What I Learned Today
Seeing as how the unexamined life is not worth living, let me tell you what I learned today: I learned that there are two different sorts of rail roads in India-one is regular sized and the other is smaller, track is different. You can't use both tracks for the same locomotive. This means that at times freight (or, people) must dis-embark from one train to re-embark on another simply because the track has changed. I learned that India likes this because it creates jobs (and providing jobs is the responsibility of the government, so the more the merrier). I also learned where all of the countries in Monsoon Asia are and I am learning why the American way of doing things cannot and does not work in other parts of the world (academic, I know, but I really am learning interesting things about different locales)--anyway, this is all very well and good. I love it. I've no idea what this has to do with my major, but, whatever.
What did you learn today?
:)
I learned today that sometimes I don't have a woody at work.
Have you considered driving this to work?
It's really obvious no one cares about any fucking shit.
HUGE SNIF
well, I tried.
just some PITA MS SQL Server BS that no one would be interested in.
edit: and BTW, there are some narrow guage railroads here in the US, too.
but don't touch the 3rd rail! :mg:
I've learned that it's damn hard to work with family!
I learned that to get additional timekeepers to show up in my time tracking software, I need to click "all" in a drop down menu located in a subdirectory. The default in that drop down menu is "favorites." I somehow had a bunch of people in my favorites, but was looking for others, who weren't showing up. I didn't even know there was a drop down menu to change what list I was looking at.
It had been causing a little extra work for me for a few months, because I had to call everyone that wasn't appearing on my list of favorites to harrass them about their time. Now I don't need to make most of those calls, or can at least target the calls I do make.
I like what you learned today better, although what I learned today has a bigger impact on my life.
I learned that to get additional timekeepers to show up in my time tracking software, I need to click "all" in a drop down menu located in a subdirectory. The default in that drop down menu is "favorites." I somehow had a bunch of people in my favorites, but was looking for others, who weren't showing up. I didn't even know there was a drop down menu to change what list I was looking at.
It had been causing a little extra work for me for a few months, because I had to call everyone that wasn't appearing on my list of favorites to harrass them about their time. Now I don't need to make most of those calls, or can at least target the calls I do make.
I like what you learned today better, although what I learned today has a bigger impact on my life.
I may not have learned anything useful today to anyone, myself included, but this gave me the biggest laugh I've had in a long time! Thank you!
:lol2:
I learned that if you hit a cat in the head with a hammer, it will blink.
Dinner was great.
You make the connection.
Today I learned that I can buy 20kg of chicken feed instead of 40kg which means it's much easier for me to carry from the boot of the car to the chook shed.
I also learned that I have a terrible memory...although I've kinda known that all along, so maybe it was just a reminder. :)
It's really obvious no one cares about any fucking shit.
HUGE SNIF
well, I tried.
today, i learned that brianna is feeling kooky.
given this, and some other previous facts and observations, i have decided that she may be a bit unstable at times. As i ponder this, I am also reminded that i like her, and i hope she is not on a bender.
Today I learned ...
That with the number of cars that have those remote control door opener thingies, there is bound to be some crossover.
I hit my trunk open button tonight and the panic alarm on another car started going off.
Just to make sure it wasn't a coincidence, I tried it again.
And again.
It was 1am.
Ooooo! Did the car belong to one of those creeps next door that you would like to get even with? :lol:
Today I learned ...
That with the number of cars that have those remote control door opener thingies, there is bound to be some crossover.
I hit my trunk open button tonight and the panic alarm on another car started going off.
Just to make sure it wasn't a coincidence, I tried it again.
And again.
It was 1am.
Thats great! I learned (remembered) that to succeed in life I need to work 2-3% harder than the status quo. Then its party all the way to the bank.
I also learned no matter what I do at my job, being personable and dealing with people ends up being the deciding factor. This has been a gradual learning, but its always great to realize just what you are learning ;-)
I learnt that the hardest thing a man can do is do nothing.
I learnt that the hardest thing for a man to say is say nothing.
Typing, (or not), fits in there somewhere.
I learned that on a day when I don't take a lunch break, I walk 7,400 (rounded up) steps. I wasn't very happy about this, as the target amount for health is 10,000. I had assumed that walking to & from work would cover me, but it's obviously not as far as I thought.
Also that Knighton Library closes at 17.00 on Wednesdays, so I have a fine to pay on 2 DVDs. Darn.
I learned that my mare is in fact tall enough and smart enough to remove the bottom bolt from her stable door. I also learned a 1000 sq metre patch full of broccoli costs 300 euro..............
Seeing as how the unexamined life is not worth living, let me tell you what I learned today: I learned that there are two different sorts of rail roads in India
I thought the two kinds of railroads in india were
1) the one where 2000 people get on a train designed for 100 and run into another one and
2) where the kind of train in example one gets onto a bridge and
2a) derails or
2b) the bridge collapses.
Since American railroads were developed while railroad passenger traffic was still profitable, they run (with few exceptions) on a standard rail gauge.
However, Amtrak has been trying to develop an American version of type 1, but their goverment subsidies are only big enough for them to develop a train designed for 2000 with 75 people on it.
As Amtrak right-of-way infrastructure deteriorates they'll be introducing a version of type 2b soon...they have prototypes already,
Today I learned ...
That with the number of cars that have those remote control door opener thingies, there is bound to be some crossover...
Don't forget the military VHF radios in some US warships and aircraft that have the same effect, but operate over like a ten mile radius.
One hopes they don't test them at 2am.
http://starbulletin.com/98/07/31/news/story10.html
Of course they are the primary licencee in-band.
Come to think of it, as Amateur Radio Station K3XS I'm licenced for a primary allocation sitting right on top of frequencies used for WiFI...but at power levels comparable to the unshielded output of a microwave oven. Wheeeee!
today, i learned that brianna is feeling kooky.
given this, and some other previous facts and observations, i have decided that she may be a bit unstable at times. As i ponder this, I am also reminded that i like her, and i hope she is not on a bender.
No bender, but I do appreciate the fact that it COULD have been a bender and thanks for looking out for one as it's probably only a matter of time. I had just finished my first Statistics test and my brain hurt with all the stuff that was in there so I had to let some out! :)
PS-so far, I haven't learned anything today
.. that a cold, dark morning presents the perfect time and conditions should you wish to trip over the dog, tread on the cat's tail and spill the remains of the drink your holding all over yourself, in one seamless movement
I learned that the group of software developers I work with have pretty much no idea what they are doing - no concept of life-cycle development, or CMMI Level III practices and procedures, and no real sense of humor (see in this world if you suck at what you endeavor to do you should at LEAST be able to laugh about it after the fact....)
So today I learned what it's like to work on the Island of MisFit Toys.
today, i learned that brianna is feeling kooky.
Who's Kooky?
I don't know, but I'll bet she isn't asking him to lend her his comb...
Technically this was last night, but...I learned how to change a vacuum cleaner belt. Mine broke last week, so I took it apart, put the new one in, and put it back together. +5 points for finishing in under 20 min without directions, -12 points for buying the replacement belt at the new Wal-Mart that just was built down the road.
I'm pretty cavalier about looking at the diagram as I change the vacuum cleaner belt. About half the time, the beater brush ends up spitting the dirt out in front of the vacuum cleaner after I change the belt, so I need to open it up and reverse the belt.
Today, I learned that it costs 14.40 to get an envelope to Cleveland by noon tomorrow.
I learned some people are so stupid you've got to wonder how their heart, lungs, etc. keep functioning.
You have to admire Nature for making those functions autonomic so that stupid people could continue to live, too. After all, we have to get our entertainment from *somewhere*.
I learned that the group of software developers I work with have pretty much no idea what they are doing - no concept of life-cycle development, or CMMI Level III practices and procedures...
So...you're a recent CompSci grad? :-)
Welcome to the real world. That red pill is a bitch, ain't it?
Today, I learned about the paintbrush "copy format" button in MS PowerPoint.
Yes, I am a PowerPoint engineer. Haven't touched a wrench, fiber stripper or circuit in far too long. :sniff:
I learnt that the hardest thing for a man to say is say nothing.
Apparently not.
I learned that on December 16, 2006, Aliantha will move into 4th place.
I didn't learn it today but that railway thing happens at the borders between Western and Eastern Europe. Initially I thought "Welllllll, Russia and all the ex-soviet states are going to have to change their rail guage to fit in", then I worked out that there were probably far fewer rail-miles in Western than Eastern Europe. I learnt all this on a frosty night, hmmmm, it must have been 30th December 1992.
That the IRS is not symathetic to those of us in the 31% bracket.
And that YOU WILL PAY THESE SUMBITCHES!
You have to admire Nature for making those functions autonomic so that stupid people could continue to live, too. After all, we have to get our entertainment from *somewhere*.
Rather intelligent design, huh. :lol:
... learned that there are two different sorts of rail roads in India-one is regular sized and the other is smaller, track is different. You can't use both tracks for the same locomotive. This means that at times freight (or, people) must dis-embark from one train to re-embark on another simply because the track has changed. ...
:)
This is similar to what I've been dealing with in the SF Bay Area. Many trips I have to change from the "heavy rail" CalTrain to the "light rail" BART. Sometimes I take the Muni train between them.
