I've been translating for the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden and they've got a show coming up about global warming and the cultures most affected by it. Lots of stuff about the people who herd reindeer indigenous Alaskans and Greenlanders, etc.
Some interesting things I've learned: put dried grass in your shoes to keep your feet warm and dry; put a tuft of down in holes in the ice to tell when a seal is coming there for breath so you can harpoon it; build your entryway lower and your sleeping quarters higher where the heat rises; reindeer can get to the lichen if it's under snow, but if the winter isn't so warm and things thaw and freeze, the ice will keep them from it; pay attention to how the snow is piled up to see which direction you're going (if you know which direction the prevailing winds come from); the kayaks used to have a pointy stern and bow until people started hunting with guns instead of harpoons.
Other things I've learned recently: divest from 0racl3 (lawsuits).
― Maria :D, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 02:39 (sixteen years ago) link
People who are having a terrible time deciding what to buy invariably agree with me when I say "maybe you just need to eat lunch."
― Beth Parker, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 02:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Lichen sounds pretty hard to digest.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 02:51 (sixteen years ago) link
The Hilton Brand employs exactly 100,000 people.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 03:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Nolan Ryan was born in Refugio, Texas but his family moved away when he was six months old.
Refugio is pronounced locally as "Refurio".
― patita, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 03:12 (sixteen years ago) link
The flash point of LNG is around 1500 deg F, making it much safer than diesel (flash point around 800 deg F) and much much safer than gasoline (flash point of -50 deg F). Also, if you spill LNG on the ground, it doesn't soak in. It all vaporizes to gas within minutes and can't contaminate the soil. If you spill a little bit on some concrete, it forms into balls that bounce around like BBs and looks really cool. Stay out of the cloud though.
― Jaq, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 04:12 (sixteen years ago) link
A really good Thomas the Tank track can keep the minions amused for hours
― Forgot My Pencil, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 04:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I am painting an Orthodox Jewish couple's house all white - apparently this is a religious requirement, nothing but shades of white on the walls? Husband is in the hospital right now so I've not met either of the old folks, just getting info from the maid, so maybe that's not correct.
― milo z, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 04:40 (sixteen years ago) link
The champion bull at the Western Limousin Exposition Open Show this year is named DJ Sugar Nutts.
― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 04:54 (sixteen years ago) link
It's names like that that make me wish we could still change screen names.
"your turn to run" by malaria!, "insecure me" by soft cell, and "i'm in love with margaret thatcher" by the not sensibles were DJ favorites at danceteria
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 04:58 (sixteen years ago) link
my job is not my credit
― daria-g, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link
stoke is a party town
― emsk, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 08:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Issues that may attract unfavourable media attention are called 'garden rakes'.
― moley, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 08:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Everyone is expendable.
― kv_nol, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 08:42 (sixteen years ago) link
David Gordon Green consciously rips off Charles Burnett (sue me, I'd never noticed!)
― Morley Timmons, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 08:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, you can't make Jell-o shots with vegan Jell-O mix
― Morley Timmons, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 08:45 (sixteen years ago) link
-- impudent harlot, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 04:58 (3 hours ago) Link
more details ?
― pisces, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 08:51 (sixteen years ago) link
The word "question" is always preceded by the modifier "one quick." The question may be quick, but the answer can be long long long.
― Beth Parker, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 12:23 (sixteen years ago) link
like, other songs? i don't remember. fehlfarben was highly touted as well
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link
and um, "temptation" by new order
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 15:52 (sixteen years ago) link
a negroni is a delicious drink comprised gin, vermouth & campari
― emilys., Wednesday, 1 August 2007 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Who bought Trevor Horn's mansion/recording studio, and how much they paid for it.
― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
That there is a metal band called Carnal Forge.
― energy flash gordon, Friday, 3 August 2007 11:42 (sixteen years ago) link
A brick is 65mm x 215mm x 102.5mm. Add 10mm for joints and perps and you can roughly tell the height of a house by counting the bricks.
― nate woolls, Friday, 3 August 2007 11:45 (sixteen years ago) link
emilys, have you actually tried it? I keep meaning to and keep forgetting. What's the ice content, if any?
― Mark C, Friday, 3 August 2007 12:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Ice: 3 - 4 cubes. It's very tart, designed to get the saliva flowing. Not bad at all.
― kv_nol, Friday, 3 August 2007 12:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm at work, I want to learn sth INTERESTING HINT HINT. :-)
― nathalie, Friday, 3 August 2007 12:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Kinda boring, actually. An Irish property magnate. I think it was about £10 million.
― Masonic Boom, Friday, 3 August 2007 12:43 (sixteen years ago) link
10 million pounds? wtf.
― nathalie, Friday, 3 August 2007 12:50 (sixteen years ago) link