#$5.97

[thisisalovestry]

idk how many more $1-5 increment grocery price increases i have left in me

[mostlyghostie]

Good fantasy-ish secondhand haul. £5.97 for the three, never read any of them before!

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[wheelsgoroundincircles]

Don Prudhomme, Funny Car, 1976

Consecutive event wins: 5 | Consecutive round-wins: 22

How could Prudhomme possibly top his six-of-eight 1975 season? By winning seven of eight, of course, which he did in the most dominant season in Funny Car history.

Prudhomme won the first five consecutively: Winternationals, Gattornationals, Springnationals, Summernationals, and Le Grandnational with respective final-round defeats of McCulloch, Greer, McEwen (back-to-back), and Prock.

The Winternationals win was his second of what would be four in a row, and the Gators triumph was his third in a row there. He’d never won the Summernationals before 1976, but then went on to win it five times over the next seven years, and his win in Montreal was his second straight in a string of six wins in eight years north of the border.

How dominant was he in those first five events? He had low e.t. and top speed at all five and qualified No. 1 at four of the five, outdone only by Gary Burgin at the Gatornationals, where Prudhomme’s 6.31 was behind only Burgin’s 6.29.

Burgin also ended Prudhomme’s bid for a perfect season, stopping him in the Indy final as Beadle had done the year before. Prudhomme had qualified No. 1 in the quickest field in history (6.26 bump) with a national record 5.97, a full tenth ahead of Beadle’s second-ranked 6.07, then raced past Tom Hoover, Gordie Bonin, and Ron O’Donnell with runs of 6.05, 6.13, and 6.15 before shaking the tires to a 6.46 loss against Burgin’s 6.25, ending “the Snake’s” winning streak at 22 rounds.

Combined with his wins at the final two events of 1975, Prudhomme racked up 30 straight round-wins over the two seasons, which still stands as the longest winning streak in Funny Car history.

Prudhomme would go on to win in Seattle and Ontario to finish 1976 with seven wins in eight starts and a 30-1 round-win record.

[hetaologist]

APH America "Ethnography" and Headcanons (SFW)

The United States of America, Alfred F. Jones, Mr. Stars and Stripes, 'Merica, Pretty Boy, um... or just simply America.

Here is a list of data I have gathered from this country and oh boy, what an interesting specimen we have here....

Ethnography

You will find this find this mythological creature at your local Walmart superstore during the evening hours on a weekday, sporting flannel loungewear pants (The plaid kind), a cotton t-shirt that definitely has been worn no less than two (2) times, Old Navy $1 flip flops, and a gray jacket.

When asked about his late night runs to the popular supermarket chain, his answer is just simply:

"There's nothing else to do and no where to go."

America's Cart Inventory for March 22nd:

One (1) package of "Mega Stuf Chocolate Oreos" for $5.97, One (1) 6-Pack of "Starbucks Frappuccino Chilled Coffee Drinks" in Caramel Flavor for $7.98, One (1) Family Sized Bag of "Flaming Hot Cheetos" for $5.94, One (1) "Furby Interactive Toy" for $39.19, and One (1) Stick of " Axe Apollo Men's Deodorant Stick" for $4.97. Total of purchase was $64.05 before tax.

When questioned about the "Furby Interactive Toy", he replies:

"Yeah dude, there's this thing I wanna make that's called a "Long Furby". Wanna come by my place and check it out?"

I agreed to the invination as it would give me a better look into his living space and lifestyle. He's very friendly person.

Living Space (Home):

Oh dear god, why did I agree to come here?

House is a what you would expect from a typical American college student such as:

"Saturdays Are For The Boys" banner flag, Marvel and DC posters, a very unsettling looking blue leather couch that looks like it has been through hell and back, random dumbbells and untouched exercise equipment, every game console from the 1972 "The Magnavox Odyssey" to the PS5, action figures from various popular TV shows and comics, an old KFC bucket with half eaten chicken on the coffee table and a shelf with a huge vinyl record and CD collection.

Conclusion: What a fucking gross nerd.

America offers a cold can of Coca-Cola, I accept it.

He shows me a very long light blue "Long Furby" from his collection, further proving how much of a dork he was.

When asked what kind of music he liked (in regards to his music collection), he replies:

"That's hard to answer, it changes every week. Because of my diverse music, I pretty much like everything. One week I could be listening to 1980's classic rock, 2000's techno-pop, Bluegrass Country, 1990's Hip Hop or anything. But, if I had to give you this week's favorite artist, it would have to be Taylor Swift and Doja Cat."

"Interesting..." I replied.

I have recorded enough data for today (the smell was bothering me) and left his home to do further extensive research.

Headcanons:

America has a deep love for cars and trucks, he can be seen working on his vintage 1968 Dodge Charger R/T called 'Thunderbird' (an absolute speed demon that can reach at top speeds of muthafuckin' 156 mph), and his enormous 2019 Ford F-150 'Big John' that he loves to drive to world meetings because he is a total stud muffin showoff.

Oh yeah, he defiantly modded 'Big John' horns with airblasters. So when he parks his car and he sees other nations come out of their vehicles, he pounds on that horn and scares the living shit out of them.

He totally does 2 am donuts in the Thunderbird the front of Walmart parking lots with his brother Canada to freak him out.

Other than seeing him work on his cars while listening to "Waking Up in Vegas by Katy Perry" on the radio, he's in his room sorting out his action figure and comic book collection.

Damn, what what a geek.

He has an eBay account where he buys, trades and auctions his collection as his interests constantly change.

If you think him being a geek, dork and a nerd is gonna save him from getting a basic ass Stanley cup, you're wrong.

He has a navy blue one that he takes to meetings and he would get dirty looks from the other nations.

"Goddamn it America, you do not need that much coffee."

"Fuck you, you scone sucking twink. It's not coffee, it's the Panera Super Charged Lemonade mixed with Redbull."

"I beg your fucking pardon..."

He gave Canada a red one for his birthday that he also takes with him to meetings.

"Canada, mon ami~. That better not be that merde American drinks that makes your heart explode."

"No, it's Tim Hortons iced coffee."

"Well.. that's better than what America drinks..."

[transgenderer]

The Goodyear Inflatoplane was an inflatable experimental aircraft made by the Goodyear Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, well known for the Goodyear blimp. Although it seemed an improbable project, the finished aircraft proved to be capable of meeting its design objectives, although orders were never forthcoming from the military. A total of 12 prototypes were built between 1956 and 1959, and testing continued until 1972, when the project was finally cancelled.

The original concept of an all-fabric inflatable aircraft was based on Taylor McDaniel's inflatable rubber glider experiments in 1931. Designed and built in only 12 weeks, the Goodyear Inflatoplane was built in 1956, with the idea that it could be used by the military as a rescue plane to be dropped in a hardened container behind enemy lines. The 44 cubic ft (1.25 cubic meter) container could also be transported by truck, jeep trailer or aircraft.[1] The inflatable surface of this aircraft was actually a sandwich of two rubber-type materials connected by a mesh of nylon threads, forming an I-beam. When the nylon was exposed to air, it absorbed and repelled water as it stiffened,[clarification needed] giving the aircraft its shape and rigidity. Structural integrity was retained in flight with forced air being continually circulated by the aircraft's motor. This continuous pressure supply enabled the aircraft to have a degree of puncture resilience, the testing of airmat showing that it could be punctured by up to six .30 calibre bullets and retain pressure.[2][3] Goodyear inflatoplane on display at the Smithsonian Institution

There were at least two versions: The GA-468 was a single-seater. It took about five minutes to inflate to about 25 psi (170 kPa); at full size, it was 19 ft 7 in (5.97 m) long, with a 22 ft (6.7 m) wingspan. A pilot would then hand-start the two-stroke cycle,[1] 40 horsepower (30 kW) Nelson engine, and takeoff with a maximum load of 240 pounds (110 kg). On 20 US gallons (76 L) of fuel, the aircraft could fly 390 miles (630 km), with an endurance of 6.5 hours. Maximum speed was 72 miles per hour (116 km/h), with a cruise speed of 60 mph. Later, a 42 horsepower (31 kW) engine was used in the aircraft.

