The "Useless Information" Thread

[zstairlessone]

Don't tell someone from South Tyrol, like Reinhold Messner, that he's from Italy, if you don't want to offend him.

I thought he was from Northern Italy (close to the border) - oops

 

[J. A.]

I thought he was from Northern Italy (close to the border) - oops

South Tyrol is a part of Northern Italy, but the people there are mostly talking German, and would like to become Austrians again. (In exchange for Vienna. )

 

[scifan57]

There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year.

 

[J. A.]

The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.

 

[Bob Maxey]

Herbal tea contains no tea.

Tea defined: drink made by infusion: a drink made by the infusion of plant leaves or flowers."

Tea does not have to contain tea; it is a process. Like the "tea" my grandfather made from nicotine to kill bugs.

 

[Bob Maxey]

Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.

And Bette Nesmith (Graham) invented Liquid Paper. Her some was Mikle Nesmith of the Monkeys.

Lots of amazing women inventors.

 

[scifan57]

Tea defined: drink made by infusion: a drink made by the infusion of plant leaves or flowers."

Tea does not have to contain tea; it is a process. Like the "tea" my grandfather made from nicotine to kill bugs.

I'm afraid not, Bob. If it contains no tea leaves, it is by strict definition, not tea, but an infusion. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea

Besides whatever definition you chose, the fact remains that herbal tea contains no tea leaves, which was the point of my post.

 

[J. A.]

The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old.


Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people. (I knew there has to be an advantage being right handed. )

 

[scifan57]

The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is "Live Free or Die." These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord.

 

[zstairlessone]

The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old.

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people. (I knew there has to be an advantage being right handed. )

If you are ambidextrous you aren't in your right mind or your wrong (left) mind, therefore you must be out of your mind, at least that's what I'm always being told

 

[J. A.]

The house fly hums in the middle octave key of F.

 

[nathan the ipad lover]

CRT TVs use less power than a flat screen, Why? Because CRTs are better! A mate told me her electric bill was $25 more when she got the flat screen

A Commodore 64 a day keeps the Apple II away!

 

[Gabriel1]

CRT TVs use less power than a flat screen, Why? Because CRTs are better! A mate told me her electric bill was $25 more when she got the flat screen

A Commodore 64 a day keeps the Apple II away!

I'd suggest it might be another reason, CRT's are not energy efficient, check this chart out.......





It's an excerpt from this web site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_CRT,_LCD,_Plasma,_and_OLED

The Archangel

 

[nathan the ipad lover]

They are at my house, somehow my CRTs don't generate much heat

A Commodore 64 a day keeps the Apple II away!

 

[Gabriel1]

They are at my house, somehow my CRTs don't generate much heat

A Commodore 64 a day keeps the Apple II away!

There is some truth in your statement but it's a kind of misconceived truth. Like for like CRT is much less energy efficient so a 28" LCD will be more energy efficient than a 28" CRT however, what generally happens is that when folks go from CRT to LCD they increase the size of the screen and at some point a the increase in screen size will outweigh the energy saving. So if you had a 28" CRT and now have a 50" LCD then it's quite possible the LCD will use more energy but that's not really a "like for like" comparison.

The Archangel