• Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear
• Contents may have settled during shipping
• In Birmingham they love the governor
• This seat may be used as a floatation device

 

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Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 09-21-2004, 09:40 AM:
 
1. You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions.
2. Anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law.
3. You have the right to consult an attorney before speaking to the police and to have an attorney present during questioning now or in the future.
4. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you before any questioning if you wish.
5. If you decide to answer questions now without an attorney present you will still have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to an attorney.
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 09-21-2004, 11:20 AM:
 
Did you know that the average human head weighs 8 pounds?
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 09-21-2004, 10:32 PM:
 
Some "hair" Did you knows...because I'm studying:

Averaging out the human body, each square inch of human skin consists of 19 million cells, 60 hairs, 90 oil glands, 19 feet of blood vessels, 625 sweat glands, 19,000 sensory cells - and is normally inhabited by anywhere from 10,000 to a million bacteria.

There are between 100,000 and 150,000 hairs on the average person's head, and nearly 400,000 on your complete body.

Babies have about 1,100 hairs per square inch, but by age 50, this drops to around 250 per square inch. (Bad news for you Phil! )

Each hair follicle will grow an average of 20 new hairs in a lifetime, at an average rate of a centimeter to a half inch per month - so if you lived to be 100 years old and had just one hair that never fell out, it would be over 12 meters (12 meters = about 40 feet) long.

Although humans may appear "naked" by the standards of other primates, we have more hair follicles per square inch than most other mammals.
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 09-21-2004, 10:48 PM:
 
Kodak recycles over 20 million pounds of motion picture film annually:

http://www.fpchollywood.com/fscsalvage.html

Standard 35mm film is actually slit to 34.95 mm wide.
 

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Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 09-22-2004, 12:21 AM:
 
90% of household dust is sloughed-off skin cells, & the excrement of dust mites who feed on the dead skin cells.
 

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Posted by Christopher Duvall (Member # 284) on 09-22-2004, 02:20 AM:
 
The majority of the cream in an Oreo cookie is just lard and sugar

Dominos Pizza used to use peanut butter as a thickening agent in their pizza sauce
 

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Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 09-22-2004, 08:33 AM:
 
Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali.
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 09-22-2004, 09:30 AM:
 
The building in which the Pilgrim Fathers spent their last night in England before boarding the Mayflower in 1620 is now a gin distillery.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 09-22-2004, 01:33 PM:
 
...turtles can breathe through their ass.

...nothing rhymes with "month"

...that Mario Segali's name contains the word "Sega" which was Nintendo's main competitor for 2 console generations and was all-around better than Nintendo.

...that this thread might be more at home in the Joke Yak forum?
 

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Posted by Greg Davis (Member # 2687) on 09-22-2004, 02:18 PM:
 
that on average a person swallows 7 spiders in their sleep

if threaded into a rope, and long enough, average human hair can support 400 other people

there are over 300 forms of cheese, which means over 300 ways to make mold from milk.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 09-22-2004, 02:49 PM:
 

quote: Rachel Gilardi

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Babies have about 1,100 hairs per square inch, but by age 50, this drops to around 250 per square inch. (Bad news for you Phil! )

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How in the heck do I get dragged into these things?

MaDamn Moderator, FYI: Although I'm what's considered "smooth" and have very little body hair and chest hair, I do have a full head of lush hair. I have some friends that started balding in their early 20's. It's a gene thing.

I personally just counted all the hairs on my head and I have an average of 1076 hairs/sq-in. NO balding, no thinning, and NO shit!

Until I was about 35, I only had "peach fuzz" and I didn't even have to shave facial hair.

Now, at 39, I have to shave daily else my beard would look like Will's chest.

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Tommie Evans (Member # 2674) on 09-22-2004, 03:29 PM:
 
When you die you lose 21 grams.
Waffer is made out of snail shells?
Sleeping tablet label: CAUTION: may cause drowsiness!
Child medicine label: WARNING: Do not drive or use heavy machinery!
You can fit all the people in the world on the Isle of White (small island on the south coast of England).....
 

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Posted by Mike Olpin (Member # 1115) on 09-22-2004, 05:51 PM:
 
Did you know...

