Today I Learned - Page 33

xoxoxoBruce · 09-29-2017, 01:32 AM

Quote:

More common in certain breeds such than others, it can occur to any horse that carries the right gene, male or female.

I've never seen one in person either. I think that "any horse that carries the right gene" statement is bullshit. What is the likelihood of that gene traveling to distant breeds and continents?

Griff · 09-29-2017, 07:30 AM

I think you're supposed to eat the ones with that gene. /Anthony Bordain

Gravdigr · 10-24-2017, 12:38 PM

You know Malcolm and Angus Young of AC/DC fame, right?

Well, they have an older brother, George, who just died (on Oct 22nd). This guy had a songwriting/producing partnership with Harry Vanda (Vanda & Young produced several of AC/DC's albums).

Well, I told ya that to tell this:

Today I learned Malcolm's and Angus' older brother George (along w/Harry Vanda) wrote this song:

I was sorta stunned. George was also in a band called The Easybeats. They wrote and recorded Friday On My Mind, which has been recorded by, well, damn near everybody.

Undertoad · 10-24-2017, 12:54 PM

Good catch sir

i did not know that

you couldn't have knocked me over any further than if you'd told me that a pre-fame Bruce Springsteen spent time in a philly diner with newly-famous Billy Joel... and a pre-fame Barry Manilow.

(but it did happen. this account of the tale leaves out important DJ Ed Sciaky, who later recalled that Manilow predicted he'd be the most famous of the bunch. He was arguably wrong, but not far wrong.)

Gravdigr · 11-16-2017, 09:45 PM

Today I learned that people in prison can still do good things for society.

BigV · 11-16-2017, 10:50 PM

crazy lookin guy at top of story isn't either person named in story, exactly like every other mugshot in story.

still, kill your baby daughter, you deserve to die.

monster · 12-16-2017, 12:32 AM

Honda Fits are Impossible to break into.

And very very stupid.

DanaC · 12-16-2017, 06:41 AM

Hmmmm

Mods - cleanup on aisle 3

BigV · 12-16-2017, 04:15 PM

Today I learned how to adjust the timekeeping rate on our cuckoo clock. UNSURPRISINGLY, the mechanism is simplicity itself. To make the clock run faster, slide the decorative weight on the pendulum shaft upward. Sliding it lower makes it tick more slowly.

*Of course!*

monster · 12-16-2017, 07:41 PM

meee meee I knew that! grew up with a cuckoo clock at my grandparents house. only thing I have from my childhood , now an antique -they got it on vacation in the black forest not working currently, but it will again....

also ...don't swing on the weights

monster · 12-16-2017, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Honda Fits are Impossible to break into.

And very very stupid.

fortunately, on this occasion, someone got up this morning and went to walk home, and found hat the key had not in fact fallen inside the car which then auto-locked... but had fallen through a hole in the pocket of their coat and was stuck in the lining, despite us checking for that last night (before the breakdown service spent over an hour in the snow trying to open the door.....)

Griff · 12-17-2017, 09:04 AM

Cuckoo share!

glatt · 12-17-2017, 02:44 PM

Does it cuckoo twelve times at midnight?

DanaC · 12-17-2017, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

also ...don't swing on the weights

I fell in love with the cuckoo clock in my aunt's bungalow - after she moved to Spain, she came back for a visit and brought me a smaller version that looked very like hers.

I can attest to not swinging the weights.

Griff · 12-17-2017, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Does it cuckoo twelve times at midnight?

Yes.

Today I learned the NFL will take points off the board to protect the Patriots.

09-29-2017, 07:30 AM	#482
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I think you're supposed to eat the ones with that gene. /Anthony Bordain __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-24-2017, 12:38 PM	#483
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	You know Malcolm and Angus Young of AC/DC fame, right? Well, they have an older brother, George, who just died (on Oct 22nd). This guy had a songwriting/producing partnership with Harry Vanda (Vanda & Young produced several of AC/DC's albums). Well, I told ya that to tell this: Today I learned Malcolm's and Angus' older brother George (along w/Harry Vanda) wrote this song: I was sorta stunned. George was also in a band called The Easybeats. They wrote and recorded Friday On My Mind, which has been recorded by, well, damn near everybody. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-16-2017, 09:45 PM	#485
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned that people in prison can still do good things for society. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-16-2017, 10:50 PM	#486
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	crazy lookin guy at top of story isn't either person named in story, exactly like every other mugshot in story. still, kill your baby daughter, you deserve to die. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

12-16-2017, 12:32 AM	#487
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Honda Fits are Impossible to break into. And very very stupid. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-24-2017, 12:54 PM	#484
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Good catch sir i did not know that you couldn't have knocked me over any further than if you'd told me that a pre-fame Bruce Springsteen spent time in a philly diner with newly-famous Billy Joel... and a pre-fame Barry Manilow. (but it did happen. this account of the tale leaves out important DJ Ed Sciaky, who later recalled that Manilow predicted he'd be the most famous of the bunch. He was arguably wrong, but not far wrong.)

12-16-2017, 04:15 PM	#489
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Today I learned how to adjust the timekeeping rate on our cuckoo clock. UNSURPRISINGLY, the mechanism is simplicity itself. To make the clock run faster, slide the decorative weight on the pendulum shaft upward. Sliding it lower makes it tick more slowly. Of course! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

12-16-2017, 07:41 PM	#490
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	meee meee I knew that! grew up with a cuckoo clock at my grandparents house. only thing I have from my childhood , now an antique -they got it on vacation in the black forest not working currently, but it will again.... also ...don't swing on the weights __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-17-2017, 09:04 AM	#492
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Cuckoo share! Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-17-2017, 02:44 PM	#493
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Does it cuckoo twelve times at midnight?

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