A few of them did. Octavius/Augustus was emperor for decades. The average was about 10 years, though there was a while there where the Praetorian Guard were exceptionally disgruntled and reigns were a couple of months. So... it's not exactly a career choice if you want a long retirement.

We need to call in the Sea Peoples stat.

To them, that's a feature, not a bug.

I don't understand why this article is about care packages and not the critical logistics failure.

I always die a little inside when characters throw parchment into the fire to burn a document. I mean, yeah, it'll work, eventually, but... yeesh.

And a foreign head of state!

US citizenship and being a foreign sovereign are not mutually exclusive. So, unless he formally files to renounce his citizenship, the Pope can vote.

And two-thirds of the Supreme Court!

Showing my age: I read this as 500 kilobyte ... triple crochet?

That's not how capitals are chosen. Also, I'm speaking of how, historically, Queen Cities are designated, as is Cincinnati's case. Lastly, it's the largest city, not any city that's larger.

Some people call it The Nati, so Queen City is far from the worst option.

Though there used to be a free weekly entertainment newspaper named Cin Weekly!

A "Queen City" is a separate thing. It's when the largest city in a state isn't the capitol.

The bar is in hell and it serves flat beer.

His only contribution in Parliament was asking for a window to be closed.

I like how people think he was knighted for science/math but it's actually because of his work at the Royal Mint. While there, he went undercover, brought evidence against a counterfeiter (who was hanged/disemboweled for treason), and moved England towards the gold standard "because alchemy."

I know you're getting a ton of replies, but I strongly recommend looking up the Waffle House Index. The NYTimes had a really good article about it several years ago. It's important context to Waffle House's image and illustrates how omnipresent they are in the south.

Nah, proper midwestern family "secret recipes" always have one absolutely batshit ingredient that makes it work. My family's example: French dressing in ground beef for tacos/taco salad. Don't ask me why that was ever tried, but if it works it works.

Some makes are, and many of their vehicles are lower emissions than the large trucks.

Are you suggesting that GM's entire fleet are EVs?

Those numbers are net out of pocket, so including fees. Though you're right to ask, some schools aren't very forthcoming with total fees.

Private institutions are getting cheaper, just not as quickly. They're down about 2% since 2015. I wouldn't read into that, however, without also considering the type of institution. There's a broader distribution between The Private Brands and a small, locally serving college.

While the sticker price for college tuition has gone up, the actual amount students pay has declined at public institutions between 7% (4-year) and 10% (2-year) over the past decade, when adjusted for inflation.

A lot of Americans work for Toyota. 25% of Toyotas made in North America are from Kentucky. The KY plant is the largest manufacturing plant in the world (9M sqft) and employs 10,000.

Well, that's it for that theory. Ha!

What time was your flight? It's a wildly different geographical context, but Louisville, KY has been having long lines for "business flights" (i.e., early morning, mid-evening). If you fly at other times, they're short.

🙋‍♀️ And haven't they been put back up several times? I half-remember hearing that the reason they were concreted in was because they kept falling over.

I remember when cops wore full uniforms so you knew they were cops.

Meanwhile, if I go through the backscatter machine, my ostomy pouch triggers extra screening, a pat down, and a swab of my carry on and hands for explosive residue.

Given what's at home, I can't blame her.

I'm mad at how close that is.

Why do the upstairs bookshelves have a railing, though?