[y66]

For power nappers:

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Ordinarily, sleep experts advise steering clear of coffee and other stimulants before resting, since caffeine disrupts sleep. As a result, studies on drowsy drivers have generally compared the restorative benefits of pulling over and napping versus pulling over for a cup of caffeine. Researchers have found that a 15- to 30-minute nap increases alertness and driving performance, but most studies show that drinking caffeine is a slightly superior strategy.

In a series of studies, however, sleep researchers in England found that drinking a cup of coffee and then immediately taking a 15-minute nap was even more effective. The researchers tested sleep-deprived subjects in driving simulators and found that a “caffeine nap” improved driving performance and reduced sleepiness better than other commonly employed techniques, including cold air, a short nap, a break with no nap or 200 milligrams of caffeine, roughly the amount in a 10-ounce cup of strong brewed coffee.

This method is believed to work because the short power nap helps clear the brain of the sleep-inducing compound adenosine. Caffeine, meanwhile, takes about 20 minutes to have its physiological effect — kicking in just as the napper is awakening.

[ggwhiz]

I found the real Winstonm

[PassedOut]

Great news: The groundhog saw his shadow today. Only six more weeks of winter!

It's been another mild winter in Upper Michigan, but an early spring is always welcome.

[Aberlour10]

Just created a new cocktail especially for this specific thread>>>> Hijacker's Sling >>>>

4cl Bacon flavored vodka
8cl Avocado juice
2 tea spoons of finish ketchup
1 tea spoon Worchester

Hot! Hot! hot!
All these shaked and served over the ice cubs. Cheers!

[y66]

 Aberlour10, on 2012-February-03, 11:51, said:

Just created a new cocktail especially for this specific thread>>>> Hijacker's Sling >>>>

4cl Bacon flavored vodka
8cl Avocado juice
2 tea spoons of finish ketchup
1 tea spoon Worchester

Hot! Hot! hot!
All these shaked and served over the ice cubs. Cheers!

Sounds tasty, esp. if you make your own ketchup and bacon flavored vodka. Real posters on this thread will, of course, use their zambonies to scrape some ice. This can be done ahead of time.

[y66]

Nothing is true; everything is permitted.

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According to the British writer on grammar, Lynne Truss, many non-writers avoid the colon and semicolon for various reasons: "They are old-fashioned", "They are middle-class", "They are optional", "They are mysteriously connected to pausing", "They are dangerously addictive (vide Virginia Woolf)", and "The difference between them is too negligible to be grasped by the brain of man".[3]

From Wikipedia entry for Semicolon.

[Winstonm]

 y66, on 2012-February-05, 10:05, said:

Nothing is true; everything is permitted.


From Wikipedia entry for Semicolon.

From the Winston entry for: semicolon.

[Winstonm]

 y66, on 2012-February-05, 09:55, said:

Sounds tasty, esp. if you make your own ketchup and bacon flavored vodka. Real posters on this thread will, of course, use their zambonies to scrape some ice. This can be done ahead of time.

I wonder if Finland grows its own ice, too?

[Aberlour10]

 y66, on 2012-February-05, 09:55, said:

Sounds tasty, esp. if you make your own ketchup and bacon flavored vodka. Real posters on this thread will, of course, use their zambonies to scrape some ice. This can be done ahead of time.

Replace avocado juice with Finnish tomato juice and you will get the finest "Bloody Zamboni" drink

[gwnn]

[Winstonm]

 gwnn, on 2012-March-13, 16:22, said:

It looks like the hamsters may have a winner after years of research into adapting their hamster wheel into a cat-go-round toy.

[mike777]

We must have hundreds of squirrels on our block

I may see one dead one the road


Just wondering where do all the dead squirrels go?


maybe all the hawks around here eat them before we see them?

[kenberg]

 mike777, on 2012-March-26, 18:13, said:

We must have hundreds of squirrels on our block

I may see one dead one the road


Just wondering where do all the dead squirrels go?


maybe all the hawks around here eat them before we see them?

A lot of turkey vultures around here. Sort of an ugly bird, but useful for clean-up work.

[PassedOut]

 kenberg, on 2012-March-26, 19:55, said:

A lot of turkey vultures around here. Sort of an ugly bird, but useful for clean-up work.

Ravens here do that clean-up work. The ravens also make sure that no one leaves garbage bags to be picked up unless they are stored in covered cans.

Our eagles clean up lots of squirrels too, but they don't wait until the squirrels are dead...

[mike777]

ok so it seems the birds eat hundreds of dead squirlles annually

I do see alot of hawks and owls



not sure about turkey vultures or eagles but I guess yes


does southern NC have it fair share?

[mike777]

Never thought about this before but does batting left handed in baseball have nothing to do with being left handed?

I mean throwing or fielding left handed does.


btw did you notice the baseball season opened? easy to miss.

[Aberlour10]

 mike777, on 2012-March-29, 09:58, said:

btw did you notice the baseball season opened? easy to miss.

Nope. Neither start nor finish of this season are usually noticed here.

[jdeegan]

 ggwhiz, on 2012-January-31, 18:03, said:

I found the real Winstonm

Minor league hockey. Ultimate proof that white people got no rhythm.

[Winstonm]

 jdeegan, on 2012-March-30, 01:29, said:

Minor league hockey. Ultimate proof that white people got no rhythm.

Hey, it wasn't my fault. The guy said to be there at 4:00 a.m. for Zamboni training.

[Aberlour10]

Secret take in Amarillo for Scoreses new movie "Zamboni Driver"

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=uitf--dpLXs