Trivia

[kristina]

Sorry Charlie, I do not understand ... and I do hope you did not take any offence?

Best wishes from Kristina.

[Charlie B53]

I cheated to find the answer, I Googled it.

I should be disqualified from answering.

I enlisted in the Army in 72, I VOLUNTEERED to carry a gun and go to war.

I should be disqualified from anything to do with C.O.

But I did learn something as I didn't know that there is a World C.O. Day, and I do approve of that for those individuals that hold their beliefs.

But I didn't read far enough to learn why London observed the day AFTER the rest of the world,

OR maybe that was simply the date of the publication of the news article.

Either way, I bow out to those of a more peaceful belief.

[kristina]

Thank you for the explanation Charlie...
...I do understand that in ’72 very few people knew, what it was all about - 
and the PR about it was used in new and very influential ways through all the media ...
... with devastating consequences for so many ...
I don’t think you should feel disqualified from anything to do with  C.O.  – 
...after all, life is a learning process ... and we all go through different phases ...
...I do hope you came out of "it" without too many scars... most importantly, you are still alive!
Perhaps the article you have read was published a day later?
Because the “International Conscientious Objectors Day" is is marked around the world each year on 15th of May ...

Since you knew the answer to my question, would you like to go from here and put the next question?

[Charlie B53]

The Chevrolet Corvette is considered by many as the ultimate factory performance car.  For a price you can make an appointment to tour the factory and watch your special order Corvette be assembled, tested, take delivery and drive it home.

What year did Chevrolet build the first model Corvette?

[Charlie B53]

A hint:  I was born that year.  So it can't be THAT long ago!

[Simon Dog]

The total volume will indeed be less that 2, but it will not be 1.00 or even close to it.   More like 1.9 cups.

I'll take it.

The volume of One cup of water with One cup of pure alcohol is only One Cup.

The reason is the molecular structure of water AND the molecular structure of alcohol are so loose that they INTERMIX completely and together only occupy the space WITHIN each other.

This is the one case where One plus one equals One.


Cassandra, you're up!

[cassandra]

The total volume will indeed be less that 2, but it will not be 1.00 or even close to it.   More like 1.9 cups.

Trivial Simon.                    

[Charlie B53]

Could a grade-school science teacher have lied to my class?

I'm beginning to wonder as I have Googled a couple of times and so far haved found a difinitive answer, one way or another.

Will keep checking and post when I have a solid answer.

Either way,  What year was the first corvette marketed?

[cariad]

The Chevrolet Corvette is considered by many as the ultimate factory performance car.  For a price you can make an appointment to tour the factory and watch your special order Corvette be assembled, tested, take delivery and drive it home.

What year did Chevrolet build the first model Corvette?

I'll guess 1959

[kristina]

I have no idea and I have to guess as well ...
... but you have mentioned - as a hint - that you were born in the same year...
and since your "name" is Charlie B53, I could guess it means Charlie B(orn) 53 ...?
... and "therefore" I guess that the first model Corvett was build by Chevrolet in 1953 ? 

[Charlie B53]

So my name is that easy, huh.

Correct, they only built 183 IIRC.  Straight 6 with a 3 speed transmission.  Very rare today and would command quite a price in even half decent shape.

[kristina]

Thank you Charlie B53. It was just luck that my guess was the right answer...

Here is my question: why does a fridge have a light inside but a freezer does not?

[Charlie B53]

I don't know, our side by side has lights in both.  Our chest freezer downstairs has a light inside.  The over and under in the garage only has a light in the reefer.  And the really old over and under in the back room only has a light in the reefer.

Dad owned the Refrigeration Co so I grew up fixing everything from small home units to huge commercial drive-in warehouses, they had lights inside.

But I never gave it a thought why most home combination units do not have a light in the freezer.

Possibly afraid the switch would freeze and stick.  But frost free units have been out so long now that really shouldn't be a problem.

[kristina]

Thanks Charlie B53. This question came up on a radio “mystery hour programme” 
and the answer to the question was that the sub-zero temperature
naturally slows down the ability of a filament to heat up and create light.
Obviously there may be other new ways of creating light for illumination in sub-zero temperatures... 
So I think it is fair to hand it over to you to take forward another question because you sound like a freezer expert...

[Charlie B53]

I never gave temperature a thought.  Our porchlights still turn on in the winter, so do all the street lights everywhere I've lived. Out in  it's a bit 'rural'.  No street lights unless you want one, and then it is on your power bill every month.  Don't need it, I like to be able to see the stars.

On a good day growing up in Yakima Washington the Winter temp on a good day would rise to Zero. Porchlights, streetlights, all worked fine. Same with headlights, brake, tail, turn, on all the cars.

Some of the florescent fixtures in my barn are slower to light up in the cold, like teens or less.

I think it is still a cost saving measure by the manufacturers, a carry-over from the older model that first had a small freezer compartment inside the main box.  Once they separated the two compartments the additional fixture and switch would add cost and labor.  Most had the freezer on the top so you didn't have your whole body blocking the room light when you look inside as you do half bent over looking inside the main cooler area.

Now I'm in a quandary, brain dead, will have to think of a bit of Trivia and come back with a good one.

[Charlie B53]

O.K.  I just got my monthly notes from my team Dietician based on this months labs.  Say I still need to eat more potassium.  This has me thinking that ALL of us on D need to learn more about what foods contain what and how much so that we can better feed ourselves to maintain what health we still have.

So my question is pound for pound, what fruit is highest in Vitamin C?

I put some in salad for dinner tonight.

[cariad]

So my question is pound for pound, what fruit is highest in Vitamin C?

Tomato!

(There are many, many posts in the IHD diet section about how to negotiate diet on dialysis, complete with brilliant links that I use fairly regularly.)

[Charlie B53]

Although the tomato IS the fruit of the plant, I believe it falls in the category of vegetables.

I thought I knew which fruit it was when I asked the question but since have read an article on foods highest in Vitamin C I learned different.  But even there I didn't see the tomato listed within the top ten.  And I was surprised to learn of some of the vegetables the ARE in the top ten.

But Sorry, it is not the tomato.

[cariad]

Although the tomato IS the fruit of the plant, I believe it falls in the category of vegetables.

Uh, well, that really depends on if you're a botanist (fruit) or an american official for the FDA (vegetable) or a chef (probably both, but more often than not using its vegetal flavour). Noam Chomsky would say it depends on one's idiolect, how we each come to understand the meaning of the word 'fruit' vs. 'vegetable'.

If you had it on your salad, I hope it wasn't carambola, aka starfruit. Those can be deadly for patients who are uremic. You did say your potassium was running low, so starfruit would certainly fix that problem.

[AnnieB]

oranges?

[Charlie B53]

I've heard of starfruit but I don't recall eating it, yet.

As much as we like to think of oranges as being high in vitamin C, sorry, there are a LOT of fruits and vegetables that have far more Vitamin C, like cruciferious vegetables, broccoli, cauliiflower, brussel sprouts, ALL have far more C than the lowly orange.

But I'm looking for any one of the three real fruits with the highest Vit C levels.

I originally thought  (wrong) but reading to have a solid proof I discovered these other two fruits have even more C.

[cassandra]

Kiwi fruit?

[kristina]

Is it Banana ?

[Charlie B53]

So sorry, not kiwi, and not banana.

Any one, or all three are great additions to fruit salad. Also good added to dinner salads.

And I like my salads.  A guy has to have his fruits and vegetables every day.

I suppose girls do too!

[cassandra]

Cranberries ? Would be good, as they fit so nicely in our little feminine mouths?