Today I Learned - Page 37

Gravdigr · 06-22-2018, 02:24 PM

Has he snagged anyone 30 mil for a single season that they didn't play?[/rhetoricalpoke]

Boras will fer damn sure show you the money, though. Ya don't get that big if ya ain't that good.

Gravdigr · 07-05-2018, 02:48 PM

Today I learned about The Ring of Silvianus

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(through a Did You Know about The Vyne estate on Wiki's front page), and that it may have been Tolkien's inspiration for The One Ring.

Griff · 07-06-2018, 07:41 AM

I did not know that.

Gravdigr · 07-06-2018, 02:43 PM

Ya reckon ol Silvianus' friends in school called him 'Anus for short?

Griff · 07-09-2018, 08:53 AM

What choice would they have?

Gravdigr · 07-18-2018, 02:17 PM

TIL about Chief, the US Army's last living operational cavalry horse. He died in 1968 at 36. He was buried with full military honors, in an upright position, in Ft. Riley Kansas, at the base of the statue 'Old Trooper' (shown below).

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I also learned that when actress Tilly Keeper auditioned for the role of 'Louise Mitchell' on East Enders, she thought she was trying out for a different part.

In learning that, I learned that Tilly's father's name is Peter. Peter Keeper. Snicker.

I guess the surname of Holder might have been worse.

Gravdigr · 08-15-2018, 03:15 PM

Today I learned about the passionflower. Also called the blue passionflower, blue crown, flower of five wounds, "the Japanese call it the clock plant, due to it having 12 petals, a central stamen and stigmas resembling a time pieces's winding mechanism, and curly green tendrils resembling wound springs."

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Gravdigr · 08-15-2018, 03:30 PM

That flower just rocks.

Pamela · 08-21-2018, 05:19 PM

What a pretty flower! Looks like it was designed on MS Paint.

Gravdigr · 08-22-2018, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pamela

What a pretty flower!

Ain't it, though?

I can't tell ya how long I looked at it.

Gravdigr · 08-28-2018, 05:37 PM

Today (literally, just a minute or two ago) I learned about the Devil's Hole pupfish, the world's rarest fish. No wonder. It's only found in a hole in (ok, near) Death Valley, one of the hottest, driest places on Earth.

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Nearly the entire natural range of the species is visible in this photo.

~from the link

glatt · 08-29-2018, 08:20 AM

That's pretty amazing.

captainhook455 · 08-29-2018, 08:55 AM

Whats that built down there on the side of the lake?

glatt · 08-29-2018, 12:45 PM

Water level gauges. There is massive agricultural activity nearby and there have been numerous lawsuits and regulations regarding how much water the agriculture (in freakin Death Valley of all places) can pump out of the underground aquifer. So the National Park Service measures the water level so they know when the agriculture is pumping more water than they are supposed to be.

Don't get me starting with the fools in the desert Southwest pumping the water out of the ground faster than it can be replenished. Me, me, me, and screw the future generations.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-29-2018, 01:23 PM

It balances out, they pump out the water, the land subsides, the water is still the same distance down... until it runs out.

06-22-2018, 02:24 PM	#541
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Has he snagged anyone 30 mil for a single season that they didn't play?[/rhetoricalpoke] Boras will fer damn sure show you the money, though. Ya don't get that big if ya ain't that good. __________________ 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.

07-05-2018, 02:48 PM	#542
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned about The Ring of Silvianus (through a Did You Know about The Vyne estate on Wiki's front page), and that it may have been Tolkien's inspiration for The One Ring. __________________ 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.

07-06-2018, 07:41 AM	#543
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I did not know that. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-06-2018, 02:43 PM	#544
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Ya reckon ol Silvianus' friends in school called him 'Anus for short? __________________ 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.

07-09-2018, 08:53 AM	#545
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	What choice would they have? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-18-2018, 02:17 PM	#546
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	TIL about Chief, the US Army's last living operational cavalry horse. He died in 1968 at 36. He was buried with full military honors, in an upright position, in Ft. Riley Kansas, at the base of the statue 'Old Trooper' (shown below). ************************************************ I also learned that when actress Tilly Keeper auditioned for the role of 'Louise Mitchell' on East Enders, she thought she was trying out for a different part. In learning that, I learned that Tilly's father's name is Peter. Peter Keeper. Snicker. I guess the surname of Holder might have been worse. __________________ 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.

08-15-2018, 03:15 PM	#547
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned about the passionflower. Also called the blue passionflower, blue crown, flower of five wounds, "the Japanese call it the clock plant, due to it having 12 petals, a central stamen and stigmas resembling a time pieces's winding mechanism, and curly green tendrils resembling wound springs." __________________ 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. Last edited by Gravdigr; 08-15-2018 at 03:30 PM.

08-15-2018, 03:30 PM	#548
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	That flower just rocks. __________________ 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.

08-21-2018, 05:19 PM	#549
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	What a pretty flower! Looks like it was designed on MS Paint.

08-29-2018, 08:20 AM	#552
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's pretty amazing.

08-29-2018, 08:55 AM	#553
captainhook455 Rapscallion Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,357	Whats that built down there on the side of the lake?

08-29-2018, 12:45 PM	#554
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Water level gauges. There is massive agricultural activity nearby and there have been numerous lawsuits and regulations regarding how much water the agriculture (in freakin Death Valley of all places) can pump out of the underground aquifer. So the National Park Service measures the water level so they know when the agriculture is pumping more water than they are supposed to be. Don't get me starting with the fools in the desert Southwest pumping the water out of the ground faster than it can be replenished. Me, me, me, and screw the future generations.

08-29-2018, 01:23 PM	#555
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It balances out, they pump out the water, the land subsides, the water is still the same distance down... until it runs out. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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