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Across the Fence:  Interesting Useless Facts  |
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bubblesnz
True Blue Farmgirl
291 Posts
helen
New Zealand
291 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 6:59:12 PM
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Hi all, I found out something interesting today, but not sure how knowing this, will change your lives any!!
In new zealand when we flush our toilets, the water in the bowl spins out from clockwise. Now in america it spins out anticlockwise.
Something to do with the pull of the planet thing.
(sorry not too sure on the technical info)
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 7:44:57 PM
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Hi Helen, It's a northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere thing. Spins opposite of one another. Gravational pull and all that jazz. One of nature's mysteries!
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 8:14:59 PM
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quiltedess
True Blue Farmgirl
296 Posts
Nancy
Priest River
ID
USA
296 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 8:47:58 PM
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And I love the different ways people speaking the same language say things: anticlockwise vs. counter-clockwise (American). I find it fascinating and try to keep a mental note of some of the differences. Car park vs. parking lot; car boot sale vs. garage sale; bonnet vs. hood; jumper vs. sweater; caravan vs. motorhome or trailer . . . :-) I guess that qualifies as useless information . . . or maybe not . . .
Nancy |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 9:05:16 PM
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And the rivers in the Southern Hemisphere flow up towards the equator!
"If you are lucky enough to have a garden, you are lucky enough!" |
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bubblesnz
True Blue Farmgirl
291 Posts
helen
New Zealand
291 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 9:21:38 PM
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Thanks Clare :)
Quiltedess in NZ we have car boot sales, they are literrally out of the back of cars and garage sales.
Also we have police, America has sheriff. |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 9:38:13 PM
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Well Helen, to compilicate matters, the US has both police and sheriff officers. Police officers are for cities. Sheriff officers are for outlying and more rural areas. This is fun to compare language, isn't it?
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 9:45:52 PM
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Clare, my hubby appreciates your very correct police vs. sheriff answer ( he is a sheriff). He must explain that 10 times a week!
The language thing that always gets me, is people in the UK say "He went to Hospital" or "I'm going to University in the fall" where we would say going TO the hospital or going to the University. My sister in law is from England and we love the little differences! |
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thehouseminder
True Blue Farmgirl
361 Posts
USA
361 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 06:08:47 AM
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When I lived just north of Houston we had city police, the county constable, State Patrol, and, of course, the Texas Rangers (I'm not talking about a sports team here).
Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvest reaps. ---Bronson Alcott
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Nana Naomi
Farmgirl in Training
41 Posts
Mary
Tyler, Texas
TX
USA
41 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 08:01:16 AM
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Howdy,
In Tyler,TX we have Rangers, police, a sheriff, and deputies. That doesn't take into account all of the feds!!! My husband is a criminal defense attorney and it does get confusing!! |
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LifeSmiles
Farmgirl in Training
37 Posts
Kathy
DeKalb
IL
USA
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 11:32:37 AM
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Here in my county we have Sheriff Mounted patrol. They ride horses and actually use them to do search and rescue and look for escaped convicts on the prairie.
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
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Linda Houston
True Blue Farmgirl
538 Posts
Linda
Lake Charles
Louisiana
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 1:02:43 PM
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verbina
True Blue Farmgirl
231 Posts
randi
n.j
USA
231 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 1:44:09 PM
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| very interesting stuff wish i could add to it but.. hey lifesmiles how do you know that? randi |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 2:32:44 PM
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Maybe someone can answer this for me...Why do men have nipples?
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
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CelticCoyote
True Blue Farmgirl
111 Posts
Heather
Illinois
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 3:11:54 PM
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Boob envy, maybe? 
I know that a horse physically is unable to throw up. Their soft palate is hinged in only one direction...hence the problem of colic.
I know that cows have four stomachs, and are physically able to swallow food, and then belch it back up again for further chewing. This in itself is not remarkable, at least on a farmgirl board...what is remarkable is that I know that my husband can do precisely the same thing with dairy products, specifically milkshakes.  Yes, it is revolting, especially when he informs you that "it's still cold". 
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thehouseminder
True Blue Farmgirl
361 Posts
USA
361 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 7:31:22 PM
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Men have nipples because we all start out as females. By the time the hormone to develop boy parts start rushing through the body, the nipples are already there.
Seriously, you just wanted to see if anyone would answer, right
Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvest reaps. ---Bronson Alcott
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 7:41:34 PM
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LOL Lucinda...
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
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LifeSmiles
Farmgirl in Training
37 Posts
Kathy
DeKalb
IL
USA
37 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 08:17:14 AM
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Okay, Heather: total ewww. That's so grody.
I think I read about transparent spidey blood in a trivia book when I was 11. My mind is the weirdest thing.
Cheers.
http://getyourhookon.blogspot.com |
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realme52
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Klara
Gatesville
Texas
USA
106 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 10:45:08 AM
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How funny, Heather! One of those things you think you would rather not know and then it makes you laugh anyway.
About the police and what-else-shamacallit thing: here in rural TX there are so many different "versions" of it and they seem to be driving about so much that I'm sometimes surprised there is still room for other vehicles on the roads!
My tidbit of "useless"(?) information: the biggest and most powerfull muscle in the human body??
A pregnant woman's uterus!
From this hour on I ordain myself loss'd of limits and immaginary lines. Walt Whitman |
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thehouseminder
True Blue Farmgirl
361 Posts
USA
361 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 11:10:53 AM
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Meadowlark, you are a naughty girl!
Heather, does he do childrens' parties? I'm sure little boys would be very impressed with this special talent.
On the subject of our amazing bodies, did you know that the spine of a human female is at least twice as strong as a man's or that women natually have the ability to stand on one foot while men have to learn it - and some never manage as displayed in my last yoga class.
Lucinda
Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvest reaps. ---Bronson Alcott
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little feather
True Blue Farmgirl
83 Posts
Tawnya
Walnut Creek
California
USA
83 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 12:24:45 PM
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Okay- here's something that I heard a few years ago that I've never been able to get out of my head-
don't ask why- I don't know!
: A Twit is a pregnant goldfish!
Okay, now I know it's a silly fact. But, next time you think that someone is acting like a twit- you'll get this funny picture of them swimming in a fish bowl with a baby belly!
Where ever you go, go with all your heart!
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bubblesnz
True Blue Farmgirl
291 Posts
helen
New Zealand
291 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 7:47:23 PM
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You girls, really crack me up.:)
Dont they make things easy for us Kiwis. Police are police, whether, town, city, or rural.
AHHHHHHHH dont ya love the simple things in life. |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 7:54:46 PM
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Here is another useless fact about police...they are called Cops here because the badges they wore at the turn of the century were made out of COPper.
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 9:46:27 PM
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Now that is definitely something I didn't know, Jenny .
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."~Rumi
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hapyhrt
True Blue Farmgirl
129 Posts
USA
129 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2005 : 03:23:13 AM
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Too funny reading all these useless (but interesting!) facts!
I heard it said that a "duck can't walk without quacking"....anyone know for a fact if this is true? Not being one to have a pond or ducks here at home I'm curious! LOL Ü
"Think HAPPY Thoughts...any others aren't worth your time!" Ü |
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