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• If you live in the rainy Pacific Northwest, the steamy Southern states or a rain forest, you have probably heard the idiom “It was raining cats and dogs.” The origin of the phrase is unknown. One theory is that in olden days in England, dogs and cats would sleep on the thatch or hay roofs of houses. When it rained, the roofs became slippery and the animals would slide off. Hence, it was “raining cats and dogs!”
• On the other hand, if you are sitting in a theater, you may be in the “peanut gallery.” This term was popularized in the late 19th century and referred to seats located in the balcony of the theater, the
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“cheap” seats. People in these seats would some-times throw peanuts, common theater food of the time, on those seated below. The term was also used for those seated in the first row on the floor seats where the patrons could throw peanuts on stage if they weren’t pleased with the performance.
• Regarding theater lingo, when “the plot thickens,” it means that the situation is becoming more dif-ficult or complicated.
• Many consider theater performances to be luxu-ries for the wealthy, those who “live high on the hog.” This expression came about because only the rich could afford the choicest cuts of pork, like loin, which comes from the top of the pig.
• The best cuts of pork were usually consumed at the time of butchering. The other cuts were salt cured for preservation to be eaten during the winter. When spring arrived, people were “scraping the bottom of the barrel” looking for any scraps remaining. The term is now used to refer to the last food in the pantry, money in the budget, last one chosen for a team, etc.
• Another term for the wealthy is the “upper crust.” This term comes from England, where the smell of bread wafted from the kitchens of country estates. The upper crust was the superior un-burnt part of a loaf that was served to the “gentry” or high society.
• In Biblical times, the “upper crust,” or upper class, was offered the “fat of the land.” This meant the fattest and best livestock.
• Another familiar expression with origins in the Bible is “salt of the earth.” Salt was not only expensive, it was also a vital preservative. People referred to as the “salt of the earth” were and are very precious.
• Again thinking of the precious commodity of salt, a compliment that someone is “worth his salt” means he is doing a good job and is a valu-able worker. Salt was so valuable in ancient days that Roman soldiers were sometimes paid with salt instead of or in addition to coins or cur-rency.
• In stark contrast to a good worker stands one who isn’t. A sorry or less-than-stellar worker may get “canned” or “sacked.” This terminology came from coal miners who were given a chit, a “statement of an amount owed for food and drink,” which they could use at the company store. When let go, their severance pay was a can of food usually put in a sack.
• Just as a bad worker can affect the attitudes of his co-workers, a “bad apple” can ruin a whole bag or box of apples. This term has been used with all kinds of produce and people as well. You don’t want to be the “bad apple” in the crowd!
• If you find yourself in the unsavory position of being the person viewed as the “bad apple,” you may find yourself “eating humble pie.” This say-ing came about in a circuitous way. In the 14th century, the heart, liver, entrails, etc. of animals were called the “numbles” (noumbles, nomblys, noubles). In the 15th century, they were called “umbles.” The umbles were used as an ingredient in pies. Only lower class folks ate “humble pie.” Hence, abasing or lowering oneself was seen as
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taking oneself to a lower class.• Bakers in Europe were not usually baking “hum-
ble pie” but pastries, cookies, rolls and other fine treats. Because they could receive stiff punish-ment for shorting customers, bakers would usually put 13 or more pieces in their orders just to be sure. This is where the “baker’s dozen” originated.
• British sailors on war ships in the 1700s might have appreciated some “humble pie” or a gener-ous “baker’s dozen.” Their ships did not have the best living conditions. Usually, a sailor’s breakfast and lunch was only bread and a beverage. The third meal of the day included meat and was pre-sented on a square tray. Hence the term “square meal” was coined to identify the most substantial meal of the day.
• A popular topping for pizza, “Canadian bacon” has hog geography behind its name. It doesn’t have anything to do with the country of Canada other than its location relative to the United States. Traditional bacon is cut from the under-belly or south side of the pig. Canadian bacon is cut from the loin area, the upper part of the pig. Since it is from the north — Oh, Canada!
• In England, it is customary to extend hospitality to visitors, even complete strangers. However, when the host chose to serve a “cold shoulder” of beef, it signaled that it was time for the guests to move on. Think about this the next time you snub someone or give them the “cold shoulder.”
• When wood stoves were used to cook beef shoul-ders and more, cooks used the front burners for intense heat and for stoking the fire to avoid a reach across the hot stove top. When it was time to slow down or simmer the food, it was put on the “back burner.” Now that term is used for putting something on hold, such as a chore you need, but don’t want, to do.
• Now for “a toast” to our Tidbits readers! Toast-ing is a medieval tradition that honored a host with a gesture for long life. The gesture entailed placing a crust of bread into a goblet of wine and raising it to the host, an adaptation of Holy Communion.
DEAD SEAEven though fresh water is continually draining
into the Dead Sea, it is nearly 10 times as salty as the oceans and twice as salty as Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
• One of the world’s most unusual places, the Dead Sea is also called the Salt Sea. Located in the Middle East, it is bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. The Hebrew name for the Dead Sea is Yam ha Maved, which actually means “killer sea.”
