Inquiring mind wants to know:

- If only Grade A eggs are sold for direct human consumption, what constitutes a Grade B and where do they end up?

- Not too long ago you could buy packages of chicken hearts and gizzards. Now it is just gizzards. What happened to the hearts? (Not that there were many anyway. For every gizzard, there should be a heart, but a package might contain 4-5.)

- When you are landing in a commercial flight the pilot announces they are on the final approach. Did they try it several times before and now think they can make it?

- What happened to the new dollar coins? I have seen exactly two, both at the home of a neighbor.

- Electronic signals, I believe, travel at the speed of light. What happens when a signal is aimed at a satellite and it misses? Does it continue into space indefinitely?

- How can you build a new pond and several years later it will have fish in it without stocking?

Surely others of you have similar questions.

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), December 29, 2000

Answers

Ken, Give me a break! I'm still trying to figure out how they "mechanically seperate" a chicken without using a '72 Dodge pick up truck and a dusty Alabama dirt road. :)

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), December 29, 2000.

I'd like to know why they put those outside rearview mirrors on cars that say things might be closer than they appear instead of the kind they always had, why they made donut tires for spares, too much time on their hands perhaps, and why they call robins robin red breast when they're orange.

-- Cindy (atilrthehony_1@yahoo.com), December 29, 2000.

Gosh, Ken, do you really want answers?

Grade B eggs are dumped into a bin, shells and all, loaded into tanker trucks and are sold to Sara Lee for baking.

"Spare chicken parts" are ground up and put in McNuggets.

Final approach is after locating , circling then lining up with the runway.

The new dollar coins are piling up in Reno and Las Vegas slot machines and of course, in your neighbors collection.

Electronic signals that miss their satelites bounce around the universe causing echoes and whispers which other worlds pick up and try to process as proof of intelligent life on other planets.

Ponds and fish? Hmm. "If you build it, they will come."

-- Laura (gsend@hotmail.com), December 29, 2000.

I can answer two of your questions.

Yes, electronic signals do continue on forever. I was told in electronics class (and you know if a professor said it, it's true) that signals transmitted 60 years ago are still bouncing around in space.

And, birds that feed in mud and water in stock tanks and lakes and creeks carry fish eggs to other ponds where they might stop to munch down a frog. That's how fish get in isolated ponds of water.

-- Joe (jcole@apha.com), December 29, 2000.

Laura and others have done a good job answering, but I'll throw in my two cents worth too.

Grade "B" eggs are right next to grade "A" eggs in the store where I shop. Maybe the chickens in your area just take more pride in their vocation and don't lay Bs.

Chicken hearts are actually sew together enmasse and used in humans as transplants.

As for making a final approach by planes, the first one may be the only one and therefore the final one. At other times the planes are ordered to circle until the final approach is declared. Only when your plane is late and you need to make connections does the latter occur.

I've seen several of the new dollar coins, and have exactly two of them. Funny, I don't remember you visiting Ken.

As Joe indicated, electronic signals do bounce around in space. As they hit cosmic dust they become garbled beyond recognition. Some are eventually bounced back to earth, and the government is building multi-million dollar antenna arrays to record the signals to try to decipher them.

Stocking new ponds. Haven't you heard of "walking catfish?"

As to mechanically separated chicken, haven't you heard of the "Jaws of Life?" These devices are used on chicken when not being pressed into rescue service.

As to the curved rear view mirrors, in some parts of the country called cities, they have eight lanes of autos whizzing at break neck speed all around you. You need the curve in order to see all lanes and get the full thrill factor.

As to those bitty tires, they are used so that Billy Joe Bob and Bubba can have someone to rescue and share a beer with.

Forgive me in advance, but the one I'm still pondering is "disposable douche." I really don't want to know of any other!

-- Notforprint (Not@thekeyboard.com), December 29, 2000.

Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?

-- Terri Perry (teperry@stargate.net), December 29, 2000.

Other ponderables...fresh frozen, virtually spotless, military intelligence, friendly fire....I'm sure there are many more.

-- Doreen (animalwaitress@excite.com), December 29, 2000.

Why does Cabin Fever always occur after a long cold spell? How does this cold affect brain chemistry,resulting in inquiring minds?

-- sharon wt (wildflower@ekyol.com), December 29, 2000.

I see that Terri likes Gallager! I love Gallager.

Where does all the rubber go that wears off the tires for all these years?

That new commercial that says their heat pump will heat your whole house for the cost of a single light bulb?

Why does the trash man always come 2 hours early on the days I am 1 hour behind? If I get it 1/2 mile down there at the crack of dawn, he comes late in the day.

-- Cindy in Ky (solidrockranch@msn.com), December 30, 2000.

Why do they charge us to leave our trash at the landfill but won't pay us for things we take home from the landfill???

-- Mark in NC Fla (deadgoatman@webtv.net), December 30, 2000.

When I worked at a farm market, people would ask if the veggies were picked fresh.

-- Cindy (atilrthehony_1@yahoo.com), December 30, 2000.

heheheheh this is a good thread

Hmmmmm why do they call it Freezer Burn?

Who are They?

-- Kenneth in N.C. (wizardsplace13@hotmail.com), December 30, 2000.

why are sidewalks in the front of houses?

-- renee oneill{md.} (oneillsr@home.com), December 30, 2000.

Why do they call them buildings when they are finished? They should be called "builts"

-- Cindy in Ky (solidrockranch@msn.com), December 30, 2000.

Just saw this today on a bottle of CHILDRENS cough medicine for 12 and under. "May cause drowsyness. Do not drive or operate heavy equipment while taking this medication". Huh??????????

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), December 31, 2000.

Okay, I've got two answers on this...a Robin Red-breast is the English robin, for which our American Robin is named and is indeed much redder in colouration.

As for all the rest, I will comment that 'If LOGIC prevailed, then men would ride sidesaddle'.

-- Julie Froelich (firefly1@nnex.net), December 31, 2000.

Makes sense , Julie. I always thought the "girls" bike design made more sense too for everyone.

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), December 31, 2000.

I think that the "boy's" bike design is supposed to be sturdier, though less comfortable.

-- Kathleen Sanderson (stonycft@worldpath.net), December 31, 2000.

well Jay now I have to go and get logical.The man's bike frame is stronger.When I rode bike alot,I had a man's bike for that reason.Lightweight bikes need the stength.I have long legs,so I never minded getting off and on.'course I had nothing to get in the way,either!

Nick hated the racing seats.Said they were"unconfortable"...you know.I never minded them, either.

-- sharon wt (wildflower@ekyol.com), December 31, 2000.

This all sounds like an old George Carlin routine.

-- melina b. (goatgalmjb1@hotmail.com), January 03, 2001.

Why do they call them apartments if they are all stuck together?

-- Laura (LauramLeek@yahoo.com), November 05, 2001.