Synthetic wine corks are great for sealing partially used tubes
of caulk. Drill a 5/16-in. hole into the cork about 1 in. deep.
It makes an airtight seal and is reusable.
Used six pack holders
are great for storing things, such as caulk, spray paint cans,
WD40 cans, etc.
To keep pictures level,
use two hangers or use small rubber feet with adhesive back on
each bottom corner.
Spring is coming, so
save old newspapers to spread on the ground before you mulch. It
is very effective to eliminate weeds and easily poked through
for planting. It also will keep moisture in and decompose over
time.
Dryer sheets can be
reused twice, so save them for that second load of clothes.
Egg cartons are great
for keeping the odd screws, bolts, and nails separated and
handy. They are also great indoor plant starters to get ahead of
spring.
A soap dispenser brush
is not just for the kitchen. Keep one in the shower with dish
soap that also works well for a quick tile cleanup.
Jan 11, 2019
New Toothbrush
The Consumer Electronics Show is being held in Las Vegas this
week and one interesting item is the 'Y Brush'. The info says to
put toothpaste on it and hold in your mouth, press power button,
and chew for five seconds, rinse then put more toothpaste on it,
turn over and repeat for a full mouth brushing in ten seconds.
There are four sizes for children and adults.
The ad says, "Our mouth is made up of 32 teeth with 3 visible angles for a total of 96 overall faces to be cleaned. If the recommended brushing time is 2 minutes minimum, then it means that each surface of the tooth should be brushed for 1.25 seconds at least for a total of 3.75 seconds per tooth.
With Y-Brush each of your teeth are brushed 5 seconds since all the teeth are brushed simultaneously, that is 4 times more than with a traditional manual or electric toothbrush during a brushing of 2 minutes." Price is $125 and no description about how long it will last. Will be anxious to read reviews on this one, which is due out in April, 2019. (PS - the arrow does nothing, I clipped the picture.)
The ad says, "Our mouth is made up of 32 teeth with 3 visible angles for a total of 96 overall faces to be cleaned. If the recommended brushing time is 2 minutes minimum, then it means that each surface of the tooth should be brushed for 1.25 seconds at least for a total of 3.75 seconds per tooth.
With Y-Brush each of your teeth are brushed 5 seconds since all the teeth are brushed simultaneously, that is 4 times more than with a traditional manual or electric toothbrush during a brushing of 2 minutes." Price is $125 and no description about how long it will last. Will be anxious to read reviews on this one, which is due out in April, 2019. (PS - the arrow does nothing, I clipped the picture.)
Wordology, Shoes
From the annals of improbable research, we discover that
'Shoes' is a word which has many synonyms as this kind of outfit
has developed in terms of its shape, which is obviously seen.
From the observation done in this research, there are 26 kinds of shoes with 36 distinctive features. The types of shoes found are boots, brogues, cleats, clogs, espadrilles, flip-flops, galoshes, heels, kamiks, loafers, Mary Janes, moccasins, mules, oxfords, pumps, rollerblades, sandals, skates, slides, sling-backs, slippers, sneakers, swim fins, valenki, waders and wedge. The distinctive features of the word “shoes” are based on the heels, heel shape, gender, the types of the toes, the occasions to wear the footwear, the place to wear the footwear, the material, the accessories of the footwear, the model of the back of the shoes and the cut of the shoes. Hmmm, this is no barefoot observation.
From the observation done in this research, there are 26 kinds of shoes with 36 distinctive features. The types of shoes found are boots, brogues, cleats, clogs, espadrilles, flip-flops, galoshes, heels, kamiks, loafers, Mary Janes, moccasins, mules, oxfords, pumps, rollerblades, sandals, skates, slides, sling-backs, slippers, sneakers, swim fins, valenki, waders and wedge. The distinctive features of the word “shoes” are based on the heels, heel shape, gender, the types of the toes, the occasions to wear the footwear, the place to wear the footwear, the material, the accessories of the footwear, the model of the back of the shoes and the cut of the shoes. Hmmm, this is no barefoot observation.
Free up Phone Space
If your phone response is getting sluggish or you get the
message that it is getting full, there are two places to look,
pictures and messages. Obviously movie files and podcasts take
up the most storage. You can back up files to the cloud or your
PC, then delete the largest files first to gain the most storage
with the least amount of files deleted.
You should routinely delete old photos and videos anyway as good maintenance. As a side benefit, you will be able to find what you want faster. Also, if you lose your phone there is less chance of pictures hitting the internet.
