Normally I do not do this type
of trivia, but the numbers staggered me, and not in a good way. This
first fact was not a surprise, but the rest were rather surprising.
Women spend more than twice as long in the bathroom than men. Thirty
seven percent of women and fifteen percent of men spend more than
one hour in the bathroom per day.
86% said the toilet is the place where they did most of their
reading.
75% of Americans have used their mobile phone in the bathroom. 67%
of them read text, 63% answer a call, and 29% do social networking (Yuck).
63% of people read books, magazines and newspapers in the bathroom.
Magazines are the favored literature (many of my books are
considered good bathroom reading). Men's top two reading are erotic
magazines and sports. Women's top two are romance novels and
interior design magazines.
33% of people read mail and email in the bathroom.
3% of Americans have TVs in their bathroom.
Sep 19, 2014
Annual Rainfall
While checking a city and looking at annual
rainfall can be interesting, it may not be informative. For
instance, Houston, Texas gets 49 inches of rain annually, which is
more rain than Seattle, which gets only 38 inches of annual
rainfall. The key difference is Seattle has a relatively high amount
of days per year with relatively light rain, 158 vs. Houston with
104 rainy days. Seattle also has 226 cloudy days per year.
Wordology, Briffits and Dustups
Briffits are the clouds
left behind when comic-strip characters speed off. They are most
often found in the comic strips with hites, which are the horizontal
lines streaking between a cartoon character and the briffit to
represent speed.
Dustups are the clouds that obscure comic-strip fights.
Things that look like clouds, but are not, include various fumetti, such as word balloons and thought balloons (cumulus fumetti).
Incidentally, although storytelling with pictures and words had been around for hundreds of years and, until recently it was generally believed that the first comic was the Yellow Kid in 1896. However, Rodolphe Töpffer is considered the father of the modern comic strips. His illustrated stories of Histoire de M. Vieux Bois (1827), was first published in the USA in 1842 as The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck.
Dustups are the clouds that obscure comic-strip fights.
Things that look like clouds, but are not, include various fumetti, such as word balloons and thought balloons (cumulus fumetti).
Incidentally, although storytelling with pictures and words had been around for hundreds of years and, until recently it was generally believed that the first comic was the Yellow Kid in 1896. However, Rodolphe Töpffer is considered the father of the modern comic strips. His illustrated stories of Histoire de M. Vieux Bois (1827), was first published in the USA in 1842 as The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck.
Handy Online Manuals
Do you have appliances, computer
equipment, lawnmower, audio equipment, TV, GPS, tools, or any number
of other items with no owner's manual? This site has the manual. It
also has an option for you to upload your manual so it can help
others. Handy info to know. LINK
Call Back App
Here is an application that could save your
evening or possibly your life. It is based on text messages, works
with any cell phone, not just smartphones and it does not rely on an
Internet connection. The service is called Kitestring.
A person sends Kitestring a text with time period like '30m'. In 30 minutes, Kitestring will send back a check-up text and you have five minutes to respond with an 'OK'. If you do not reply on time, Kitestring sends an alert to your designated emergency contact. It might be handy to set before blind dates, traveling alone, or for medical situations.
The basic service is free with eight uses per month with one emergency contact. A paid version offers unlimited uses and contacts as well as with a recurring check-in mode and customized response period.
The recurring check-in might be useful for people with medical conditions and/or who live alone. For instance, you can have it check in on you once or twice a day. A pleasant way to be reminded to let someone know you are OK, without the need for a call. Using this service can mean no call is good news.
A person sends Kitestring a text with time period like '30m'. In 30 minutes, Kitestring will send back a check-up text and you have five minutes to respond with an 'OK'. If you do not reply on time, Kitestring sends an alert to your designated emergency contact. It might be handy to set before blind dates, traveling alone, or for medical situations.
The basic service is free with eight uses per month with one emergency contact. A paid version offers unlimited uses and contacts as well as with a recurring check-in mode and customized response period.
The recurring check-in might be useful for people with medical conditions and/or who live alone. For instance, you can have it check in on you once or twice a day. A pleasant way to be reminded to let someone know you are OK, without the need for a call. Using this service can mean no call is good news.
Sep 12, 2014
Happy Friday
Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods.
Spending time laughing is also the best way to celebrate a Happy Friday!
Spending time laughing is also the best way to celebrate a Happy Friday!
Short Performance Oscars
The record for shortest Oscar
winning performance is held by Beatrice Straight, who won a Best
Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in Network (1976), which she
appeared in for just one 5 minute and 40 second scene.
Second shortest record for a Best Actor Oscar is held by David Niven, for his work in Separate Tables (1958), which he appeared in for 15 minutes and 38 seconds.
Third shortest record for Best Actor Academy Award is held by Anthony Hopkins, for his work in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), which he appeared in for just over 16 minutes. All prove that sometimes less is more.
Second shortest record for a Best Actor Oscar is held by David Niven, for his work in Separate Tables (1958), which he appeared in for 15 minutes and 38 seconds.
Third shortest record for Best Actor Academy Award is held by Anthony Hopkins, for his work in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), which he appeared in for just over 16 minutes. All prove that sometimes less is more.
Junk Phone Calls
When you receive an unwanted phone call,
you might want to look up the number by using Google or other search
engine. For regular numbers, you will see a list of services
promising to find a person, but for scams you will usually see a few
sites like those below.
You can help others by going to web sites like http://www.mycallbot.com http://misternumber.com or 800notes.com www.callercomplaints.com The sites will show you what others have to say about calls from a number and you can add your add details of the call. You will also want to add the number to your do not call list.
You can help others by going to web sites like http://www.mycallbot.com http://misternumber.com or 800notes.com www.callercomplaints.com The sites will show you what others have to say about calls from a number and you can add your add details of the call. You will also want to add the number to your do not call list.
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