...electricity is a myth. Everything actually runs off smoke. We know this
because once you let the smoke out of something, it doesn't work any more.
-- "SteveM", in a comment in Scienceblogs.com http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/07/frickin_electricity_how_does_i.php
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Regular gas is less than $2 now! Something like $1.95. When did that happen? Why? I don't understand.
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I had long ago noticed that every time I wash my hair, it's longer than before I washed it. It's especially noticeable now that it's so long that I can get away with washing it once a week, so the increase in length is almost 2 inches.
After all these years, I think I've figured out why.
My hair isn't curly -- it's crinkly. So over a week, the individual hairs crinkle up, making the whole look shorter without showing obvious curl. Then when it gets washed, it straightens out.
Weird.
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Are crickets more populous in the late summer and fall? They're all over outside now. Inside, I'm finding, um, pieces of crickets everywhere, upstairs and down. When Jasper's not sleeping or begging, he's hunting. He doesn't eat them, he just takes them apart and then looks disappointed when they can't hop anymore.
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A hitherto unconsidered benefit of retirement:
I took Hal in for his annual service. Well, Hal's records report that since purchase, I have driven him an average of 67 miles per week. No wonder I hadn't noticed that the cost of gasoline had gone down. In the past 4.5 years, he has had four oil changes. ...Almost balances out the six (or more? I've lost count) new tires.
I should report that mileage to the insurance company - they might lower my premium.
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I don't know why anyone puts "THIS SIDE UP" and arrows on boxes. I do almost all my shopping online, so I get about four boxes dropped on my porch per month, and I have never yet seen even one box with the arrows pointing up. (UPS, are you listening?)
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I want to buy Nugget some toys I loved when I was a child, and Daughter also had. I'm going slightly crazy because I can't find the right things new anywhere online.
I want a pump-type spinning top, you know, the big one that sings, and flaps open inside a clear plastic top showing spinning colored panels that blend as it spins to make changing colors. All I can find are solid metal with stuff painted on top. They sing, but nothing else interesting happens. I did find one on Amazon that almost fits the bill, but Amazon has "temporarily" suspended sale of that item due to some kind of shipping problem.
I want a nice kaleidoscope. The case doesn't matter, but it must have translucent random-shaped colorful bits in the turning part. No, I don't want opaque beads. Duh? Opaque? Beads? I don't want paper clips and other metal bits. I don't want a solid lead-set stained glass wheel that doesn't give an ever-changing pattern. I don't want a tube that gets pushed through the viewing chamber. I don't want one so small that there is little in the chamber. I also don't want to pay over $30 - I'm not looking for artwork here. Remember the ones with odd-shaped bits of glass that shifted into view as you turned the end, and made glowing blossoms that never repeated? Good interesting ones don't seem to exist anymore, not new ones, anyway. I don't know - maybe kids were taking them apart and getting cut by the shifty bits or something. I ended up buying a "vintage '50s" one on eBay.
Still looking for the top.
.
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I had long ago noticed that every time I wash my hair, it's longer than before I washed it. It's especially noticeable now that it's so long that I can get away with washing it once a week, so the increase in length is almost 2 inches.
After all these years, I think I've figured out why.
My hair isn't curly -- it's crinkly. So over a week, the individual hairs crinkle up, making the whole look shorter without showing obvious curl. Then when it gets washed, it straightens out.
Weird.
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Are crickets more populous in the late summer and fall? They're all over outside now. Inside, I'm finding, um, pieces of crickets everywhere, upstairs and down. When Jasper's not sleeping or begging, he's hunting. He doesn't eat them, he just takes them apart and then looks disappointed when they can't hop anymore.
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A hitherto unconsidered benefit of retirement:
I took Hal in for his annual service. Well, Hal's records report that since purchase, I have driven him an average of 67 miles per week. No wonder I hadn't noticed that the cost of gasoline had gone down. In the past 4.5 years, he has had four oil changes. ...Almost balances out the six (or more? I've lost count) new tires.
I should report that mileage to the insurance company - they might lower my premium.
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I don't know why anyone puts "THIS SIDE UP" and arrows on boxes. I do almost all my shopping online, so I get about four boxes dropped on my porch per month, and I have never yet seen even one box with the arrows pointing up. (UPS, are you listening?)
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I want to buy Nugget some toys I loved when I was a child, and Daughter also had. I'm going slightly crazy because I can't find the right things new anywhere online.
I want a pump-type spinning top, you know, the big one that sings, and flaps open inside a clear plastic top showing spinning colored panels that blend as it spins to make changing colors. All I can find are solid metal with stuff painted on top. They sing, but nothing else interesting happens. I did find one on Amazon that almost fits the bill, but Amazon has "temporarily" suspended sale of that item due to some kind of shipping problem.
I want a nice kaleidoscope. The case doesn't matter, but it must have translucent random-shaped colorful bits in the turning part. No, I don't want opaque beads. Duh? Opaque? Beads? I don't want paper clips and other metal bits. I don't want a solid lead-set stained glass wheel that doesn't give an ever-changing pattern. I don't want a tube that gets pushed through the viewing chamber. I don't want one so small that there is little in the chamber. I also don't want to pay over $30 - I'm not looking for artwork here. Remember the ones with odd-shaped bits of glass that shifted into view as you turned the end, and made glowing blossoms that never repeated? Good interesting ones don't seem to exist anymore, not new ones, anyway. I don't know - maybe kids were taking them apart and getting cut by the shifty bits or something. I ended up buying a "vintage '50s" one on eBay.
Still looking for the top.
.
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Well, the vintage eBay kaleidoscope has arrived, and it's exactly the kind I wanted, but there's a LOT of dust and dirt inside the chamber, so it's not as bright and sharp as I would have wanted. Nugget turned it a few times and had kind of an "eh" reaction. I think she's too used to electronic stuff.
Oh, well, I tried. Maybe when she's older and sees how it works she might find it more interesting. Me? I'm still fascinated.
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