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How do we Heat our Homes? And for how much?
According to surveys conducted by the US Census, the breakdown in Trego is as follows: Electricity: Between 18% and 44% Bottled, tank, or LP gas:…
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What do the letters Ph.D. signify?
There’s a joke that they stand for Piled higher and Deeper. The idea isn’t that far-fetched. Your coursework may cover a broad area – but the dissertation itself is narrow. My dissertation topic was the outmigration of Dariusleut Hutterites…
Why is Veteran’s Day on the Eleventh?
Veteran’s day is this upcoming Thursday, November 11th. Veteran’s day is always on November 11th. On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, World War I ended. That was over a century ago- in 1918. It was originally Armistice Day, probably for about as long as WWI was described unironically as “The War to End All Wars”. Eisenhower renamed it Veteran’s Day in 1954- not quite a decade after the end of World War II. For about four years in the early seventies Veteran’s day was moved to May. President Ford moved it back to November…
Why all the indoor flies?
As it turns out, the inside flies of this time of the year aren’t the same as the flies of summer. Winter’s flies are looking for a nice, warm place to spend the winter- and our homes tend to be very appealing.
Why are there flies in my house? There’s snow outside! If your home is anything like ours, it has had an abundance of flies lately. You may ask yourselves “why now?” – after all, it’s snowy out, and there can’t be much food for them. Shouldn’t they die with the cold like everything else? You’d be entirely right…
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Vacuum Tubes for Riding Lawn Mowers
I caught myself in a definition trap. My first thought, when I spotted the explanation that the poorly running engine could be caused by a bad vacuum tube, was to the old vacuum tube radios of my youth. Even with that blunder, the old vacuum operated windshield wipers of my first cars offered the explanation…
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Two bits on inflation.
Recently a friend explained the meaning of the phrase “two bits” to me. It means “25 cents”. He recalls hearing a song on the radio when he was young that went “two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar”. While I was unable to find this song (the closest I came was a Florida state sports cheer), I did stumble on some more of the history behind the expression. Back when the Age of Discovery was still underway, many countries were basing their currency on the Spanish silver dollar. Spanish silver dollars were often cut into eight pieces (like the…
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