What new thing have you learned today ?
From
here
I learned about the Brotherhood of the Golden Casserole:
God Help Us !
I learned the word fungible.
... and then I used it! :D
... and then I used it! :D
CHAMPION! I don't think I've learned anything noteworthy today YET. There's still about 6 hours left in the day though.
We watched the remake of "All the King's Men" tonight (a good movie)
and that led me to read up on Huey Long.
I learned that the assassination plot was a many-tentacled affair.
... FDR ?... bodyguard ?...physician ?
It's still not settled, but it reads a lot like Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
Today, I learnt that my stomach does not have room for curry at 4.30 p.m., pizza at 6.30 pm followed by a brownie with chocolate sauce and icecream.
That's silly, you proved that it does, didn't you?
I'm not sure I want to hear a detailed answer to that qustion.
I learned there's an Aunt Millie's bakery just up the road from where beest works. Not sure if that knowledge will ever be useful, but I learned it.
I learned that when calling and hunting crows, you have to kill the first crow that comes in...because he's a scout. If he goes back to the others after he spots you, you won't see any from that group.
That's silly, you proved that it does, didn't you?
No, I had to take most of the brownie home with me (otherwise what Monster didn't want to know probably would have come true). I've just eaten the remains of the brownie now 24 hours later and discovered that it was actually made of chocolate flavoured concrete.
I was looking for a synonym of 'proverb', 'saying", etc.....
and learned of the word 'apophtegm'
thanks, now I learned something :)
I was looking for a synonym of 'proverb', 'saying", etc.....
and learned of the word 'apophtegm'
The 'egm' ending automatically makes me think of phlegm.
The 'egm' ending automatically makes me think of phlegm.
But it snot. ;)
I learned that 2000 posts doesn't make you a doctor.. damn.
When a homemade soup is just not getting good...just add sour cream and all is well.
Today I learned that astronauts have serious problems with the gloves they wear during space walks, and that they are so bad, a significant portion of them lose their fingernails from wearing the gloves, and most experience pain while wearing the gloves.
Read the surprisingly long but interesting article, and learned that too.
Then I looked at the sidebar menu and found a Hubble photo of some of Jinx's snails trapped in a spiral nebula in space.
'global climate disruption' replaces global warming
Last night I read that guys who have ring fingers that are longer than their index fingers are better negotiators than guys who don't. The ring finger thing is apparently a product of hormone levels while they were growing in the womb, and those men have/had higher testosterone levels. The higher testosterone levels make them more effective negotiators.
From
this book.
I guess the lesson here is to be careful buying a car from a man with a long ring finger.
Also ring finger shorter than index finger = 33% less chance of prostate cancer
citeWhat if they're the same?
So, these aren't like Old Husband's Tales, like the one about a woman's second toe being longer than her big toe means she will "henpeck" her husband? Does "henpeck" mean she'll be a total bitch?
Or do these finger length indicators have actual scientific reasoning?
(Sorry, haven't had time to read the article. Will later.)
Or do these finger length indicators have actual scientific reasoning?
Scientific
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digit_ratioLast night I read that guys who have ring fingers that are longer than their index fingers are better negotiators than guys who don't. The ring finger thing is apparently a product of hormone levels while they were growing in the womb, and those men have/had higher testosterone levels. The higher testosterone levels make them more effective negotiators.
There is a suggestion that the opposite applies to gay men. That a woman who has had more than one son carries higher oestrogen levels in order to combat the repeated doses of testosterone felt by carrying sons. So the finger test (ooh-er) is supposed to apply, as it position in the family.
However data gathered seems to suggest this is just a trend, not anything that can be relied on. There are people trying to determine whether people are born gay or decide to be gay, so you can bet if there was any real proof it would be widely disseminated (!)
Last night I read that guys who have ring fingers that are longer than their index fingers are better negotiators than guys who don't. The ring finger thing is apparently a product of hormone levels while they were growing in the womb, and those men have/had higher testosterone levels. The higher testosterone levels make them more effective negotiators.
From this book.
