I never knew that!

Platapus · 02-23-17, 08:30 AM

The beeping heard during communications during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space missions is called a Quindar Tone.

It was developed by the Quindar Electronics company (hence the name) and was used to trigger remote transmitters around the world to transmit after the first tone and to stop transmitting after the second tone.

That is why conversations made by mission control started and ended with the Quindar Tone (if you listen carefully you can hear the different tone) but conversations made by the astronauts, did not have the tones. Why, well the astronauts only had a local transmitter -- the spacecraft!

fireftr18 · 02-23-17, 03:57 PM

John Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson Sub-machine Gun, lived was born and lived in Newport, Kentucky. Newport is in Northern Kentucky, the part I grew up in and lived most my life.

http://www.thompsonhousenewport.com/index.php/history

Jimbuna · 02-24-17, 06:56 AM

By law, a pregnant woman can pee anywhere she wants to in Britain, even if she chooses, in a police officer’s helmets.

Jimbuna · 02-26-17, 07:58 AM

The butterflies you get in your stomach when you see someone you like is actually a stress response caused by adrenaline.

Schroeder · 02-26-17, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

By law, a pregnant woman can pee anywhere she wants to in Britain, even if she chooses, in a police officer’s helmets.

Now we know why you retired from the force...

Jimbuna · 02-26-17, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

Now we know why you retired from the force...

That was a bit of a 'stinker'

Platapus · 02-26-17, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

By law, a pregnant woman can pee anywhere she wants to in Britain, even if she chooses, in a police officer’s helmets.

Wow, in the US things are a lot different. Here you have to go to "special clubs" and pay a lot to get that to happen.

uh, A friend of mine must have read about it on the Internets Tubes.

Jimbuna · 02-27-17, 10:41 AM

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Aktungbby · 02-27-17, 10:54 AM

No, it is not true that the eyeballs are fully grown at birth. The eyes undergo considerable growth especially during the first two years of life, with a second growth spurt occurring around puberty. The length of the eye of a newborn is about 16.5 mm, while that of a full grown adult is about 24 mm.
According to the Chicago College of Medicine, eyes do continue to grow after birth. A newborn's eyes are about 75 percent the size they are going to be when fully grown well as growing larger. The optic nerve and internal eye structures are not fully formed at birth. Newborns do not respond much to visual stimulation, but they are able to track moving objects with their eyes within two months. In addition, a baby's ability to see clearly keeps increasing with age. At birth, a baby's eyesight is about 20/400, but it develops to 20/20 by 2 years.
The only human body part that does not grow after birth is the ossicular chain, which is composed of three small bones and is located in the middle ear. These bones are also the smallest lightest bones in the human body. Each bone is smaller than a grain of rice.

Mr Quatro · 02-27-17, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

The butterflies you get in your stomach when you see someone you like is actually a stress response caused by adrenaline.

What is that feeling when you meet someone you owe money to?

Adrenaline, right?

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

We have all seen the babies with big eyes and I was led to believe that the reason is due to that the eye's are already 90% of the size that they are going to be and that of course leads me to believe that human eye's grow very little from birth to adult hood.

However our resident researcher has decided that we are wrong ... do we need a second opinion?

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

No, it is not true that the eyeballs are fully grown at birth. The eyes undergo considerable growth especially during the first two years of life, with a second growth spurt occurring around puberty. The length of the eye of a newborn is about 16.5 mm, while that of a full grown adult is about 24 mm.
According to the Chicago College of Medicine, eyes do continue to grow after birth. A newborn's eyes are about 75 percent the size they are going to be when fully grown well as growing larger. The optic nerve and internal eye structures are not fully formed at birth. Newborns do not respond much to visual stimulation, but they are able to track moving objects with their eyes within two months. In addition, a baby's ability to see clearly keeps increasing with age. At birth, a baby's eyesight is about 20/400, but it develops to 20/20 by 2 years.
The only human body part that does not grow after birth is the ossicular chain, which is composed of three small bones and is located in the middle ear. These bones are also the smallest lightest bones in the human body. Each bone is smaller than a grain of rice.

02-23-17, 08:30 AM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,399 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The beeping heard during communications during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space missions is called a Quindar Tone. It was developed by the Quindar Electronics company (hence the name) and was used to trigger remote transmitters around the world to transmit after the first tone and to stop transmitting after the second tone. That is why conversations made by mission control started and ended with the Quindar Tone (if you listen carefully you can hear the different tone) but conversations made by the astronauts, did not have the tones. Why, well the astronauts only had a local transmitter -- the spacecraft! __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right. Last edited by Platapus; 02-23-17 at 06:22 PM.

02-23-17, 03:57 PM	#2
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	John Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson Sub-machine Gun, lived was born and lived in Newport, Kentucky. Newport is in Northern Kentucky, the part I grew up in and lived most my life. http://www.thompsonhousenewport.com/index.php/history __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	By law, a pregnant woman can pee anywhere she wants to in Britain, even if she chooses, in a police officer’s helmets. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-26-17, 07:58 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The butterflies you get in your stomach when you see someone you like is actually a stress response caused by adrenaline. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-27-17, 10:41 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-27-17, 10:54 AM	#9
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,072 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	No, it is not true that the eyeballs are fully grown at birth. The eyes undergo considerable growth especially during the first two years of life, with a second growth spurt occurring around puberty. The length of the eye of a newborn is about 16.5 mm, while that of a full grown adult is about 24 mm. According to the Chicago College of Medicine, eyes do continue to grow after birth. A newborn's eyes are about 75 percent the size they are going to be when fully grown well as growing larger. The optic nerve and internal eye structures are not fully formed at birth. Newborns do not respond much to visual stimulation, but they are able to track moving objects with their eyes within two months. In addition, a baby's ability to see clearly keeps increasing with age. At birth, a baby's eyesight is about 20/400, but it develops to 20/20 by 2 years. The only human body part that does not grow after birth is the ossicular chain, which is composed of three small bones and is located in the middle ear. These bones are also the smallest lightest bones in the human body. Each bone is smaller than a grain of rice. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!