Month: July 2005

Everything you needed to know – in 1971.

The main attractions of the Okoboji area are the glacier-carved lakes. This beautiful chain of lakes extends from the Minnesota border southwest several miles and covers about fifteen thousand acres. The Iowa Great Lakes include Iowa�s largest natural lake, Spirit Lake and five interconnected lakes: West Okoboji, East Okoboji, Upper Gar, Lower Gar and Minnewashta. Spring-fed West Lake Okoboji is a beautiful shade of blue and 134′ deep. It is the centerpiece of the five chain lakes, and the surrounding communities provide the backdrop for Okoboji�s year around playground.

Visit the Museum or take a boat tour on the QueenII.
There are a lot of restored boats at the lake.
Fishing and Boating
Resorts
Live There
University of Okoboji Corvette Club

New York’s greatest eaters were at Nathan’s Famous in Coney Island trying to stop him, but Takeru Kobayashi of Japan sucessfully defended his title by consuming 49 Nathan’s Famous hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes.

We buy Kenworth semi chassis and build SUVs on them. Shown is the Dominator model, which includes the eight rear wheels for handling those trips to Sam’s Club.

If you’re one of the 90% of SUV owners who never drive them off-road, you might want to order Spray On Mud.

Ok, the Kenworth Pilgrimage is s spoof, but you CAN get a Navistar Pickup. To get a bigger truck, you have to shop at Cat or NASA.

What you are seeing refracted is an old wellhead that’s sitting outside the back door of Nathan’s girlfriend’s parents’ house near Paris. There is a flowerpot hanging off the edge…

The Gender Genie, at bookblog, will guess your sex from text that you have written. I gave it a try.

I posted this text:

I graduated High School in 1974. I can remember when they enacted the “Temporary 55 MPH speed limit”. That was a big jump from Day-70/Night-60 MPH. We figured it would save a lot of gas because people would just say “If it takes that long to get there, we just won’t go”. I remember joking about how we would someday be talking to our grandkids.
Me: We used to drive over 30 MPH all the time.
Grandkid: Gosh Grandpa! Didn’t the wheels fly off?
Me: Heck no. We used to drive from here to a different state and get there on the same day…
Soon, Iowa’s interstate speed limit will inch up from 65 MPH to 70 MPH. It’s been a long wait. Most rural roads will stay at 55 MPH.

It found these Keywords:

i graduated high school [in] 1974 i can remember when they enacted [the] temporary 55 mph speed limit that was a big jump from day-70/night-60 mph we figured it would save a lot of gas [because] people would just say [if] it takes that long to get there we just wont go i remember joking about how we would someday be talking to our grandkids me we used to drive over 30 mph all [the] time grandkid gosh grandpa didnt [the] wheels fly off me heck no we used to drive from here to a different state and get there on [the] same day soon iowas interstate speed limit will inch up from 65 mph to 70 mph its been a long wait most rural roads will stay at 55 mph

It made this guess:

Words: 126 (NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 55 – Male Score: 103
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!

Bingo!

Don’t try this at home. Or ON home.
Or this on your way home.
Or this ever.

Global Warming Might Create Lopsided Planet
Extra precipitation expected as a result of global warming could create a lopsided world in which sea ice increases around the South Pole while the far north melts away. ~ For Antarctica, the new study concludes, the extra precipitation will mean deeper snow, which will suppress sea ice below, making it thicker over time.

No Stopping it Now: Seas to Rise 4 Inches or More this Century
Even if all industrial pollution and auto emissions suddenly ceased today, Earth’s climate will warm at least 1 degree by the year 2100 and seas will rise 4 inches (11 centimeters), according to a new study.

Toasty 2005? Year Could Become Warmest on Record
Last year was the fourth warmest since the late 1800s and climate conditions in place could cause 2005 to be the warmest, NASA scientists said this week. ~ Some scientists argue that the human contribution to global warming has been insignificant.

Space Ring Could Shade Earth and Stop Global Warming
A wild idea to combat global warming suggests creating an artificial ring of small particles or spacecrafts around Earth to shade the tropics and moderate climate extremes. There would be side effects, proponents admit.

Of these four, the Space Ring scares me the most.