What I Learned Today - Page 5

dar512 · 02-06-2006, 01:32 PM

So, Els, you gonna have that TPS report for us this afternoon?

Elspode · 02-06-2006, 01:38 PM

Um, uh...that's my stapler...

I've got the fax machine...now I just need a ballbat.

melidasaur · 02-06-2006, 02:11 PM

I learned that people get patents for some very odd things or apply for patents on odd things.

wolf · 02-06-2006, 02:11 PM

You can use your staff if you're short on sporting equipment in the household.

barefoot serpent · 02-06-2006, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

You can use your staff if you're short on sporting equipment in the household.

I learned that there is often an offcolor joke lurking in wolfs posts.

tw · 02-06-2006, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

I learned that there is often an offcolor joke lurking in wolfs posts.

That depends on which colors are considered normal.

glatt · 07-29-2014, 10:07 AM

Today I learned that Skid Row is a real place, and not just the imaginary setting of a cautionary tale told by my teachers years ago, explaining where I will end up if I don't study hard. The teachers told tales of people sleeping in the gutter, with empty booze bottles still in hand.

How did I find it? I came across a link of old photos of Los Angeles, and even though I don't know Los Angeles well at all, I was looking through them. I went to Google Earth to see if any of these old buildings were still there. And as I zoomed in to the historic old section of LA, near city hall, I saw a red dot a few blocks away that said "Skid Row."

If you zoom in and enter Street View, this is what you see:

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According to the Wikipedia page, it's got one of the largest stable homeless populations in the US, with 3-6K homeless.

It's amazing to me that it hasn't been gentrified. It's held the same role for over a century and is only blocks from the center of LA. I'd think it would be prime real estate that would be snatched up by developers and turned into office buildings and malls.

mrnoodle · 02-06-2006, 04:46 PM

I learned that turning my visiting nephew loose on my World of Warcraft account while I'm at work is a win-win scenario. He doesn't have to hang around the adults, and I will have another toon to play when he goes home.

capnhowdy · 02-06-2006, 07:04 PM

...that you CAN learn a new word every day if you know where to look.

Thanks, glatt.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-06-2006, 07:16 PM

NO, no, no no. No more new words.
Eye kant speil they uns eye've gut.

footfootfoot · 02-06-2006, 11:02 PM

Today I learned that I am more adept at first aid and diagnosis than the pa at my local emergentcy clinic. (TGINS thank god it's not serious) Only I don't have ready access to 'caine type painkillers.

"we'll just do an xray to be sure you didn't hit the bone" = would you like another round of drinks or dessert?"

me: "I can live without the xray, I'm pretty sure I'd know if I hit the bone" = I'm paying for this out of pocket, let's not inflate the bill with a bunch of useless frills intended to compensate for insurance comapnies who only pay you 40 cents on the dollar."

zippyt · 02-07-2006, 12:19 AM

limey,

limey · 02-07-2006, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by zippyt

limey,

zippyt, you get on over here and I'll buy you that Guinness!

Rock Steady · 02-07-2006, 12:45 AM

For my new job of three weeks, I learned a lot about company decisions and plans. One of the founders took me to lunch for two and a half hours. It was very special to get that much time with him one-on-one. We are six weeks from first product launch; exciting times.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-07-2006, 01:08 AM

Everyone knows, weight is bad in airplane design.
But, when they were designing the Boeing 777-200ER, a plane that weighs something like half a million pounds, they calculated for flying a 3,000-mile flight, cutting 2,500 pounds could save about 23,250 gallons of jet fuel.

At an average price of $1.66 per gallon, that's almost $39,000 saved on one transcontinental flight.

02-06-2006, 01:32 PM	#1
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	So, Els, you gonna have that TPS report for us this afternoon? __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

02-06-2006, 01:38 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Um, uh...that's my stapler... I've got the fax machine...now I just need a ballbat. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-06-2006, 02:11 PM	#3
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	I learned that people get patents for some very odd things or apply for patents on odd things. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

02-06-2006, 02:11 PM	#4
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07-29-2014, 10:07 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Today I learned that Skid Row is a real place, and not just the imaginary setting of a cautionary tale told by my teachers years ago, explaining where I will end up if I don't study hard. The teachers told tales of people sleeping in the gutter, with empty booze bottles still in hand. How did I find it? I came across a link of old photos of Los Angeles, and even though I don't know Los Angeles well at all, I was looking through them. I went to Google Earth to see if any of these old buildings were still there. And as I zoomed in to the historic old section of LA, near city hall, I saw a red dot a few blocks away that said "Skid Row." If you zoom in and enter Street View, this is what you see: According to the Wikipedia page, it's got one of the largest stable homeless populations in the US, with 3-6K homeless. It's amazing to me that it hasn't been gentrified. It's held the same role for over a century and is only blocks from the center of LA. I'd think it would be prime real estate that would be snatched up by developers and turned into office buildings and malls.

02-06-2006, 04:46 PM	#8
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	I learned that turning my visiting nephew loose on my World of Warcraft account while I'm at work is a win-win scenario. He doesn't have to hang around the adults, and I will have another toon to play when he goes home. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

02-06-2006, 07:04 PM	#9
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	...that you CAN learn a new word every day if you know where to look. Thanks, glatt. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-06-2006, 07:16 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	NO, no, no no. No more new words. Eye kant speil they uns eye've gut. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-06-2006, 11:02 PM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Today I learned that I am more adept at first aid and diagnosis than the pa at my local emergentcy clinic. (TGINS thank god it's not serious) Only I don't have ready access to 'caine type painkillers. "we'll just do an xray to be sure you didn't hit the bone" = would you like another round of drinks or dessert?" me: "I can live without the xray, I'm pretty sure I'd know if I hit the bone" = I'm paying for this out of pocket, let's not inflate the bill with a bunch of useless frills intended to compensate for insurance comapnies who only pay you 40 cents on the dollar." __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-07-2006, 12:19 AM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	limey, __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

02-07-2006, 12:45 AM	#14
Rock Steady Day Tripper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 784	For my new job of three weeks, I learned a lot about company decisions and plans. One of the founders took me to lunch for two and a half hours. It was very special to get that much time with him one-on-one. We are six weeks from first product launch; exciting times. __________________

02-07-2006, 01:08 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Everyone knows, weight is bad in airplane design. But, when they were designing the Boeing 777-200ER, a plane that weighs something like half a million pounds, they calculated for flying a 3,000-mile flight, cutting 2,500 pounds could save about 23,250 gallons of jet fuel. At an average price of $1.66 per gallon, that's almost $39,000 saved on one transcontinental flight. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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