I guess the lesson here is to be careful buying a car from a man with a long ring finger.
just sayin:
There is no way that is some actual human being's hand! Unless the pinky was formerly chopped off and replaced with a replica nail to make it look more "normal." :eek:
edit: ha ha was referring to post 27 and now looking back I see the shoppin'
I was freaked for a second. Damn I'm gullible.
:lol:
bloody reds under the beds everywhere these days...
no. i'm right handed.... that's why i was holding the camera(phone) in that hand. ;)
Well, you would hold it in that hand anyway even if you were a lefty, they're designed for righties...
Don't you ever use it upside down with your thumb on the shutter release?
And, yes, they are designed for right handed use.
Today I learned a lot more about The Great Fire of London than I ever did at school.
It's the class topic for both the classes I volunteer in, and today we had an ICT session where the learning objective was internet research (on monitored computers of course!)
Depending on the age/ abilities of the child they had different objectives to meet. For some of them, I had to read out the text of the websites they'd found. For others I simply had to steer them away from videos and games. And others had trouble working out the difference between the When, Where, Who questions that they needed to answer.
FTR, gleaned from this afternoon (all memory so forgive if it's slightly off, otherwise it would negate the title of the thread):
The fire started in Pudding Lane at approx 02.00 on Sunday 2nd Jan, raging through until Thursday 6th.
It started in the bakery of Thomas Farriner [various spellings], the King's Master Baker
The ovens had not been completely damped down and sparks ignited in the flour filled air.
Droughts had left London dry, and a wind quickly carried the fire to the wharves, stacked with oil, hemp (try explaining that to a six year old), coal and timber
The houses were made of timber and pitch and crowded closely together
Despite the massive conflagration less than 10 people died (estimates vary)
Dropping winds and natural and man-made boundaries meant the fire burned itself out in 4 days - although by this time every horse, carriage and boat for hire had already left the city.
I learned that if you're sick enough to spend 10 days in the hospital, you aren't going to be up to full speed in three days. Not even half-speed.
Jesus, to spend ten days in the hospital you have to be majorly fucked up. I don't think they'll let you stay ten days for a kidney transplant these days.:eek:
You get ten days in the hospital if you have a plethora of cash.
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A day or two ago, I went in to find my best friend counting change out of a large jar. See pic 1. You can see the size of the jar, as well as the approximate diameter of the lid. See pic 2. The jar was filled to 1.5 inches from the top, basically, it was full of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. We did not count the pennies. In pic 3, you can see how many pennies there were, that is a 1.75 liter bottle.
What did I learn that day?
That you can get at least:
$24 worth of nickels,
$80 worth of dimes, and
$270 worth of quarters,
or $374, in a gallon jar.
We drank well that evening.
Just to offset the good things learned - I learned that when I use my debit card on eBay the money is taken from my account immediately.
When I request it to be taken from the same bank, it can take up to 7 days.
Therefore simply checking my bank balance as opposed to my actual transactions can mean I do not have as much money available as I thought. which can mean my bank will reject transfer requests. Which will probably = bank charges, and definitely = a negative balance on my PayPal account, which needs to be dealt with ASAP. Shit.
Sg Dont use yer Debit card on the net , its tied DIRECTLY Back to yer Bank Account , so if some ZipperHead gets your Numbers they can DRAIN yer account !
Use a Credit card instead , they have Folks LOOKING for Problems and can deny Payment , or investigate , or what ever , Plus it takes a Bit more time for the cash to change hands
( I could be Wrong about this , but WE dont use Debt cards on line )
Good advice Zip, but not everyone has a credit card over here ...
It's a little different in the UK, zipper. Not much, but a little. There's more consumer protection.
Like I say I dont Know if its ture or Not , Just sounded like Sound advice to me ,
I Do know that at like a Gas Pump if you use yer ATM ( Dept ) card , when you swipe your card to start the Pump they AUTOMATICALY Hit your Account for like $70 , then Credit your account Back after a few days ,
So if yer rideing on that Thin ragged edge of Low funds , they can hit you with OVERDRAFT charges even when you Have $14.72 Left in yer account
See, you can't buy gas like that in the UK. At least you couldn't when I left. And they certainly can't hit your card for more than you will spend like they do here.
