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A bed is a piece of furniture which is used as a place to sleep or relax. While that may be a factual definition, it leaves out so much of what truly emcompasses a bed. It is a place of both rest and frenzied activity, of quiet and noise, of playfulness and seriousness. After a long day it is a comfortable respite from the frenzy of life; in the morning it is a launch pad for what lies ahead of us.
This week, a look at how the bed changed the way we sleep.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "In Kyudo philosophy, you don't aim – you become one with the target. Then, in fact, there's nothing to aim at." - Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman, Northern Exposure, The Bumpy Road to Love, 1991
The Urban Distionary defines "dagnabbit" as an "Oldcootism used during great consternation or surprise. Used by 1890’s prospectors, cantankerous old farmers, and young people playing old people on TV in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s." Hard to argue with that.
This week, a look at how "dagnabbit" may have come to be.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "If you're here for four more years or four more weeks, you're here right now. I think when you're somewhere, you ought to be there. It's not about how long you stay in a place, it's about what you do while you're there, and when you go, is that place any better for your having been there?" - Karen Hall and Jerry Stahl, Northern Exposure, Soapy Sanderson, 1990
A car seat belt is designed to arrest as much momentum as possible in the case of a sudden stop (i.e. a front end collision). This is also the purpose served by the airbag. Without a seat belt, your car would stop and you would keep moving forward: into the steering column or through the front windshield. In other words, the car seat belt assumes that if there is a difference between your momentum and the car's momentum, it will be that you are moving forward relative to the car.
An airplane accident is not usually a sudden front end collision. If it happens in the air, such as engine or control surface failure, the airplane's attitude could change drastically and the difference between your momentum and the plane's could be in any direction. The lap belt is designed to keep you in your seat in the event of loss of conventional downward gravitational acceleration and nothing more.
This week, a look at in-flight seat belts.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "I used to think of all the billions of people in the world, and of all those people, how was I going to meet the right ones? The right ones to be my friends, the right one to be my husband. Now I just believe you meet the people you're supposed to meet." - Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, The Quest, 1995
