Today I Learned - Page 25

monster · 01-02-2016, 11:00 PM

That the signed Pratchet Discworld book I got Beest once sells for $150 on ebay. We could be riiiiiiiich!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-03-2016, 02:17 AM

People tell me when I give a book as a gift I'm supposed to write a little blurb inside. Fuck that, what if they want to sell it and my scribbles knocked half the value off? They'd be pissed at me. Here, I got you this first edition Gutenberg Bible, let me just scribble a little note in here first.

Griff · 01-03-2016, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

That the signed Pratchet Discworld book I got Beest once sells for $150 on ebay. We could be riiiiiiiich!

Cool, I downloaded Discworld 3 to my i phone for sleeping bag reading, I wonder what that's worth?

BigV · 01-23-2016, 08:21 PM

we have regular seasonal PSAs and news-you-can-use segments on tree wells every year.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-23-2016, 09:53 PM

I've seen the story poles to measure the depth of the snow around Mt Rainier, they're taller than a damn telephone pole.

Griff · 01-24-2016, 06:29 AM

When I got back into skiing I was surprised that glade skiing, skiing through the trees, has become an approved activity. They used to rip our tickets for that.

Gravdigr · 01-26-2016, 12:47 PM

Today I learned about the tanuki, or, Japanese Raccoon Dog, a close relative of the dog.

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This Twitterer has one in their home. (And lots of interesting photos, not just of ~~tanukis~~ tanukae[/strike] ~~tanukum~~ Japanese Raccoon Dogs.)

Gravdigr · 03-01-2016, 01:47 PM

Today I learned about the Omni Processor.

It takes human waste and produces electricity, clean drinking water (that passes FDA WHO standards), and money.

How The Omni Processor Works <---Good infographic. Better/quicker than the Wiki link above.

busterb · 03-03-2016, 06:18 PM

Do not poke around in da cellar while ya have corn bread in the oven.

lumberjim · 03-03-2016, 08:50 PM

That sounds dirty

BigV · 03-03-2016, 09:22 PM

Nah, that smell is burned cornbread.

:-(

Griff · 03-04-2016, 06:40 AM

Today I learned there is a growing conspiracy theory around vote fraud in the Clinton campaign.

glatt · 03-04-2016, 07:59 AM

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Today I learned there is a growing conspiracy theory around vote fraud in the Clinton campaign.

Gotta love her handle "Sane Progressive." I have no idea about her allegations, but she goes right past passionate and into nuts territory pretty quickly.

Griff · 03-05-2016, 08:23 AM

I wonder why the Sanders campaign hasn't gotten back to her.

Gravdigr · 04-08-2016, 10:45 AM

Today I learned about the Bahrain World Trade Center. It's the second-tallest building in Bahrain, and the first skyscraper in the world to include wind turbines in the structure of the building.

The towers are shaped like sails and were wind-tunnel designed so that wind coming from as much as a 45 degree angle (to the face of the building and blades) is caught by the building and funneled so that it remains straight-on to the turbine blades.

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Those turbines were brought online on this date in 2008.

01-02-2016, 11:00 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	That the signed Pratchet Discworld book I got Beest once sells for $150 on ebay. We could be riiiiiiiich! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart Last edited by monster; 01-02-2016 at 11:06 PM.

01-03-2016, 02:17 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	People tell me when I give a book as a gift I'm supposed to write a little blurb inside. Fuck that, what if they want to sell it and my scribbles knocked half the value off? They'd be pissed at me. Here, I got you this first edition Gutenberg Bible, let me just scribble a little note in here first. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-23-2016, 08:21 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	we have regular seasonal PSAs and news-you-can-use segments on tree wells every year. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-23-2016, 09:53 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I've seen the story poles to measure the depth of the snow around Mt Rainier, they're taller than a damn telephone pole. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-24-2016, 06:29 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	When I got back into skiing I was surprised that glade skiing, skiing through the trees, has become an approved activity. They used to rip our tickets for that. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-26-2016, 12:47 PM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned about the tanuki, or, Japanese Raccoon Dog, a close relative of the dog. This Twitterer has one in their home. (And lots of interesting photos, not just of ~~tanukis~~ tanukae[/strike] ~~tanukum~~ Japanese Raccoon Dogs.) __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-01-2016, 01:47 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned about the Omni Processor. It takes human waste and produces electricity, clean drinking water (that passes FDA WHO standards), and money. How The Omni Processor Works <---Good infographic. Better/quicker than the Wiki link above. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-03-2016, 06:18 PM	#9
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Do not poke around in da cellar while ya have corn bread in the oven. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

03-03-2016, 08:50 PM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	That sounds dirty __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-03-2016, 09:22 PM	#11
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Nah, that smell is burned cornbread. :-( __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-04-2016, 06:40 AM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Today I learned there is a growing conspiracy theory around vote fraud in the Clinton campaign. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-05-2016, 08:23 AM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I wonder why the Sanders campaign hasn't gotten back to her. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-08-2016, 10:45 AM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned about the Bahrain World Trade Center. It's the second-tallest building in Bahrain, and the first skyscraper in the world to include wind turbines in the structure of the building. The towers are shaped like sails and were wind-tunnel designed so that wind coming from as much as a 45 degree angle (to the face of the building and blades) is caught by the building and funneled so that it remains straight-on to the turbine blades. Those turbines were brought online on this date in 2008. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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