CatandJim wrote: Not me but I did have a fun experience. I was having a "trivia" conversation with a friend of mine and our kids were with us at the mall.... Let's just say that it was quite funny when she tried to lick her elbow.... not so much fun for her teenage daughter but it was certainly fun for me.
lol... and where was the camera???
Too bad I didn't have one handy, all I have is a very funny memory.
Of course, it's one of those things that get brought up now and then, usually in front of her (now adult & mom herself) daughter. LOL
Cat (Jim just reads the forum once in a while)
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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) supports Dr. Rex Curry's discovery that the Nazi salute originated in the United States. Dr. Curry showed that the USA's early pledge of allegiance to the flag (1892) used a straight-arm salute and it was the source of the salute of the monstrous National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazis).
The original Pledge of Allegiance began with a military salute that then stretched out toward the flag. HistoricPhotographs. In actual use, the second part of the gesture was performed with a straight arm and palm down by children extending the military salute while perfunctorily performing the forced ritual chanting. Professor Curry showed that, due to the way that both gestures were used sequentially in the pledge, the military salute led to the hard, stylized salute of German socialists. The Nazi salute is an extended military salute via the pledge.
Conifer trees are native only to the northern hemisphere. Widely planted south of the equator, but not native.
The Douglas-Fir, of Pacific northwest fame, is not a fir tree -- different genus. Doug fir was once the dominant forest tree in Europe, but went locally extinct in Europe during the last ice age.
There is more forest cover in the United States now than in 1970, and about the same as 1900. The amount of old growth forest in the western U.S. is increasing, not decreasing. In some areas old growth forests now cover more land than any time in history, including pre-settlement.
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dave54 wrote: Conifer trees are native only to the northern hemisphere. Widely planted south of the equator, but not native.
The Douglas-Fir, of Pacific northwest fame, is not a fir tree -- different genus. Doug fir was once the dominant forest tree in Europe, but went locally extinct in Europe during the last ice age.
There is more forest cover in the United States now than in 1970, and about the same as 1900. The amount of old growth forest in the western U.S. is increasing, not decreasing. In some areas old growth forests now cover more land than any time in history, including pre-settlement.
Living in the NW as I do. I knew all of this.
(oh, good lord...)
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Acetelyne tanks, used in refrigeration and air-conditioning, have two common sizes. "MC" and "B".
They get these designations from the time that motor vehicles used acetelyne powered head lamps. MC was the smaller one used in Motor Cars and the larger one ("B") was used in buses.
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dave54 wrote: Conifer trees are native only to the northern hemisphere. Widely planted south of the equator, but not native.
The Douglas-Fir, of Pacific northwest fame, is not a fir tree -- different genus. Doug fir was once the dominant forest tree in Europe, but went locally extinct in Europe during the last ice age.
There is more forest cover in the United States now than in 1970, and about the same as 1900. The amount of old growth forest in the western U.S. is increasing, not decreasing. In some areas old growth forests now cover more land than any time in history, including pre-settlement.
Interesing... not what I always here... seems like I keep hearing about how all the land is being cleared.. thanks for the info!
Quote "There is more forest cover in the United States now than in 1970, and about the same as 1900. The amount of old growth forest in the western U.S. is increasing, not decreasing. In some areas old growth forests now cover more land than any time in history, including pre-settlement."
There are more trees in the US now than were here when C. Columbus discovered the New World. Horses in the US were extinct from old times until the Spaniards reintroduced them to the New World. Native Americans had no horses UNTIL then.
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