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Posted on 2/14/26 at 9:01 pm to Kafka
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"I'm thinking of you... Please go away and leave me alone"
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Blood, guts, and love
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Posted on 2/15/26 at 3:03 am to Kafka
1971 Ad campaign:
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Posted on 2/15/26 at 9:46 pm to Kafka
Posted on 2/16/26 at 6:47 pm to kywildcatfanone
True story: My high school Chemistry Lab partner won the national Junior Miss pageant. I think I almost killed myself several times from being distracted. She won it in 1983 and was asked to help host in 1984... with Bruce Jenner.
And on a related but very obscure sports trivia point... her dad averaged about 28 per game for Miss State basketball back in the 50's - first team all-SEC for a couple of years as a shooting guard. He was drafted by the Celtics but never played for them. He eventually went to medical school and years later... became our family doctor in NW Alabama.
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Posted on 2/16/26 at 6:50 pm to iglass
Posted on 2/16/26 at 8:36 pm to Kafka
Posted on 2/16/26 at 8:36 pm to Kafka
Posted on 2/17/26 at 1:33 am to Kafka
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In 1897, Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée led a high-stakes, patriotic attempt to reach the North Pole using a hydrogen balloon named The Eagle (Örnen). Supported by King Oscar II and Alfred Nobel, the mission sought to claim the Pole for Sweden through “futurist” aerial exploration rather than traditional sledging.
Andrée was accompanied by engineer Knut Frænkel and photographer Nils Strindberg. They took off from Svalbard on July 11, 1897. Moments after lift-off, the balloon lost its heavy steering drag-ropes, leaving it at the mercy of the wind. The balloon sailed for only 65 hours. Leaking gas and weighed down by freezing rain, it made a gentle emergency landing on the pack ice, far short of the North Pole.
The three men were unhurt but unprepared for the terrain. They attempted a grueling three-month trek south across shifting ice, eventually reaching the deserted Kvitøya (White Island) in October 1897, where they perished.
The expedition’s fate remained a mystery for 33 years until 1930, when Norwegian whalers discovered their final camp. Remarkably, the harsh Arctic cold preserved the men's diaries and photographic film. The Grenna Museum in Sweden now houses the collection of recovered equipment and photographs. Modern analysis, such as that by author Bea Uusma, continues to investigate the exact cause of death, theories range from trichinosis from polar bear meat to carbon monoxide poisoning or exhaustion.
The photographs recovered in 1930 from Nils Strindberg’s camera provide a haunting, first-hand account of the expedition’s final months. Despite spending 33 years frozen in the Arctic ice, the film remained remarkably developable. The most famous of these images document the immediate aftermath of the balloon’s crash-landing on July 14, 1897, and the men’s subsequent struggle to survive while trekking across the pack ice.
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Posted on 2/17/26 at 4:57 am to iglass
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And on a related but very obscure sports trivia point... her dad averaged about 28 per game for Miss State basketball back in the 50's - first team all-SEC for a couple of years as a shooting guard. He was drafted by the Celtics but never played for them. He eventually went to medical school and years later... became our family doctor in NW Alabama.
Jim Ashmore from Forest, MS
Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:17 am to msudawg1200
Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:17 am to msudawg1200
Posted on 2/17/26 at 8:00 am to Kafka
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Ehhhh, what’s he doing to that longhorn?
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