alpha2 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Posted March 7, 2018 5 hours ago, fredk said: Ok, since I won that round its my turn. What is the common link between a boot/shoe lace and something which denotes a military rank? chevron? Quote So much leather...so little time.
Mjolnir Posted March 7, 2018 Author Report Posted March 7, 2018 out of the box but... the higher the rank the higher the laces they can kick up your butt. Quote He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. Douglas Adams
Members tomsmith85717 Posted March 7, 2018 Members Report Posted March 7, 2018 On 1/27/2018 at 10:44 PM, Jake907 said: according to a friend "Google knows all, Wikipedia explains all". but apparently thats not the case with this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Rock#Number_33 Edit: I hope you're proud of yourself, I was helplessly compelled to google LeAnn Rimes shoes, whats my wife gonna think when she sees that auto populate on the google search field?!? lol That is what incognito windows are for. Quote
Members tomsmith85717 Posted March 7, 2018 Members Report Posted March 7, 2018 5 hours ago, fredk said: I'll leave my question open for a while longer As for wine, many old practices have dropped away from lack of use. One was wine was to be poured into a decanter, then from that to a glass, whilst pouring into a decanter the wine was to be poured through a fine sieve to remove any lees [the sediment] Also, your host was to offer you the use of a tongue scraper, if you had not brought your own. There are various explanations for the concave base of a wine bottle. Most do not stand up to study eg; it was done by glass blowers so that bottles could stand up-right. 1. At the time the concave bottom on glass bottles was introduced carbonated soft drinks were in favour and they had a pointed bottom end. 2. both wine and the early carbonated drinks were meant to be stored laying down. Wine should still be kept this way if it has a natural cork stopper; its to keep the cork wet to stop air getting into the bottle and spoiling the wine. 3. laying flat the lees cannot collect in the ring around the concave part. 4. see above, in 'proper' use wine should be decanted through a filter before it goes to a glass; modern drinkers take the wine straight from the bottle. 5. At the time the glass wine bottle was introduced the glass blowers were blowing their glass into moulds for the bottles so they had no opportunity to manually push the base of the bottle inwards. 6. There is evidence that clay/pottery wine bottles made in Flanders in the 18thC had a modest concave bottom. These clay bottles were to be stored laying down as well, many of them had a flat along the side so they could lay down and not roll. A wine with lees is a fresh wine; lees is the dead yeast after fermentation. Its not harmful to drink them, but they don't taste nice. I make my own wine and I have wine over 10 years old which is still fermenting slightly and dropping lees. The older the wine the less lees. During the aging fermentation a wine should be decanted regularly into a fresh fermentation container to take it off the old lees. Former glass blower here it is real hard to make a flat bottom and straight sides with out a mold and glass molds are a fairly recent thing. but if you get a rounded bottom heat it evenly and then push up with a punty stick it will push fairly evenly leaving you a smaller surface to try to flatten with out bulging and even if you didnt try to flatten the ring it would still sit more evenly Quote
Rockoboy Posted March 10, 2018 Report Posted March 10, 2018 On 7/03/2018 at 7:16 AM, Mjolnir said: That is what your Nun says. Sometimes I think my ex-wife was destined to be a nun ... Anytime I tried to get a bit ... ummm ... frisky, she would say "you're getting nun of that" or when I wanted a couple cold beers, she would say "there's nun left". As for cooking a decent meal, she always gave me 2 chances "Buckley's and nun"!! Quote Kindest regards Brian "Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are right" Henry Ford Machines: Singer 201p, Kennedy, Singer 31K20, Singer 66K16 ("boat anchor" condition), Protex TY8B Cylinder Arm (Consew 227r copy), Unbranded Walking Foot (Sailrite LSV-1 copy)
Mjolnir Posted March 10, 2018 Author Report Posted March 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Rockoboy said: Sometimes I think my ex-wife was destined to be a nun ... Anytime I tried to get a bit ... ummm ... frisky, she would say "you're getting nun of that" or when I wanted a couple cold beers, she would say "there's nun left". As for cooking a decent meal, she always gave me 2 chances "Buckley's and nun"!! You are alright in my book rockoboy! Quote He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. Douglas Adams
Mjolnir Posted March 10, 2018 Author Report Posted March 10, 2018 On 3/6/2018 at 2:16 PM, fredk said: Ok, since I won that round its my turn. What is the common link between a boot/shoe lace and something which denotes a military rank? You are killin' me! Quote He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. Douglas Adams
Rockoboy Posted March 10, 2018 Report Posted March 10, 2018 13 minutes ago, Mjolnir said: You are alright in my book rockoboy! Cheers @Mjolnir. You seem like a pretty good bloke yourself. Quote Kindest regards Brian "Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are right" Henry Ford Machines: Singer 201p, Kennedy, Singer 31K20, Singer 66K16 ("boat anchor" condition), Protex TY8B Cylinder Arm (Consew 227r copy), Unbranded Walking Foot (Sailrite LSV-1 copy)
Contributing Member fredk Posted March 10, 2018 Contributing Member Report Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) On 3/6/2018 at 7:16 PM, fredk said: What is the common link between a boot/shoe lace and something which denotes a military rank? The item and word is Aglet/Aiguillette. Two words mean the same thing. Its the decorative or functional hard piece added to the end of a cord or lace The small metal or plastic end on a shoe/boot lace is one version. A more elaborate decorative version is worn on a cord by senior military persons, eg aides-de-camp to Presidents or Prime Ministers. The word aiguillette has transferred from meaning just the attachment at the end of the cord to meaning the whole cord. This cord is not to be confused with the 'lanyard' which is a functional cord worn by military personel Edited March 10, 2018 by fredk Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Mjolnir Posted March 10, 2018 Author Report Posted March 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, fredk said: The item and word is Aglet/Aiguillette. Two words mean the same thing. Its the decorative or functional hard piece added to a cord. The small metal or plastic end on a shoe/boot lace is one version. A more elaborate decorative version is worn on a cord by senior military persons, eg aides-de-camp to Presidents or Prime Ministers. The word aiguillette has transferred from meaning just the attachment at the end of the cord to meaning the whole cord. This cord is not to be confused with the 'lanyard' which is functional cord worn by military personel I did look up the plastic thing. 2. a long thin slice of cooked meat, especially a narrow strip cut lengthwise from the breast of a fowl. Thank you sir! May I have another!! Quote He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. Douglas Adams
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