• The Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth, over 1,312 feet (400 m) below sea level. At its deepest part, it is over 2,300 feet (701 m) below sea level. The Dead Sea is 42 miles (67 km) long and 11 miles (18 km) wide at its widest point.
• The main tributary into the sea is the Jordan Riv-er. The Dead Sea does not empty out anywhere — It is endorheic, which means it has no outlet besides evaporation. It is totally landlocked, and the deeper areas are the saltiest. There is an estimated 1.9 billion tons of potassium chloride salt in the Dead Sea that are harvested by using a system of evaporation ponds.
• The Dead Sea has a salinity reading of 33.7 percent, meaning nearly 35 percent of the water is dissolved salts. Ocean water is 3.5 percent dis-solved salts.
• Due to the high salinity of the Dead Sea, no fish or any kind of swimming, squirming crea-ture lives in or near the water. Fish accidentally swimming into the waters from one of the several freshwater streams that feed the Sea are killed instantly, their bodies quickly coated with a preserving layer of salt crystals and then tossed onto shore by the wind and waves.
• There are, however, several species of bacteria and one species of algae that are adapted to harsh life in the Dead Sea. White salt crystals cover everything on the shore. And this is no ordinary table salt; the salts found in the Dead Sea are mineral salts — mostly chloride salts of magnesium, sodium, potassium and bromine — just like you find in the oceans of the world, only in extreme concentrations.
• The leading attraction at the Dead Sea is the warm, soothing, super-salty water. This water has attracted visitors since ancient times, in-cluding King Herod the Great and the beautiful Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra.
• Due to the high salinity, water in the Dead Sea is extremely buoyant — A person can float effort-lessly on his or her back and not have to expend energy treading water. Also, the high salt con-tent and warm temperature of the water provide therapy for ailments such as rheumatism, gyne-cological diseases and bronchial conditions.
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• I started out with nothing and still have most of it left.• I pretend to work. They pretend to pay me.• If I throw a stick, will you leave?• Does your train of thought have a caboose?• Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.• Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.• Well, this day was a total waste of makeup.• See no evil, hear no evil, date no evil.• Not all men are annoying. Some are dead.• A woman’s favorite position is CEO.• I’m trying to imagine you with a personality.• A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.• Stress is when you wake up screaming & you realize you haven’t fallen asleep yet.• Can I trade this job for what’s behind door number 1?• I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.• Too many freaks, not enough circuses.• Macho Law prohibits me from admitting I’m
wrong.• Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?• Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.• Never trust a dog to watch your food.• Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.• If at first you don’t succeed, blame someone else and seek counseling.• You’re just jealous because the voices are talking to me.
Sarcasm from those who know...• It’s always darkest before it turns absolutely pitch black. - Paul Newman• History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alterna-tives. - Abba Eban• If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.. Groucho Marx• The United States is a nation of laws: badly writ-ten and randomly enforced. - Frank Zappa• The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. - George Bernard Shaw• I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. - Mark Twain• If you ever become a mother, can I have one of the puppies? - Charles Pierce• When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. - Eric Hoffer• Anyone who told you to be yourself couldn’t have given you any worse advice. - Unkonwn• If you don’t read the newspaper, you are unin-formed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed. - Mark Twain• Don’t be humble. You’re not that great. - Golda Meir
In a night that saw Loveland’s Mountain View Mountain Lions dominate a young Weld Cen-tral team, there were plenty of solid perform-ances, but this week’s Loveland Ford Player of the week made plays on both the offensive and defensive side of the football.
Tyler Kress intercepted a pass and ran it back for a touchdown early in the first quarter to add to a 25-0 score at the end of the 1st quar-ter. Along with his solid defensive play, Kress added another touchdown in the 3rd quarter but this time he hauled in a pass from backup quarterback, Jerrad Klug.
In the end, it was a dominant victory up and down the board for the Mountain Lions with a final score of 46-13, Mountain View. The Mountain Lions are 3-0 in their first season in the 4A Northern, but they begin league play next week when they host Longmont.
Congratulations to Tyler Kress on the win and for earning this week’s Loveland Ford Player of the week.
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notorious sex symbol Mae West who made the following sage observation: “You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.”
• At the 2012 USA Memory Championship, Nelson Dellis set a new record for the memo-rization of random digits. At the annual event in New York City, Dellis accurately recalled a whopping 303 numbers in sequence.
• The Rose Parade, popularly known as Ameri-ca’s New Year Celebration, was originally started in 1890. These days, hundreds of thou-sands of people crowd the parade route each year, and millions more view the television broadcast worldwide. The amount of work that goes into the display is astonishing: Each float has anywhere from 30,000 to 150,000 flowers on it, which are applied during the 700 to 900 hours spent on preparing each float.