BART covers the whole Bay Area except here in Santa Clara county. The debate is whether to extend BART to here or build heavy rail up to BART. To build BART costs 4 times as much per mile than heavy rail.
Santa Clara county really needs a good connection to the East Bay. Now, I have to take the Caltrain up the penisula to the city and BART over to Oakland for games (or my previous job). It takes over 2 hours for a 50 mile trip.
Going home, I BART down the east bay and taxi home for $60. I'd like a rail link for that segment, even if I have to change trains.
So...you're a recent CompSci grad? :-)
Welcome to the real world. That red pill is a bitch, ain't it?
OH BUT YES!!!
Suddenly I feel like independent wealth would have been a better choice! LOL ;)
Last night I learned that my cat ABSOLUTELY strategically chooses to yurk on the second stair of my home when she is pissed at me. BLAH. :(
Apparently not.
If my memory doesn't fail me and dov is the same dov I met at a Cellar GTG something like 15 years ago, she's female.
My Cellar handle was JaniceL in those days...
Suddenly I feel like independent wealth would have been a better choice!
Just one of the many Important Things They Fail To Teach In School.
Of course, if they knew that simple fact, they wouldn't be teaching undergrads.
OK. Today I learned that I am indeed LD when it comes to math, and given my current situation (being sued) I guess that's a no-brainer. BUT! I did learn something useful today as well! I learned that over and over again, humanity (esp. the rich and snotty part of humanity) makes the same mistake over and over! If you take land away from the small farmer, you grow a revolution! Easy, peasy, japaneasy! A charm, every time. SIGH. NO one reads their history. Pity.
Not if you give him a 40 hr job at a decent wage. Offer that and he'll RUN from that little farm faster than you can grab the deed. Farming is hard work that takes a special temperment :nuts:
well, bruce, you are right.
Yesterday at work I learned that in the state of MS you cannot get a payment arrangement with the local phone company to pay off your past due phone bill when you already have a write off and several failed payment arrangements on your account.
I was informed of this by the rep at financial services. The customer was none too kind to me before I put her on hold to call financial services so she could be transfered to that department. Once informed, my reply to the rep was, " I will very cheerfully tell her so!"
I think I'd prefer to be in financial services, as those people seem to be able to get away with being mean to customers who are insufferable jerks.
I learned yesterday (I was too tired and frustrated to post at that time) that a 13 hour shift with two trainees is survivable. Not just survivable, but survivable without needing to yell or foam at the mouth.
You can express disdain a lot more effectively by speaking softly.
speak softly and carry a big stick , I beleve the saying is , people listen when you speak softly and clearly and sysucingthly ( don't yell and don' tmince words , tell it like it IS , them shut up )
What I learned tonite , I have bee applying the 48 rules of power ( thanks Wolf ) for years ( most of them any way ) for YEARS !!!!
Here's a link ,
http://www2.tech.purdue.edu/cgt/courses/cgt411/covey/48_laws_of_power.htmI'm up to #15 in the book. I don't get as much time to read these days as I'd like. (especially when I've got a double-trainee shift. It's fucking easier to work alone, I tell you. At least shit gets done right.)
I found this years ago , I have it and the art of war on my PDA , the book of five rings make more sence to me how ever , the 48 rules of power follows these principles ( mostly ) ,
Heres a link to the book of 5 rings ,
http://www.samurai.com/5rings/I have those on my PDA also ... along with the US Army Survival Manual.
I have those on my PDA also ... along with the US Army Survival Manual.
I'm sure you do but just in case you'll be wanting a hard copy... although knowing you, you probably have a solar charger for your pda...nevermind.
I have those on my PDA also ... along with the US Army Survival Manual.
Where do you get the US Army Survival Manual as an ebook?
iSilo, I think. Either that or I found it as a .pdf, and I have a converter for those.
And yes, I do already have a hardcopy, along with the SAS Manual and a few others.
Where do you get the US Army Survival Manual as an ebook?
http://www.equipped.com/fm21-76.htm for one
also
http://www.basegear.com/fm2176.html
There are several .mil sites that make FMs available too...
Seeing as how the unexamined life is not worth living, let me tell you what I learned today: I learned that there are two different sorts of rail roads in India-one is regular sized and the other is smaller, track is different. You can't use both tracks for the same locomotive. This means that at times freight (or, people) must dis-embark from one train to re-embark on another simply because the track has changed. I learned that India likes this because it creates jobs (and providing jobs is the responsibility of the government, so the more the merrier).
:)
this isn't about make work, narrow guages are used in mountainous country because it costs much less to dig a tunnel or carve out a mountian side for the track when it is narrow plus you can make tighter turns with a narrow guage. Wide guage is used on the flat because it is much more stable and you can travel faster.
On Friday, I learned that it is impossible to communicate an important concept to someone, regardless of how intelligent and outwardly capable they may seem, which they are not sufficiently motivated to grasp. Coupled with that is the hardest lesson - never entrust someone else with something that could cost you your job if it goes awry.
I received the biggest asschewing of my two year career here on Friday (while I was home sick as hell, no less) for the failure of our office to send a daily production report to the GC on a Federal project. I had given the task to my assistant, with explicit instructions that these reports must be filed daily, *whether we worked on the project that day or not*, without fail. I have queried her several times over the weeks, only to find that she was a couple of days behind, and I told her to get caught up and stay caught up.
When the shithammer fell on me Friday, I called her and asked her WTF? Her response? "I knew that we had to have a report for every day, but I didn't know we had to send it out every day."
Utter bullshit, and my boss told me the next time it happened, my assistant and I would both be fired, because the GC threatened to throw us off of the project and claim against our bond.
Nice.
So, Els, you gonna have that TPS report for us this afternoon?
Um, uh...that's my stapler...
I've got the fax machine...now I just need a ballbat.
You can use your staff if you're short on sporting equipment in the household.
I learned that people get patents for some very odd things or apply for patents on odd things.
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. :o
I learned that there is often an offcolor joke lurking in wolfs posts.
That depends on which colors are considered normal.
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.
... sysucingthly ...
I learnt again that zippyt says things his own way and I admire him for it (I promise there is no irony nor sarcasm in this post).
I learned the story of
dord, a clerical screw up that was harmless, went unnoticed for years, and, in hindsight, has a nice trivia value.
...that you CAN learn a new word every day if you know where to look.
Thanks, glatt.
NO, no, no no. No more new words.
Eye kant speil they uns eye've gut. :headshake
[FONT=Comic Sans MS]With help from the internet, today I learned what ingredients goes into a delicious Lebanese dish I had at a friend's house on the weekend.
I also learned that it's called "Majudarrah", which is hard to pronounce after you've had too much red wine...
Majudarrah - Lebanese Lentils and Rice
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
1 cup lentils
1 cup white or brown rice
2 medium to large onions
olive oil
salt to taste
vegan yoghurt for garnish
4 cups water (slightly less if pressure cooking)
Directions:
A very simple but very delicious dish. The key is in the onions: peel and slice or dice them, then fry them slowly in some olive oil until they are golden brown. They will shrink considerably, so always start with more than you think you need. If you're using white rice, add the lentils, water and salt; cook 15 minutes, then add the rice, cover the pot and finish cooking. If you're using brown rice, add it to the pot at the same time as the lentils. (Obviously, you can cook it much quicker if you use a pressure cooker--the brown rice version takes only 15 minutes once everything is in the pot. Just be sure to reduce the amount of water by 1/4 or 1/ 2 cup, since very little will evaporate.) When it's cooked, stir to mix in the onions (they'll all be on the top) and serve with vegan yoghurt. Yum!
Serves: 4-6
Preparation time: 1 hour [/FONT]
If my memory doesn't fail me and dov is the same dov I met at a Cellar GTG something like 15 years ago, she's female.
My Cellar handle was JaniceL in those days...
Nice to see you back Mags. Did you move? I thought you lived in Norristown?
Also, you're thinking of Dev, mother to our dear Ruthie Purple. Last I heard, she had moved to DE to be with her man. But that information is VERY old now.
Brian
Nice to see you back Mags. Did you move? I thought you lived in Norristown?
Not Norristown, puleeze.
Jeffersonville. West Norriton Township. (If I lived in Actual Norristown, I'd carry a spare magazine more often. 12 rounds might not be enough.)
Still living at the same place last we met IRL, though. I GAFIAte from here once in a while for a decent interval, then come back to See What They've Done With The Old Place. Sure has come a long way from the days when you might have to wait for an open line. :-)
Also, you're thinking of Dev, mother to our dear Ruthie Purple. Last I heard, she had moved to DE to be with her man. But that information is VERY old now.
Ah, yeas...."dev" not "dov"--right you are. What a difference a vowel makes.
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."
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.
Jeffersonville. West Norriton Township.
My last x-gf is from Wyndmoor; we stayed at her parent's place a few times. So, I had to lookup Jeffersonville, I guess for old time's sake. Today, I learned where Jeffersonville is.
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. :mg:
My last x-gf is from Wyndmoor; we stayed at her parent's place a few times. So, I had to lookup Jeffersonville, I guess for old time's sake. Today, I learned where Jeffersonville is.
That one I already know.
