SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 TIL Google drones will drop burritos into people's yards in Australia Drones bearing piping hot burritos are about to start swooping down on the Australian countryside. At least, that's the plan for Google affiliate Project Wing, which on Tuesday announced new tests of its drone delivery service with two Australian businesses, a Mexican taqueria chain and a drugstore company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 TIL Google drones will drop burritos into people's yards in Australia Drones bearing piping hot burritos are about to start swooping down on the Australian countryside. At least, that's the plan for Google affiliate Project Wing, which on Tuesday announced new tests of its drone delivery service with two Australian businesses, a Mexican taqueria chain and a drugstore company. I wonder if Cameron County, Texas they will drop fajitas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I wonder if Cameron County, Texas they will drop fajitas. Were they stolen? There's a lot of that going around.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) I wonder if Cameron County, Texas they will drop fajitas. maybe. on a side note I did hear of another WKRP incident FAA looking into turkey drop at annual Arkansas festival YELLVILLE, Ark. — The Federal Aviation Administration says it will check to see whether any laws or regulations were broken when a low-flying pilot dropped live turkeys Edited October 18, 2017 by ShadyBillsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 TIL that the actor that played Anakin in Episode 1 quit acting as a result of being bullied for his role in the movie, eventually leading to him being placed in psychiatric care after crashing his car during a high speed police chase. CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 TIL that the actor that played Anakin in Episode 1 quit acting as a result of being bullied for his role in the movie, eventually leading to him being placed in psychiatric care after crashing his car during a high speed police chase. CBF You'd think he'd be a better high speed driver, what with his podracing experience and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 TIL that in 1974, KFC Japan started selling family sized Christmas dinners including chicken, cake and wine. They became so popular that they now require ordering weeks in advance to prevent waiting in line for hours. They account for about a third of the chain’s yearly sales in Japan. CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 TIL Michael Jackson's estate continues to allocate 20% of his posthumous earnings to various charities, as specified in his will. CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringMetheHeadofLeonLett Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 .... sometimes it's just not possible to get a 34" dishwasher out of a 33" hole. *% previous owners floored the thing in! Thankfully we're replacing the counter-tops sometime soon, so I'll get it, but got so close and wasted a bunch of Saturday on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 TIL one of the most effective, but obviously least used, methods to deliver a message to a group of men is to put it on the ceiling above a urinal. Men's room ettiquitte prohibits guys from looking side to side so our gaze is directed from urinal to ceiling. A sign directly above the urinal on the wall may be ignored but a sign on the ceiling seems so out of place that it draws your attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 TIL one of the most effective, but obviously least used, methods to deliver a message to a group of men is to put it on the ceiling above a urinal. Men's room ettiquitte prohibits guys from looking side to side so our gaze is directed from urinal to ceiling. A sign directly above the urinal on the wall may be ignored but a sign on the ceiling seems so out of place that it draws your attention Years ago we had an awesome men's room etiquette thread. I miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Today you learned that the four-day Battle of Leyte Gulf kicked off on this day, 73 years ago, with the Battle of the Palawan Passage. USS Dace and Darter intercepted the Japanese Center Force, got off multiple contact reports to Third and Seventh Fleets and CINCPAC, and sunk IJN Maya and Atago (force flagship), and crippled Takao. Atago sank so quickly that the commander of Center Force - Admiral Takeo Kurita - didn't have time to be taken off by boat, and had to swim to a destroyer, which probably influenced the battle later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Today you learned that the four-day Battle of Leyte Gulf kicked off on this day, 73 years ago, with the Battle of the Palawan Passage. USS Dace and Darter intercepted the Japanese Center Force, got off multiple contact reports to Third and Seventh Fleets and CINCPAC, and sunk IJN Maya and Atago (force flagship), and crippled Takao. Atago sank so quickly that the commander of Center Force - Admiral Takeo Kurita - didn't have time to be taken off by boat, and had to swim to a destroyer, which probably influenced the battle later on. Yeah, but Michael Jackson is still a philanthropist and he's dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 TIL that the United States Airforce maintains a fleet of Boeing E4-B "Doomsday" planes. They are capable of being airborne for a week, costs nearly $160,000 per hour for the Air Force to operate, and have a 5 mile long trailing wire antenna to communicate with nuclear subs. CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Today you learned: Day two of the Battle of Leyte: as a denouement to the previous day's action, while pursuing the crippled Takao, Darter ran aground and had to be abandoned. Most of the action took place in and around the Sibuyan sea. Japanese air attacks were beaten off, save for one lucky pilot who planted a bomb on the after flight deck of the USS Princeton. She later exploded, badly damaging the USS Birmingham who had come alongside to assist (in fact, the Birmingham had more casualties than the Princeton), and was later controversially scuttled on Admiral Halsey's orders - he was preparing to take the Third Fleet north to attack the Japanese carrier fleet, and insisted if Princeton could not accompany the fleet, she should be sunk. The Japanese Center Force, transiting the Sibuyan Sea, was attacked by Third Fleet's carrier task groups. The cruiser IJN Myoko was badly damaged and forced to retire, but most of the strikes concentrated on the battleship IJN Musashi. Approximately 350 planes hit Musashi with more than 35 bombs and torpedoes, and he (Japanese ships were referred to as male, not as "she" in Western navies) sank largely to a design trade-off where compartmentalization forward of A turret was insufficient, so counter-flooded to counteract the list from torpedo hits reduced the reserve buoyancy to a critical degree. The ship was so tough, though, that for three hours Musashi was underway with her bow submerged. These attacks, and the attacks of the day before, unnerved Kurita enough that he reversed course to open some space between him and the Third Fleet...leading Halsey to believe the Center Force was retreating, and setting up the next day's remarkable events... TIL that the United States Airforce maintains a fleet of Boeing E4-B "Doomsday" planes. They are capable of being airborne for a week, costs nearly $160,000 per hour for the Air Force to operate, and have a 5 mile long trailing wire antenna to communicate with nuclear subs. CBF Capable of being airborne for a week with in-flight refueling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringMetheHeadofLeonLett Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 meanwhile Boeing keeps churning out the second best fighter in the history of the Navy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 TIL the voice of Maude Flanders requested a $4000 raise to cover increasing commute costs, but FOX only offered $150 instead. This dispute is what led to Maude being killed off CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) This might be something for you all to learn regarding all of the September birthdays All of them are products of Christmas parties and New Years Eve celebrations. As to the October birthdays - your parents were slow to the punch or were snowed in for a week. Edited October 25, 2017 by ShadyBillsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Mine was the release of the Stones' Satisfaction 45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringMetheHeadofLeonLett Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 TIL the voice of Maude Flanders requested a $4000 raise to cover increasing commute costs, but FOX only offered $150 instead. This dispute is what led to Maude being killed off CBF Fox is a cheap network to the point where they don't even know when they're crossing into just plain bad. I worked for them once upon a time. Just take a look at any Super Bowl they've done- they STILL have not figured out it's worth spending a few extra bucks to balance the cameras(color balance) on the MOST WATCHED GD TELEVISION SHOW ON THE GD PLANET! This is what happens when the morons are in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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