I read a lot of books. I like fiction, but every now and then something
nonfiction catches my attention. This week I read one of my dad's
books- How Do They Do That? published in the oh-so-current 1981. So
some things are waaaayyy outdated but some probably haven't changed.
Like how they put stripes in toothpaste. Or how they shell peanuts
without breaking them. Now, how the copy machine works is beyond me.
It's chemistry, folks... photons and chemical reactions and so forth.
So that book was very interesting and I shared a great deal of it with
my husband who has a bad habit of falling asleep when we aren't talking
about a.) the Lord b.) studio equipment or c.) none of your business.
So here I am with another random collection of facts. This is why
people think I'm smart. I just walk around (well. I used to walk) and
my brain is like der-der-der--coooookies- and so forth. Then person A
(not my husband) says, "Man, I wonder how they shell peanuts?!" And
some little random fact gear kicks in and there you go.
And everybody says, "Man, you are so smart!" But I'm just thinking,
"Cap'n Crunch....mmmmmmm"
and speaking of the good Captain, I must bid you good day.
98 comments:
I am glad that you have found some more reading material.
Do you like crosswords or wordfinds or any kind of work books?
Good Morning!
I really like random facts, and especially interesting information, such as how things are done. Now I’m wondering how they shell peanuts with our breaking them.
How about an answer?
well... first of all I don't really need any crosswords or wordfinds... they take too much effort.
second: yep. read 'em all. except Hind's Feet and the sequel which are in a box that richy has to get for me.
well, josh. At least in 1981, the Planters factory in NC shelled 100,000 lbs of peanuts a day.
First they go through a reel system where a lot of the dirt and rocks are shaken off. Then they dump them through screens where more "alien objects" fall thru the holes and float away. Then they tumble thru a series of screens which sort them by size... 5 sizes, I believe.
Then they're roasted in the shells, an electric eye sorts out discolored ones.
just a minute...
Man, what a cliff hanger!!!
now the final part is technical so I'll quote the book a little.
They head for the shellers, semicircular baskets with diff size openings to accomodate the peanuts. The openings are measured in 64ths of an inch.
4 bars bolted on to a central hub turn at a rate of 200 revoultions per minute. The beaters which have sharp edges are precisely spaced at a specific distance from the baskets so that as they strike the peanuts, they are forced thru the holes. The shells break and the nuts and shells fall through, and suction fans draw away the lighter hulls.
Then the nuts are sized rolling through screens again. They're cleaned by shooting them up an incline, all the remaining sticks and rocks roll down.
Another electric eye scans for discoloration, and workers do a final exam. Sorted into 5 edible grades, and the immature ones are used for peanut oil.
The whole process took 30 minutes in 1981.
husband requested a different avatar... submitting, as always
Good morning everyone
Thanks for the explanation, my thirst for randomness has been satisfied.
I know you like a lot of fiction, but have you or Richy read “Wild at Heart” or “Captivating”? I read WAH last year after it was recommended by a friend, then recommended it to many others. Shannon just got done reading Captivating. Captivating is probably right up your alley on the heart of a woman / princess and why woman are how they are. It’s not the normal rhetoric, it’s very good stuff!!
nope. maybe because I don't go outside or see anyone?
I have read WAH, but not captivating yet
sorry your not feeling well julie. get plenty of rest.
julie-
i've heard cocaine helps
oh, and just so things are more authentic, you should type with a cold...
like i cad hear bery well, ad by dose...
Did you like WAH?
Do you like Rand Alcorn’s fiction books? I have one, which I can’t recall the name of, right now, that I read halfway in high school. It was pretty good; I’m just not a fiction person. I read a fiction book last year for the first time since that Randy Alcorn book in high school (like 10 years). I didn’t really enjoy it.
Julie- Sorry to hear you’re feeling back. Hope some R&R helps.
what is WAH about?
Yeah, I like Randy Alcorn... his books always have interesting heaven scenes
one he did about the persecuted church in China -Safely Home- was really good.
but there is no writer greater than Ted Dekker. He is a genius above geniuses. I just read a sentence and then sit back and think "what a genius!"
I’m also sorry to heat you’re feeling bad.
