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That's just a big croc...

Post by bystander » Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:14 pm

Beyond wrote:I managed to find a still shot of the monster Croc. risque' can be rather risky. Getting to close to this BIG fella, when untied, is RISKY!!
Pictures: Biggest Crocodile Ever Caught?
National Geographic | 2011 Sept 06
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:30 pm

Say... good shot of the tail section, bystander. I hadn't run across that point of view.
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Ann » Wed Sep 07, 2011 12:16 am

Thanks for that link to the National Geographic, bystander. Great shot of the crocodile, and some interesting astronews, too, particularly about that nearby possibly Earthlike planet.

And Beyond, thanks for the dog video!

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Fixed those misspellings... :oops:
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Wed Sep 07, 2011 12:43 am

Thanks Ann. IF there is a doggie spectrum, those two are at opposite ends of it :!: :lol:
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by BMAONE23 » Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:18 pm

That big Croc looks like it came out of the Jumaji Game

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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:15 pm

Here is a link to a possible Hambone Award winner. I had never heard of such a thing before, but it is kinda interesting.
http://www.wfsb.com/story/15431688/dog-eats-100-rocks
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:39 am

Guinness world record onion. Gads, that's a lot of tears!!
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http://news.yahoo.com/photos/record-bre ... 4-737.html
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Ann » Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:33 am

:shock: :shock: :shock: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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I think he's going to make onion soup for half the town, or what do you think?

Here's the recipe:

1 large onion, quartered and sliced
1/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons canola oil
3 tablespoons flour
4 cups chicken broth
4 cups beef broth
8 slices from a crusty baguette
shredded Mozzarella cheese or Swiss cheese
grated Parmesan cheese



How to make the soup:

In a Dutch oven, slowly sauté onions in butter and oil until onions are transparent and turning yellow, but not browned. When tender, turn heat to lowest setting and add flour, stirring until well blended.
Add chicken and beef broths; heat through. Divide among 8 oven safe bowls.
Place a slice of bread on each bowl of soup. Sprinkle equal amounts of the cheeses over bread slices.
Place all bowls on oven rack 4 inches from heat and broil until cheese melts. Serve hot.
Serves 8

Well, with that record onion, it wouldn't serve 8, it would serve 800, I think!

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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:31 am

Ann, i think it would be more appropiate to call that bread-cheese and broth soup, with onion. But then, I'm not a Chef.
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Ann » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:39 am

It's a typical French onion soup. It's pretty good. My best friend, who grows some vegetables of her own, made this kind of onion soup this summer and gave me some. It was good, but - hush - it made my stomach pretty upset afterwards. :oops: :oops: :oops:

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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:50 pm

Couldn't have been the 'Swiss' cheese, could it ? :mrgreen:
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:26 pm

Picture of Rare American Crocodile Taken In Florida.

They only exist in the southern half of Florida. For the picture and the story, click on the link below.(Just what we need, more croc in this thread)

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ra ... 86638.html
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:01 am

I didn't know that there is a website called "Weird Wide Web".
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I also didn't know that Albany-Georgia has a "saggy-pants ban".

Read about it here--->http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/gl ... ny-georgia
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by orin stepanek » Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:03 pm

Beyond wrote:I didn't know that there is a website called "Weird Wide Web".
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It must be weird where pigs can fly! :roll: :mrgreen:
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:13 am

Orin, i think it was more of a very steep angle glide. :lol:
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:16 am

Speaking of orange crocodiles........

See one here, and how it got that way.

http://oddnews.yahoo.com/video-odd-news ... e-26772628
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by owlice » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:54 am

Wow; that site has captured everything horrible online that is legal on one page, and tried hard to kick off seizures, too, in those vulnerable to them.
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by orin stepanek » Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:36 pm

baggypants wrote:Did you know how the most amazing website on the internet looks?

http://www.themostamazingwebsiteontheinternet.com/

It's so amazing I couldn't sleep.
I don't know if it's the most amazing; but it sure has a lot of flash1
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:21 pm

Whew! Now that my eyes have re-adjusted to normal, i can now say that i didn't know that website existed, and I'm going to try to forget about it as fast as i can!!
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by rstevenson » Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:49 pm

baggypants wrote:Did you know how the most amazing website on the internet looks?
I feel ill. My browser feels ill. My computer wants to shut down.

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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by bystander » Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:48 pm

Thanks for all the encouraging comments on the most amazing website on the internet. I think will decline. I find I really don't want to know.
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:42 pm

Aw, go ahead and give it a looksee, bystander. You'll appreciate normalcy more :!: :lol:
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Ann » Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:40 pm

How about Frank and Louie, the two-faced cat, also called the Janus cat (after the two-faced Greek - or Roman? - god). Poor Frank and Louie was/were going to be put down when he/they was/were just a kitten. Now he/they is/are twelve and doing just fine. When you look at him/them from afar, he/they look(s) really fine and healthy, but up close he/they is/are kind of hideous. So what? We accept disabled people, or at least we should accept them. Frank and Louie appear(s) to be a healthy and happy cat/two healthy and happy cats/ in one body. Why not live and let live?
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by orin stepanek » Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:33 pm

Ann wrote:How about Frank and Louie, the two-faced cat, also called the Janus cat (after the two-faced Greek - or Roman? - god). Poor Frank and Louie was/were going to be put down when he/they was/were just a kitten. Now he/they is/are twelve and doing just fine. When you look at him/them from afar, he/they look(s) really fine and healthy, but up close he/they is/are kind of hideous. So what? We accept disabled people, or at least we should accept him. Frank and Louie appear(s) to be a healthy and happy cat/two healthy and happy cats/ in one body. Why not live and let live?


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I'm glad the kitty seems to have a good home. :D 8-)
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Re: I Didn't Know That

Post by Beyond » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:29 pm

I was going to post a picture of Frank and Louie a few days ago. But i thought nah, someone else will probably post it. TA-DA!! Here comes Ann with a video.
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