Here is another goofy question brought on by Alcohol. They say that the first brew came from some cave man putting grapes under a rock for safe keeping. He wasn't very careful and crushed them and he also left them for a while. The brew that resulted caused him to want more. Anybody who has bumped into wild yeast has had a very low opinion of anything it gets into. What possessed him to make a second attempt?
A. He had no sense of taste.
B. He got lucky and it did taste good.
C. He valued the effect more than the taste.
D. He had people coming over for a party.
E. Some other reason I haven't thought of.

Since this has turned into another drinking thread, I researched your statement, and apparently Beer was the first alcoholic beverage.

SOURCE

Beer is the only thing I can really hack. So here's to tipping one to you!

It's not clear from searching which one comes first. I found 7000 BC in China as a possible start for wine so I suspect both may have been around far longer than we know.
That's what makes a good question for this thread. There seems to be no true solution so it can be argued all night and nobody is wrong.

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Here is another goofy question brought on by Alcohol. They say that the first brew came from some cave man putting grapes under a rock for safe keeping. He wasn't very careful and crushed them and he also left them for a while. The brew that resulted caused him to want more. Anybody who has bumped into wild yeast has had a very low opinion of anything it gets into. What possessed him to make a second attempt?
A. He had no sense of taste.
B. He got lucky and it did taste good.
C. He valued the effect more than the taste.
D. He had people coming over for a party.
E. Some other reason I haven't thought of.

F) It tasted better than the pruno he was familiar with.

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Here is another goofy question brought on by Alcohol. They say that the first brew came from some cave man putting grapes under a rock for safe keeping. He wasn't very careful and crushed them and he also left them for a while. The brew that resulted caused him to want more. Anybody who has bumped into wild yeast has had a very low opinion of anything it gets into. What possessed him to make a second attempt?
A. He had no sense of taste.
B. He got lucky and it did taste good.
C. He valued the effect more than the taste.
D. He had people coming over for a party.
E. Some other reason I haven't thought of.

F) It tasted better than the pruno he was familiar with.

Our family knows a man who has been held in jail for years in Arizona and his big compliant was that you couldn't get any fruit for that reason.

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I received an email from Dr. Stupid requesting this be posted in Dune's thread....


This Week's question is from Jennifer in Bent Armpits Wyoming.

Jennifer writes,

"Dear Dr. Stupid,

What is that ugly lump of fat in my can of pork and beans?

Love, Jennifer"

Thanks, Jennifer. That ugly lump of fat in your pork and beans is...
The Queen Bean! And all the other beans are the worker beans who serve her!

Dr. S.

Interesting question. I used to work with a guy who, after taking a few swigs, would fastidiously take his 16oz pop bottle and squeeze and mash it until the liquid was up near the neck before re-capping it. I used to give him a ration of crap about it, my thought being that if the cap formed a tight seal, the CO2 couldn't escape though the plastic bottle. He justified his actions simply by saying that 20 years in the Air Force had taught him a thing or two. No definitive answer was ever found.

Lower pressure at high altitude. Giving the bottle room to unfold might stop a weak bottle bursting. We are also told to semi-deflate bicycle tyres for aircraft transport (if they were inflated hard I suppose the change in overpressure could exceed the tyre spec.)

I don't go with that theory myself. It seems to me that if all the air was mashed out, the bottle would try to regain its original shape literally sucking the carbonation out.

Now. Back on topic...

Where's Steve, Steve?

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I don't go with that theory myself. It seems to me that if all the air was mashed out, the bottle would try to regain its original shape literally sucking the carbonation out.

Now. Back on topic...

Where's Steve, Steve?

Burping!

Steve

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Is that anything like the L-one-MB modification for a TR-Double E ? That's a field expediency landing pad for a B-one-RD. That or send someone out for 100 feet of flightline? Or maybe even a BA-1100-N?

Or a bucket of Prop Wash? (Supposedly, there's an actual product on the market specifically for washing metal props, and it's actually called that)

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Dune went to Bed. Now the question is.....Does he snore or not?

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Dune went to Bed. Now the question is.....Does he snore or not?