Like I say I dont Know if its ture or Not , Just sounded like Sound advice to me ,
I Do know that at like a Gas Pump if you use yer ATM ( Dept ) card , when you swipe your card to start the Pump they AUTOMATICALY Hit your Account for like $70 , then Credit your account Back after a few days ,
So if yer rideing on that Thin ragged edge of Low funds , they can hit you with OVERDRAFT charges even when you Have $14.72 Left in yer account
W.T.F? What, are they using the extra and earning interest, or what?
I've learned that I've finally had it with the rules of 'The Island' (a.k.a. Ex Isle Forums).
I've also learned that Twitter is confusing to me.
I've also learned that:
W.T.F? What, are they using the extra and earning interest, or what?
From what I Understand Grav if you go Over what you have in your account the bank will still approve the transaction , THEN Hit you with a Overdraft charge EVEN though when the gas company Credits yer account BACK ( A few days latter )
You should have HEARD the Yelling when we went Over by $.05 once , fuckers hit us with a $30 Over draft charge
W.T.F? What, are they using the extra and earning interest, or what?
From what I Understand Grav if you go Over what you have in your account the bank will still approve the transaction , THEN Hit you with a Overdraft charge EVEN though when the gas company Credits yer account BACK ( A few days latter )
You should have HEARD the Yelling when we went Over by $.05 once , fuckers hit us with a $30 Over draft charge
hopefully you truly raped their ass over that one. that's totally messed up.
Oh Carol Got after them !!
I learned some new American Sign Language.
Jellyfish have the potential to live indefinitely...
I learned how to request control using MS's Remote Assistance system.
10000x harder than needed. *not* intuitive, to me.
Earlier this week I learned that one of the lesser-known tenets of Mormonism is that each family is supposed to keep at least a year's worth of food in storage, for "hard times." This was explained to me by a socially abrupt redhead girl of about 13 or so, who was working with me to unload the truck that had just delivered our new co-op's food order. (I got a ton of organic produce for half the price of our local stores, while her family was getting 25-lb. bags of flour, cornmeal, that sort of thing.)
She and her 8 siblings were wearing homemade clothes.
I was unfortunately wearing my "What Would Batman Do?" t-shirt.
I'm sure you represented an alternate reality which she will tuck away for future reference.
I don't know about a year's worth, but at least a couple of weeks is a good idea. It was amazing in the recent floods to see car loads of adults driving around in frustration ... '"we just want to buy some milk!!!". Supplies had been cut for about three days.
I learned that if you want to make the first turn sledding down Don's driveway you really have to lean way over and jam the steering for all your worth. THEN you can really carve a nice turn.
Also you have to hug the inside.
Foot My Moms drive way was the Same way , You had to start on the EXTREAM left , Long Sweeping turn from Left to right . and catch the Edge of the side walk or yer Tumbling accross the Ashfault , been there Done that , Advised the nepheu on the Skate board , he tumbled ,then Listened to me and Made it
Store Brand bacon really isn't worth it, even if it is on really good sale. Stick with the local stuff, or the Oscar Mayer.
I doubt we could live for a year on our food stocks. But certainly a few months if we were desperate enough not to mind the repetition, and a good few weeks on a regular diet. We'd run out of milk first. Then Bacon. Probably because I'd eat it as comfort food. in one sitting. all six packs. I might consider paddling around a flooded supermarket looking to loot bacon.
we have 6-7 cases of MREs Left over from the Ice storm a few years ago , so we could eat WELL for a few Months
A friend was complaining about traffic this morning, and out of curiosity I pulled up a Google map and clicked on the traffic option. Sure enough, I saw red and black markings all over the map on her route in.
That got me wondering how Google can create these maps. Where do they get the information? So I looked for the answer on the web.
It turns out that while Google gets some of its information from various departments of transportation, the majority of their information comes from us. When we download Google Maps to our phones, and agree to share data with Google so that they can plot our location on the map, they use anonymous GPS information from our phones to see where we are and how fast we are moving. They gather that data from millions of cell phone users, and load it into the maps they send back to all of our phones. They gather information from enough phones that the traffic data is very accurate.
