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I bet you didn't know that this thread would have a part 2

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Ipso wrote: »

I thought it had to do with tape worm, if you undercook pork you can have a nice long visitor in your intestine.
Doesn’t the word pork share a root with orc (linking tonwhat was said about evil spirits)? I think this is also where Orca for Killer Whales comes from.

Orc comes from Latin orcus meaning the underworld.
Orca is from old Latin for a whale or cask and is sometimes associated with Orcus or underworld but it's more obscure and uncertain as to the authenticity of the link.

Pork originates from porcus as just meaning a young pig. There's no link to orc or orcus.

Realt Dearg Sec

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

If you undercook pork that is infected with Trichinella spiralis you can develop something called Trichinosis. Pretty nasty apparently.

And apparently way less common than it used to be. Vanishingly rare in Europe and North America, so that the advice that you have to cook the absolute bejesus out of pork no longer applies. It's fine to have it a little bit less well done (and way, way tastier).

ohnonotgmail

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

And apparently way less common than it used to be. Vanishingly rare in Europe and North America, so that the advice that you have to cook the absolute bejesus out of pork no longer applies. It's fine to have it a little bit less well done (and way, way tastier).

Practically unknown in Australia so that is probably a safer bet for your rare pork chop.

KevRossi

Sleepy wrote: »

I've heard it repeated many times that the main reason that the desert people who founded the Jewish and Islamic faiths forbade the consumption of pork is down to the fact that it's apparently indistinguishable from human flesh in terms of taste and texture...

The German army use* pigs to test out new ammunition. The wounds inflicted on pigs flesh and muscle is very similar to those inflicted on humans with the same ammunition.

The pigs are of a certain breed and are masted differently to ensure that the layers of fat are not too thick.

Up until the early 1990's they were doing this, I think 11,000 pigs a year were killed on average. Mates of mine in Germany saw this during their military service. I've no idea if they still use them.

Edit: Article here in Der Spiegel from 1984, there's a picture of the cover of the magazine beside it - nothing changed much in 35 years!

Any way it seems they used dogs, rabbits, poultry and much more besides.

http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13510104.html

Realt Dearg Sec

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Practically unknown in Australia so that is probably a safer bet for your rare pork chop.

It's practically unknown here now too (I'm in the US). The USDA recommends cooking it medium (slightly pink), and most chefs cook it medium rare. There are less than 100 cases a year of trichonosis, most of which are caused by game, not pork. In other words it's statistically insignificant, in the realm of winning the lottery twice in the year.

New Home

mzungu

On the subject of Terminator (1984)....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MFox9h7XuU

The fantastic theme music was written and performed by composer Brad Fiedel. To create the iconic clangs of the film’s percussive theme, Fiedel recorded samples of himself banging frying pans together and then layered in synth melodies underneath using Prophet 10 and Oberheim analog synthesizers. While blending the two together, Fiedel looped the rhythmic clangs a split second off the foundational synth melody, and made a propulsive theme that was slightly off. When he put together sheet music for the score he later found that his little mistake made the time signature of the theme into an impossible 13/16 at three plus three plus three plus two plus two. When he would complete the score for the sequel, Fiedel made things a little more plausible and used an updated 6/8 time signature.

Schwarzenegger only has 58 spoken words throughout the entire movie. Technically, The Terminator says more than Arnie's 17 sentences, but one is an overdubbed voice of a cop, and the other is in Sarah Connor's mother's voice, when the Terminator was trying to trick her.

James Cameron says that he got the idea when he had a nightmare of a metallic figure coming out of a fire. However, a writer for the TV series "The Outer Limits" said that Terminator was a ripoff of an episode he wrote in 1964 titled "Soldier" and that was an adaptation of his own short story from 1957 called "Soldier From Tomorrow." Ellison and Orion Pictures came to an out of court settlement for an undisclosed amount of money.

The studio originally wanted Kyle Reese to have a robot dog as a sidekick in the movie.

The studio also wanted OJ Simpson to play The Terminator. Cameron rubbished this idea because he thought he comes off as being too nice to play a remorseless killer.

