1051. Author: Palama | Date: Thu, 12/28/2023, 3:27PM EST | |
delta1 wrote:spectacular pink clouds are caused by air pollution A bit paradoxical. |
1052. Author: tonygraz | Date: Fri, 12/29/2023, 2:32PM EST | |
It's called the Barbie Effect. |
1053. Author: Gene363 | Date: Sat, 12/30/2023, 10:13PM EST | |
When baking for the holidays DO NOT Google: cream pies
Google: cream pie recipes |
1054. Author: Ram27 | Date: Thu, 1/11/2024, 1:51PM EST | |
The 1996 calendar is the exact day's of the month as the 2024 calendar. |
1055. Author: tonygraz | Date: Fri, 1/12/2024, 6:21PM EST | |
You may have too many calendars. Not that there's anything wrong with that. |
1056. Author: 8trackdisco | Date: Thu, 1/25/2024, 9:59AM EST | |
Frederick Chopin’s Minute Waltz is actually a minute and 49 seconds. |
1057. Author: deadeyedick | Date: Fri, 1/26/2024, 7:41AM EST | |
The oceans are 71% of the earths surface but we know more about the surface of Mars than we do of the oceans floors which contain more varied topography than the land. |
1058. Author: frankj1 | Date: Fri, 1/26/2024, 5:31PM EST | |
"Bearded Vultures are among the world's most unusual birds: an adult's diet consists mostly of bones, which they often drop from on high to break up into smaller pieces before consuming. For centuries these birds were greatly misunderstood. Europeans falsely believed them to be predators that terrorized livestock and people, leading to their widespread persecution.
"In the Alps, the last of these scavengers was killed in 1913. Now, thanks to a reintroduction effort, the alpine's species' majestic silhouette is again soaring over the region's snowy granite peaks."
Audubon Winter 2023 issue
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1059. Author: Stogie1020 | Date: Fri, 1/26/2024, 6:54PM EST | |
There is such a a thing as "too much silicone spray" on the bottom of a flat plastic snow sled. |
1060. Author: MidnightToker( • )( • ) | Date: Fri, 2/2/2024, 11:37PM EST | |
The oldest living American (a female of course) turns 116 on Feb. 5th. The oldest living human is already 116, a woman in Spain |
1061. Author: deadeyedick | Date: Sun, 2/4/2024, 8:24AM EST | |
In 1950 the average broiler chicken weighed about 2 lbs and now weighs about 5 lbs and has 80% larger breast due to selective breeding. Which reminds me: https://www.cigarbid.com...HE-SUPERBOWL#post4747997 |
1062. Author: dkeage | Date: Sun, 2/4/2024, 10:12AM EST | |
Yeah, right…. |
1063. Author: 8trackdisco | Date: Sun, 2/4/2024, 2:52PM EST | |
Professional wrestler, Terry Funk died in 2023 at the age of 79.
Don’t know of any wrestler that went trough that much punishment for such a long time and still live to almost 80. |
1064. Author: deadeyedick | Date: Sun, 2/4/2024, 5:06PM EST | |
dkeage wrote:Yeah, right…. Would ya believe elective surgery? |
1065. Author: deadeyedick | Date: Sun, 2/4/2024, 5:18PM EST | |
The little recipe I get when I check out a book at the local library says:
Mustang Library
Friday, January 19, 2024 12:50:34 PM
Item # xxxxxxxxx
Due: 2/2/2024
You just saved: $19.66 You have saved: $1,188.88 this past year. You have saved $18,8344.57 since you began using the library.
The inside of the jacket says the book retails for $29.99 in the USA so I assume the difference is the retail price vs the library price but since my local taxes are used to support the library I have not saved that much. |
1066. Author: dkeage | Date: Sun, 2/4/2024, 5:22PM EST | |
deadeyedick wrote:Would ya believe elective surgery? Sure thing A-Rod….. |
1067. Author: 8trackdisco | Date: Thu, 2/15/2024, 8:44PM EST | |
The hyoid bone is the only bone in the human body that is not directly connected to any other bone. It is located in the neck, between the lower jaw and the larynx (voice box), and serves as an attachment point for muscles involved in swallowing and speech.