It is difficult to read subtitles in the cinerama dome.

The home floors for the elevators at Embasy Suites in Garden Grove are 1 & 7.

Starfish have no brain.

Making a couple hundred lines of in the chatroom will cause it to crash.

Even in a coma, Rodney Dangerfield still can't get any respect.

I have 110 unread e-mails

Liquid Generation is actually a front for a statistics and data collecting firm, designed to get teens and young adults to give up personal information. But they sure are funny!

San Diego area trick-or-treaters can visit The Great Pumpkin , now in it's 40th year!
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 09-22-2004, 06:34 PM:
 
Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people. (That's why they're called hair-brained)

Most men have erections every hour to hour and a half during sleep. (REM sleep)

Penis size is inversely proportional to intelligence. (Duh, I flunked outta high school)

The average duration of sexual intercourse for humans is 2 minutes. (That's why the song "Two-Minute Man" was written)

The largest cell in the human body is the female reproductive cell, the ovum. The smallest is the male sperm. (Size DOES matter)

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 09-22-2004, 06:47 PM:
 

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Making a couple hundred lines of [puke] in the chatroom will cause it to crash.

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quote: Tommie Evans

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You can fit all the people in the world on the Isle of White (small island on the south coast of England

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quote: Jason M Miller

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In the 17th century, Sawney Beane, his wife, eight sons, six daughters, eighteen grandsons, and fourteen granddaughters, who were all born in incest, were a family of cannibals that lived in caves in Scotland. They murdered hundreds of men, women and children and then ate them. The entire family was executed in Edinburgh without a trial.

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quote: Hugh McCullough

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Your foot and your forearm are the same length (from your wrist to the inside of your elbow).

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Holy shitte! It's true! In the words of Johnny Carson, "I did not know that!"

Did you know that Al Capone's business card said he was a "Used Furniture Dealer"?
 

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Posted by John Lasher (Member # 968) on 10-04-2004, 10:03 PM:
 
Percoset is the single most powerfull pain killer that can be prescribed for home use unless the patient suffers from cancer. It is an opium derivative and can cause drowsiness, upset stomach, impared judgement and, in some cases, addiction.
 

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Posted by Jason Black (Member # 684) on 10-04-2004, 10:30 PM:
 
Did you know that there was a drug by the name of Oxycontin that is far more powerful and addictive that Percocet?
 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 10-04-2004, 10:58 PM:
 
Did you know that ...

... the number on the trash compactor door in the Star Wars film is 3263827, but in the Star Wars radio drama it's 326387?
 

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Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 10-05-2004, 10:23 AM:
 
...(generally speaking) women have a higher capacity for multi-tasking than men.

...Trogdor the Burninator can never be killed by a peasant.

...artists can color the sky any color then want, everyone else colors is blue for fear of looking stupid.

...[concerning bead reamers] users and bystanders should wear safety goggles.
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 10-05-2004, 03:54 PM:
 
Ah Gracia our little -kitten. Out of bed already?

Did you know that...

F-T was mentioned in national press over the weekend?
 

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Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 10-05-2004, 07:59 PM:
 
Did you know that --

Steve Kraus is officially a scholar, per Roger Ebert?

This is where Film-Tech was mentioned?

Movie Answer Man (Note: This site is new, and the exact location of this article may change.)

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Q. I know well your well-deserved attacks on theater managers who don't have bulbs at full brightness. So when I was hired as the general manager of the Grand Cinema, a non-profit movie theater in Tacoma, Wash., I resolved not to be one of those managers. One of my first questions to my projectionist was whether we have the bulbs of our three screens at full power. We don't.

And five months later, we still don't. As he tells me, our theaters are so small (no more than 50 or 60 feet from projector to screen) that having our bulbs at full would burn our screens and wash out a picture. I've relied on his judgment, but I think it's time to check this. Is there any evidence to suggest that a bulb should be dimmed slightly or significantly if playing in a very small theater?

Erik Hanberg, Tacoma, Wash.

