Already did. Still spry.
The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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I have this problem with "lemon" and "lime", cause the translation is the opposite. You call the yellow things lemon, I call the green things lemon, and "lime" is a sweet-ish citric we make water off but seldom eat raw.
You pour gin over ice, add tonic, then throw it all away and get a beer.
Which is funny, because they're two completely different vegetables.
If they are in the produce isle, they should be very easy to spot. Aren't they like 3 foot long and a foot wide?
GasBandit
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I might be misremembering. Seems like 25 years ago I remembered some discussion about yams and sweet potatoes and one was substituted for the other due to legal issues or something.
If you call the orange sweet potatoes "Yams" in a market, the sign must also read sweet potatoes.
Yeah, I'm not seeing anything about them being banned in the US, but it looks like they were banned as a food for athletes in 2008 by the World Anti-Doping Agency prior to the 2008 Olympics, because it was felt that they would give Jamaican athletes too much of an advantage in running events.
Well, I didn't find a direct link to a WADA press release, so it could be your typical internet fact; but yeah... banned substance because it might make Jamaicans run too fast.
Somebody go feed the hell out of those to Usain Bolt! I want to see that man run an entire race and set a record that won't be broken for a few years.
NOAA isn't naming the storms, it's only Weather Channel. Here's a story back from when TWC announced they were going to do this:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/twcs-plan-to-name-winter-storm/83168
GasBandit
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Ahh... ok. Still kind of stupid though. I mean, I understand how Sandy was potentially more damaging than it needed to be because by the time it came onshore it wasn't a hurricane anymore and they couldn't use the hurricane warning systems; but it's only been a month and a half and we're already up to K; and it seems like we're having named storms every other day now, instead of them being a meaningful event.
Edit: Ahh... so it is the Weather Channel. I'm much less annoyed than if it were NOAA. I have some faith in NOAA to know what they're doing. I have very little faith in the Weather Channel even being able to accurately predict whether or not the sun is going to come up tomorrow.
Nope, it is just the weather channel.
NOAA could be playing along, but the decision was the channel's.
upon actually doing a cursory look up, the NOAA and NWS are not feeling it mostly because twc never talked with them about it. The National Weather Service has no opinion about private weather enterprise products and services. A winter storm’s impact can vary from one location to another, and storms can weaken and redevelop, making it difficult to define where one ends and another begins. While the National Weather Service does not name winter storms, we do rate major winter storms after the fact.
Fries ...and a milkshake?
GasBandit
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It'll bring the boys to the yard.
I get the same flavored burps whenever I eat any Chinese food. Must be the oil and what-not.
You talk a lot about your gastric system and its smells.