Takeoff from turf was in 250 feet with 575 feet needed to clear a 50-foot obstacle. It landed in 350 feet. Rate of climb was 550 feet per minute. Its service ceiling was estimated at 10,000 ft.

The test program at Goodyear's facilities near Wingfoot Lake, Akron, Ohio showed that the inflation could be accomplished with as little as 8 psi (544 mbar), less than a car tire.[1] The flight test program had a fatal crash when Army aviator Lt. "Pug" Wallace was killed. The aircraft was in a descending turn when one of the control cables under the wing came off the pulley and was wedged in the pulley bracket, locking the stick. The turn tightened until one of the wings folded up over the propeller and was chopped up. With the wings flapping because of loss of air, one of the aluminum wing tip skids hit the pilot in the head, as was clear from marks on his helmet. Wallace was pitched out, over the nose of the aircraft and fell into the shallow lake. His parachute never opened.[4]

To Die For the InflatoPlane

[pollsnatural]

Conclusion from the season rating polls and average ratings for each season (and finale):

Season 1 - 8.47 (380 votes)

Season 2 - 8.89 (450 votes)

Season 3 - 7.97 (345 votes)

Season 4 - 8.94 (295 votes)

Season 5 - 8.83 (268 votes)

Season 6 - 6.62 (289 votes)

Season 7 - 5.98 (270 votes)

Season 8 - 6.94 (252 votes)

Season 9 - 6.27 (288 votes)

Season 10 - 5.97 (323 votes)

Season 11 - 6.75 (208 votes)

Season 12 - 6.53 (192 votes)

Season 13 - 6.03 (190 votes)

Season 14 - 5.66 (183 votes)

Season 15 - 5.07 (231 votes)

The finale - 3.33 (1 253 votes)

[pillowfort-social]

Site Update - 8/3/2023

Hi Pillowfolks! 

How has your summer (or winter) been? Our team is back with a new update! As always, we will be monitoring closely for any unexpected bugs after this release, so please let us know if you run into any.

New Features/Improvements

Premium Subscription Updates -  Per the request of many users, we’ve made a number of updates to creating & editing Premium Subscriptions.

Users can now make credit-only Subscriptions without needing to enter in payment information, if your credit balance can fully cover at least one payment of the features fees.

Users can also now apply a custom portion of their available accrued credit monthly– i.e., if the cost of features is $5.97 every month, you can choose to cover only a portion of the cost of features with your credit. 

Users who have recently canceled a Subscription no longer have to wait until the payment period expires to create a new Subscription. 

To access Pillowfort Premium, click on the  “PF Premium” icon located in the left-hand sidebar. This page will allow you to convert your legacy donations to Pillowfort premium, review & edit your subscriptions, and more. 

Premium Image Upload Limit Increase: Good news! We’ve raised the limit for Premium Image Uploads to 6MB (formerly 4MB), at no extra cost! We may raise the limit further depending on how the subscriptions service performs and how our data fees fare.

Premium Subscription Landing Page & Frames Preview: We improved what users who do not have a Premium Subscription see on the Subscription management page to provide more information about the Premium features available. This includes the ability to preview all premium frames available.

New Premium Frame: We’ve released a new premium avatar frame! We hope you like it. We also have more premium avatar frames in the works that will be released later this month.

Modless / Abandoned Communities Update - Our Developers have made changes to our admin tools to allow our Customer Service Team to be able to change Community Ownership and add/remove Moderators to help revitalize abandoned and modless Communities. We will make a post soon explaining the process for requesting to become a Mod and/or Owner of a Community. 

Bug Fixes/Misc Improvements

Some users were not receiving confirmation e-mails when their Pillowfort Premium Subscription was successfully charged. This should now be fixed.  Please let us know if you are still not receiving those e-mails.

