Saturday, September 11, 2010

A trivia question...

UPDATE: I'm upping the ante on this one. All those who answer this question, and answer it correctly, will be entered into a drawing of sorts to receive a gift basket of products from a local business in my town, The Soap Factory, http://www.soapfactory.tv -- so please answer. Items may include at least one bar of soap in my choice, one facial bar of soap, one shampoo bar, one super-duper foot/hand scrub that takes off all the crap without taking off your skin, bath crystals, a limited edition soap, etc. ERV-- about $15-$20 US.


What is at 32° 54’ N latitude and 20° 4’ E longitude? And at 32° 6’ N latitude, and 20° 4’E longitude? BONUS: What falls at 46° 14’N latitude, 122° 95’W longitude?

If you know the answer to this one, Baba was/is probably in the military. Or was/is a hunter. Or you had some good education somewhere along the way!

HINT: Use Google, and the search parameter, “32 degrees 54’N” and “20 degrees 4’E”

For the record, to graduate from high school, my classmates and I at R.A. Long High School, Class of 1999, were forced to take an "Internet Competency Test." I have to say that it was pretty fun and I passed with flying colors-- something like 120% (I missed three of five bonus questions, passing was 70%; I do tend to test well)-- though others in my class did struggle with it. My pitfall came with the grammar test, which took me no less than seven tries to successfully pass, and I have a feeling my English teacher, Mr. (Jim) Lemonds (author of "South of Seattle: Notes of Life in the Northwest Woods" and "Deadfall: Generations of Logging in the Pacific Northwest"; both can be found on Amazon.com, here: http://www.amazon.com/South-Seattle-Notes-Northwest-Woods/product-reviews/087842363X and here: http://www.amazon.com/Deadfall-Generations-Logging-Pacific-Northwest/dp/0878424210), took pity on me. By that point in May 1999, I'd had near constant migraine headaches for going on a month (stress and my copious consumption of peanut butter cups triggered them; I have suspect allergies to peanuts and soybeans in the food realm but didn't know that at the time-- Mom said it was "just in my head" and I was being a hypochondriac. Nah, my body producing KNOWN histamine reactions after coming into contact with a certain thing is NOT just in my head. My father has a VERY BAD allergy to soybeans, so it makes sense I'd inherit a similar one), and my brain was not fully functional because of it. This was a bit before I discovered the magic known as sumatriptan, or "Imitrex", or in the UK (those lucky bastards!) who can get it OTC (over the counter) as Imigran Recovery. For the record, GlaxoSmithKline is run by scum sucking lowlife jerks (and it's an insult to scum sucking lowlife jerks everywhere to be compared to those @#$%&-ers) who believe engaging in patent litigation HELPS their image and company and should be done... ils n'ont pas les coeurs, seulement les cerveaux pour d'argent.... ahhhhhh, le côté sombre du capitalisme.

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