To many it is not as obvious, but messages, especially messages with pictures or videos take up an enormous about of room. You can save the pictures and videos from messages into your pictures app, then delete them from messages. Many people do that, but do not realize there are duplicates taking up an enormous amount of space. Even without pictures, messages take up much space. The easy to delete messages is to check delete all, then uncheck the boxes of ones you wish to keep. Just as with photos, routinely deleting old messages is good maintenance to keep your phone from getting sluggish and from running out of space.
You should routinely delete old photos and videos anyway as good maintenance. As a side benefit, you will be able to find what you want faster. Also, if you lose your phone there is less chance of pictures hitting the internet.
To many it is not as obvious, but messages, especially messages with pictures or videos take up an enormous about of room. You can save the pictures and videos from messages into your pictures app, then delete them from messages. Many people do that, but do not realize there are duplicates taking up an enormous amount of space. Even without pictures, messages take up much space. The easy to delete messages is to check delete all, then uncheck the boxes of ones you wish to keep. Just as with photos, routinely deleting old messages is good maintenance to keep your phone from getting sluggish and from running out of space.
Robocalls
Robocall management company YouMail has been tracking the volume
of calls and says that 2018 saw 48 million of them harass cell
phone owners in the US last year, up 60 percent from 2017. It is
easy for robocallers to spoof a local number and trick you into
answering by making you think you are getting a legitimate call
from your area instead of from a toll-free number you do not
recognize. About 60 percent of robocalls are classified as
legitimate, even if they seem annoying to you. Those would be
things like automated messages from pharmacies, schools and
political candidates. I think we need to renegotiate what
constitutes 'legitimate robocall'.
Google Search Tip
When our memory decides to prevent us from recalling that one
key word, phrase, or number we need in order to find what we are
looking for, you can turn to the powerful asterisk "*" symbol.
Just use this in the place of the word/phrase you can’t
remember, and you should be able to find the results you are
looking for. For example, junk* returns anything that has junk
as a prefix, including junk itself. Junk * returns any phrase
containing "junk".
Sometimes we urgently need to acquaint ourselves with events that occurred during a certain period of time. To do so, you can add a time frame to your search query with the help of three dots between the dates. For example, if we want to find out about scientific discoveries during the 20th century, we can write: scientific discoveries 1900...1999.
Sometimes we urgently need to acquaint ourselves with events that occurred during a certain period of time. To do so, you can add a time frame to your search query with the help of three dots between the dates. For example, if we want to find out about scientific discoveries during the 20th century, we can write: scientific discoveries 1900...1999.
Jan 4, 2019
Happy Friday
"Hope smiles from the
threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be
happier.'" ~Tennyson
We awake to a happier day, especially on a Happy Friday!
We awake to a happier day, especially on a Happy Friday!
Happy National Trivia Day
January 4 each year is National Trivia Day. Over
time, the word “trivia” has come to refer to obscure and arcane
bits of dry knowledge as well as nostalgic remembrances of pop
culture. You
can celebrate by getting together with friends and play Trivial
Pursuit. You can call friends and family and enlighten them with
some trivia. More fun is to stop random people and start a
conversation with “did you know...?” You may even make some new
friends. You can also pick up one of my books and spend the day
filling your brain with more random trivia.
Quick Trivia
Three Musketeers used to contain three small bars of vanilla,
strawberry, and chocolate.
Chemists describe the old book smell as grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness.
The Sun-Maid Raisins girl was modeled after Lorraine Collett Petersen.
A California woman once tried to sue the makers of Cap'n Crunch because crunch berries contained no berries.
During 2006, a man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The price went to $3,000 before eBay shut it down.
Forty is the only number in which the letters are in alphabetical order.
Despite the urban legend, birds ingesting uncooked rice will not explode.
Chemists describe the old book smell as grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness.
The Sun-Maid Raisins girl was modeled after Lorraine Collett Petersen.
A California woman once tried to sue the makers of Cap'n Crunch because crunch berries contained no berries.
During 2006, a man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The price went to $3,000 before eBay shut it down.
Forty is the only number in which the letters are in alphabetical order.
Despite the urban legend, birds ingesting uncooked rice will not explode.
Nutritious Foods
After analyzing more than 1,000 raw foods, researchers ranked
the ingredients that provide the best balance of your daily
nutritional requirements.
There is no one food that contains all the nutrients necessary to meet, but not exceed, our daily nutrient demands. Scientists assigned each a nutritional score. The higher the score, the more likely each food would meet, but not exceed daily nutritional needs, when eaten in combination with others.