Cool huh? The more people use the feature, the more accurate and detailed it gets.
That is cool. And a little creepy. Are they also watching us pick our noses in the traffic? Next google app: Boogle, which roads to avoid to reduce your chances of sitting in traffic next to a mucus-miner. I might actually download that. :lol:
Today I found out you can use smilies as links. I did not know this.
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Pvc and
CPVC are 2 different sized Pipes and
shark bite connectors Dont fit PVC,
i learned this the hard way
Don't feed the excess blood that came off the beef while it was defrosting to your cats.
....beest is gonna be so happy I did that when he gets home in 5 mins ....yup once again, I am hoping to get away with not cleaning that up...... :D
Yikes, is this a candidate for the smell thread? Is cat puke worse than human puke?
no, cat puke is a doddle, but I need to use industrial-strength-hypoallergenic rubber gloves with cleaning products and I found out this morning my left one smelled naaaaaasty. And apparently i don't have a new pair in waiting. Plus, if he's home or less than 10 minutes away, that's his job anyway ;)
Good rule. Ima use that one.
The origin of the word 'gossip'.
When a medieval woman was giving birth, she'd have lots of women around her, midwife, mum, sisters, neighbours etc. This would be a social occasion for the women. It was a shared experience. A female only ritual. These women who were there during labour and birth were known as 'God's siblings' which was shortened to 'God's sibs' and eventually became 'gossip'.
Today I learned that sexobon is male. :eek: I had been operating on what I thought had been given knowledge that he was female, and this belief dated back to his prior username, even. Musta crossed a major wire somewhere in my brain and attached another user's background to his name. Sorry about that, buddy.
I learned today that Lamplighter is a sock puppet.
Today I learned that sexobon is male. :eek: I had been operating on what I thought had been given knowledge that he was female, and this belief dated back to his prior username, even. Musta crossed a major wire somewhere in my brain and attached another user's background to his name. Sorry about that, buddy.
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Today I learned that sexobon is male. :eek: I had been operating on what I thought had been given knowledge that he was female, and this belief dated back to his prior username, even. Musta crossed a major wire somewhere in my brain and attached another user's background to his name. Sorry about that, buddy.
LOL
I learned today that Lamplighter is a sock puppet.
What?
Today I learned that my entire town is committed to alcohol.
Not one store here sells non alcoholic beer. WTF? Now I have to drive 20 minutes to support my non alcoholism.
Non alcoholic beer tastes like shit, that's why. That's when I learned pregnancy sucks.
If they called it something else, it'd prolly taste OK, but you expect it to taste like beer.
I've said it here before and I wish a big drinks manufacturer would pay attention - there is a HUGE gap in the market for a no-alcoholic drink that isn't all sugar/sweeteners/fruit flavour. PLEASE will someone make it and market it (but don't call it beer!).
Non alcoholic beer tastes like shit, that's why. That's when I learned pregnancy sucks.
There's one brand that was decent. But then again, I don't like beer so I may not have minded the "a little lacking" beer taste. :D
If they called it something else, it'd prolly taste OK, but you expect it to taste like beer.
I've said it here before and I wish a big drinks manufacturer would pay attention - there is a HUGE gap in the market for a no-alcoholic drink that isn't all sugar/sweeteners/fruit flavour. PLEASE will someone make it and market it (but don't call it beer!).
You might want to try
Kombucha.Water?
Are you crazy? Fish fuck in it.
So triple the price and sell it as a protein drink.
I want to hire you to do all my marketing from now on.
I drink bottled tea. There are lots of brands available that sell just straight tea with no sweetener of any kind.
Screw non-alcoholic beer. If I'm gonna drink beer, I might as well drink the good stuff. I have just sworn off the beer flavor completely. It CAN be done.
Today I learned that my entire town is committed to alcohol.
Not one store here sells non alcoholic beer. WTF? Now I have to drive 20 minutes to support my non alcoholism.
Maybe you just need a beer patch.
If they called it something else, it'd prolly taste OK, but you expect it to taste like beer.
I actually think it
tastes remarkably like beer. The problem is, it doesn't
feel like beer as it's going down, so there's a mental disconnect that happens.
