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newspaper clipping (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 11/4/1927): "What is the status, to raise an issue, of the ancient joke about the man who slipped on a banana peel? Is it just a joke, one of those things printed in newspapers, or did any one ever really slip in that way?" PRETTY GOOD | EPISODE 14 The history of slipping on banana peels SECRET BASE Written and directed by Jon Bois | 33 minutes | Color

after six months on the secret base patreon, we're finally gonna drop this for free on youtube tomorrow

06.12.2024 16:01 — 👍 1821    🔁 180    💬 40    📌 21

mostly just recalling stuff. as soon as I get through my current injuries I hope to be out and about.

23.11.2024 14:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

there's a ferry that runs from bridgeport to port jefferson. it's nice enough and port jeff is quaint. the biggest issue is realizing you eventually need to go back to bridgeport.

23.11.2024 01:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

the city of montreal is mostly on the island of montreal. it has a higher population than the island of manhattan, although montreal dwarfs manhattan in land area. surprisingly, montreal has a much higher rat-to-person ratio than manhattan due to rat poison bans. manhattan probably smells worse.

22.11.2024 18:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

sometimes the bay of fundy has a lot of water, and sometimes it has a small amount of water. we (me and the opossums eating bugs outside my front door) generally agree that the moon is the governing body in deciding to add or remove water in the bay.

20.11.2024 21:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

would prefer you keeping this to yourself

20.11.2024 16:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

fun fact: mount washington is a very prominent summit in new hampshire, but also an unremarkable summit in everett, a suburb of boston. additionally, the massachusetts town of mount washington does not have a summit called mount washington, but it does have a summit called mount everett.

20.11.2024 15:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

half of maine is just unorganized territories that have no local government. some used to be towns, but they eventually disbanded due to dwindling population. there's only around 9,000 people living in these areas, but probably over 50,000 moose.

20.11.2024 14:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

northern slide of mount colden

a photo of the northern colden slide in the adirondacks. this is the final push of the trap dike scramble, which was first ascended in 1850. a few sections are considered class four due to exposure. the slab itself was cleared out during numerous storms, most recently hurricane irene in 2011.

19.11.2024 23:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

it mostly doesn't. there are small sections of liminal paths that just turn into nothing and have you questioning your route. however, it is useful to have a track like this on a map, as this is a bushwacking route and the track is a baseline. just don't rely on the ground - rely on your compass.

19.11.2024 16:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

you may see maps that indicate a serviceable route through the forest but in reality you are going to end up in a jail of trees called "dink"

19.11.2024 13:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

first order of business is to post into the void about the density of balsam firs below the southwest slope of cornell mountain in the catskills and the lack of any semblance of a herd path

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