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 05/25/2008 02:26:43 PM · #251
Originally posted by JulietNN:
wait a min though Mr Pants, in America they have different voltage than in England!

So maybe that is where the confusion is????????


Ha ha ha! Very funny.
 05/25/2008 02:29:21 PM · #252
I think I may have had a blonde moment there.

lol

yeah i was, i was thinking of plugs voltage stuff. Americans electricity is lower voltage than in England,

and I am soooooooo shutting up now

Message edited by author 2008-05-25 14:29:37.
 05/25/2008 02:31:02 PM · #253
Originally posted by JulietNN:
I think I may have had a blonde moment there.

lol

yeah i was, i was thinking of plugs voltage stuff. Americans electricity is lower voltage than in England,

and I am soooooooo shutting up now


Yes, the SI definition of volt is pretty universal.
 05/25/2008 03:13:42 PM · #254
Originally posted by Mr_Pants:
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:
Originally posted by Mr_Pants:
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:
Electricity will jump 1 inch per 1000 volts.

Stay away from high tension lines, you will get shocked...to death.


I thought that that was 10kV per inch, not 1kV.


Unless I misunderstood the instructor in my Safety and Training class, and my industry certification twords being an Entertainment Certified Electrician and Rigging Gaffer.....maybe.


Yes, you did.


Going to look it up...I'll be back to bask in my glorious knowledge from actually paying attention in school, or kneel before the king and send deserving accolades with the occasional victory song around some future camp fire.
 05/25/2008 03:49:31 PM · #255
//www.cirris.com/testing/voltage/arc.html

looks like the lowest voltage to cross an inch is about 7000V
 05/25/2008 03:58:03 PM · #256
while we're on electricity.... One wrap of vinyl electrical tape is good to insulate 600 volts.
 05/25/2008 05:22:43 PM · #257
When a pug barks, you can see their anus push outwards and then retract - thus if they had to poop, they could essentially shoot poop at anyone behind them.
 05/25/2008 05:24:38 PM · #258
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
When a pug barks, you can see their anus push outwards and then retract - thus if they had to poop, they could essentially shoot poop at anyone behind them.


I'm speechless. truly, speechless.

:)
 05/25/2008 05:30:48 PM · #259
Platypus don't have nipples, instead secreting the milk through the skin along each side of the belly.
05/25/2008 06:41:11 PM · #260
I think I have gone off Pugs, and I am soooooooo never going to ever again stroke a platpus
 05/25/2008 06:46:02 PM · #261
baby crows have blue eyes that turn to brown as they become juveniles
 05/25/2008 06:46:49 PM · #262
Actually this behavour is common in humans as well. Some prisons require inmates to bend over and cough strongly to dislodge anything they may have, tried to stash. I guess it beats, other methods.

Originally posted by ShutterPug:
When a pug barks, you can see their anus push outwards and then retract - thus if they had to poop, they could essentially shoot poop at anyone behind them.
05/25/2008 08:30:01 PM · #263
Originally posted by JulietNN:
I think I have gone off Pugs, and I am soooooooo never going to ever again stroke a platpus


They have very soft fur.
 05/25/2008 11:24:40 PM · #264
Originally posted by Pug-H:
Originally posted by JulietNN:
I think I have gone off Pugs, and I am soooooooo never going to ever again stroke a platpus


They have very soft fur.
.

A pug or a platypus?

You shouldn't go to the bathroom after dicing habanero peppers unless you wash your hands first.
05/25/2008 11:35:21 PM · #265
Platypuses have very soft fur. I avoid touching dogs as much as I can; I've only touched a platypus once when I was very young.

Platypuses and echidnas, like reptiles and birds, also have only one outlet for eggs and and everything else (obviously, eggs from the female..) ;-) Chloaca.
 05/25/2008 11:38:28 PM · #266
Originally posted by TooCool:
You shouldn't go to the bathroom after dicing habanero peppers unless you wash your hands first.

For that matter, you should avoid going to the bathroom after eating habañero peppers ... :-(
 05/25/2008 11:45:52 PM · #267
Originally posted by Sugarpie:
baby crows have blue eyes that turn to brown as they become juveniles


Caucasian baby humans have blue eyes at birth too, though it might change later.
 05/25/2008 11:47:36 PM · #268
Originally posted by TooCool:
You shouldn't go to the bathroom after dicing habanero peppers unless you wash your hands first.


With soap

For several minutes

...twice.
 05/25/2008 11:49:21 PM · #269
Originally posted by rinac:
Originally posted by TooCool:
You shouldn't go to the bathroom after dicing habanero peppers unless you wash your hands first.


With soap

For several minutes

...twice.


Or wear rubber gloves?
 05/25/2008 11:52:33 PM · #270
or get someone else to chop them
 05/25/2008 11:55:26 PM · #271
Originally posted by JulietNN:
or get someone else to chop them


or someone to help you in the restroom....
 05/25/2008 11:57:25 PM · #272
nah, that is the easiest way to get things chopped and diced!
 05/26/2008 12:03:52 AM · #273
What about this one: 'Donkeys kill more people every year than sharks'- If Eeyore is an example then it may just be true.
 05/26/2008 12:11:05 AM · #274
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Originally posted by Sugarpie:
baby crows have blue eyes that turn to brown as they become juveniles


Caucasian baby humans have blue eyes at birth too, though it might change later.


True. I was born with blue eyes but they changed to green. It's to do with melanin being produced as the child grows.
 05/26/2008 12:14:55 AM · #275
Lost in Translation....

the word 'empathy' is taken from the greek word empatheia

However in Greek it means 'a loathing, a great hatred toward someone'
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