Totally useless facts ...

[Contratrombone64]

Fascinating Margaret, I promptly looked it up in the Macquarie Dictionary (our national linguistic tome)

tittle noun 1. a dot or other small mark in writing or printing, used, for example, as a diacritic. 2. a very small part or quantity; a particle, jot, or whit: Yet he had managed to succeed without, in the process, sacrificing jot or tittle of his principles - Henry Handel Richardson, 1917. [ME titel, from ML titulus mark over letter or word]

 

[Contratrombone64]

And all you didn't know and needed to about the spooky history of the Cornish Pasty

Tradition has it that the original pasties contained meat and vegetables in one end and jam or fruit in the other end, in order to give the hard-working men 'two courses'. Cornish housewives also marked their husband's initials on the left-hand side of the pastry casing, in order to avoid confusion at lunchtime. This was particularly useful when a miner wished to save a 'corner' of his pasty until later, or if he wanted to leave a corner for one of the 'Knockers'. The Knockers were the mischievous 'little people' of the mines, who were believed by the miners to cause all manner of misfortune, unless they were placated with a small amount of food, after which they could prove to be a source of good luck

 

[Corno Dolce]

Dang It!!!!!!! It is true what they say about Cornish miners - They're always to be found at the bottom of a mineshaft, digging to a new low...

 

[marval]

HaHa CD very good.

I use to have a great uncle who lived in Devon, just over the boarder from Cornwall. he had a housekeeper who was Cornish, she made the best Cornish pasties out. They were to die for.


Margaret

 

[marval]

The "pound" key on your keyboard is called an octotroph.

 

[Corno Dolce]

One out of 200 hundred women are colorblind.

 

[marval]

There are over 5 million acres of Phyllostachys edulis Moso bamboo growing in China.

Yum.

 

[Contratrombone64]

Mincemeat was originally a mediaeval food made of a sweet, spicy mixture of chopped lean meat, (usually beef, or beef tongue), suet and fruit. Over time, the meat content was reduced, and today the mixture contains nuts, dried fruit, beef suet, spices and brandy or rum, but usually no beef

 

[marval]

Oh I hate mincemeat, especially mince pies.


Gary Cooper was the first Academy Award winner for best actor to make his acceptance speech on television

 

[Corno Dolce]

There are over 6,600 miles of sewer mains and pipes under the streets of New York City.

 

[marval]

400-quarter pounders can be made out of one cow.

 

[greatcyber]

Meat Pies

And all you didn't know and needed to about the spooky history of the Cornish Pasty

Tradition has it that the original pasties contained meat and vegetables in one end and jam or fruit in the other end, in order to give the hard-working men 'two courses'. Cornish housewives also marked their husband's initials on the left-hand side of the pastry casing, in order to avoid confusion at lunchtime. This was particularly useful when a miner wished to save a 'corner' of his pasty until later, or if he wanted to leave a corner for one of the 'Knockers'. The Knockers were the mischievous 'little people' of the mines, who were believed by the miners to cause all manner of misfortune, unless they were placated with a small amount of food, after which they could prove to be a source of good luck

And they were sealed at the edges by a thick, doubled up crust. This not only prevented the goodies inside from falling out but provided a "handle" for the miners dirty hands and was not eaten, according to a show I saw on The Travel Channel or Discovery.

Stephen

 

[marval]

Yes, that is right.

A good hearty meal for the tin miners.


Margaret

 

[Corno Dolce]

At peak power production 20,000 gallons/sec rush through the power turbines in Hoover Dam.

 

[methodistgirl]

We have power turbines at Kentucky Lake and Barkley Lake.
judy tooley

 

[Contratrombone64]

Here is an article about monotremes (look it up). Look on this link and scroll down to "Media" there is a wonderful little movie showing the critter digging a burrow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotreme

 

[marval]

Thank you CT

That was very interesting.


Margaret

 

[Corno Dolce]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new.../Man-admits-'having-sex'-with-1,000-cars.html

What CAN one say???

 

[marval]

Hi CD

Well it takes all sorts, not my particular thing.

Good thing he's not married, how do you cite a VW Beetle in a divorce court.


Margaret

 

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Ms. Margaret,

Yes, one can't cite an inanimate object in divorce court :crazy::crazy::crazy:

Cheers,

CD