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1068. Author: frankj1 | Date: Thu, 2/15/2024, 10:45PM EST | |
Charmin Ultra Soft Smooth Tear is the greatest invention since...Charmin Ultra Soft
them wavy perforations tear like ya read about. |
1069. Author: HockeyDad | Date: Thu, 2/15/2024, 10:49PM EST | |
frankj1 wrote:Charmin Ultra Soft Smooth Tear is the greatest invention since...Charmin Ultra Soft
them wavy perforations tear like ya read about. I agree. |
1070. Author: MidnightToker( • )( • ) | Date: Fri, 2/16/2024, 4:35PM EST | |
As long as it doesn't tear on the chocolate starfish. |
1071. Author: Gene363 | Date: Fri, 2/16/2024, 6:05PM EST | |
frankj1 wrote:Charmin Ultra Soft Smooth Tear is the greatest invention since...Charmin Ultra Soft
them wavy perforations tear like ya read about. Not after you get a heated bidet, just saying. |
1072. Author: delta1 | Date: Sat, 2/17/2024, 7:45PM EST | |
thanks for the "cream pies" tip, Gene...
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1073. Author: delta1 | Date: Sat, 2/17/2024, 7:47PM EST | |
doncha just hate toilet paper that tears in the middle of the sheet, but not along the perforation??? |
1074. Author: corey sellers | Date: Sat, 2/17/2024, 7:47PM EST | |
I hate when I get **** one my fingers . Just sayin |
1075. Author: deadeyedick | Date: Mon, 2/26/2024, 11:44AM EST | |
We have a leap year every four years to keep the calendar year 365 days, in line with the solar year, which is 365 1/4 days long. It's actually 365 1/4 days minus 11 minutes. To make up for that, we skip leap year three times every 400 years. We skip in years that are evenly divisable by 400. |
1076. Author: danmdevries | Date: Mon, 2/26/2024, 11:47AM EST | |
deadeyedick wrote:We have a leap year every four years to keep the calendar year 365 days, in line with the solar year, which is 365 1/4 days long. It's actually 365 1/4 days minus 11 minutes. To make up for that, we skip leap year three times every 400 years. We skip in years that are evenly divisable by 400. So where were you and what were you doing the last time we skipped a leap year? |
1077. Author: JGRAZ | Date: Mon, 2/26/2024, 12:10PM EST | |
deadeyedick wrote:We have a leap year every four years to keep the calendar year 365 days, in line with the solar year, which is 365 1/4 days long. It's actually 365 1/4 days minus 11 minutes. To make up for that, we skip leap year three times every 400 years. We skip in years that are evenly divisable by 400. You must have read the same article I did this morning. |
1078. Author: deadeyedick | Date: Tue, 2/27/2024, 8:23AM EST | |
danmdevries wrote:So where were you and what were you doing the last time we skipped a leap year? "Perhaps I'll be a single drop of rain, but I will still remain, and I'll be back again." |
1079. Author: tonygraz | Date: Tue, 2/27/2024, 1:22PM EST | |
If we skip 3 times every 400 years, then how could they be divisible evenly by 400 ? |
1080. Author: MidnightToker( • )( • ) | Date: Tue, 2/27/2024, 11:52PM EST | |
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1081. Author: dkeage | Date: Wed, 2/28/2024, 8:27AM EST | |
deadeyedick wrote:"Perhaps I'll be a single drop of rain, but I will still remain, and I'll be back again." Huh…..Rick is a Highwayman… |
1082. Author: JGRAZ | Date: Wed, 2/28/2024, 9:22AM EST | |
tonygraz wrote:If we skip 3 times every 400 years, then how could they be divisible evenly by 400 ? Its not, thats where the 11 min comes into play......I guess |
1083. Author: delta1 | Date: Wed, 2/28/2024, 7:58PM EST | |
danmdevries wrote:So where were you and what were you doing the last time we skipped a leap year? that was Y2K ...I was huddled in a very deep dark cave... |
1084. Author: danmdevries | Date: Wed, 2/28/2024, 7:59PM EST | |
delta1 wrote:that was Y2K ...I was huddled in a very deep dark cave... I realized after I posted that jab at ded that 2000 would've been one of those years. I didn't math it out. |
1085. Author: tonygraz | Date: Thu, 2/29/2024, 5:27PM EST | |
I was up to ring in the new year and see if the internet had blown up. |
