A very few of these i have heard of, but not many. I saw this while reading Fark and thought some of you might like useless imformation like i do sometimes. So, here you go!!
33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names
1. AGLET
The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.
2. ARMSAYE
The armhole in clothing.
3. CHANKING
Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.
4. COLUMELLA NASI
The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.
5. DRAGÉES
small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.
6. FEAT
A Dangling curl of hair.
7. FERRULE
The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.
8. HARP
The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.
9. HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER
A 64th note. (A 32nd is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a semiquaver.)
10-13. JARNS, NITTLES, GRAWLIX and QUIMP
Various squiggles used to denote cussing in comic books.
14. KEEPER
The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.
15. KICK or PUNT
The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity.
16. LIRIPIPE
The long tail on a graduate's academic hood.
17. MINIMUS
The little finger or toe.
18. NEF
An ornamental stand in the shape of a ship.
19. OBDORMITION
The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is `asleep'.
20. OCTOTHORPE
The symbol `#' on a telephone handset. Bell Labs' engineer Don Macpherson created the word in the 1960s by combining octo-, as in eight, with the name of one of his favourite athletes, 1912 Olympic decathlon champion Jim Thorpe.
21. OPHRYON
The space between the eyebrows on a line with the top of the eye sockets.
22. PEEN
The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.
23. PHOSPHENES
The lights you see when you close your eyes hard. Technically the luminous impressions are due to the excitation of the retina caused by pressure on the eyeball.
24. PURLICUE
The space between the thumb and extended forefinger.
25. RASCETA
Creases on the inside of the wrist.
26. ROWEL
The revolving star on the back of a cowboy's spurs.
27. SADDLE
The rounded part on the top of a matchbook.
28. SCROOP
The rustle of silk.
29. SNORKEL BOX
A mailbox with a protruding receiver to allow people to deposit mail without leaving their cars.
30. SPRAINTS
Otter dung.
31. TANG
The projecting prong on a tool or instrument.
32. WAMBLE
Stomach rumbling.
33. ZARF
A holder for a handleless coffee cup.
- S.B., D.W. & N.R.
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Monday, December 11, 2006
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Chesterfield Flasher...Ohhhh My!!!
Well kiddies, it looks like we have ourselvs a flasher in the county of Chesterfield, City of Midlothian. We all go to a stripmall in Midlo where the Commonwealth 20 Theater is located as well as Target, TJMax and other stores to numerous to mention. we have had over 30 confirmed flasher moments reported to the police and I think that this should be the new sign in the parking lots showing us all to be ware of a flasher!!
The police caught one flasher that hit several Stop-n-Robs around Chesterfield, but they have not been able to find this person. He likes to be in this area as he has flashed over 40 people this season alone!!! There are lots of cops that patorl that area as many kids hang out there due to the theater and a Barns&Noble on the property as well. Also, they patrol because Chesterfield has a 10pm curfew unless you are with an adult. More on this story as events occure!!
Caio...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Scientists criticize bird flu search
"Unlike our entertainment, bird flu will arrive from our southern border. Latin American birds are willing to take the bird flu jobs that our Northern birds refuse to do" www.fark.com
This makes as much sence to me as any other misguided scientific exploit. Birds dont like cold weather, or at least most migratory birds go south for the winter. If they come from Asia to Canada via Alaska, that would to me be even colder. Hey, why not import the BIrd Flu from Mexico with all the cheep labor and illegal people as well. Sound like a good ole Democratic plan to me.
:-)
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This makes as much sence to me as any other misguided scientific exploit. Birds dont like cold weather, or at least most migratory birds go south for the winter. If they come from Asia to Canada via Alaska, that would to me be even colder. Hey, why not import the BIrd Flu from Mexico with all the cheep labor and illegal people as well. Sound like a good ole Democratic plan to me.
:-)
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Monday, December 04, 2006
Very Funny Pics...
I found these at work and i thought that they were very funny!!!
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Sunday, December 03, 2006
Our China Buffet
Here is our new China Buffet Case that we just placed my set of dishes in. They are over 35 years old and I have wanted to get a buffet for a log time. So, we went out and purchased a new dinning room set a few weeks ago. we just had time to place the dish set in their this weekend.
Friday, December 01, 2006
Definitions of precipitation
I found this interesting due to the bad weather that we have been haveing across the USA.
Many know that i am avid weather person.
Rain: Falling drops of water larger than 0.02 inch in diameter. In forecasts, "rain" usually implies that the rain will fall steadily over a period of time. (See "showers" below).
Light rain: Falls at the rate of 0.10 inch or less an hour.
Moderate rain: Falls at the rate of 0.11 to 0.30 inch an hour.
Heavy rain: Falls at the rate of 0.30 inch an hour or more.
Drizzle: Falling drops of water smaller than 0.02 inch in diameter. They appear to float in air currents, but unlike fog, do fall to the ground.
Light drizzle: Drizzle with visibility of more than 5/8 of a mile.
Moderate drizzle: Drizzle with visibility from 5/16 to 5/8 of a mile.
Heavy drizzle: Drizzle with visibility of less than 5/16 of a mile.
Showers: Rain that falls intermittently over a small area. The rain from an individual shower can be heavy or light, but doesn't cover a large area or last more than an hour or so.
Snow: Falling ice composed of crystals in complex hexagonal forms. Snow forms mainly when water vapor turns directly to ice without going through the liquid stage, a process called sublimation.
