Tell me something I don't know.....

[QuantumJo]

In 2010 the world produced 2,811,000 tons of plastic, consuming 18,411,055 barrels of crude oil.

[Gordon Maney]

In 2010 the world produced 2,811,000 tons of plastic, consuming 18,411,055 barrels of crude oil.

I marvel at the number of styrofoam cups, plates, and bowls that get used in the cafeteria each day just where I work. Paper would be a much better material to use, as it is a renewable resource.

It makes you wonder at what point we will return to ceramic dishes that get washed.

[MoparNorm]

Both you and Norm are correct in that California and Hawaii were independent entities before becoming states. What I was getting at in my post - and didn't - was that only Texas came into the Union as an independent republic. Hawaii and CA were both territories, as was Alaska, when statehood was granted.

Why is this important? I have no clue...

And here's a question for you Texans out there, and no looking up the answer!

Name the six flags that flew over Texas, and the historical order they were used.

26 days is 26 days... = )

Flags over California: Russia, England, Spain, Mexico, Deseret, California Republic, Confederate, USofA. 8 Flags. = )

[74w300uteline]

styrofoam

dont drink hot tea & lemon from a styrofoam cup.

[Bob Thompson]

26 days is 26 days... = )

Flags over California: Russia, England, Spain, Mexico, Deseret, California Republic, Confederate, USofA. 8 Flags. = )

I belive it fell into the following order: Spain , France , Mexico , Republic of Texas , Confederate States of America and of course the United States of America .

[74w300uteline]

this makes my head hurt!!

think this through...... China is lending us the money to provide protection to its regional enemy Tiawan.

[Mark Michaels]

Sickening News Dept...

If harassed while feeding, a turkey vulture will vomit at its attacker.

So there...

[QuantumJo]

More food for thought...

think this through...... China is lending us the money to provide protection to its regional enemy Tiawan.

The money used to pay for social security, medicare, and medicaid chiefly comes from the daily selling of bonds to China.
In essence, the crap Americans buy from China provides them with the money they lend to us.

[712edf]

Radial tires were first offered (std or optional, I don't know) in 1969 on Lincolns. Or so I have read.

Bucky

[TommyDodge]

I believe it was France first, then Spain, Mexico, Texas, U.S., and the Confederacy... its been a long time since Texas history in the seventh grade.

One thing I've been curious about... in seventh grade we did a whole year of Texas history, and that was our history class for that year. Have any other Texans out there had this same experience or was it unique to my school?

Have any of you from any other state had a similar experience of spending a whole school year learning the history of your state?

I mentioned this to some friends from Michigan once and they were incredulous that any state would be conceited enough to have their students waste a whole year just studying the history of that state... but they did allow that if any state was that conceited it would be Texas.

I studied the history of the State of Indiana in 7th grade, and Government in 8th grade, also
Indiana was the automotive capital of America before Detroit Michigan,
the first commercially produced car was made in kokomo in 1895
and was known as the Haynes.
Production ended in 1925 the year that Elwood Haynes died. He was also known for the invention of stellite and stainless steel.

[Bob Thompson]

I belive it fell into the following order: Spain , France , Mexico , Republic of Texas , Confederate States of America and of course the United States of America .

Never make a post on a forum while taking pain medication. I can only presume that I thought Norm was asking about the order of succesion.
In my defense , Loopy as I was I still remembered the historical fact.

[MoparNorm]

Never make a post on a forum while taking pain medication. I can only presume that I thought Norm was asking about the order of succesion.
In my defense , Loopy as I was I still remembered the historical fact.

Ha! Ha! No, you're good, I was adding California to the discussion, because we had ONE MORE flag than Texas. ; )
No French (we don't need the French, we have San Fransisco! ha! ha!) But Russian and English flags flew here BEFORE Texas was a part of Spain.

[Kevin Mienke]

In 1979, Bob Montgomery of the Boston Red Sox was the last player to bat in Major League Baseball without a batting helmet to protect his head.

He was, however, wearing a cup to protect his genitalia.

Nicely done Bob.

[712edf]

Gordo Cooper was the last American to be launched into space alone (1963). Also was the first to sleep in orbit & on the launchpad during countdown.

Bucky

[Clint Dixon]

You can run a 230 L-head engine with the carb removed

You were able to run the engine with the top of the carburetor off?

Gordons above question to another thread caused me to remember this:

I sold a 1948 B1PW a few years ago and the new owner quickly put the truck in storage. He called me one day a few months later and told me what had just happened. It seems he went into the building to start the engine to charge the battery and to keep everything lubricated. The truck would start and run full throttle for a few seconds and then stall out. Apparently, this scenerio repeated itself a few times before he decided to open the hood to see what the problem was. He found that someone had stolen the carburetor right off of the engine. Loose parts were left lying on the cylinder head and there were fresh scuff marks in the dust on the fender where someone had climbed on for better access. The loose fuel line was aimed across the open hole in the manifold and as the engine was cranked over, the fuel pump was squirting a stream of fuel all over the engine with just enough being sucked into the manifold to create a combustible mixture.