Today I Learned - Page 32

monster · 12-16-2017, 06:44 PM

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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, 08:04 AM

Cuckoo share!

DanaC · 12-16-2017, 05:41 AM

Hmmmm

Mods - cleanup on aisle 3

BigV · 12-16-2017, 03:15 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, 06:41 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

DanaC · 12-17-2017, 01:51 PM

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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.

glatt · 12-17-2017, 01:44 PM

Does it cuckoo twelve times at midnight?

Griff · 12-17-2017, 06:25 PM

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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.

glatt · 12-17-2017, 07:20 PM

Does it wake you up?

And that was a BS call. They changed the outcome of the game with that call.

Griff · 12-17-2017, 08:16 PM

No because we don't wind that f*cker!

Pete can't sleep with it going.

Gravdigr · 12-18-2017, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

No because we don't wind that f*cker!

I don't even like clocks that tick and tock.

Gravdigr · 12-18-2017, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

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

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Originally Posted by glatt

And that was a BS call.

My best friend is a Patriots man. He damn near wept with joy.

Gravdigr · 01-10-2018, 01:13 PM

Today I learned that the band Golden Earring took their name from an instrumental by British band The Hunters, "Golden Earrings".

xoxoxoBruce · 01-11-2018, 12:07 PM

Watching the PA Farm Show Fleece to Shawl competition in which is teams take fleece and card, spin, and weave it into a shawl in a set time limit, I didn't care for the winner. Now they judge on uniform dimensions, knots, and the three spinners of each team a producing the same size yarn, etc. But I didn't like the looks of the winner. The crowd vindicated my taste at the auction.
#1 brought $675
#2 brought $900
#3 brought $900
#4 brought $750
#5 the asshole announcer was taking over the auctioneer.
#6 brought $725

Gravdigr · 01-11-2018, 01:05 PM

Today I learned, again, that some days, it just isn't worth betting out of bed.

"Good Morning, World! And isn't it a lovely morning?"

"Fuck you! You get nothing but shit today!" Slap!

12-17-2017, 08:16 PM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	No because we don't wind that f*cker! Pete can't sleep with it going. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-10-2018, 01:13 PM	#13
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned that the band Golden Earring took their name from an instrumental by British band The Hunters, "Golden Earrings". __________________ 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.

01-11-2018, 12:07 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Watching the PA Farm Show Fleece to Shawl competition in which is teams take fleece and card, spin, and weave it into a shawl in a set time limit, I didn't care for the winner. Now they judge on uniform dimensions, knots, and the three spinners of each team a producing the same size yarn, etc. But I didn't like the looks of the winner. The crowd vindicated my taste at the auction. #1 brought $675 #2 brought $900 #3 brought $900 #4 brought $750 #5 the asshole announcer was taking over the auctioneer. #6 brought $725 __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-11-2018, 01:05 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned, again, that some days, it just isn't worth betting out of bed. "Good Morning, World! And isn't it a lovely morning?" "Fuck you! You get nothing but shit today!" Slap! __________________ 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.

12-17-2017, 08:04 AM	#2
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

12-16-2017, 03:15 PM	#4
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, 06:41 PM	#5
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, 01:44 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Does it cuckoo twelve times at midnight?

12-17-2017, 07:20 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Does it wake you up? And that was a BS call. They changed the outcome of the game with that call.

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