1086. Author: 8trackdisco | Date: Wed, 3/13/2024, 8:48PM EST | |
Bruce Springsteen only wrote one, #1 song. And even that song was edited/changed from "the boss's" original penning. The Man (err Mann) that made some adjustments to it was Blinded By the Light. It reached #1 for Manfred Mann'a Earth Band. |
1087. Author: deadeyedick | Date: Thu, 3/14/2024, 8:04AM EST | |
8trackdisco wrote:Bruce Springsteen only wrote one, #1 song. And even that song was edited/changed from "the boss's" original penning. The Man (err Mann) that made some adjustments to it was Blinded By the Light. It reached #1 for Manfred Mann'a Earth Band. Never understood what those lyrics were supposed to be about. Teenage exuberance ? Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night |
1088. Author: 8trackdisco | Date: Thu, 3/14/2024, 8:15AM EST | |
deadeyedick wrote:Never understood what those lyrics were supposed to be about. Teenage exuberance ?
Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night Yes. About the journey of a kid through teenage coming of age, opportunity, hope, fear. Running into the uncertainty of the night and future. Lots to decode on that one for sure. Found it on a podcast called Behind the Songs. Most stories are done under 15 minutes. My wife accuses me of not knowing half the words to the songs. She’s wrong. I know far less than half the words. That doesn’t stop me from singing! |
1089. Author: Gene363 | Date: Thu, 3/21/2024, 1:39PM EST | |
Japanese Nisei - 442nd Most Decorated Unit WW2 - Forgotten History Quote:The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Japanese American unit, is remembered for its brave actions in World War II. Despite the odds, the 442nd’s actions distinguished them as the most decorated unit in the history of the US military. Hosted by Colin D. Heaton. The Forgotten History Channel is a 10th Legion Pictures Production. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tj5jA9jKU0 |
1090. Author: MidnightToker( • )( • ) | Date: Thu, 3/21/2024, 3:10PM EST | |
Michel Lotito is in the Guinness book of world records for successfully eating an entire Cessna 150 airplane by cutting it into small pieces and eating it over a large span of time. |
1091. Author: rfenst | Date: Tue, 3/26/2024, 9:55AM EST | |
March 26, 1953:Dr. Jonas Salk announced he had successfully tested a polio vaccine.
Salk, a research director at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, said the vaccine had given 90 people protective antibodies against the three types of polio without making them sick. The next year saw close to 2 million children participating in clinical trials of Salk’s vaccine, and in 1955 it was declared safe and effective. After a national inoculation campaign, the number of polio cases fell from 35,000 in 1953 to 161 by 1961, according to the National Library of Medicine. Salk declined to patent the vaccine, and when asked who owned it, he famously answered, “Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” |
1092. Author: Gene363 | Date: Tue, 3/26/2024, 11:28AM EST | |
rfenst wrote:March 26, 1953:Dr. Jonas Salk announced he had successfully tested a polio vaccine.
Salk, a research director at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, said the vaccine had given 90 people protective antibodies against the three types of polio without making them sick. The next year saw close to 2 million children participating in clinical trials of Salk’s vaccine, and in 1955 it was declared safe and effective. After a national inoculation campaign, the number of polio cases fell from 35,000 in 1953 to 161 by 1961, according to the National Library of Medicine. Salk declined to patent the vaccine, and when asked who owned it, he famously answered, “Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” He saved a massive amount of human suffering, pre-COVID anti-vaccination people be dammed. |
1093. Author: 8trackdisco | Date: Tue, 3/26/2024, 7:13PM EST | |
The government is managing your speed- unless you own a sports car.