Today I learned that there is such a thing as
The Royal School of Needlework. I did not know that before.
The other day I learned that NASA found a
HUGE frozen lake of CO2 buried deep at the south pole on Mars. And while this is fascinating enough, in and of itself, what kind of freaked me out a little, was learning that a couple of billion years ago, Mars was pretty much like earth! I do
not want to imagine that earth will
ever become as uninhabitable as Mars, even if the possibility of that isn't for billions of years. Yikes! :eek:
Eh, planets come and galaxies go. :cool:
Eh, planets come and galaxies go. :cool:
:cry:
I learned that
Future Pro Goalie School is awesome. They gave a free clinic at our rink and it was most excellent. Shame it's $650 for the weeklong summer camp (non residential)
Today I learned that there is such a thing as The Royal School of Needlework. I did not know that before.
My Mother was awarded the Needle worker of the Year in the 70s ,
Had Nepolien Brandy with Pat Nixon in the white house and Flown to London and Presented an award by the Queen
That was during the heroin craze, wasn't it? ;)
My Mother was awarded the Needle worker of the Year in the 70s ,
Had Nepolien Brandy with Pat Nixon in the white house and Flown to London and Presented an award by the Queen
Okay, that is really cool! Good job, zippytMom!
The meaning of the word
pabulum...
Newly sharpened skates are sharp.
Hector didn't put his skates away properly on Saturday and they were rusty. He came out to tell me 20 minutes before ice time (we get there 45 minute before because goalies need that amount of time to pad up....) So I got them sharpened and then helped him pad up in 5 minutes flat... and got two bleeding cuts and a scratch into the bargain. little shit. And the one on my finger really fucking hurts when i use the finger and has a huge chunk of skin hanging out. It was gushing at one point. Worrying other parents. but time was too short for me to stop to mop...
"Give Blood, Play Hockey" is not supposed to refer to the moms
...are u sry about my finger?
sorry about your finger!
i learned today that 150 torque pounds on a panel mounting plate nut is a little tooooo excessive. twisted that fkr right off! now that panel was taken back to the shop by disgruntled workers (at me of course) to be fixed. not an easy fix. all mounting plates (the plates you mount the equipment to like i did
here a month or so ago. anyway, i fucked up. made a mistake. funny thing is the super wasn't even mad at me. said, eh, it happens. then later i learned that with my new klein wire cutter/stripper/pliers tool that when you pinch your palm while trimming back a wire to re-teminate? it hurts. what's more is it locks when squeezed. what's worse is you have to squeeze the grip tighter to unlatch the lock. then i learned what way NOT to go home! what a day.
I think you need more sleep.
I have learned that if you want life to be easier teach your partner to think "How can I make >insert name here< 's life easier.
I have learned that if you want life to be easier teach your partner to think "How can I make ur finger 's life easier.
I have learned that if you want life to be easier [COLOR="Silver"]teach your partner to[/COLOR] think "How can I make >insert name here< 's life easier.
There are many different types of people here....all very different.
There are many different types of people here....all very different.
"Not better or worse, just different" (quote from nearly every single official cross-cultural meeting I have ever attended).
Little. Yellow. Different. Better.
No, not Nuprin. The Chinese.
:bolt:
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Do the Brits think of a Cowboy as an unscrupulous business person?
The meaning of the word pabulum...
Examples of PABULUM
<we have reached a cultural low if reality television is regarded as pabulum for the masses>
"Not better or worse, just different"
MY feelings about Vinyl vs. CDs
what I'm gonna learn in the next ten minutes:
can I shut down, disassemble the lcd on my laptop, replace the regulator, reassemble and power on and login again...
we'll see.
Bye for now.
Do the Brits think of a Cowboy as an unscrupulous business person?
Have you heard the term 'cowboy school'? It usually refers to an English language school in an Asian country which has questionable educational standards and has only been established to make money, so the short answer is yes.
Do the Brits think of a Cowboy as an unscrupulous business person?
Yes.
eta: We don't think cowboys themselves are unscrupulous, but we use the term to denote an unscrupulous business person as in "cowboy builders" or "cowboy outfit" (not clothing!!).
