What did you learn today TIL

[JBRG]

What I learned today, inspired by msslave talking about gypsy moths is that the de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth has the Gipsy designation because it used the de Havilland Gipsy I engine rather than the earlier Cirrus engine. AND, more importantly, the engine and aircraft name is spelled with an I not a Y after the G.

[msslave]

I learned I can't get into the car like I've been doing for over 60 years. Yesterday I was going to leave the VA to go home after my appointment. Put my right foot in as usual and started to swingy butt over to the seat... easy done it maybe a million times

Nope, not today. My left leg, which has been getting progressively weaker collapsed on me and down I went. Slowly thankfully, but I watched me left knee bend up to my thigh. That's my replacement knee which has less flexibility.

I laid on the pavement of the parking ramp and assessed my various body parts. Everything seemed ok. Got into the car by sitting down first then pulled legs in.

Took wife to an appointment this morning and she instructed me on putting butt in first, spinning around on the seat and pulling legs in last.

So, 60 years of getting into a car totally changed. Just waiting for when I go on autopilot and revert to habit.

[Writers Bloque]

Very interesting. Like I said before, a lady knight is a Dame. Never met royalty or nobility myself.

And the wife of a knight is a 'Lady'. It can get very confusing. Back in Victorian and Edwardian times, there was also the element of 'precedence', which was made up of several factors. Not only aristocratic title, but also military or civilian rank. People could get very touchy about who went ahead of whom when entering a dining-room.

Just now I remembered another aristocrat I met. I would never have known his background if he hadn't run into a problem with Human Resources regarding the way his family name was written. He was the second son of a minor Scottish nobleman. When the nobleman passed away, his first son wanted nothing to do with the title, and the mother pleaded with my friend to inherit it, which he did. That resulted in a change in his last name, and the small hiccup with HR. All sorted out in the end.

I was reading on the history and practices of the Noblesse (Nobility in French.) The concept was a clear set of rules that Nobles had to adhere to. Where as Royalty had their own. Because Nobles were given peerage through service, royalty was born into it.  That is one of the reasons De Sade was imprisoned, a lot. But since he had a royal cousin, he was almost always set free after a cooling off period. It was always believed nobles and royals would trade favors like that, but those cases were rare. since the nobles had to carry themselves like paragons in the commoners eyes, they could not be seen as corrupt like that. While de sade was technically royalty, he was an example of what not to do in france among the royals and nobles. well that is before the Revolution.

[Clitical Thinking]

she instructed me on putting butt in first, spinning around on the seat and pulling legs in last.

That's how I have to get into cars, but that's because I'm way too tall to go leg-first 

[Pornhubby]

I learned I can't get into the car like I've been doing for over 60 years. Yesterday I was going to leave the VA to go home after my appointment. Put my right foot in as usual and started to swingy butt over to the seat... easy done it maybe a million times

Nope, not today. My left leg, which has been getting progressively weaker collapsed on me and down I went. Slowly thankfully, but I watched me left knee bend up to my thigh. That's my replacement knee which has less flexibility.

I laid on the pavement of the parking ramp and assessed my various body parts. Everything seemed ok. Got into the car by sitting down first then pulled legs in.

Took wife to an appointment this morning and she instructed me on putting butt in first, spinning around on the seat and pulling legs in last.

So, 60 years of getting into a car totally changed. Just waiting for when I go on autopilot and revert to habit.

I go right leg in when entering the car, but I swing my legs around and hold onto the car frame to pull myself out.  I turn 61 next week.  The iPhone has a new gimmick that can test your stability to guestimate your "risk of having a fall."  I wonder how much insurance underwriters would pay Apple for that data! No thank you. I know the risk, every time I climb in or out of the shower.  LOL.

[msslave]

I've done well I guess, not having a risk of falling until in my mid 70s. Time to face reality.

[JBRG]

I go right leg in when entering the car, but I swing my legs around and hold onto the car frame to pull myself out.  I turn 61 next week. 

Youngsters - ugh. I usually enter a vehicle right leg first (when driving) but there have been times I have had to do the sit first, swing legs in together. Usually when my back decides it's going to give me some pain. Thankfully, that hasn't happened for a long time (over 20 years). And, I can usually exit a vehicle by reversing the entry process. Unless it's a super low to the ground sports car. I have no troubles getting in. However, getting out requires assistance. I once told Mrs JBRG that if we ever owned one of them I would need a small crane or something to get me out. I'm not big, my body just doesn't like being that low to the ground.

[MintJulie]

With my bad foot, I was looking like a 95 year old getting in the passenger side when Dan is driving. 
Drivers side I'm fine. 

[msslave]

  What a gimpy bunch we are. I hope we'll all heal up soon. Love to hear I'm not alone in getting in to the car.

[Pornhubby]

TIL the most boo’s you can give a person is -65,535. 

[Clitical Thinking]

Oh, wow 

[Writers Bloque]

What a gimpy bunch we are. I hope we'll all heal up soon. Love to hear I'm not alone in getting in to the car.

I consider myself a grizzled veteran of the psychic wars, not grumpy.

[Hilda]

I consider myself a grizzled veteran of the psychic wars, not grumpy.

Would that be a Blue Öyster Cult reference?

[Pornhubby]

Would that be a Blue Öyster Cult reference?

[Writers Bloque]

I consider myself a grizzled veteran of the psychic wars, not grumpy.

Would that be a Blue Öyster Cult reference?

Stop flirting with me Hilda, I am a happily married man. J/k, flirt away, and yes it is. Rewatched the Heavy Metal movie, while listening to the soundtrack. A damned good sunday afternoon listen while sipping a long island iced tea.

[msslave]

Just an interesting thing I learned Tuesday. I got a call from the company that did my MRIs Friday. The doctor that read them didn't like the head and neck MRI and wanted it redone. There was an opening at one of their facilities near to me. It's located in and office building on the campus of the Viking Football team's training facility. Wow, what a place. Huge indoor practice field, offices, Viking Museum and of course selling custom jerseys.

I was told by the scheduler that the MRI there was larger, in case I was claustrophobic. I'm not so didn't give it much thought. After my MRI I mentioned to the tech that I heard they were busy there with a lot of the Viking players. He said, "Oh yes, that's why the MRI machine is much larger than others. I got an MRI in a football player sized machine. What a treat.

[Pornhubby]

TIL: Giuseppe Jona (renowned physician) of Venice was demanded by the Nazi’s to hand over a list of all Jews that lived there, which he possessed. On the day of the handover, he burned the list, then killed himself. His actions resulted in only 243 deported Jews and approx. 1,200 saved.

[Pornhubby]

[JBRG]

I learned today that September is the month that in Northern British Columbia you are most likely to end up in hospital due to moose collisions.

Totally useless trivia (unless you live in Northern BC).

[msslave]

What can make it worse is they may put the Moose in the bed next to you..
And he will be pissed!.