Subject: things i'm glad i know
Date: Tue Jan 3 17:33:47 2017
User: ix
Message:the story behind the death of joe kennedy (jfk's brother)
what the glomar explorer was built for
the root of the words lens and assassin
why if the wind speed doubles the power available to a wind turbine increases by a factor of eight
i shall add to this list as the list of things i'm glad i know increases and/or occurs to me
Date: Wed Jan 4 11:45:38 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Pretty interesting topic, ix. However, I have no idea where to begin.........but here goes......
that indeed all of us, other than (most) blacks from sub-Saharan Africa, carry Neanderthal DNA - and some few of us, Denisovan DNA
about Hubbell's Law
how to properly use hyphens
a lot of the details about my genealogy
about this site
how to read and interpret scientific and medical papers and journals
most of the stuff about general relativity, even at a non-expert level
most of the stuff about the nature of matter - to the extent our current (limited) knowledge allows - even at a non-expert level
Date: Wed Jan 4 12:44:56 2017
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:I'm glad I know that using complex numbers, all nonzero numbers have two square roots, three cube roots, four fourth roots, five fifth roots, &c.
I'm glad I know that neither "Easter" nor "Lucifer" appear in a properly-translated Bible.
I'm glad I know what a locomotive A-B combination is.
I'm glad I know the way interstate highways are numbered.
I'm glad I know that the University of Miami is not in Miami.
Date: Wed Jan 4 12:55:30 2017
User: FairyGrandma
Message:how to make baklava
how to read
the legal standards for most civil causes of action related to the Constitution of the United States
how to drive
a lot of words, especially those that can be made by adding a single letter to a common word
about freecell.net
how to sew
how to cook
how to build dollhouses
what kind of food and feeders most birds in the eastern United States prefer
how to laugh at myself
how to be happy even when times are tough
how to survive when the power goes out and the gas lines to the house freeze
Date: Wed Jan 4 14:20:09 2017
User: outskirts
Message:How some people lie
How some people are control freaks
Date: Thu Jan 5 20:47:43 2017
User: JamaicaJoe
Message:how to make the best barbeque chicken in the world. A very secret technique handed down by my father-in-law, W. C. Murphy of Johnson City, Tennessee. I have observed husbands disobey their wives to get another serving.
Date: Fri Jan 6 11:48:25 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:Don't think I know him, but I can absolutely vouch that there are numerous folks 'round here that know their Q.
Date: Sun Jan 8 09:09:18 2017
User: malr
Message:I'm glad I know about the shepherd's diet
I'm glad I know about 0-6pack abs
I'm glad I know the art of memory.
Helen
Date: Sun Jan 8 22:33:36 2017
User: sam_I_am_not
Message:I'm glad I know where my car keys are located. For today anyway.
Sampson
Date: Mon Jan 9 12:11:29 2017
User: hotnurse
Message:I'm glad that I know Filthy via here.
Date: Tue Jan 31 15:33:21 2017
User: nug
Message:He may not be a thing; but I'm glad I know ix.
Date: Tue Jan 31 23:06:57 2017
User: SMIDDY
Message:Glad I know nugget but sad I never get to speak to him
Date: Wed Feb 1 23:03:12 2017
User: mrbuck
Message:that someone out there is making punk rock Mongolian throat music, as heard today on NPR...
mrbuck
Date: Thu Feb 2 04:57:31 2017
User: TNmountainman
Message:I submit that, although I don't know him/it, ix is indeed "a thing"; as is mrbuck, who I *do* know and who most definitely is "a thing".
Date: Thu Feb 2 08:53:36 2017
User: outskirts
Message:ix is a thing. Glad I know that.
Date: Mon Feb 17 02:41:28 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:Funny how circles come around from time-to-time......
[See post from JamaicaJoe from Jan. 5, 2017 above.]
He recently lost his mother-in-law...
(Sorry for the small-town news interjection; just thought it'd be a bit interesting to know the source of said Q. Knowing one's Q is indeed something to be glad about. Feel sorry for those poor Texans......)
Link: nice story on the Murphy family
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