Assorted Wisdom in Life

[willie33]

[Slick]

Love the one about aprons!!!

I used to spend summers on the farm helping my Grandmother with canning, jellies, etc.
I was young so I only had shorts and t-shirts.

I will always have the love in my heart of the day my Grandmother handed me a package - wrapped in the cartoon part of the newspapers (not very big).

She had sewn me 2 aprons with ties that would adjust so I would fit them for a few years!!!  Well, I thought I was just
the Queen of the chicken coop!!  (learned a lesson there quick!!!)

I wore one till it couldn't be fixed anymore.  The other one is in a plastic bag in my Hope Chest.  A true Treasure of  summers well spent and of the great love of a Grandmother.   (Got myself in tears now!!)

Hugs!!!!!
Slick 

[IceWizard]

You don't tug on superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim ...

~Jim Croce~
1972


January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973

[IceWizard]

The entire world’s population could fit inside Los Angeles.





The world's total population is more than 7.5 billion.
And obviously, that number sounds huge. However, it might feel a
little more manageable once you learn that if every single one of
those people stood shoulder-to-shoulder, they could all fit within
the 500 square miles of Los Angeles, according to National Geographic.



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The hottest chili pepper in the world is so hot it could kill you.







The "weapons-grade" Dragon’s Breath chili pepper is so hot it’s downright deadly.
If you ate one, it could potentially cause a type of anaphylactic shock, burning
your airways and closing them up.

"I've tried it on the tip of my tongue and it just burned and burned," said Mike Smith,
the hobby grower who invented the Dragon's Breath along with scientists from
Nottingham University.

So why make such an impractical pepper?

As it turns out, the chili was initially developed to be used in medical treatment as
an anesthetic that can numb the skin.

[Furyan66]

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’97:

Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; or never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
Bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
Never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4 PM on some idle Tuesday

Do one thing every day that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts; don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself

Remember the compliments you receive; forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
Life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don’t

Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t
Maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t
Maybe you’ll divorce at 40
Maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary
Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance; so are everybody else’s

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it. It’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them

Do not read beauty magazines; they will only make you feel ugly

Get to know your parents; you never know when they’ll be gone for good

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the
People most likely to stick with you in the future

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you
Should hold on

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard

Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft

Travel

Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old-- and when you do, you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders

Respect your elders

Don’t expect anyone else to support you

Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it
Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth

But trust me on the sunscreen"

[coffeedude22]

They call the present because it's a gift. Stay in the day, take it easy, enjoy yourself!

[IceWizard]

Squirrels are behind most power outages in the U.S.








The American Public Power Association (APPA) says that squirrels are the most
frequent cause of power outages in the U.S. The APPA even developed a
data tracker called "The Squirrel Index" that analyzes the patterns and timing
of squirrels' impact on electrical power systems. Turns out, the peak times of
the year for squirrel attacks are from May to June and October to November.

Typically, the squirrels cause problems by tunneling, chewing through electrical
insulation, or becoming a current path between electrical conductors.
"Frankly, the number one threat experienced to date by the U.S. electrical grid
is squirrels," said John C. Inglis, the former deputy director of the
National Security Agency, in 2015.





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Spider webs were used as bandages in ancient times.








In ancient Greece and Rome, doctors used spider webs to make bandages
for their patients. Spider webs supposedly have natural antiseptic and
anti-fungal properties, which can help keep wounds clean and prevent infection.
It's also said that spider webs are rich in vitamin K, which helps promote clotting.
So, next time you're out of Band-Aids, just head to your attic and
grab some "webicillin."

[IceWizard]

The fuller the fridge, the more energy-efficient it is





An empty fridge not only makes it more difficult to decide what to snack on,
it also wastes valuable energy. It works like this: the more empty space in the
fridge, the more cold air is displaced by warm when you open the door, requiring
the appliance to generate cool air to replace it. If the fridge is packed,
less cool air escapes and less energy is required to replenish it.
The writers at The Kitchen go so far as to advise fridge owners to fill empty
bottles with water in order to displace the empty air.




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For 20 years, a cat served as mayor of an Alaskan town







In 1997, an orange cat names Stubbs became honorary mayor of the Alaskan town
of Talkeetna. With a population of 772 in 2000, it would not have taken too many
votes to earn the position (and the small town did not actually have a real, human mayor. anyway),
but Stubbs proved adept at the role, gaining fans from around the world and
“serving” in the position for years, greeting tourists and becoming a beloved
symbol of the town until his death in 2017.




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One quarter of all your bones are located in your feet








There are 26 bones in each foot. That's 52 bones in both feet, out of 206 total bones
in your whole body, which is more than 25 percent. It may sound crazy at first,
but think about it: Your feet support your weight and allow you to jump, run, and climb.
Those bones and joints also allow your feet to absorb and release energy efficiently.
It's one of the reasons humans can outrun any other animal in an endurance race.




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You're more likely to get a computer virus from visiting
religious sites than porn sites






According to research from security firm Symantec, religious websites carry three times
more malware threats than pornography sites. Symantec found that the average number
of security threats on religious sites was around 115, compared to adult content sites
which carried around 25. In fact, only 2.4 percent of adult sites were infected with malware.

The researchers hypothesized that's because porn sites need to generate a profit,
so there's a financial incentive to keeping them virus-free to encourage repeat business.

[Charon]

   

[Charon]