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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #240 on: April 02, 2013, 01:02:17 PM »
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #241 on: April 04, 2013, 05:17:59 PM »
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the death of one of America’s great heroes and a giant of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #242 on: April 04, 2013, 06:06:45 PM »
A coffee can (12.5oz) full of change with no pennies is about $110-$120
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #243 on: April 04, 2013, 06:17:43 PM »
a jar with 7lbs of quarters is about $140

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #244 on: April 04, 2013, 06:21:47 PM »
a jar with 7lbs of quarters is about $140

I should have weighed the can before I took it to the bank.  I still have the change in the van which is about the same amount I will weigh that if I remember
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #245 on: April 04, 2013, 07:31:34 PM »
 young man sprinkling his lawn and bushes with pesticides wanted to check the contents of the barrel to see how much pesticide remained in it.

He raised the cover and lit his lighter; the vapors ignited and engulfed him. He jumped from his truck, screaming.
 His neighbor came out of her house with a dozen eggs and a bowl yelling:
"bring me some more eggs!"
 
She broke them, separating the whites from the yolks.
 
The neighbor woman helped her to apply the whites onto the young man's face.
 
When the ambulance arrived and the EMTs saw the young man, they asked who had done this.
Everyone pointed to the lady in charge.
 
They congratulated her and said: "You have saved his face."
 
By the end of the summer, the young man brought the lady a bouquet of roses to thank her.
His face was like a baby's skin.


Keep in mind this treatment of burns is being included in teaching beginner fireman. First Aid consists of first spraying cold water on the affected area until the heat is reduced which stops the continued burning of all layers of the skin. Then, spread the egg whites onto the affected area.
 
One woman burned a large part of her hand with boiling water. In spite of the pain, she ran cold faucet water on her hand, separated 2 egg whites from the yolks, beat them slightly and dipped her hand in the solution. The whites then dried and formed a protective layer.
 
She later learned that the egg white is a natural collagen and continued during at least one hour to apply layer upon layer of beaten egg white. By afternoon she no longer felt any pain and the next day there was hardly a trace of the burn. 10 days later, no trace was left at all and her skin had regained its normal color. The burned area was totally regenerated thanks to the collagen in the egg whites, a placenta full of vitamins.
 
 
« Last Edit: April 04, 2013, 07:33:32 PM by skyblue1 »

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #246 on: April 12, 2013, 03:32:55 PM »
In German most rivers in Europe are feminine. Exceptions are the Rhine, the Main, the Neckar, the Inn and a few more.

Outside Europe most rivers are masculine, though. A few ones ending with -a are feminine, though.

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #247 on: April 12, 2013, 03:40:03 PM »
In German most rivers in Europe are feminine. Exceptions are the Rhine, the Main, the Neckar, the Inn and a few more.

Outside Europe most rivers are masculine, though. A few ones ending with -a are feminine, though.

In north america in the east and central parts, women are the keepers of the water- and the earth along with it's rivers and lakes are in general portrayed as feminine. I have known the moon to be portrayed as female as well, probably having to do with the tides, and a woman's period. Meanwhile, the men are fire keepers, and the sun is generally portrayed as male.

Interestingly..I have always thought of the ocean as more male...probably because of poseidon.

On that note, the greeks portrayed freshwater rivers and streams as more female domains too. Water nymphs in the early days of the Roman kingdom, would marry kings and keep records of their history.
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #248 on: April 12, 2013, 03:50:00 PM »
Big waters are usually feminine in German. The Pacific Ocean is male, though. In Latin big waters are usually maculine.

Though I'm talking about grammar  ;)

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #249 on: April 13, 2013, 03:20:16 AM »
German grammar was always fascinating in that respect. It's a reasonably logical language but the articles have no discernible logic.
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #250 on: April 13, 2013, 03:25:26 AM »
German grammar was always fascinating in that respect. It's a reasonably logical language but the articles have no discernible logic.

I totally agree. Another example: Schüssel=bowl is feminine. Schlüssel= key is masculine. Doesn't make any sense at all.

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #251 on: April 13, 2013, 04:45:56 AM »
To some extent you have that in Latin too. The ending -us is usually typically masculine, but some words with it are feminine or neuter. Also that is just in the nominative. The other cases look different.

The ending -a is always feminine except in very few words concerning male occupations etc: agricola, nauta, pirata.

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #252 on: April 13, 2013, 01:59:12 PM »
German grammar was always fascinating in that respect. It's a reasonably logical language but the articles have no discernible logic.

I totally agree. Another example: Schüssel=bowl is feminine. Schlüssel= key is masculine. Doesn't make any sense at all.

think of the shapes.  A bowl is round and empty, like a woman and her vagina.  A key is strong and shaped like an arrow or penis in general. 
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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #253 on: April 13, 2013, 02:07:50 PM »
German grammar was always fascinating in that respect. It's a reasonably logical language but the articles have no discernible logic.

I totally agree. Another example: Schüssel=bowl is feminine. Schlüssel= key is masculine. Doesn't make any sense at all.

think of the shapes.  A bowl is round and empty, like a woman and her vagina.  A key is strong and shaped like an arrow or penis in general.

Yes, that might be why. But why are rivers feminine in Europe but masculine elsewhere? In Latin rivers are usually masculine.

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Re: Random possibly useful fact
« Reply #254 on: April 13, 2013, 02:45:28 PM »
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