I think he snore's, but he would never admit it. LOL

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Dune went to Bed. Now the question is.....Does he snore or not?

I think he snore's, but he would never admit it. LOL

Likely needs a retainer to keep those teeth from grinding ...

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Is that anything like the L-one-MB modification for a TR-Double E ? That's a field expediency landing pad for a B-one-RD. That or send someone out for 100 feet of flightline? Or maybe even a BA-1100-N?

Or a bucket of Prop Wash? (Supposedly, there's an actual product on the market specifically for washing metal props, and it's actually called that)

My Uncle was a pilot early in His life, He always mentioned prop wash, makes sense now. He supposedly flew P39's in WWII as a Warrant Officer in the Pacific for the USAAF.

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Dune went to Bed. Now the question is.....Does he snore or not?

I think he snore's, but he would never admit it. LOL

Au contraire. My wife used to say I was like sleeping with a chainsaw. But those days are behind me. I've got a CPAP machine. It may look creepy but it's great!

No more snoring for me! Now I've got more gear hanging off my nose than an airplane!

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Dune went to Bed. Now the question is.....Does he snore or not?

I think he snore's, but he would never admit it. LOL

Au contraire. My wife used to say I was like sleeping with a chainsaw. But those days are behind me. I've got a CPAP machine. It may look creepy but it's great!

No more snoring for me! Now I've got more gear hanging off my nose than an airplane!

Kind of reminds Me of this:

Don't It too seriously Dune.

"Did I ever tell you how I shot a wild elephant in my pajamas? How he got into my pajamas I'll never know."
- Groucho Marx (1890-1977)

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Don't It too seriously Dune.

Now you have me confused, Victor..... which one is Dune??

Don't It too seriously Dune.

Now you have me confused, Victor..... which one is Dune??

I think It's the upper one, The one with the see through trunk.

"Did I ever tell you how I shot a wild elephant in my pajamas? How he got into my pajamas I'll never know."
- Groucho Marx (1890-1977)

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Pretty damn close Vic! I hope that elephant was out of your pajamas when you shot it!!

OK. For my next goofy question. Does anyone have a program that I can check all the facts on an admittedly slow computer I'm giving to my niece? It's a E-machines crappy computer that I got for cheap and she needs it to do some light gaming on.

My brother needs to know if it can handle the video part, along with the processing end of it. I upgraded the RAM to 1 gig from 1/2 gig (with matching RAM I had sitting around.) It came with Windows Vista, so it's not that old, but it is really low-end. She wants to play Sims 2 and possibly 3. The video is onboard as is the sound. It's just something cheap, and would serve to give her something to play around with.

So. Is there any program out there that would tell us what we need to know about this thing? It's an Emachines W3609 and I think the only thing I did to it is upgraded the RAM, and installed a new hard drive. But I would like to see what she's got under the hood besides very noisy fans. (I think they're OK, just cheap.)

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I've already implanted little devices in all of your brainz....BRAINZ!

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I did NOT authorize this belly writing!

You might try this website.

http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/browse.asp

The free overdrive test will help you see what you have, and what can be done to make it better if needed. PC Pitstop is an excellent site.

Steve

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GPUUG Website

Pretty damn close Vic! I hope that elephant was out of your pajamas when you shot it!!

OK. For my next goofy question. Does anyone have a program that I can check all the facts on an admittedly slow computer I'm giving to my niece? It's a E-machines crappy computer that I got for cheap and she needs it to do some light gaming on.

My brother needs to know if it can handle the video part, along with the processing end of it. I upgraded the RAM to 1 gig from 1/2 gig (with matching RAM I had sitting around.) It came with Windows Vista, so it's not that old, but it is really low-end. She wants to play Sims 2 and possibly 3. The video is onboard as is the sound. It's just something cheap, and would serve to give her something to play around with.

So. Is there any program out there that would tell us what we need to know about this thing? It's an Emachines W3609 and I think the only thing I did to it is upgraded the RAM, and installed a new hard drive. But I would like to see what she's got under the hood besides very noisy fans. (I think they're OK, just cheap.)

Google came up with this entry Here, It may tell You something. :D

The direct Google Search has a lot of results Here.

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