Today I Learned - Page 52

Griff · 03-29-2020, 08:57 AM

Ice Cream Barge WW2.

https://www.navalhistory.org/2019/07...as-sweet-tooth

By World War II, when other Allied countries banned ice cream, the United States held fast to the tasty symbol of their perseverance in difficult times. Arguing successfully that ice cream had morale and caloric value for overseas troops, all branches of the U.S. Military began providing the treat to soldiers in whatever form they could. In the U.S. Navy, some of the most interesting ice cream-driven projects occurred. The most well-known project is the $1 million spent on converting a concrete barge into an ice cream factory that was towed around the Pacific, delivering ice cream to ship’s that did not have the equipment to create their own. Those ships that could make ice cream were also equipped with soda fountains – a common place in the United States where ice cream was served – to provide the sailors not just with the taste, but the feel of home. As if these projects were not enough to show the U.S. Military’s dedication to the treat, some U.S. Airmen found a fascinating solution to provide dairy confections to their comrades.

monster · 03-29-2020, 10:10 AM

Interesting, thanks

Happy Monkey · 03-29-2020, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

about untouchable numbers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untouchable_number

I just haven't figured out why they're special or needed a name

Just from the wiki, it appears that if one could prove that there was an odd untouchable number other than five, that would disprove "a slightly stronger version of the Goldbach conjecture", which is a thing I've heard the name of before.

So there's that.

monster · 04-02-2020, 08:31 PM

TIL What autochthonous means.

TBH, TIL autochthonous was a word.

I have weird facebook friends -he used in in a conversational post about grilling sausages.

I suspect this new knowledge is not going to do me any good in games of Scrabble and Boggle and the like, but I look forward to an opportunity to just toss it casually into a conversation.....

and no, look it up your darn self ... not like you're short on time right now....

Griff · 04-05-2020, 07:36 AM

Well, looks like confirmation of a common question. Yes, yes he does.

monster · 04-09-2020, 03:46 PM

About Graupel as it tried to prevent me from going for a run.

https://www.mlive.com/weather/2020/0...m-the-sky.html

Flint · 04-23-2020, 02:36 PM

The long head of the triceps attaches to the scapula*.

It is commonly known that the triceps makes up 75% of upper arm mass, therefore focus on biceps training isn't the way to get "big" arms. But it changes everything when you realize that the largest and strongest component of the triceps isn't strictly an "arm" muscle-- it is activated by arm position relative to the torso.

*shoulder blade

xoxoxoBruce · 04-24-2020, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

The long head of the triceps attaches to the scapula*.
*shoulder blade

In theory, but sometimes we say hold my beer and alter ourselves. Hurts like a mutha too.

Urbane Guerrilla · 04-24-2020, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

TIL What autochthonous means.

TBH, TIL autochthonous was a word.

.....

and no, look it up your darn self ... not like you're short on time right now....

For a good and edifying use of the term, read through McPhee's Annals of the Former World where it attains some prominence in the volume Rising From The Plain. All about Wyoming -- which is a more subtly strange place than I'd thought. There's oil here and there under Yellowstone NP...

Annals is four books, written over many years, about plate tectonic theory and about rocks. And his writing makes the rocks sing. It'll change your view of what you're hiking around on.

You might even start toting an Estwing geologists' pick. I've got one of those.

monster · 04-24-2020, 08:44 PM

I have a geology teacher for a parent. I'll pass, thanks

Urbane Guerrilla · 04-24-2020, 08:45 PM

I had a geology teacher for a favorite -- I didn't. Was about then I bought that pick. And a 10-power foldie-up magnifying glass for closer looks.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-25-2020, 06:15 PM

Yesterday but close enough. Stopped at Burger King on the way home and they threw a handful of napkins in the bag. Looking at them they unfold to about 13" x 8" (330mm x 203mm), and 0.0023" (0.058mm) thick... the exact same thickness as my single ply toilet paper.
They break down quite quickly in water too.
Just sayin', ya know.

footfootfoot · 04-25-2020, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Half the time I do it on accident just closing my eyes...

On accident? You're dead to me.

Or, TIL Cloddfobble is an ignorant hick.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-26-2020, 12:34 AM

I wondered why it took years to earn a cab drivers licence in London.
OK, big city lots of streets but years, really? Aha, I see a problem...

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Not 52 new streets, 52 streets named New.

Clodfobble · 04-26-2020, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

On accident? You're dead to me.

Or, TIL Cloddfobble is an ignorant hick.

Good riddance, I say! You're probably one of those nightmare people who stands "on" line instead of "in" line.

03-29-2020, 08:57 AM	#766
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ice Cream Barge WW2. https://www.navalhistory.org/2019/07...as-sweet-tooth By World War II, when other Allied countries banned ice cream, the United States held fast to the tasty symbol of their perseverance in difficult times. Arguing successfully that ice cream had morale and caloric value for overseas troops, all branches of the U.S. Military began providing the treat to soldiers in whatever form they could. In the U.S. Navy, some of the most interesting ice cream-driven projects occurred. The most well-known project is the $1 million spent on converting a concrete barge into an ice cream factory that was towed around the Pacific, delivering ice cream to ship’s that did not have the equipment to create their own. Those ships that could make ice cream were also equipped with soda fountains – a common place in the United States where ice cream was served – to provide the sailors not just with the taste, but the feel of home. As if these projects were not enough to show the U.S. Military’s dedication to the treat, some U.S. Airmen found a fascinating solution to provide dairy confections to their comrades. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-29-2020, 10:10 AM	#767
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Interesting, thanks __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-02-2020, 08:31 PM	#769
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	TIL What autochthonous means. TBH, TIL autochthonous was a word. I have weird facebook friends -he used in in a conversational post about grilling sausages. I suspect this new knowledge is not going to do me any good in games of Scrabble and Boggle and the like, but I look forward to an opportunity to just toss it casually into a conversation..... and no, look it up your darn self ... not like you're short on time right now.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-05-2020, 07:36 AM	#770
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Well, looks like confirmation of a common question. Yes, yes he does. Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-09-2020, 03:46 PM	#771
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	About Graupel as it tried to prevent me from going for a run. https://www.mlive.com/weather/2020/0...m-the-sky.html __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-23-2020, 02:36 PM	#772
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The long head of the triceps attaches to the scapula. It is commonly known that the triceps makes up 75% of upper arm mass, therefore focus on biceps training isn't the way to get "big" arms. But it changes everything when you realize that the largest and strongest component of the triceps isn't strictly an "arm" muscle-- it is activated by arm position relative to the torso. shoulder blade __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 04-23-2020 at 02:41 PM.

04-24-2020, 08:44 PM	#775
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I have a geology teacher for a parent. I'll pass, thanks __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-24-2020, 08:45 PM	#776
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I had a geology teacher for a favorite -- I didn't. Was about then I bought that pick. And a 10-power foldie-up magnifying glass for closer looks. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 04-24-2020 at 08:52 PM.

04-25-2020, 06:15 PM	#777
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yesterday but close enough. Stopped at Burger King on the way home and they threw a handful of napkins in the bag. Looking at them they unfold to about 13" x 8" (330mm x 203mm), and 0.0023" (0.058mm) thick... the exact same thickness as my single ply toilet paper. They break down quite quickly in water too. Just sayin', ya know. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-26-2020, 12:34 AM	#779
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I wondered why it took years to earn a cab drivers licence in London. OK, big city lots of streets but years, really? Aha, I see a problem... Not 52 new streets, 52 streets named New. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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