Tell Me Something I Don't Know

[Coolville]

Many people drink red wine too warm.
The old rule of thumb "room temperature" has been misunderstood to mean living room or kitchen temperature. Roughly 20 degrees. (C.)

Room temperature in France means the temp. of the room where the wine is kept. Roughly 10-15 degrees. (C.)

 

[Pixie]

The reason that babies are so successfull at teading from tits/bottles is that when they are younger than about a year they can breath in through their nose while swallowing, a skill that's sadly lost as they grow older

Truly a tragedy...

The reason I have a nipple pierced, instead of my bellybutton,
is the fact that I knew it'd freak out most people I know in RL.
Apart from my best friend and woodgie

 

[woodgie2]

Many people drink red wine too warm.
The old rule of thumb "room temperature" has been misunderstood to mean living room or kitchen temperature. Roughly 20 degrees. (C.)

Room temperature in France means the temp. of the room where the wine is kept. Roughly 10-15 degrees. (C.)

Very true.

 

[Bent]

Ettiquette dictates you hold a white wine by the stem to prevent it warming and red by the bowl for just the opposite reason

Ettiquette also dictates that you NEVER correct a woman Ok, I learned something from you...lucky for me, I don't drink wine either.

 

[tyme]

When bears hibernate they do not eat, drink, urinate, or defecate for up to six months!

 

[juicylips]

When bears hibernate they do not eat, drink, urinate, or defecate for up to six months!

I guess fucking must be out of the question, too.

 

[eagleyez]

This should be easy.


It doesn't have to be of a personal nature. Just give me something to think about.

jl

I'm listening to Bartok again-

String Concerto No 2-

Very Rhapsodic-

alas, gotta get back to work-

To All-A good day please...

peace out,

Birdbrain

 

[woodgie2]

Ettiquette also dictates that you NEVER correct a woman Ok, I learned something from you...lucky for me, I don't drink wine either.

No, you never correct a Lady.

*lol*

 

[Pixie]

Finland is the most forested country in Europe and has more than 56,000 lakes larger than a hectare. Finland is also home to some 42,000 species of plants, animals and mushrooms.

Oh, almost forgot to add...
I shave too

 

[KillerMuffin]

One of the units in nuclear physics is "barn."

How cool is that?


I've never shaved my balls.

 

[Guest]

For some strange reason my post was deleted on this thread....should I post my original post or put a new one up?

 

[woodgie2]

One of the units in nuclear physics is "barn."
<snip>

Which also happens to mean 'baby' in Swedish.

 

[Guest]

tell ya something ya don't know??

I farted in my sleep last night

 

[april-wine]

I cry at sappy movies.......

 

[Pixie]

Which also happens to mean 'baby' in Swedish.

No, no, no! Baby is baby in Swedish.
Barn = child and lad = barn See, it's very simple, isn't it?

 

[woodgie2]

No, no, no! Baby is baby in Swedish.
Barn = child and lad = barn See, it's very simple, isn't it?

Here's something you should all have worked out by now.

She's not a dumbass, she's a smartass...

 

[juicylips]

Here's something you should all have worked out by now.

She's not a dumbass, she's a smartass...

Another thing I already knew.

 

[RosevilleCAguy]

Pennslyvania Dutch are not Dutch at all.

Uh, actually, they are Americans.

 

[RosevilleCAguy]

Many people drink red wine too warm.
The old rule of thumb "room temperature" has been misunderstood to mean living room or kitchen temperature. Roughly 20 degrees. (C.)

Room temperature in France means the temp. of the room where the wine is kept. Roughly 10-15 degrees. (C.)

Can you put that in English terms please?

 

[Thin Man]

Did you know?

Harley Davidsons are also referred to as "Milwaukee Vibrators"?

 

[Pixie]

Well, an ass is an ass is an ass... LOL!

Just a bunch of history for women...

1864 Single women attain legal majority at the age of 25 and the right to dispose of their own income from the age 15, and their own property from the age of 21, provided they notify a court of law.

1870 Upon her own application, Maria Tschetsulin becomes the first Finnish woman to pass the Matriculation Examination. Women are permitted to enroll at university with special dispensation.

1871 Women entitled to study medicine at university without special dispensation.

1878 Rosina Heikel becomes the first woman in Scandinavia to graduate as Licentiate in Medicine. Today, some 60% of all physicians in Finland are women.

1878 Rural women granted half share of matrimonial property and half share of inheritance.

1882 Emma Irene Åström becomes the first woman in Finland to graduate as Candidate of Philosophy.
Women become eligible to teach at girls' schools, but without the official rights of their office.

1889 Married women are granted the right to independently manage their own income. Women become eligible to instruct at institutes training women as elementary school teachers, and to fill positions at the National Board of Education.

1897 Women permitted to practise medicine.

1898 Women and men granted official majority from the age of 21. The guardian status of the husband is still retained in marriage.

1901 Women are permitted to enroll at university without dispensation, but university departments may impose their own restrictions.

1906 Finland becomes the first country in Europe to grant women the right of suffrage and the first country in the world to grant women the right to be electoral candidates.

1916 Women permitted to become university teachers.

-17 Implementation of Statute on Industrial Work, containing a section on maternity leave to be taken for four weeks after childbirth. Universal municipal voting rights.

1921 Compulsory general education decreed by law.

1922 Married women are granted the independent right to enter into contracts of employment under the first Employment Contract Act.

1926 Government posts made available to women with certain exceptions.

1930 Marriage Act granting legal equality of spouses.

1946 Working Hours Act bans night work for women.

1963 International Labour Organization's Equal Wage Convention ratified.

1970 ILO Convention on Discrimination ratified. Amendment to employment legislation requires employers to treat all employees on an equal basis regardless of sex. Grounds for abortion extended to include social considerations.
Ratification of United Nations Convention on banning all discrimination against women.

1986 New Surname Act passed, permitting spouses to take the surname of either partner or to retain their original surname. Children entitled to use the surname of either parent.

1987 Legislation prohibiting discrimination by sex in general and in working life in particular, and obliging authorities and employers to promote equality (Equality Act).

1988 Women permitted to enter the clergy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

1990 Elisabeth Rehn becomes the first woman Minister of Defence in the world.

1994 Riitta Uosukainen becomes the first woman Speaker of the Finnish Parliament

1995 Voluntary military service made available to women.
Amendment to the Equality Act stipulates a 40% quota of women in municipal select boards, municipal administration and government committees.

1996 Cabinet's Equal Opportunity Programme (1996-99).

2000 Tarja Halonen becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic.

 

[Gilly Bean]

My real name is Heather.

 

[Secret Kate]

Ettiquette dictates you hold a white wine by the stem to prevent it warming and red by the bowl for just the opposite reason

Glad to know I held my wine glass correctly then at the Houston Lit-together last weekend!

 

[woodgie2]

Glad to know I held my wine glass correctly then at the Houston Lit-together last weekend!

Was it Red or White though?

 

[Pixie]

In spring 1999 Finland became the first country in the world where over half of the population has a mobile phone. The number of mobile phones has exceeded that of fixed connections. By the end 1999, more than 60 out of 100 households owned a cell phone. The Internet and audio-visual services are increasingly available via wireless multimedia phones.