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chicken, Biff and m4l…here’s the Wikepedia entry for my ex Chinese partner’s grandfather…He was a general in China and his face is literally “on the money” even old gold coins!!!!
I have a very interesting WWII story about the family in HK when the Japanese invaded..
Arkady, I’ve been to Cancun, but not to the Cave of the Sleeping Sharks. Thanks, that’s interesting.
Next question:
Why is it that when someone tells you that there’s billions of stars in the universe, you believe them. But if they tell you there’s wet paint somewhere you have to touch it?
Biff – Go to the Cave of the Sleeping Sharks on Isla Mujeres near Cancun – they feel safe there & go into a kind of sleep while the currents keep them oxygenated.
Yes, there is a street in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn with the name “Force Tube Ave”!!! Now, you’ve got to admit, that is the strangest street name you’ve heard.
What does it mean? The water from Long Island was brought to Brooklyn via conduits and aqueducts, and then stored in Ridgewood Reservoir up on the Cypress Hills (yes, they are really hills). So, in order to pump the water up to the reservoir, a “Force Tube” was employed. It ran along today’s “Force Tube Ave”.
As to the bonus trivia question: Brooklyn’s garbage dump was at the site of the present day Flushing Meadows park. This site was turned into the park in the late 1930’s by Robert Moses, in preparation for the 1939 World’s Fair. The old Brooklyn Dump is immortalized in F. Scot Fitzgerald’s “Great Gatsby”.
Oh my god, Rob, I would SO love to take you shopping. I am the Goddess of reasonably priced, hip but work-appropriate clothing for men. I will get you started with Century 21, Filene’s Basement (you have to dig a bit) and Loehman’s. But you’d be surprised at the great sales they have going at JCrew and Banana for men right now.
Dibs, just yesterday I was behind a guy w/ a full cart who only dug into his pockets after all the stuff was bagged! I agree that lots of little old ladies & idiot housewives do it too but it’s not a gender issue – it’s stupidity.
Combining the talk about lawyers getting up late with yesterday’s Open Thread discussion on stupid questions, I began to wonder about the sleeping patterns of sharks. My question was whether or not sharks sleep and, if so, how do they swim while sleeping? I was surprised to learn that scientists are still unsure about this.
chicken, Biff and m4l…here’s the Wikepedia entry for my ex Chinese partner’s grandfather…He was a general in China and his face is literally “on the money” even old gold coins!!!!
I have a very interesting WWII story about the family in HK when the Japanese invaded..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Jiyao
I was with my ex partner from 1993-1998.
Arkady, I’ve been to Cancun, but not to the Cave of the Sleeping Sharks. Thanks, that’s interesting.
Next question:
Why is it that when someone tells you that there’s billions of stars in the universe, you believe them. But if they tell you there’s wet paint somewhere you have to touch it?
Biff – Go to the Cave of the Sleeping Sharks on Isla Mujeres near Cancun – they feel safe there & go into a kind of sleep while the currents keep them oxygenated.
“FORCE TUBE AVE!”
Ding, Ding, Ding, we have a winner!!!!
Yes, there is a street in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn with the name “Force Tube Ave”!!! Now, you’ve got to admit, that is the strangest street name you’ve heard.
What does it mean? The water from Long Island was brought to Brooklyn via conduits and aqueducts, and then stored in Ridgewood Reservoir up on the Cypress Hills (yes, they are really hills). So, in order to pump the water up to the reservoir, a “Force Tube” was employed. It ran along today’s “Force Tube Ave”.
As to the bonus trivia question: Brooklyn’s garbage dump was at the site of the present day Flushing Meadows park. This site was turned into the park in the late 1930’s by Robert Moses, in preparation for the 1939 World’s Fair. The old Brooklyn Dump is immortalized in F. Scot Fitzgerald’s “Great Gatsby”.
Sharks do not get cancer. This has remained a mystery too.
Uniqlo is owned by the Japanese company Fast Retailing (9983) and has always been a very volatile stock based on monthly same store sales data.
Benson,
I’m skipping to the bonus question: The landfill is now Prospect Park. Olmstead & Vaux.
As for strangest street name, I’m going with 17th Street, because it is three blocks from 16th Street.
Oh my god, Rob, I would SO love to take you shopping. I am the Goddess of reasonably priced, hip but work-appropriate clothing for men. I will get you started with Century 21, Filene’s Basement (you have to dig a bit) and Loehman’s. But you’d be surprised at the great sales they have going at JCrew and Banana for men right now.
Dibs, just yesterday I was behind a guy w/ a full cart who only dug into his pockets after all the stuff was bagged! I agree that lots of little old ladies & idiot housewives do it too but it’s not a gender issue – it’s stupidity.
Combining the talk about lawyers getting up late with yesterday’s Open Thread discussion on stupid questions, I began to wonder about the sleeping patterns of sharks. My question was whether or not sharks sleep and, if so, how do they swim while sleeping? I was surprised to learn that scientists are still unsure about this.
http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/b_sleep.htm