Tell us something we don’t know.

[Rockbadchild]

Works for me!!! I just wish the darned things would stop popping up out of the ground every year.

When I bought my place I started reclaiming the old 2 acre field with my little CadPlans backhoe. It did a surprising amount of work but there was one rock which was bigger than it could handle.
Actually, it was bigger than my tractor.

I eventually worked a deal and got the field cleared for free. Rather than burying the stumps I had them piled up so that I could reclaim the topsoil. That was in 2009. I now have 11 9 piles of topsoil I'm working through. Somewhere is a boulder bigger than my tractor. When I find it, that'll be like seeing an old friend.

Or something.

well that’s because they didn't pickup the small rocks and they grew … it must be some pretty fertile soil where the big one is.

 

[steve tym]

I have so many rocks, I bought a rock crusher.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I have so many rocks, I bought a rock crusher.

smart

 

[Pixguy]

 

[Rockbadchild]

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he was smarter then this one, but he still had 6 lives left.

Unsinkable Sam

Unsinkable Sam was a remarkable cat who survived the sinking of three naval vessels during World War II. Initially aboard the German battleship Bismarck, and later rescued by British sailors, he went on to survive the sinking of both the HMS Cossack and the HMS Ark Royal.

Unsinkable Sam - That Cat That Survived Three Sinking Ships -

Unsinkable Sam was a remarkable cat who survived the sinking of three naval vessels during World War II. Initially aboard the German battleship Bismarck,

navalhistoria.com

 

[stuckmotor]

There's a little known border control device being used in Texas. The alligator.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Fossilized pearls

Get to know Florida's fossil pearls

Perhaps you have worn a string of pearls around your neck, paid for a diver to retrieve what you hope is a lucky shell or recognize these lustrous gems as your birth stone. But have you ever wondered where these iconic minerals come from, what makes a pearl a true pearl, and how a pearl can become a

www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu

 

[sixdogs]

Fossilized pearls

Get to know Florida's fossil pearls

Perhaps you have worn a string of pearls around your neck, paid for a diver to retrieve what you hope is a lucky shell or recognize these lustrous gems as your birth stone. But have you ever wondered where these iconic minerals come from, what makes a pearl a true pearl, and how a pearl can become a

www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu

That is fascinating.

 

[Dftodd]

it seem like many manufacturers are finally moving away from touch screen for everything I am starting to see knobs doing a comeback, can’t used a phone while driving but you need to hit a three step menue on a flat screen to change the car temperature or switch a radio station go figure.

We got a class on the touch screen in my wife's Hyundai SanteFe.

The guy said it was easier to do it xx way. But I find it's easier to hit the push button for the option.

There are multiple screens to navigate. So if I want to change the station, I just hit the radio button and it opens up that screen. Then I can select from the saved stations.

I prefer the screen set up in my 2016 Sierra though.

My programmed stations are in a line on the bottom of the display, so it's much easier to change the station for me.

Both vehicles have set and forget temperature settings for the heater. You have to hit a button to switch it to defrost.

Both vehicles have built in GPS navigation. But I prefer either Google Maps or the Wave app through Android auto instead.

They take you the most direct route instead of taking you on a walk about like the onboard navigation does.

I tested both the car and trucks onboard navigation to see what it popped up for the fastest route to my work. Both vehicles wanted to add 30 minutes to my commute.

Google and waze were spot on with the fastest route.

Although you have to watch Google Maps as a couple of my coworkers found out. Google maps took them down an old pig trail to get to a jobsite

 

[ponytug]

@Dftodd nice story! To me, having to have a class on the user controls is the very definition of a poor user interface.

All the best, Peter