Related to the above bug, some users who were using their credit balance in Subscriptions were not seeing their credit balance being properly updated to reflect the credit used in those Subscriptions. We have now synced these Subscriptions, so you should see a decrease in your account’s credit balance if you are using that credit in a Subscription.

Fixed a bug where users were unable to delete their accounts in certain scenarios.

Fixed bug that displayed errors on the log-in page incorrectly.

Made improvements to how post images load on Pillowfort, to reduce image loading errors and improve efficiency for users with slow web connections.

Fixed a bug causing the checkmark on avatar frame selection in Settings to display improperly.

Terms of Service Update

We have made a small update to our ToS to specify that “deepfakes” and other digitally-altered pornographic images of real people are considered involuntary pornography and thus prohibited.

And that’s all for today! With this update out, our team will now be working full steam on post drafts, post scheduling queuing, and the progressive mobile app! Be sure to keep checking back on our Pillowfort Dev Blog for further status updates on upcoming features. 

Best,

Staff

[acidiclungz]

gas station

a mini oc x pastas teehee

The clock on the wall read 12:30 when the chime of the gas station door announced the arrival of new customers. Lilith barely looked up, assuming it was just another trucker coming after a late night pit stop.

Her indifference quickly shifted when she heard the sharp tones of an argument between two men.

“You’re paying this time,” one of them insisted.

“With what fucking money?”

Lilith sighed and returned to scrolling on her phone, trying to ignore the argument. Her focus was broken again when three more people entered the store.

“Will both of you shut the fuck up!” A girl’s voice cut through the commotion with frustration.

The boy with black shaggy hair and a wicked smile engraved turned towards the girl. “Toby, get your dog.”

“Fuck off Jeff,” said Toby, a lanky figure with floppy brown hair.

The final member of the group was an extremely tall figure cloaked in a hood, their face hidden completely. As the group continued, an uneasy atmosphere lingered in the store, leaving Lilith feeling strangely uncomfortable.

Jeff finally approached the counter and his scowl quickly melted into a grin. “Hi, pretty girl. Mind ringing me up?”

Lilith tried to remain indifferent, but his comment made her slightly flustered. What could she say? She had a weakness for losers.

“Jeff, stop flirting and just pay,” the shorter blonde boy said without looking up from his phone.

Jeff rolled his eyes but returned his focus to Lilith. “How much do I owe you, doll?”

“$25.37,” she replied shortly, aiming to finish up the transaction. Jeff might be attractive in her eyes but his demeanor was unsettling.

“You’re scaring the poor girl, Jeffrey,” the hooded figure interjected. His voice was unsettlingly deep, setting off alarm bells in her head.

“You’re all set,” Lilith said, forcing a small smile as she handed Jeff his bag.

He winked at her before leaving the store, his friends following close behind.

Before the door closed, the girl from earlier called out, “I’m telling Nina.”

“Do not.”

Lilith rolled her eyes. She returned to her phone, checking the list her boss had sent her.

While she was stocking the energy drinks, the bell above the door chimed again.

“Hey, you, what’s your name?” The same girl from earlier approached.

“Lilith. How can I help you?” She responded, slightly glancing up.

“Okay, Lilith, can you show me where the bandages are?”

“Yeah, sure,” Lilith said, standing up and leading her to the first aid aisle. “Here we are. Whenever you’re ready, I’ll meet you up front.” She offered the girl a friendly smile.

“Thanks, doll.” With that, the girl walked off, and Lilith returned to the counter.

“How much do I owe you?” the girl asked sharply.

“$5.97,” Lilith replied as she bagged the items.

“Fuck I only have five bucks,” the brunette said, clearly frustrated.

“No worries, I’ve got it,” Lilith said with a small smile as she handed the girl her things. “Just keep Jeff in check. I don’t get involved with guys who have girlfriends.”

“Hah, they’re not dating, but she’s fucking obsessive and might come pay you a visit. Don’t worry, I’ll keep her in line. I’m Natalie. I have a feeling we’ll be seeing each other more often.”

