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Post by eddien on Sept 19, 2020 17:18:42 GMT -6
Only one tin in tinnitus. And mine seems to be getting worse. OMG! All along, I've been misspelling tinnitus with only one "N". I'm so embarrassed! Humble apologies from the so-called spelling bee nerd! Did you and I go to school together? 😂
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Post by sparkle on Sept 19, 2020 19:53:34 GMT -6
OMG! All along, I've been misspelling tinnitus with only one "N". I'm so embarrassed! Humble apologies from the so-called spelling bee nerd! Did you and I go to school together? 😂 LOL! Maybe. I've always been a spelling nazi and I'm slipping in my old age.
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Post by red14 on Sept 20, 2020 9:24:54 GMT -6
I usually spell gud, but sometimes . . . .
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Post by sparkle on Sept 20, 2020 14:44:23 GMT -6
I usually spell gud, but sometimes . . . . Mee two!
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Post by eddien on Sept 23, 2020 11:45:03 GMT -6
I usually spell gud, but sometimes . . . . Mee two! Ya speld to rong.
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Post by sparkle on Sept 23, 2020 12:42:00 GMT -6
LOL! Noe eye dint! Dideye?
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Post by Alpo on Oct 4, 2020 16:52:52 GMT -6
Pornography
In ancient Greece, prostitutes were called pornas. And they didn't stand on the street corner, they worked out of a house.
Then, as now, many of them had specialties. Drawings of these specialties would be painted on the exterior wall of the house, so people would know that they could go there and get peed on, or they could beat the girl, or they could go up the Hershey highway, etc.
These drawings of the specialties of the pornas were called pornography.
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Post by SaddleLT on Oct 4, 2020 21:12:53 GMT -6
Pornography In ancient Greece, prostitutes were called pornas. And they didn't stand on the street corner, they worked out of a house. Then, as now, many of them had specialties. Drawings of these specialties would be painted on the exterior wall of the house, so people would know that they could go there and get peed on, or they could beat the girl, or they could go up the Hershey highway, etc. These drawings of the specialties of the pornas were called pornography. I guess working from home nowadays, isn't the "new norm" that so many are claiming.
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Post by red14 on Oct 5, 2020 14:54:18 GMT -6
Pornography In ancient Greece, prostitutes were called pornas. And they didn't stand on the street corner, they worked out of a house. Then, as now, many of them had specialties. Drawings of these specialties would be painted on the exterior wall of the house, so people would know that they could go there and get peed on, or they could beat the girl, or they could go up the Hershey highway, etc. These drawings of the specialties of the pornas were called pornography. I guess working from home nowadays, isn't the "new norm" that so many are claiming. Talk about social distancing.
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Post by Alpo on Oct 12, 2020 8:49:17 GMT -6
Goosebumps
You normally get goosebumps for one of two reasons. Either you are cold, or you are scared.
Goosebumps are your body's automatic reaction to a stimulus. First you must know that Goosebumps happen at hair follicles. Even if you are very lightly haired, you still have the follicles. The area of skin where the hair should grow.
When you are cold your body automatically raises these hair follicles, thus making your body hair rise up above your skin. This allows air to be trapped between the hair and your skin, making a layer of insulation, which helps to keep you warm.
On a similar note, shivering releases body heat, which would be trapped underneath the rising hair and would warm you sooner. That's why you shiver when you're cold.
I've discovered that on a cold winter night getting into a cold bed, if I intentionally shiver, the bed warms up faster. Although actually the quickest way to warm the bed up is to stick your head under the covers and take deep breaths. It doesn't matter what the temperature of the air coming in is. Your exhalation is 99°. Five or six deep breaths under the covers and you're nice and toasty warm.
But to get back to Goosebumps.
Another part of the body's instinctive reactions is to make you appear scary to an enemy. Here in the South we have a term -to BOW UP. That means to hunch your shoulders and spread your arms slightly apart, which makes you look larger. This is to intimidate your aggressor. You can intentionally bow up - if not a difficult position to take. But when you are faced by a dangerous appearing opponent, your body will bow up by itself.
Goosebumps work the same way. When you are scared your body gives you Goosebumps, which stand your hair up. This makes you look bigger.
I'm sure all of you have at one time seen a dog that's about to fight. The hair on the back of his neck is standing up. Goosebumps. It makes him look bigger, and therefore more dangerous. Also it makes his neck look bigger, so if another dog goes for a throat hold, he sometimes ends up with a mouthful of hair.
Goosebumps. Nature's protection.
