The Negative 40 Mystery Solved.

Okay, you go online because you want to convert the fahrenheit temperture to celsius you enter -40 cesius and the answer comes out -40 fahrenheit. You say to yourself that can't be right so you try again  with another webpage just to find that still -40 fahrenheit equals -40 celsius.Well, believe it or not : that is correct.

Suppose two cars are traveling in the same direction one car going 30 MPH and another at 60 MPH .The car going 60 MPH will evenually met the car going 30 MPH. The 60 MPH will go on but the two cars did meet.Everything has a midpoint.Read on...

Now suppose you wanted to try some recipes from a book your friend gave you ,but there are two problems : The tempertures are in celsius and you do not have a computer handy but just have a regular calculator the one without any special math operations; What do you do?

Well, there are formulas that convert one temperture to another using fractions but since we're using calculators let's use the decimal equivalent. It's really easy.

To convert celsius temperture to fahrenheit take your calculator multiply the celsius temperture by 1.8  (notice the decimal point between the one and the eight) and then add 32 and that's it.

Now if you want to go the other way converting the fahrenheit temperture to celsius take your calculator subtract 32 first then divide by 1.8
       
 F=  (1.8 x C) + 32       C=(F-32) / 1.8
IMPORTANT: Always do the math operations in the parentheses (brackets) first, not doing so will give the wrong answer.
Why do things the hard way when there are easier ways ?.Read on...

The link below is a conversion calculator site and their formulas use fractions but as we have found out using the decimal equivalents are easier and a lot easier to remember.
 click here for temperture conversion calculator

My Female Crush Autographs

I have collected some autographs through the years some starletts I have seen perform live tough we never met.  I don't care about jewerly,cars or how much they make.  All I care about is something that has their personal touch like a starlett signing an autograph and had to hold the picture down with her hand nor am I interested in buying and selling (I'm not).

Even this year starting in June I have been requesting  autographs via snail mail it's November haven't recieve one yet. I am not too worried they're most likely copies anyway.I don't know if the delay  is because of California's drought or not or if the mail people went back to riding ponies.

My Karen Black autograph should be worth $400 but since it was personally signed to me it goes down to $200.; But since she died it goes up to $1000 except it is again personally signed to me so it goes down to $500.  Pawn shops should offer $250. Most likely no one would buy it because it was personally signed to someone else..ME  :)

Pawn shops usually quote 1/4 the value of an item is worth and let the customer talk them into 1/2 of what the item is worth ,so the customer will feel like he's/she's getting a good deal and winning.

A video collection of my female autographs is below. Hey, don't judge me. I bet girls have mostly an all male autograph collection.Video below best viewed in full screen.

To prove I actually have these autographs the "My Autograph Wall"  video is below. Autographs from 1983 to present.

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Superstitions of Dogs,Cats ,Hats..,clocks and mirrors.

You probably not heard of this superstition: When a person takes a picture of his/hers dog, the dog dies withing one year.The fact is when a dog is about 15 years or later their masters want to take pictures of their dogs  before they die for a keep sake.Taking pictures were expensive back then.

For example the old Poloroid  camera the filmpack costs $20 and only took 10 pictures that's $2 a picture.It was not like today were almost everyone has digital cameras and can take thousands of thousands of pictures.So go ahead and take many pictures of the pets you want ,it'll cause them no harm  except maybe temporary blindness from a flash.(20 seconds)

What's with the blue eyes in the dogs' pictures that is just a reflection bouncing back from their retinas of their eyes when using a flash with humans  they appear  red.

Do cats have nine lives ?  No, this superstition came about because under certain conditions cats can spread their bodies and legs like a parachute and simply float down. No other animal can do this.

Wearing a hat indoors may cause baldness well it may if the hat is on too tight and cuts off the blood supply to the hair..otherwise it just nonsense.

What about the old superstition that breaking clocks and/or mirrors are back luck ?  In the earlier centuries  clocks and mirrors were made by hand and were expensive to buy. Not like today when we can buy them cheap.

Fixing Video Problems Via Youtube.

