Category: Technology and Gadgets

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Bet you didn’t know this either

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

The cruise liner, QE 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that.)

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Now you know more than you did before!!

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I’m a ‘Pick-up Truck’ kinda girl

A lot of ladies like the little sporty cars or the cute little cars but I’m a pick-up truck kinda girl.  I think I should have been a boy.  I never have been what you might call a ‘girly girl’.  I was always a tom boy.  What ever Daddy was doing, I was too.  Daddy had a dodge 1500 and I loved it.  In fact, I bought Daddy’s truck from Mom when we lost Daddy.

I had thought about trading it for a 2009 dodge 1500 but decided to keep Daddy’s because the new truck just wouldn’t smell like Daddy the way his did.  They are really good trucks too.  In fact, if you want to check them out, they have dodge 1500 reviews you can check out online.  You’ll see what good trucks they are from that.

I like just about any dodge they make in all reality.  I love their vans.  After all, dodge came out with the first vans and they make the best still today.  Once I get married and have kids, I’ll probably have a dodge caravan.  I love them.  My sister has one and it has a DVD player in it with the stow-n-go seats.  That’s the best thing they ever came out with in a van.  It really gives you a lot of room in the back if you need to haul something.

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I love decorating

I have always loved decorating with Stainless Steel because it looks so clean and polished.  I found the most perfect stainless steel mailbox for my townhouse online.  With stainless steel, I won’t have to replace it again in a few years like plain old painted medal mailboxes.  Sure I paid more for it but it will save me a lot of money in the end.  They have several styles of blomus stainless steel mailboxes if you’re interested in something like that too.

I’m lucky enough to also have a fireplace in my townhouse.  Nothing warms you better than a nice fire on a cold day but a fireplace is more than that.  It should be a focal point in your room.  Well I got stainless steel fireplace accessories for my fireplace and it really set the room off.  I have the tool set, wood rack and even the glass fireplace screen.  It’s beautiful.

On my patio I also have blomus stainless steel fireplace accessories for my stainless steel fire pit that mount on my wall.  so I can enjoy my patio on cooler days too.  You can even buy stainless steel fireplaces that burn bio-ethanol fuel and is mounted right on your wall.  That makes me wish I didn’t have a build in fireplace so I could get one of those.  I like trying to help the environment and that would.

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I finally found what I want

I have been looking for a new laptop computer but just haven’t wanted to spend that much on one.  I guess you could call me frugal or a tight wad if you prefer but I like to hang on to as much money as I can and still get what I need.

Anyway, I was on Dell.com looking around and accidentally came across their refurbished computers.  Now you’re talking!!!  I found a great deal on a Latitude and saved about half of what a brand new one would have cost me.  I like Dell because you can count on them.  They make great laptops.  I have known several people that have had them and some that have had other brands.  If someone that had a Dell ever did have a problem, Dell made it right.  I can’t say that about the others.  Oh I’m sure they’re good computers too but I like Dell Computers personally.

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I always plan ahead, usually

Well I have already started my Christmas shopping list.  Have you?  I try really hard to get all of my Christmas shopping done or mostly done by Thanksgiving.  That means I have to plan ahead.  Since there’s only one little fella in our family, he’s easy to buy for.  He loves Mater from the movie ‘Cars’.  Well I have seen an alarm clock with Mater on it and it says some of the cutest things to wake a kid up.  I know he’s going to love that.

My mother really needs a new camera.  She still has a 35 mm Kodak that she’s had for as long as I can remember.  Well I have thought about getting her a new digital camera.  I’m not sure if she’s ready for a digital video recorder or not.  She’s not technologically advanced at all.  In fact, she’s technologically challenged to put it gently.  Don’t even mention computer to her either.

My sisters aren’t hard to buy for.  We all have similar tastes so if I like something, they usually do too.  Even with that, I’m going to have to do some thinking about what to get them.  Daddy left each of us enough money to get what we needed and that doesn’t leave much room for others to get much for us.  I’ll come up with something more than a gift card.