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1. about 6 hours ago on Home Free

   Outliving my enemies.

2. about 6 hours ago on On A Claire Day

   From Cruzely: The top speed for a ship will vary depending on the ship itself, but many can reach 25 knots per hour, or nearly 30 miles per hour. Sure, that’s a lot slower than a car. However, considering that ships can weigh more than 140,000 tons, it’s still impressive.

   You might think that it takes a lot of fuel to be able to push that much weight nearly 30 miles per hour. According to a fact sheet distributed aboard Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas — a large ship, but by no means the largest in the cruise line’s fleet –, the ship has a top speed of 27.6 miles per hour (24 knots).

   At that speed, the ship burns 2,871 gallons of fuel per hour. For comparison, a 20 gallon gas tank found in most passenger vehicles would be only enough to power the ship for just 25 seconds.

   Consuming that much fuel at top speed, Mariner of the Seas burns a staggering 104 gallons just to go one mile.

   Put another way, on just one gallon of fuel the ship travels 0.0096 miles. That comes out to about 51 feet on a single gallon. That’s about halfway between first and second base on a baseball field.

3. about 7 hours ago on Wannabe

   Pieced and quilted.

4. about 9 hours ago on Aunty Acid

   ROFL

5. about 10 hours ago on The Other Coast

   I keep short tubs out. Birds, cats, short people with low standards. I don’t judge. ❤️ (◕␣ ~❀)

6. about 11 hours ago on The Other Coast

   GoComics nannybot deletes all links. See the “Comment Policy” under the strip. Most of us have given up but a few figure out ways to post them.

7. about 11 hours ago on The Other Coast

   And one huge, stinking mess to clean up!

8. about 11 hours ago on Aunty Acid

   Thou Shalt Not Get Caught

   I have started working in a medium-sized grocery store in a small town. I’m new to both town and the store so I am still learning some of the quirks of small-town life.

   One day, I notice a customer come in and just grab a stash of candy and just walk out with it.

   Me: “Excuse me, are you going to pay for that?”

   He sees me but says nothing, only speeding up towards the exit.

   Me: “Excuse me!”

   And with that, he’s gone. I’m about to follow him out of the store but my manager stops me.

   Manager: “Don’t bother, there’s nothing you can do.”

   Me: “I was going to get his license plate.”

   Manager: “Also no need. We know it.”

   With almost comic timing, he points out the window to see the thief in his car, wheeling out of the parking lot.

   Manager: “We’ll let the police know and they’ll talk to him. Also I’ll ask him not to do that… again… at church on Sunday.”

   Me: “You know him from church?!”

   Manager: “He’s the church secretary.”

   It was then I noticed that the license plate of his car said “REPENT.” No wonder he didn’t need to write it down!

9. about 11 hours ago on Aunty Acid

   What A Gashole

   I work at a gas station and one night an old man and his grandson came in. They set their gas pump and left it to go inside (don’t do that) and when they got to my till someone came rushing in saying:

   Customer: “There’s gas dumping everywhere from a truck on the fuel pad!”

   The grandson bolts out and I start following after. There’s a fuel delivery happening at the time so I can’t see directly, so I run out to check if it’s bad enough to do a total shutoff. It isn’t but the spill is bad so I go back in to hit a bell to get my coworker out then start scrambling for some gloves so I can start containing the spill.

   The grandpa is yelling this whole time.

   Grandpa: “Are we done? Come on, I want my f****** soda!”

   Me: “Y’all just dumped $150 of gas on my fuel pad and now I have to clean up your mess; you can f****** wait.”

   It took an hour of frantic cleanup right at the end of my shift, only aided by the conveniently timed fuel delivery and helpful driver. We had to chase a flow with absorbent pads and diatomaceous earth to try and keep it from spilling into the water supply through the storm drains.

   Grandpa did not get his f****** soda.

10. about 11 hours ago on Maria's Day

    Bird food?