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Originally Posted by SS427 (Post 1459399)

Drinking too much water is far worse than not enough. It can cause water intoxication with all kinds of bad side effects. This can dilute the electrolytes in your blood, especially sodium. When sodium levels fall below 135 mmol/L, it is called hyponatremia. It will also swell cells. Excess fluid accumulation in the brain is called cerebral edema, which can affect the brain stem and cause central nervous system dysfunction. There have been cases of death caused by drinking between 2.5 and 5 gals of water in a short period of time.

Rick, you are a wealth of knowledge, on many subjects!

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What do you do when you don't need to use your fireplace? Fill it up with McIntosh equipment! Of course!

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Said to have origins in Charleston, South Carolina, in the late 1800s, "haint blue" is the color used to paint the ceilings of front porches in order to repel spirits.
The belief is that spirits are unable to cross water, so the blue color would trick them into thinking the porch ceiling was actually a body of water.

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Popular in New England, particularly in Vermont, "witch windows" are angled windows that are often found between roofs on the upper levels of a home.

As Devin Colman, who works for Vermont's Division for Historic Preservation, told Vermont Public Radio, "The story is that a witch on a broomstick can't fly through a crooked window opening, which I guess physically is true."

These are also known as "coffin windows," according to Colman, possibly because they could accommodate a coffin coming in and out of the upper floors. "The idea being that it's difficult to maneuver a coffin with a body from the second floor down to the first floor in these narrow staircases, so slide it out through the window and down the roof." That said, these windows also maximize an awkward sloping space, serving the practical purpose of adding more light and a breeze to an upper story of a home.

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In some states around the US, such as Pennsylvania and Ohio, you'll often see large stars mounted on houses and barns.

Believed to have Pennsylvania-Dutch or German roots, these stars were once painted on barns to ward off evil and they were oftentimes referred to as "hex stars." They commonly used to feature six, eight, or 12 points and were located within a circle or square. Today they are referred to as "barn stars."

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I own a pair of sunglasses like these. Well not quite EXACTLY like these. The lenses (2 separate) have the same chrome like colors. They are my pool sunglasses. They cost $1. My complex has both a regular pool (too cold for me) and a large hot tub (perfect for me) with seating for like 10 adults - all built in. Turn a timer knob and you get up to 30 minutes of those soothing jets.

Anyways, last weekend Alex and I were in the hot tub with a mother and her son and daughter both in the 4 - 5 year old range. I take my regular spot which is the only spot in the tub that has a lower jet which I can dangle my feet in. I have lost about 65% of the hearing in my right ear due to 1. Not wearing ear protectors when watching Top Fuel/ Funny Cars at the drag strip back in the 1980s and 2. Having a scuba diving accident in the Exuma Islands which left me deaf in that ear for a week. My hearing did come back but never as good before the accident. It was one of those life or death decisions: I ran out of air at 40 feet under. So I can save my hearing and drown or go up to the surface with half a breath (that was all that was left in my tank) and risk blowing out my ear drums.

The family is sitting on my right and Alex is sitting across from me. The little girl turns to Alex and says something I can't hear. He starts laughing like crazy. I ask "what?" He says "your sunglasses. She thinks they are lame-o."

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Sorry for the lame-o sized picture. It's the only one I could find.

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart (Post 1459391)

Robert Ballard is searching for Amelia Earhart’s airplane

After searching for the two Navy nuclear powered attack submarines, the USS Scorpion and the USS Thresher, which sank in the 1960s in a semi-classified seach funded by the Navy (They wanted to know the condidion of the nuclear reactors), the Navy gave him authorization to extend his search for RMS Titanic. 9 days later he found it.

I've been following the quest by the organization TIGHAR for quite a few years. I think their hypothesis and collection of evidence is what attracted Ballard to join in and see. It seemed the most solid compared to other therories as to what happened. I contacted TIGHAR in 1989 about joining in on one of their early expeditions to Nikumaroro, but at the time they didn't have room for another. I hope Robert Ballard finds what's left of her Electra so we'll have a better idea of what happened.