Oh, I love that one!DocKurtz wrote: Spring ahead and fall back for Day Light Savings time.
This is one thing I can never remember, so now I'll have a trick. A pity it does not translate into french!
I remember it by imagining the ae ligature (æ)- you simply can't write ea bound together.DocKurtz wrote:Rereading this reminds me ... a lot of people can't remember how to spell Michael; they confuse the a and e ... those that care to remember just need to remember it is alphabetical
Oh, but that's easy!voralfred wrote:I only wish I had a trick for that myself!tollbaby wrote:Can anybody give me a trick to remember what I did five minutes ago?![]()
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So stalactites hang, right?tollbaby wrote:From the Berenstain Bears:voralfred wrote:Can anyone find and english equivalent? I am at a loss for wordsAREA: Speleology
WHAT: Stalactites and stalagmites, you know what they are, projections of calcium carbonates that go either down from the ceiling or up from the floor in caves. But which are which?
MEMORY TRICK: Unfortunately only works for french speakers: stalacTites "Tombent" (fall down), stalagMites "Montent" (go up).
Stalactites and stalagmites, only caves have got'em.
Stalactites are on the top, and 'mites are on the bottom!
Way back when I was still active in Scouting, I used to know a few regarding the number of needles for the different varieties of pine, but I've forgotten them all.moonwolf021 wrote:I, as an ecology geek, know tons for memorizing trees, shrubs, and birds. My favorite is the one for Western hemlock: One day, Mother Nature decided to hand out cones to all of the great evergreen trees. The Western hemlock thought that Mother Nature would hand out the biggest cones first, so he cut towards the front. But Mother Nature caught him and gave him the smallest cone of all. So that is why you see the hemlock drooping its top in disappointment on the horizon.
If I accidentally touch a conifer's needles with exposed skin, I don't actually get a rash, but my skin starts itching horrendously, for about an hour. And scratching makes it worse.Darb wrote:... the different varieties of pine, but I've forgotten them all.
Are you planning to publish it?Darb wrote:... little black notebook of nefarious secret lore.
Well now, if you publish, all the Sues and others in this forum may sue you, they have my blessing.Darb wrote:I think a better question would be what are various affected people willing to pay me to NOT publish it.