I Didn't Know That!

Da Vinci was a strict vegan, bastard, wrote right to left and was completely unschooled. All that...and Bill Gates brought his journal for 30.8M.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/502202/12-masterful-facts-about-leonardo-da-vinci

Very random but today I learned how to add and subtract starting from the left rather than right, and it takes a lot less time, is fool proof and easier. I knew it was technically possible but I didnt know how superior it is.

I think the only thing hard for small kids about it would be that you need to work with numbers up to 90 when subtracting from a column instead of just 10 and they might not be immediately capable of that.

"AGuyNamedAlex wrote:

Very random but today I learned how to add and subtract starting from the left rather than right, and it takes a lot less time, is fool proof and easier. I knew it was technically possible but I didnt know how superior it is.

I think the only thing hard for small kids about it would be that you need to work with numbers up to 90 when subtracting from a column instead of just 10 and they might not be immediately capable of that.

Im lost with it all. My 4th grader can do it, and my wife can help, but I'm useless at even normal math lol.

"rafael wrote:

I heard that dolphin males do the same thing to dolphin calves. Apparently, dolphin females won't mate while they're raising a calf so the males will kill the calf. That always struck me as one of the most vicious and vile things I've heard of happening in nature shows.

Lions notably do this as well. If a new male displaces an old male, he will immediately kill any cubs to put the females in heat and get busy.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Im lost with it all. My 4th grader can do it, and my wife can help, but I'm useless at even normal math lol.

I'm decent but not a prodigy or anything lol.

I came across it because I was thinking of trying to go back to school next year before too many more years pile up on me and it becomes a chore, so I'm kind of revisiting and rebuilding my skills from the ground up in that year.

That way it's not a massive struggle remembering everything I may need to use when I do end up at our community college.

"Boik14 wrote:

Granny Smiths cant hold Honeycrisps jock. :evil:
No, the best cure is to not get the hangover in the first place. After drinking, you grab gatorade and pizza (or something else with heavy carbs and protein). It wont prevent you from yacking if you drank like a fish but ive never had a hangover when i followed that...

No, the best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk. Budweiser is the breakfast of champions

"Puka-head wrote:

No, the best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk. Budweiser is the breakfast of champions

Ah man I can do a beer for breakfast once in a while but I cant do Budweiser. My least favorite of all the generic beers personally.

As a Belgian friend said to me once, American beer (Referencing the generics like Budweiser) is like making love in a canoe.

*shrug* I like Bud Light. So many beers are just so bitter I feel like spitting them out as soon as I taste them. I hate bitter.

"Pauly wrote:

As a Belgian friend said to me once, American beer (Referencing the generics like Budweiser) is like making love in a canoe.

I like Coors, I mean as far as super generic brands go.

"AGuyNamedAlex wrote:

I like Coors, I mean as far as super generic brands go.

The 3 main beers in my house are Worsteiner Dunkel, Guinness and Stella Artois. Sorry, no personal shot at anyone who likes it but Bud and Bud Light are nothing but piss water lol. My ex used to get noting but Bud Light all of the time. It took a divorce and remarrying a woman with exquisite taste to properly calibrate my taste buds to the finger things! :sidelol:

"AGuyNamedAlex wrote:

I like Coors, I mean as far as super generic brands go.

My favorite shitty beer is Miller High Life. Mostly because it has the dumbest tag line. Champagne of Beers.

However Budweiser is gross, Bud Light is an insult to beer, and Coors is swill.

I am a beer snob.

Its funny how almost all self proclaimed "beer snobs" seem to enjoy things that taste really bitter, lol. And those of us who don't, and who like things that are sweet instead, are labeled as wrong. :001_rolleyes:

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Its funny how almost all self proclaimed "beer snobs" seem to enjoy things that taste really bitter, lol. And those of us who don't, and who like things that are sweet instead, are labeled as wrong. :001_rolleyes:

There are plenty of really good sweet beers out there.
I do not like bitter. I very much dislike IPAs.

Generally speaking the beers I like are 40 IBUs and below.
IBU stands for International Bitter Units.

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

There are plenty of really good sweet beers out there.
I do not like bitter. I very much dislike IPAs.

Generally speaking the beers I like are 40 IBUs and below.
IBU stands for International Bitter Units.

