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Posted by CATS on December 31, 2006, 2:19 am
These were sent to me and I am not about to quibble over the
accuracy - they are just for amusement lol
it's TRIVIA TIME:
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left
hand and "lollipop" with your right.
(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,
silver, or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters
"mt".
(Are you doubting this?)
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose
and ears never stop growing.
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
uses every letter of the alphabet.
(Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy,
right?)
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same
whether they are read left to right or right to left
(palindromes).
(Yep, I knew you were going to "do" this one.)
There are only four words in the English language which end
in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and
hazardous.
(You're not doubting this, are you?)
There are two words in the English language that have all
five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
(Yes, admit it, you are going to say . a e i o u.)
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the
letters only on one row of the keyboard.
(All you typists are going to test this out.)
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
(Some days that's about what my memory span is)
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
(I know some people that could do this, too.)
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture
dealer.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until
the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age .
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to
have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been
domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the
line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon
of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a
radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
(Good thing he did that.)
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze
completely solid.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Now you know almost everything!
Do you know which animal has four knees (as opposed to two
elbow joints and two knee joints)?
And there's only one that has four elbows - do you know that
one?
(No, I am not going to tell you now - think about it for a
while rofl)
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Posted by recarlos on December 31, 2006, 8:43 am
Just seen the New Year in, and it didn't rain:( But the fireworks were
nice.
Happy New year to all may your dreams come true.
May 2007 bring you all blessings, good health and happiness.
Best wishes to all,
Ruth
Sydney
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Posted by Carolyn McCarty on January 1, 2007, 7:59 am
Thanks, Ruth, and Happy New Year to you too!
--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo
If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty
If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty
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> Just seen the New Year in, and it didn't rain:( But the fireworks were
> nice.
> Happy New year to all may your dreams come true.
> May 2007 bring you all blessings, good health and happiness.
> Best wishes to all,
> Ruth
> Sydney
>
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Posted by klh in VA on December 31, 2006, 9:42 am
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In some circles, the length of time required for one alternating-current
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utility power cycle is called a jiffy. In the United States and Canada,
this is 1/60 second. In many other countries, it is 1/50 second.
In some publications, the term jiffy refers to 0.001 second. In others,
it corresponds to the length of time required for a beam of light to
travel one foot in free space; this is approximately 1 nanosecond. In
still others, it refers to 3.3357 times 10-11 seconds, which is the
length of time it takes a ray of light to travel 1 centimeter in free
space. Perhaps the most interesting interpretation is the one suggested
by Richard Tolman early in the 20th century. He considered a jiffy to be
the length of time it takes a photon
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(light particle) to travel from one side of a nucleon (neutron or
proton) to the other. A nucleon has a diameter of about 10-15 meter; a
jiffy in this context is a paltry 3.3357 x 10-24 second.
The origin of the term jiffy is unknown. It is thought to have first
been used in England during the 1700s, and referred to a brief but
indeterminate time. But in some contexts, it is used as a put-off: the
expression in a jiffy can mean "maybe now, maybe never."
CATS wrote:
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>These were sent to me and I am not about to quibble over the
>accuracy - they are just for amusement lol
>it's TRIVIA TIME:
>SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?
>"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left
>hand and "lollipop" with your right.
>(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)
>No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,
>silver, or purple.
>"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters
>"mt".
>(Are you doubting this?)
>Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose
>and ears never stop growing.
>The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
>uses every letter of the alphabet.
>(Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy,
>right?)
>The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same
>whether they are read left to right or right to left
>(palindromes).
>(Yep, I knew you were going to "do" this one.)
>There are only four words in the English language which end
>in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and
>hazardous.
>(You're not doubting this, are you?)
>There are two words in the English language that have all
>five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
>(Yes, admit it, you are going to say . a e i o u.)
>TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the
>letters only on one row of the keyboard.
>(All you typists are going to test this out.)
>A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
>A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
>(Some days that's about what my memory span is)
>A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
>A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
>A snail can sleep for three years.
>(I know some people that could do this, too.)
>Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture
>dealer.
>Almonds are a member of the peach family.
>An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until
>the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age .
>February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to
>have a full moon.
>In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been
>domesticated.
>If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the
>line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
>Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
>Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
>Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
>The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
>The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon
>of diesel that it burns.
>The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a
>radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
>(Good thing he did that.)
>The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze
>completely solid.
>There are more chickens than people in the world.
>Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
>Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
>.
>.
>.
>.
>.
>.
>.
>Now you know almost everything!
>Do you know which animal has four knees (as opposed to two
>elbow joints and two knee joints)?
>And there's only one that has four elbows - do you know that
>one?
>(No, I am not going to tell you now - think about it for a
>while rofl)
>
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seconds, which is the length of time it takes a ray of light to travel
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<pre wrap="">These were sent to me and I am not about to quibble over the
accuracy - they are just for amusement lol
it's TRIVIA TIME:
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left
hand and "lollipop" with your right.
(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,
silver, or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters
"mt".
(Are you doubting this?)
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose
and ears never stop growing.
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
uses every letter of the alphabet.
(Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy,
right?)
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same
whether they are read left to right or right to left
(palindromes).
(Yep, I knew you were going to "do" this one.)
There are only four words in the English language which end
in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and
hazardous.
(You're not doubting this, are you?)
There are two words in the English language that have all
five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
(Yes, admit it, you are going to say . a e i o u.)
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the
letters only on one row of the keyboard.
(All you typists are going to test this out.)
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
(Some days that's about what my memory span is)
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
(I know some people that could do this, too.)
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture
dealer.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until
the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age .
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to
have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been
domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the
line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon
of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a
radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
(Good thing he did that.)
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze
completely solid.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Now you know almost everything!
Do you know which animal has four knees (as opposed to two
elbow joints and two knee joints)?
And there's only one that has four elbows - do you know that
one?
(No, I am not going to tell you now - think about it for a
while rofl)
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Posted by Pat in Virginia on December 31, 2006, 12:06 pm
Not being Scientific ... I just think of
Peanut Butter! I love Jiffy Peanut
Butter smeared on a chocolate bar. (Just
to put this discussion ON Topic!!)
Grins, PAT
klh in VA wrote:
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> jiffy
>
> The term jiffy refers to a brief, usually unspecified, interval of time
> <http://searchSMB.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid44_gci552553,00.html>.
> In scientific and lay applications, it can refer to any of several
> specific time spans. The most common interpretation is 0.01 second.
>
> In computer engineering, the length of time between successive
> microprocessor clock cycle
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