Whatever happened to quick sand?  It used to be a major plot point in so many of my favorite shows (eg. Gilligan's Island, The Incredible Hulk, The Dukes of Hazzard).  I remember many a Friday night spent worrying about the fate of Daisy Duke as she slowly sank deeper and deeper into the sand trying to stay as still as possible while keeping an ear out for the General Lee's welcoming horn.  Did rapid urbanization of our country's last remaining rural outposts dry up all the quick sand? 

 

I can picture a Lassie episode about that.

How Quick Sand works!

So I finally get my hotel booked for this weekend in St. Louis and my friends car, which we're supposed to take broke down today.

So I finally get my hotel booked for this weekend in St. Louis and my friends car, which we're supposed to take broke down today.

Better now than half way to Missouri.

OK, try to answer this trivia challenge without going to the Internat for help.

 

Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral invented this product in 1948 after he took a close look at the seed pod burrs which kept sticking to his dog on their daily walk in the Alps.

 

What is the product?

OK, try to answer this trivia challenge without going to the Internat for help.

 

Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral invented this product in 1948 after he took a close look at the seed pod burrs which kept sticking to his dog on their daily walk in the Alps.

 

What is the product?

Velcro?

Velcro?

 

That was my guess too, but I thought NASA invented it for some reason...

That was my guess too, but I thought NASA invented it for some reason...

I think they just discovered it's not a good thing to ignite it in a 100% oxygen atmosphere.

Velcro?

Very good. I couldn't believe it was invented that long ago, and actually on the market as early as 1951.

 

I'm writing a piece on biomimetics and thought Velcro would be a good example of design inspired by nature.

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I was gonna say lint brush.

Very good.  I couldn't believe it was invented that long ago, and actually on the market as early as 1951.

 

I'm writing a piece on biomimetics and thought Velcro would be a good example of design inspired by nature.

 

Nautilus weight lifting machines would add a nice marine component to the discussion. Would the rally crede count

Well this should be a fun night, I'm about to bike out in this:

 

free short-stack of pancakes at IHOP tomorrow from 7am-2pm

Well this should be a fun night, I'm about to bike out in this:

 

I don't know how much rain you've gotten, but its been a steady downpour the last 3 or 4 hr's here. Got a rain gage (eerr a glas cup) out back and it looks like at least an inch thus far.

 

Rain rocks though.

free short-stack of pancakes at IHOP tomorrow from 7am-2pm

Thanks to Cold Pizza for informing me of this delicious event.

Nautilus weight lifting machines would add a nice marine component to the discussion. Would the rally crede count

That they would, and ultimately the piece is a discussion of marine biomimetics. Cool stuff about taking the design of brittlestar eyes and using it to improve fiber optic transmission, making artificial bone out of a carbonate wafer matrix inspired by the form/function of the nacre (mother of pearl) of mollusk shells, barnacle adhesives, etc. . .

Thanks to Cold Pizza for informing me of this delicious event.

This shall be the most praise Cold Pizza will receive all year.

 

Earl>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Public Access>>700 Club>Regis & Kelly>Cold Pizza>Quite Frankly

Thanks to Cold Pizza for informing me of this delicious event.

Thanks to school preventing me from enjoying this delicious event.

Rain rocks though.

 

That's Rock Raines*

 

*Know your posters

This shall be the most praise Cold Pizza will receive all year.

 

Earl>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Public Access>>700 Club>Regis & Kelly>Cold Pizza>Quite Frankly

Henry Earl?

Playing Touch Footy (basically rugby without the mauling, tackling) today in 90 degree heat showed me how much I really need to get into shape / fit.

 

But I did have the honor of scoring the first try with a nice little dummy (I'm assuming nobody has any idea what I'm talkin about here).

Playing Touch Footy (basically rugby without the mauling, tackling) today in 90 degree heat showed me how much I really need to get into shape / fit.

 

But I did have the honor of scoring the first try with a nice little dummy (I'm assuming nobody has any idea what I'm talkin about here).   

 

Nope we know exactly what you are talking about...

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Meth is bad...

 

http://www.damnfunnypictures.com/html/Faces-Of-Meth.html

 

The last entry is hilarious.