Out of the top one hundred from the one thousand analyzed, pork fat came in eighth (one is most nutritious). It provides a good source of B vitamins and minerals. Pork fat is more unsaturated and healthier than lamb or beef fat. It has 632kcal per 100g and has a nutritional score of 73. Of all the most nutritious foods, pork fat is the only one derived from livestock.
So, my opinion that bacon is the best tasting (my friend Mike says it is Maple Bacon) and most satisfying, is fortified by scientists who rate is as eighth most nutritious. According to them it is more nutritious than sweet potato (nutritional score 49), ginger 49, Brussels sprouts 50, broccoli 50, cauliflower 50, carrots 51, oranges 51, tomatoes 56, spinach 59, kale 62, etc.
Almonds came in first as most nutritious, and is rich in mono-unsaturated fatty acids, promotes cardiovascular health and may help with diabetes. It has 579kcal per 100g and has a nutritional score of 97.
Food selection, ranking based on the scientific study “Uncovering the Nutritional Landscape of Food”, published in the journal PLoS ONE. The list can be found at LINK
There is no one food that contains all the nutrients necessary to meet, but not exceed, our daily nutrient demands. Scientists assigned each a nutritional score. The higher the score, the more likely each food would meet, but not exceed daily nutritional needs, when eaten in combination with others.
Out of the top one hundred from the one thousand analyzed, pork fat came in eighth (one is most nutritious). It provides a good source of B vitamins and minerals. Pork fat is more unsaturated and healthier than lamb or beef fat. It has 632kcal per 100g and has a nutritional score of 73. Of all the most nutritious foods, pork fat is the only one derived from livestock.
So, my opinion that bacon is the best tasting (my friend Mike says it is Maple Bacon) and most satisfying, is fortified by scientists who rate is as eighth most nutritious. According to them it is more nutritious than sweet potato (nutritional score 49), ginger 49, Brussels sprouts 50, broccoli 50, cauliflower 50, carrots 51, oranges 51, tomatoes 56, spinach 59, kale 62, etc.
Almonds came in first as most nutritious, and is rich in mono-unsaturated fatty acids, promotes cardiovascular health and may help with diabetes. It has 579kcal per 100g and has a nutritional score of 97.
Food selection, ranking based on the scientific study “Uncovering the Nutritional Landscape of Food”, published in the journal PLoS ONE. The list can be found at LINK
Silent Monks Singing Hallelujah
One last musical for the season. The silent
monks provide three minutes of fun. It has been around for a
while and has had 1.7 million views. LINK
Wordology, Psithurism
The "p" at the beginning of psithurism is
silent. It is pronounced sith-err-iz-um. It is the sounds of
wind in the trees and the rustling of leaves.
Psithurism comes from the Greek word psithuros, which means whispering. It fits with the sound wind often makes when it blows through trees. On windy fall days, the rustling of the leaves seems almost musical. Your worries disappear for a time as you listen to the melodies of the wind in the trees.
Psithurism comes from the Greek word psithuros, which means whispering. It fits with the sound wind often makes when it blows through trees. On windy fall days, the rustling of the leaves seems almost musical. Your worries disappear for a time as you listen to the melodies of the wind in the trees.
Quick Fact About Cable
About 33 million people have ditched their cable
or satellite subscription in 2018, according to researcher
eMarketer, up from 24.9 million who cut the cord during 2017.
The number one reason was to save monthly fees.
What's in a Name, Kansas and Arkansas
Have you ever wondered why they are
pronounced differently? This is why.
Kansas was named for the Kansa, a Siouan tribe that lived in the region. The Kansa people were called, in plural, Kansas, and that became the name of the state.
Arkansas was named for a related Siouan tribe, the Quapaw. The Algonquians called them “akansa,” joining their own a- prefix (used in front of ethnic groups) to the Kansa name. It took some time for Arkansans to come to agreement on pronunciation. In 1881, a heated disagreement between the state's two senators, one who said “arKANzis” and the other who said “ARkansaw,” led to a ruling by the state legislature making the “ARkansaw” pronunciation official.
Kansas was named for the Kansa, a Siouan tribe that lived in the region. The Kansa people were called, in plural, Kansas, and that became the name of the state.
Arkansas was named for a related Siouan tribe, the Quapaw. The Algonquians called them “akansa,” joining their own a- prefix (used in front of ethnic groups) to the Kansa name. It took some time for Arkansans to come to agreement on pronunciation. In 1881, a heated disagreement between the state's two senators, one who said “arKANzis” and the other who said “ARkansaw,” led to a ruling by the state legislature making the “ARkansaw” pronunciation official.
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