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Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:12 pm
by Ad Orientem
And for something a bit different...

https://youtu.be/IyxSTTBusm0

The annual ice water dip for Epiphany.

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:16 am
by dualstow
I'm not on a tirade today. This was in my twitter feed recently, though it's from July.
I was actually surprised about this one. Maybe I'm naive.

https://twitter.com/Imamofpeace/status/ ... 42305?s=20

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:28 am
by Kriegsspiel
dualstow wrote:
Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:16 am
I'm not on a tirade today. This was in my twitter feed recently, though it's from July.
I was actually surprised about this one. Maybe I'm naive.

https://twitter.com/Imamofpeace/status/ ... 42305?s=20
Arab Countries Say “We Miss the Jews”. Heh.

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:29 am
by Kriegsspiel
On that note.

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Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:32 pm
by dualstow
O0 You're on a tear today! O0

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:26 pm
by Kriegsspiel
Day in the Life of a Typical Japanese Office Worker in Tokyo


This guy has a lot of cool videos about Japan, the "day in the life" ones are the best.

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 5:28 pm
by Ad Orientem
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:26 pm
Day in the Life of a Typical Japanese Office Worker in Tokyo


This guy has a lot of cool videos about Japan, the "day in the life" ones are the best.

That was very interesting. Thanks for the link.

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:22 am
by dualstow
Yeah, that was a good clip. Some of that is atypical. Emi is adorable.

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 11:11 am
by WiseOne
A recording of Charles Lightoller, second officer of the Titanic, describing his experiences during and after the sinking. There are a (very) few key people on the Titanic whose actions saved hundreds of lives, and he was one of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT8W1E3ctvs

Also, I highly recommend reading his life story. It is amazing, deserving of a biography IMHO. Among other things, he took his personal boat to Dunkirk in 1940, at age 66, to rescue British soldiers. This is portrayed in the "Dunkirk" movie although the character is given a different name.

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 3:17 pm
by Ad Orientem
WiseOne wrote:
Sat Feb 01, 2020 11:11 am
A recording of Charles Lightoller, second officer of the Titanic, describing his experiences during and after the sinking. There are a (very) few key people on the Titanic whose actions saved hundreds of lives, and he was one of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT8W1E3ctvs

Also, I highly recommend reading his life story. It is amazing, deserving of a biography IMHO. Among other things, he took his personal boat to Dunkirk in 1940, at age 66, to rescue British soldiers. This is portrayed in the "Dunkirk" movie although the character is given a different name.

Lightoller's autobiography. He was indeed a fascinating man who had an incredible life.

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301011h.html

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 3:37 pm
by WiseOne
Thanks for the link Ad!

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 4:13 pm
by Ad Orientem
His description of San Francisco in the 1880s is pretty colorful.

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:11 pm
by Kriegsspiel
Image

;D

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:52 am
by WiseOne
Ad Orientem wrote:
Sat Feb 01, 2020 3:17 pm
WiseOne wrote:
Sat Feb 01, 2020 11:11 am
A recording of Charles Lightoller, second officer of the Titanic, describing his experiences during and after the sinking. There are a (very) few key people on the Titanic whose actions saved hundreds of lives, and he was one of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT8W1E3ctvs

Also, I highly recommend reading his life story. It is amazing, deserving of a biography IMHO. Among other things, he took his personal boat to Dunkirk in 1940, at age 66, to rescue British soldiers. This is portrayed in the "Dunkirk" movie although the character is given a different name.

Lightoller's autobiography. He was indeed a fascinating man who had an incredible life.

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301011h.html
Interestingly, the author explains one of the major mysteries of the Titanic: the reason why the lifeboats were sent off half-empty. It was because they would be too difficult to lower safely all the way to the water when full, so they planned to finish loading them from a gangway lower down. The problem is that no one told Lightoller and the others about how fast the ship was sinking, and they only realized this when the gangways ended up underwater. By which time, the distance to the water probably wasn't such an issue. He also indicates that they ran out of time filling lifeboats and weren't able to launch the last two properly, so that even if the Titanic did have enough boats it's not clear they would have been able to use them.

Cool bit of history.

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:09 pm
by dualstow
I feel humbled by the story above, especially because i just came here to say I like the Chicago remix/reworking in this GoArmy ad. (blush)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7TprgnuYfyQ

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:53 am
by Kriegsspiel
dualstow wrote:
Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:09 pm
I feel humbled by the story above, especially because i just came here to say I like the Chicago remix/reworking in this GoArmy ad. (blush)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7TprgnuYfyQ
I think it's fun that they Vanilla Iced the riff from Green Day, a band not exactly known for being very Team America 8)

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 10:10 am
by dualstow
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:53 am
dualstow wrote:
Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:09 pm
I feel humbled by the story above, especially because i just came here to say I like the Chicago remix/reworking in this GoArmy ad. (blush)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7TprgnuYfyQ
I think it's fun that they Vanilla Iced the riff from Green Day, a band not exactly known for being very Team America 8)
No, no no. Chicago's '25 or 6 to 4' is was out when Green Day were in diapers. The ad features the Elements' remix of that, not Green Day.
The original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUAYeN3Rp2E

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:15 pm
by Kriegsspiel
O0 O0 O0 O0 O0

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 11:31 am
by Kriegsspiel

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 11:42 am
by Kriegsspiel
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Sat Jan 18, 2020 7:29 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdTalMWrQ7c

GODDAMN THIS IS HIGH IQ
Speaking of HIGH IQ, this is brilliant. Mountaineer is going to :o :P ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:49 pm
by Mountaineer
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Mon Feb 17, 2020 11:42 am
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Sat Jan 18, 2020 7:29 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdTalMWrQ7c

GODDAMN THIS IS HIGH IQ
Speaking of HIGH IQ, this is brilliant. Mountaineer is going to :o :P ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Tim is good (but should have been wearing a plain white t-shirt) but the Aussie is very quick on the uptake and outgo, quite talented. I'd have to give the IQ medal to the Aussie. 8) 8)

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:14 am
by Kriegsspiel

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:15 pm
by vnatale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxOaDeJmXk

Heart - Stairway to Heaven (Live at Kennedy Center Honors) [FULL VERSION]


Vinny

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:54 pm
by vnatale
MangoMan wrote:
Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:44 pm
vnatale wrote:
Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:15 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxOaDeJmXk

Heart - Stairway to Heaven (Live at Kennedy Center Honors) [FULL VERSION]


Vinny
Incredible performance!
For you to respond like that must mean you are also a Led Zeppelin fan?

That was only part of it. I think you can watch all of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra-itTK ... oyURD9Twi4.

I saw the whole thing years ago (I think on C-Span!).

Vinny

Re: YouTube Junkie

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:46 am
by dualstow
RIP Ja’net Dubois

https://youtu.be/MYcqToQzzGY