Things I learnt today
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Things I learnt today
Today I learnt that the German word for pit-stop is boxenstopp.
did you learn anything new today?
did you learn anything new today?
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I learned not to click on silly topic headings...




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I learned that a Blanquito de la Habana is an extinct Cuban dog breed. Courtesy of Monika and her post about her pet Havanese. Also learned that a"hundesalon' is a pet grooming parlor in German. Pretty neat word.
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Today, I mostly learned what a "bottom knocker" was and was pleasantly surprised it was not what I thought it was.


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If you follow F1 you will hear Vettel`s English pit crew on the radio calling: "box' box".arcadianagain wrote:Today I learnt that the German word for pit-stop is boxenstopp.
did you learn anything new today?
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Today I learned that I was becoming increasingly forgetful. Of course, I'd discovered that already, but forgot.
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Today I learned that the thread should have read "learned"
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^ I thought it may be British grammar. There are stranger words that get posted on here from time to time. 

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Not just Vettel's, either. "Box" is the universal term used by F1 pit crews (and in other formulae?) to tell their drivers to pit at the end of the lap.Nereus wrote:If you follow F1 you will hear Vettel`s English pit crew on the radio calling: "box' box".arcadianagain wrote:Today I learnt that the German word for pit-stop is boxenstopp.
did you learn anything new today?
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I thought it might have been a Mercedes instruction to Hamilton and Rosberg to settle their differencesPleng wrote:Not just Vettel's, either. "Box" is the universal term used by F1 pit crews (and in other formulae?) to tell their drivers to pit at the end of the lap.Nereus wrote:If you follow F1 you will hear Vettel`s English pit crew on the radio calling: "box' box".arcadianagain wrote:Today I learnt that the German word for pit-stop is boxenstopp.
did you learn anything new today?
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arcadianagain wrote: I thought it might have been a Mercedes instruction to Hamilton and Rosberg to settle their differences

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I learnt that fridges all have hinges on the right, as you face them, microwaves all have hinges on the left.
A Chinese lady explained why. Its all to do with right handedness.
Easier for r handers to open fridge with r hand.
M/w panel is on the right side and its easier to take hot dishes out with your r hand if hinges on left.
A Chinese lady explained why. Its all to do with right handedness.
Easier for r handers to open fridge with r hand.
M/w panel is on the right side and its easier to take hot dishes out with your r hand if hinges on left.
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Fridges in the U.S. have reversable doors so that you can make it open in either direction... not here though, I've checked (did find one, but it was one of the little square hotel style fridges).
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This must mean that most fridge manufacturers are discriminating against left-handed people. Which makes them 'leftist'.
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There are some fridge/freezers in Home Pro that have doors that open both ways.