William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-19-14
Playing cards can kill. A properly thrown one can reach 90 mph and pierce the rind of a watermelon.
Day: November 19, 2014
November Surfing In Buffalo
Global warming has to be happening. Here it is November and they are surfing in Buffalo, N.Y.
Or just outside it. The water is Lake Erie and the actual location is Sunset Bay, N.Y.
The surfers are Kevin and Kristin and their safari occurred yesterday, Nov. 18. The video is not very long for some reason. There certainly isn’t a whole lot of shots of the pair in the water.
November Surfing In Buffalo (Sunset Bay, N. Y.)
November Surfing In Buffalo (Sunset Bay, N. Y.)
Sliced Bread, Don’t Take It For Granted
Man has eaten bread for 3,000 years but the slicing was DIY until July 7, 1928. That’s when the first commercially sliced loaf was sold in Chillicothe, Mo., by the Chillicothe Baking Co.
Yes, it was revolutionary. The biggest obstacle was in keeping the pieces tight together after the cutting in order to preserve freshness.
The inventor of the Kleen Maid slicer was Otto Rohwedder who overcame many setbacks to see his dream become reality.
For a great story about it visit Priceonomics.com
Oh, and the phrase the greatest thing since sliced bread? It was an evolution from the phrasing in a full-paid ad in the Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune for the product saying “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped”