Canadians Love Bacon

Canadians also love bacon. In a recent survey conducted by Maple Leaf Foods -

* 43% of the respondents said they would rather have bacon than sex
* 23% of men ranked bacon as their number one favorite fragrance
* 82% who said they love bacon also said they are good lovers
* 23% wondered if ‘my partner loves bacon more than me’

The survey was conducted from December 1 to December 2, 2009, among 1,006 randomly selected Canadian adults. The results of the online survey have been statistically weighted according to the most current education, age, gender and region Census data to ensure samples representative of the entire adult population of Canada. The study didn't say whether it was back bacon or American style. Hmmm, 82%. . .

Olympic Cheescake

Cheesecake is believed to have originated in ancient Greece and was served to the athletes during the first Olympic Games held in 776 BC.

Cheese making can be traced back as far as 2,000 BC, and anthropologists have found cheese molds dating back to that period.

Cheesecake was mentioned in Marcus Porcius Cato's De re Rustica around 200 BC and he described making his cheese libum (cake) with results very similar to modern cheesecake."

VPIKE

Want to see a picture of someone's house and don't want to use Google? Here is an alternative. When you enter an address you will see a picture of that place.  You can move up and down the block and magnify, also drag around in a circle to see the other side of the street.. Works like Google  VPIKE

Fixing Split Ends

Although there are hair care products which are marketed as being able to repair split ends and damaged hair, there is no such cure. A good conditioner might prevent damage from occurring in the first place, but the only way to get rid of split ends after they appear is by a hair cut.

Tax Day Coming

More Americans than ever will be subject to scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service this year as the government pumps billions of dollars into tax collection.

More than 1.4 million Americans were audited last year. Even more audits are expected as the Obama administration plans to spend $8.2 billion in tax enforcement initiatives in 2011, a nearly 10% increase over last year. That is one stimulus that may pay off for the government. . .

Mangle

I am sure you heard someone say this or that is all mangled. A mangle is a device that used to be used for drying clothes. Sometimes it is also called a wringer. A mangle iron is used to press clothes and usually has steam coming from inside the roller.

The word mangle was coined in the early 20th century after many of the first industrial ironers had crushed and dismembered those who got to close to the feeder end or chain drives of the machines.

My Blog Visitors

The reports for shubsthoughts blog show that the blog has received interested visitors from 52 countries.

Here is the list in order of number of visitors - US, UK, Canada, India, France, Australia, Spain, Philippines, South Korea, Germany, Malaysia, South Africa, Russia, Netherlands, Romania, Italy, Pakistan, Denmark, Mexico, Brazil, Ireland, Poland, Thailand, Singapore, Switzerland, Brunei, Portugal, Japan, Greece, Hong Kong, Sweden, Bahrain. One each from Moldova, Belgium, Algeria, Finland, Iceland, Qatar, New Zealand, Jordan, Indonesia, Puerto Rico, Lithuania, Serbia, Estonia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Egypt, Mauritius, and one unknown country. I am totally delighted and hope you all come back and visit often.

Banana Museum for Sale Cheap

The International Banana Club Museum price has dropped to only $15,000! Be aware that the museum includes only the banana artifacts but no real estate, as the museum has been housed in rented space.

The owner decided to liquidate the collection after the Hesperia Recreation and Park District told him that he would no longer be able to rent space at the Harrison Exhibit Building in Hesperia, California where he exhibited his thousands of banana goodies.

The Guiness Book of World Records says that the museum is the world’s largest collection devoted to any one fruit. Bannister, the current owner, hopes that someone or some company will buy the museum and display it somewhere.

Women

A good woman inspires a man,
a brilliant one interests him,
a beautiful one fascinates him, but
it is the sympathetic woman who gets him.