Subscriber Mel81x+ 3,614 Posted January 27, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 27, 2022 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shopping-cart-origin/ What an odd read but also quite fascinating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,362 Posted January 27, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 27, 2022 37 minutes ago, Mel81x said: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shopping-cart-origin/ What an odd read but also quite fascinating. That was a fascinating read and made me think, the likes of Tescos give you an option of either using a small trolley or a big one as you do get a lot of small shop owners using the big trolleys for bulk buying for their shops where the likes of me would prefer a small trolley. Yet our local Farmfoods store and Iceland only have big trolleys, I take it that this makes you buy more as you have a lot more space to put your goods in, I hate when there are only big trolleys left as all the small ones are being used, weird, but there you go, these small shop owners will more than likely use s big store that has big trolleys and avoids a store that only has small trolleys or baskets only. Our local £1 shop only has these below ** which are awkward to use you can either carry them or wheel around, Lidles have these too but with an option of a big trolly or a small one, Lidles and the £1 shop stopped using wire hand baskets ages ago which now makes you buy more without knowing it. ** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted January 27, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 27, 2022 That's why I always have an empty cardboard box in the car and use it instead of trolleys or hand baskets. Buy less shit I don't need and also avoid plastic bags which I fucking hate. 50 minutes ago, Mel81x said: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shopping-cart-origin/ What an odd read but also quite fascinating. Single nights at a supermarket was by far the oddest thing in the article... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,362 Posted January 27, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 27, 2022 What a load of crap __________________________________________________________ According to a 2017 study by British non-profit UKActive, adults spend an average of 3 hours and 9 minutes on the toilet each week, but only spend around 1 hour and 30 minutes being physically active during that same time span. Maybe this somewhat useless, but also motivating fact is what we needed to hear to get to the gym. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 If all countries in the world start consuming as much as US, we would need resources that of five Earths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Today is bubble wrap appreciation day. I still love popping the bubbles so I get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,362 Posted January 28, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 28, 2022 What is the funniest law in America? Weirdest laws passed in every state No intoxicated skiing. ... Cheese standards are regulated. ... No 'lewd and lascivious' behavior before marriage. ... It's illegal to kill Bigfoot. ... No hunting on Sundays, unless you're killing raccoons. ... No forbidding people from putting up clotheslines. ... It's illegal to 'cause a catastrophe' https://eu.usatoday.com/list/news/nation-now/weirdest-laws-every-state/53ad0541-3518-4432-adc4-0fec193d389e/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,622 Posted January 28, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: What is the funniest law in America? It's illegal to 'cause a catastrophe' Guess that law wasn't in place when George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin etc were around. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Black propaganda is outright lying for malicious reasons, no source is given for what is said. White propaganda is clever way of presenting apparent facts, basically what PR is Grey propaganda is middle between the two, most global indexes most happy nations, best cities to live fall in this category Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,362 Posted January 28, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, Tommy said: Guess that law wasn't in place when George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe and Benjamin Franklin were around. UTAH It's illegal to 'cause a catastrophe' In Utah, it's illegal to "cause a catastrophe." State law defines a catastrophe as widespread injury or damage caused by weapons of mass destruction, explosion, fire, flood, avalanche, or building collapse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,389 Posted January 29, 2022 Administrator Share Posted January 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, Bluewolf said: This is why women drivers are bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Word India comes from the river Indus, which originates in Tibet. The inhabitants beyond the river have been called different names Indos, Sindos, Hindos which also later became a religious identity. The word India was added to a lot new places like Native Americans, West Indies (Caribbean), East Indies (Indonesia) by white folks bcz they thought anyone brown-ish is Indian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,383 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Khan of TF365 said: Word India comes from the river Indus, which originates in Tibet. The inhabitants beyond the river have been called different names Indos, Sindos, Hindos which also later became a religious identity. The word India was added to a lot new places like Native Americans, West Indies (Caribbean), East Indies (Indonesia) by white folks bcz they thought anyone brown-ish is Indian. Ahem no, that's because Columbus indeed thought he found a route to India, when he arrived at the Caribbean. Not everything is down to white racism, ironically your post was more racist (in the sense of using a stereotype for a distinct group) than the event you mentioned. Edited January 31, 2022 by Rucksackfranzose 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted January 31, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Khan of TF365 said: Word India comes from the river Indus, which originates in Tibet. The inhabitants beyond the river have been called different names Indos, Sindos, Hindos which also later became a religious identity. The word India was added to a lot new places like Native Americans, West Indies (Caribbean), East Indies (Indonesia) by white folks bcz they thought anyone brown-ish is Indian. 5 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said: Ahem no, that's because Colimbus indeed thought he found a route to India, when he arrived at the Caribbean. Not everything is down to white racism, ironically you're post was more racist (in the sense of using a stereotype for a distinct group) than the event you mentioned. Both of those are clearly wrong. All newly discovered lands back then were obviously named Indies in honour of Indiana Jones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,267 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 They called Native American's Indians because they thought they were in India. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Rucksackfranzose said: Ahem no, that's because Columbus indeed thought he found a route to India, when he arrived at the Caribbean. Not everything is down to white racism, ironically your post was more racist (in the sense of using a stereotype for a distinct group) than the event you mentioned. Later part was tongue in cheek didn't add the emoji. India is a general name of a region like Balkans in essence, quite few things are attributed as Indies. India and Indonesia have the same origin/name in Chinese too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber nudge+ 15,328 Posted February 1, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Bluewolf said: Does the name "Bluewolf" have similar origins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,362 Posted February 1, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, nudge said: Does the name "Bluewolf" have similar origins? Amazon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, nudge said: Does the name "Bluewolf" have similar origins? The Blue Wolf and Fallow Doe represent the ancestral Male and Female principles of all life, The Sky, The Earth, The Light and the Dark. One is not whole or balanced without the other. It is fitting that these ancestors are fabled to have given rise to the great 'Mongols' by Chingghis Khan the most famous descendant of the Blue Wolf and Fallow Doe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 17 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: Amazon I would never allow my name to be associated with such a load of old tat.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,362 Posted February 1, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 1, 2022 Blue Wolf - Bluetooth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Pentagon itself doesn't know how much money it spends on military bases around the world, whose exact number are also not known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander 166 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I always remember that interview a day before 9/11 by Rumsfeld talking about the missing billions of the Pentagon budget and then of course this never seemed to get raised ever again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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