blackbirdbluebird17
blackbirdbluebird17 t1_iufdq1o wrote
Reply to comment by Bri-guy15 in TIL about the "Raines sandwich;" an inedible piece of "food" that served as a way to bypass prohibition laws. by Alabussy
Yeah, during the pandemic in New York open container laws were lifted so you could buy to-go cocktails — but you had to get food with them. Bars would give out little packs of pretzels or cheap chips with the drinks, we called them Cuomo chips.
blackbirdbluebird17 t1_ithv0id wrote
Reply to comment by lordatomosk in TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down by newshoeshudis
Also in several of the Lancre witches books, King Verence is very careful not to give his army* orders that go against Nanny Ogg’s instructions, because he knows who’s scarier.
*Shawn Ogg
blackbirdbluebird17 t1_jbq5h0j wrote
Reply to comment by ToxicBanana69 in New York landlord becomes legal guardian of 93-year-old Holocaust survivor: 'She had no one else' by Imguran
Auschwitz was liberated 78 years ago, as of the end of January.
I’ve met and spoken with survivors. My grandfather lost extended family. It is very much still in living memory.