• Beloved film icon James Dean was missing his front teeth; he had to wear a bridge to fill the gap in his smile.
• If you’re like the average American, at least one-tenth of the garbage you produce is made of plastic.
• The first sound recording ever made was cre-ated in 1877 by Thomas Edison. It was a musi-cal selection: “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”
• Those who study such things say that Ameri-can English has roughly 20 swear words (depending, of course, on how one defines swearing). In contrast, residents of ancient Rome had a lexicon of about 800 “dirty” words to draw upon.
• If you’re planning a trip by air anytime soon, you might want to keep in mind that the busi-est day in airports is Thursday.
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There are two kinds of jealousy. One kind is illustrated by the late comedian Rodney Danger-field’s line, “My wife’s jealousy is getting ridicu-lous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.” This kind of jealousy is the desire to keep what you have. It is a combination of fear and anger: fear of losing something and anger that someone is moving in on something or someone that you think belongs to you.
The other kind of jealousy is the resentment you have when you see a rival or someone you love gain significant success or advantage. You know what I’m talking about, right? It’s what you feel when the jerk in the next office gets the promotion and you don’t; or when your brother-in-law strikes it rich with some stupid business idea.
Not long ago our best friends moved into a lovely new home on a lake with brand new furni-ture, all the latest amenities and a three-car garage complete with a new SUV, a new pickup and a very nice boat. We had to work on not being jealous of their hard-earned success.
Two words define this kind of jealousy: envious resentment. It happens when you cannot rejoice in another’s success but rather feel bitter about it and covet what they own or have achieved.
If you are spending energy begrudging the suc-cess of others, I want you to consider what jealousy does to you –
Jealousy makes you look and sound ugly. Have you ever seen anyone’s face brighten up with a beautiful smile while they are expressing their bitter feelings about another’s success? No you haven’t. When you express your resentment toward another person’s good fortune your face
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screws up, your eyes narrow and you look repul-sive and sound nasty, no matter how good-looking you may be.
Jealousy lowers your self-esteem. When you are jealous of another you allow all kinds of negative thoughts overwhelm you: I’m just not as smart as he is. No one in our family ever becomes wealthy – I guess we won’t either. What’s the matter with me? Why can’t I succeed?
And third, jealousy ruins relationships. Good marriages, lifetime friendships, business associates, beloved relatives and many other kinds of relation-ships are ruined by jealousy. A once great relation-ship goes bust when one strikes it rich or marries someone above them or wins a coveted prize or position or fantasizes about who their mate may be spending time with. It’s not possible to be seriously jealous of someone else and still be their friend.
So what to do about jealousy? Three things: First of all, acknowledge it. Talk about it with a confident – and maybe even with the person you are jealous of.
Second, love yourself. Ap-prove of who you are and where you are in life. If your friend’s success reveals areas for you to improve, fine! Make positive changes to become a better you. But don’t do it to compete with your rival, do it to bless and
love yourself.Third, bless the one having the success you de-
sire. Be joyful in their success – and tell them with authentic words of blessings.
This week’s swift kick in the pants – learn to be happy with who you are and what you have and be happy for the other person’s success. In short, junk your jealousy, regain your self-esteem and you’ll look better, feel better and you’ll be a better person.
• On Oct. 6, 1847, “Jane Eyre,” a book about the struggles of an orphan girl who grows up to be-
come a governess, is published. Charlotte Bronte, the book’s author, wrote of her experiences at being sent to a boarding school at the age of 5.
• On Oct. 1, 1920, Scientific American magazine reports that the rapidly developing medium of radio soon would be used to broadcast music: “Experimental concerts are at present being conducted every Friday evening from 8:30 to 11:00 by the Radio Laboratory of the Bureau of Standards.”
• On Oct. 5, 1930, a British dirigible crashes in Beauvais, France, killing all 56 people aboard. The R-101, Great Britain’s biggest blimp, was flying only 250 feet above the ground, unbe-
knownst to the pilots because of the dark night. The blimp skimmed treetops before hitting a ridge, igniting the hydrogen supply.
• On Oct. 4, 1944, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower distributes to his combat units a report by the U.S. Surgeon General that reveals the hazards of prolonged exposure to combat. Based on this evaluation, American commanders judged that the average soldier could last about 200 days in combat before suffering serious psychiatric dam-age.
• On Oct. 2, 1968, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson strikes out 17 Detroit Tigers in the first game of the World Series, breaking Sandy Kou-fax’s record for the most strikeouts in a Series game.
• On Oct. 7, 1975, a New York State Supreme Court judge reverses a deportation order for John Lennon, allowing him to remain legally in the U.S. The judge wrote that “The courts will
not condone selective deportation based upon secret political grounds.” An FBI investigation of Lennon had turned up no evidence of involve-ment in illegal activities.
• On Oct. 3, 1995, Heisman Trophy winner O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, despite a DNA match, a wound on Simpson’s hand, the recent purchase of a “Stiletto” knife and matching shoeprints at the scene.
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