Yes it really happened

[Doodoo]

Damn
The Soviets have a Tank division of 12,556 tanks while the USA has 5,500. China 3,700

[Stantheman]

Damn
The Soviets have a Tank division of 12,556 tanks while the USA has 5,500. China 3,700

Maybe you are talking about Russia as Soviet Union is no more. Also main battle tank numbers is closer to 3,000, and that's before losses in Ukraine

[Doodoo]

3,000 tanks for who USA, Soviets????


So·vi·et

noun

1.
an elected local, district, or national council in the former Soviet Union.
2.
a citizen of the former Soviet Union.
adjective

1.
of or concerning the former Soviet Union:
"the Soviet leader"

[Doodoo]

1) If a piece of paper could be folding 42 times its thickness would reach the Moon

2) A single strand of spaghetti is called a spaghetto

3) Over 99% of the species that have lived on the earth are now extinct

4) The smallest Country in the world the Vatican has about 800 people who reside there

[noosard]

Australia has bought new $2 coins
the vegimite coin

[jackspratt]

[Doodoo]

A group of bunnies is called a "fluffle."
Most people dub them a herd, but apparently parts of Northern Canada use this much cuter designation.

[Whistler]

A group of bunnies is called a "fluffle."
Most people dub them a herd, but apparently parts of Northern Canada use this much cuter designation.

Fluffle is not an oft used term, it is correct but not well used. A colony or a nest is the more used description.

[Doodoo]

When there were no clocks and one wanted to get up at a certain time, you would put a name in a candle for a certain number of hours. When the candle burnt down to the nail it would would fall hitting the metal base waking an individual up

[pipoz4444]

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the vegimite coin
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I still eat it twice a week. A great source of Vitamin B's (B1, B2, B3, B6, B9 & B12), good for fatigue and the niacin in it can help reduce your LDL (bad cholesterol). Also apparently helps your digestive system. All of which is important in later years.

pipoz4444

[noosard]

love the stuff

[Drunk Monkey]

Vegemite Bloody orrible stuff .. though quite expensive here back in the land of Kangaroos, VB n Mullets this rancid byproduct gunk lathered on toast reeks of poverty and urban squalor but is more affordable ... coupled with is Brit twin Marmite which is equally loathsome both should carry toxic health warnings.

DM

[jackspratt]

No taste in beer; no taste in women; no taste in soccer teams; no taste in food - I guess we shouldn't expect anything else from our resident shopkeeper.

Vegemite is mothers milk, in a slightly disguised form.

[pipoz4444]

Not only Aussies, who eat it

But even I spread mine thinner

And a Kangaroo with taste

pipoz4444

[tamada]

4d52511ce440c76e56630ce5b47eebec.jpgAustralia has bought new $2 coins
the vegimite coin
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I still eat it twice a week. A great source of Vitamin B's (B1, B2, B3, B6, B9 & B12), good for fatigue and the niacin in it can help reduce your LDL (bad cholesterol). Also apparently helps your digestive system. All of which is important in later years.

pipoz4444

Undeniable nutritional value but does it really need to taste like arse?

[stattointhailand]

Thanks for the warning, if ever I get temped to try arse, I now know to avoid it at all costs

[BillaRickaDickay]

Did someone mention bunnies?

[jackspratt]

Undeniable nutritional value but does it really need to taste like arse?

You write with some authority, so I assume you have done a comparison taste test.

[Whistler]

Vegemite like many regional favourites is an acquired taste. There is no doubt, from a nutritional point of view it is excellent.

One of my favourite breakfasts is wholemeal toast with Vegemite, chopped hard boild egg and smashed avocado.

[Doodoo]

Things that were taught in school, but, no more.

Reading analog clocks
Elementary school students used to be taught that when the small hand was at three and the big hand at six that it was 3:30 and perhaps time to go home. A new generation raised on digital readouts have trouble dealing with analog time-telling. So much so that some schools have actually removed analog clocks because mystified kids were turning up late for classes and exams.

Spelling
Apparently some students might have trouble spelling ABC as schools move away from explicit instruction in spelling, perhaps driven by computers and their easy spellchecks. Writes childhood literacy expert J. Richard Gentry in Psychology Today: “America has moved to a toxic system for delivering spelling instruction in spite of an extensive and evolving body of research showing that direct and explicit spelling instruction is required for students to master the mechanics of reading and writing.”

Shop class
No, shop class wasn’t learning how to become a more proficient shopper. It taught, boys mostly, basic carpentry and mechanics skills. Liability issues, using machines that can lop off digits or ruin eyes, may be one reason that shop and the industrial arts are increasingly falling off the school map. But Arthur Morgan School in North Carolina makes the case: “Shop classes offer students the opportunity to build important life skills. They learn how to use tools and build things with their hands. They let students test their inclinations toward possible careers in engineering, carpentry, or architecture.”