Events & Items Of Interest

[sandrewn]

The next time someone asks if you are from a one horse town? You can look them straight in the face and say with a twinkle in your eyes, at least we have a horse, it could be worse.

 

 

 

From itty to bitty: Canada's tiniest town gets

even tinier.

 

 

 

Tilt Cove  ( 6 )   4

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tilt-cove-population-drop-1.3982008

 

 

sandrewn

(not looking good)

Edited February 17, 2017 by sandrewn

[Former Member]

I guess if there are only four of you and at least three of you are the town government, you can have the town pay for things most expect residents to pay themselves. Everywhere I’ve lived, either homeowners or building owners pay for garbage pickup.

[sandrewn]

At first I was going to put this post in the Make Us Laugh section. But once I saw them all, some where down right disturbing and left to many questions. Here they are, you figure them out if you can.

 

 

31 of the Most Unexplainable Photos

on the Internet

or

(WTF)

 

 

I did not even try to think of a caption for this one, religious maybe?

 

 

http://blazepress.com/2014/04/31-unexplainable-photos-internet/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sandrewn

I liked most of them, but some I just don't know what to say?

Edited February 17, 2017 by sandrewn

[Former Member]

I think that’s a picture of where many people think I’m going when I die!

[Former Member]

And the three guys sitting on the plaid sofa (from the link) are obviously lying about something!

[sandrewn]

Information on calling to the Antarctic and general information about the continent.

 

 

http://www.countrycallingcodes.com/country.php?country=Antarctica

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica

 

 

 

 

 

sandrewn

[sandrewn]

As usual I never know what the reaction my Do You Know questions will be. This Antarctica one seems to have caused a bit of a stir.

 

This is the last reference I will post on it, my only comment being this last ones' reference to 0(zero) as an answer was telling.

 

Antarctica Facts

 

http://www.phrasebase.com/countries/antarctica/

 

 

sandrewn

[Former Member]

As ‘nonindigenous animals,’ aren’t humans banned under US law?

[sandrewn]

Pictures of the Day

(18 Feb 2017)

 

 

 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/18/pictures-day-18-february-2017/

 

 

 

sandrewn

[sandrewn]

Jiffy (time)

History & Usage

 

 

A.

jiffy in Technology
1. The duration of one tick of the computer's system clock. Often one AC cycle time (1/60 second in the US and Canada, 1/50 most other places), but more recently 1/100 sec has become common.
2. Confusingly, the term is sometimes also used for a 1-millisecond wall time interval. Even more confusingly, physicists semi-jokingly use "jiffy" to mean the time required for light to travel one foot in a vacuum, which turns out to be close to one *nanosecond*.

 

B.

Noun

    blink of an eye - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, heartbeat, flash

mo, moment, second, minute, bit - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

 

 

C.

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiffy_%28time%29

 

 

sandrewn

Edited February 19, 2017 by sandrewn

[Former Member]

How ironic that Adobe’s proprietary Flash software has wasted so many ticks of a computer’s system clock.

[sandrewn]

10 Bizarre Natural Phenomena On Earth

 

 

 

 

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[sandrewn]

To most of us, a stone is just a stone. To Akie Nakata, some are so much more.

 

            What I saw                                                      What the stone told her was there

 

 

 

http://www.boredpanda.com/i-want-to-paint-the-life-the-living-spirit-of-the-being-i-feel-inside-the-stone/?page_numb=1

 

 

 

 

 

sandrewn

(one mans rock, can be a blank canvass to another)

[sandrewn]

clochette, thank you, if not for your last comment, I would have not tried again and found this answer to the foot question.

 

 

How to determine if You're Regular or Goofy Foot

(Dominant)

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.wikihow.com/Determine-if-You%27re-Regular-or-Goofy-Foot

 

 

 

 

sandrewn

[Former Member]

I think I’m goofy brained…  ;-)

[sandrewn]

11 Things You Didn't Know About McDonald's

 

 

 

It Started as a Barbecue Restaurant

 

 

http://www.thedailymeal.com/11-things-you-didnt-know-about-mcdonalds/5614

 

 

 

 

 

sandrewn

(and now you know)

[Former Member]

Ray Kroc once owned the San Diego Padres (1974-84). The year he bought them, they lost 102 games. He died in January of the year the Padres won the ‘World Series.’

[sandrewn]

Ray Kroc once owned the San Diego Padres (1974-84). The year he bought them, they lost 102 games. He died in January of the year the Padres won the ‘World Series.’

Did you know? That he and Walt Disney trained together as ambulance drivers during WW I. They both lied about their ages to get in.

 

 

I may not agree with all that you say, but I have to say thank you for taking the time to read many of my posts. Your attention is always appreciated.

 

Thanks again

sandrewn

[Former Member]

You keep finding interesting things to share with us. I’m sorry that I’ve gone a little too far on occasion. I am trying to be mindful of what I say.

 

Thank you for persisting despite the tangents I sometimes go on.

[sandrewn]

Everything you ever wanted to know about ' The Nobel Prize '.

Did you know? That both Hitler and Stalin were nominated for a Nobel Medal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Info on the Nobel Peace Prize Medal.

 

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/medal.html

 

 

 

Every thing else there is to know about the Nobel Prize.

 

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/facts/peace/index.html

 

 

sandrewn

Edited February 27, 2017 by sandrewn

[sandrewn]

I actually had an encounter with a large(to me) clam of about 18 inches while snorkelling near Eilat on the Red Sea. About ten feet down, this quivering jellyfish(me) refused a challenge to put my hand inside it. Visions of drowning or having to cut my hand off to get free were my only thoughts, so I declined. Now, if he would of double dog dared me, who knows if I would be here today?

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_clam

 

 

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/giant-clam/

 

 

 

 

 

 

sandrewn

Edited February 28, 2017 by sandrewn

[sandrewn]

If you are like me, the orange juice I drink every day comes from a carton. I always choose the one that says, all natural from concentrate, 100% orange juice. After reading this article, I am thinking of going back to squeezing my own.

 

 

 

 

http://www.foodrenegade.com/secret-ingredient-your-orange-juice/

 

 

sandrewn

[Former Member]

My doctor told me to stop drinking orange juice because it’s just sugar. I’ve cut out juice and cut way back on soda. I drink my chemicals in a different form: the water flavor drops (Mio, Crush, Kool-Aid, etc) that are bad for me in an entirely different way. But at least they don’t contain sugar.

[sandrewn]

You have admit, none of you know what to expect when I post to this thread. Why should this one be any different!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Superheroes and sci-fi stars given

16th-century makeover

 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/11240369/Superheroes-and-sci-fi-stars-given-16th-century-makeover-by-Sacha-Goldberger.html?frame=3111242

 

 

 

 

 

sandrewn

[sandrewn]

I think most of us have been to at least one wedding, in our life time (your own doesn't count).

The 25 you will see next are not your average seen every day types of wedding. Or, maybe it's just me and that I have lead a sheltered life. You be the judge and tell me.

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qm9tmg8KGg#t=277

 

sandrewn

 

The video is screwed up. When you press play it will start 2/3rds of the way through. Just make the indicator go to the beginning and it will play the whole video. Sorry about that.

Edited March 7, 2017 by sandrewn