What did you learn today? Part II

I knew about sheep, and fish.

If not Moose to Meese, then how come they have Goose to Geese.... Gotta love the English Language!!!!
 
Reasons to Hate the English Language


We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice;
yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet,
and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be those,
yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
and the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
but though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim.
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I think the English language was purposely made confusing. :lol:
 
My youngest daughter might be losing her hearing in the "good ear." I'm just stunned. (thread in Parenting forum)
 
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deafbajagal said:
My youngest daughter might be losing her hearing in the "good ear." I'm just stunned. (thread in Parenting forum)
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At least, she signs :)
 
deafbajagal said:
My youngest daughter might be losing her hearing in the "good ear." I'm just stunned. (thread in Parenting forum)
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Well, this may come to an surprise... recently I found out my sister went to hearing centre to test her hearing, and she has conductive hearing loss - which was temporarily and it may return - who knows? My sister is the youngest out of three sisters I have. :eek:
 
I learned there is still a hole in the floor of the chicken house where I step off the slat and I nearly had another faceplant incident. Not cool. I wish they could bring more shavings in but they can't if the house is full.
 
AlleyCat said:
Erk. So what do you do to fix that, then?
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Try to fill the hole in as best as possible with surrounding shavings. It usually doesn't last as the hens will root into it and make nest of sorts. The floors are getting bad in there. In my house they've already pecked all the way down to the concrete apron and then some. It just makes for more of these lovely holes. I'm gonna be screwed if I do a doozy and snap my ankle in half at the far end of the house.
 
Dixie said:
I learned there is still a hole in the floor of the chicken house where I step off the slat and I nearly had another faceplant incident. Not cool. I wish they could bring more shavings in but they can't if the house is full.
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put a wooden board on it?
 
Dixie said:
Try to fill the hole in as best as possible with surrounding shavings. It usually doesn't last as the hens will root into it and make nest of sorts. The floors are getting bad in there. In my house they've already pecked all the way down to the concrete apron and then some. It just makes for more of these lovely holes. I'm gonna be screwed if I do a doozy and snap my ankle in half at the far end of the house.
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And that would just suck. I hope you can find a good solution.
 
Jiro said:
put a wooden board on it?
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I don't know how stable it would be, the floor isn't exactly flat or in the best condition. I might step on it just right and flip it and I'd go over with it. I can look at it better tomorrow and see what simple options I might come up with. In some places the floor is past the shavings and hulls, the top layer of soil and down into the rocky layer of the ground. I wish they had a concrete pad all the way down but they don't. It's just the ground and a shit load of rice hulls and wood shavings put down. The only concrete we have in there are the concrete aprons where the live haul trucks pull in to get the chickens. That extends only about 10 feet.
AlleyCat said:
And that would just suck. I hope you can find a good solution.
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Yup it would suck. I've already screwed up my right ankle in a previous incident. From what I gather I've stretched a ligament and my ankle will never be the same again. I'm thinking if it wasn't for my boot I probably would have snapped it. If that happens, what the hell do I do? I guess I'd just have to hobble my way back to the other end of the house and try to make it to the truck and figure out a way to drive it to the ER. Ambulance costs are freaking ridiculous.
 
Dixie said:
Yup it would suck. I've already screwed up my right ankle in a previous incident. From what I gather I've stretched a ligament and my ankle will never be the same again. I'm thinking if it wasn't for my boot I probably would have snapped it. If that happens, what the hell do I do? I guess I'd just have to hobble my way back to the other end of the house and try to make it to the truck and figure out a way to drive it to the ER. Ambulance costs are freaking ridiculous.
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I don't know what I would tell you. I've not been inside a chicken house before. Unless you can find something the chickens wouldn't want/use. Sorry I'm not more help. :(
 
I learned today that making homemade nachos with beef, cheese, onions, and black olives was just plain BLAH. Even seasonings (taco) didn't help.
 
AlleyCat said:
I don't know what I would tell you. I've not been inside a chicken house before. Unless you can find something the chickens wouldn't want/use. Sorry I'm not more help. :(
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Oh believe me they find a use for just about anything - if they can't eat it or drink it, they use it for a toilet. :shock:
 
Dixie said:
Oh believe me they find a use for just about anything - if they can't eat it or drink it, they use it for a toilet. :shock:
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:lol: I was going to suggest leaves or kitty litter (or gravel) but I figured you had to have thought of that already. Sounds like the chickens aren't all that stupid ;)
 
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