Okay, I was in front of my video/music studio ...Wait !  I have a video/music studio?  Yes, so does everyone else who has a computer with editing software ;)

Well, anyway when a video is finish uploaded to youtube and the procession is done you may see a prompt saying "We have detected ways to improve your video, you want us to fix it?" It won't hurt to click on yes"

Once the video is fixed you will see the prompt "We fixed your video do you like it ?"  and two buttons on the above right on your video  "Yeah, keep it" or you can  choose "undo"

Not only that but youtube allows you to download your own videos. Under your own video(s) simply go to "Video Manager" and click "edit" for the roll down menu and finally click "Download mp4"

When the video you've made yourself does not have any copyrighted content like singing  or dancing to a song, or if it just has public domain content youtube will allow the download.They will also allow the download if you are owner of all the video's copyrighted material.

The videos are always downloaded in the mp4 format which makes it faster to download and upload. The video will not play in the Windows Media Player if you have a windows XP or earlier. You will need to download a player that plays the mp4 format.But the downloaded video(s)  can still be uploaded to other sites if you want, and they'll still work.

Playing mp4 format videos in Windows Media Player on Windows 7 or higher is no problem.MP4 format is the compression used most recently on DVDs.

See picture below, "Not legally authorize" is the title of my video that I am about to download to my desktop.

Is It Good Luck Or Bad Luck.

Okay, I am riding down a roadway and suddenly got a flat tire and had to stop ,just a split second after that a car perpendicular from me is racing through a red light. Is that good luck or bad luck?

Is it bad luck that I now have a flat tire?

Actually, good luck and bad luck depends on how a person looks at things.For example the story above ;It was bad luck that I got a flat tire ,but it is also good luck because I wasn't hit by the on coming racing car.In other words I've lucked out. 

Yep, it is bad luck that I got a flat tire and also have to walk home but it also good luck because I do not have far to walk (1/10 mile--about the size of two city blocks)

How about finding money it is good luck if a person finds a $10 bill ,but it is also bad luck because it was not a $1000 dollar bill.

Okay how's this ?  Suppose I found a wallet filled with $100 bills that would be good luck, but bad luck because I'm honest and would turn the wallet  over to the police.But suppose the owner gave me $25 for finding the wallet that'll be good luck.

Suppose my toxic uncle came over to watch hours and hours of football games and makes me sit down to watch them all, to me that is bad luck ;But suppose those footgames got rained out and the station decides to broadcast reruns of Dr.Who starring Billie Piper to me that'll be good luck.(at this point I should make my uncle watch)...:)

In short bad luck and good luck depends on how a person looks at things. Luck does not exsist and yet at the same time it does exsist. What a paradox?

Census Bureau Phising Scam

First off if we had to do a census bureau survey it would have been all over the news.

Second their mention website starts off with "www."  it should start off with "https://www." notice the "s" if the "s" is not there and there is no padlock symbol on their site then it's a fake goverment site.Also a real goverment site will only allow 20 minutes at a time for security reasons.

As for the barcodes shown they could simply use their copy and paste. Using the copy command from a real form and paste it on their fake form,Also it seems that those barcodes are not magnetic, just copies of the code.

Third and the main red flag the document is not signed by any government personal.

Finally, they say that they're going mail us instrutions on how to fill out a survey. Do we really need instrutions on how to fill out a survey?  When we buy a broom, rake or hammer etc. does it come with instructions?  :P
Click video below to see the false document.

Little Arrows and the furnace

Not replacing your furnace filter once  a month or twice a week can damage your furnace motor not only that it can be extremely dangerous and may cause a fire. The filters cost about $3 or less so there is no excuse for not changing them.

However, there is more than that replacing furnace fitlers. First off  look for an arrow on your furnace filter that says "air flow"  if you cannot see any arrows saying "air flow"  the filter should still have an image of an arrow head either at the sides or above.

When replacing the filter behind the furnace door  be sure the "air flow" arrows are pointing towards the furnance.

Now if you have central air with a floor return grate it is the same deal under the grate the "air flow" arrows should be pointed down.You can tell a return grate when your central air is on ,it will not be blowing out  air, but sucking the air in.

                     click here to hear Little Arrows song.