Cowboy doesn't just refer to a lack of scruples, it also suggests a haphazard, amateur approach.
[eta] I was wondering why we have that usage, so I did a bit of googling. According to wiki:
In the Tombstone area in the 1880s, the term "Cowboy" or "cow-boy" was used pejoratively to describe men who had been implicated in various crimes.[14] One loosely organized band was dubbed "The Cowboys," and profited from smuggling cattle, alcohol, and tobacco across the U.S./Mexico border.[15][16] The San Francisco Examiner wrote in an editorial, "Cowboys [are] the most reckless class of outlaws in that wild country...infinitely worse than the ordinary robber."[14] It became an insult in the area to call someone a "cowboy," as it suggested he was a horse thief, robber, or outlaw. Cattlemen were generally called herders or ranchers.[
So, I guess we got the usage from there.
We use it mostly as wild,undisciplined, rough, dangerous
new regulator is in. I got a brief flash of a display and then more nuttin. I'll be returning the regulator today.
Do the Brits think of a Cowboy as an unscrupulous business person?
Cowboy doesn't just refer to a lack of scruples, it also suggests a haphazard, amateur approach.
My favourite use was outside a garage in Bradford - "You've tried the cowboys, now try the Indians".
Saw the same outside a fast food place in Leicester, but it didn't ring quite as true. I know, I ate there once.
My favourite use was outside a garage in Bradford - "You've tried the cowboys, now try the Indians".
Saw the same outside a fast food place in Leicester, but it didn't ring quite as true. I know, I ate there once.
[cultural interpreter] Bradford and Leicester are towns with a significant immigrant population from the Indian sub-continent. [/cultural interpreter]
Do the Brits think of a Cowboy as an unscrupulous business person?
If you say cowboy, I say "where?"
Today I learned that the top from a 7 oz. jar of Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme will fit a 28 oz. jar of Jif Peanut Butter, and vice-versa.
SIX, SIX NEW THINGS! [/The Count]
1) I'm ugly
2) I'm old
3) I'm stupid
4) My feelings about my own life are off base and silly
5) I can't be trusted to understand so it's easier to dismiss me
6) I am tolerated like a bad cat
Six things I knew or remembered about Infi today:
1) She's beautiful inside and out
2) She's old enough to be a cougar but young enough to snare a weird old millionaire
3) She's bloody smart
4) She is self aware but too hard on herself
5) She has a huge presence here on the Cellar and her contribution is important
6) She is loved and treasured, even when she needs to be cuffed like a bad cat for not loving herself like we do.
Thanks Sundae.
I don't deserve the kind words. I'm really having trouble snapping out of this ongoing depression/anxiety. I have an appointment to get some bloodwork done. I just feel pretty worthless to everyone right now.
Sorry, you. Sorry everyone. I'm such a noodge.
She's smart, she's funny, she's got huge...tracts of land (paraphrasing)
Be thankful you're not "[You] fat and ugly and got no friends." That was the worst thing that could befall a person when we were kids.
SIX, SIX NEW THINGS! [/The Count]
1) I'm ugly [COLOR="Red"]-- only compared to me, dahlink.[/COLOR]
2) I'm old [COLOR="Red"]-- not compared to me you're not.[/COLOR]
3) I'm stupid [COLOR="Red"]-- only compared to mercy and UG (just ask them).[/COLOR]
4) My feelings about my own life are off base and silly [COLOR="Red"]-- only if you believe that crap in your original list.[/COLOR]
5) I can't be trusted to understand so it's easier to dismiss me [COLOR="Red"]-- trust is something that can only be given, it can't be taken. If others don't trust you, that's their issue, not yours. People are free to make their own conclusions, including mistaken ones.[/COLOR]
6) I am tolerated like a bad cat [COLOR="Red"]-- because you're both irresistible.[/COLOR]
clarified that for you....
Here endeth the sermon.
I don't even know why, but I love you like the sister I never had.
I am tolerated like a bad cat
This is the most remarkable metaphor I have encountered in years.
Thanks Sundae.
I don't deserve the kind words. I'm really having trouble snapping out of this ongoing depression/anxiety. I have an appointment to get some bloodwork done. I just feel pretty worthless to everyone right now.
