Kriegsspiel wrote:One horse can carry 125 kg on its back, but it can drag 2500 kg on a cart. If it pulls a barge along a river, it can drag 30,000 kg, 30 tonnes, and it can drag 50 tonnes if the weight is on a barge in quiet water, i.e., on a canal.
Have any mule stats? I’m kind of into mules and donkeys. Don’t quote me out of context.
Monstres and tokeninges gert he be-kend, / And wondirs in the air send.
Kriegsspiel wrote:One horse can carry 125 kg on its back, but it can drag 2500 kg on a cart. If it pulls a barge along a river, it can drag 30,000 kg, 30 tonnes, and it can drag 50 tonnes if the weight is on a barge in quiet water, i.e., on a canal.
Have any mule stats? I’m kind of into mules and donkeys. Don’t quote me out of context.
Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 3:06 pm
Also, no. Although I read recently that people back in the day preferred mules to horses. Due to something something hybrid vigor.
Mules are more sure-footed. That’s why mules are used to pack supplies down the Grand Canyon trail to Phantom Ranch. Ditto on the Yosemite trail to the top of Nevada Falls. (Son in Law used to work in the Canyon.)
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. Psalm 146:3
Kriegsspiel wrote:One horse can carry 125 kg on its back, but it can drag 2500 kg on a cart. If it pulls a barge along a river, it can drag 30,000 kg, 30 tonnes, and it can drag 50 tonnes if the weight is on a barge in quiet water, i.e., on a canal.
Have any mule stats? I’m kind of into mules and donkeys. Don’t quote me out of context.
This is just so serendipitous I had to stop and share.
Just cracked open The Accidental Superpower, by Zeihan. From page 11:
Meet Farmer Smith. In the early nineteenth century, Farmer Smith had a small but productive apple orchard in upstate New York. Every fall he loaded his horse, Tobias, with 250 lbs of apples for market, which was all that Tobias could carry over the paths that snaked through upstate New York's hilly terrain. Farmer Smith's apples were very popular; he did well, saved his money, and planted more apple trees. In a few years Farmer Smith had done well enough to afford a cart to transport his harvest, and with Tobias strapped in he could now take two thousand pounds of apples to market with each cartload. Years passed, the weather held, and Farmer Smith's apples continued to sell; with his proceeds he bought more acres of land and planted more apple trees. By the fall of 1825, Farmer Smith was in luck: the long-awaited Erie Canal was finally finished and open for business. Tobias had long since been put out to pasture, so Farmer Smith roped his new horse, Jedediah, to the barge he'd rented in Albany. Jedediah was able to pull thirty tons of apples all the way across the state to Buffalo, where the canal ended and Lake Erie began. And thanks to the waterways of Lake Erie, Farmer Smith was able to sell his apples as far away as Detroit.
Dualstow, I never saw Full House either, but I did see my share of America's Funniest Home Videos. It would be nice to say that I developed a fondness for Saget from that, but really "loathing" is probably more apt.
Xan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:47 pm
Dualstow, I never saw Full House either, but I did see my share of America's Funniest Home Videos. It would be nice to say that I developed a fondness for Saget from that, but really "loathing" is probably more apt.
Monstres and tokeninges gert he be-kend, / And wondirs in the air send.
Xan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:47 pm
Dualstow, I never saw Full House either, but I did see my share of America's Funniest Home Videos. It would be nice to say that I developed a fondness for Saget from that, but really "loathing" is probably more apt.
I, unfortunately, saw every Full House episode as my then school age children were obsessed with the show.
Condolences.
I did see Bob Saget on the street once. The missus recognized him.
Monstres and tokeninges gert he be-kend, / And wondirs in the air send.
Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:15 pm
So... is your signature disinformation, or misinformation then?
ETA: I originally thought you were mocking "fact checkers" and had a good chuckle. Very disappointing turn of events
This is the 2nd time I’ve disappointed you in as many months. Although I maintain that the first time, when you said “maybe we (meaning I) forgot” the wording of a certain conversation and linked me to it, I had in fact remembered it almost word for word. We just had different interpretations of/reactions to it. Still, I’ll try to do better, Kriegs.
Monstres and tokeninges gert he be-kend, / And wondirs in the air send.
p.s. I see a follow-up at snopes now, same link as above.
… after this fact check was published, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Feb. 9 provided Snopes a statement which stipulated that federal funding would not be used to include pipes in smoking kits as part of the harm reduction plan.
So there you have it.
Monstres and tokeninges gert he be-kend, / And wondirs in the air send.
MangoMan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:47 pm
Why should we care that Prince Charles has Covid? Does he care if someone here has it?
I have never cared about what goes on with any of "The Royal Family".
Or any celebrities, athletes, etc. Why should I care?
I do care about certain celebrities and athletes because they have a presence in my life. I've not understood the relevance of "The Royal Family".
No, you think they have a presence. They don't know you or care about you (other than the $ you provide by buying tickets or whatever) and if you got sick or died they wouldn't know or care, so why should you?
Is it logical to deduce from your statement that, therefore, one should not care about what happens to anyone who one does not personally know?
Above provided by: Vinny, who always says: "I only regret that I have but one lap to give to my cats." AND "I'm a more-is-more person."
dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:54 am
p.s. I see a follow-up at snopes now, same link as above.
… after this fact check was published, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Feb. 9 provided Snopes a statement which stipulated that federal funding would not be used to include pipes in smoking kits as part of the harm reduction plan.
So there you have it.
You're a madman dualstow! Brilliant humor.
What's the latest Chinese statement on Taiwan?
Edit to add: I have no idea what is happening with crack pipes or funding or equality or smoking kits or safety or harm reduction...
I just thought you were madly hilarious in quoting a department statement as if it were any more credible than your dementia aunt.
MangoMan wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:13 am
ALOL. No Vinny, that is not a logical deduction. I'm not sure how your brain works to reach that conclusion. People who I personally know presumably care about me and I care about them. I also care about the world and the people in it. I just don't specifically care about someone just because they are a celebrity. YMMV
This is an interesting inside into the mind of Vinny. I recall mathjak being compared to some baseball star.
Monstres and tokeninges gert he be-kend, / And wondirs in the air send.
MangoMan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:47 pm
Why should we care that Prince Charles has Covid? Does he care if someone here has it?
I guess the short answer is, I really don’t give a shit if you care or not. Does everyone have to care about everyone else’s signatures? No.
And that goes for everyone on the internet who asks “why should I care” about anything.
Monstres and tokeninges gert he be-kend, / And wondirs in the air send.
I like your current signature, Kriegs.