Snowflakes: Aggregations of snow crystals.
Snow flurries: Light showers of snow that do not cover large areas and do not fall steadily for long periods of time.
Snow grains: Very small snow crystals. The ice equivalent of drizzle.
Snow pellets: White, opaque ice particles that form as ice crystals fall through cloud droplets that are below freezing but still liquid (supercooled). The cloud droplets freeze to the crystals forming a lumpy mass. Scientists call snow pellets "graupel." Such pellets falling from thunderstorms are often called "soft hail."
Sleet: Drops of rain or drizzle that freeze into ice as they fall. They are usually smaller than 0.30 inch in diameter. Official weather observations list sleet as "ice pellets." In some parts of the country "sleet" refers to a mixture of ice pellets and freezing rain.
Freezing rain or drizzle: Falling rain or drizzle that cools below 32°F, but does not turn to ice in the air. The water is "supercooled." When the drops hit anything they instantly turn into ice.
Ice storm: A storm with large amounts of freezing rain that coats trees, power lines and roadways with ice. Often the ice is heavy enough to pull down trees and power lines.
Hail: Falling ice in roughly round shapes at least 0.20 inch in diameter. Hail comes from thunderstorms and is larger than sleet. Hailstones form when upward moving air -- updrafts -- in a thunderstorm keep pieces of graupel from falling. Drops of supercooled water hit and freeze to the graupel, causing it to grow. When the balls of ice become too heavy for the updrafts to continue supporting them, they fall as hailstones. Sleet, in contrast, consists of raindrops that freeze on the way down.
Thunderstorm: A rain or snow shower in which there is lightning. Thunder is always caused by lightning. In general, the upward and downward winds, updrafts and downdrafts, in thunderstorms are more violent than those in ordinary showers.
Thundersnow: A thunderstorm with snow instead of rain falling on the ground.
Severe thunderstorm: A thunderstorm with winds of 57 mph or faster or hail more than 3/4 inch in diameter reaching the ground. Severe thunderstorms can also produce tornadoes
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Many know that i am avid weather person.
Rain: Falling drops of water larger than 0.02 inch in diameter. In forecasts, "rain" usually implies that the rain will fall steadily over a period of time. (See "showers" below).
Light rain: Falls at the rate of 0.10 inch or less an hour.
Moderate rain: Falls at the rate of 0.11 to 0.30 inch an hour.
Heavy rain: Falls at the rate of 0.30 inch an hour or more.
Drizzle: Falling drops of water smaller than 0.02 inch in diameter. They appear to float in air currents, but unlike fog, do fall to the ground.
Light drizzle: Drizzle with visibility of more than 5/8 of a mile.
Moderate drizzle: Drizzle with visibility from 5/16 to 5/8 of a mile.
Heavy drizzle: Drizzle with visibility of less than 5/16 of a mile.
Showers: Rain that falls intermittently over a small area. The rain from an individual shower can be heavy or light, but doesn't cover a large area or last more than an hour or so.
Snow: Falling ice composed of crystals in complex hexagonal forms. Snow forms mainly when water vapor turns directly to ice without going through the liquid stage, a process called sublimation.
Snowflakes: Aggregations of snow crystals.
Snow flurries: Light showers of snow that do not cover large areas and do not fall steadily for long periods of time.
Snow grains: Very small snow crystals. The ice equivalent of drizzle.
Snow pellets: White, opaque ice particles that form as ice crystals fall through cloud droplets that are below freezing but still liquid (supercooled). The cloud droplets freeze to the crystals forming a lumpy mass. Scientists call snow pellets "graupel." Such pellets falling from thunderstorms are often called "soft hail."
Sleet: Drops of rain or drizzle that freeze into ice as they fall. They are usually smaller than 0.30 inch in diameter. Official weather observations list sleet as "ice pellets." In some parts of the country "sleet" refers to a mixture of ice pellets and freezing rain.
Freezing rain or drizzle: Falling rain or drizzle that cools below 32°F, but does not turn to ice in the air. The water is "supercooled." When the drops hit anything they instantly turn into ice.
Ice storm: A storm with large amounts of freezing rain that coats trees, power lines and roadways with ice. Often the ice is heavy enough to pull down trees and power lines.
Hail: Falling ice in roughly round shapes at least 0.20 inch in diameter. Hail comes from thunderstorms and is larger than sleet. Hailstones form when upward moving air -- updrafts -- in a thunderstorm keep pieces of graupel from falling. Drops of supercooled water hit and freeze to the graupel, causing it to grow. When the balls of ice become too heavy for the updrafts to continue supporting them, they fall as hailstones. Sleet, in contrast, consists of raindrops that freeze on the way down.
Thunderstorm: A rain or snow shower in which there is lightning. Thunder is always caused by lightning. In general, the upward and downward winds, updrafts and downdrafts, in thunderstorms are more violent than those in ordinary showers.
Thundersnow: A thunderstorm with snow instead of rain falling on the ground.
Severe thunderstorm: A thunderstorm with winds of 57 mph or faster or hail more than 3/4 inch in diameter reaching the ground. Severe thunderstorms can also produce tornadoes
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Monday, November 27, 2006
Our Personal Website...
Well I have worked on it all day!!! It is up and RUNNING!!!
The address is www.Thermstringers.com
Go and look at it.
RMStringer
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