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Posted on 03/02/2020 5:45:46 AM PST by sodpoodle

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To: sodpoodle

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...But, not downstairs.

Escher figured it out.


21 posted on 03/02/2020 6:20:49 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

Arrghhh Me mateys Pizza of Eight!


22 posted on 03/02/2020 6:21:15 AM PST by Reily
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To: G Larry

In ‘89 it was $10,000.


23 posted on 03/02/2020 6:22:01 AM PST by real saxophonist (I'll be Bach. You be Brahms. He'll be Beethoven.)
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To: sodpoodle; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; redshawk
SLEEP TIGHT- Early beds were made with a wooden frame. Ropes were tied across the frame in a crisscross pattern. A straw mattress was then put on top of the ropes. Over time the ropes stretched, causing the bed to sag. The owner would then tighten the ropes to get a better night’s sleep.


24 posted on 03/02/2020 6:23:41 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: USS Alaska

OK;)

https://www.gardenguides.com/115030-acorns-oak-trees.html

Acorn production begins when the oak tree reaches 20 to 50 years of age. Production of acorns increases each year in proportion to the size of the oak tree’s canopy.


25 posted on 03/02/2020 6:28:46 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: sodpoodle

Nice. Thanks for sharing.


26 posted on 03/02/2020 6:31:57 AM PST by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm)
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To: sodpoodle

Well, of the phrase origins I’ve heard of, they’re all correct. Learned a few interesting ones, though.


27 posted on 03/02/2020 6:31:58 AM PST by dangus
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To: sodpoodle

We always put the lids down on the toilets in our house. No complaining about who left the seat up, and our toothbrushes are protected!


28 posted on 03/02/2020 6:34:43 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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... and our toothbrushes are protected!

Nope. The mist of the flush is what causes the fecal bacteria to disperse. Even flushing with the lid closed will no prevent the dispersal of the bacteria. Myth Busters did a fine job of looking in to this myth.

Fecal coliform bacteria can grow in toothbrush bristles.

confirmed

Fecal coliform were indeed found on all the test brushes, including the control ones. However, none were of a level high enough to be dangerous, and experts confirm that such bacteria are impossible to completely avoid.


29 posted on 03/02/2020 6:47:21 AM PST by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: sodpoodle
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age, or older.

Well, this is demonstrably false. As a result, I have a harder time believing the rest of them.

30 posted on 03/02/2020 6:51:15 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

see my post #25


31 posted on 03/02/2020 6:57:16 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: numberonepal

Correct about closing the toilet lid not helpful. My toothbrush is in the kitchen in a “germ terminator,” which sterilizes the brush. (Timer sets it to clean automatically twice a day.) My mouth feels much cleaner since I started this, but a cheaper solution for many is simply to keep the brush covered in the bathroom. Still I like to clean my brush for better health all around.


32 posted on 03/02/2020 7:02:40 AM PST by Missouri gal
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To: ShadowAce

The correct statement is , an oak tree can take up to fifty years to produce acorns.

harder time believing...? so what?


33 posted on 03/02/2020 7:18:53 AM PST by gdc61 (LOL not.)
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To: Missouri gal
Still I like to clean my brush for better health all around.

You are still breathing in the fecal bacteria and it's on all the surfaces of the bathroom (at least). It cannot be avoided, and probably should not be totally avoided. You are not designed to live in a bacteria/virus free bubble.

34 posted on 03/02/2020 7:20:00 AM PST by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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3,3,5,4,4,3
What number comes next and why?


35 posted on 03/02/2020 7:22:40 AM PST by Jakarta ex-pat (.)
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To: sodpoodle

Cute, but probably not 100% right.

You might want to double check that “over a barrel” phrase.

Or maybe not.


36 posted on 03/02/2020 7:25:26 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Larry Lucido
Uranus is tipped over on it's axis to ~97o and rotates from below in an upward direction.

Venus has the slowest rotational period (day) of 243 days

37 posted on 03/02/2020 7:28:05 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Larry Lucido

Okay, so where did “Fin” and “Sawbuck” come from?


38 posted on 03/02/2020 7:36:12 AM PST by AFreeBird
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To: numberonepal

Whenever we travel and while in Sierra Leone, we whisked our toothbrushes in Listerine or denatured alcohol before use.

Sometimes it tasted pretty terrible, but we were fairly confident the germs were gone.

Now I will probably start doing it again since all of this has freaked me out.


39 posted on 03/02/2020 7:43:39 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: sodpoodle

Good stuff!

Thanks for the knowledge


40 posted on 03/02/2020 7:43:54 AM PST by CharleysPride (Peace, Freedom and Prosperity. Thank you, President Trump.)
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