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Old 10-21-2022, 09:56 AM   #3557
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TIL: Cool Whip, Tang and Pop Rocks were all made by the same guy...
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Today I learned that some people's intelligence only goes as far as their leaf blower can blow the leafs from their drives.. watched this guy blow leafs from his drive straight onto the road with no thought that they will blow straight back onto his drive or that he's creating a fucking hazard for any drivers/bikers!
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Old 10-22-2022, 11:17 AM   #3559
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Today I learned that some people's intelligence only goes as far as their leaf blower can blow the leafs from their drives.. watched this guy blow leafs from his drive straight onto the road with no thought that they will blow straight back onto his drive or that he's creating a fucking hazard for any drivers/bikers!
I see this way too often. Even worse when these same idiots blow their grass clippings and debris onto the road.
I did the leaves on my front yard yesterday with my new lawn tractor. One pass and I had to go and empty the bags. I got the chute jammed up three times.
Now I have the back yard to do today. This is the second time this season and there's lot more leaves to fall yet. Oh joy...
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Old 10-22-2022, 01:35 PM   #3560
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Today I learned that some people's intelligence only goes as far as their leaf blower can blow the leafs from their drives.. watched this guy blow leafs from his drive straight onto the road with no thought that they will blow straight back onto his drive or that he's creating a fucking hazard for any drivers/bikers!
its even worse is the snow in the winter!

half the people around me do this. the plow will go by, THEN they clear their driveway, but push it only as far as street gutter.

i push it back into their driveways...

but it's even funnier when they get stuck in it!
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Today I learned that some modern hotel phones have a bunch of charging dongles in case you forgot your phone charger on the other side of the country. Which has been the first good surprise of the day!
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Old 10-29-2022, 05:28 AM   #3562
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I find almost peace in the fact that if I ever did something like that when I was a kid, the chancla would've flown from anywhere in the world my mom was, and still be able to hit me in the back of the head with such force that I would've forgotten what I was attempting to do before it all went dark.
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Old 10-30-2022, 08:29 PM   #3563
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Old 10-30-2022, 09:51 PM   #3564
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Analysts project that they'll outnumber white potatoes in the next fifteen years.
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today i learned henry ford pioneered charcoal distribution through ford dealers.

https://historydaily.org/henry-ford-...ord-charcoal/5
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Old 10-30-2022, 10:43 PM   #3566
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today i learned henry ford pioneered charcoal distribution through ford dealers.

https://historydaily.org/henry-ford-...ord-charcoal/5
Wow! Did I read that correctly? He invented charcoal briquettes!
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Wow! Did I read that correctly? He invented charcoal briquettes!
Kingsford did.

Kingsford was one of Henry's best dealers. That is why, up to a couple years ago, kingsford charcoal had a model T on the bag.
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Old 10-31-2022, 12:41 AM   #3568
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Kingsford did.

Kingsford was one of Henry's best dealers. That is why, up to a couple years ago, kingsford charcoal had a model T on the bag.
Not according to that article. It's the other way around.
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Old 10-31-2022, 07:40 AM   #3569
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Kingsford did.

Kingsford was one of Henry's best dealers. That is why, up to a couple years ago, kingsford charcoal had a model T on the bag.
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Not according to that article. It's the other way around.
If only there was a way to check...

" Edward G. Kingsford, a real estate agent in Michigan"

"A University of Oregon chemist, Orin Stafford, had invented a method for making pillow-shaped lumps of fuel from sawdust and mill waste combined with tar and bound together with cornstarch. He called the lumps "charcoal briquettes."

So neither one "invented" them. Ford just found a way to use and market it and Kingsford just ran the operation.

And also interesting
"Thomas Edison designed the briquette factory adjacent to the sawmill"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_(charcoal)
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And also interesting
"Thomas Edison designed the briquette factory adjacent to the sawmill"
..and the brand/factory is now owned by Clorox.
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