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Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
Perun said:ِEW, I have to give you some late appreciation for that Tetris link. I haven't gotten that brilliant song out of my head all day. You get six praises.
I'll pass the praise on to the friend of mine who first showed me that video
I'm back from my Jeebusland Florida vacation. The quick report:
I went to the Thomas Edison museum. His winter home was in Fort Myers, and Henry Ford's winter home was on the same grounds (they were close friends). Most of what Edison did in Florida was biochemical and pharmaceutical research; the more famous electro-mechanical inventions came out of Menlo Park. But the place was full of early phonographs, and it was thrilling to see them ... the beginnings of recorded music, which eventually led to all of us meeting here.
What I learned...
1. Edison was almost entirely deaf. Fully deaf in the left ear, about 10% hearing in the right, thanks to scarlet fever as a child. As a result, he required assistance to make sure phonographs reproduced sound in the fullest fidelity possible.
2. Edison only had three months of formal schooling, when he was 8 years old. He was kicked out of school for being unable to learn. With his mother's help, he was entirely self-taught.
I also saw the largest banyan tree in the United States. When Edison planted it, the tree was 4 feet tall and 2.5 inches diameter. (That's just over a meter and about 8cm for you Euros.) The tree now takes up a full acre. (Translate that to metric yourself! It's roughly the size of a huge house.)
Also did some fishing in Naples Bay, but didn't catch any edible keepers. One sheepshead was 10 inches, but there's a 12-inch minimum. Hooked a 2-foot sea trout, got it reeled up to the side of the boat, but it broke the line a second before we could get the net down there. Would have made an excellent dinner...
I went to the Thomas Edison museum. His winter home was in Fort Myers, and Henry Ford's winter home was on the same grounds (they were close friends). Most of what Edison did in Florida was biochemical and pharmaceutical research; the more famous electro-mechanical inventions came out of Menlo Park. But the place was full of early phonographs, and it was thrilling to see them ... the beginnings of recorded music, which eventually led to all of us meeting here.
What I learned...
1. Edison was almost entirely deaf. Fully deaf in the left ear, about 10% hearing in the right, thanks to scarlet fever as a child. As a result, he required assistance to make sure phonographs reproduced sound in the fullest fidelity possible.
2. Edison only had three months of formal schooling, when he was 8 years old. He was kicked out of school for being unable to learn. With his mother's help, he was entirely self-taught.
I also saw the largest banyan tree in the United States. When Edison planted it, the tree was 4 feet tall and 2.5 inches diameter. (That's just over a meter and about 8cm for you Euros.) The tree now takes up a full acre. (Translate that to metric yourself! It's roughly the size of a huge house.)
Also did some fishing in Naples Bay, but didn't catch any edible keepers. One sheepshead was 10 inches, but there's a 12-inch minimum. Hooked a 2-foot sea trout, got it reeled up to the side of the boat, but it broke the line a second before we could get the net down there. Would have made an excellent dinner...
According to wiki, it is used by the metric system. It's not exactly the same, but very close. The metric acre is 0.016 square yards smaller, so the difference is negligible.
The acre is based on the yard, so it's native to English, and the metric version is a hack.
The acre is based on the yard, so it's native to English, and the metric version is a hack.
Albie
Keeping an open eye on the Weeping Angels.
Talking of metric/imperial, my car has a trip computer and on it you can show in either system. The problem is that I only understand miles per gallon, etc so I choose imperial. However, I cannot get my head around Fahrenheit and the outside temperature is shown in that when you choose imperial. So you have to change it back to metric to get Celsius - but I can't understand litres per kilometre.....
Mega
Ancient Mariner
Onhell said:So you saving the crutches, wheelchair, coffin and funeral lot proof of purchase for Hanukkah?
He's not dead yet!
Plus we don't really give gifts in Hanuukah, I think they only do this in europian countries so that the kids won't feel sucky because of christmas.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
Now cooking. Cut an onion and some mushrooms in pieces and fried them in butter, then some pieces of pork fillet. Now just waiting for the rice to be finished. And with this meal, a cold beer is perfect.
I made myself a stew earlier today, consisting of green and red beans, corn, onions and sausage, cooked in crushed tomatos spiced with a hot Thai chili sauce. I would have actually cooked that sauce myself, but I still had some left and needed to do something with it. Pretty yummy, all in all.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
Sounds yummy, yeah.
The same could be said for the couple of beers I've just downed.
The same could be said for the couple of beers I've just downed.
Dinner tonight: the chicken is soaking in a 'Cuban Lime' marinade. There will also be Spanish rice (I add bacon and onion, and finish the chicken in the same pan) + cornbread.
The leftover cornbread will go with breakfast tomorrow: a spicy pseudo-Mexican omelet. Chorizo, jalapenos, diced chiles, salsa, and hot sauce mixed into the eggs so it comes out red.
The leftover cornbread will go with breakfast tomorrow: a spicy pseudo-Mexican omelet. Chorizo, jalapenos, diced chiles, salsa, and hot sauce mixed into the eggs so it comes out red.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
Damn you, SMX. It's less than one and a half hour since I finished my own dinner, and now you've made me hungry again
By the way - page 999!
By the way - page 999!
