Today I Learned - Page 43

Griff · 05-09-2019, 06:21 AM

Fortunately, it's too early in the season for white shoes.

Gravdigr · 05-09-2019, 09:42 AM

I mean really...Who wears white before Memorial Day? Pfft.

Glinda · 07-04-2019, 03:11 PM

Today I learned that not all toilet flushing mechanisms are created equal. A few days ago, I picked up a $13 replacement mechanism at the local hardware store. It leaked worse than the mechanism I was replacing.

Pro tip: pass on everything that isn't a Fluidmaster 400AH High Performance Toilet Fill Valve[/url]. About $6.50 at Walmart.

You'll thank me later.

Gravdigr · 07-04-2019, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glinda

You'll tank me later.

FIFY.

Glinda · 07-04-2019, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

FIFY.

HA!

Well done, sir. Well done.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-04-2019, 11:27 PM

Pay attention to Glinda because plumbers are going to start becoming scarce in 10 years.

Glinda · 07-05-2019, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Pay attention to Glinda because plumbers are going to start becoming scarce in 10 years.

Dude, they're scarce right now! Why do you think I did it myself!?

Ok, not really, I've done this before. I like being able to do little fix-it jobs myself. This new flusher was really easy to install (much easier than the previous, junky, malfunctioning flusher), and when in doubt, there's always YouTube DIY videos.

But beyond all this, I'm not willing to pay $60 just to get some bozo to show up for a little home repair project I can do myself.

fargon · 07-05-2019, 09:22 AM

Very Cool^^^

Gravdigr · 07-05-2019, 11:05 AM

The surgeon woke up early because he had to perform surgery that morning. He went to take his shower, no water. He placed an emergency call to a plumber who assured him that he would be there and have the situation rectified in plenty of time for the doc to make his surgery.

The plumber came and went to work, and was finished in 20 minutes. He presented the doc with a bill for $400.

The doc said "My God, man, I'm a doctor and even I don't make that kind of money!"

The plumber responded "Yeah, when I was a doctor, I didn't make that kind of money either."

Gravdigr · 08-19-2019, 02:43 PM

TIL that if you're googling for a wallpaper image, and specify a size, you get a small image on the side of your screen. Click 'view image' to see the full size image, and you don't get that, you get a much smaller image. It's goddamned tiny as a matter of fact. And, no, it wasn't a tile-able image.

Why in God's name allow me to specify an exact size when that mean's absolutely nothing?

It's strange to see Google working at making themselves less relevant.

Oh, and when I went to the site to see the picture, it's bigger than I asked for.

So fuck me today, I reckon.

Gravdigr · 09-13-2019, 10:46 AM

Today I learned about The Pittsburgh Left.

How I got there.

Diaphone Jim · 09-13-2019, 11:44 AM

Aside from not being able to understand the sweety's voice and not being able to figure out the pictures, that was a pretty good video.
When I learned to drive in LA in the '50's, that fast left turn was common. I mastered it.
I have not seen it in at least 40 years.
But it is another reason why self-driving cars are a pipedream, especially in Pittsburgh.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-13-2019, 09:38 PM

So I wait, even flash my lights and they don't move because they're not paying attention.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-15-2019, 03:54 PM

I learned that story bouncing around the net about seeing a plastic bag at the bottom of the Marianas Trench is bullshit.

Quote:

But it wasn’t their achievements that had caught the world’s imagination. Instead, every headline was about the revelation that Vescovo had filmed a plastic bag at the bottom. Vescovo and the crew were livid. It wasn’t even true. Vescovo had filmed something plastic in the Java Trench – they don’t know what it was – and a press release had mixed it up with Mariana Trench. Soon the mistake echoed around the world. “That fucking plastic bag,” said Jamieson. “It wasn’t even the right trench!”

link

Griff · 10-14-2019, 04:38 PM

I learned that recent scholarship considers the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin spiriting away +- 130 children to be essentially true. It is a story of emigration rather than rats, pedophilia, plague, or magic. It seems lands in the East had been depopulated by the Mongols and young people in over-populated Germant sought a better life in Transylvania etc...

05-09-2019, 06:21 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Fortunately, it's too early in the season for white shoes. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-09-2019, 09:42 AM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I mean really...Who wears white before Memorial Day? Pfft. __________________ 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.

07-04-2019, 11:27 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pay attention to Glinda because plumbers are going to start becoming scarce in 10 years. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-05-2019, 09:22 AM	#8
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Very Cool^^^ __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

07-05-2019, 11:05 AM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	The surgeon woke up early because he had to perform surgery that morning. He went to take his shower, no water. He placed an emergency call to a plumber who assured him that he would be there and have the situation rectified in plenty of time for the doc to make his surgery. The plumber came and went to work, and was finished in 20 minutes. He presented the doc with a bill for $400. The doc said "My God, man, I'm a doctor and even I don't make that kind of money!" The plumber responded "Yeah, when I was a doctor, I didn't make that kind of money either." __________________ 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.

07-04-2019, 03:11 PM	#3
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	Today I learned that not all toilet flushing mechanisms are created equal. A few days ago, I picked up a $13 replacement mechanism at the local hardware store. It leaked worse than the mechanism I was replacing. Pro tip: pass on everything that isn't a Fluidmaster 400AH High Performance Toilet Fill Valve[/url]. About $6.50 at Walmart. You'll thank me later.

08-19-2019, 02:43 PM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	TIL that if you're googling for a wallpaper image, and specify a size, you get a small image on the side of your screen. Click 'view image' to see the full size image, and you don't get that, you get a much smaller image. It's goddamned tiny as a matter of fact. And, no, it wasn't a tile-able image. Why in God's name allow me to specify an exact size when that mean's absolutely nothing? It's strange to see Google working at making themselves less relevant. Oh, and when I went to the site to see the picture, it's bigger than I asked for. So fuck me today, I reckon. __________________ 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.

09-13-2019, 10:46 AM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned about The Pittsburgh Left. How I got 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.

09-13-2019, 11:44 AM	#12
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Aside from not being able to understand the sweety's voice and not being able to figure out the pictures, that was a pretty good video. When I learned to drive in LA in the '50's, that fast left turn was common. I mastered it. I have not seen it in at least 40 years. But it is another reason why self-driving cars are a pipedream, especially in Pittsburgh.

09-13-2019, 09:38 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	So I wait, even flash my lights and they don't move because they're not paying attention. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-14-2019, 04:38 PM	#15
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I learned that recent scholarship considers the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin spiriting away +- 130 children to be essentially true. It is a story of emigration rather than rats, pedophilia, plague, or magic. It seems lands in the East had been depopulated by the Mongols and young people in over-populated Germant sought a better life in Transylvania etc... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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