What did you learn today?

[D M C]

Despite being a geography buff my entire life, I just recently learned the difference between Great Britain, the British Isles, and the United Kingdom. All these years I thought they were basically interchangeable terms.

What’s the difference between Great Britain and Just OK Britain?

 

[S-Bigbottom]

What’s the difference between Great Britain and Just OK Britain?

Big Ben.

 

[Bassball Fever]

Big Ben.

What does Roethlisberger have to do with Britain?

 

[D M C]

Big Ben or just average sized Ben?

 

[shadowtippy]

Big Ben.

This one?

 

[S-Bigbottom]

This one?View attachment 3270437

Close, just a bit bigger ringer.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Today I learned that @DJ is a new bass player likes to wear Santa Hats well past Christmas.

< Glad you enjoyed the hat.

 

[shadowtippy]

Close, just a bit bigger ringer.


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That ought to wake you up in the morning.

 

[Bassball Fever]

Today I learned that @DJ is a new bass player likes to wear Santa Hats well past Christmas.

< Glad you enjoyed the hat.

It's past Christmas? I missed it? Son of a ...

 

[Pilgrim]

I test drove a 2012 and 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee and I learned that the V6 models make a lot of noise when you nail the throttle to the floor. the V8 models are actually quieter under acceleration. The sound track from the V6 under full throttle sounds like it's taken from a chase movie.

 

[Groove Doctor]

I test drove a 2012 and 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee and I learned that the V6 models make a lot of noise when you nail the throttle to the floor. the V8 models are actually quieter under acceleration. The sound track from the V6 under full throttle sounds like it's taken from a chase movie.

Mazda reduced the amount of engine damping to make the engine louder (ie. seem faster) during their zoom-zoom commercial era.

I’m guessing Jeep did a similar thing with their V6.

 

[BurnOut]

3% of the Ice in Antarctica is Penguin Pee

 

[knuckleduster]

Mazda reduced the amount of engine damping to make the engine louder (ie. seem faster) during their zoom-zoom commercial era.

I’m guessing Jeep did a similar thing with their V6.

My old Dodge Intrepid had a resonator built onto the air intake for that very purpose. It also had a resonator on the exhaust line, separate from the cat and the muffler, to give it a little more throaty sound. If you took them off, you'd get a little smoother airflow, which would theoretically improve MPG's and HP (if nothing but marginally), but you'd run the risk of sounding like a weed wacker.

 

[D M C]

3% of the Ice in Antarctica is Penguin Pee

Do penguins pee separately from pooping or is it an all-in-one kinda deal like other birds?

 

[shadowtippy]

Do penguins pee separately from pooping or is it an all-in-one kinda deal like other birds?

That's why Antarctica is white. It isn't the snow, it is the penguin poop.

 

[BurnOut]

Do penguins pee separately from pooping or is it an all-in-one kinda deal like other birds?

Beats Me
A fun fact I read at the Ohio DMV, while waiting in the mile long line.

 

[D M C]

Beats Me
A fun fact I read at the Ohio DMV, while waiting in the mile long line.

Did you get the new homeland security drivers license? Now you’ve gotta wait for them to mail it to you. In the mail. By the post office. How is that an improvement?

 

[BurnOut]

I didn't get anything, cause I didn't have everything.
Now your license can be stolen upon delivery, right from your mailbox, Brilliant!

 

[D M C]

I didn't get anything, cause I didn't have everything.
Now your license can be stolen upon delivery, right from your mailbox, Brilliant!

I forgot. My wife had to bring her passport. I renewed mine in 2017, so I didn’t have to go through the rigamarole.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

This is my current ad.