On August 19th 2007, an oil tanker off the coast of Australia split in two, dumping 20,000 tons of crude oil. This is a very funny video skit with Senator Collins, a member of the Australian Parliament. Enjoy the video.
Archive for the ‘How General’ Category
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The Front Fell Off An Oil Tanker – Funny Video
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Water Painting – With Water & Technology
This video was emailed to me today, and I have never seen this before, but that’s not to say it’s a new video, from what I have noticed it’s about two years old, but it is still amazing to watch.
Kim Komando’s Quote – "This fountain can actually make pictures and words with falling water. It’s been described as working like an inkjet printer. Hundreds of nozzles create precise streams of water. Timed just right, images are created."
Enjoy the show – Water Painting
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Today Is Edit The Website Day
6 days ago, was the 1 month point for howbits.com. I have owned this website for a little under a year, but I have never used it for anything until I created this blog, which was February 4th. I am constantly trying out new ideas and testing designs to improve this website. So today I have decided, since it’s somewhat of a day off for me, that I am going to update some things on the website which is a result as some test I have been running.
So as a result, my website may be a little slow loading at times as I am uploading some files, new plugins, and various other additions to the website.
I want to do a Thank You shout out to all my readers, subscribers, and daily visitors. As of last week, Howbits.com is now receiving over 300 unique visitors a day, and Picbits has gone over 400 unique visitors a day, and increasing at a nice pace. On a side note – I am still getting my sea legs for blogging and finding my niche for this website. I really do believe that it takes a few weeks to a couple months to find your spot on the internet and to get into the habit of blogging. In the last 4 weeks as my writing skills, thought processes, and how I explain things have improved; I have gone over my old articles and updated them and continue to make subtle changes to each one. I do believe that a website / blog is never finished, and in keeping with this, I monitor my website statistics and make changes wherever need be to make sure that this website is Web surfer friendly and approved
I will be done with the renovations in about 2 hours from this posting, I try to go over every part of the website to make sure everything is working as intended. Once I know that everything is working then I go and pester some friends to go and try it out. Then I do the switch so that the updates are viewable to everyone else on the website.
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Advice For The Burdens Of Life
This list has been around for awhile but it’s some great advice and humorous, so enjoy the read.
Some ways of dealing with the burdens of life:
* Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue.
* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
* Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
* Drive carefully. It’s not only cars that can be recalled by their Maker.
* If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it!
* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
* Never buy a car you can’t push.
* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.
* Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
* Since it’s the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
* The second mouse gets the cheese.
* When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
* You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once
* We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.
A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
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Where’s Your Purse Been?? Disturbing Facts
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Note: I try not to post older Tidbits on my website, but this one was sent to me from a friend and I never knew about this, and I think it’s worth posting for those who missed it from two years ago. Even though I am a guy and have no intentions of ever owning a purse, I still want to post this for all the people who have a purse or know someone that has one. Enjoy the read, some very disturbing findings……
HANDBAGS…
Have you ever noticed girls/women who set their handbags on public toilet floors, then go directly to their dining tables and set it on the table? Happens a lot!
It’s not always the ‘restaurant food’ that causes stomach distress. Sometimes "what you don’t know will hurt you"!
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Tidbits & Trivia Part 3
What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn’t spoil?
A. Honey
Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?
A. Father’s Day
In Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase……… "goodnight, sleep tight."
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month. Or as we know it today as the honeymoon.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down."
It’s where we get the phrase "mind your P’s and Q’s"
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service.
"Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
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Tidbits & Trivia Part 2
The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades – King David
Hearts – Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds – Julius Caesar
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and CharlesThomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
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Tidbits & Trivia Part 1
Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only..Ladies Forbidden"…and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
In the 1400′s a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb"
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this…)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
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Tidbits You Should Know Part 3
- There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
- A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
- The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk’s mask painted white.
- If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19 You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know.)
- By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)
- The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
- The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
- Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It’s the same with apples!
- Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
- The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
- Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
- Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it.
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Jeff Foxsworthy On Colorado
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I am going to be posting. You are a Coloradoan If, from Jeff Foxsworth, just because I am from Colorado. Enjoy.
You are a Coloradoan if …………
- You switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in one day.
- You know what the "Peoples Republic of Boulder" means.
- Your sense of direction is: towards the mountains and away from the mountains.
- You’re a meat-eating vegetarian.
- The bike on your car is worth more than your car and you have your own special bike lane.
- You’re able to drive 65 miles per hour through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without even flinching.
- You take your out-of-town guests to Casa Bonita even though you would never go there otherwise.
- You think your major food groups are granola bars, tofu and Fat Tire Beer.
- You design your kid’s Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
- You think that sexy lingerie is wool socks and flannel PJs.
- You know all 4 seasons "almost winter, winter, still winter and spring blizzards
- You’ve been tear gassed in a riot to celebrate a CU/CSU victory.
- You can never figure out why your out-of-town guests faint from altitude sickness on a picnic to the mountains.
- You can drive over a 12,000-foot pass in 4 feet of snow, but can’t get to work if there are 4 inches of snow.
- You know the ‘correct’ pronunciation of Buena Vista.
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