Maggie's out of the borough, but she is in Norristown. Being out of the borough, though, makes all of the difference.
Today I learned that the best way to make the assistant in the Mens Dept. uncomfortable is to look him in the eye and say "I'm not gay, but I'll learn.".
The wife hates shopping with me.
limey, :beer: :guinness:
zippyt, you get on over here and I'll buy you that Guinness! :thumbsup:
Maggie's out of the borough, but she is in Norristown. Being out of the borough, though, makes all of the difference.
Most of it. I'm protected from the effects of the lame borough government, but not from the school district.
I thought I was kicking butt in dance class and learning the choreography but then the teacher injured her knee, so she sat in a chair and we did it without her in front, and it turns out no one in class can remember sh** without watching her. Now she's going to make a point of making us dance without her every week. :thepain3:
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.
Cutting 2,500 pounds from
"my" airplane would make it lighter than air; it's not allowed to fly if it weighs more than 2,500lbs.
Only seats four, and there's no lav. Would take several hops to go transcontinental too.
That said, weight is even more of an issue for a little airplane...
Another airplane tidbit.....
The Kevlar band made to encircle the engine fan is about three inches thick and two feet wide.
This containment ring is so strong that it can absorb the energy equivalent to stopping a ten-thousand-pound automobile traveling at 70 miles an hour in five inches! :eek:
During the development of the engine for the 777, there were a series of shows about its design, development, testing, etc. There were many shows and one of them, on the engine, had a segment that featured that retaining ring. It showed in extreme slow motion the result of many different insults. They fired a frozen turkey into the spinning turbine blades (sliced frozen turkey, in case you were wondering), they tried to drown it with enough water to simulate storm that dumped 22" of rain (boring. wet.) and they showed what happened when a designated turbine blade came loose. That was interesting. It was painted white, and when it came out, it moved outward from the center of course. But the clearance was so slight that it immediately collided with both the inside of the shroud and the turbine blades following it. Several broke and the whole mess of them continued their outward path. One camera angle was from outside the engine looking at the spot where the blades would have come out (in the absence or failure of your band) and all we could see was a little movement under the fabric, as if something were moving under a sheet. Then nothing.
Until now I hadn't understood what was going on there that produced the effect I saw. Now I know more, but I'm just as amazed.
What I learned last night:
If a recipe doesn't specify what heat to have your grill at, start off on Low. Aubergines go from well-done, to burnt, to ON FIRE!!!! in the time it takes you to cross the kitchen.
Today, I learned how to experimentally determine the rate constant and law of a reaction. And that undergrad chemistry is great fun!
Technically, I learned this yesterday but whatever...
Pontiac Grand Ams make a weird crunching noise when a semi runs them over.
Phila drivers are INSANE!
This guy is one of the dumbest drivers on the planet! How do you not see a semi the size of a small house, lit up like a cruise ship at night, on a well-lighted street, flashing THREE sets of turn signals, making a turn at less then five mph and then try to get past it on the right???
Wish the pics had come out better than black with a shiny thing on it so I could show you the wages of stupidity.
And I barely felt it (felt like a curb to me). Damage to truck: a scuff on a tire, a small scratch on the lower rail and nothing else.
I'll find out what safety dept has to say in a few days. Could be anything from "Oops!" to "You're fired!". I'll let y'all know.
Brian
I'll find out what safety dept has to say in a few days. Could be anything from "Oops!" to "You're fired!". I'll let y'all know.
Brian
Yikes. Good luck with that.
I learned just how much the other half and I laugh. Which is nice.
My hubby had thyroid surgery yesterday and now it really hurts when he laughs. We didn't realize how often that was before. And of course not being able to laugh make you want to.... I'm staying out of eye contact for now. He's literally in danger of laughing his head off :lol: Poor thing.
Today I learned that there's a preservative in a lot of bread which sends kids loopy (apparently).
Yesterday I learned it was the first day of Alaska King Crab season. :yum:
Today I learned the Cellar is crawllllllling. :(
Today I woke up and learned that I still have the hots for Bono.
I never did. You're welcome to him.
I learned to never again let my dog get lose in the neighbor's yard. :blush:
Today I learned that you don't need to yell to make children quiet down.
Waving a shotgun around will have the same effect.
I learned that I am a screamer.
I learned to never again let my dog get lose in the neighbor's yard. :blush:
Please tell me that's not all you learned from that incident.
Please tell me that's not all you learned from that incident.
OK
I learned that I know absolutely nothing regarding the nature of potentially explosive devices. I learned that they might be road flares or they might be something more lethal, and if the latter, that the item does not become harmless merely because it is old. I learned that since my ignorance on the matter is so vast, that if I ever again come across something like that to leave it alone and call somebody who knows more than me about such things (this would seem to include most of the rest of the entire world).
There. I learned some important stuff, actually, and came away unharmed. Thank heavens the things were only ancient road flares.
Wiley E. Coyote on line 1.
I have been informed (again) that I am a slow learner. I hesitate to say I learned anything.
Or maybe it's so good that I get to keep learning it over and over and over.
I learned that I am a screamer.
Uh...shouldn't your wife have posted that? ;)
I learned today that a gay baseball flick is coming out.
Today I learned that there's a preservative in a lot of bread which sends kids loopy (apparently).
Buy a bread making machine. Easy-peasy to operate, and fantastic bread, PLUS you know what youve put into it!
:yum:
I learned today that a gay baseball flick is coming out.
Brokeback Pitchers Mound?
But who is catching ???? LJ ????
I learned that the Guttenberg Bible was actually NOT the first printed book. It was the first substantial and significant book to be printed, but the press was used for numerous flyers, pamphlets, calendars, and small folios before it was geared up to do the bibles.
We went to the Huntington Library in Pasadena today, which has a Guttenberg on display.
But who is catching ???? LJ ????
what the?
i told you zippy, i'll only catch for you....sweetie ;)
I learned that the Guttenberg Bible ...
We went to the Huntington Library in Pasadena today, which has a Guttenberg on display.
I learned a long time ago that Willam Randolph Hearst lived in a way that would put a king to shame. On one of the tours of Hearst Castle, I saw a table lamp that had a lampshade made from pages of a Guttenberg Bible. Talk about conspicuous consumption! :yowza:
Today I learned that our car can hold 70 large helium balloons, but it can't hold 140. I also learned that while they manage to completely obscure my vision everywhere but the windshield and side mirrors, they contribute amazingly little to the handling of the vehicle, good or bad.
I learned that everything I ever thought about a certain person in my life is true.
I learned that I only need a day's worth of trial-and-error to be better at programming with XML and Director than the guy at our company whose job it is to do those things.
Seeing as how he still gets paid more than I do, this didn't really please me.
I learned that if you put of buying a part for the dryer, until you are ready to install it, because the Maytag parts place is only a mile away. It won't be there anymore.
Now I have to edit my reply in the dirty jeans thread. :dunce:
I learned this acouple of months ago, but am reminded everyday, not to let children gather acorns and bring them into the house. Apparently there are little worms within, that turn into an army of moths. :rar:
BigV, I'm pretty sure the Velum Lamp at the Hearst Castle is a 15th century antiphonal songbook, not a Guttenberg.
Could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain. In either case, it's still a whorish excess of consumption to destroy a codex like that.
I learned that if it was possible to make me crazy, Lady Keryx would do so.
I learned that if I don't get a good night's sleep, I'm a bitch.
I also learned that I haven't gotten a good night's sleep for 35 years.
I learned that if I don't get a good night's sleep, I'm a bitch.
I also learned that I haven't gotten a good night's sleep for 35 years.
:lol2: Made me laugh out loud. Aren't you supposed to put a "swallow drink before reading" warning on stuff like this?
I learned that I only need a day's worth of trial-and-error to be better at programming with XML and Director than the guy at our company whose job it is to do those things.
Seeing as how he still gets paid more than I do, this didn't really please me.
So barge into the boss' office and demand a raise. Or a promotion. Or both. Seriously.
So barge into the boss' office and demand a raise. Or a promotion. Or both. Seriously.
Meh--I don't want a promotion. I'm a contractor. This job is about as far from "career-advancing" as it could be; I'm just riding it out until I leave the full-time workforce indefinitely in May. I suppose I could ask for more money for the next three months, but that might give them the idea I want to stay there, if only the right offer were made. Truth is, I hate the place with a violent passion and I'm only there because they pay me more than temp work would and I can quit in May with a clear conscience (I have a huge guilt-complex about leaving any job where I feel they "need" me). It's really more about what an incompetent man this so-called programmer is.
I
learned this week that my employer has more chuckleheads than I originally thought. I think I also finally figured out my career calling: training and development. I need to think on that some more.
well. i learned a doozie just this very moment. jinx, as is so often the case, opened my eyes to something:
male lactation. springing frm a conversation about my itchy left nipple. joking that i might have padget's disease (something else i learned today) Padgets disease is a type of skin cancer that begins with itchy nipples, or something. i said, well i don't have mammaries, so......but aparently that is untrue. i DO have mammaries. we all do.
maybe i'm stupid, but i honestly did not know this. maggie knows, i'm sure. apparently
juju does too.