My spelling is off today (not that it’s always on). I made “without” two words earlier, and it was “with our”.
Shannon and I haven’t gotten the flu or sick in over 3 years, other than my sinus infection last year. We use the supplement Echinacea when the season start, and maybe some extra vitamin C. Always works for us. Neither or us have ever had a flu shot.
That really does help Josh......
From what I understand if you take it at the first sign of the flu, it shortens it and makes it a lighter case.
Zinc losengers also help..
Jule- if you go in the morning she is much slower paced... before all the patients back up.
I love her... and her staff. They never mind my paranoid phone calls...
I had such a bad experience with my last doctor... that's part of why I'm overwhelmed by their kindness...
Puns about being sick:
If you get sick at the airport, it could be a terminal illness.
Doctors feel fine on ships because they are accustomed to see sickness.
One of my all time favorites:
A man who rode in a carpool felt sick whenever they passed under a certain tunnel. His doctor diagnosed this as carpool tunnel syndrome.
this week has been kinda quiet... probably cause mama's computer is out..
I think Georgia's at school. She has to get a better job to support her new baby.
A lighter topic… how about pancakes… or feathers… or maybe helium balloons?
I only lick turtle stamps, how many could that be?!
It’s funny that the day after I made that profile, I put on a light green shirt after I got home from work. In the middle of the evening, Shannon goes, “looks like you do want to be a turtle.” The next day, without realizing it, I wore a three toned green polo shirt to work. The moment I came in the door, from work, Shannon goes, “You really do want to be a turtle!!” It was pretty funny!
And, I don’t think Jessica would like us talking about procreation on here.
Watch it Julie, the moderator may give you the boot if you keep it up.
Hey Dentist,.
What would a dentist do for a joke?
Anyone really know a good dentist.;
Gentle and kind and patient and all of that.....?
Linda, your kids are so blessed to have a mom like you.
It is so hard getting used to a new baby and I am sure that you are making things alot smoother just "being there".
thanks sweety!
So Julie, you only trust your teeth when you are at Dr. Nelson’s office? That’s in interesting, I’ve never thought about when I do and don’t trust my teeth.
steph- click on your blue name... there should be an edit your profile option somewhere
here's a pic
http://img318.imageshack.us/img318/1407/38m2zw.jpg
don't think about it, eh, josh? maybe then they won't KILL YOU...
too busy thinking about turtle procreation, no doubt
daddy knew a few German words. I probably know enough from him to start a nuclear war
just read josh's profile, idiot
(for anyone alarmed, it's from a movie)
Turtle procreation, the Atlantic Green Turtle, and endangered species.
Look, I was so excited to share that with all of you that I did my link wrong and made it the whole text, and I typed “and” instead of “an”.
you're a sick, sick man
I was alarmed!
Hey Jess I never knew that your folks were in Frankfurt.
I was born in BitBurg.
Linda, what year was that?
julie
yeah right. you'll probably end up scrubbing the bathtub
I will dig any whole any size for my fellow turtles! Love is sacrifice!
uh... guys? DON'T BE ALARMED! but there is something kicking INSIDE my abdomen.
kg, JD is married, so why would you hope she would engage?
kg - i have been accused of being you. what should i do?
Kicking! KICKING?
Is this the first time Toby has kicked his mommy?
Yippee
:0)
simpletons... kg hoped to engage jd in a match of wits.
i am no match on the number side of things...
LORD NO! he has been a pro kickboxer for weeks now...
do you guys read my blog?
Sorry Jess,,,,,
I have to speed read through most of it cause of the need for a
J. O. B.
I am glad that he has already been kicking up a storm.
lol steph
Just for the record, I do know what kg meant by “engage”. I work in a professional office, “engaged employees”, “engage the customer”, an “engaging work experience”, etc. are all things I’ve even said.
I was keeping in character with my punny self.
I AM NOT STUPID... REALLY, I PROMISE I’M NOT!
I'm here I was at school, but my teacher got sick in the middle and the rest of the class started watching Family Guy real loud.Real maturity there. So I went home.
Hey am I the only one who think Josh's puns are funny.
Vg, Mom was talking about when she came to Germany to see Layla being born. Mike and I were living there in 82 when she was born. We lived in Darmstadt 20 miles south of Frankfurt.
Cheap Used Wagon
Maybe go out on Hwy 105 west between 3083 (Teas Nursery) and Loop 336. You have a couple old junk places that have some good used stuff there. I don’t know about a wagon, but maybe. Not sure how old you’re talking about. Is it for a prop or something?
Ah ha. Well then Wal-Mart may be the default. You may be able to check the zoo’s website or call for the price, then you could decide.
Georgia- yes,you are the only one. Besides Mrs. Josh, that is..
kg: you may be on to something. it's the effort that kills me.
Kg of course you can't answer this... but do you have child(ren)?
No Georgia, you and Mrs. Josh are not the only ones, but even if you are, I will continue my work here.
thats interesting
hmmm....
josh. maybe you shouldn't quit your day job
Jessica- Why would I do that?
kg- do you like turtles?
i like turtles, But only the goofing looking ones. lol
we have a turtle for a pet. we put names in a hat and let hannah choose. So the turtles name is Astro.
KG.... do we know the same ben nichols? of piney woods fame, brother mark, mother theola...
kissed me against my will in first grade?
and how do you feel about turtles?
1982 I was big and fat and in East Bernard Texas.....
I am glad you got to see Germany. It is cool but not as cool as Danmark.
I am off to the doctorola.......
Could kg be jd?
No cuz JD is sick today and I believe her.
Poor little thing
Eeeeewwwwwww! Ben kissed you?! Blah! Did he get a tallie for that?
Eva: make sure you have an appointment
and JD doesn't have the energy to make up a fake ID and then figure herself out
but jd went to the zoo this weekend & used a wagon. what's up with that, eh?
i believe it was an instant 6
jd is always looking for a good deal, too
could jd be kg???
the mystery continues . . .
kg, to the best of our knowledge is single and 27. unlike Julie who is married and 26.
I honestly had Julie in my mind as a loosely possible candidate for kg, so I was very interested to see if kg would be here while she was driving home from Greenspoint to Conroe, and kg was here. She wouldn’t have had enough time to get home and post, so jd is out as a candidate, in my opinion.
HEY GEORGIA: WHAT GIVES??
now in my hg&hf he was already gone... mysterious
now, if i found out i was josh i would also shake uncontrollably. and maybe vomit.
after 5 years I'd call that abandonment, matt
or vice versa
kg: is there anything you did not mean to do that just happened? look very slowly.......
do i know what i am implying? yes. but it's not what i really think. thus, the question. was it an accident?
And Matt was my other suspicion; I think a little slip up may have proved me right.
KG: is it true??
I'm just... i'm kerflummoxed. i'm completely brainswoggled.
where is julie when you need her
Awesome! I was convinced kg was one of our fellow bolggers and was thinking they might make such the mistake that Big Daddy just did. I also had been noticing some phrasing from kg that I likened unto Matt in the last couple days.
Your charades are over!
I love this blog, too.
KG seems to know awful lot about bill. I am guesing that this is bill richards. Who knows Mat, Bill, Ben, Jess, around 27, and has children?
uh, that would be "who is matt tullos, alex"
kg, old pal, family friend. will you DENY that you are Matt?
1)Matt’s wife is “with child” and knowing Matt, he would use that as a technicality to be able to say positively that he has child(ren).
2) Matt wouldn’t have needed a wagon for his own children the last time he went to the zoo, however he and D’Ana frequently take her relative’s kids places such as the zoo.
3) The slip post was pretty direct, unless kg is a full on LIAR. It was when we went on “our” honeymoon, that is possessive. Unless kg is a total LIAR, they are the “our” that went on said honeymoon and sent the turtle to Bill’s, that would be Steve Matthew Tullos.
Sorry Matt, fellow turtle lover, but you have to admit it looks like you’ve got red hands here.
kg said...
I believe this is the same Ben. He played in HG&HF.
heavens gates hells flames
I don't think kg could be d'ana. i know bill has no kids. i don't know why kg would post posing as matt accidentally posting as kg
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