I Learned Something New Today

[Dana Jean]

I love learning new things. I've always been inquisitive since I was a little girl.

Everyday, I look for the new thing(s) to learn about. Here is one new thing I learned today.

This is a Bee skep. I've seen these, I knew they were for bees, but I just called them bee hives.

What new thing have you learned about recently? Share with us so I can keep learning!

 

[Pucker]

The epithet "tart" is actually a diminutive of "sweetheart," and should not be considered derogatory at all.

 

[Patricia A]

I learned earlier this week, that F. Scott Fitzgerald's full name is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. A customer asked me what the "F" stood for in his name, I resisted the urge to make something rude up and told her I didn't know so we wiki-ed it. It turned out, not only did old Frank have an amusing name, he was really a rather interesting fellow with an equally interesting family history.

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Dana Jean]

I haven't been called either, Pucker, so no skin off my teeth.

 

[Dana Jean]

I learned earlier this week, that F. Scott Fitzgerald's full name is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. A customer asked me what the "F" stood for in his name, I resisted the urge to make something rude up and told her I didn't know so we wiki-ed it. It turned out, not only did old Frank have an amusing name, he was really a rather interesting fellow with an equally interesting family history.

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I really enjoyed The Great Gatsby, but I don't think I've read anything else by him, not sure about that. I will read that link, thanks!

 

[GNTLGNT]

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down
so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

 

[Dana Jean]

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down
so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

I didn't know that. Man, he would've hit me 10 times before I made a fist.

 

[pegasus216]

Steve McQueen was one of Bruce Lee's pall bearers.

 

[Owenk]

I really enjoyed The Great Gatsby, but I don't think I've read anything else by him, not sure about that. I will read that link, thanks!

For anyone interested in Fitzgerald, A Moveable Feast by Hemingway is well worth a read. He shares a car journey up through France with Fitzgerald rescuing his car which he and Zelda had abandoned there. Fitzgerald is boozing, slightly made and hypchodriacal, and although Hemingway obviously admires his huge talent you can hear how ****** off with him Hem is getting. It's a very funny passage especially for Hem who is not the first person that sprongs to my mind when I think of humourous writers.

 

[GNTLGNT]

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[DiO'Bolic]

If you see a deer walk in front of a pickup and don’t see it go flying to the side of the road, SLOW WAY DOWN, because 100 feet later it could be ejected out from underneath the truck right in front of you.

 

[Dana Jean]

If you see a deer walk in front of a pickup and don’t see it go flying to the side of the road, SLOW WAY DOWN, because 100 feet later it could be ejected out from underneath the truck right in front of you.

personal experience?

 

[DiO'Bolic]

personal experience?

Just last week. In the dark. Luckily my younger days of watching NASCAR paid off and helped enable me to make a spectacular chicane maneuver and avoid major car damage. The guy behind me was not so adapt.

 

[Out of Order]

How to tenderize venison...........

 

[GNTLGNT]

How to tenderize venison...........

 

[Patricia A]

MASH UP! Tender is the Deer. OK I'm going to get ready for work now....

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Pennsylvania Game Commission Advises Motorists to Watch For Deer
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today advised motorists to slow down after sundown and before sunrise to reduce their risk of having a close encounter with a white-tailed deer.

Deer collisions are an annual occurrence that will continue through Thanksgiving week and begin to slow down in mid-December. For the sake of public safety, the Game Commission is urging motorists to drive cautiously after dark for the next several months.

Well duh... That’s like telling people here to put gas in your car before the gauge reaches empty.

 

[Out of Order]

Our Game Commission issues hints on how to win at Trivial Pursuit.

 

[Dana Jean]

Just last week. In the dark. Luckily my younger days of watching NASCAR paid off and helped enable me to make a spectacular chicane maneuver and avoid major car damage. The guy behind me was not so adapt.

Well that's just scary. Be careful and slow down!

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Our Game Commission issues hints on how to win at Trivial Pursuit.

I'll move to a state that does the same for Twister.