Sorry, you. Sorry everyone. I'm such a noodge.
A hot noodge. I would wreck that.
A hot noodge. I would wreck that.
Uhh, not for nothing Jim, but that isn't much of an endorsement...
:blush:
Golly. You can't know what all that means to me.
OK, enough. This pity party is over. However, we are having beers with Obama in Nothingland. See footfootfoot for beer tickets.
I learned what a demiurge is.
Look it up for yourself, slacker.
I learned what a demiurge is.
Look it up for yourself, slacker.
Yes, ma'am ... [consults dictionary] ... oh, I see!
Is going to learn the term demiurge. :D
I just taught myself to tie a fairly decent ribbon bow.
Demiurge.
Is that when you see a pic of Demi Moore from when she was real hot, and you have to run and grab the hand lotion, and lock yourself in the bathr---ya know what, nevermind, it's probably not the same thing.
Today I learned that my bother's wife's brother's wife's father ... is a bit of a dick.
Nevermind.
"brother's wife's brother's wife's father"
Is that, like, an Aussie thing?
I just had to take xmas candy and lay them out in the brother's wife's brother's wife's fathers configuration to actually see that this can work. Whew....Little chocolate bells are brothers, square peanut clusters are wife's, and silver peanut cluster is brother's wife's brother's wife's father.
You could also say sister-in-law's brother's father-in-law, just for grins.
My mother's sister-in-law's brother-in-law was my boss, once. He's not anymore, but I still see him at Thanksgiving every year.
My mother's sister-in-law's brother-in-law was my boss, once. He's not anymore, but I still see him at Thanksgiving every year.
Is it teeth-grindingly awkward?
I have a relative who is both my second cousin on my Dad's side and my uncle by marriage on my mum's side.
Is it teeth-grindingly awkward?
Nah, the other way around--we had to walk an awkward line at work because of the familiarity. Now that he's not my boss anymore, it's fine.
I know two brothers who married two sisters. You should see the family photo with both families. Everybody looks just exactly like everybody!
It's fuuuuucked up.
Today I learned that my bother's wife's brother's wife's father ... is a bit of a dick.
Nevermind.
As long as you're not your own grandpa.
I learned that I can swim front crawl. I think I last tried 40 years ago, and today at the pool I asked the pool assistant for a lesson and he said, "just try a few strokes and I'll give you some advice" and ... and ... I tried it, and I didn't drown!
I learned a new acronym today: "frand"
This is an interesting article about the patent law suits that are the rage in the computer/cell phone industry these days.
CNET.com
Frand--also known as "rand" in the U.S.--is an obscure legal acronym
that stands for "fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory," and is based on the principle
that fair licensing of intellectual property is often needed because sometimes
certain ideas and patents just need to be shared for everything to work together properly.
It's a fairly simple idea, but one that's been rocking the tech industry in recent years.
Today, I learned about Cloudhopper balloons. Or, rather, '
hopper balloons', Cloudhopper being a brand name.
Hoppers don't have baskets.
Yeee-ikes, do not want.
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Interesting. I'd like to see the launch of one of these. Balloons start out lying on their sides on the round, and it doesn't look like there is enough slack for the pilot to be standing up while the balloon is on its side. Landing could be interesting too. Does the pilot lie down as he's emptying the air out of the envelope? If he unhooks himself, the lack of weight will make the thing take off.
Not enough slack to stand, but enough to sit.
Not today, but, recently.
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I learned that Mexicans are
shooting at us.
I learned that Mexicans are shooting at us.
Smokin' chunkin'!
Today I have learned that although Mum loves garlic, she does not like her house to smell of it.
Probably reasonable.
But a new lesson for me.
Garlic butter chicken was bloody nice though.
Allan Savory says we can halt climate change and ease hunger by grazing more animals not fewer. Wow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pIOoow, PETA's gonna have a contract on his head, because the cattle will be eaten. He makes sense, with grazing animals like the Elk they put on reclaimed strip mines, but Elephants and deer are browsers. Buffalo/Bison would do it, but sheep tear up roots.
