Until the 1920's it was common for babies in Finland to be delivered in saunas.
Until the 1920's it was common for babies in Finland to be delivered in saunas.
:D So, nowdays they aren't "saunatized"? jPSean said:
Until the 1920's it was common for babies in Finland to be delivered in saunas.
LOL!:bbg: :D :bbg:JennyP said:
:D So, nowdays they aren't "saunatized"? jP
Alligators "sing" as part of their courtship ritual.
The thigh bone is stronger than a similary shaped rod made of steel.
Bricks were invented in Egypt over 7,000 years ago.
The brittlebrush plant drops poisonous leaves to kill seedlings that threaten it's space.
Grapefruit...................so - called because it grows in grape like clusters.
I wonder if anything ever happend to the guy who told him " I think you should sit this one out":drop:Texas Ranger said:
Sean, I can relate, when you're so afflicted, you've got all the battle you can handle!
I wonder if anything ever happend to the guy who told him " I think you should sit this one out"
Can't recall a more "sensitive" subject ever being discussed on the Board...
;)
Actually, it does make me recall the strange but true fact that George Brett "sat out" one of the games of the 1980 World Series with a bout of the big H (happily, Pete Rose and the Phillies won that year).
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The right lung takes in more air than the left.
Though she was raised in Egypt,Cleopatra was actually of Greek descent.
That statement kept making me wonder, Sean, and I asked my son about it. He is a recent grad from a program in Biomedical Engineering (with concentration in Orthopedics, as he puts it)...and this is what he told me.Sean said:
The thigh bone is stronger than a similary shaped rod made of steel.
"The strongest bone is called cortical bone and it has a modulus of up to 20 GPa and stainless steel has a modulus of 200 GPa . Modulus is: a unit of strength.
GPa means giga Pascal which means 1,000,000 Pascals. And a Pascal is a Newton of force spread over one square meter... so when we say 200 GPa that means that a one meter square section of steel could stand up to 200,000,000 (200 million) newtons spread evenly over its surface.
Here's an example: A one inch cube of steel could hold 29 million pounds
but an imaginary one inch cube of cortical bone could hold about 2.9 million pounds. And that's not really the true meaning of modulus but it's the best way I can explain it. "
So now I am wondering, IF the original statement is true, then it is not the composition of the femur which makes it stronger than the steel, but the geometry (shape) of the steel rod which makes it weaker than the bone model (and I assume we are talking about strength under equal stress.)
Now, mind you, it is after 1 a.m. as I write this, so my reasoning may be a little fuzzy. Anyone care to comment?
(by the way, I am enjoying these tidbits of trivia, Sean!)
:D jP
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose
and ears never stop growing.
Bzzt
You've obviously never seen a grapefruit tree.Sean said:
Grapefruit...................so - called because it grows in grape like clusters.
flex
despite what some of the male counterparts may think, the most flexible part of the body is the eye.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch
every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
Well then excuse me...................i only put these up for a bit of fun. I do not deem them to be 100 percent accurate nor scientifically proven.:( So in short.............So what if i have never seen a grapfruit tree!:finger:shanbaum said:
You've obviously never seen a grapefruit tree.
Sean said:
Grapefruit...................so - called because it grows in grape like clusters.
Shanbaum,
I think you owe Sean an apology.
Check this link:
http://www.dole5aday.com/ReferenceCe...ia/Grapefruit/
~Cindy
"If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." -Catherine Aird-
Tons of grapefruit grow in the Phoenix area and I have to admit that if it grows in clusters, I've never noticed it. I'll have to be on the lookout when it starts to ripen.
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Steve Machol said:
Tons of grapefruit grow in the Phoenix area and I have to admit that if it grows in clusters, I've never noticed it. I'll have to be on the lookout when it starts to ripen.
Steve,
You do and let us know and post a pic on the board, too, from the Opticam! :D
Maybe when they are commercially grown they are thinned to make better fruit?
~Cindy
"If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." -Catherine Aird-
Most of the grapefruit I see are growing on trees in people's yards. My Mother-in-law has two huge grapefruit trees.
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Maybe grapefruit got its name to fool us into believing the flavor is sweet like grapes. I remember seeing only single grapefruit on trees at my husband's grandparents home in Florida.
My wife, the family grapefruit expert, says that the grapefruit around here grow individually but that occasionally you'll see a couple of them growing together side-by-side. Methinks that separate varieties of grapefruit grow differeently, some in clustrer and some individually like oranges. This would make both Sean and Robert correct up to a point.
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So, it's a draw!Steve Machol said:
This would make both Sean and Robert correct up to a point.
~Cindy
"If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." -Catherine Aird-
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