Yeah, I've loved having the IBUs listed a lot of places. I look for 15 or lower. Anything above 20 is too much for me usually.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Yeah, I've loved having the IBUs listed a lot of places. I look for 15 or lower. Anything above 20 is too much for me usually.

The IPA boom annoyed me. Going to a bar and having to choose between a super bitter collection of IPAs or American Trash Lagers is heartbreaking.

Especially since I am not a big fan of Guiness.

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

The IPA boom annoyed me. Going to a bar and having to choose between a super bitter collection of IPAs or American Trash Lagers is heartbreaking.

Especially since I am not a big fan of Guiness.

I don't eat my beer with a fork, so Guiness was never on the menu for me, lol. My dad loves the stuff.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I don't eat my beer with a fork, so Guiness was never on the menu for me, lol. My dad loves the stuff.

Guiness is too watery for me. I really enjoy malts.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Its funny how almost all self proclaimed "beer snobs" seem to enjoy things that taste really bitter, lol. And those of us who don't, and who like things that are sweet instead, are labeled as wrong. :001_rolleyes:

Personally I'm not a beer snob at all, Budweiser just reminds me of cat pee for some reason.

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

My favorite ****ty beer is Miller High Life. Mostly because it has the dumbest tag line. Champagne of Beers.

However Budweiser is gross, Bud Light is an insult to beer, and Coors is swill.

I am a beer snob.

Ha Coors definitely isnt an amazing beer trust I know. It's just one of the less offensive generic grab it at the store brands to me. I can also drink Heineken.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Its funny how almost all self proclaimed "beer snobs" seem to enjoy things that taste really bitter, lol. And those of us who don't, and who like things that are sweet instead, are labeled as wrong. :001_rolleyes:

None of the beers in my beer fridge are bitter or sweet

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I don't eat my beer with a fork, so Guiness was never on the menu for me, lol. My dad loves the stuff.

Hey, I could be wrong but I think its international law...maybe in the Geneva Convention or the Treaty of Versailles that if you're eating Shepherd's Pie, you have to drink Guinness with it... :wink2:

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I don't eat my beer with a fork, so Guiness was never on the menu for me, lol. My dad loves the stuff.

Wheat Beer.
Try Franziskaner

"AGuyNamedAlex wrote:

I like Coors, I mean as far as super generic brands go.

I've never been much of a fan of Bud or Coors, but when we first saw loads of the generic American beers appear over here in the late 80's, Michelob and Rolling Rock were my favourites. At the time, there wasn't much choice here for beer/lager, and Tennents (piss-water) was almost ubiquitous in Scotland, so American beer was something new.

Then you started seeing Lite and Ultra versions of American beers, and I could never get into them. Not had or seen Rolling Rock for sale here for a long time, but had a Michelob a few years ago and didn't like it anymore. Tastebuds have obviously changed as I got older (shown most by liking red wine and stouts/porters now, both of which I hated when I was younger). And much like the US, craft beer has taken off here in the last 10+ years, so now have a huge range of beers to cover all tastes.

I'm not a fan of IPA's at all though, and unfortunately they seem to be all the rage at the moment and everyone makes them. Still more choice of other beer types than there used to be, but I wish brewers wouldn't gravitate to IPA type beers so much.

"Claymore95 wrote:

I've never been much of a fan of Bud or Coors, but when we first saw loads of the generic American beers appear over here in the late 80's, Michelob and Rolling Rock were my favourites. At the time, there wasn't much choice here for beer/lager, and Tennents (piss-water) was almost ubiquitous in Scotland, so American beer was something new.

Then you started seeing Lite and Ultra versions of American beers, and I could never get into them. Not had or seen Rolling Rock for sale here for a long time, but had a Michelob a few years ago and didn't like it anymore. Tastebuds have obviously changed as I got older (shown most by liking red wine and stouts/porters now, both of which I hated when I was younger). And much like the US, craft beer has taken off here in the last 10+ years, so now have a huge range of beers to cover all tastes.

I'm not a fan of IPA's at all though, and unfortunately they seem to be all the rage at the moment and everyone makes them. Still more choice of other beer types than there used to be, but I wish brewers wouldn't gravitate to IPA type beers so much.

When i was in Scotland, I "discovered " Tennets and enjoyed it with many meals on my trip, lol. That was also when I first saw Stella, but its so damn expensive that I rarely drink it.