Sunday, December 25, 2011

Useless Information


Did you know:

Colored pencils do not contain lead; it’s all pigment and wax.
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Sassa said...

Charles Darwin defended Frank Lloyd Wright when federal prosecutors hounded the architect for violating the Mann Act, which made it a crime to transport women across state lines for "immoral purposes."

December 25, 2011 at 10:10 AM
kkdither said...

Back to pencils... :)

My dad was a mechanic. He said that a crooked mechanic could use a lead based pencil to simply draw a line on something (can't remember what it was) and it would rot it out and subsequently require replacement of that part.

December 25, 2011 at 11:03 AM
OrbsCorbs said...

Even the lead pencils aren't lead, they're graphite. Lead is a no-no (except in certain city housing programs).

Gee, I wonder what your dad was talking about, kk. If it's a moving part, lead or graphite would lubricate it. Graphite is a good dry lubricant for locks.

December 25, 2011 at 4:57 PM
kkdither said...

True, orbs, I should not have said lead... it is graphite. Could it have been the radiator, causing it to leak? I really don't remember. The lesson I took from him was to find a mechanic that you can trust.

December 25, 2011 at 9:23 PM
SER said...

You can spend some big bucks on a big set of pencil, you don't let the kids play with these ones.

Prismacolor Premier
Colored Pencil Set,
132 Assorted Colors
Sale Price: $99.99
CJAS Reg: $119.99
List Price: $212.40

December 26, 2011 at 2:23 PM
jedwis said...

Why is there air?

December 27, 2011 at 7:28 AM
OrbsCorbs said...

Because otherwise we would have to breathe dirt?

December 27, 2011 at 1:19 PM
kkdither said...

Silly, we have air to fill balloons, right?

December 27, 2011 at 4:54 PM

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