Today I Learned....PartII

[Saxum]

On 1/12/2018 at 10:18 AM, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL a soldier's home was foreclosed on by his HOA over unpaid dues totalling $800. While he was in Iraq.

 

 

 

I think HOAs were created by communists.

[/dev/null]

Today I learned the English Monarchy has been illegitimate for over 500 years and is descended from a 15th century archer

 

 

[row_33]

Every royal appointment  was argued with war and murder and worse until the 1800s in England

 

Edited January 16, 2018 by row_33

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL Scientists believe there is a 9th planet in our solar system that is roughly 10 times larger than earth but haven't been able to locate it yet they know it's there because of its gravitational effects on other objects.

 

 

[Just Jack]

5 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL Scientists believe there is a 9th planet in our solar system that is roughly 10 times larger than earth but haven't been able to locate it yet they know it's there because of its gravitational effects on other objects.

 

 

 

Pluto gained some weight since it got demoted, just like my ex-wife. 

[row_33]

21 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

Pluto gained some weight since it got demoted, just like my ex-wife. 

 

[oof]

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL Walmart stocks up on strawberry Poptarts before a hurricane as it is a more popular prep item than bottled water.

 

 

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL M&M's were first made in 1941 during WWII and were sold exclusively to the military as an easy way to provide the troops with chocolate on the battlefield without it melting so easily. After the war, many troops were hooked on the candy and in 1946, the candies became available for civilians.

 

 

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL that the punishment for adultery in Classical Athens was Rhaphanidosis, the act of inserting a radish into the anus of the wife's lover.

 

 

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL that city security cameras in San Francisco haven't deterred criminals from committing assaults, sex offenses or robberies, but it did reduce homicide within 250 ft of the camera, while increasing homicide by the same amount 250-500 ft away from the camera.

 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

22 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL that the punishment for adultery in Classical Athens was Rhaphanidosis, the act of inserting a radish into the anus of the wife's lover.

 

 

 

Sounds like a typical Saturday night in the Hammersticks’ bedroom...sans the wife’s lover thing.

[snafu]

1 hour ago, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL that city security cameras in San Francisco haven't deterred criminals from committing assaults, sex offenses or robberies, but it did reduce homicide within 250 ft of the camera, while increasing homicide by the same amount 250-500 ft away from the camera.

 

 

People need their safe zones.

 

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL that German prisoners in Canada were treated so nicely some of them returned to Canada after the war and became Canadian citizens.

 

[Fadingpain]

TIL That there is a thing called the "Tide Pod Challenge" and kids are eating (?) laundry detergent to impress their friends, or something like that.

 

I then thought this is not good when you consider India and China are much larger countries, and their youth do things like work, study, do homework, and then work some more.  

 

I then thought this country is doomed. 

 

These latter two thoughts were not new nor did I learn them today.

 

 

 

 

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

TIL $440 million Navy warship stuck in ice since Christmas Eve

 

The USS Little Rock became trapped by ice near Montreal a week after it was commissioned, and has been unable to move due to 'unusually heavy ice conditions.'

 

Those pesky Canadians are up to no good 

[Greybeard]

    TIL or more accurately, became aware of, my lack of learning over the last 7 Days.   Is some one on vacation? Did they shut down the Canadian internet?

 

    I'm old but I still appreciate the education.

 

    Thank You,

    Greybeard  (not Gray Beard)

[row_33]

TIL from November 1963 Until January 1965, there was no Vice President of the United States.   He was the last President to have to wait for an election to fill the office. 

 

Lyndon Johnson did not have a 25th amendment to benefit from and there was then no procedure to make a person Vice President absent a Presidential election where the person would be elected.  (the 25th would be ratified in 1965).

 

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

On 1/23/2018 at 11:47 AM, ShadyBillsFan said:

TIL $440 million Navy warship stuck in ice since Christmas Eve

 

The USS Little Rock became trapped by ice near Montreal a week after it was commissioned, and has been unable to move due to 'unusually heavy ice conditions.'

 

Those pesky Canadians are up to no good 

Where they "really" "stuck"... Of course now they really may be OR do they just don't want to move it and scratch the paint or cause a mechanical issue.

 

Shipping here can be the same way.  During heavy ice, usually southern companies send their boats north.  Bigger powered boats and barges on delivery to keep the lanes open.  Through the years, companies are getting more reluctant to run. They will sit and wait till somebody else clears a trail.  Things get worse when everybody is just sitting waiting for the next guy to lead.  Like this current BFLo Sabres team "on steroids"...

 

Nobody wants to lay their men and machines on the line anymore.  Different than the "self-help" attitude of the old days.

 

In 2014... One of the Louisiana companies was saying the lock was closed, trying to pin why they weren't moving on the gov't.  We were open and river never closes.  They just didn't want to bust ice... Lay their machine on the line keeping the channel open.  It's a very slow go in the ice. They can blame it on the weather, the gov't, Global Warming/Climate Change, safety, insurance companies, etc... No risk to them and machines, using fuel.

 

In a very brutal 1994... The river was iced worse than 2014... Kept open.  Towing outfits were self-helping... Which means using their fuel and manpower, taking risk with their men & machines... To keep the lanes open for all to do business.

 

In short: Entities don't try anymore.  Don't take the risk.  Pass the buck on.  They'd rather shut operations down.

 

Not saying that is what the Navy is doing.  But I wouldn't be surprised if that is part of the reasoning with shutting down their shiny new war ship.  Like the Washington Senators shutting down Strasburg before a playoff push a few years back. 

 

Overly cautious I see in today's shipping business.  Maybe it is right?  God giveth the ice, God taketh a short time later.  What's the rush to get to Jacksonville?  Shut it down, don't scratch the paint or damage a mechanical system.  If that was an older warship, I kinda wonder if it ran the ice?  Or, if it needed to be in a specific war theatre... Of course it gets the hell out (with help) of course.  But, calling it "stuck" @ this stage of winter game was ridiculous.  But, they made the choice, they stay hunkered down, ice accumulating, not abating at this stage.  They are in Montreal... All they had to do was reach Gaspe... Only 500 miles.  They could have had help.

Edited January 31, 2018 by ExiledInIllinois

[DC Tom]

On 1/11/2018 at 10:34 AM, row_33 said:

 

That was a huge risk tying Snoopy to an Apollo flight because you never knew....

 

 

 

But how many manned space missions has the Red Baron shot down? 

[DC Tom]

Today I learned that one of the causes of the Mexican-American War of 1846 was the illegal immigration of Americans to the Mexican provinces of California and Texas.

Edited February 3, 2018 by DC Tom