A. Steve Kraus of the Lake Street Screening Room in Chicago, who is a scholar of film projection, tells me: "Yes, it is possible to be too bright. Of course you can't literally burn the screen but the picture could be washed out and uncomfortable to watch. There are many factors in picture brightness, but there is no reason for guessing. A technician with a light meter can read the reflected brightness of the screen with the projector running without film. It should be 16 foot-Lamberts. I would recommend the forum section at www.film-tech.com, where he can get detailed advice about his particular equipment."

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 10-05-2004, 08:19 PM:
 
Did you know that...

My reply was longer but impractical to run in its entirety.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-05-2004, 09:48 PM:
 
Did you know that I have had 4 screens catch on fire from having the bulbs too bright?

Did you know that the Film-Tech screening room's bulb is so bright that it burnt a 23 x 9.62 foot hole in the wall where the screen, speakers, insulation, and brick wall used to be?
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 10-05-2004, 10:49 PM:
 
Did you know that I could have referred people to Ba Ba Booey but decided to send them here instead? I think I am entitled to immunity from threats of banning for...oh...maybe a week.
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 10-06-2004, 08:20 AM:
 
Did you know that most species of sea slugs are hermaphrodites? (They have a full compliment of both male and female sex organs.)

Not only can they fertilize themselves but they occasionally form "sex chains" where several animals line up and fertilize each other simultaneously.

Sea Slug Forum
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 10-06-2004, 12:56 PM:
 
Did you know that...

...looks just like one of ----'s parties (from what I've heard).

(Make your own jokes.)
 

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Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 10-07-2004, 09:27 AM:
 
...I have no problems being referred to as a -kitten.

...however, I do not like waking up so early as I have been this week. (Out of necessity though, someone's gotta make sure my little siblings don't miss the bus!)

...Bubs' Concession stand will take pencil shavings as payment.
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 10-07-2004, 11:29 AM:
 
Did you know...

...they use it to make the coffee?

Did you know...

...I have even less idea of what I'm talking about than usual?
 

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Posted by Erick Akers (Member # 875) on 10-09-2004, 06:17 AM:
 
TRUE FACTS AS KNOWN BY ME!
(not part of the did you know game)

Did you know that my uncle was violently murdered last year?
(some here were aware)

Did you know that he alerted us to his fear of this?

Did you know that he caught his boss embezzling a very large sum of money?

Did you know that he collected evidence that supports the facts and is easilly interpreted?

Did you know that the week before he was shot in the back of the head with a 9mm, he called the company's owner and reported the whole operation?

Did you know that he taped the entire conversation?

Did you know that doctors at Baylor have you sign a permission form to treat a dead man, while not informing you that your loved one is dead,so they have enough time to type and preserve their organs for donership; while not telling you
until 24 hours has passed?

Did you know that 30 minutes after you arrive at the hospital, Dallas homicide agents to ask you what you know and you tell them everything.You Beg them to to confiscate all hard drives from the company in question,and you also tell them that you have all of the evidence collected, but they are not interested, as they are going off the clock for the entire holiday weekend and can't start investigating until tuesday. (when they had fresh agents that could have been assigned the case.)

Did you know that thirty minutes after he was placed in the Critical Care Unit, that they had a medical court judge sign a termination of life order?

Did you know that we were activly followed and threatened by unknown persons in cars with un-matching plates for about 6 months?

Did you know that the owner of the company fired the entire staff of said Texas location in less than 6 weeks.

Did you know that that they never sent us any condolences, never sent his final pay check or his vacation pay?

Did you know that because of a problem with the funeral home that my uncle's body spent 6 weeks in the M.E.'s office?

Did you know that homicide only collected the taped conversation for evidence and told us to hold on to the rest and they would come back to collect the rest later.

Did you know that they never answered any calls, or came back for the rest of the evidence 6 months after they collected the tape?

Did you know that they have yet to release his van from the auto impound lot to us?

And as of today, did you know that the agent in question was not well liked, and has since transferred, and though the case is still open, is not being handled by anyone?

Did you know that no one really cares or even gives a shit?

Did you know that of my closest friends even turned their backs on me out of fear?

Did you know that the weenie man talked me out of swallowing a loaded shotgun?

Did you know that there's no justice for the poor?

did you know?