Learned from a mechanic today this has been the standard “for a while”. Most vehicles are governed in the lower 100 mphs. But if you have a higher end car, you shall not be slowed.
You can go to a dealership and request the restriction be removed/recoded. The cost varies. In general, $600 to $1,100. Some refuse to do it. |
1094. Author: MidnightToker( • )( • ) | Date: Wed, 3/27/2024, 12:04AM EST | |
8trackdisco wrote:The government is managing your speed- unless you own a sports car.
Learned from a mechanic today this has been the standard “for a while”. Most vehicles are governed in the lower 100 mphs. But if you have a higher end car, you shall not be slowed.
You can go to a dealership and request the restriction be removed/recoded. The cost varies. In general, $600 to $1,100. Some refuse to do it. It's not the government requiring restrictions. The automakers govern certain cars to protect them against lawsuits like the one against Chevy from a Corvette tire blowing out. It has to do with the tires. Tires are rated for a max speed. So whatever max speed the factory tires are rated for the car is governed to so they can't be sued. Sports cars are sold with sports tires rated at higher speeds so they're either not governed or possibly governed high. I've heard older Corvettes were governed to 188 mph. |
1095. Author: MACS | Date: Wed, 3/27/2024, 6:16AM EST | |
Gene363 wrote:He saved a massive amount of human suffering, pre-COVID anti-vaccination people be dammed. And guess what?? If you got that vaccine (and it was a vaccine) you did NOT get Polio. Imagine that!! No boosters, no bullsheit. |
1096. Author: 8trackdisco | Date: Wed, 3/27/2024, 8:52AM EST | |
MidnightToker( • )( • ) wrote:It's not the government requiring restrictions. The automakers govern certain cars to protect them against lawsuits like the one against Chevy from a Corvette tire blowing out.
It has to do with the tires. Tires are rated for a max speed. So whatever max speed the factory tires are rated for the car is governed to so they can't be sued. Sports cars are sold with sports tires rated at higher speeds so they're either not governed or possibly governed high. I've heard older Corvettes were governed to 188 mph. Thanks for the finer point. Where did you gain your knowledge from? When did this governing bs start? It’s a right of passage to drive cars way too fast. This is unamerican! |
1097. Author: Gene363 | Date: Wed, 3/27/2024, 9:16AM EST | |
MACS wrote:And guess what?? If you got that vaccine (and it was a vaccine) you did NOT get Polio. Imagine that!!
No boosters, no bullsheit. Yup, and smallpox too, considered to have been eliminated from the human race, though smallpox samples do still existing bolas around the world. The elimination of smallpox is one of the very free examples of world wide human cooperation that worked. |
1098. Author: MACS | Date: Wed, 3/27/2024, 10:35AM EST | |
8trackdisco wrote:Thanks for the finer point. Where did you gain your knowledge from? When did this governing bs start?
It’s a right of passage to drive cars way too fast. This is unamerican!
YEAH! Why the hell would they govern my truck at 104!? And why the hell would I be driving a truck that fast!! Might be American to do so, but it ain't wicked smaahht. |
1099. Author: Stogie1020 | Date: Wed, 3/27/2024, 10:57AM EST | |
8trackdisco wrote:Thanks for the finer point. Where did you gain your knowledge from? When did this governing bs start?
It’s a right of passage to drive cars way too fast. This is unamerican!
Years ago I had a 95 Chevy Caprice Classic with an LT1 and some special lights and equipment and it was governed at 132. Apparently. |
1100. Author: Gene363 | Date: Wed, 3/27/2024, 1:41PM EST | |
MACS wrote:YEAH! Why the hell would they govern my truck at 104!? And why the hell would I be driving a truck that fast!!
Might be American to do so, but it ain't wicked smaahht. I know a teenager that drove a Ford six cylinder PU truck with two ply retreaded tires over 100 mph transferring a Zenith 25 inch color TV to another store. "They said hurry up and get it there before closing." so I did. |