What did you LEARN today?

[Falcon Ranchero]

Learned how to fix a pocket watch; and picked up some new watch terminology - Yes I "fixed" that pocket watch I was being miserable about in the What Irked You Today thread. It still doesn't work, but everything went back in great (more or less) and at least it will make a nice decor piece until I can maybe get it fixed for real sometime down the road. I feel very proud having been able to put it back how it was. 👍

[espo]

22 hours ago, SSNJim said:

I was riding my scooter on a state highway headed to Santee, CA many years ago. The car a ways ahead of me had a mattress attached to his roof, until he didn't. It flew through the air tumbling end over end. It was a beautiful and graceful thing. Fortunately I was far enough behind that it wasn't a hazard and easily avoidable. What a sight.

We were driving on that same section of freeway today and furniture hasn't been picked up yet. Today we have a steady 40+ mph winds with some gusts even higher. We passed two guys on the side of the road that seem to have decided to try and tie down a refrigerator that was standing upright in the back of their pickup.  You just can't fix stupid.  

[johnyrotten]

4 hours ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

Learned how to fix a pocket watch

Awesome you were able to figure it out. Being an heirloom, I imagine you were dead set on figuring it out, from the research you did.  That's the only reason i cautioned you on the attempt. Tricky little devices they are, I look at them like functional works of art. Again, great job👍👍

[Mike C]

A new word: Defenestrate

It means "to throw (someone) out a window".