u/jerryleebee

1 day = 1,440 minutes

1 year 365 days = 525,600 minutes

1 leap year 366 days = 527,040 minutes

The comic from which this panel originated was from September 1950. For easy maths, we'll assume from the first minute of September 1950 until the first minute of September 2026. That's 76 years.

Of those 76 years, 20¹ were leap years. 56 were standard years.

525,600 x 56 = 29,433,600

527,040 x 20 = 10,540,800

Total = 39,974,400 minutes across 76-year stretch.

39,974,400 x 1,000,000,000 = $39,974,400,000,000,000

¹1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Lets share some ideas. This Copperhead and a rattler are my latest. Technique learned from Mike Stinnet.

Also, any and all bleachers advice welcome. I'll be behind home plate on the Saturday, but gonna try to hit the bleachers on Sunday.

I have both the Imam and Marion versions of the Ra headpiece. Marion's is on a replica of her necklace. Included is what Google *tells me* is a replica Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) coin. It further tells me these are commonly used for 'good luck' and 'good fortune ', often affixed to necklaces, chains, etc. So it *feels* very appropriate for inclusion in Marion's necklace. It tells me the characters are read in this order: top, bottom, left, right, and they mean guang, xu, tong, bao, and together mean *Guangxu [name of the emperor] Tongbao [circulating currency]*, or *Circulating Currency of the Guangxu Era*. The reverse, containing only 2 characters, apparently says where the coin was made: *Bao Guang Mint*. Combined with the obverse, it means this replica is of a coin that circulated Guangdong Province during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor (1875–1908).

But I don't trust AI. So...

Question 1) Is this accurate?

Question 2) Are there key things I should know that Google doesn't tell me, but that would be meaningful to locals?

Question 3) Does anyone know if the red/blue beads have significance?

Question 4) Can anyone confirm if this replicates the coin on Marion's in-film necklace?

Question 5) Do you prefer the Imam (non-necklace, red stone, high-relief, mass-produced by Disney) or Marion (necklace, "antiqued", amber stone, low-relief) headpiece?

D'Amato Records claims to be the world's oldest record store. My daughter went there while on holiday with my wife and they brought me this awesome t-shirt. I'm not typing out the entire text, but I took a pic for you to read at your leisure (although it's challenging in places due to the logo placement).

Key highlights:

* Est. 1885

* Imported the [first?] tapes and records in Malta

* Produced Maltese music in conjunction with HMV

* One of the few shops in Malta to survive WWI and WWII

* 5th Generation family-run

I've been after BooH2 for a couple of years now. I could've bought it online many times over, but I've enjoyed the hunt for this one. Not too obscure to make it near impossible, obscure enough to make it challenging. About a year and half ago, I saw one in the wild, used, for peanuts. I didn't buy it and I regretted it ever since. A couple of months ago, I thought I'd secured a copy with one of the regular vendors at the monthly record fair who knows me a bit (at least he recognises me). He thought he had a copy. Sadly that didn't pan out. Today, I was out with my daughter at an outlet mall. And she texted me to say there was a new record store, and they had a copy. Insta-buy. Still sealed. Great price. Fun times.