Mylar??? I used vellum! And not your fancy paper-based stuff–I had to slaughter my own calf to make it. 
Well… there are parts of the government that still DO use Mylar and ink for things. I do in my job. It’s rather interesting to watch the kids wonder what they have to do with it. It was really funny the one time I was using an electric eraser and someone asked me what it was for.
It’s a really interesting time in my office. There are people who have been here for 40 years, worked the printing presses, have done the photographic map reproduction, used the scribers, and almost anything else you can imagine. There will be a lot of lost art when they retire in the next couple of years.
Bluetooth tech was named after King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark and Norway, who united the tribes of Denmark into a single kingdom.
(to Edward the Head and dropzone).
Luxury!
Slaughter? In my day, we had talking cows. None of this newfangled “aleph = ox” writing business.
IIRC that was done deliberately in the treaty that ended the Mexican war to ensure that all of San Diego Bay would be in the US, while allowing Mexico to have a tiny bit of the Colorado River.
Termites aren’t related to ants and bees; they’re actually a type of social cockroach.
One of our favorite things about China was fresh dragonfruit every morning on the buffet. You can’t seem to get good, ripe dragonfruit in the states.
But they do look super-cool.
:eek: You did not get a good one then. The red-inside ones are generally sweeter than the white, but the good white ones definitely don’t taste like nothing. I’d describe them as somewhere closer to super-awesome. The best ones I’ve had are in Phan Thiết, Vietnam, but the ones from my garden make a pretty good substitute. I only get about ten to twenty a year though, so they are a rare treat.
I’m starting to doubt your assessment of Japanese watermelons now.
Yeah, but I’ll bet their football teams all SUCKED!
I can buy yellow-flesh watermelons in the shops. Nothing yucky about that. I’ve never seen a square one, but if it’s inedible, it’s not just because it’s yellow inside.
I can also buy not-seedless watermelons sometimes. They are actually cheaper and sweeter than our seedless melons. But I’m the only one in the family that will eat them ~
I wish I could buy seedy watermelons. Eating watermelons just isn’t any fun without spitting out the seeds.
Indeed.
Having witnessed industrial ground beef production on many occasions it is, as you note, very different. Thousand pound boxes filled from thousands of head of cattle all sampled and blended to the desired fat content. It’s an interesting sight.
[Nitpick]Of course they are. We’re all related. Termites, ants and bees are all insects.[/Nitpick]
What I wanted to post. I don’t buy my ground beef from big producers.
…and somehow depressing too. There is lot to said for going local and small-scale where your finances allow it.
Wow. Some people are much better at using their free time than I am!
Ha! Yeah, I do procrastinate a lot (ahem, like, right now), but at least I can justify some of it as *beneficial *procrastination.
This thread has emphasized the fact that many “weird but true facts” aren’t even true. LOL
I wouldn’t call ionic atoms bound into a compound “ingredients.”
Excellent username/post combo.