I learned this last sunday....
Tin foil boxes have little tabs on the ends that can be pushed in to keep the roll from coming out when you pull some off.
Check it out.
Griff,
At the five minute mark after listening to Mr. Savory's voice, I was almost asleep. But that turned out to be incredibly interesting.
Thanx.
I learned this last sunday....
Tin foil boxes have little tabs on the ends that can be pushed in to keep the roll from coming out when you pull some off.
Check it out.
Did they not have tinfoil in your country, comrade?
...Tin foil boxes have little tabs on the ends...
I don't have any boxes made from aluminum foil.
I went to show somebody that at Christmas, and their box of foil didn't have any tabs. :(
Griff,
At the five minute mark after listening to Mr. Savory's voice, I was almost asleep. But that turned out to be incredibly interesting.
Thanx.
Very mellow delivery. I admire his self-effacing attitude. He has misunderstood nature and it has cost him dearly, but he is learning and seeking proof.
I went to show somebody that at Christmas, and their box of foil didn't have any tabs. :(
Curses. Foiled again!
You know the rest, try the twice baked potatoes in foil jackets.
I learned today that my Toxicology prof, a lovely, brilliant older gentleman who has worked with (and raised a glass of beer with) more than one Nobel laureate, did the Tox work that cleared cyclophosphamide for use as a chemo drug. It was part of my chemo cocktail.
That was vaguely unsettling. Of course I thanked him.
That the first automatic washing machine was called Thor.
I learned it from a trivia game on some dumb games site, but here's the Wiki, so it must be true ;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_washing_machineEven with the advent of the washing machine, wash day involved heavy labor. At the end of the day you were still very thor.
I have recently learned that most iodized salt contains dextrose. I should have known better, but somehow I didn't check the label.
That's right, y'all. Your salt contains sugar.
(checks the label) wow mine too! that's fuckin' weird!
(checks the kosher salt label) but not in kosher salt...?
http://askville.amazon.com/dextrose-salt/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=4869627
potassium iodide (the iodine in salt) is unstable; when exposed to oxidation, it would become free iodine (and thus lost); dextrose stabilizes the potassium iodide so that you enjoy the benefits of iodine; morton introduced it in 1924 due to the incidence of goiter
Only iodized salt. Thanks Clod, today I learned something!
Yeah, we had switched from sea salt because the nutritionist was concerned that they weren't getting enough iodine. I just bought the other container without checking. We'll be using a separate iodine supplement instead.
I learned that I have a certain intolerance for not getting my own way
(checks the label) wow mine too! that's fuckin' weird!
(checks the kosher salt label) but not in kosher salt...?
http://askville.amazon.com/dextrose-salt/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=4869627
Only iodized salt. Thanks Clod, today I learned something!
Iodine is found neither in kosher salt, nor in sea salt. Iodine is notably absent in the soil of eastern North America and therefore in the local diet. Thus the iodine supplement in most commercial salt.
Goiter (a swelling of the thyroid gland due to inadequate iodine intake and resulting hypothyroidism) was, at one time, viewed as normal in the eastern US and Canadian provinces.
Dextrose keeps salt from clumping. Without it, the humidity of the Great Lakes region and most of the eastern seaboard would render NaCl into chunks unreceptive to the requirements of modern cuisine.
If anyone here ever admits any form of sugar, whether sucrose, fructose, or dextrose, to his/her diet, don't worry about iodinized salt. The amount of dextrose you'll imbibe from iodinized salt is inconsequential.
Taking the commonsense approach, the iodine you'll get from a little occasional (unadmitted) addition of Morton's Table Salt will keep your thyroid happy and allow you to do your best otherwise to optimize your healthy diet.
If anyone here ever admits any form of sugar, whether sucrose, fructose, or dextrose, to his/her diet, don't worry about iodinized salt. The amount of dextrose you'll imbibe from iodinized salt is inconsequential.
Well, some of us who are extremely nitpicky consider fructose to be functionally different from the other two, as it is a monosaccharide instead of a poly-. But you're right, for 99.9% of the population, the dextrose in salt isn't anywhere close to relevant. As for us, we just take an iodine supplement. :)