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| Spring is coming. This was taken on March 22 last year. (Picture doesn't relate to post. Just wanted to post a picture that didn't have snow in it.) |
I learn new things every day, so I thought I would do a post about some of the random things I've learned recently. However, when I was trying to write this post, my mind was blank. Apparently, I learn new things every day, but I don't remember many of them. :) So here is a short list of new-to-me things I have recently discovered.
1. A Lamia is a sea monster who ate children. She was daughter of Poseidon. This was an answer to a crossword puzzle clue that I had to look up. Greek mythology is so interesting.
2. We can't put hinged plastic containers into our recycling. I was cleaning out a drawer and found literature about our recycling pickup and read this in the latest handout. It seems that what is accepted and what is not changes frequently, so I need to pay more attention. Sometimes a piece of dirty recycling or a wrong kind of object can ruin an entire load. I don't want that to happen.
3. Rice does not do well in a garbage disposal. Wally was chatting with the maintenance man who was unstopping his sink and learned this. During the maintenance man's work throughout the apartment complex, he has found that most calls for stopped up sinks are caused by a clogged garbage disposal and many times, it is rice that is clogging it. Apparently rice is too small for the disposal to grind effectively.
4, 5, 6, 7. The Maryland State Library has a piece of cuneiform dating back to 5 hundred-something BC, counter depth refrigerators cost more than standard depth, you can't make more than $65,000 to take the saver's credit on your taxes (married filing jointly), and basil can be substituted for tarragon in a pinch.
Well, my new knowledge is not exactly going to go viral because it is so interesting, but there you have it. What did you learn new today?
I learned what andragogy means Thanks to Nil I had to look it up to see what it meant.
ReplyDeleteNow I know what it means, too. Thanks.
DeleteI'm sure everyone in the world knows this but me, but I recently learned that if you hold the volume decrease button on your phone while taking a selfie, it functions like a shutter button. Not that I take many selfies, although sometimes when we are traveling, I will, since I take almost all the pictures which include family. We took an overnight trip over the weekend so I tried out this function. Not a flattering picture of me so I deleted it, but there is proof that I went with my family when my husband took a picture of the kids and me huddled together for a bitterly cold photo by a lighthouse.
ReplyDeleteI am definitely not a phone whiz, so I never heard of this either. I tried it on my phone, but it did not work. However, I have an older, Android phone that is not very user friendly. Maybe I have to install a setting to make it work. Being able to press the volume button would make taking selfies a lot easier.
DeleteI am shivering right now as I think of how cold it must have been at that lighthouse. I hope the trip was a good break even if the weather was not friendly.
It was a good break! Weather by Lake Michigan is highly variable. The lighthouse is (obviously ... ) right by the lake and with the wind blowing off the lake, it makes it feel even colder. We went snowshoeing also and stayed on the back side of the dunes from the lake and the temps were much more tolerable there, as the dunes blocked the wind. The area we went to juts further into the lake than we do in our area, so I think they get more lake effect snow than my area does.
DeleteEverything you wrote about in your post is new to me, so, I learned several new things, today! :D I found that bit about rice to be particularly pertinent!
ReplyDeleteWhile we have a garbage disposal, using it is not good for our septic system, so we don't use it much. However, I will pay attention to what we put down it when we use it now that I have my new knowledge.
DeleteI had no idea about the rice. The garbage disposal here never worked and my brother removed it shortly after I moved in. I probably would have put rice down it, so maybe that's a good thing.
ReplyDeleteThe rice thing was new to me also, but it makes sense.
DeleteBeautiful photo
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