Dimensional Door - Freeople Thread 14

[ValerieUSA]

Stay safe at the dentist's.

[Mo1]

Morning Val .. I just hope I don't fall asleep in the chair

[ValerieUSA]

What's wrong with sleeping through it? Just don't snore.

[Mo1]

How will I know if snore ... I think it's better if I try to stay awake

[ValerieUSA]

If you snore, they'll be snickering when you wake up. You'll know.

[Mo1]

Good point

And you do have be paranoid now ... best drink more coffee

[ValerieUSA]

Well, it's back to work on scanning old photos, correcting the faded color, and printing out new album pages for my Mom..... very tedious work.

[null and void]

Mmmmmm. Coffee...

[Servant of the 9]

I also started typing up his hand-written work, and it's full of medical jargon. Thank heavens I had physiology and organic chemistry in college, so at least I can kind of spell - his writing is really difficut to read, and I did some big-time guessing. Well, he'll have to edit it. :)

I started using Stedman's Medical Dictionary add-ins to spell check programs about 15 years ago when I was working as a paralegal. There are now several specialized ones in adition to the main one and they are very good.

Stedmans

So9

[sweetliberty]

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[null and void]

Ooooooooo! *smootch* {{{{hugs}}}}

[sweetliberty]

I would have sent more, but that was the only size container I had and I had to use some packing too. Enjoy.

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[restornu]

Hi Westy!

[null and void]

I will!

[Mo1]

Evening Nully .. I survived the dentist ... I think

[null and void]

Didja have the same dentist as Saddam???

[Mo1]

*L* .. No but close

[ValerieUSA]

last year

[restornu]

Which direction does the water flow down a drain at the Equator?

That depends on which way the water spills into the bathtub, and how the bathtub is built. Contrary to popular opinion, it doesn't depend on the bathtub's latitude. The inertial force with which the rotating Earth affects air and water masses is known as the Coriolis effect or Coriolis force . It's the reason why cyclones rotate clockwise in the southern hemisphere, and counterclockwise in the northern. However, you need huge amounts of moving air and water for it to take effect. In the case of a bathtub, the water drain is primarily affected by the shape of the drain and residual currents in the plumbing.

According to this Scientific American piece, rumor has it that some entrepreneurs in an African country have set up toilets on either side of the equator. For a price, they let the curious watch the toilets flush in opposite directions. But it's bunk. The Guardian hosts a wonderful column called "Speculative Science" " that recently featured several no-nonsense types responding to the same question. Reader William Dunlap roundly debunks the Coriolis Drain Myth and refers us to the Bad Science Page Page for more shattering revelations. You'll also find a Coriolos entry in the ever-helpful Urban Legends Reference Pages Reference Pages that sums up the issue: "Toilets and sinks drain in the directions they do because of the way water is directed into them or pulled from them."

[Mo1]

LOL .. Can I get back to you on that .. I need to go pick the girls up from school