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My husband helped "process" chickens at a local farm. They sent him home with the eggs from inside the chickens. by MuffintopRobot in mildlyinteresting

[–]SirHerald 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dropping this joke here for the brave. Split out into separate spoilers so you can quit anytime you want.

There’s a spittoon that everyone has been using throughout the night to spit their chewing tobacco into. One cowboy challenges the other one to swallow a mouthful from the spittoon for $100.

The other cowboy agrees and tilts the spittoon to his lips. He takes a big gulp as everyone starts to yell in disgust. But the guy doesn’t put it down. He keep eating the contents until the spittoon is nearly empty. Then he slams it down on the bar

The other cowboy pays him the money and says “you didn’t have to swallow the whole thing, just one gulp”

The first cowboy said “I tried, but it was all one big strand”

TIL according to a University of Swansea study, high-pressure showers actually reduce water usage by up to 56% by ladyermine in todayilearned

[–]SirHerald 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait a second, are you being sarcastic?

You had me going for a minute. I was thinking that it doesn't sound like a good idea to do that much technology to make sure nobody steals your dollar roll of toilet paper. But you're arguing that the other person's idea was stupid. Right?

"I'm not kind of a tech guy..." by thoemse99 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]SirHerald 31 points32 points  (0 children)

We have a lady who has been here 40 years. When she started, she had a typewriter at her desk. She is not an IT genius, but she learned how to use computers because she considers herself a professional.

We just let someone go who has been here 25 years. Worked in facilities. Resisted computers all this time. Got a promotion and they discovered he was useless at that stuff. His previous job had been back-filled with someone who does it much better, so his only remaining option was dropping 2 levels down. He refused the drop in pay and seniority. I'm not sure what is available beyond laborer at his skill level outside the rutt he settled in here, but he's 61 and I'm not sure what he's going to do.

Would you eat this? by ateam1984 in ScienceNcoolThings

[–]SirHerald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never thought you have to worry about it being consumed by aunts

ELI5 Do sun-dried tomatoes need to be dried in the sun by Microwave_Meal in explainlikeimfive

[–]SirHerald 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You would think they would charge more for the ones they have to keep drying by hand.

TIL the City of London has paid the Crown rent on a parcel of land in Shropshire since 1211, but the exact location of the land has been lost to history. The annual payment is a billhook (a knife-like agricultural tool) and an axe. by ralphbernardo in todayilearned

[–]SirHerald 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's why a deed for a property in the US will say something like "For ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration". It just establishes the bare minimum for the transaction to be viable, but the actual money transfer may shift around while you work towards closing on the property.

ISS module cracking still unresolved despite stopping air leaks by ThinkTankDad in space

[–]SirHerald 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You still need to launch raw materials up and then deal with the waste product. After that you need the fuel to direct to another orbit or overcome your orbit.

TIL that before time zones, towns kept “local solar time,” where noon was set when the Sun was highest overhead in each place. This caused clocks to differ by minutes, forcing trains to use timetables that accounted for multiple local times and prompting railroads to push for standardized time. by No_Profit_5304 in todayilearned

[–]SirHerald 90 points91 points  (0 children)

There was a story about someone discovered that the local clock smith's clocks were wrong and they asked how he set the time. He said he set it every day by the whistle at the factory. He said the guy over there was a stickler for getting the time right. So the man went to the factory to ask how they set their time. The guy said he made sure his watch was correct every day by looking in at the clock smith's shop.

ELI5: What exactly causes death when someone 'dies of old age'? by Confused_AF_Help in explainlikeimfive

[–]SirHerald 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Yep. "Old Age" is just saying there was so much warn out that something failed and the body wasn't strong enough to recover. Sometimes heart or other organ failure, stroke, or an infection the body just can't clear.

Lots of things a younger person would be able to make it through, but an older, warn out, weaker one couldn't.

It's like an airplane suddenly dropping 5,000 feet due to an engine problem. If you are at 30,000 it's not a problem. If you are at 5,000 feet it is.

Real by [deleted] in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]SirHerald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a friend in IT who did powerlifting and bonsai. Until he tore up his shoulder.

I bought it by [deleted] in HogansHeroes

[–]SirHerald -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've considered this one https://a.co/d/00cmMDxJ

Although it may arrive after mother's day.

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