I was not there, Gandalf. This was before even my time.
They have a lot less lead poisoning today than those kids from 20th century past, too.
-Rod Stewart and Tina Turner intensify-
I’m not seeing anything in either comment.
Pétanque, a game similar to boules, has been popular here since the French introduced it in the former colony. But children often see the round, metal cluster munitions and mistake them for lost pétanque balls. “Many children pick up bombies thinking they’re toys, we hear this a lot,” says Ket. It’s why awareness and education programmes are as important as the land clearance operations, she adds.
Fucking hell.
Still, aid to clean up the UXOs pales in comparison to the cost of the bombardment – in 2023 dollars, the US spent $16 million every day bombing Laos for nine years. According to Legacies of War, funding to decontaminate now stands at just $45 million per year.
(16)(365)(9) = 52,560 million or 52.56 billion. 0.045/52.56 = 0.086%
“Frequently, I’ve come to regret things I’ve said. This, from 2001, is not one of those times.”
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Only when I go to stand up after squatting for a time.
Or breathe around it. The gympie gympie gets its own separate, controlled environment to share with giant hogweed and friends.
Oh yeah, must have. Bonus points if their house plants are prickly or poisonous.
Big container of plain oats or the prepackaged units of various flavors?
For those of us just learning about CGP Grey, what are some videos that those in the know would recommend?
And all the fish, plankton, sea greens and protein from the sea that we can eat!
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/10901
A good starting place. Hope this helps.