Random possibly useful fact

[sg1008]

Rivers are USUALLY feminine across the world....either that or they are guarded by female nymphs or spirits. Perhaps there are nymphs involved that the word fails to encompass.

Actually, there are.

[McGiver]

Moe Priggoff-Storage Wars Texas ]



As a practicing podiatrist and owner of two businesses, Dr. Morris Prigoff certainly stays busy. Morris, or as he’s more commonly called, “Moe,” has been a member of the Storage Wars Texas team since the first episode in December of 2011. Since then, he’s made quite an impression thanks to his naturally charming and flamboyant personality; he’s the fan favorite of many and helps bring a new personality to the team.

Dr. Morris graduated from Syracuse University and left to study medicine in Cleveland. He’s been a practicing podiatrist, or foot doctor, for the past 40 years. Among his many patients have been professional athletes from the Dallas hockey and basketball teams. Somehow, amid the time he spends performing surgeries, running his antiques business and hunting storage auctions, he still has enough time to be an active lecturer and publish several podiatric papers.

The doctor has an eye for fashion and collects antiques and art to stock both a gallery and his boutique shop, “River Regency Modern.” He’s been collecting antiques for more than 30 years and has developed an impeccable eye for good taste and valuables. He’s been in the resale business for about 10 years. His non-valuable finds get piled in his backyard, much to the annoyance of his wife.

Unlike other auction hunters, Moe isn’t interested in quantity so much as he is quality. The items he sells in his boutique shop are extremely valuable, and he doesn’t bother with smaller items. The strategy has paid off. His participation on Storage Wars Texas combined with the profits of his businesses has made him worth an impressive $4 million, a figure bound to rise.

Moe is also responsible for bringing new cast member Mary Padian on board the show. Moe is a regular shopper at her store, Mary’s Finds, and encouraged her to come out auction hunting in season one; she’s now a full-time member of the auction team and part of the duo that replaced Jerry Simpson and Lesa Lewis this season.

[Scrapheap]

Ich habt keine ahnung!

That would be Ich habe, not Ich habt. The e at the end of keine tells you so.

[TheoK]

Ich habe
Du hast
Er, sie, es hat
Wir haben
Ihr habt
Sie haben

 

And in Latin:

(Ego) habeo
(Tu) habes
(Is, ea, id) habet
(Nos) habemus
(Vos) habetis
(Ii, eae, ea) habent

Strangely they are not cognates. Latin habere is cognate with geben=give 

[McGiver]

Aw, crapt!

[Scrapheap]

 

Thanks Lit.

My German is pretty rusty but I could tell it didn't look right.

[TheoK]

[ZEGH8578]

The best way to chase away an annoying wasp, is to slowly, non-abruptly push it away from yourself, with your hand.
Key is slow movement, try to imitate the speed of a branch waving in the wind.
The wasp does not comprehend that you are a living thing, it merely reacts to movements. Quick abrupt movements are typical of predators, such as birds, and will cause the wasp to strike.
Slow movements are typical of plants waving in the wind, and will annoy the wasp, and make it fly to elsewhere.

^
Tested.

[McGiver]

The best way to chase away an annoying wasp, is to slowly, non-abruptly push it away from yourself, with your hand.
Key is slow movement, try to imitate the speed of a branch waving in the wind.
The wasp does not comprehend that you are a living thing, it merely reacts to movements. Quick abrupt movements are typical of predators, such as birds, and will cause the wasp to strike.
Slow movements are typical of plants waving in the wind, and will annoy the wasp, and make it fly to elsewhere.

^
Tested.

does this work with all flying stingy insects?

[ZEGH8578]

The best way to chase away an annoying wasp, is to slowly, non-abruptly push it away from yourself, with your hand.
Key is slow movement, try to imitate the speed of a branch waving in the wind.
The wasp does not comprehend that you are a living thing, it merely reacts to movements. Quick abrupt movements are typical of predators, such as birds, and will cause the wasp to strike.
Slow movements are typical of plants waving in the wind, and will annoy the wasp, and make it fly to elsewhere.

^
Tested.

does this work with all flying stingy insects?

I don't know, but I assume so - unless they are parasitic (such as mosquitos).

Wasps got the bad rep precisely cus people freak out near them, and trigger their aggressive behaviour, like a self-fullfilling prophecy.
I have held a wasp in my hand during a busride, cus I wanted to let it fly outside once the trip was over The wasp was fine, I kept it inside a closed hand, where it sat in darkness and probably just was confused, with its microscopic barely-a-brain-at-all.
I have also fed a wasp ham, which it carefully cut a tiny lil piece off, and flew away with.

Insects are often underrated as robotic non-animals, but a glance at animal evolution will show for example why they got several limbs, and we got 4, and these little pieces fall into place, and you realize that they are animals, like birds and mice, just... not very intelligent And with the skeleton on the outside.

[Scrapheap]

The wasp does not comprehend that you are a living thing, it merely reacts to movements. Quick abrupt movements are typical of predators, such as birds, and will cause the wasp to strike.

So the wasp is unlike the killer bees that we have here, who are set off by CO₂.

That's what causes them to attack, the breath of animals.

[McGiver]

Cough into the bend o the arm, inside of the elbow.  Not in your hands. To decrease the spread of germs.

[sg1008]

Did you know that a mosquito's favourite colour is blue?

Don't wear blue whilst camping, hiking, or going outside in the humid, late summer, mosquito infested evening.

This hasn't been tested...but I will try it once the little insects return.

[sg1008]

Cough into the bend o the arm, inside of the elbow.  Not in your hands. To decrease the spread of germs.

^Check.

I also sneeze inside my shirt to prevent spread of germs. My sneezes are generally not snotty though.

Also, refrain from using antibacterial hand washes and gels. They kills all germs, including the ones that help protect you from viruses and such...resulting, ironically, in getting sick more frequently.

[McGiver]

I only wash my hands in public restrooms if the sink, the dispenser and the drying device are all mechanical.
Sometimes I have to use my shirt to open the door.