Sting was offered the role of Kyle Reese, but was committed to star in David Lynch's Dune so that never happened. Bruce Springsteen was one name bandied about, even though he had no acting experience.

Arnie wanted to change the line "I'll be back" because he wasn't able to pronounce "I'll" properly. He suggested he say "I will be back" but Cameron shot this down. They did ten takes and used the best "I'll be back."

The scenes in the movie where Linda Hamilton is running to escape the Terminator were shot last. This was because she broke her ankle before shooting.

If you own an Apple II, and you enter "] call -151 *" p at the basic prompt, you get The Terminator's view.

The Polish word for "terminator" translates to "apprentice." The name of the movie was changed to "The Electronic Murderer" for Polish viewers.

Capt'n Midnight

KevRossi wrote: »

The German army use* pigs to test out new ammunition. The wounds inflicted on pigs flesh and muscle is very similar to those inflicted on humans with the same ammunition.

In Sweden they used pigs to train surgeons to deal with bullet wounds.

Pig was anaesthetised, then shot, then operated on.

They did not resuscitate.

theoneeyedman

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

In Sweden they used pigs to train surgeons to deal with bullet wounds.

Pig was anaesthetised, then shot, then operated on.

They did not resuscitate.

Pigs heart valves can be, and have been, used as replacement valves for humans.

KevRossi

This is the Bertliet T100, built in 1958 and the largest truck in the world at the time. It was twice as wide (5.00m) and twice as long as the largest truck at the time and was designed for use in the Algerian oil fields. It was efficitvely the first attempt at building one of those mega dumpers that you see in mines today.

It was so big that they could not find a typical power steering motor large enough to drive the power steering so they just stuck in a 1.8l car engine instead to do that job.

They only built 4, they were experimental, but by the time they had decided on building more, Algeria had won independence.

Pics here give an idea of it's size.

The trucks in the back are standard trucks, neither small nor far away.

And here's rare footage of one driving on a standard road, on its way to a trade fair in the USA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loqDKvygtPw

BaZmO*

The driver’s cabin is ridiculous, it’s as big as a bus! At least they copped it was unnecessary in the later monster trucks that you see in the giant quarries.

[Deleted User]

The Chipko Andolan was a conservation and social movement that spread rapidly from Uttarakhand, by word of mouth, throughout India in the mid-1970's, aimed at preventing deforestation by government supported logging.

Thousands of independent actions successfully prevented widespread deforestation, and the movement was mainly powered by rural women (men were also involved) desperately trying to protect the forests from which they gleaned the fuel and animal fodder crucial to their survival. As the movement grew, it also gave a platform for rural women to voice social concerns and is credited with changing the perception and status of women in some of the most isolated parts of the vast country.

The tactic was simple, as the machinery moved in the women would surround the trees and simply refuse to move until the loggers gave up. Chipko is a Hindi word meaning embrace - as the women embraced the trees in non-violent protest inspired the passive resistance (satyagraha) used by Monhandas Ghandi in the fight for Indian independence, leading to the felling ban instigated by Mrs Ghandi in the early 80's.

The photos of the women with their arms wrapped around the trees in the Western press led to the coining of the phrase 'tree hugger'.

BaZmO*

The two roadways that form the Dublin quays and run along the north and south banks of the River Liffey have several different names. However, all but three of the names (Swift's Row, Bachelors Walk and Usher's Island) share the same "Quay" designation.

New Home

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mzungu

The first movie to release a soundtrack was Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Capt'n Midnight

Adriana Caselotti was Snow White's singing voice.

Her contract stated that she was never allowed to play another role again or make public appearances.

Carry

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Carry

As an addendum to my pig story further up and as an addition to artists in general I want to introduce you to Pigcasso, the pig that paints and even sells its paintings:

https://pigcasso.org/gallery/

Even Swatch designed an arty watch after Pigcasso's work.

And you have to admit, that Pigcasso's paintings are comparable to many a modern human artist's output.

BaZmO*

mzungu wrote: »

The first movie to release a soundtrack was Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Statistically, 6 out of 7 dwarves are not happy.

Ipso

BaZmO* wrote: »

Statistically, 6 out of 7 dwarves are not happy.

They feel happy in bed, but then happy gets out.

