I haven't done a gif-based linkfest since January. Hundreds of gifs bookmarked. Let's go...
Here's what socialist Denmark does for new mothers
Scooping honey from a honeycomb
Deceptive size of beer glass at Applebees
A reminder that a triangle can be made of three right angles
Street scene in Grindewald, Switzerland
European drivers understand to leave road open for emergency vehicles
The speed of light between earth and moon in real time
Cracking open an opal vein in a rock. Another "boulder opal"
Boston Dynamics' "Big Dog" has been improved
U.S. numbered highway system. In numerical order.
Child's "activity trunk" ripoff
"Cardominos" are a variant of traditional dominos
Reportedly a meth addict on the street; video mixed with BeeGees
A knight's sabaton (footwear) was very flexible
Backflip in front of a mirror... not.
Zaouli African dance
Drone flight through fireworks
A wrestler seems to appear out of nowhere
Animals
Penguin gets separated from his/her group
Giraffe being attacked by lions
People work together to save a dog
Play with a cat. What can go wrong?
Bald eagle swims to shore with its lunch (bullhead, I think)
Awesome rack on a buck
Journalist goes to animal shelter to write a story
Dog "confined" to a cage
Rhombic egg-eater has a defensive display
Devil rays flying
Clever mouse escapes
What's coming down the hall?
What's under that tiny air bubble at the beach?
Service dog has to learn about glass floor
Dog digs a hole. Sort of. "Dog.exe has failed"
After public pool closes, dogs are allowed in (fundraiser, fun for dogs)
Sports
College basketball player injures his face on the backboard
Referee dodges a pass in the Alabama/Clemson game
Michael Jordan pre-game ritual
Jessie Graff, ninja warrior. The lady clapping is her mom
Pool table trick, hard to appreciate until you see the slow motion
Impressive or clever
How to hide alcohol at a sports event
Cutting a fallen tree
Pancake production line at a fair or carnival
A Novascope is a kind of kaleidoscope
Falling tree unleashes a missile
Cutting clay to reveal art
Cutting a watermelon for sharing
Why you shouldn't touch decorative cattails indoors
Machine wraps hay bales. And another one.
Arborist deploying a portawrap
"Seabreacher" is a new aquatic toy
Disarming a man wielding a knife
Skydiver enters an airplane
Ferrari pit team perfection
Superb moonwalk
What water does to a grease fire
Use your drone to remove a hornet's nest
Glider takeoff
Drone-propelled flying chair
TIL that there are silicone sheets that match the size and weight of pizza dough
Fails (I shouldn't have to leave a trigger warning for this category...)
How not to open champagne
Don't throw lighted cigarettes into underground chambers.
And don't put a firecracker down there either
Man puts a firecracker into a smoker grill.
Trying to kill a spider
A "snow gun" for people who can't make or throw snowballs
Try to impress people by drinking flaming alcohol
Don't play with an electric fence in a field that has cow patties (skip to start at 1:45)
Deer versus bicyclist. Both lose.
"Don't mix fire with stupid"
Serious injury from a ridiculous bicycle stunt
Fossil unlocked by a master preparator
Freezing rain + steep driveway. Note impressive loss of both shoes.
Cheerful/humor
Girl gives her scarf to a homeless dog
Toddler dances to music of buskers
A compilation of four-generation families
Be careful of that step
People work together to save a dog
Man admires old car in parking lot (story at the link)
Child playing hide and seek
Helping a deer on a frozen lake
Leaving the house with wet hair in the winter
Man rescues dogs from garbage dump
Oofda. Enough for now. That empties seven folders with 12 bookmarks each. Lots more for later. There are undoubtedly some incorrectly-pasted links; let me know.
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the beer glass sizes - in europe, a 'pint' glass of beer has mark on the glass showing where it is a pint. in the usa, a 'pint' of beer is the glass filled to the rim. in the usa, when you ask for a pint, unless the glass is full to the top with beer (not foam), you did not get a full 'pint'. you got beer in a glass that can hold a pint of liquid when filled to the rim. due to the conical shape pf the glass, with a half inch of foam, the actual liquid fill is roughly 14 ounces.
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Glass shape is usually more a matter of the style of beer being served. The "deceptive" pint glass is most often used for pilsners and wheat beers. Not sure whether Applebee's would know this or not.
ReplyDeleteAlso regarding beer glasses -- I'm not a beer drinker but I know that different kinds of beer are (or should be) served in different shaped glasses (the same way that wines are served in different shaped glasses.) The intent is to affect the taste, not to trick people regarding amount.
ReplyDeletei do recall different beer glass types for different beer types. these days, most every bar / brew pub that i have been in uses the truncated conical glass that holds a pint when filled to the rim with liquid, regardless of beer type. and they all pour a 'shorted' pint.
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Thanks for re-posting the tattoo photos. Having had both hips replaced, and always wanting a tattoo, but never knowing which one to get, those give me some ideas.
ReplyDeleteOofda. In any of the previous seven and a half thousand (or so) years of my life, I would have, upon reading such a word, rushed to a Google, or similar, and searched for its meaning.
ReplyDeleteHowever, having Netflix these last few months to soothe the hours since a heart episode, I have had the pleasure of watching the made for TV series called Fargo, an apparently true story of events, both criminal and otherwise, that took place in Minnesota and it's abutting states, sometime last century.
One of the main characters uses that word and hence I know exactly its meaning.
And from now on, whenever I read your words, I will hear them in the accent they are spoken.
You betcha. And be sure to watch Season 2 and Season 3 as well. I thought season 2 was the best of the trio.
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