(Ahem) Ladies, please line up, no shoving, no cuts.
Posted on 12/02/2005 5:35:08 PM PST by Paul_Denton
Interesting. Well I guess that would be due to the compound used in the black pigment. Althugh I do not know what radar absorbant material is made of.
I'm still taking all that with a grain of salt...or maybe I watch too much "Mythbusters." But I'm always skeptical of stories like that.
I lived near Cleveland, where there were no mountains, just lots of snow. Now I live in Florida where I don't have that problem. You can add me to the ping list, I'm unfortunately single too.
I used to live in GA. Now I live in NC, where the weather is surprisingly a lot colder.
It seems I read a report with those statistics put out by the Department of Public Safety. I'm trying to find it on google.
I've heard that before from other people, that's why I have to wonder. I'm not saying it's not true, just that I won't accept it as fact just yet.
I went from a place with single-digit temps in the winter, to a place where it rarely gets below 60. Which is good, since I really don't like bitter cold.
Red is an advancing color, it always appears closer than
say blue or green.
Just average cold around here, nothing too bitter. You're lucky if it snows a little bit. I'm sure Florida is preferrable.
It is, although it's still sorta weird not having snow on Christmas. I haven't had that for six years so I should be used to it by now.
I wouldn't be able to get used to snow on Christmas. I've never had it.
(Excerpted)
STATISTICS, INFLUENCE AND REALITY
by George Jonas
Benador Associates
July 26, 2005
People have long believed that red sports cars get more speeding tickets. Years ago a researcher with time on his hands decided to see if it was merely an urban legend. He designed a study and conducted it over a summer, with the results supporting the popular suspicion.
A car's colour and configuration did, apparently, play a role in the number of citations for speeding as well as some other moving violations. In the area of the study red two-seaters topped the list.
http://www.benadorassociates.com/article/17371
Oooookaaaaayyyyyy.
You have more patience in research than I do.
Lol...I guess you don't sing White Christmas, then.
I'm watching "Home Alone 2" on ABC Family right now. It's strange...when I was a kid and saw it in the theater, I laughed so hard it hurt. Now it's kind of hard to watch...those poor burglars. MacCauley Culkin is kind of a sadistic kid in this movie.
I have to hear Bing Crosby sing it on the radio so often, I couldn't stand trying to sing it myself.
LOL...I don't sing anything, my voice isn't very good.
"Reporting in while watching "Santa Claus is Comin' To Town." Got an interesting discussion topic, what are you favorite Christmas TV/movie specials?"
Actually, I kind of like "Santa Claus is coming to town" because it explains all the secular christmas stuff.
My favorite is Charlie Brown.
You got no replies on that? That's wrong.
Let me be the first. Pucker up buttercup!
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