You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

[southernfriedcj]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

that color really looks good on that car. there was a 68 camaro in vedero green also built and if im not mistaking it was a 396/375 car.

I remembered these because my first car in 1978 was a '69 Verdoro Green Firebird convertible.
It was hard to resist not buying the cars in the first two links.

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...hlight=verdoro

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...hlight=verdoro

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...hlight=verdoro

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

Ever take a close look at a tube of toothpaste and noticed a colored block toward the bottom? Most of the time it’s blue, red, green, or black. It’s not an aesthetic choice by the toothpaste manufacturer, nor is it a hidden signal about the chemicals used to make the toothpaste. Those are two or the more popular explanations. However, these colored blocks on the tube are actually called “eye marks.” They tell the machines on the assembly line where to cut and fold the packaging. Without it, tubes of toothpaste would be attached to one another, making it awfully difficult to apply any to your toothbrush.

[Lee Stewart]

Unless someone else ties your shoelaces for you, there’s no way you haven’t noticed the extra unused holes at the top of your shoes. It’s not a design flaw; in fact, the extra holes are there for your benefit. People who get blisters on their feet or can feel their feet moving around inside their shoe can place their shoelaces in those extra holes but in the opposite direction. This creates a loop on each side, allowing you to cross your laces inside each loop. Then you pull down on the laces to create a much tighter lock before tying your laces normally. This maneuver is called the “lace lock” or “heel lock” and it helps ensure that your shoes remain tight to your feet

[Lee Stewart]

At a certain point in our lives, we’ve all used a padlock for one reason or another. You may or may not have noticed that there’s a little hole, sometimes two, at the bottom of the padlock. These holes actually serve two important purposes for the lock itself. First, they allow any water that gets inside to drain out of the lock. Often times, locks are used outside, so they have to be prepared to handle the elements. If water couldn’t drain out and it ended up freezing, the lock would suffer some serious damage since water expands when it freezes. Second, the holes allow you to pour oil or WD-40 into the lock in case it gets jammed and won’t open up. Without the hole for pouring oil, once the lock became stuck, it’d be useless.

[Lee Stewart]

Let’s be honest, how many people have ever taken a close up look at their microwave? Probably not too many of us. If you have, you may have noticed the black grating on the microwave door. This is called a Faraday shield, and it’s not an aesthetic choice, it’s super important. The Faraday shield is in place to prevent electromagnetic fields from leaving the microwave and causing harm to people who are waiting for their hot pocket to heat up. Without it, not only would your safety be at risk, but the microwave wouldn’t be effective in cooking your food. So, next time you complain about not being able to see inside the microwave, remember that there’s an important reason why that’s the case.

[Lee Stewart]

At first glance, there appears to be something wrong with your pen’s cap because it has a hole in it. Fear not, because this was totally done on purpose, and no it’s not because the company wants the pen to dry out and force you to buy more. They are actually there so that air can flow through in the event the cap is swallowed accidentally by a child or adult. Remember, a lot of adults have the bad habit of putting pen caps in their mouth and it only takes one bad move until the cap ends up in the back of their throat.

[Lee Stewart]

Finally! A Definitive List of What Those F1 – F12 Keys Do

F1

• Opens help menu when pressed with Windows button
• Hides/displays ribbon menu in Excel and Word when hit with Control button

F2

• Alt + Ctrl + F2 opens Document Library in Microsoft Office
• Allows you to edit the selected folder or file name in Windows Explorer

F3

• Opens search feature in Windows Explorer
• Shift + F3 lets you change from lowercase to uppercase to all caps in Word
• Opens find feature in Firefox and Chrome

F4

• Alt + F4 closes window
• Places the cursor in the address bar in Explorer

F5

• Starts slideshow in PowerPoint
• Refreshes Internet browser pages
• Opens Find and Replace in Microsoft Office

F6

• Goes to the next page in a split screen in Microsoft Word
• Ctrl + F6 lets you easily switch between Word documents

F7

• Alt + F7 does a spelling and grammar check in Microsoft Word
• Shift + F7 open Thesaurus in Microsoft Word

F8

• In Excel, enables extend mode for arrow keys
• Enables safe mode in Windows

F9

• Ctrl + F9 inserts empty fields into Word
• Updates fields in Word

F10

• Opens menu bar
• Ctrl + F10 maximizes window in Word
• Shift + F10 does the same thing as a right click

F11

• Exits and enter full screen mode in browsers
• Shift + F11 adds a new spreadsheet in Excel

F12

• Opens Save As in Word
• Shift + F12 saves Word document
• Ctrl + F12 opens Word document