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Randall Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hemel Hempstead, UK Posts: 5630 Good Answers: 299	Caption This 07/05/2022 6:22 AM
	I just watched an article on the news about a "sand battery" in Finland. It's just a huge silo full of sand which can be heated to 500^oC during the summer then used to heat the town during the winter. As the camera panned over the town I spotted this:- I can't find a Finnish to English translation, so, I assume it means what it says in English: but why? __________________ We are alone in the universe, or, we are not. Either way it's incredible... Adapted from R. Buckminster Fuller/Arthur C. Clarke
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	Pathfinder Tags: Finland sand battery Vomit here

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BruceFlorida Guru Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1609 Good Answers: 142	#1 Re: Caption This 07/05/2022 6:56 AM
	It might be the name of the bar near the local college. __________________ Few things limit our potential as much as knowing answers and setting aside questions.
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Rixter Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: About 4000 miles from the center of the earth (+/-100 mi) Posts: 9448 Good Answers: 1081	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Caption This 07/05/2022 7:54 AM
	Good answer! And most likely correct.
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SimpleMind Guru Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1050 Good Answers: 88	#3 Re: Caption This 07/08/2022 4:11 PM
	Bad translation reloaded. Finglish? S.M. __________________ Life is complex. It has a real part and an imaginary part.
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Rixter Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: About 4000 miles from the center of the earth (+/-100 mi) Posts: 9448 Good Answers: 1081	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Caption This 07/09/2022 2:56 PM
	Good find. The Romans had a reputation, perhaps undeserved, of gorging and purging. Here is an interesting take on it... "The vomitorium, today as in ancient Rome, is simply an architectural element of performance spaces like theaters and stadiums to aid in the efficient movement of people out of the arena when the show is over. The name has the same Latin root as the word “vomit,” which means “to spew forth, the idea being that people use the vomitorium to “spew forth” from the theater just as food “spews forth” when regurgitated." https://historyofyesterday.com/the-astonishing-truth-about-vomitoria-revealed-2d76627428c4
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Ti QE Power-User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Posts: 100 Good Answers: 4	#5 Re: Caption This 07/11/2022 2:53 PM
	Finland’s answer to San Francisco’s Poop Map
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HiTekRedNek Guru Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 44.56024"N 15.307971E Posts: 7228 Good Answers: 258	#6 Re: Caption This 07/12/2022 12:14 PM
	This an Anglo-French word but has the same meaning as in English. From Latin Vomitorium,which was an opening to a place outside,meaning "place where ancient Romans (allegedly) deliberately vomited during feasts"... Thanks,DuckDuckGo. __________________ "A man never stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child." "Never argue with a stupid person.They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience" "Homo homini lupus"
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