Weird and Random Facts...

I know UB40, most of them anyway. 

I asked them what they thought of Phish's David Bowie and found that they had no clue about it. I'll get their response to listening to it the next time I see them. 

Hi, Scarlet :) 

Dark roast coffee has less caffeine than light roast.

I used to hang out with Aldous Huxley's grandson when I was a young lad.

>>Post a weird, random fact about yourself

>>Dark roast coffee has less caffeine than light roast.

Are you light or dark roast, HL73?

Here's one for me: I have seen lightning strike the same place twice.

I accidently drank kerosene as a 7 year old and got rushed to the hospital. I think it was the first time I kind of tripped.

>I have a weird thing with numbers.. volume on tv or stereo has to end in 0 or 5 or I feel super uncomfortable. I count everything too and I prefer symmetry and even numbers.. weird or obsessive?? Idk.. LOL

I think that falls under obsessive/compulsive.  I do the same things... a lot of weird counting... it can get exhausting.

Random Fact:

I've been playing guitar for 7 years and it makes me very happy.  Just started to learn the keys.

Guitars don't have keys :-)

Im more of a dirty chai, 6.

I'm clairvoyant and experienced Stigmata...

I like steak sauce on fried rice.

>>>>>I'm clairvoyant and experienced Stigmata..

And you knew you were going to experience them before it happened, no doubt.

I got a haircut for the Leslie Mendelson show in Bayport tonight. Both were only $10.

I have relative pitch.

What am i thinking now, Trailhead?

It doesn't work like that.

But I do know you are thinking...

I watched a fascinating episode of  American Experience on Ripleys Believe It Or Not last night.

Interesting story about the stigmata. I was in a migrant labor camp for blueberry harvest in Maine. During a long break In the heat of the day we gathered in a migrants cabin on the edge of the field to discuss politics and religion and all the other things you talked about when you're drinking coffee with a bunch of fruit tramps. Next thing I know we're not making any money because we're paid by the piece, the bushel. I had had enough of the religious talk so I told the group I'm going out and I'm going to rake with the power of Jesus Christ. So I put on my Walkman put in my favorite Grateful Dead tape and I bent over in that field and got to work. And much to my surprise it was at the exact moment during unbroken chain when the lyrics sing drive you out or is it ride you out to a cold Railroad and nail you to a cross that I lost control of my rake and it mysteriously swung around and stab me in the wrist. I began to bleed. Not to mention I was pretty freaking freaked out.

Gory, but cool story.

I like the rush I get when I sneeze 3 times in a row................

My brother and I once discussed what it might feel like if a drug was available that made you feel exactly like you do when you sneeze but last for minutes in stead of a second. I think one's head would explode...

No physical triangle can be perfect 

I have a weird thing with numbers.. volume on tv or stereo has to end in 0 or 5 or I feel super uncomfortable. I count everything too and I prefer symmetry and even numbers.. weird or obsessive??<<<

lol, I also insure my car stereo volume ends in an even number ... same with scales & weight

I worked at a girl scout camp when I was 16. One of the requirements for employment was joining the girl scouts...

Thus, I was a girl scout of central Maryland

My brother and I once discussed what it might feel like if a drug was available that made you feel exactly like you do when you sneeze but last for minutes in stead of a second. I think one's head would explode...<<<<

Maybe a little different, but I can actually make the "lead up" to the sneeze last / or waver by looking at the sun or bright light.  Although, the goal in looking at the sun is to provoke a sneeze ... but sometimes it doesn't work right away.  Have found it interesting how some people can't do this or have never heard of it.

I can skeeter spit out of my glands from under my tongue on command.

Yes sunlight for sneezes!..........Or by pressing my fingernails lightly into my forehead..........The things we learn when we are young -> maybe can predict our propensity to want to alter our consciousness later in life???? 

^^^^^I think one's head would explode...

I can only imagine.................whew!!!!!!!!!!!

for the last 12 or so years I have been listening to Dead shows in chronological order... I sometimes get stuck on a show and keep it in the player for a while, but I never listen out of order.  

