VERY INTERESTING STUFF

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[sodpoodle]

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule Of thumb'

Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden'.. .and thus, the word GOLF entered Into the English language.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was Originally green.

It is impossible to lick Your elbow.

The State with the Highest percentage of people who walk to work:

Alaska

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%

(now get This...)

The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

The cost of raising A medium-size dog to the age of eleven:

$ 16,400

The average number Of people airborne over the U.S. In any given Hour:

61,000

Intelligent people Have more zinc and copper in their hair

The first novel ever Written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

Each king in a deck Of playing cards represents a great king from history:

Spades - King David

Hearts - Charlemagne

Clubs -Alexander, The Great

Diamonds - Julius Caesar

Math:

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321

If a statue in the Park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, The person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in The air, the person died because of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died Of natural causes.

Only two people Signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, John Hancock And Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but The last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. Their birthplace

Q. Most boat owners Name their boats. What is the most popular boat name Requested? A. Obsession

Q.. If you were to Spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you Would find the letter 'A'?

A. One Thousand

Q. What do Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser Printers have in common?

A. All were invented By women.

Q. What is the only Food that doesn't spoil?

A. Honey

Q. Which day are There more collect calls than any other day of the Year?

A. Father's Day.

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase...'Goodnight , sleep tight'

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts.. So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.'

It's where we get the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's'

Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill , they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice.

At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!

Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2020 when...

1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12 You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list

~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.

You know you want to! Go lick your elbow.

[SamAdams76]

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12,321
1,111 x 1,111 = 1,234,321
11,111 x 11,111 = 123,454,321
11,111 x 111,111 = 12,345,654,321
1,111,111 x 1,111,111 = 1,234,567,654,321
11,111,111 x 11,111,111 = 123,456,787,654,321

14,875,265 x 8.72 = 12,971,231,080

Therefore p = 7.31x(4n-3n)*♏

[meadsjn]

If a statue in the Park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, The person died in battle.

Andy Jackson statue in New Orleans. (Andy died in bed, of old age.):

He was "killed in battle" twenty or thirty times; he just kept coming back to life.

[GingisK]

Did you ask them anything about software or computer science?

[Daffynition]

So many things made from that era were beautiful to look at; aesthetics was part of the mechanics.

[ConservativeInPA]

Of course not. I just hoped they could code upside down.

[Daffynition]

I think I had an Undwerwood portable, I hauled off to college....TAP-TAP-TAP.

GET R DONE!

[GingisK]

That surely is how you find the RPG programmers. ;-D

[GingisK]

Even mere telegraph keys were ornate. There used to be pride in the product.

[ConservativeInPA]

FORTRAN IV programmers, using an old WATFOR compiler ... no need for new fangled languages like RPG.

[Getready]

Xlnt.

[stuckincali]

He saved apple twice. The MAC and when he came back. Apple has always been visionary even when not was him and Woz. They were the most popular in schools with Apple II.

IBM drafted away when there Mac came along. Even Gates knew he had to imitate the Mac look and point and click technique.

It has been a characteristic of the US that we have had great visionaries and inventors. A benefit of capitalism. I believe the culture and politics of China hold them back. Let’s hope that continues.

[MikelTackNailer]

The IBM Selectric typewriter was a thing of utter beauty.

Especially the more refined Models II and III. The precise design and engineering to get a little plastic ball with raised letters on it to move so quickly and perfectly is still astonishing.

[aquila48]

“It has been a characteristic of the US that we have had great visionaries and inventors.”

Yes. And today the top visionary and fearless doer is Elon Musk.

The guy is a force of nature.

[stuckincali]

agreed

[GingisK]

You and I are older than dirt. RPG was so very ugly that I never put it on a resume. Same for Perl, for that matter.

I also had a long period of time using FORTRAN, the last being on Computer Automation Alpha LSI-4 minicomputers. That compiler wasn't reliable.

[ConservativeInPA]

Yeah, I’d say we are a tad bit old. I grew up on FORTRAN and 360/370 assembler. I did two terrible years of work in COBOL. I hated it. I never wanted to touch RPG, so I avoided it like the plague and never had to do it. My hard core professional experience later on was in C and then C++, although I coded in all sorts of languages here and there as I found opportunities. Then as I was no longer able to code as fast as in my younger days I moved into design and architecture work. I still dabble, but these days it is mostly PHP.

[GingisK]

I still do C/C++ on microcontrollers, as well as design those circuits. I retired years ago, but still have three clients that keep me busy making stuff. I also taught Embedded Computing in high school for three years. That was fun, but a lot harder than I thought it would be. From time to time my robotics team students still come to piddle in my workshop.

Assembler is still needed from time to time, particularly for interrupt handlers. I even managed to get a couple of my students turned into C/C++ bigots with occasional lapses into assembler. They tell me they kick butt at Georgia Tech because of that grounding.

[bert]

Well, well, we live and (some of us) learn.

The glass of beer looked to be 8 oz but is in fact 10 1/2

[HeadOn]

Here’s a true one: There are four of those. The others are in Washington in Lafayette Square, close to the White House, on the Capitol grounds in Nashville, and in Jacksonville Florida. The first three are the originals, cast in the 1800’s, and the one in Florida was cast in 1987.