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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2760 on: November 26, 2011, 08:56:43 PM »
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I figured this out on my own a while back.  In the USA the rural areas have a saying, "chewing the fat" to refer to friendly talk among men, usually sitting outside a store (the old days).  Well, if bacon is cooked crisp you can eat it quickly.  If it's not, then you have to take time to chew the fat.  The old-timers had the time to socialize and "chew the fat."

P.S.  I can't abide crisp bacon.

 I got busy in the kitchen   :multitask:   and made you some chewy bacon!  :bacon:

Well, thank you honey.  Let's sit a spell and chew the fat.  How you been?

 I've been just fine, getting a tad plump these days, how about you?  :)

I'm been gett'n a dad burn headache from all this arguin' back and forth, back and forth on here.  Seems people ought to be able to git along better.  Not be so intense, know what I mean?

 Maybe some sweet tea and good music will help everyone relax!   :nicegear:

How's that crop of old people you've been growin' doin?  Any good ones in the bunch?

 As always, good ones and bad ones!  But we try to make meals they will like!  :green:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2761 on: November 27, 2011, 06:02:23 AM »
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 26, 2011, 11:20:53 AM
I figured this out on my own a while back.  In the USA the rural areas have a saying, "chewing the fat" to refer to friendly talk among men, usually sitting outside a store (the old days).  Well, if bacon is cooked crisp you can eat it quickly.  If it's not, then you have to take time to chew the fat.  The old-timers had the time to socialize and "chew the fat."

P.S.  I can't abide crisp bacon.

I like crisp but not burned bacon.

I had some bacon that was nearly perfect in the Raleigh-Durham airport yesterday morning, along with some scrambled eggs and grits.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2762 on: November 27, 2011, 07:20:19 AM »
Maine produces more toothpicks than any other U.S state, apparently.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2763 on: November 27, 2011, 07:50:14 AM »
Maine car lenience plates say Vacationland on them. My wife's family had a vacation home there we went to every year till they sold it just before 2000.  We even considered moving there
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2764 on: November 27, 2011, 09:30:57 AM »
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2765 on: November 29, 2011, 04:48:50 PM »
Just heard about Gaudi's, a famous Catalan architect, death and what 'caused' it. It being mentioned in a TV show about 15 minutes ago.

Um, quote from Wiki:
On 7 June 1926, Gaudí was taking his daily walk to the Sant Felip Neri church for his habitual prayer and confession. While walking along the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes between Girona and Bailén streets, he was struck by a passing tram and lost consciousness. Assumed to be a beggar because of his lack of identity documents and shabby clothing, the unconscious Gaudí did not receive immediate aid. Eventually a police officer transported him in a taxi to the Santa Creu Hospital, where he received rudimentary care. By the time that the chaplain of the Sagrada Família, Mosén Gil Parés, recognised him on the following day, Gaudí's condition had deteriorated too severely to benefit from additional treatment. Gaudí died on 10 June 1926 at the age of 73 and was buried two days later. A large crowd gathered to bid farewell to him in the chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the crypt of the Sagrada Família.

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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2766 on: November 29, 2011, 04:53:12 PM »
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Your fact appears to be rather shy Your Highness. It seems to prefer to remain unseen.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2767 on: November 29, 2011, 06:17:51 PM »
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Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 27, 2011, 09:30:57 AM


Your fact appears to be rather shy Your Highness. It seems to prefer to remain unseen.

Can you see it now?
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2768 on: November 29, 2011, 06:18:45 PM »
Florence was founded in 59 C.E. by Julius Caesar as a retirement town for his soldiers.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2769 on: December 01, 2011, 08:02:11 PM »
There was a revolutionary war gun emplacement about a mile from my house on a site now occupied by condos. 
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2770 on: December 03, 2011, 06:38:39 AM »
Almost half of the times I turn my (old-fashion/fat ass) TV off it turns on after a couple of seconds again. I need to off it twice then.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2771 on: December 03, 2011, 11:26:03 AM »
Quote from: lutra on December 03, 2011, 06:38:39 AM
Almost half of the times I turn my (old-fashion/fat ass) TV off it turns on after a couple of seconds again. I need to off it twice then.

"Off" in the US is a slang verb for murder someone.  Has picture of Lutra shooting the TV twice.   :zombiefuck:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2772 on: December 03, 2011, 11:52:15 AM »
^ Thought it maybe had some sexual reference (turned on/to off twice) too but ja..   :zombiefuck:

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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2773 on: December 04, 2011, 11:54:39 AM »
Connecticut never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) :glug:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2774 on: December 04, 2011, 03:45:03 PM »
Quote from: parts on December 04, 2011, 11:54:39 AM
Connecticut never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) :glug:

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 It must have been a real party state then! 
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