Today I Learned - Page 36

Gravdigr · 08-15-2018, 02:30 PM

That flower just rocks.

Pamela · 08-21-2018, 04:19 PM

What a pretty flower! Looks like it was designed on MS Paint.

Gravdigr · 08-22-2018, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pamela

What a pretty flower!

Ain't it, though?

I can't tell ya how long I looked at it.

captainhook455 · 08-29-2018, 07:55 AM

Whats that built down there on the side of the lake?

glatt · 08-29-2018, 11:45 AM

Water level gauges. There is massive agricultural activity nearby and there have been numerous lawsuits and regulations regarding how much water the agriculture (in freakin Death Valley of all places) can pump out of the underground aquifer. So the National Park Service measures the water level so they know when the agriculture is pumping more water than they are supposed to be.

Don't get me starting with the fools in the desert Southwest pumping the water out of the ground faster than it can be replenished. Me, me, me, and screw the future generations.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-29-2018, 12:23 PM

It balances out, they pump out the water, the land subsides, the water is still the same distance down... until it runs out.

Griff · 08-30-2018, 10:50 AM

A couple days ago I learned that the Hopi traveled all the way up to the Canadian Rockies and left some pictographs.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-30-2018, 11:40 AM

Cool, I wonder how they know it was Hopi and not their cousins in the north.

captainhook455 · 09-01-2018, 08:29 AM

How many places have you revisited that the entrance is blocked so you can only peer in? Like in Cades Cove, NC as a child I climbed the ladders into the lofts of the log cabins. Its easy to tell the names of the cretins who visited as they left their identification carved in the wood.

Gravdigr · 10-07-2018, 09:42 PM

TIL that the current world water speed record (317.60 (or.58) mph, by Ken Warby, in Oz) is 40 years old, and that the last two challengers both died attempting to break it.

In fact, it's forty years old today.

Griff · 10-08-2018, 06:44 AM

Yikes! I'd have never guessed this one was holding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pr4T5ClWEw

Gravdigr · 10-09-2018, 04:15 PM

That's a fairly small boat, how'd he get those yuge balls in there?

Squawk · 10-12-2018, 03:26 PM

I learnt on Wednesday at a work course that one litre of solvent can contaminate one hundred million litres of water.

Gravdigr · 10-13-2018, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squawk

I learnt on Wednesday at a work course that one litre of solvent can contaminate one hundred million litres of water.

One drop will contaminate the same amount of water.

Just not to the same extent.

Squawk · 10-14-2018, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

One drop will contaminate the same amount of water.

Just not to the same extent.

Well I don't know. One drop in a hundred million litres might not be detectable. There may be no solvent molecules in some samples. But I'm certainly no expert on the subject.

08-15-2018, 02:30 PM	#1
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08-29-2018, 12:23 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It balances out, they pump out the water, the land subsides, the water is still the same distance down... until it runs out. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-30-2018, 10:50 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	A couple days ago I learned that the Hopi traveled all the way up to the Canadian Rockies and left some pictographs. Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-30-2018, 11:40 AM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cool, I wonder how they know it was Hopi and not their cousins in the north. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-07-2018, 09:42 PM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	TIL that the current world water speed record (317.60 (or.58) mph, by Ken Warby, in Oz) is 40 years old, and that the last two challengers both died attempting to break it. In fact, it's forty years old today. __________________ 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.

08-21-2018, 04:19 PM	#2
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	What a pretty flower! Looks like it was designed on MS Paint.

08-29-2018, 07:55 AM	#4
captainhook455 Rapscallion Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,357	Whats that built down there on the side of the lake?

08-29-2018, 11:45 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Water level gauges. There is massive agricultural activity nearby and there have been numerous lawsuits and regulations regarding how much water the agriculture (in freakin Death Valley of all places) can pump out of the underground aquifer. So the National Park Service measures the water level so they know when the agriculture is pumping more water than they are supposed to be. Don't get me starting with the fools in the desert Southwest pumping the water out of the ground faster than it can be replenished. Me, me, me, and screw the future generations.

09-01-2018, 08:29 AM	#9
captainhook455 Rapscallion Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,357	How many places have you revisited that the entrance is blocked so you can only peer in? Like in Cades Cove, NC as a child I climbed the ladders into the lofts of the log cabins. Its easy to tell the names of the cretins who visited as they left their identification carved in the wood.

10-08-2018, 06:44 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yikes! I'd have never guessed this one was holding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pr4T5ClWEw __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-09-2018, 04:15 PM	#12
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	That's a fairly small boat, how'd he get those yuge balls in there? __________________ 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.

10-12-2018, 03:26 PM	#13
Squawk Peoploid Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 152	I learnt on Wednesday at a work course that one litre of solvent can contaminate one hundred million litres of water. __________________ 'Nothin' seems that weird anymore' Lo-Fidelity Allstars

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