat.
"I love KitKats. I never expected to get an Easter basket with 10,000 KitKat bars. Thanks, Mom and Dad! They must have cost you a fortune."
Nestlé says 413,793 KitKat candy bars stolen en route from Italy to Poland
Nestlé says thieves have stolen a huge shipment of KitKat bars from a truck heading from Italy to Poland
But my Uncle Paulie told me they fell off the back of a truck.
It was nice knowing you all!
Hopefully certain things don’t happen tonight and we’re left posting here tomorrow from a dystopian hellscape.
I should probably ban myself for bringing it up, but if we all get blown up I guess it doesn’t matter.
Hopefully certain things don’t happen tonight and we’re left posting here tomorrow from a dystopian hellscape.
I should probably ban myself for bringing it up, but if we all get blown up I guess it doesn’t matter.