I'm only just now into the Summer of '76

^ quit while you're ahead 

I highly doubt I'll make it past '79...

I can't totally disregard the entire body of work after 79 but.....

was just jamming that cal expo 93 stuff the other day

The Horniest Dog IS In Fact a Poodle Mutt Mix Named Clackers.

Running to other Places ! really

>>Dark roast coffee has less caffeine than light roast.

Believe it or not, last week I actually did some intensive research into this subject.

Darker roast is roasted longer, cooking out more water. As a result, it's less dense when ground up.

When we measure coffee, we tend to measure by volume rather than weight. As such, a scoop of dark roast has less weight than lighter roast, and therefore less coffee. It's for this reason only that dark roast has less caffeine. It would be exactly the same, if not a bit more, if measured by weight.

Have never eaten a single burger/sandwich at McD's, BK, Arby's Hardees or even White castle in my life, but I really like meatballs......

Pinching the nose with a fore finger and thumb above the nostrils while slightly pushing up will help stop a sneeze,,,,in a pinch.

I'm 64 years old and have never owned a TV

and it's been about 40 years since I've lived in a house that had a TV

Viva La Zone needs this thread like a GaryFish needs a television.

I raise ferrets...

On hot summer days on my way home from work, I like to aim for and drive over strips of tar bubbles.  The popping sound is very satisfying, plus I get a free gallon of gas and a gram of hash for every bubble popped. Fuck off, reality!

For my talent portion in college, I'd wager the newbs I could drink a beer standing on my head without spilling a drop.  And the money rolled in by the bale.

Yes sunlight for sneezes!..........Or by pressing my fingernails lightly into my forehead..........The things we learn when we are young -> maybe can predict our propensity to want to alter our consciousness later in life????<<<

Not sure about your last question, but curious about where on your forehead you press your fingernails?  Do you look into the light at the same time?

I have tried acid before.

^ You?  Naww

yesterday, while totally sober, I somehow managed to slice my index/miracle finger deeply enough to require stitches... and I did it with one of those tiny 'mini' swiss army knives.

(hoping random idiot move facts are also ok?)

When you are approaching a lane closure on an interstate (2 lanes down to 1 most typically), and there's a long line of folks already merged into the open lane, folks will inevitably get pissed at the presumably impatient drivers (most of whom have NY, NJ, or CT license plates LOL - yes CT that's me) who pass by the line of crawling already-merged traffic all the way down to the actual lane ending.  In fact, many truckers will block off the open lane for miles back from the actual closure.

But in reality, from a traffic engineering/ management standpoint, those impatient interlopers are technically correct;  Merging at the point of lane closure (or shortly before) is actually way more efficient as it reduces the overall length of the delay.  Ie, if the 1 lane condition is backed up a mile or 2 or more previous to the closure, then everyone is thus traveling slowly for that much more of a distance.  Pure logic.

Here is NY's view: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/us/why-last-second-lane-mergers-are-g...

But in Oklahoma they are apparently still "polite".  Of course they don't deal w/the volume of traffic we do here in the east:

http://newsok.com/article/3712504

Minnesota also agrees w/late as possible merging:

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/zippermerge/

>>But in reality, from a traffic engineering/ management standpoint, those impatient interlopers are technically correct;  Merging at the point of lane closure (or shortly before) is actually way more efficient as it reduces the overall length of the delay.  Ie, if the 1 lane condition is backed up a mile or 2 or more previous to the closure, then everyone is thus traveling slowly for that much more of a distance.  Pure logic.

Thank you for the information.  I often times find myself pondering these sort of topics.

>>>>>>> while totally sober, I somehow managed to slice my index/miracle finger deeply enough to require stitches

One day while putting dishes away @ the kitchen sink, I dropped a steak knife, & it stuck point down into the floor inches from my stocking-ed foot.  I just happened to have my phone in my hand @ the time so had to take a pix, but posting it here it's so cropped down you can hardly see my foot @ the bottom (1k x 1k just ain't enuff)

>>>>>>> I often times find myself pondering these sort of topics.

