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Post by alibama on Oct 16, 2014 17:19:19 GMT
Okay the last few years driving home from work in the fall I always see this one huge tree and I never could understand why the tree was changing colors on the bottom but not the top. It was the same every single year. Well DUH it is two DIFFERNT trees lol. I never noticed the second tree behind it. Boy did I feel dumb.
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Post by mimima on Oct 16, 2014 18:27:45 GMT
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Post by PLurker on Oct 16, 2014 18:49:37 GMT
Reminds me of the time our two German Shepards were out in back of the pickup at vets, waiting to go inside. A guy looks out the window and yelled, "Wow! That's the biggest dog I've ever seen!" Yep, there was a tree (or pole?) in between window and dogs, so he was seeing the front of one and the back of the other. I think he did use the word "duh" when they moved and separated!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2014 19:01:33 GMT
I stop a stop sign that I have in my mind that it should be a red light.
I have sat there for at least 3/4 minutes waiting for that light to change. Duh
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My family now does the same thing.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2014 19:02:47 GMT
Well, I learned well into adulthood that hippos are actually water animals. I guess I thought they just liked hanging out in water, not that they actually LIVE in water and are considered water animals.
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Post by sharlag on Oct 16, 2014 19:08:13 GMT
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Post by alibama on Oct 16, 2014 19:37:30 GMT
I am glad to see I am not alone |
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Post by Zee on Oct 16, 2014 20:14:01 GMT
My husband pointed out that the Geico gecko is British, not Australian. I can tell now but for years I thought he was Australian. Why would a gecko have an English accent? Lololol
(Tell me I'm not alone in this, please!)
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Post by jenjie on Oct 16, 2014 20:21:44 GMT
Well, I learned well into adulthood that hippos are actually water animals. I guess I thought they just liked hanging out in water, not that they actually LIVE in water and are considered water animals. I learned today that hippos are water animals. Actually I'm trusting Ashley. I read it on the internet so it must be true.  |
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Post by sharlag on Oct 16, 2014 20:25:20 GMT
Well, I learned well into adulthood that hippos are actually water animals. I guess I thought they just liked hanging out in water, not that they actually LIVE in water and are considered water animals. I learned today that hippos are water animals. Actually I'm trusting Ashley. I read it on the internet so it must be true.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2014 22:04:30 GMT
Well, I learned well into adulthood that hippos are actually water animals. I guess I thought they just liked hanging out in water, not that they actually LIVE in water and are considered water animals. I learned today that hippos are water animals. Actually I'm trusting Ashley. I read it on the internet so it must be true. Oh my gosh, I hope I was correct about that and not terribly confused again! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2014 22:32:52 GMT
I learned today that hippos are water animals. Actually I'm trusting Ashley. I read it on the internet so it must be true. Oh my gosh, I hope I was correct about that and not terribly confused again! And they fling dung. |
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Post by mimima on Oct 16, 2014 22:32:57 GMT
My husband pointed out that the Geico gecko is British, not Australian. I can tell now but for years I thought he was Australian. Why would a gecko have an English accent? Lololol (Tell me I'm not alone in this, please!) I think he's morphed into being Australian. |
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Post by brina on Oct 17, 2014 0:20:55 GMT
I grew up in NY where the driving age is 18,although you can get a junior license at 17. I have lived in IL for many years now and I know that kids here can drive at 16. it should be obvious, but a couple of years ago it hit me like a ton of bricks that if they can get their license at 16 they get their permit at 15. duh. it just struck me as so unbelievably young to be driving.
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Post by Madi & Me on Oct 17, 2014 0:48:03 GMT
I have the perfect story! In fact, it happened just a few hours ago and it isn't my DUH moment but my neighbor's.
I pulled into my driveway to find a boy cat darting across my yard chasing my girl cat. They were having a stand off, speaking in vicious kitty tongues. I noticed that the boy cat looked funny and upon further inspection, I discovered that he was wearing a cone of shame. I became worried because my first thought was this can be dangerous for him, and then I worried about him having a medical issue.
Luckily he was wearing a tag and seemed domesticated so I scooped him up and off we went in search of his home. His owner was in her yard and upon returning the cat to her, she exclaimed, "Oh thank you! I didn't realize he got out. I was hoping the cone would keep him from getting through the fence."
Here's the DUH moment -- the escape artist is a CAT and said neighbor has a white picket fence!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2014 0:57:51 GMT
Mine was today... did you know when you carve a pumpkin you don't **have** to set it with the stem up? Instead, you can set it so the stem it to the side and carve a hole in the non-stem side on the top. This works particularly well on pumpkins with a really flat side. You may now have a carving surface that is wider than it is tall and a whole new world of design possiblities!
