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The last time Steffi Graf cried, it was because:
"He said it was guacamole. It was wasabi."
This being my last day, I am leaving service to the Navy just about 2 weeks shy of 12 years.
Thank you for your service. Wishing you full sails for the future.
Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of having an empty beer glass.
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When my grandfather left his job at Axa Kvarn on New Years Eve 1979 (and in case I'm not the only one who keeps using the same term for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, that's December 31, 1979 - not January 1), he'd worked there for 44 years and 2 months, starting his employment at the age of 15.
Prior to that he'd worked at a company making bricks for a year.
Among other things, POD moving containers do not allow you to pack aircraft and hovercraft.
Not fully assembled, anyway. During WWII, my uncles helped dismantle a Willys Jeep and sent it home bit by bit from Italy, where they then helped their friends rebuild it.
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The US Navy stopped serving the rum ration in 1862, the Royal Navy stopped in 1972, but if you were lucky enough to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy, you could get your free tot right up until the year 1990.
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-Flatulists are entertainers who fart professionally. One of the oldest accounts of a flatulist was given by Saint Augustine in his work De Civitate Dei ("The City of God"), where he describes a man as "having such control of his bowels that he could pass air continously, creating a sound as if singing". One of the most famous medieval flatulists was Roland the Farter, who was employed by King Henry II of England. Every year for Christmas, Roland played "Unum Saltum et Siffletum et Unum Bumbulum" ("A Jump, A Whistle, and A Fart"). Even though flatulists still exist, the last great flatulist was the french Joseph Pujol, better known as Le Pétomane ("The Fartmaniac"), who became quite famous during the XXth century, and even inspired three theatrical works. The latest, "Southern Wind", narrates "the story of a famous french farter while strolling across a farmyard".
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-Flatulists are entertainers who fart professionally. One of the oldest accounts of a flatulist was given by Saint Augustine in his work De Civitate Dei ("The City of God"), where he describes a man as "having such control of his bowels that he could pass air continously, creating a sound as if singing". One of the most famous medieval flatulists was Roland the Farter, who was employed by King Henry II of England. Every year for Christmas, Roland played "Unum Saltum et Siffletum et Unum Bumbulum" ("A Jump, A Whistle, and A Fart"). Even though flatulists still exist, the last great flatulist was the french Joseph Pujol, better known as Le Pétomane ("The Fartmaniac"), who became quite famous during the XXth century, and even inspired three theatrical works. The latest, "Southern Wind", narrates "the story of a famous french farter while strolling across a farmyard".
Somehow the world seems just a little bit brighter now that I know that.
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Legendary noir-writer Dashiell Hammett worked as a Pinkerton-agent between 1915 and 1922 (with a break to serve in the US Army during World War 1) before leaving the agency due to his disgust at their methods in dealing with the labour movement.
His novel Red Harvest is based on his experiences during that time.
Ray Winstone long ago cornered the hard-man market, and then beat the hard-man market over the head with a lead pipe.
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It is illegal in the United Kingdom to handle salmon in suspicious circumstances.
Thank god I live in the United States.
*does suspicious things with salmon*
It is illegal in the United Kingdom to handle salmon in suspicious circumstances.
The punishment is watching Ray Winstone's Unibet-ads nonstop for 24-hours Clockwork Orange style.
Some FYI for Aberzombie, it is illegal to carry wire cutters in your back pocket in Texas.
it is illegal to carry wire cutters in your back pocket in Texas.
Now you tell me... I'm pretty sure I've done that at least once. What's the statute of limitations on that, I wonder?
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it is illegal to carry wire cutters in your back pocket in Texas.Now you tell me... I'm pretty sure I've done that at least once. What's the statute of limitations on that, I wonder?
Well, I won't tell about your wire cutters, if you don't tell about the marijuana plant I just found in my yard. :p
Well, I won't tell about your wire cutters, if you don't tell about the marijuana plant I just found in my yard. :p
What's that, officer? Did I see a marijuana plant in the yard? I'm not a botanist, but it just looked like ragweed to me...
Some FYI for Aberzombie, it is illegal to carry wire cutters in your back pocket in Texas.
I'm safe, I never put anything in my back pockets, even my wallet. It goes in one of the front pockets. No, not telling you which one. ;)
The wire cutters can go in the other one, or the shirt pocket. I always try to wear one that has one.
In the state of Michigan, one cannot kill a dog, or other animal, using a decompression chamber or electrocution.
It used to be illegal to swear in front of a woman or child. I broke this law at least a thousand times in the average year. The statute goes back to 1897. A man got charged under it back in '99, which brought it to public attention and led the Michigan ACLU to challenge it in court and get it tossed. Good thing too, since I broke it at least a dozen times just today.