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The phenomenon of male lactation in humans has become more common in recent years due to the use of medications that stimulate a human male's mammary glands. Though human males have nipples, it is not so often understood that they also have mammary glands. Ordinarily the mammary tissue is low in volume and cannot be noticed. Under the appropriate hormonal stimulus -- the hormonal stimulus that nature provides to human females when they become pregnant and give birth -- the mammary glands of human males can also produce milk. The volume of milk produced is low relative to that of a lactating female.
Male lactation is most commonly caused by hormonal treatments given to men suffering from prostate cancer. Female hormones are used to retard the production of cancerous prostate tissue, but the same hormones also stimulate the mammary glands. Male-to-female transsexuals may also produce milk due to the hormones they take to reshape their bodies. Extreme stress combined with demanding physical activity and a shortage of food has also been known to cause male lactation. The phenomenon was first studied in survivors of the liberated Nazi concentration camps after World War II. Some American POWs returning from the Korean and Vietnam Wars also experienced male lactation.
It is also possible for males (and females) to induce lactation through constant massage and simulated 'sucking' of the nipple over a long period of time (months).
The phenomenon of male lactation occurs in some non-human species, and the lactating males may assist in the nursing of their infants. One species of fruit bat (Dyacopterus spadiceus) is notable for this reason. According to several sources, male lactation and even nursing have occasionally been observed in humans.
Today I learned if I start procrastinating and rationalizing why I should wait to shovel the snow, God will shut off my power and not turn it back on for an hour and a half after I'm done shoveling. :rolleyes:
Today I learned that Dick Cheney really is evil. :D
Today I learned that you can drop a Lexmark printer three feet and have it survive.
I just learned that so-called female circumcision, a practice in effect in parts of Africa and the Middle East, is far more horrible than its euphemistic title would suggest. I'm anti-circumcision in either sex anyway, but I always thought that in females it meant cutting off the hood of the clitoris, or even the entire thing. Turns out that's a luxury reserved for females of the higher classes. In poor rural and/or nomadic tribes it involves cutting off the clitoris and labia and then sewing the edges of the wound together to create a tiny aperture for blood and urine to pass through. In the higher classes they use anesthesia and needles with linen thread; the poorest classes just hold it all together with thorns until it passes for being healed. Many women have infections from the procedure or incur them later because all the waste gets trapped inside. Sometimes a woman's menstrual blood will back up and create a solid mass. The resultant swelling is mistaken for pregnacy and the woman is murdered to save the family's honor. In any case, before she can even have sex the scar has to be cut open and lots of women who make it without dying of blood loss or infection will die in childbirth.
That female circumcision is the hardest thing I've ever watched on TV. The older women hold the screaming young uns down while one of the elders butchers her. And then, she gets thorns shoved through the tender, raw remaining flesh. On the wedding night, the husband cuts an opening that he considers just the right size for his pleasure, and then runs around waving the bloodied knife to show proof that his bride was "pure". But when baby time comes, usually right about nine months later, it is frequently discovered that the new husband's "just right sized" opening turns out to not be the right size for a baby's head to come through without ripping and tearing the young girl, many die giving birth to their first child. For sure - some traditions do NOT need to be taught and carried on to the younger generations.
What I learned today is that if you start doing extra little things at work, that very quickly these little chores somehow become "Your job" or "Your Duty, then they very quickly become Your Responsibility.
What I learned today is that if you start doing extra little things at work, that very quickly these little chores somehow become "Your job" or "Your Duty, then they very quickly become Your Responsibility.
To quote Bob Newhart on SNL: "Stop It!"
Seriously, just stop it, dear.
My first ever boyfriend lives in the same city as me (70 miles from where we both lived originally) and is Director of the annual Comedy Festival.
Maybe next year when I'm not double the weight he knew me at, I'll get in contact!
Today I learned that you can drop a Lexmark printer three feet and have it survive.
How true is that! I've been trying to do that with my antique IBM computer!
I learned what a boong is (Aussie slang). :eyebrow:
And I learned about Boong-Ga Boong-Ga! :redface:
I'm not certain I'm better off with either piece of knowledge.
Today I learned what happens when I forget to check on my heating oil level.
Brrrrr!
Brian
To quote Bob Newhart on SNL: "Stop It!"
"...or I'll bury you alive in a box."
A true classic.
Today, I learned why Timor was so important to 18th century sailors. Seems that due to geological weirdness, Timor was the ONLY place in Monsoon Asia where you could dry your sails out and repair them. Has something to do with how the island is and how the rains fall, etc., but it made Timor very important. Now, not so much.
My first ever boyfriend lives in the same city as me (70 miles from where we both lived originally) and is Director of the annual Comedy Festival.
Maybe next year when I'm not double the weight he knew me at, I'll get in contact!
He may be deeper than that, you know? A few years of maturity can make physical attributes take a backseat to spiritual and psychological attributes in the eye of the beholder. Well, that, and an offer of uninhibited, no-commitment sex...
By now he may have discovered how much more comfortable full figured women are. ;)
Comfortable? Like as in they feel more comfortable about themselves, or that they feel more comfortable to others?
I think he meant more padding.
I beleve the saying is " More Cushin for the Pushin !! "
No offince intended , I can't STAND those skin and bones "Uber Models "
A few days ago I learned that I know NOTHING about Large Corp financeing ,
Adjusted totals , "Fuzzy" math and all that .
Comfortable? Like as in they feel more comfortable about themselves, or that they feel more comfortable to others?
The boys got it right. ;)
Comfortable? Like as in they feel more comfortable about themselves, or that they feel more comfortable to others?
Being one...i can tell ya, it's a little bit of both. (Or well...the feeling part has been told to me *G*)
I learned today...that somethings, just never change.
I learned today...that somethings, just never change.
But nothings never don't not always ever change.
I've learned that the older I get, the longer the hangover lasts
i re-learned that no matter what i do i will be wrong. but i'm probably mistaken about that.
Today I learned that if someone shows you a picture of their child, it's not "politically correct" to say "Hey, look at the monkey riding a tricycle".
Today, I learned that I don't have to get up at 7:30. I can sleep in till, oh, say, 7:45!
I learned that a paint sprayer, which is supposed to make painting easier, doesn't, necessarily, especially when you knock over the resevoir. :rar:
Round wimmin R YUMMY! :doit: :lovers: :love2: :love2:
Today, I learned that plastic explosives smell sweet and some guy (at Auburn?) trained honeybees to go after that smell. These bees will fly to and hover over the plastic land mines, marking them for removal. But, sometimes, they don't go to the CLOSEST mine. That's a problem.
I also learned that I don't want any civet cat coffee, thanks.
PS-I also learned that France had f*cked up Vietnam LOOOOOONG before the US got into it. So there-*stares*-all you Frenchies*.
*meaning dov.
The sad part is we gave the keys back to the French after we rolled the Japanese.
Someone's been watching apocolypse now...
I learned today that when the inch3 says "I'm not going to be shy" he means he doesn't feel like seeing his playmates and wants to be left alone.
Although he speaks english, he has different meanings for some of the words.
I learned today that I have blank spots from a dinner party I hosted on Saturday night. Because of that I've learned not to have too many post dinner ports...after pre dinner cocktails and during dinner wines. :eyebrow:
DNA those spots and find out who's responsible. ;)
Hmmm...I meant memory lapses. What do you mean?
They are called black outs, it’s a sign.
Next to raising children, there is nothing greater than being capable of helping a friend in need.
So there-*stares*-all you Frenchies*.
*meaning dov.
My mother tongue is English.
Both Grandfathers from England, Manchester and Leeds, one Grandmother who loved Czar Nicholas but had to escape in 1917, other Grandmother born in Montreal, her parents Eastern European.
I speak English, French only for business or sex. I speak French alot. I can read in four languages. Speak three.
I don’t accept the label
frenchies. It is shallow, ignorant and bigoted. I expect an apology. Won't put a dent in you I am sure. You will rationalize you are right. Prove away, I don’t give a dam. I know who and what you are.
How many languages do you communicate in?
dov, you ignorant slut. My mother is French Canadian, her mother tongue is French. Don't be such a schmendrick.
Today I learned that I don't have enough time OR money.
Yesterday I learned that you don't need money to turn someone into a raving asshole. Sometimes just the promise of money will do.
Today I learned that schmendrick means "Fool", "Jerk" in Yiddish. :lol:
I learned today that bullshit is fun to shovel, no matter how far away it's flung from.
How many languages do you communicate in?
hmmm, knowing that brianna has a freaky side i'd say that she speaks at least 5 languages. english, french, russian, a couple of asian languages, and who knows - maybe even greek.
I don’t give a dam.
Can't spell it, either. Unless you're a beaver of course, in which case that would make sense.
I know who and what you are.
oooh, I bet she's scared :worried:
How many languages do you communicate in?
grief! :rolleyes: is that the best you can do?
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So much for my posting something enlightening and witty for my 100th MILESTONE post! :lol:
Today, I learned that I cannot have two really restful nights in a row. I slept like a baby last night (10 hours!) but, tonight, I was awake at 2:30 and can't get back to sleep. I blame years of 12 hour night-shifts for this. DAMMIT!
oooh, I bet she's scared
I take it you are the community knight in shining armour. Get a lot of action playing that role?
I take it you are the community knight in shining armour.