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Post by tuva42 on Oct 17, 2014 0:58:18 GMT
I think technically, Hippos are considered a land mammal, but they have developed many adaptations that allow them to spend significant amounts of time in the water. But they feed out of the water. At night they graze for hours on grass on land, so I think that's what pushes them into being a land mammal. Wikipedia refers to them both as a "land mammal" and "semi-aquatic," so ashley I think that means you were correct all along and probably still correct now.  |
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Post by sharlag on Oct 17, 2014 1:01:59 GMT
So... is this another DUH moment for me, since I accepted Ashley's original water mammal claim?
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Post by eleezybeth on Oct 17, 2014 1:04:42 GMT
I, at age 34, learned why Daisy Duke shorts were called Daisy Dukes. Sure it is completely obvious but I never made the connection until one day when, duh!
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Post by Flowergirl on Oct 17, 2014 1:13:15 GMT
I grew up in NY where the driving age is 18,although you can get a junior license at 17. I have lived in IL for many years now and I know that kids here can drive at 16. it should be obvious, but a couple of years ago it hit me like a ton of bricks that if they can get their license at 16 they get their permit at 15. duh. it just struck me as so unbelievably young to be driving. You can get a permit at 16 in NYS, take the driving exam to obtain a provisional license 6 months after passing permit test, and get an unrestricted license at 18. Permits at 15 seems really young to me, too. I've seen people mention it here and it always seems oddly young to me. Youngest DD is 16 in a couple months. Here we go again! |
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Post by Zee on Oct 17, 2014 1:23:56 GMT
I grew up in NY where the driving age is 18,although you can get a junior license at 17. I have lived in IL for many years now and I know that kids here can drive at 16. it should be obvious, but a couple of years ago it hit me like a ton of bricks that if they can get their license at 16 they get their permit at 15. duh. it just struck me as so unbelievably young to be driving. And in Iowa, you can get your permit when you're 14. We moved to PA and DS had to wait until he was 16 to get his permit. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2014 1:29:48 GMT
I grew up in NY where the driving age is 18,although you can get a junior license at 17. I have lived in IL for many years now and I know that kids here can drive at 16. it should be obvious, but a couple of years ago it hit me like a ton of bricks that if they can get their license at 16 they get their permit at 15. duh. it just struck me as so unbelievably young to be driving. You can get a permit at 16 in NYS, take the driving exam to obtain a provisional license 6 months after passing permit test, and get an unrestricted license at 18. Permits at 15 seems really young to me, too. I've seen people mention it here and it always seems oddly young to me. Youngest DD is 16 in a couple months. Here we go again! It has always been 16 for permits in ny and it used to be 14 for farm kids |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2014 1:36:45 GMT
A Refupea recently posted on a "cool things you can do with an iPhone" thread the thing about fixing typos.
I've had an iPhone for years and never knew that trick - DUH! I've pressed and held, seen the circle come up, but never once considered moving it straight to the typo I want to fix. I've wasted countless hours - HOURS, I tell you! - over the years, backspacing and deleting to get to the typo and fix it. (I'm not a very accurate iPhone texter, unfortunately).
I feel super stoopid. But relieved.
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Post by jenjie on Oct 17, 2014 1:42:28 GMT
What to do, what to do, when the Internet gives you conflicting information? lol So tuva42 are you saying hippos are semi-aquatic, like platypii? |
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Post by tlsmi on Oct 17, 2014 1:51:01 GMT
I have had to many 'duh' moments to count but I laughed my ass off at our neighbor who walked over a few years ago and DH and I were talking about tree trimming and she said '*that* tree is really dead you should cut that down'. It was our telephone pole.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2014 1:58:54 GMT
I guess technically hippos are considered semi-aquatic! They spend something like 18 hours a day in the water and come out onto land, mostly at night, to eat.
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Post by jenjie on Oct 17, 2014 2:02:37 GMT
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Oct 17, 2014 2:26:43 GMT
Your link just brings me back to this post. |
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Post by jenjie on Oct 17, 2014 2:37:28 GMT
Your link just brings me back to this post. Sorry about that.. My link works now. It's sloppy- I just turned off the computer and am posting from my phone - but it will get you where you need to go. |
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Post by librarylady on Oct 17, 2014 2:38:38 GMT
Not only are pistachio shells a natural alarm to prevent overeating (research shows that the empty shells act as "visual cues" to remind people how many nuts they've already eaten) -- but they're also a handy tool for getting tough nuts open. The next time you're stuck with a pistachio whose shell has a miniscule opening that just won't budge, slide half of another shell -- instead of your fingernail -- in there and twist. The stubborn shell should pop right open. (Another food whose shells do double duty: Mussels. Use an empty shell as if it's a set of tongs to pluck the mussels out of other shells; it works better than a fork and makes you look like a pro.)
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