Syllogism19 t1_jdx10ze wrote on March 27, 2023 at 8:30 PM

Reply to comment by L_Cranston_Shadow in TIL: 5 pin bowling was invented in Canada - and is mostly only played in Canada by sammer003

I'm told that 9 pin was associated with gambling so a tenth was added.

Syllogism19 t1_jdx0v6q wrote on March 27, 2023 at 8:29 PM

Reply to comment by RandomActOfMindless in TIL: 5 pin bowling was invented in Canada - and is mostly only played in Canada by sammer003

Flintstones episode?

Syllogism19 t1_jdx0qe7 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 8:28 PM

Reply to comment by Stachemaster86 in TIL: 5 pin bowling was invented in Canada - and is mostly only played in Canada by sammer003

TIL: This

It seems like if it a system has this option that a clever alley operator could exploit this to add games to bring in casuals to try other bowling games, and hard-core fans of the other versions. I might actually bowl or bowl longer if we could play more than one version of bowling.

Syllogism19 t1_j982ggr wrote on February 19, 2023 at 11:39 PM

Reply to comment by ManOfDiscovery in 'The wound hasn't healed': Activists recount 1898 Wilmington coup that terrorized Black residents by janjinx

You must not have gone to school in Texas. We got nothing. We did learn that Lincoln was going to help the South and that the Radical Republicans, scalawags and carpet baggers were terrible people.

Syllogism19 t1_j8zc90y wrote on February 18, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Reply to Over 25 GW of solar is actively being constructed in the U.S. by CurseMeKilt

> Texas is a dominant state for utility-scale solar project construction, with 28 projects totaling 6.7 GW in capacity, with about 240 MW as an average project size. The state’s largest active project is 500 MW.

It is nice to see something uplifting happening in Texas.

Syllogism19 t1_j4surbe wrote on January 18, 2023 at 12:43 AM

Reply to TIL "A Christmas Story" was initially overlooked and only became a classic after Ted Turner purchased the rights and began airing it yearly on cable TV. by habalushy

Me and some of my friends were Jean Shepherd fans from repackaged reruns of some of his radio stories which played on KERA public radio in Dallas. I saw the movie right when it came out and was very disappointed that it wasn't a big hit. I wanted everybody to love his work as much as I did.

One of the first things I searched when I got the internet was for Jean Shepherd. But before that I bought all his books and somewhere found some cassettes which were mostly of him reading his books and articles.

Today you can hear tons of his radio shows free.

He was a remarkable performer.

Syllogism19 t1_ixrgxie wrote on November 25, 2022 at 7:19 PM

Reply to comment by MonstahButtonz in Gaffers and Sattler stove/oven still working strong after 70+ years! by bighag

Natural gas lines do corrode. I've had Chambers and other brands. All of the lines do corrode over time. In fact that is what does them in eventually and none of ours were ever underwater.

There is also the lack of an oxygen depletion sensor to shut off the pilot light if the flow of gas is interrupted. There is a reason why ventless gas heaters were required to have an oxygen sensor in 1980. Stoves are no different.