Quote of the Day

[John]

Quote of the Day - 2nd October 2024:

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The Netherlands [informally Holland] - Country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Can't remember how big a 'bushel' is...

Not as much as a handful of patience, but probably more than a peck, and maybe equal to a barrel and a heap. A doodle loodle loodle do doo. Doris would have known.

[Yin Yang]

The bushels in which grains are bought and sold on commodity markets or at local grain elevators, and for reports of grain production, are all units of weight.[7] This is done by assigning a standard weight to each commodity that is to be measured in bushels. These bushels depend on the commodities being measured, and on the moisture content of the commodity. Some of the more common ones are:

Oats:
US: 32 lb[7] (14.5150 kg)
Canada: 34 lb[8] (15.4221 kg)
UK: 38 lb[9] (17.2365 kg)
Barley: 48 lb[7] (21.7724 kg)
Malted barley: 34 lb (15.4221 kg)
Shelled maize (corn) at 15.5% moisture by weight: 56 lb[7] (25.4012 kg)
Wheat at 13.5% moisture by weight: 60 lb[7] (27.2155 kg)
Soybeans at 13% moisture by weight: 60 lb[10] (27.2155 kg)

Other specific values are defined (and those definitions may vary within different jurisdictions, including from state to state in the United States) for other grains, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, coal, hair and many other commodities.

Government policy in the United States is to phase out units such as the bushel and replace them with metric mass equivalents.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 3rd October 2024:

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Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer - German-born/French polymath from Alsace.
Born 14th January 1875 – Died 4th September 1965

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But it should help.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 4th October 2024:

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Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry - French poet, essayist, & philosopher.
Born 30th October 1871 – Died 20th July 1945

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The future is unknown & hasn't happened yet, so it can't change.

The point Paul was making is that what we expect from future times has changed.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 8th October 2024:

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Samuel McChord Crothers - US Unitarian minister with The First Parish in Cambridge.
He was a popular essayist.
Born June 7th 1857 – Died in November 1927

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There's an easy way round that, Samuel, simply ignore those you don't agree with...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 10th October 2024:

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Clerow "Flip" Wilson Jr. - US comedian & actor best known for his television appearances during the late 1960s and 1970s.
From 1970 to 1974, he hosted his own weekly variety series The Flip Wilson Show, & introduced viewers to his recurring character Geraldine.
Born December 8th 1933 – Died November 25th 1998

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That means there's balance in the Cosmos; your savings are being eaten up at a faster rate, but you'll very likely stop needing them sooner.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 11th October 2024:

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Kurt Donald Cobain - US musician.
He was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, & a founding member of the grunge band Nirvana.
Born February 20th 1967 – Died April 5th 1994

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Not really ever wanted to be someone I'm not.

Might have wished for a few improvements on the current version...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 12th October 2024:

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Try telling that to the innocent civilians trapped in war zones.

Knowing they'd got it wrong, the Unknown author made the quote 'incognito'...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 14th October 2024:

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Herbert Henry Asquith [generally known as H. H. Asquith] - UK statesman and liberal politician who was
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916
Born 12th September 1852 – Died 15th February 1928

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If we only knew at 15 what we do at 80...

[John]

Quote of the Day - 14th October 2024:

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Herbert Henry Asquith [generally known as H. H. Asquith] - UK statesman and liberal politician who was
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916
Born 12th September 1852 – Died 15th February 1928

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If we only knew at 15 what we do at 80...

If only we could do at 80 what we did at 15.

[John]

Quote of the Day - 14th October 2024:

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Herbert Henry Asquith [generally known as H. H. Asquith] - UK statesman and liberal politician who was
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916
Born 12th September 1852 – Died 15th February 1928

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If we only knew at 15 what we do at 80...

If only we could do at 80 what we did at 15.

Just found this on FB.

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[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 16th October 2024:

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William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. - US lawyer and statesman.
Born October 31st 1863 – Died February 1st 1941

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Best walk away & leave him to it...

[John]

Quote of the Day - 16th October 2024:

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William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. - US lawyer and statesman.
Born October 31st 1863 – Died February 1st 1941

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Best walk away & leave him to it...

"It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument"....or woman.

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 17th October 2024:

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Lev Davidovich Bronstein [better known as "Leon Trotsky"] - Russian revolutionary, politician, & political theorist.
Born 7th November 1879 – Died 21st August 1940

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Leon might be right - I'll report back when it happens to me...

[Colin B]

Quote of the Day - 18th October 2024:

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Jonathan Edmund Fulford "John" Turner - [better known by his stage name John Benfield] UK character actor.
Born 9th November 1951 – Died 16th June 2020.

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Success can mean dangers & perils not visited upon those not so blessed...