Texas appears to be very strict on car inspections.
You ain't kidding.
Texas appears to be very strict on car inspections.You ain't kidding.
That is one of the few things that I don't miss about Texas.
Luckily, Texas is easy on cars. One winter's worth of salt on the roads in PA has done more wear on my vehicle than the last 9 years in TX combined. Also, (unlike in TX), in PA they don't spend any money on repairing roads, so you're constantly worried about cracking suspension/bearings, and the hills mean more wear on breaks.
Texas has harder inspections because it's easier to keep a car road-worthy there.
It wasn't the inspections themselves I minded, it was the price of them. I was always flat broke. Working a minimum wage job, and trying to support a significant other will do that. So I'd drive around for an extra month with expired tags and pray I didn't get pulled over.
It wasn't the inspections themselves I minded, it was the price of them. I was always flat broke. Working a minimum wage job, and trying to support a significant other will do that. So I'd drive around for an extra month with expired tags and pray I didn't get pulled over.
I think PA's are a LOT higher. I definitely remember that PA requires a lot more paperwork -- I ended up having to go home to collect more of it before they'd inspect the car.
Well, thankfully South Dakota doesn't have inspections. And the yearly registration fee is only around 30 bucks.
In oil rig parlance, HUET stands for Helicopter Underwater Escape Training. As part of the training you sit in a simulator which is lowered into the water, then you have to escape.
My friend Mike had a seat belt malfunction when we did that -- they had to dive in and cut him out.
It is also the 43rd birthday of Nicolaj Coster-Waldau,
the 495th anniversary of the Battle at Brännkyrka,
the 799th anniversary of the Battle of Bouvines,
the 216th anniversary of the end of Robespierre's time in control of the French government,
the 85th anniversary of the Geneva Convention,
the 14th anniversary of Tony Hawk landing a 900 for the first time,
the 190th birthday of Alexandre Dumas fils (the one who wrote The Lady of the Camellias, not the one with The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers,
and the 10th anniversary of the death of Bob Hope.
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Over the last 150 years the average height of people in industrialised nations has increased 10 cm (about 4 inches). In the 19th century, American men were the tallest in the world, averaging 1.71m (5'6"). Today, the average height for American men is 1.75m (5'7"), compared to 1.77 (5'8") for Swedes, and 1.78 (5'8.5") for the Dutch. The tallest nation in the world is the Watusis of Burundi.
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Over the last 150 years the average height of people in industrialised nations has increased 10 cm (about 4 inches). In the 19th century, American men were the tallest in the world, averaging 1.71m (5'6"). Today, the average height for American men is 1.75m (5'7"), compared to 1.77 (5'8") for Swedes, and 1.78 (5'8.5") for the Dutch. The tallest nation in the world is the Watusis of Burundi.
I can agree with the Dutch height thing. I'm from West Michigan, which is predominately Dutch (hence the cities of Holland and Zeeland, and the preponderance of Van and Vanders in the phone book). Three of my grandparents are Dutch. I'm 5'8", and my brothers are 6', and we were always on the short side of average, growing up. When we all went to college out of state, we all felt immediately taller, away from all those towering Dutch people. Most of my male classmates were around 6'2" or so. then I lived in Japan, and was practically equivalent to Godzilla...
Over the last 150 years the average height of people in industrialised nations has increased 10 cm (about 4 inches). In the 19th century, American men were the tallest in the world, averaging 1.71m (5'6"). Today, the average height for American men is 1.75m (5'7"), compared to 1.77 (5'8") for Swedes, and 1.78 (5'8.5") for the Dutch. The tallest nation in the world is the Watusis of Burundi.
Hmm... the last numbers I saw had the average height for grown men in Sweden at 1,85 - and higher for Dutch. If it were 1,77 my 175 cm would not make me the shortest man in the room nearly as often as it does.
Ball is a sphere-word.
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On average, taller people make more money.
time to go kneecapping.
About ten to 15 years ago, a survey of refereeing decisions in the English football pyramid's top four divisions revealed that players with a shaved head or very short soldier/prisoner haircuts was more likely to get booked for fouls they'd committed than players with longer hairstyles.
About ten to 15 years ago, a survey of refereeing decisions in the English football pyramid's top four divisions revealed that players with a shaved head or very short soldier/prisoner haircuts was more likely to get booked for fouls they'd committed than players with longer hairstyles.
A correlation does not a cause-and-effect relationship make :)
As a footballer, I've noticed that players with those hairstyles tend to lay on tougher challenges.... I've also noticed that many players with those hairstyles are balding prematurely, which is (apparently) related to excessive levels of testosterone...
Need more data!