Did you know that police make head shots to increase the amount of donor organs?

Did you know that we live in a GOD DAMN meat market?
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 10-09-2004, 08:42 AM:
 
Did you know that...

...the press might be interested in a good story?

...when it's all over the news the authorities will have to take it more seriously?

...I'm sorry for your loss?
 

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Posted by Erick Akers (Member # 875) on 10-09-2004, 08:38 PM:
 
Time out Steve,

Yes it was a Major loss for my extremely small family, and When I say small, I literally mean there were four of us,
My Grandmother, my mom, my uncle and me.

I have been struggling this past year trying to keep us alive, no easy task in this economy. This was the second major disaster to hit us in the last 14 years.

We have legal representation, and we have spoken and even visited our local media and they seem to be interested, but my faith in justice is fading fast.

I apologize for hi jacking your thread, we learned about the transfer yesterday, and I have been experiencing the feeling of impending doom for over 6 weeks now; you know, that sickening feeling.

Paul's advice was like a crutch, but it was like someone kicked it out from under me.

Anyway,
I don't know how things are going to work out if at all!

I guess that I'm having a hard time dealing with the loss and hearing the bad news was like hoping in to
a time machine, everything came flooding back.

I'm having a bad time of it,
I mean, I Pissed Brad off by complaining about loosing the silly signatures feature.

I have been trying to deal with loss, but for me it's becoming a struggle, I've lost too much already, and what little I have
yet to loose is just too much.

Thank you Steve.

I guess were in it for the long haul but even here I feel so alone.
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 10-10-2004, 09:19 AM:
 
Erick,

I don't know what to say... I'm sorry.
 

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Posted by Mike Olpin (Member # 1115) on 10-12-2004, 10:19 PM:
 
My condolences to Erick.

-------------------------------------------------------------

Did you know.... (brought to you by our friends at QSR!)

Chic-fil-A was ranked #1 drive thru for the third year in a row?

McDonald's came in at No. 11 for service and 20th for order accuracy?

On average, Wendy's can serve more than two customers for every one processed at Steak 'n Shake? --124.7 seconds at Wendy's vs. 267.9 seconds at Steak 'n Shake

The longest recorded trip through a drive-thru line, including wait time, was over 25 minutes?

The longest line experienced during the study was 16 vehicles long, at a Chick-fil-A?
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 10-13-2004, 07:44 AM:
 

quote: Mike Olpin

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The longest recorded trip through a drive-thru line, including wait time, was over 25 minutes?

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Oh hell, I've beat that!!!
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-13-2004, 12:19 PM:
 
Did you know that...you can read this?


I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghi t pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 10-13-2004, 01:28 PM:
 
Brad, that is to funny. I could read every word.

Erik, hang in there man, it will get better.

Did you know I have nothing to offer to this thread?
 

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Posted by John Lasher (Member # 968) on 10-14-2004, 05:23 PM:
 
Did you know that, in between my last post and this one, I have taken percocet 4 times (one of them a double-dose) for the pain involved with the dressing changes for my surgical wound?

Did you know that, I'm connected to a vaccume device which forces the wound to close properly and prevents it from getting re-infected?

Did you know that I am the test case for using this device to close wounds in that particular area?

Did you know that I (a nearly-20-year-old man, at that time) had to spend almost a week at A. I. Dupont Hospital for Children while the doctors/insurance company cut through the red tape to get this device delivered to my home?

(Did you know that the reason I had surgery at a children's hospital while an adult is because the initial surgery, MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, was done at the same hospital (when I was 17) and they will continue to treat you until the age of 21, provided you are being treated for the same problem?)

Did you know that the local branch of the company that makes/delivers this device forgot to send somebody out to deliver it after they told the hospital they would deliver by 3:30, we called them and they apologized for "dropping the ball" and asked if it would be okay if they delivered it the following Monday (I'd be willing to bet this person graduated from high school.) they wound up delivering it five hours late!?

Did you know that the doctor believes I will be completely healed in 1-2 weeks?
 

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Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 10-15-2004, 01:28 AM:
 
Did you know if you mixed equal parts of gasoline and frozen orange juice concentrate, you could make napalm?