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Post by sparkle on Oct 12, 2020 16:36:23 GMT -6
Goosebumps You normally get goosebumps for one of two reasons. Either you are cold, or you are scared. Goosebumps are your body's automatic reaction to a stimulus. First you must know that Goosebumps happen at hair follicles. Even if you are very lightly haired, you still have the follicles. The area of skin where the hair should grow. When you are cold your body automatically raises these hair follicles, thus making your body hair rise up above your skin. This allows air to be trapped between the hair and your skin, making a layer of insulation, which helps to keep you warm. On a similar note, shivering releases body heat, which would be trapped underneath the rising hair and would warm you sooner. That's why you shiver when you're cold. I've discovered that on a cold winter night getting into a cold bed, if I intentionally shiver, the bed warms up faster. Although actually the quickest way to warm the bed up is to stick your head under the covers and take deep breaths. It doesn't matter what the temperature of the air coming in is. Your exhalation is 99°. Five or six deep breaths under the covers and you're nice and toasty warm. But to get back to Goosebumps. Another part of the body's instinctive reactions is to make you appear scary to an enemy. Here in the South we have a term -to BOW UP. That means to hunch your shoulders and spread your arms slightly apart, which makes you look larger. This is to intimidate your aggressor. You can intentionally bow up - if not a difficult position to take. But when you are faced by a dangerous appearing opponent, your body will bow up by itself. Goosebumps work the same way. When you are scared your body gives you Goosebumps, which stand your hair up. This makes you look bigger. I'm sure all of you have at one time seen a dog that's about to fight. The hair on the back of his neck is standing up. Goosebumps. It makes him look bigger, and therefore more dangerous. Also it makes his neck look bigger, so if another dog goes for a throat hold, he sometimes ends up with a mouthful of hair. Goosebumps. Nature's protection. Wow! Great read! Thanks.
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Post by Alpo on Nov 2, 2020 19:59:45 GMT -6
My mind, as seen on a graph.
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Post by Alpo on Nov 19, 2020 13:35:15 GMT -6
Once upon a time there was a slave boy. His name was George.
Because he belonged to the Carver family, he was frequently called Carver's George.
Along came a war which brought about a law which free the slaves, and he was no longer Carver's George. Having noticed that free men had a first name and a last name, he switched his around, so that Carver's George became George Carver.
Several years later, having seen that many people had a middle initial, he just pulled one out of the air, and became George W. Carver.
A few years later, people were asking him if the W stood for Washington. Sure, why not?
And that is how Carver's George became George Washington Carver.
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Post by sparkle on Nov 19, 2020 13:51:43 GMT -6
Once upon a time there was a slave boy. His name was George. Because he belonged to the Carver family, he was frequently called Carver's George. Along came a war which brought about a law which free the slaves, and he was no longer Carver's George. Having noticed that free men had a first name and a last name, he switched his around, so that Carver's George became George Carver. Several years later, having seen that many people had a middle initial, he just pulled one out of the air, and became George W. Carver. A few years later, people were asking him if the W stood for Washington. Sure, why not? And that is how Carver's George became George Washington Carver. OMG you know a lot! I used to have one of those minds that just held more and more stuff, and at age 40 or so it all just started leaking out. Now my mind just holds about a cup and a half at a time.
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Trivia
Nov 19, 2020 15:54:48 GMT -6
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Post by Alpo on Nov 19, 2020 15:54:48 GMT -6
I'm afraid that my mind is starting to be like Kelly Bundy's.
There was this episode where Al was trying to get picked to be a contestant on a sports trivia TV show, but Kelly had gone down there with him, and pretty blonde was much more television than ugly old man. So she got picked.
So Al is sitting there the day before the show, filling her head with all the sports trivia. Then she holds up her hand to stop him. She tells him she is full. There is no more room for information in her head. If she was to learn one more fact, something that was already in there would have to leave. Then Bud told her something - her dress was on backwards, or it was time to leave, just something. That was a new fact that went into her head, so one of the ones that was in there had to leave.
She is a ball of fire on the TV show, and when they get to the end she has won several thousand dollars. And the big bonus question, which would be double or nothing, was "Who scored four touchdowns in one game for Polk High?"
That was Al's one big claim to fame - that when he was in the 12th grade he had scored four touchdowns in one game. He was just so happy. Kelly was going to double their money.
Unfortunately that was the fact that got kicked out of her head to make room for the fact that it was time to leave for the studio.
Goose egg.
And I'm afraid that's where I'm at. My head is full of stuff. And if I learn new stuff, some of the old stuff has to leave so there's room for the new stuff.
The trouble is that the old stuff doesn't want to leave, so they won't let the new stuff in.
That's why old people have that major case of "can't remember shit". "I can remember what happened 30 years ago, but I can't remember what I had for breakfast." There isn't room to put that "what I had for breakfast" memory in the head without kicking something else out, and none of the other memories want to leave.
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