LostinBlanch

mzungu wrote: »

"Spaghetto" is the singular word for "Spaghetti."

Spaghetti was also the subject of one of the most famous April Fools jokes of all time. In 1957 the BBC Panorama program did a three minute segment on the Spaghetti harvest in Ticino on the Swiss / Italian border.

After the program, people contacted the BBC to see where they could buy a spaghetti tree. They were told stick some spaghetti in a tin of tomatoes and hope for the best.

[Deleted User]

The most expensive shoes ever bought were a pair of the Ruby Slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, one of several pairs. They sold for $660,000 to a private collector in 2001. The other pairs are in museums or private collections, bar one which went missing and are presumed stolen. They're probably in someones private collection too at this stage.

The estimated value of the boots that Neil Armstrong was wearing when he made that small step for man is in the 100's of millions, but unless someone manages to track them down, it's moot. They're floating in space, since bringing them back to Earth was considered a contamination risk.

Us humans can't seem to do anything without littering.

lmimmfn

Candie wrote: »

The most expensive shoes ever bought were a pair of the Ruby Slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, one of several pairs. They sold for $660,000 to a private collector in 2001. The other pairs are in museums or private collections, bar one which went missing and are presumed stolen. They're probably in someones private collection too at this stage.

The estimated value of the boots that Neil Armstrong was wearing when he made that small step for man is in the 100's of millions, but unless someone manages to track them down, it's moot. They're floating in space, since bringing them back to Earth was considered a contamination risk.

Us humans can't seem to do anything without littering.

Isint the missing pair the pair that was found 6 months ago? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-45411765

[Deleted User]

I did not know that!

Wibbs

Candie wrote: »

The estimated value of the boots that Neil Armstrong was wearing when he made that small step for man is in the 100's of millions, but unless someone manages to track them down, it's moot. They're floating in space, since bringing them back to Earth was considered a contamination risk.

Not quite C. They're sitting on the moon. Well the overboots are(they attached on top of the built in boot). Along with the bulky backpacks and a few other items they were left behind after the EVA/moon walk because of weight/space savings, the rest of their suits came back with them. When they pushed their gear outside the seismometer they left on the moon to record moon quakes picked up the thumps when they landed. When Neil heard this he radioed back that you can't get away with anything.

Their suits that they did come back with were covered in dust from the moon's surface.

armstrong_suit_full2_590.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg

The moon dust was a bit of a problem. It's very fine and it got everywhere and caused some astronauts lung irritation. The lunar spacesuits were used until Skylab in the 1970's. With few enough changes along the way, the biggest came when they flew with the moon rover buggy and the suits needed to be changed so they could stay outside for longer and that they could bend more at the waist so they could sit in their car.

Moon boyracer. Earlier.

At one point when a mudguard snapped they fixed it with gaffer tape. Of course they did. There is no record of WD-40 being used on the moon, which comes as a shock.

Wibbs

The Moon Buggy or Lunar Rover Vehicle was a trick bit of kit.

Apollo-15-Abandoned-Moon-Buggy-aka-Lunar-Roving-Vehicle.jpg

It was designed to fold up into one of the spaces on the side of the main lander/engine assembly. It only weighed 200 kilos and could carry 500 kilos, both figures were less in the Moon's 1'6th gravity. Made mostly from aluminium with double wishbone independent suspension(nice). Electrically powered so the Nissan Leaf folks will approve, with motors driving each wheel(about a couple of horsepower all in), with a range of around 90 Kms. Though they never went nearly that far as safety concerns kept them within emergency walking distance in case it broke down. Steered by a T shaped joystick, left hand drive, cos America and the mission commander usually did the driving. Top speed just over 15 kms per hour. When they came home each astronaut involved got an "official" Moon driving licence made up by the guys and gals who built them. Which is kinda cool.

Ipso

Probably an automatic too.

Wibbs

It had a reverse gear too. Dunno if they ever used it though.

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Wibbs wrote: »

There is no record of WD-40 being used on the moon, which comes as a shock.

When my Russian friend talked about using WD40, I thought it was some kind of supplement.

Capt'n Midnight

WD40 it's a water dispersant. Back then they didn't know there was water on the moon.