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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    #1395

    Did you know that the white and red stripes on a windsock are not for decoration?

    They actually indicate precise wind speeds.

    Here's how.

    F97vOxCacAAQ9SD.jpeg

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • George KG George K

      Did you know that the white and red stripes on a windsock are not for decoration?

      They actually indicate precise wind speeds.

      Here's how.

      F97vOxCacAAQ9SD.jpeg

      CopperC Online
      CopperC Online
      Copper
      wrote on last edited by
      #1396

      @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

      Did you know that the white and red stripes on a windsock are not for decoration?

      Yes.

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      • George KG George K

        Did you know that the white and red stripes on a windsock are not for decoration?

        They actually indicate precise wind speeds.

        Here's how.

        F97vOxCacAAQ9SD.jpeg

        taiwan_girlT Offline
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        taiwan_girl
        wrote on last edited by
        #1397

        @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

        Did you know that the white and red stripes on a windsock are not for decoration?

        No

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        • jon-nycJ Offline
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          jon-nyc
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          #1398

          IMG_1045.jpeg

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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            Doctor Phibes
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            #1399

            British nursing home 😆

            https://www.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk/the-chelsea-pensioners

            I was only joking

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            • George KG Offline
              George KG Offline
              George K
              wrote on last edited by
              #1400

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              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                taiwan_girl
                wrote on last edited by
                #1401

                28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

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                • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                  #1402

                  Photo from early 1980's with Arnold Schwarzenegger, looking small standing between a US pro basketball player and Pro wrestling player

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                  • George KG Offline
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                    George K
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                    #1403

                    Andre the Giant (on the right) had acromegaly.

                    He, like Rachmaninoff, had big hands.

                    image.jpeg

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • George KG George K

                      IMG_0072.JPG

                      CopperC Online
                      CopperC Online
                      Copper
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #1404

                      @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                      IMG_0072.JPG

                      The meth-head has a little trouble with celestial math.

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                      • HoraceH Offline
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                        #1405

                        My in ground fig tree is giving one last heroic effort to ripen all of its fruits. Once they start turning purple, it’s just a few days. Almost the whole tree full just started turning purple.

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                        I’ve gotten about 20 figs from this tree over the summer. Now I’ll get 50 in the next week. Hopefully. If you charted figs vs time, it would look like the climate change hockey stick - not a pleasant thought, what with humanity’s fast approaching extinction due to climate change.

                        My other trees in pots were unproductive this year, stunted and immature. Much like Palestinians. Not a pleasant thought, what with humanity’s fast approaching extinction due to them.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                        • George KG Offline
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                          George K
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #1406

                          Magnet.

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                            28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                            Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

                            George KG Offline
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                            George K
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #1407

                            @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                            28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                            Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

                            https://www.inverse.com/article/41737-28-day-calendar

                            “The idea is simple. Each month has four, seven-day weeks, making a total of 28 days. There are 13 months in a year, totaling 364 days, with a new month in between June and July called “Sol” to mark the summer solstice. The leftover day is a special Year Day, with two such days every four years”

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            • George KG George K

                              @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                              28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                              Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

                              https://www.inverse.com/article/41737-28-day-calendar

                              “The idea is simple. Each month has four, seven-day weeks, making a total of 28 days. There are 13 months in a year, totaling 364 days, with a new month in between June and July called “Sol” to mark the summer solstice. The leftover day is a special Year Day, with two such days every four years”

                              taiwan_girlT Offline
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                              taiwan_girl
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                              #1408

                              @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                              @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                              28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                              Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

                              https://www.inverse.com/article/41737-28-day-calendar

                              “The idea is simple. Each month has four, seven-day weeks, making a total of 28 days. There are 13 months in a year, totaling 364 days, with a new month in between June and July called “Sol” to mark the summer solstice. The leftover day is a special Year Day, with two such days every four years”

                              It makes sense. I like the idea. Probably never happen, but I like it. (Interesting that Kodak used it as a company calendar)

                              From the article:

                              It may sound like a small detail to some, but don’t forget that Microsoft never released a version 13 of Office, and data from 2015 showed 574 Manhattan condos lack a 13th floor. Don’t underestimate the power of superstition.

                              That is mainly US based. In north Asia, the number 4 has a similar sound to death, so many floors of buildings don't have a 4th floor. It skips from 3 to 5.

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                              • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                                @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                                Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

                                https://www.inverse.com/article/41737-28-day-calendar

                                “The idea is simple. Each month has four, seven-day weeks, making a total of 28 days. There are 13 months in a year, totaling 364 days, with a new month in between June and July called “Sol” to mark the summer solstice. The leftover day is a special Year Day, with two such days every four years”

                                It makes sense. I like the idea. Probably never happen, but I like it. (Interesting that Kodak used it as a company calendar)

                                From the article:

                                It may sound like a small detail to some, but don’t forget that Microsoft never released a version 13 of Office, and data from 2015 showed 574 Manhattan condos lack a 13th floor. Don’t underestimate the power of superstition.

                                That is mainly US based. In north Asia, the number 4 has a similar sound to death, so many floors of buildings don't have a 4th floor. It skips from 3 to 5.

                                George KG Offline
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                                George K
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #1409

                                @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                Don’t underestimate the power of superstition.

                                When I worked downtown, one of the hospital buildings didn't have a 13th floor. Since they rebuilt, the new ones do.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                • MikM Away
                                  MikM Away
                                  Mik
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #1410

                                  alt text

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                    @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

                                    @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                    28 x 13 = 364. What do you do with the extra day (plus of course the leap year day)?

                                    Though it does seem as though the months are kind of messed up.

                                    https://www.inverse.com/article/41737-28-day-calendar

                                    “The idea is simple. Each month has four, seven-day weeks, making a total of 28 days. There are 13 months in a year, totaling 364 days, with a new month in between June and July called “Sol” to mark the summer solstice. The leftover day is a special Year Day, with two such days every four years”

                                    It makes sense. I like the idea. Probably never happen, but I like it. (Interesting that Kodak used it as a company calendar)

                                    From the article:

                                    It may sound like a small detail to some, but don’t forget that Microsoft never released a version 13 of Office, and data from 2015 showed 574 Manhattan condos lack a 13th floor. Don’t underestimate the power of superstition.

                                    That is mainly US based. In north Asia, the number 4 has a similar sound to death, so many floors of buildings don't have a 4th floor. It skips from 3 to 5.

                                    CopperC Online
                                    CopperC Online
                                    Copper
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #1411

                                    @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                    It makes sense.

                                    I hate to tell you this, but the orbital speed of the Earth is slowing.

                                    This is just like Climate Change.

                                    It is happening with or without Daylight Saving.

                                    A year won't have 365 days forever.

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                                    • CopperC Copper

                                      @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                      It makes sense.

                                      I hate to tell you this, but the orbital speed of the Earth is slowing.

                                      This is just like Climate Change.

                                      It is happening with or without Daylight Saving.

                                      A year won't have 365 days forever.

                                      taiwan_girlT Offline
                                      taiwan_girlT Offline
                                      taiwan_girl
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #1412

                                      @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                      A year won't have 365 days forever.

                                      But I don't think we have to worry about it. That will be something for our new Robot masters to concern them.

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                                        jon-nyc
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                                        #1413

                                        In traveling carnivals of yore, a ‘Geek’ was a guy who bit the heads off chickens. And swallowed them.

                                        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_show

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

                                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                          In traveling carnivals of yore, a ‘Geek’ was a guy who bit the heads off chickens. And swallowed them.

                                          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_show

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                                          #1414

                                          @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                          In traveling carnivals of yore, a ‘Geek’ was a guy who bit the heads off chickens. And swallowed them.

                                          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_show

                                          So not much has changed

                                          The Brad

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