I take it you are the community schmendrick? Yes?
By now he may have discovered how much more comfortable full figured women are. ;)
Women are supposed to be soft, aren't they? :yum:
Today I learned that the best laid plans can be ruined by an untimely visit by the POTUS to a semi- secure gov't building.... what a drag. :headshake
Today I learned that the company I'm working for is reshuffling people...and that if you look at "the big picture", it doesn't really matter in the scheme of things.
:thumb: You got it foot x 3!!
and to make it worse, not one of my "higher ups" cared that it was Gdub that made me late for my meeting... damitall.
Oh dear, now they'll probably exile you to some remote place like......Arizona. :lol:
People from all around the world...and parts of Alabama have been to/been exiled to Arizona.
Georgia would be the place.... nobody looks for nothing down here but rednecks. ;)
I think FF is already being exiled to New Mexico to be left to the mercy of the Navajo and the vinergaroons. ;)
I think FF is already being exiled to New Mexico to be left to the mercy of the Navajo and the vinergaroons. ;)
Damn G-dub... Damn vinegaroons...Damn being exiled... :mg:
Well at least I get out of the crazy DC traffic!!
Today, I learned that if you put a chipmunk in a blender with two scoops of double-chocolate chip mint ice cream and a cup of Sambuca, it makes a bitchin' shake.
I learned it's time to hang up my gig bag. I no longer have the edge I need to play.
I learned it's time to hang up my gig bag. I no longer have the edge I need to play.
Nope. You may not have it right now, but it'll come back. Good luck.
Everyone has 'off'days.... I have my share. It's prolly not your first and prolly not your last. I usually have most of mine when I'm anebriated.
Today is another day.
It wasn't one off day, it was the culmination of a series of declining efforts, climaxing in the sloppiest performance I've given in about 15 years. When I keep practicing and it doesn't sound better, it's time to quit.
DON'T GET RID OF YOUR RIG
If you do you'll just wind up replacing it. That has happened to me umpteen times.
I learned it's time to hang up my gig bag. I no longer have the edge I need to play.
Maybe you need to change gigs? Do something different that'll hold your attention.
When I keep practicing and it doesn't sound better, it's time to quit.
Depends on how you practice...... playing the same mistakes 20 times won't sound any different. Vary what you practice..... work on chops rather than a particular piece. :thumbsup:
There's not a lot of room for improv in classical. Hey, maybe that's it ... time for a genre change. Plenty of swing bands out there ...
Oooohhhh! Classical! Time for a change, perhaps ... romantic, baroque, avant garde, classical, early music to name but a few ....
Well I have a couple more concerts I'm committed to play this spring and also an opera in the fall (for Mrs. Dallas, so I can't back out of it and still remain amongst the living!) so this won't happen overnight. But unless something drastic happens I'm not likely to change my mind. It's completely irrational to expect that I play at the same level as in the late 1980s (when I was a full-time music student) but I've now fallen so short of that peak that I can't deal with it.
Is it a physical limitation?
:) Nothing learned,but I saw Brianna's post re: different guage railroad tracks.
During WW2, (not 3, we're just starting that),the UK badly needed Locomotives.
The US sent some over, bloody great huge things,compared to the Brit. ones.
Anyway, they were different guage.
I guess they found a way to use them, but have no idea how.
My intention was to add something interesing,but-------
You're probably all wondering,"Who the hell is this"?
You're probably all wondering,"Who the hell is this"?
wow, a little self impressed aren't we. show up in this esteemed meeting place for some of the greatest minds to ever... oh wait this is the cellar - what was i thinking. we don't give a damn who you are, as long as you want to be one of us. welcome to the cellar.
Is it a physical limitation?
Ultimately yes I suppose since playing an instrument is a physical activity--but it's not tendonitis or anything like that.
Is it a lack of motivation?
There's not a lot of room for improv in classical. Hey, maybe that's it ... time for a genre change. Plenty of swing bands out there ...
He didn't say what instrument. If it's clarinet or violin I vote for Klezmer.
Clarinet. It might partially be motivation. It's likely a combination of a lot of things. It's like this: 3 years ago the orchestra I play in did a piece where I had a brutally difficult solo. I practiced it to death and then I played the hell out of it. This semester I had an equally difficult solo and I practiced it to death and I never did get it right. If it was an isolated incident I could (maybe) shrug it off but it's just another example of how I'm past my peak. I'd rather go out when I can still play.
Also, you're all very nice and encouraging, which I appreciate, don't get me wrong. But none of you have actually ever heard me play. For all you know I suck ass and I'd be doing the world a great favor if I set my horns on fire.
Spend a weekend with a young shiney clarinet to regain your confidence. :lol:
BRUCE.... YOU BEAT ALL, YOU KNOW THAT?
Musicians never quit, SD. They just take self collective breaks. Bear down. If the music wasn't in you you'd have never come this far. If the the music IS in you it WILL come out. It's just a matter of time. There are several other Cellar Dwellars who will agree......er....I think. Take a break. You'll be back.
That's what I learned. Not today, but a great while back.
Today, I learned where the countries of Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are. I don't know why I had to learn this. In ten years, they'll all be re-named.
I was also informed that the ethnic group known as the Berber's have blue tongues*. I haven't Googled this to verify, but, that is what the teacher man said.
(*yeah, I'm kiddin' ya!) :p
chows have blue toungs , they are dogs ,
Berber's are poeple ([solient green] THEIR PEOPLE !!!![\solient green ] ) ,
I could be wrong but i doubt they have blue toungs .
The Blue Men of Morocco might. ;)
The Blue Man Group does, but no-one cares.
The Blue Man Group does, but no-one cares.
You've seen their tongues? Tell me about that.
I'm still trying to figure out where the Berbers get Blueberry Warheads in the middle of a desert.
maybe they just can talk a blue streak?
You've seen their tongues? Tell me about that.
It's a weird story.
A friend of mine was working at a theatre that "TBMG" was appearing at in the '90s. He was a "gopher". (Go fer coffee, go fer food, ect.) He picked up some coffee for these guys, and as it turns out, the coffee cup was the same colors that the cup the makeup mixture was in. One of the guys took a sip from the wrong cup...
Not overly funny, yet interesting.
Or not.
I learned it's a pain in the ass to sell a lot of little things on Ebay. Though I do like buying stuff there.
Today, I learned that 97% of the earth's water is salty. And 2.8% is fresh and of that 2.8% 75% is ice (glaciers) and of the remaining 25% (of the 2.8%)--oh, damn...something!~ Anyway, I learned that there is precious little water but I also KNOW that human beings have been around for a long freaking time, so, no worries. Plus, Canada is always willing to help us out, right? ;)
I also learned that a Romantic view of life (one I've held onto until just today) is retarded.
I learned it's a pain in the ass to sell a lot of little things on Ebay. Though I do like buying stuff there.
Ain't that the truth! Some stuff it's just not worth the trouble. (Though you never know--my mom had a set of aluminum tumblers they got as a wedding gift in 1961 and she got me to take a pic & sell it through my ebay account. I'd never in a million years have guess they would get bid up to $92! :eek: )
Retro is totally in.
Today's lesson: There are psychiatrists in the world who are too stupid to be allowed to continue to practice.
wolf: Hello, suicide hotline, how may I help you?*
Dr Stupid: Yes, I need you to send someone out to see this patient of mine
wolf: We don't typically just go "see" someone. Why should we?
Dr. Stupid: Well, she left me a message early this morning telling me she was going to kill herself, and she hasn't responded to any of my phone calls.
wolf: It's 7:00
Dr. Stupid: Yes?
wolf: At Night.
Dr Stupid: So?
wolf: You didn't do anything other than try to call your patient?
Dr Stupid: No, what do you mean?
wolf: Did you call the police?
Dr Stupid: Why would I do that?
wolf: To check and see if your patient is not answering her phone because she is dead.
Dr Stupid: Oh.
wolf: Do you need the number for 911?
* This is the only line not an actual quote from the call. What I really say is "Emergency Service." None of the "how may I help you" crap on the initial answer of a call.
Heh. My example isn't as bad as yours (nobody's life is hanging in the balance), but still reminds me of when I was sick over Christmas 1999 (turned out to be pneumonia). On the day after Christmas, which was a Sunday I believe, I had a pain in my ribs so bad I wondered if I had cracked one from all the coughing. So I called up my doctor and told the answering service that I needed to talk to whoever was on call, and they gave me the number for another doctor. So I called that number.
Me: Hi, I need to talk to Dr. X. I'm a patient of Dr. Y.
Service: They're closed now. The office will be open tomorrow. You can call back then.
Me: Well, I was told Dr. X is on call for Dr. Y's practice this weekend. Is that true?
Service: [long pause] Yes, he is.
Me: Well, since he was on call, I thought maybe you could page him for me.
Service: [long pause, obviously to allow this person's view of the universe to be rearranged] Oh, yeah, we can do that.
Don't say anything ina stairwell that you don't want the whole building to hear... :censored: they tend to work like megaphones.
During a landing, the speed is gradually reduced from its cruising speed as it descends.
Normally, as the planes pass through 10,000 feet, the speed must be reduced to 250 knots.
