Today I Learned - Page 11

Carruthers · 09-08-2014, 03:26 AM

We tend to use 'Satnav' in respect of the moving map and voice instructions unit used in cars.

For other applications, such as handheld units, air and sea navigation etc, we'd use 'GPS'.

limey · 09-10-2014, 05:18 AM

I dunno. I think of the map on my phone as satnav.

BigV · 09-10-2014, 12:52 PM

Today I learned who Capt. Jack Harkness is. I watched "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances". Niiiice!

Dina · 10-14-2014, 01:36 AM

Today I learned some new English words.

Happy Monkey · 10-16-2014, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

Today I learned who Capt. Jack Harkness is. I watched "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances". Niiiice!

He's a lot of fun.

He gets a bit darker in the spinoff 'Torchwood'.

glatt · 10-17-2014, 09:44 AM

Today I learned that a lot of people were drinking sewage contaminated water back in the 70s in Crater Lake National Park.

My parents are there right now, and their posts on Facebook brought back memories of me getting sick shortly after visiting the park in 1975 at age 8. I was the only one in the family to drink from the water fountain at the visitor center on our short visit, and my parents saw a sign shortly after that that the water there was bad. I got violently ill, which sucks when you are camping, and my parents took me to a methadone clinic to get checked out, where we were told I had the flu. I have memories of hanging out in a tent for a few days and just being miserable while my brothers and sisters played in a lake.

Anyway, I wanted to see if there was any official record to this family lore, and is there ever. A Google search brings up a lot: Apparently raw sewage was contaminating the spring that was the water source for the national park. Manholes were overflowing below the visitor center and human turds were on the ground just uphill from the spring. Around 100,000 people were exposed to the contaminated water that summer. After weeks of mismanaging the problem and turf wars between various government agencies, they closed the park only a few days after our visit to try to fix the water problem. There were around 1,000 reported cases of people getting sick from drinking the sewage, and a handful of people actually contracted hepatitis. There was a lot of legal wrangling with settlements being paid out to people who got sick and the federal government settled with a lodge owner to compensate him for the settlements he had to pay out.

I guess the lesson is don't get your drinking water from a source downhill from your sewer.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-17-2014, 12:09 PM

No, the lesson is you should have listened to Ben Franklin. Beer good, water bad.

Gravdigr · 10-17-2014, 03:41 PM

Fuckin' A.

Gravdigr · 10-23-2014, 05:58 PM

Today I learned they're flushing the water mains around town...when I tried to take a shower.

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xoxoxoBruce · 10-23-2014, 07:25 PM

You can get a free one right there.

glatt · 10-23-2014, 08:31 PM

That's happened to me before. Annoying.

Clodfobble · 11-19-2014, 12:49 PM

Not actually today, but last night...

I learned that the official, proper way to retire (i.e. dispose of) an old American flag is by burning. But you've got to, like, burn it nicely, not while screaming "Death to America."

xoxoxoBruce · 11-19-2014, 01:57 PM

There's an app for that.

Gravdigr · 11-19-2014, 03:42 PM

Today, I learned, is Nat'l Buy Ammo Day.

DanaC · 11-20-2014, 09:44 AM

So - the 19th of November is : World Toilet Day, National Buy Ammo Day and International Men's Day.

09-08-2014, 03:26 AM	#151
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	We tend to use 'Satnav' in respect of the moving map and voice instructions unit used in cars. For other applications, such as handheld units, air and sea navigation etc, we'd use 'GPS'. __________________

09-10-2014, 05:18 AM	#152
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I dunno. I think of the map on my phone as satnav. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-10-2014, 12:52 PM	#153
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Today I learned who Capt. Jack Harkness is. I watched "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances". Niiiice! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-17-2014, 12:09 PM	#157
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, the lesson is you should have listened to Ben Franklin. Beer good, water bad. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-17-2014, 03:41 PM	#158
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10-14-2014, 01:36 AM	#154
Dina Is it correctly written? Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Russia, Moscow. Posts: 10	Today I learned some new English words.

10-17-2014, 09:44 AM	#156
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Today I learned that a lot of people were drinking sewage contaminated water back in the 70s in Crater Lake National Park. My parents are there right now, and their posts on Facebook brought back memories of me getting sick shortly after visiting the park in 1975 at age 8. I was the only one in the family to drink from the water fountain at the visitor center on our short visit, and my parents saw a sign shortly after that that the water there was bad. I got violently ill, which sucks when you are camping, and my parents took me to a methadone clinic to get checked out, where we were told I had the flu. I have memories of hanging out in a tent for a few days and just being miserable while my brothers and sisters played in a lake. Anyway, I wanted to see if there was any official record to this family lore, and is there ever. A Google search brings up a lot: Apparently raw sewage was contaminating the spring that was the water source for the national park. Manholes were overflowing below the visitor center and human turds were on the ground just uphill from the spring. Around 100,000 people were exposed to the contaminated water that summer. After weeks of mismanaging the problem and turf wars between various government agencies, they closed the park only a few days after our visit to try to fix the water problem. There were around 1,000 reported cases of people getting sick from drinking the sewage, and a handful of people actually contracted hepatitis. There was a lot of legal wrangling with settlements being paid out to people who got sick and the federal government settled with a lodge owner to compensate him for the settlements he had to pay out. I guess the lesson is don't get your drinking water from a source downhill from your sewer.

10-23-2014, 05:58 PM	#159
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned they're flushing the water mains around town...when I tried to take a shower. __________________ 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.

10-23-2014, 07:25 PM	#160
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You can get a free one right there. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-23-2014, 08:31 PM	#161
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's happened to me before. Annoying.

11-19-2014, 12:49 PM	#162
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Not actually today, but last night... I learned that the official, proper way to retire (i.e. dispose of) an old American flag is by burning. But you've got to, like, burn it nicely, not while screaming "Death to America." __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-19-2014, 01:57 PM	#163
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There's an app for that. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-19-2014, 03:42 PM	#164
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today, I learned, is Nat'l Buy Ammo Day. __________________ 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.

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