Food
OK, so the word problems listed in the last posting were not that popular. Just so you know, the answers are:
Meniscus - the small concave area at the neck of a container. This can be loosened with small repeated taps.
Surface Tension - the attraction of a liquid for its container
Pressure versus Volume - think of a closed piston. As you push down on a piston, it becomes requires more and more force. As volume decreases, pressure increases.
Percent - if 25 people out of 100 have red hair, then 75 have non-red hair. So 75 out of 100 have non-red hair or 75%
The Mom - The Mom is a Lyric Soprano, like Julie Andrews. Anyone in our house on a Sunday morning should remember this.
(mmmfph...)
Now, a few fact LIST items on food.
If you ever have children, you should discover that the nightly dinner is important. Everyone at the table with lively and family discussions. Even with comments like "Eww, what's that", or "Peas, NOT PEAS", or "How much of that do I have to eat...", The Mom was strong and steady and had nutritious and delicious food on the table.
We may have covered some of these but the food fact LIST items include:
One piece of vegetable for every year of age
Only take one piece of bread at a time
No throwing food at your sister
No "showing" food
You had to clean (most) of your plate before you were excused (or before dessert, if we had any that day). This excludes the "bite for the food god" from Alison.
When setting the table, the knife and spoon are on the right of the plate (knife edge always toward the spoon) and the fork on the left.
Everyone has their traditional place to sit (even today)
(I heard a good definition on the TV yesterday, "Activities repeated regularly become traditions")
Any other food fact LIST items...
The Dad
posted by The Dad @ 9:47 AM
5 comments
5 Comments:
Of course you expected me to disagree with your placement of the knife - or rather the orientation of it's cutting edge! The cutting edge is toward the plate, and away from the spoon. Even your mother agreed with me, though you said she's the one who taught you the "incorrect" or "improper" way! I really think your memory is faulty here! :-)
Yes, I agree with mom on the knife placement issue. If the blade is facing the spoon, then it's facing your hand when you reach for it, and you'll cut yourself. Bad news.
Isn't there something funny Trey would say about showing food? Why can't I remember this?
You should also point out that we always drank milk. I never drink milk as a beverage with dinner anymore--in fact, it never even occurs to me as an option--but I couldn't imagine drinking anything else as a child.
Why is no one else commenting on this blog? Am I going to have to start slinging insults here in the comments section to get some action going?
hey hey hey...I commented twice on the last post!
is the funny thing about showing food anything to do with...
"hey johnny! do you like seafood?"
"yeah jane, i do!"
jane then sticks out her tongue which is full of chewed up food.
Seafood! Yes, I think that was it.
And yes, Mary, you get credit for being the only person to comment on the meniscus post.
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