By 3000 feet, it is down to 200 knots, 1500 feet, 160 knots and by landing, it should be between 110 to 140 knots depending on the type and weight of the airplane. :cool:
What I learned today, again.
Being right about a person's personality ain't worth shit if nobody listens.
Today, I learned that I need to be careful about buying tennis shoes at Hot Topic.
Hot Topic? Isn't their primary clientele 13-year-old girls?
What I learned today, again.
Being right about a person's personality ain't worth shit if nobody listens.
They won't even listen to the I-told-you-so's? That ain't fair. ;)
Hot Topic? Isn't their primary clientele 13-year-old girls?
13 year old goth girls, IIRC. They also do some retro punk.
Today, I learned that I need to be careful about buying tennis shoes at Hot Topic.
Yeah, Rockette went thru a Hot Topic phase. Now, she's 16 and too old for that. For clothes, we go to Bebe and Rampage now. As for shoes, the hippest girls wear the retro Chuck Taylors in black (Foot Locker, etc.)
tut, tut. So quick to judge! Just because I found a pair of fierce tennis shoes there and bought them and just because I am no longer 13 does not mean that there isn't a 13 year-old girl inside me somewhere wanting these shoes! :)
does that sound right?
They also do some retro punk.
<i>O tempora. O mores!</i> "Retro punk", eh? Coming up next: Goth nostalgia.
I wasn't judging. :angel: I was just asking for my own information. You know I just can't keep up with all this stuff.
They won't even listen to the I-told-you-so's? That ain't fair. ;)
They won't, the schmucks.
Learned this on Tues, but just got back to work today...had infuenza AND strep throat for the last 5 days...
875 mg of amoxicillin, even when taken with food, can cause one the immense displeaseure of vomiting. Break those pills in half folks, and take 'em an hour apart.
Oh, and "immediate care" doctors are idiots.
This sounds like the plague that Mrs. Elspode is currently battling...fifth day into the sickness, and third day off of work. Nasty red sore throat, with everything having begun in her chest like a thunderbolt from the blue, segueing into body aches, fever, chills and generally feeling like shit.
Iowa isn't that far removed from KC, so perhaps you two are sharing a common affliction.
Husband of a co-worker is in the middle of the same. How likely is it that you'd get strep and flu concurrently?
I missed work yesterday flat on my back with aches sinus/chest congestion and sore throat. I gotta get to bed.
How do you know you have/had strep and flu concurrently?
If a little birdie told you, it could be H5N1. :mg:
Fever (102+), massive aches --like I got hit by a bus, extreme exhaustion = influenza + throat so sore/swollen I literally couldn't swallow for 2 days, with positive strep test at Dr. office = flu and strep. :thepain3:
I ate a total of 3 bowls of oatmeal and maybe 4 glasses of tea in 4 days b/c I couldn't swallow and was to tired to fix anything but hot water. No, hubby didn't help because he literally stayed 10 feet away from me the whole time. With a can of Lysol lest I breathe in his direction. :rolleyes:
There's a guy at my office that's out with the mumps. I didn't know you could still get that!
Today, I learned that there are many, many parasites one can host if one goes to Africa. Like, the hookworm! Or, the guinea worm! I also learned that one half of the earth's population is infected with some sort of parasite or other.
If I had to choose, I'd like the parasite that lets me eat HUGE quantities of pasta salad and not gain weight, please. I would be good to this parasite and feed it filet mignon as often as possible. However, if I DID indeed have this parasite I'd have to be on ativan and xanax and buspar as well.
so, take heart, labrat! I know you feel like death, but, honey, at least you don't have a nasty old worm inside you! :neutral:
so, take heart, labrat! I know you feel like death, but, honey, at least you don't have a nasty old worm inside you! :neutral:
That we know of.
<i>O tempora. O mores!</i> "Retro punk", eh? Coming up next: Goth nostalgia.
Maybe, but the 16 yo girls are into "Classic Metal". Ozzfest meets Bebe.
Oh yay. Finally some younger groupies!
j/k
/not really
I learned that those novelty glow-in-the-dark coackroaches from toy stores will begin to melt plastic objects that you leave them on over time. Apparently the beta particles from Radium decay are sufficient to breakdown the atomic structure of plastics.
It may not be the beta particles. Some types of plastic, especially the rubbery kind, will melt other harder plastics. The "rubber" (plastic) worms they sell for fishing have to be kept in a "worm proof" plastic tackle box.
Those "rubber" worms will melt the clear polyurethane finish on furniture, too. :mg:
And don't use Vaseline for lubrication when using a condom. Same reason, with bigger potential consequences.
I learned that those novelty glow-in-the-dark coackroaches from toy stores will begin to melt plastic objects that you leave them on over time. Apparently the beta particles from Radium decay are sufficient to breakdown the atomic structure of plastics.
No, glow-in-the-dark products do not contain radioactive materials.
phosphorescence, in which the energy from absorbed photons undergoes intersystem crossing into a state of higher spin multiplicity (see term symbol), usually a triplet state. Once the energy is trapped in the triplet state, transition back to the lower singlet energy states is quantum mechanically forbidden, meaning that it happens much more slowly than other transitions. The result is a slow process of radiative transition back to the singlet state, sometimes lasting minutes or hours. This is the basis for "glow in the dark" substances.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoluminescence
Only photons are radiated in these products.
As for the meltdown, some plastics can be dissolvers of other plastics.
OK, thanks guys... I won't have to worry about radiation from my roaches any more!
[HTML]No, glow-in-the-dark products do not contain radioactive materials.[/HTML]Some do, but should be clearly labeled. I'm sure these roaches do not.:headshake
Today I learned a lot about glowing roaches. :lol2:
today i learnt how to read and learnt that this thread can teach me nothing.
now thats a paradox!
today i learnt how to read and learnt that this thread can teach me nothing.
now thats a paradox!
I seriously doubt you ever heard of triplet states before. Otherwise, you must have read about it. You don't even know what a paradox is.
lame
With your new found skills, read some E. B. White, take an asprin, and send email to /dev/null in the morning.
Dr. RS
PS: This is as funny as Alanis's Ironic song that had no understanding of the word.
When you play clarinet the bulk of the instrument's weight is supported by the right thumb and surrounding muscles.
What I learned is that it's a bad idea for me to play a 2 1/2 hour rehearsal and then come home and play Tetris. Owwwwwwwwwww my thumb!
I seriously doubt you ever heard of triplet states before. Otherwise, you must have read about it. You don't even know what a paradox is.
lame
With your new found skills, read some E. B. White, take an asprin, and send email to /dev/null in the morning.
Dr. RS
PS: This is as funny as Alanis's Ironic song that had no understanding of the word.
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triplet states? isnt that more of a bio chem thing?
i know what a paradox is, for example: in maths a set A is in A iff A is not in A. (i can sound smart too)
another more topical paradox would be how you became "Dr." RS.
Look at me!! Im Dr RS! everyone else is LAME! :right:
if you have some opinion then explain it rather than trying to make yourself sound smarter by quoting some term that sounds technical followed by some guy that wrote childrens stories in an attempt to make me look stupid.
...rather than trying to make yourself sound smarter by quoting some term that sounds technical followed by some guy that wrote childrens stories in an attempt to make me look stupid...
Erm...there's a bit more to
White than <cite>Charlotte's Web</cite>. <cite>
The Elements of Style</cite>, for example.
Not that I'm attempting to make you look stupid.
I suspect that by "triplet states" perhaps was meant
ternary logictoday i learnt about ternary logic ;)
today i learnt about ternary logic ;)
It's not widely known that ternary logic actually has its roots in the expression "Killing two birds with one stone".
The birds in question were in fact arctic terns (<cite>Sterna paradisaea</cite>), and, like virtual particles, are always found in pairs, mostly because one good tern deserves another. Having a stone left over with both birds already dispatched left an extra stone that could be used for parity-based error correction, or other expressions of doubt, such as theatrical criticism ("Let he who is without sin stone the cast first"). The thoroughness represented by this redundancy yielded another catchphrase: "Leaving no tern unstoned".
I learned that when fencing foil a straight lunge at the right time can be a devastating attack, especially when performed by an 11 year old girl on the fragile ego of a 12 year old boy. Yes, I am proud of my kid.
Lesson two from the Maestro. Intellectualize what is working for you. What exactly was it you did? Why did it work? Under what conditions will it work again. Gut instincts are cool but to get to the next level you've got to act consciously. It seems to me that is a life lesson more than a fencing lesson.
today i learnt how to read and learnt that this thread can teach me nothing.
now thats a paradox!
You are the one who called everyone else here lame. I just called you lame.
The "trplet states" merely refers to the glow-in-the-dark discussion. I just seriously doubt this thread can teach any one of us nothing.
I suspect that by "triplet states" perhaps was meant
If you read a few posts back on this thread, you will see that some thought there was radioactive material in glow-in-the-dark products.
Instead of shooting from the hip, I looked up phosphorescence in Wikipedia. There I learned of triplet states and how it leads to photon energy storage. I posted a quote and a link.
You are the one who called everyone else here lame. I just called you lame.
The "trplet states" merely refers to the glow-in-the-dark discussion. I just seriously doubt this thread can teach any one of us nothing.
i think by the whole "today i leant how to read" part, that the rest of what i said was also a joke, not a funny hahah joke but a light hearted comment anyway. not to be taken seriously and continued into a discussion about how much can be learnt from this thread.
