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by Svip 4y ago
Perhaps the author has not lived in a time, where postal services would have more than one delivery during the day. At its height, postal services in Copenhagen would have up to seven daily deliveries. My dad recalls in the late 1970s send
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by Svip 4y ago
> all the Pope Gregory the 13th did was account for leap years by adding in an extra day every few years to keep the year aligned with the astronomical year. The Julian calendar has leap days every four years. What Pope Gregory the 13th
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Chrysler Turbine Car(en.wikipedia.org)
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The advantage of the combined suspension and braking meant that the car would adjust its brake pressure based on load. A heavier loaded car would thus brake harder with the same amount of pedal pressure. The handbrake is still entirely mec
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by Svip 4y ago
The C6 was honestly a bit of a disappointment. Yes, it felt like a last hurrah back to the glory days of Citroën with the DS and the CX, but it still fell short. The C6 only used the hydropneumatic system for suspension. Steering and bra
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by Svip 4y ago
Fortunately, I have a "fixer", who is extremely familiar with these vehicles (it's basically all he does), so he would be able to get me some proper units, and would be well aware if I am being overcharged. Indeed, just look
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by Svip 4y ago
My understanding is that only 2700 Activa V6 were ever built. I doubt half of those have survived. Now and then, one will appear for sale, and they disappear about as quickly as they appear. I remember rushing across country to pick up m
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by Svip 4y ago
My mechanic also tells me I'm fortunate that my DS is a five speed manual. No semi-automatic gearbox for me. Also makes the engine bay a lot more accessible (although it is injection). So far, I've replaced the headgasket, cyli
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by Svip 4y ago
Was your DS 21 pre- or post-1968? Basically, did it have the red or the green fluid? I once drove mine from Denmark to Provence and back again, it was an experience, and not without problems (it started to leak around Paris). I am not su
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by Svip 4y ago
Even in the 1990s, a Xantia would be a cheap way to buy a luxury suspension. Still amazes me that my '74 DS and my '98 Xantia can use the same hydraulic fluid. Even the pressure spheres are interchangeable, although not advisabl
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by Svip 4y ago
Speaking of Toronto, I once had the pleasure of being driven around the city in a Méhari.
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by Svip 4y ago
I've been a big fan of Citroëns for a long time, but I cannot quite get the 2CV. I get it's cute, but I think the Dyane is actually cuter. I can see how it lives up to André Citroën's 1930s vision, but what has always truly
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by Svip 4y ago
Citroën sold cars in the US till around 1975, when the US introduced regulations that essentially prohibited the hydropneumatic suspension. Citroën even had US spec versions of the DS and the SM for the US market. I am not sure whether the
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Rome’s Colosseum has just been given an actual price tag(fortune.com)
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by Svip 4y ago
Tølløse station in Denmark. Which is for the local train, as tracks 1 and 2 are for the regional trains. I assume the local train track was added later, and was next to track 1, so rather than naming it track 3 or 11 (as they sometimes do
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by Svip 4y ago
> smaller entities simply can’t be bothered with the paperwork the US demands on accounts for “US Persons” That only counts for companies with operations in the US. My wife is a US citizen, and my bank - a medium-sized Danish bank - did
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by Svip 4y ago
There is still a receipt even if you pay cash. It's just that in that case, _only_ the supermarket and the buyer know of the transaction.
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by Svip 4y ago
Well, if things get worse, he can always introduce the reversing of decimalisation. Bring back the guinea!
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> Might this be the only example of four tiers of nested political entities which all have different flag shapes? Probably not. Rhode Island's flag has a ratio of 29:33.[1] But I guess it's easy to find US states with flags t
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by Svip 4y ago
As far as I can tell, "meal" (time) and "meal" (flour) have different etymological origins. There was still a difference in spelling in Middle English (mel vs mele), but that distinction was lost in Modern English.[0] [
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by Svip 4y ago
These are the special editions with updated graphics and voice acting. Although you can always switch back to the original style at any time.
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by Svip 4y ago
> Matrix is an open source protocol run by a community interest company, Discord is proprietary software which needs to be monetised. There's a big difference between the two. When I lumped Matrix and Discord together, I was thinkin
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by Svip 4y ago
What struck me in particular from these numbers is the dislike of IRC versus the dislike of Matrix. Unfortunately, the data doesn't seem to differentiate between the people who use IRC regularly and those who don't for the questi
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by Svip 4y ago
Wait, I thought the purpose of life flashing before your eyes is that the brain is trying to find a past event, that might help avoid the impending death. On QI, though I cannot remember the episode, they told a story of a swimmer, who enc
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by Svip 5y ago
My favourite part about https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ is that it shows abandoned and razed tracks, although you have to zoom in somewhat. I wonder if there is a way to make it highlight those tracks at a higher zoom leve
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by Svip 5y ago
Another problem with `type="number"`, that this blog post does not mention - although for good reason (it's British) - is that different versions of Android will provide either "." or "," decimal pointer,
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by Svip 5y ago
What's the difference between "Korean (Teen)" and "Korean (Adult)"? I did not realise Steam had that language distinction. Do they still have it?
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by Svip 5y ago
Which also means the Great Belt Bridge is no longer the longest suspension bridge outside of Asia either.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Belt_Fixed_Link
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by Svip 5y ago
The Soviet blockage was a motivation for exploring the polar route rather than a direct route through Russia and China, since both of those airspaces were closed.[1] While it turned out to be even shorter, it wasn't a route without di
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by Svip 5y ago
SAS was the first airline to introduce a polar route in 1957 to avoid Soviet airspace, making a stop in Alaska on its way to Japan.[1] [1] https://airwaysmag.com/today-in-aviation/worlds-first-com-tr...

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