Posted on 05/30/2023 4:52:54 PM PDT by SamAdams76
no one really wants to ready about your dumb boat.
There’s big benefit living in the great empty north. We’ve got 5.6 million people, less than the 7 million crammed into Massachusetts. And our land area is a wee bit bigger then Mass, too. That tiny blob in the middle is Mass shown for scale over the “empty North.”
In the NBA if you get some triple doubles, you get more money. Not all hats are the same size and money is better.
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“That is supposedly where the term “Give ‘em the whole 9 yards came from. Never heard that before.”
I’ve heard that also.
AND “balls to the wall” was from WW2 as well. The interiors of fighter planes weren’t built for creature comforts, the designers used the least amount of space possible to put a pilot in one. The RAF pilots swore you didn’t FLY a Spitfire, you WORE a Spitfire. So much so that when you opened up the engine to attack you literally used the heel of your hand to push the throttle forward until balls on the top of the linkage were firmly in contact with the forward wall of the pilots cabin.
“I heard today that planes in WWII with mounted guns, that the length of the ammo strip that got fed through them was 9 yards long. That is supposedly where the term “Give ‘em the whole 9 yards came from. Never heard that before.”
Use of the phrase documented back to 1855.
Interesting, thanks!
That’s a lot of elbow room. 😉
Slightly off topic: Another three cornered hat in history is the one said to be worn by Haman in the Bible. He was a court official (he royal vizier to the Persian king Ahasuerus) and villain whose plan to destroy the Jews of Persia was thwarted by Esther as told in the Book of Esther.
The “Hamantaschen” are pastries Jews eat around Purim. They can have chocolate, strawberry, cherry, poppy seeds or apricot on top and are made to look like Haman’s three cornered hat.
However, the real story is in the old days a prisoner’s ears were cut off before he was hanged. These pastries are really supposed to look like the severed ears.
I'm flattered.
It sure is! It gets even better. From the 100th Meridian west to the Sierra Nevada and Cascades ranges, there are 30 million Americans, just 9% of the population. That's about the same as live in the Metro New York area.
A third of that 30 million lives in Denver, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. More than half of the 30 million live in eight cities: Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Tucson, Albuquerque, El Paso and Boise. So only 15 million people live in the west outside those eight cities.
LOTS of elbow room!
I did count them just to make a point....but skimmed using search for hat trick.
Gotta be on my all-time list.
I’m more concerned about running afoul of the gurls.
I read a long time ago the whole nine yards referred to the amount of material used to make a royal’s dress.
It meant bringing down a quail, a pheasant, and a third animala snipe.
Cool 👍😁
I’ve been snipe hunting before. Never again. 😁
Fabric is typically sold on bolts that are 9 yds in length.
I believe there are many other examples of 9 yds being the full measure.
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