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wae
wae PowerDork
3/4/23 4:20 p.m.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:

In reply to wae :

And in German it is Schwarz.  Have not seen them differentiate between the light and the dark side.

No, but there is an upside and a downside!

wae
wae PowerDork
3/4/23 4:21 p.m.
914Driver said:

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

General Schwarzkoph is General Black coffee?

huh.

Schwarzkopf.

Black head.

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/4/23 4:24 p.m.
wae said:
914Driver said:

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

General Schwarzkoph is General Black coffee?

huh.

Schwarzkopf.

Black head.

Kennedy, or rather its pre-Anglicized word, translates to "ugly head" or something like that, too.

Stampie
Stampie GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/10/23 8:13 p.m.
Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
3/11/23 10:28 a.m.

In reply to Stampie :

Piloted by...Chinese aviators. The Black Cats.

Even more if you are interested.

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
3/11/23 4:09 p.m.

In reply to Appleseed :

Taiwanese...

fasted58
fasted58 MegaDork
3/11/23 4:13 p.m.

TIL Robin Trower is 78 years old. 

NickD
NickD MegaDork
3/11/23 6:14 p.m.

TIL that Newark was supposed to become a sister city to the Hindu nation of Kailasa. Which, first of all, becoming a sister city to an entire nation conceptually makes no sense. But even funnier is that, after the big announcement, it turns out that there is no nation of Kailasa. It's fake, somebody made it up, and nobody ever did, ya know, a Google search to make sure it was real.

RichardNZ
RichardNZ Reader
3/13/23 6:05 a.m.
Stampie said:

TIL that China shot down five U2s.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/when-china-shot-down-five-u-2-spy-planes-at-the-height-of-the-cold-war/ar-AA18tFXe?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=430e52dd9e554b828820f77c652eb968&ei=21

I have childhood recollections of one of these passing through Fiji in the late 50's when I was about 8 or 9. The plane was big deal and we weren’t allowed up close but dad was in charge of the meteorological office and the pilot ended up having a meal at our place. I recall being shown a snapshot taken at altitude and you could see the curve of the earth. The other memory was that they used the cross runway for departure and the "fallout" wheels in the wingtips ended up in the mangrove swamp and were never found …

 

Peabody
Peabody MegaDork
3/16/23 6:11 p.m.

TIL that the clutch pedal in my car is made of plastic. I saw it and thought, wow, that's a lot of steel just for a clutch pedal.

Nope.

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/16/23 7:30 p.m.

In reply to Peabody :

A lot of cars do that nowadays, but what hurts my brain are the plastic master cylinders.

NermalSnert (Forum Supporter)
NermalSnert (Forum Supporter) HalfDork
3/18/23 4:39 p.m.

TIL that forstner bits make excellent hole cutters in homemade paper gaskets.

Mike (Forum Supporter)
Mike (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
3/18/23 5:59 p.m.



TIL that you could get a manual in a Camry pretty recently.

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/18/23 11:51 p.m.

TIL you can make falafel in a waffle iron.

 

MyMiatas
MyMiatas HalfDork
3/19/23 12:00 a.m.

TIL That buying items from Redline Miata parts, they do not always send good parts. 

You could not even turn it. Was described as a part that came from a running Miata. Looks like E36M3!

Peabody
Peabody MegaDork
3/19/23 7:32 a.m.

TIL what fairy bread is

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/20/23 10:12 a.m.
barefootcyborg5000
barefootcyborg5000 PowerDork
3/20/23 10:46 a.m.

In reply to Mike (Forum Supporter) :

Up through 2010 in US market. 4 cyl only. Hens teeth though. Coworker has a 2009 manual. 

AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter)
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/20/23 1:04 p.m.
Stampie said:

TIL that China shot down five U2s.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/when-china-shot-down-five-u-2-spy-planes-at-the-height-of-the-cold-war/ar-AA18tFXe?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=430e52dd9e554b828820f77c652eb968&ei=21

my Dad was a child of the Great Depression, then a US Marine in the Pacific in WW2. while those U2 events are before i was born, i remember my Dad talking about Gary Powers being a coward and putting our nation at risk for not taking his suicide pill.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
3/22/23 7:38 a.m.

TIL  a million seconds is approximately 11.5 days. 

What about a billion seconds? Approximately 31.5 years.

A trillion seconds is only 31,709.8 years.

National debt in time would be a  951,294 Years.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
3/22/23 7:41 a.m.
Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/22/23 1:38 p.m.

TIL that while Nissan can't/won't make new chassis or engines since the 90s, they are bothering to make flavored gear oil.

calteg
calteg SuperDork
3/22/23 1:43 p.m.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

I love that "New Grape Scent" is 2 lines above "Avoid breathing vapor, mist or gas"

Karacticus
Karacticus GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
3/22/23 1:45 p.m.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:

In reply to Peabody :

A lot of cars do that nowadays, but what hurts my brain are the plastic master cylinders.

Plastic sway bar end links

iansane
iansane GRM+ Memberand Dork
3/22/23 2:32 p.m.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:

TIL that while Nissan can't/won't make new chassis or engines since the 90s, they are bothering to make flavored gear oil.

GM has had grape diff fluid for decades. Probably the same stuff.

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