“Well have a good night, Natalie,” Lilith said quietly.

“You too,” Natalie replied before heading out the door.

Lilith let out a sigh as the door closed behind her. It was going to be a long night.

[badolmen]

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This campaign appears to be currently unvetted but its RIS is clean.

As of posting this campaign has raised €1,193 of its €20,000 goal [5.97%]. Donate at the GFM link here at your discretion.

[covid-safer-hotties]

Changes in the epidemiology of pediatric brain abscesses pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic: a single-center study - Published Sept 21, 2024

While it's not said outright in the study, the vaccine hesitancy bestowed by the covid times is causing people to forego necessary vaccinations for their children, causing further disease. It's not always covid, but covid isn't helping. In far too many ways, covid is making us sicker.

Abstract Background An increased incidence of brain abscesses was observed post-COVID-19 pandemic. However, it remains unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the epidemiology of brain abscesses. This study aimed to investigate changes in the epidemiology of brain abscesses pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods A retrospective study of demographic, clinical, radiological, and laboratory characteristics of patients with brain abscesses in Children's Hospital of Soochow University from 2015–2023 was performed.

Results A total of 34 patients were admitted to the hospital during the study. The post-COVID-19 cohort had an average of 5.5 cases/year, which is a 129.2% increase compared to the pre-COVID-19 cohort's average of 2.4 cases/year. Additionally, the rates of fever upon admission (86.36% vs 50%, p = 0.04) and experiencing high-grade fever within 6 weeks before admission (40.91% vs 8.33%, p = 0.044) were significantly increased. A potential rise in the rate of intensive care unit admission was observed (36.36% vs 8.33%, p = 0.113). The average value of globulin in the post-COVID cohort was significantly higher compared to the pre-COVID cohort (31.60 ± 5.97 vs 25.50 ± 5.08, p = 0.009). Streptococcal infections were the predominant cause of brain abscesses in both cohorts (40% vs 43.75%, p = 0.57).

Conclusions There was a significant increase in the number of brain abscess patients after the COVID-19 pandemic. This underscores the importance of children receiving the streptococcal vaccine.

[coachchic]

Unfortunately, the "Dollar Deal" is now over. However, there's an awesome new deal on CoachChic.com membership for only $5.97 per month... https://coachchic.com/membership-join/

[bigshot-furbiestm]

hiii um i was wondering if you knew what the diameter of a 2005's eyes are? im looking into making a vegan long 2005! (sorry im so awkward, you're the only person i could think of asking bc cur following my furby blog @furbing-atrocities 💀)

hmmm, lets measure

Sorry you cant see that well in the photo but the eye chips seem to be about 1.9 cm across giving us a circumference of 5.97 cm

for the actual whole eye it it seems to be about 2.3 cm although this may not be accurate as I can't see the full eye and would need to skin her. However, from the measurement of 2.3 cm in diameter we can see that the circumference is about 7.23 cm

I sadly couldn't find much online about the situation but i wish you the best of luck!!!

When Maddie's beak replacement comes i'll skin her to get a better measurement since we need more resources about stuff like this in the furby world :)

I hope this helped and best of luck with your long 2005!

id reccomend asking around for this info aswell, im sure loads of people would love to help

[alldollsarevalid]

This is what I got at Walmart, ignore the nail polish.

Everything was on sale except for the mini fashion ball. I've only bought one series 2 mini fashion ball, so I decided to treat myself.

This is my first rainbow high surprise box. I only got it because they were on sale for 5.97. Still too much for one pair of doll shoes but eh.

[dornish-queen]

5.97 at Walmart

[gobbluthbutagirl]

moms will have a jar labeled “spare change” and you’ll open it to find $38 in quarters, $16.30 in dimes, $5.30 in nickels, and $5.97 in pennies for a grand total of $65.57. and there will also be two canadian pennies in there for some reason

[indentity-cry-sis]

I’m a 5.97 on the Kinsey scale and tiktok put me on the hoochie daddy algorithm