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Gravdigr 03-03-2019 08:20 AM
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A few years are not represented in the above tempestry.

That word still sounds like 'the study of storms' to me.

Here's an interesting comparison between Utqiagvik, Alaska (on the left, L-R, 1925, 2010, 2016) and Death Valley, California (on the right L—R: 1950, 2016):

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BigV 03-03-2019 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 1027205)
I've been up ten minutes, and already I've learned something. Besides that I shouldn't have gotten up to begin with. Ow.


This morning I've already learned about The Tempestry Project. Ow.

To whet the appetite, the word tempestry is a portmanteau of the words temperature and tapestry. Ow.


Below are tempestries for Deception Pass, Washington, for the years 1950 - 2017 (left to right):

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Each day's high temp is represented by a different color, with January 1st at the bottom and December 31 at top.

Ow.
[drift]
I'm camping at Deception Pass next month with my BIL, A.
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Gravdigr 03-03-2019 02:34 PM
Take a scarf, and lookout for drifts.

monster 03-17-2019 10:07 PM
a new word. Paronomasia. I can't believe I never came across this before....

Gravdigr 03-18-2019 07:34 AM
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I lost one of my Nomasias on 9/11. I no longer have a paro them.

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Gravdigr 03-18-2019 09:08 AM
Today I learned about whiskey stones.

Chill the stones in your freezer, cool your drink without watering it down.

Glinda 03-18-2019 01:33 PM
Gives new meaning to "On the rocks." :D

Gravdigr 03-18-2019 02:32 PM
Today I also learned that the novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (that the movie was loosely based on) was written by Ian Fleming (I learned that watching Jay Leno's Garage on YouTube).

And that the name of the book was derived from a lewd/bawdy WWI barracks song. But I can find only mentions that there is a song, can't find the lyrics.

I did find that chitty bang bang referred to the paper pass (chit) you had to have to leave the barracks in order to visit the brothel.

Flint 03-19-2019 01:09 PM
We find scammers pretty quick on this site.

Move along, you won't do any business here.

Undertoad 03-26-2019 08:45 PM
Yesterday I learned that in The Breakfast Club, Carl the janitor was the high school's "Man of the Year 1969"... a fact which is slyly revealed during the film's opening montage.

The reveal happens for two seconds at 2:48 in this opening, do forward to near the spot



I captured the frame of it.

http://cellar.org/img/manoftheyear1969.jpg

Muh man CARL. Man of the Year.

Griff 03-27-2019 06:09 AM
I think I knew that.

monster 04-30-2019 08:29 PM
How to vacuum a fish tank and change the filter. I should have learned ages ago, but today I did it.

henry quirk 05-02-2019 01:03 PM
Today, I learned...
 
...that after about a week of investigatin', professional car mechanics are no closer to identfying what ails my car than they were from the start.

glatt 05-02-2019 01:18 PM
Modern cars are awesome until they break.

henry quirk 05-02-2019 06:37 PM
yep


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