Today, I learned that I still enjoy delivering pizzas.
i think by the whole "today i leant how to read" part, that the rest of what i said was also a joke, not a funny hahah joke but a light hearted comment anyway. not to be taken seriously and continued into a discussion about how much can be learnt from this thread.
OK, well I'm sorry I T'ed off on you. It sounded insulting to everyone. Sorry I was such a bitch. Here, have a guiness on me.....
:guinness: :guinness:
I learned the joys of New Rock boots today.
I learned that I should go to the Little Bar more often...Bud Light longnecks are only $1.50.
OK, well I'm sorry I T'ed off on you. It sounded insulting to everyone. Sorry I was such a bitch. Here, have a guiness on me.....
:guinness: :guinness:
:beer:
I've been collecting broken crayon pieces to remelt into home-made swirly crayons for my Daisy troop's craft this week. I started prepping them this morning by peeling the paper off the cheap ones, and feebly attempting to off the Crayolas. Today I learned why they are more expensive than the other brands. It's the top secret super glue they to keep their labels on...dayam.
Funny, i was going to search/for a "what I learned today" thread because today I learned that there are convocations before graduations, and i learned what one is. And also that they cause traffic jams, but not quite as big as the graduation traffic jams.
Technically, any group of people formally assembled for a purpose. Commonly used in Universities to describe the student body and it's interaction with the faculty but limited to that.
I started prepping them this morning by peeling the paper off the cheap ones, and feebly attempting to off the Crayolas. Today I learned why they are more expensive than the other brands. It's the top secret super glue they to keep their labels on...dayam.
Have you tried using a vegetable peeler on those labels?
Dude. I can't peel carrots without needing a bandaid. My fingers quiver at the thought of 'peeling' teeny tiny skinny little crayons that way :)
I just ran the tip of a paring knife down the length (amazing I have any fingerprints left from that) then opened up the label that way. I honestly think that the labels of some of the crayons just got 'glued' on by being in kid's hot little hands...and god knows what else was on them. LOL. I should be good and vaccinated from pretty much anything right now.
My fingers quiver at the thought of 'peeling' teeny tiny skinny little crayons that way :)
They do make thicker crayons, if your quivering fingers would be more comfortable with them.
She's using broken, useless stubs and scraps. Got any, Steve?
Hang 'em up and melt the crayon out.
She's using broken, useless stubs and scraps. Got any, Steve?
It's quite possible... not sure if I can put my hands on any though.
Technically, any group of people formally assembled for a purpose. Commonly used in Universities to describe the student body and it's interaction with the faculty but limited to that.
well here -apparently- it means the non-denimonational religious assembly before graduatiion/commencement
well here -apparently- it means the non-denimonational religious assembly before graduatiion/commencement
At my high school it was the opening ceremony of the school year. (Faculty procession, robed, with guest speaker, exhortation from the administration to study hard, learn, make the school look good, etc.)
When I was in music school at the university, it was a weekly recital where three or more students would each play a piece. It was a good place to play in front of a crowd when you didn't have enough, or weren't ready for, a solo recital.
So, today I learned more about what I learned yesterday :D
thanks all :)
Today I learned that final papers should never be put off till the night before they are due.
I feel like I'm learning this one over and over and over again. :headshake
Talk to Dana, she'll show you the way. ;)
In the last few weeks, I have learned the rules of hockey and how to operatethe clock and scoreboard so you can get the best seat in the house. 7-3 today, plenty of action, much fun.
Today I've learned that there is an easy way to sum up three philosophies of living:
Socrates: To Thine Own Self Be True.
Epicurus: Live Simply So Others May Simply Live.
Seneca: Be Prepared Coz Shit Happens; or, Resistance Is Futile.
I learned that it is a bitch to clean your pool in the spring if you don't cover and winterize it in the fall. My bad. My burden.
On the flip side, tho, I'm almost done. This is one case where chemicals are our friend.
With pools chemicals are always our friend. Until it comes to the billing time.
I learned that it is very likely that insulin and zinc are both crucial for the operation of tiny meat-spectroscopes in our noses that allow us to instantly identify smellable molecules!
how fast do fingernails grow?
The answer to this question is actually a bit complex. The rate of growth of human fingernails varies, depending on the person, the nail in question, and the time of year. As a general rule, human fingernails grow between half an inch (one centimeter) and four inches (10 centimeters) per year, and a number of things can influence this growth rate. Incidentally, fingernails grow approximately five times as fast as toenails, for those who are curious.
Among the many factors which influences the rate of growth is age. Younger people tend to grow their fingernails more quickly, especially if they eat healthy, varied diets. To improve the strength and appearance of fingernails, people can consume gelatin, which will help build thicker, stronger nails. Gelatin can also contribute to hair health, as well, although it will not significantly impact the rate of growth for human hair. Dietary imbalances can cause spotting or ridges on the nails, and an overload of certain toxins can also have an impact on nail growth and appearance.
One must also consider the finger when looking at the rate of nail growth. Longer fingers appear to grow nail material more quickly, as do the fingers on the dominant hand. On most people, the middle finger of the dominant hand grows a nail most quickly, while the thumb or pinky of the other hand has the slowest rate of nail growth.
Human fingernails appear to grow more quickly during the daylight, which means that they also grow more during the summer, when daylight hours are increased. As human fingernails grow, they can be shaped with trimming, a technique which can also be used to strengthen the edge of the nail by trimming away thin, ragged material on the nail and cuticle. Some people also like to oil their nails to keep them fully hydrated, or to use nail-strengthening solutions if they have especially thin or pitted nails.
Some people also like to oil their nails
Today I learned I am one of very few people I know excited by the Vaselines coming to portland. Or, even actually, aware the Vaselines ever existed. This could also go into the "what is annoying me today" sub. btw.
I would have gone if they were here yesterday!
I learnt Neorealists are stupid.
Well, I didn't really learn it, so much as find yet another piece of evidence to confirm it. Academic pissing matches, yay!
This evening I am learning that
Country music + bourbon == a *very* potent admixture, practically hypergolic.
Handle with extreme caution, especially when mixed in the presence of solitude.
You have been warned.
Today I learned that if you overcook honey battered chicken, it tastes like chicken-flavored charcoal briquettes.
I learned that it is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
I learned that a company named Digital River has 40,000 OTHER companies under its umbrella (ella, ella, ella) making it nearly impossible to trace one measly transaction.
again, to whomever stole my debit card number and used it: If I catch you I shall drown you in a shallow pool of goblin-piss, under the broken-down American elm tree in the old graveyard up the road from me. Don't think I haven't given this some thought, fukker.
Digital River has 40,000 OTHER companies under its umbrella (ella, ella, ella) making it nearly impossible to trace one measly transaction.
Sounds like ACORN.
again, to whomever stole my debit card number and used it: If I catch you I shall drown you in a shallow pool of goblin-piss, under the broken-down American elm tree in the old graveyard up the road from me. Don't think I haven't given this some thought, fukker.
That and may the fleas from a 1000 camels infest your armpits!
Sounds like ACORN.
That and may the fleas from a 1000 camels infest your armpits!
That and I hope every hair on their ass turns into a fishook!
That and I hope every hair on their ass turns into a fishook!
Shit, man!
Today I learned that if you buy the super-cheap wafflemaker on sale for a paltry $8, you'd better believe that thing's going to break after just two months of use.
Except I don't think I really learned it; it is a mistake I will no doubt make again in the future.
I learned that if you get clever and realize your printer prints backwards, Quickbooks is cleverer and realizez it too and reverses the numbers of the paychecks. which means the MF expects you to acurately count out how many you need. You know what? it's easier just to correct the check numbers after the fact :lol:
I learned that there are way more women than I was aware of that think you want to marry them just because you asked them to dance and share a drink. And even more women are totally convinced that all you REALLY want is to fuck.
In my experience, when I've just assumed a guy is asking me to dance and share a drink, it's turned out what he really wanted was a fuck.
Yeah but dancing and drinking is part of the selection process. In the end, all I want to fuck is ONE of them. At a time.
I learned that computers are never good enough (fast enough, have enough RAM, etc.) for whatever game you currently wish to play on them.
Well, I already knew this, but I was reminded yesterday. :(
My son wishes to play World of Warcraft. I agreed that if he did decently on his 4th quarter report card, I would buy it and let him earn the monthly fees. We'll see how THAT works. But the family computer doesn't like it and I can't get the auto uploader to work, so I stayed up till friggin' 4:30 last night (this morning?) trying to manually download and install the umptyzillion patches it requires. Still not done. :(
I am slowly learning I may need more sleep to keep going.
Today I learned to stay away from Sears and Target. TArget had an add for XXs shorts and the lady told me that was size 42.
Today I learned that if i ignore Max for long enough when he starts 'talking' to himself in his cot too early, he'll go back to sleep, or at least be quiet.
Tha'ts great Ali, ahhh, the good ole days.
I just wish he'd sleep through the night. he did on Sat night, but so far no repeat.
I learned that the cellar is still here.
Howdy, all.
The cellar will always be here. ;)
How's the new house?