All us NY, NJ, & CT drivers thank you for your pondering whilst we zoom on by you ;)

Similar to how skyscrapers don't have a 13th floor, airports don't have a Gate 13, & big RR stations don't have a Track 13

It's me favorite number.

January 20, 2025 will be the coldest inauguration day since January 20, 1985. 

2nd Trump /  2nd Reagan

There are no coincidences, friends

I had a federal driver's license for a job.  It read:

Hair - Blue

Eyes - Red

My first acid was Sandoz obtained at the legendary Beaux Arts Coffee House in Pinellas Park, FL.

Long closed now but Kerouac, Jim Morrison, Fred Neil, many folkies known to hang.

A hip jewel that somehow flew below the straight radar for a long time.

https://stpetecatalyst.com/vintage-st-pete-tom-reese-and-the-beaux-arts-...

my 1987 Toyota Tercel 4WD wagon is the newest vehicle I have ever owned... and also among the best for traversing the rugged, remote area of coastal NorCal where I've lived for 44 years.

(pic is not of my wagon [black color], but one nearly identical)

My last 6 vehicles have been purchased brand new.

I was on the committee that approved the funding structure for the construction of the new stadiums for the Yankees and Mets.  The difference in the presentations by the two teams was about as you would expect.  Randy Levine was as bombastic in real life as he played in front of the cameras.  Walked around and shook every member's hand with a "thank you!" and then made a Costanza like exit, leaving the Mets' representative to follow up lol.  

Don't get on me for the design of either, I just approved the funding structure lol

To those discussing sneezes and sneezing, for the longest time I used to sneeze in "groups of 5." Five quick sneezes in succession.  Then one day 4-5 years ago, it went to 7 and it's been like that ever since.  Don't know if it's a mental thing or not, but sometimes it can get annoying.  Seven is a long enough amount of time and a jarring enough experience for most folks (think sideways glance and a "wtf is going on right now!?" type look on their face) that I have to walk away a few steps when I feel it coming on.  I usually then get someone asking if everything is okay over there...

For my entire life I had a very vivid dream in which the setting changed but always ended with me witnessing a plane crash. One of those dreams that you wake up unsettled from. The crash was always a full size jumbo jet and I was never on the plane but the crash was always nearby, sometimes buildings sometimes water but always nearby.I probably had this dream from about 6 years old onwards and about 4 times per year, every year. While I never had a dream of the WTC/9/11 scenario, I have not had the dream since 9/11. Stopped completely 

everybody already knows everything about me lol

Hiya Dear Scarlet!!

oo, here's one:

we can sing the Laverne & Shirley themes like bosses !

also, Joe you failed at the task but thanks for bringing the thread back

Currently at the level of 5 or 6 sneezes that occur in rapid succession about 15 minutes after waking. Every. Day. Every fucking day.

Recently had heavy antibiotics after my cat mauled me trying to get her back inside while needing to leave for a trip. Repopulated my gut with kimchee, keffir, and kombucha. 

After 60 years of IBS sweaty cold shakes and miserable gut health (It was normal for me all my life), I'm flabbergasted at what normal good gut and intestinal health is. I went from disgusted to impressed within a week! Wow! I now know what people are talking about when they "had a good shit"!!

Really.

I was once an extra in a movie and worked closely with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Wnslet. No not Titanic... Revolutionary Road

Fishcane : https://www.amtrak.com/home.html

>>>also, Joe you failed at the task but thanks for bringing the thread back.

I wish I could influence the weather, I would've made it -40 with a solid F5 tornado as a first on inauguration day.  Damn forecasters ;)

>>>I have a weird thing with numbers...<<<

i prefer numbers to be prime...so volume levels, number of twists on a pepper grinder, you name it and I'll count it and i do my damdest to end on a prime number...

here's something that few people know about me - when i moved away from Long island in 1981 at the age of 14 i drove my bike around in the middle of the night before i left and blew out windows and cut the air stems on the tires of everyone that fucked with me while i was in Jr high and freshman year of HS.