I just learned that the first human lung transplant was performed in Mississippi 60 years ago today.
Today’s date: 11 Jun 23
whose odd demise can lead a curious person down a rabbit hole
One more thing about braces:
Does anyone remember that urban legend about a girl with braces who was laying in her bed one night when she suddenly started hearing radio signals in the form of voices and music?
The legend goes is that she thought she had forgotten to turn off her radio before lights out, but when she got up to check, the radio was off.
So she couldn’t figure out where the radio signals were coming from.
Turns out, according to legend, that her braces were somehow acting as a radio reciever presumably because they were made of metal, and were picking up signals from a real radio station.
What’s more mysterious is that, according to legend, that it never happened again.
So is this concievable or remotely possible?
If so, why did it only happen once.
I think this legend may have been depicted in a V.C. Andrews novel that girls her age read.
I may be being whooshed but how do you know that you didn’t know a lot people with braces that weren’t visible?
The article didn’t describe his demise, and said the court found no wrongdoing. I’ve seen a lot of families split over a death, including accusations that the other side killed / hastened the demise of ill, elderly people. Grief and greed, especially combined, make for strange situations.
So: was his death actually unusual?
I do recall hearing, at the time, about how he was being kept up Kitsap/Bainbridge way, while he was still not yet gone, and there was a tad bit of kerfuffle over the issue. His march to death was not unusual, as such, but it was kind of interesting.
I just remember my mother being accused (in court, no less) of offing her 90-year-old father in his hospital bed. Needless to say, not an accusation that came from a rational place.
Before Columbia introduced their “Stereophonic” record format, with its crazy (but now standard) diagonal grooves, there was the even crazier “Binaural record” developed by Emory Cook. The record had two separate grooves which had to be read simultaneously by two styli. You could get player with a tone arm that already had two styli built in, or you could get a separate stylus to attach to your own record player’s tone arm.
Orthodontia would be for medical necessity, I assume. You are apparently not in the dog lover loop. People will spend any amount of money to help their dogs. People will mortgage their house for their dogs. People will upend their lives completely for their dogs.
Yes. Severe enough malocclusion can make it impossible/difficult to eat.
A friend is a cop who works with a canine. Years ago his dog fractured a canine tooth. The community raised funds so the dog could get treatment consisting of root canal and a stainless steel cap.
The department then forced the dog’s retirement due to legal concerns over the dental implant creating a potential risk for a lawsuit.
Wonderful! Never heard of it before.
It’s been reported multiple times
Mythbusters were apparently unable to duplicate the effect.
IRC, this was used in the plot of some radio show.
Wasn’t there a Gilligan’s Island episode where Gilligan was picking up radio broadcasts with his fillings? Or something similar? That would be enough to convince me it could happen.
There was a Partridge Family episode where Laurie’s new braces picked up radio signals.
I would not call it hi-fi though
Are you being redundant, or ironic?
Accurate.
The Who’s manager contract was a lopsided 60% for the four band members and 40% for their two managers. The band made a good living but the managers (Lambert & Stamp) made nothing (in fact lost money) during the early years of the partnership. Although they got 40% of all revenue, L&S were responsible for expenses like equipment repair and replacement. Pete and Keith never had to spend a penny to repair or replace the gear they trashed on a daily basis.
Neither, I suspect. It looks like dogs have the same types of teeth that humans do, but the canines are much more pronounced