I have a river of shit slowing out of the sewer line under the downstairs bathroom. Other than that, awesome!
Poor thing. There's always something wrong with a new place that the inspection process doesn't pick up.
When we moved into our house, we found that the spa didn't have a heater. WTF? We were down about $800 because of that.
Are you liking it though? Everyone happy and all?
that I like the music of Venus Hum.
I've always been behind the pop culture curve.
Today I learned that the Cellar is a target for trolls because it is so tolerant. If the trolls behaved the way they do here on the forum they usually post on, they be banned in a flash.
I also learned that there are lots of sicko asswipes who troll from one forum to the other just to see how many they CAN get banned from. Like a sport. Fucking lonely, desperate jerks.
Yeah....but at the same time, I learned that if a handful of us go tribal on the PD boards they launch a bombing raid :P It wasn;'t our tolerance they were responding to this time :P
I've never been over to PD, and I can't be bothered checking now.
[principal] Dana, what did you kids get up to? Hmm? were you throwing stones at the other kids from the other school? Is that how this started? Come on now, own up.[/principal]
Reminds me of children playing. I'll never go to their forum. I can hardly stomach the brief encounters with them here.
Today I learned that the Cellar is a target for trolls because it is so tolerant.
I also learned that there are lots of sicko asswipes who troll from one forum to the other just to see how many they CAN get banned from. Like a sport. Fucking lonely, desperate jerks.
I can hardly stomach the brief encounters with them here.
I 2nd that.
I've never been over to PD, and I can't be bothered checking now.
[principal] Dana, what did you kids get up to? Hmm? were you throwing stones at the other kids from the other school? Is that how this started? Come on now, own up.[/principal]
Uh....i may have thrown the odd house brick and blown up the frogs in their school pond... a little...jst a little
Good, you can teach the brick-throwing classes for the new children next term, then.
result! Do I get a blackboard rubber to throw?
Nonsense. How much damage can you do with one of those? when you could be heaving a nice heavy brick. When a Young Lady from Cellarite College riots, she riots properly.
Remember the vitrifragists, if you must.
Squirrels don't like Pop-Tarts.
What? It's all I got.
Squirrels don't like Pop-Tarts.
What? It's all I got.
Well, see here, you were probably trying to pawn off some blueberry or strawberry poptarts. What you need to do is give 'em Brown Sugar Cinnamon 'tarts. It has to do with moles liking sugar and molasses. Or something.
Holy shit, :lol2:, they were the blueberry ones!!!
And they were stale.
see? Blueberry poptarts. Your squirrels used to really like you. Now they're plotting your demise.
Let's see, I learned a lot today...
1. My mom is still making an impact on the cellar almost a year after she has passed.
2. I have hours and hours of very (insert any appropriate adjective) posts my mom wrote I can't wait to read through.
3. You can get almost any cool username you want on this site, unlike Twitter. (Shameless plug: follow my fitness Twitter account @OhioExercise).
4. This site was established the same year I was established.
5. I really like the people on this website a lot. It's a different perspective from the drugged out, dramatic bullshit I encounter on a daily basis dealing with my peers.
Hello, FIRE.
I think I can safely say: your mom will never be forgotten here.
She was incredibly kind and supportive to me when I had my breast cancer diagnosis in 2012.
May I suggest that, rather than reading archived posts, you forge ahead and contribute to this community from your own perspective? I'd love to read about your goals, your values, your thoughts for the future. I appreciated your mother's help so much in my time of crisis; I'd feel privileged to hear from you about your current endeavors and your dreams of the future.
Hi FIRE, welcome.
Your mom was awesome, and we were saddened to lose her. I still think about her from time to time, and I never even met her.
I think as you read through her posts, you should keep in mind that she wasn't writing them with you as the intended reader. She was writing them to other people.
Also, reading individual posts by her will lose much of the context of those posts, you need to read through a whole thread and see what she said to get the full context. And to make things more difficult, conversations often are carried over from thread to thread with no obvious link. It's obvious at the time, but going back, you won't see it.
So keep all that in mind as you proceed.
But welcome!
May I suggest that, rather than reading archived posts, you forge ahead and contribute to this community from your own perspective?
I respectfully disagree, but only with the word "rather" I think.
She communicated so well and with such force of personality when she was writing, that her posts here are a treasure trove. Yeah, there are plenty of post-its and bus tickets and even things she would have wanted burned, but it's still all her.
I think as you read through her posts, you should keep in mind that she wasn't writing them with you as the intended reader. She was writing them to other people.
Also, reading individual posts by her will lose much of the context of those posts, you need to read through a whole thread and see what she said to get the full context. And to make things more difficult, conversations often are carried over from thread to thread with no obvious link. It's obvious at the time, but going back, you won't see it.
So keep all that in mind as you proceed.
But welcome!
I second this wholeheartedly.
Especially the reading around the topic thing. Sometimes I go back to individual posts and have to work out why and who, and I've been here for over a decade. You'd need Cliffs Notes (dunno if that translates) to get the whole thing, and even then some of it is just of it's time or just plain craziness. Specially because you know, it was your Mum. And she was friends with some other crazies. Like me.
But it's worth at least dipping into.
Just remember that you probably wouldn't want your Mum, or your girlfriend or even your best mate to read everything you've ever written...
Welcome FIRE.
Good to have you on board. The high idea density of your first post does your mom proud. There is indeed a great deal here to read from her, and to her and about her. Dig in man.
I'm also looking forward to hearing your voice too. Nice to meetcha.
Hello Fire, and welcome. It's so very lovely to see you here.
Welcome FIRE. I love(d) your mom's courage and her extreme cleverness. And I have a soft spot for psych nurses.
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.
I learned the same thing yesterday -somebody on my Facebook feed linked to a George Takei article where he says that after their release from the interment camp during WW2, his family ended up living on Skid Row
http://www.npr.org/2014/07/28/335945625/whats-it-like-to-be-takei-george-takei-offers-a-glimpse?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140728It's remarkable. We've got lots of homeless here too, but not all dumped into one neighborhood like that. It's like the cops pick up any homeless people they find in nice parts of LA and drive them over to the Skid Row neighborhood and drop them off.
Look at this. There's nothing like that here. They are practically on top of one another.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles
St Louis has had several large gathering points for the homeless. Many used to live in a former underground railroad tunnel Downtown. Then there was a large homeless camping ground just north of Downtown on the Riverfront called Hope Town. It was torn down by the City several years ago, and the underground tunnel was sealed during repair work and the building of the Stan Musial Bridge.
Yeah ann arbor has Camp Take Notice, but it gets torn down and moved on periodically
It looks as though people who've been making wrong turns in their lives have been labeled
no right turn.
The Seattle walking tour claims that the term skid row originated there. It was the road on the mountainside down which the lumberjacks would send the trees "skidding".
Wiki supports this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_rowToday I learned that the anti-Obama protesters in KC need to learn to spell better...Thanks Oboma!
Oboma is a trait or criminal... Well, which is it?
I learned that I need to do something about the plants on my footpath. A customer just almost fell over one of them trying to get back to her car. The problem is, it was pruned right back so it doesn't get in the way of the postman, but now people don't notice it because it's got no foliage on it, so kind of blends in with the grass (which is brown because there's been no rain). Anyway, the poor woman this morning did well not to throw cupcakes everywhere. She had to go home and change her stockings though. I wondered if I should compensate her. Oh well, time to put some sticks and a bit of netting or something around it till the leaves grow back properly.
so she was treading off the path?
Yes, but only because my car was in the driveway.
What on earth was your car doing in the driveway?!
:eek:
;)
What on earth was your car doing in the driveway?!
:eek:
;)
well at least it wasn't in the garage....! :eek:
All these years the conspiracy theorists have been trying to convince us the government found little green men from outer space in Roswell NM, which they keep in Area 51. :bs:
Well, now
NPR has revealed the truth. They weren't green, they were grey. And not from outer space, but a collaboration between Joseph Stalin and Dr Josef Mengele to give Harry Truman a PR and public panic problem.
Said so on NPR... also the New York Times*. :yesnod:
*[SIZE="1"]Book review section[/SIZE].
The molars of the crab eater seal are freaky. You think flossing sucks for you. Just imagine.
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I took that picture above, but here's a better one from the web.
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Kinda pretty.
In a freaky/gross kinda way.
I need to make one of those in ceramic
I need to make one of those in ceramic
... and then sent it to ME! :D
In vivo
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in
wikipedia:
This success of this species is due to its specialized predation on the abundant Antarctic krill of the Southern Ocean, for which it has uniquely adapted, sieve-like tooth structure. Indeed, its scientific name, translated as "lobe-toothed (lobodon) crab eater (carcinophagus)", refers specifically to the finely lobed teeth adapted to filtering their small crustacean prey.[3] Despite its name, crabeater seals do not eat crabs. As well as being an important krill predator, the crabeater seal is an important component of the diet of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx), which consume about 80% of all crabeater pups.
MISNOMER!!!
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... and then sent it to ME! :D
I need to get off my arse and mail what is sat here before I break or lose it...
I need to get off my arse and mail what is sat here before I break or lose it...
Oooh!
Today I learned that southeastern Minnesota has many twisty roads, much fun.