Things you were shockingly old when you learned

some cities do that by having lots numbered rather than buildings, so yes, the spacing counts

Yeah I was thrown by the house numbers. Where my mother-in-law lives it's by block, I had to ask why the number jumps from 5300 to 5400 for what I thought was no reason, it was because it goes up 100 every cross-street. It makes sense really, UK addresses are a bit of a nightmare. My wife took a long time to get used to streets just randomly changing names every so often

This Carrefour logo, which I’ve seen a million billion times, is not just a funky arrow, it’s a white serif c on a blue and red background

Pictures, art, logos, etc, that took you a long time to interpret correctly

I think it's attempting to be both in a "clever" manner, like the fedex logo or the amazon logo (hidden arrow, swoosh below logo that indicates they carry items "from A to Z")

manhattan street numbers are much more complicated than seems necessary

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_address_algorithm

but at least they're not hyphenated like in queens

carrefour means "crossroads". the arrows are like the signs at an intersection pointing off to different destinations.

My dad lives in this neighborhood where you have to drive northwest up this road for a mile and then turn on to his street and go back east for another two miles.

So the weird thing is that the first house on the first street has a higher address number than his, even though it sure does feel like he's further away from Main Street.

Also, I can sure tell I'm on the old people thread.

carrefour means "crossroads". the arrows are like the signs at an intersection pointing off to different destinations.

AT the crossroads there is a sign, or various signs pointing to different towns. possibly this is more common in France?

https://www.toutsimcities.com/img/downloads/image_506.jpg

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/crossroad-wooden-directional-arrow-signs-copy-space-isolated-white-background-31383275.jpg

etc

There's a whole thread somewhere* for tricksy graphics like the Carrefour logo, worth a look if you like that kind of thing.

* Photobucket permitting

i uh never actually saw the arrows before, i just saw the C

always reminded me of c&a:

http://www.vector-logo.net/logo_preview/eps/c/C&A(1).png

"Ascorbic acid" (vitamin C) is called "ascorbic acid" because it is literally a-scorbic; it prevents scurvy.

I was shockingly old when I learned (just now) that 'scorbic' means 'of or relating to scurvy'.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dCGFHrVVVy0/UCFUxNFUKII/AAAAAAAAGIg/SrwMFF64dh8/s1600/Contacto+ET.jpg

I was aware of the old term "antiscorbutic" but had never connected it with ascorbic.

Diluted white vinegar works better than commercial household cleaners.

Scorbynistas

Scorby scorby doo, where are you

lois (of hi and lois) was beetle bailey's sister

How a candle works.

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, November 12, 2008 5:31 AM (nine years ago)

i totally had no idea how a candle worked and it never even occurred to me to ask till now, and i have to say: damn, that's some crazy stuff.

xp

Never knew this either

Now you know where this guy gets it.

https://i.imgur.com/1A14016.jpg

That Pavement formed in Stockton, California. (I've been a Pavement fan for 15 years. I guess I probably read this fact a long time ago, but it made no impression on me until now.)

learnt yesterday that Kalinda as in Danse Kalinda Badoom was a dancer with Dr John And the Night Trippers, had thought it was either just onomatopaeic or Gris Gris related.
Wonder if Jeffrey Lee Pierce knew that when he twisted teh song title into the name of a 1984 live Gun Club lp.

How to use white pepper

AKA the disgusting pepper

except it isn't, it turns out

How do you use it? I always found it disgusting too (I leave it out of chinese recipes).

In a tomato sauce, like a pizza sauce, it adds peppery flavor without discoloring the sauce.

I only ever add red pepper flakes to the hot olive oil for pasta sauces. I may just not be a ground pepper type of person.

In a tomato sauce, like a pizza sauce, it adds peppery flavor without discoloring the sauce

obviously blends in better w/ white or cheese sauces too

white pepper in mashed potatoes is the best
surprise flavor

or a blended potato soup with leeks or whatever

Ohhh, leeks and potatoes I can see.

White pepper is essential.

I made a Leek/Potato/Chick-pea soup the other day, that worked for me. Will try the white pepper next time, my mash is always full of black pepper and an improper amount of salt.

I like it for Chinese recipes, especially anything with chicken and pork, but it's great for soups and greens dishes too

It's a bit like bay leaves - it's hard to quantify what it does but you can tell when it's missing

I hate white pepper so much I never have a problem identifying gruner veltliner in blind tastings because it's one of the possible identifying notes.

I saw on some clickbait the other day that quartering potatoes isn't best way of making roasties. It recommended slicing them into long diagonal thirds instead, with the main gist of it being - that the more surface area on the potatoes the better. I just tried it earlier and and it is definitely some very sound advice.

Sounds nice, but aren't you just making chunky potato gratin?

more like "big slow-cooked chips" really, but there is definitely some good science to it!

That St. Louis in America is pronounced "Saint Lewis".

People do say “Saint Louie” sometimes, but it’s as a joke

How do you folks say Louis Armstrong?

loo-ey, but would probably be otherwise had he not been from new orleans

Yeah Joe Louis and Louis Brandeis and Louis Sullivan get the terminal S. Louis the Fourteenth and Louis Armstrong don't.

If it's spelt 'Louis' it's always loo-ee to me, unless I've been specifically told otherwise.

i believe Satchmo always referred to himself as "Lou-ISS," so that's how i say it.

(I could be wrong!)

apparently i was going by his hit single of "Hello, Dolly!"