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Topic: Teach Me Something
s1owhand's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:07 AM
This is where you use your experience in work or life
to teach us some things which have been useful or helpful to you in some way.

Here is a one. The rule of 72 (approximate).

If you want to know approximately how many years it will take for your money (or debt) to double with a certain compound interest rate then use the factors of 72. For example, at 8% interest it takes 9 years to double (8x9=72) at 3% it takes 24 years to double. For a rate as high as 18% it only takes 4 years.

The actual number is closer to 70...but 72 is nice to use because it can be factored so many ways.

So....who will be next?

audreyjt's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:08 AM
wow.... hmmm... well ..... a chameleon has a double pronged penishuh bigsmile

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Thu 03/20/08 03:09 AM
UHHHHHHHHHH slowwwwwwwwwwwww what is the square root of 330 ml of a 7% cider...........???? and then divide that by 72.......add 97538 and multiply that by 4.89761?????bigsmile

s1owhand's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:09 AM
well i never KNEW that!

s1owhand's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:10 AM
Gypsy - tell us how to make beautiful blue hair!!

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Thu 03/20/08 03:10 AM
or how about 10 saltines in your mouth at a rate of 60 seconds......yes? no? can you do it??? I think NOT!!!noway

tearsofblood666's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:11 AM
"change" is the only constant

s1owhand's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:11 AM
saltines pffffft...i have won eating contests

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Thu 03/20/08 03:12 AM

Gypsy - tell us how to make beautiful blue hair!!
I can make fabulous blue hair at a rate of 7893282392.1 decibles..........noway

Jess642's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:14 AM
Always carry a pair of fencing pliers, a can of ground black pepper, and a mintie in your car...

fencing wire can be used for a multitude of roadside rapairs... split pin gone? fencing wire...
engine mount cracked? fencing wire, good ole 8 guage straight wire...

small leak in the radiator, small split in the hose? A full can of black pepper and any lisuid you have.. pineapple juice, urine... it will get you out of the desert..

Stone hole in the fuel tank? Chew a mintie, then stick it to the hole, the petrol mixes with it and it sets solid..

Liquid nails will stick the top tank back on a radiator back on, and get you out of the sh*t for 200 kms or so...

Need to change a tyre, a truck tyre? Make sure if you are a woman, to always carry a piece of metal pipe, galvanised plumbing pipe is perfect, slip it over the wheel brace as an extender, then jump on it to loosen the nuts.



I have about a gazillion tonnes of stuff...

How to survive in the aussie bush, how to track native animals, for food, and to water... what to eat in the bush.... how to catch yabbies, without a pot... how to weave a grass basket yabbie pot,,, all sorts..

bgeorge's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:14 AM
first...i get down on my knees, slowly start peeling back the yellow pants, mmmmmm i love the very tip ... that's the best part to just linger around for a bit and savor the flavor...roll it around my mouth for just a bit, before swallowing...or you can just slice and dice the banana on you cereal

s1owhand's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:18 AM
googling "yabbies"

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Thu 03/20/08 03:18 AM

Always carry a pair of fencing pliers, a can of ground black pepper, and a mintie in your car...

fencing wire can be used for a multitude of roadside rapairs... split pin gone? fencing wire...
engine mount cracked? fencing wire, good ole 8 guage straight wire...

small leak in the radiator, small split in the hose? A full can of black pepper and any lisuid you have.. pineapple juice, urine... it will get you out of the desert..

Stone hole in the fuel tank? Chew a mintie, then stick it to the hole, the petrol mixes with it and it sets solid..

Liquid nails will stick the top tank back on a radiator back on, and get you out of the sh*t for 200 kms or so...

Need to change a tyre, a truck tyre? Make sure if you are a woman, to always carry a piece of metal pipe, galvanised plumbing pipe is perfect, slip it over the wheel brace as an extender, then jump on it to loosen the nuts.



I have about a gazillion tonnes of stuff...

How to survive in the aussie bush, how to track native animals, for food, and to water... what to eat in the bush.... how to catch yabbies, without a pot... how to weave a grass basket yabbie pot,,, all sorts..

a loaf of bread also works on a leaking radiatior........Ive done this!!!laugh laugh laugh

Jess642's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:19 AM

googling "yabbies"


crawdads... ummm red claw.... umm I dunno

s1owhand's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:49 AM
oh - i used to find them in old cans and under rocks in small streams...

so, black pepper paste makes some kind of glue?

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Thu 03/20/08 03:51 AM
correct a mundo teach!!!:wink:

Jtevans's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:52 AM
1 + 1 = 25

s1owhand's photo
Thu 03/20/08 03:56 AM
i didn't know that either...laugh

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Thu 03/20/08 03:59 AM
funny how many brainiacs you can find on the net!!!laugh glasses laugh noway

RicJL's photo
Thu 03/20/08 04:00 AM
You can't roller skate in a Buffalo herd.

You can't ski through revolving doors.

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