AJG
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 11-21-2004, 07:48 PM:
 
Did you know that...

Back in the day the area immediately south of Chicago's downtown "Loop" especially along State Street and Wabash Avenue was a hotbed of film activity. Manufacturers were located there and according to a longtime employee of a major studio almost all the studios had branch offices there. Many had their own screening rooms and the employees were usually welcome at each others' preview screenings. Now it's all but gone. Parts manufacturer Edward Wolk & Company, one of the last holdouts, moved, first to a location several blocks away and more recently to the suburbs.

That leaves two film related things on South Wabash:

Custom trailer maker Filmack (Walt Disney once worked there!)

...and my storage locker.
 

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Posted by Jason Black (Member # 684) on 11-21-2004, 08:19 PM:
 
Steve,

You have to give it to them, Robbie and crew seem to be doing well!
 

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Posted by Brent Neal Jones (Member # 1048) on 11-26-2004, 06:33 AM:
 
Thank God Filmac is there. So many intermission shorts and cartoons have been lost and they still reproduce them. Filmac has quality goods as well. One of our "Deluxe Intermission" trailers at the Galaxy has close to 2,000 runs on it from another theatre. With the help of Film-guard and film done right, it still looks brand new.
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 11-29-2004, 10:43 AM:
 
Every time I see Robbie Mack at the trade shows, he proudly reminds me that he always uses Kodak print film for Filmack products.

http://www.filmack.com
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 11-29-2004, 01:43 PM:
 

quote:

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Jamey Mack. Be the hokey fly. Holy Mother of God and all the saints in heaven preserve us, I never forget a face. I never forget any face.

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LOL
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 11-29-2004, 02:25 PM:
 
You see a resemblance between Malcolm McDowell and Robbie Mack?
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 11-29-2004, 04:07 PM:
 
Very good, John. you most certainly are not.
 

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Posted by Scott Balko (Member # 438) on 11-29-2004, 08:58 PM:
 
Did you know...

No matter what type of internal combustion piston engine is measured, the horsepower and torque curves ALWAYS intersect at 5250 R.P.M.
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 11-29-2004, 09:25 PM:
 
Is that one of those things that is simply by definition considering the units involved? Like it would apply to any power source whether an electric motor or waterwheel, too?

Just like when a vehicle wheel is revolving 336 RPM the vehicle will be traveling at the same speed in miles per hour as the wheel diameter in inches.
 

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Posted by Scott Balko (Member # 438) on 11-30-2004, 05:37 PM:
 
Well Steve, I plead stupid on the electric motor and water wheel, I just know that on every piston engine I've had on the dyno, whether supercharged or naturally aspirated, the HP and torque values are equal when measured at 5250.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-30-2004, 06:37 PM:
 

quote: Scott Balko

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...the horsepower and torque curves ALWAYS intersect at 5250 R.P.M.

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Holy Smokes, Scott! I'm totally blown away by that! A cursory look on the inet produced these results:








Thanks for the info!
 

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Posted by Scott Balko (Member # 438) on 12-01-2004, 08:33 PM:
 
Yeah, it's a pretty interesting little piece of trivia. It's simply just a matter of the time window an engine has to complete it's cycle. No matter what the internal measurements are, to complete all four strokes in each cycle takes 720 degrees rotation of the crankshaft. Torque is a measure of how much work an engine can do at a given rpm, and horse power is the rate that the work is accomplished. When an engine is running slowly, maximum pressure in the combustion chamber can be sustained for a longer period of time and accomplish a large amount of work. The faster an engine runs, there is less time for the fuel/air mixture to react thus causing a drop in torque but an increase in the rate at which the work is done. So, at 5250, though the value of torque and horse power can increase or decrease based on pumping efficiency of the engine, the number will always be the same.

I hope that made sense. There's alot more to it, but that's it in a nut shell.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 12-02-2004, 05:59 PM:
 
In the 1972 animated feature "Fritz the Cat" (dir: Ralph Bakshi), did you know that...

• No storyboard was used?
• Although produced in an L.A. studio, several animators worked on the film by mail from their homes in NY?