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Post by headsplint on Dec 29, 2009 10:47:01 GMT -6
Both the Earth and Moon rotate. And the Moon rotates around the Earth. So if the Moon is spinning...why do we only see the 1 side of the Moon? We always see the same face of the Moon. Never the back side of it.
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Post by mrcommissioner on Dec 29, 2009 11:17:00 GMT -6
are u asking or telling? My guess is that it is perfectly timed so that when there is a NEW moon (u cant see it) that's when the back side is facing us.
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Post by hydroshock on Dec 29, 2009 14:46:22 GMT -6
conspiracy!!
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Post by mrcommissioner on Dec 29, 2009 15:38:03 GMT -6
I blame obama
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Post by mrcommissioner on Dec 29, 2009 15:39:10 GMT -6
here's a thought.. maybe that IS the back side, and it's the front side we never get to see?
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Post by headsplint on Dec 30, 2009 11:21:54 GMT -6
Dr Pepper The origin of this soft drink is a tale of love and love lost. There was once a man named Wade Morrison who worked in a drug store in Rural Retreat, Va. His boss? Dr. Charles Pepper. The young Wade grew a bit sweet on Dr. Pepper's young daughter. None too pleased with the development, Dr. Pepper fired Wade. Wade moved to Waco Texas and opened Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store. His pharmacist, who was in charge of the soda fountain too, created a new drink--a mix of fruit flavors. Well, the drink became popular, and you know the rest. But as for the name, Wade thought that the old Dr. would be so pleased with the drink and its success that he'd let Wade see his daughter again. No such luck.
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Post by headsplint on Dec 30, 2009 11:22:22 GMT -6
Best non alcoholic beverage IMO. I'm addicted.
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Post by hydroshock on Dec 30, 2009 11:55:33 GMT -6
carbonated prune juice
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Post by SMC-22 on Dec 30, 2009 21:43:25 GMT -6
best prune juice I've ever had
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Post by hydroshock on Dec 30, 2009 22:52:46 GMT -6
same here ;D
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Post by headsplint on Jan 1, 2010 9:02:08 GMT -6
The myth is that the color red is offensive to bulls and causes them to charge. This is why bullfighters use a red cape. The problem with this theory is that in reality bulls are colorblind. Tests have shown that bulls will charge any color. They are charging because they are being tormented (and drugged) by the matador and others in the ring. The red capes are used only for tradition (and theatrics).
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Post by mrcommissioner on Jan 1, 2010 12:22:04 GMT -6
I watched a bullfighting event once in Monterrey, Mexico... I thought to myself.. "total cruelty...!
How could they do that to such a magnificent beast...? Fight fair you bastards!!!"
they stick him with drugged daggers.. and the bulls can barely stand by the time it's over..
they cough and wheeze and drool... by the time they go in for the kill, there simply is no fight left... they can barely stand, much less charge..
Slaughtering an animal humanely for food is one thing.. but the barbarism in bullfighting is beyond comprehension...
so as I watched the fight go down.. I thought again...
"wouldn't it be nice to see the bull win? C'mon bull.. you can do it..! If you must go down... go down like a champion... "
Then.. as if from some act of divine intervention... the bull got it's second wind.... and as the matador went in for the kill...
The bull sprang to life... and caught the matador totally unprepared... he charged with massive strength that only a bull could muster and sent the matador flying through the air... then as he landed to the ground.. the bull relentlessly made hamburger out of his weak, frail and all too human body.
As their version of rodeo clowns distracted the bull.. they dragged the badly wounded matador off of the field of battle.. and corralled the bull, without killing it.
The matador had massive wounds and was taken to a hospital. I was curious as to what would happen to the bull.
I asked some of the other spectators who were locals to the area. They explained to me in broken english that the bull would be allowed to live, and would be retired to pasture where he could live out his days in peace and be allowed to make more little bulls.
All I could think of was the old adage "you mess with the bull, you get the horns."
It was and always will be an inspiring experience that I will never forget.
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Post by hydroshock on Jan 1, 2010 15:01:29 GMT -6
Right on man, that's a good story. Every time I see video of a bullfight I can't help but hope the matador gets his ass trampled.
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Post by headsplint on Jan 4, 2010 18:27:11 GMT -6
Can I buy a vowel? What letter would you choose? I like the letter "e," but I don't think it is the most common vowel. Anyway, that isn't what we're talking about today. Back in 1939, Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel called "Gadsby." Not one that will go down in history with its counterpart, "The Great Gatsby," but this book does have one feature that is rather impressive: It is 267 pages long and has about 50,000 words--none of them contain the letter "e."
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Post by hydroshock on Jan 4, 2010 21:31:51 GMT -6
wow, how the hell do you write a book without using the letter e I used 7 just typing that sentence!
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Post by mrcommissioner on Jan 5, 2010 13:24:28 GMT -6
it's azzy to do... just yuz a lot of mispallad words and mak lots of typos
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Post by headsplint on Jan 5, 2010 18:18:17 GMT -6
Fact for Tuesday, January 5, 2010 Eureka!
I figure most of us know that eureka means, "I have found it." But who knew that those prospectors back in 1849 were so fluent in Greek that they would dig up that term and make it famous? The actual origin of eureka's (or heureka in Greek) fame goes all the way back to around 230 BC. Archimedes, a Sicilian philosopher, was given the task of finding out whether a crown presented to the ruler of Syracuse was really pure gold or a fake. Archimedes had no idea how to figure this out until he stepped into his bath and noticed that it overflowed. This made him realize that objects of equal weight but different density displaced different amounts of water when immersed. Since gold has a different density than other metals, he knew that if he immersed the crown in water, he'd be able to determine if it was made of pure gold. He was so excited that he jumped out of the public bath and ran home shouting "Heureka!"
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Post by mrcommissioner on Jan 6, 2010 12:18:32 GMT -6
My guess is that some journalist of the times dug it up and printed it on a newspaper somewhere and it started being used more commonly.
It had to be someone educated, and not just some average bumpkin.
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Post by headsplint on Jan 6, 2010 18:53:21 GMT -6
Most of us simply assumed that, in filmmaking, the slate that goes "clack" before a scene is filmed is used to wake up the actors before their big scene. Nope! The clacker is actually crucial to the synchronization of the soundtrack and the film. The clack takes place in less than 1/24 of a second--so on the soundtrack, it will match up with a single frame of film. This way, the editors can easily match the soundtrack to the film.
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Post by hydroshock on Jan 6, 2010 20:03:35 GMT -6
"ACTION!!!"
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