By Mike on August 16, 2009
What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895…
Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, USA . It was taken from [...]
Posted in Culture, Interesting Stuff, Reality Check | Tagged Arithmetic, Bushel, Bushels, Capital Letters, Fundamental Rules, Grade Education, Grammar Time, Incidentals, Kansas Usa, Parts Of Speech, Principal Parts Of A Verb, Punctuation Rules, Rules Of Grammar, Salina Journal, Salina Kansas, Salina Ks, Seven Months, Smokey Valley, Time One, Valley Genealogical Society, Wagon Box |
By Mike on August 15, 2009
As a builder I’m interested how people built housing throughout the ages. Some of these buildings are really interesting. In the north east of Iran at the foot of Mount Sahand in Kandovan, the villagers live in cave homes carved out from the volcanic rock.
The age of some houses is more than 700 [...]
Posted in Construction, Culture, Environment, Interesting Stuff | Tagged Earth Buildings, Iran, Old Earth, Sahand, Turkey, Volcanic Rock |
By Mike on July 17, 2009
Florida Power & Light work crew putting in lines for an addition to the Orlando International Airport found the following in a culvert they were using:
An alligator 18′ long, and……..
87 rattlesnakes. Thanks to Florida Light & Power for these pictures.
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Posted in Interesting Stuff | Tagged Alligator, Amp Light, Amp Power, Culvert, Florida Light, Florida Power, Light Amp, Orlando International Airport, Power Amp, Rattlesnakes, Work Crew, Work Hazards |
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