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"And now for something completely different..."
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:03 pm
by Solfius
Hear ye! hear ye!
Today's random word is "Snowberry"
Don't ask why, but I felt like posting something random like that
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:11 pm
by swampthing_bob
Snowberries are good.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:14 pm
by Solfius
never tried them or knew of them until today
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:20 pm
by Missy
What are snowberries?
I like ..teaberries..o.o which are rare....
but I'd have to say i never HEARD of snowberries. o_o
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:23 pm
by Guest
I wonder, are those the things that you pop between your fingers? lol...>.> at least thats what they look like to me...
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:28 pm
by Solfius
uhh, you talking about bubble wrap?
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:17 pm
by Missy
Sorry forgot to log in on the one post ..
No...not bubble wrap. The berries....like when i was little at my grams house there was this bush near the ditch with white berries on it...that looked like the ones i keep finding in pictures, pictures in which say they are snowberries.
ANyways....we used to pick those berries and slam on the ground and theyd POP. Or we'd pop them between our fingers. Not...bubblewrap. A actual BERRY. lol
I'm wondering if that is a snowberry or not? I don't know the name of those things we used to pop when i was little. So thats why im asking if they are one in the same...or why i even brought them up...
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:23 pm
by Solfius
well, now i think of it a white berry does seem to fit the description, like snow drops are white etc. I think it could be, but thts my uninformed opinion
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:25 pm
by Missy
http://www.artandnature.com/bateman/car ... rries.html
These things..are considered snow berries....and look the same as the things I keep saying I popped between my fingers as a little kid. LOL...*shrugs* I dunno. lmao
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 6:28 pm
by Solfius
todays word is "libration" It's something to do with the moon and oscillation. I didn't pay much attention to the defintion so thats all i can remember from it.
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 1:22 am
by Rob Maule
You sure found a weird one for today. It has to do with the way the moon is viewed from earth. At different times, instead of only seeing the one side, we see bits of the edges that creep over. So this means that sometimes the north and south poles disappear from view. To put it in simplest terms, the man in the moon is shaking his head.
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 8:49 am
by Solfius
Well, it aint todays anymore. That was yesterdays
Today's Random Word is "Splinterbar"
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 10:00 am
by Missy
Splinter bar. (a) A crossbar in a coach, which supports the springs. (b) The bar to which the traces are attached; a roller bolt; a whiffletree.
i still don't know what it is though. LOL
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 10:13 am
by Solfius
lol, I know what you mean
Good though, adding new words to your vocabulary, but I'm damned if I can find a way I'll ever use splinterbar
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 1:52 pm
by Meh
Well actually...
I was going to mention the spliter bar before...
I didn't know what it was called but basically it's a suspension system to make a wagon ride more bearable. A little bit of metal on an otherwise wooden wagon.
I'm not sure if their talking about the metal eye oval under the seat or something under the wagon but basically it's the same concept. Some shaped metal that acts as a simple shock absorber.
Wagon should be able to go on roads that cars can't.
However a wagon without a suspension may cause damage to the riders if at full speed on a bad road. Maybe even fall apart or bounce cargo out.