What did you learn today?

[spiritbass]

Never make snow angels at the dog park.

 

[shadowtippy]

TIL that dozens-of-thousands of Chinese and Japanese, and Korean laborers worked on the first effort to create the
Canál de Panamá.
That was in the 1880s & ‘90s, under the direction of French engineers and designers.

Today, one of five Panamanians can claim Asian heritage.

Which one?

 

[the harp unstrung]

Which one?

How ‘bout “20% of Panamanians can claim Asian ancestry.”

 

[the harp unstrung]

What do the other 4 claim?

 

[Tom Bomb]

Invalid Link Removed. Howzat! If I ever bump into Mr Norman again, I'm gonna pat him on the back and buy him a drink. The Great White Shark's blood's worth bottling. Knew it all along.

"'FORE."

 

[delta7fred]

Never make snow angels at the dog park.

and don't eat the yellow snow, the yellow snow ......

 

[the harp unstrung]

Between yesterday and today I learned that, here in Panamá, by Far the most popular pick up truck is the Chevy Colorado...followed by the Nissan Frontier...followed by the (new, Big) Ford Ranger.


As a guy who drives a gen-3 Tacoma at home, I’ve yet to see One.
The mid-sized Toyota here is called a Hilux...but it lookes Nothing like a Taco...it looks Exactly like a Colorado!

Things that make ya go......hmmmmm...

 

[the harp unstrung]

Awww,,, MAN!!!

seconds ago I learned...

 

[Oddly]

Today I learned that over on the DB side of TalkBass they've got a sub-forum titled "Double Bass Pedagogy".
I had to look that up...seems it's a fancy word for learnin'.
How come they get the fancy words?
I feel insulted...or violated...or offended...or something.
I'm gonna have to fix myself a strong whiskey.

 

[PillO]

How come they get the fancy words?

Because they are pedantic lexicographers?

 

[Oddly]

Because they are pedantic lexicographers?

I looked that up too.
Nope.
That's not the description I'd use...

 

[shadowtippy]

Because they are pedantic lexicographers?

They should leave the kids alone.

 

[PillO]

They should leave the kids alone.

No, an easy mistake; it's about feet.

 

[shadowtippy]

No, an easy mistake; it's about feet.

All right then, how many feet in a lexicog?

 

[PillO]

All right then, how many feet in a lexicog?

Metric or imperial?

 

[shadowtippy]

Metric or imperial?

Imperial, of course. This is the US, not the rest of the world.

 

[Oddly]

No wonder the DB folks think we're idiots...

 

[shadowtippy]

No wonder the DB folks think we're idiots...

Let'em. I'm still going to post here.

 

[Tom Bomb]

For the aurally adventurous: "The BBC has opened up its vast sound archive to the public." A bit slow on the uptake, I only just dug this up. Should be a real blast

BBC offers 16,000 sound effects from its archive for free download

Thanks to the new BBC Sound Effects website, you can freely download over 16,000 sound effects in WAV format for “personal, educational or research purposes”.

The database is tagged and searchable, so you can easily find everything from animal sounds and talking dolls to the sound of furnace glass burners and rattling window frames. It appears to cover most of the BBC’s lifespan, with effects from the 1920s onwards.

If you need more unusual sound samples, check out NASA’s SoundCloud or a drum kit made from space testing facility sounds.

 

[FilterFunk]

TIL that a slave (Nathan "Nearest" Green) was largely responsible for Jack Daniel's whiskey, and that Jack Daniel was very good and fair to Green and his other black employees: