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Jacob Collier concert tours

We wrote about Jacob Collier two years ago.  Now he is on a world tour, having the audience participate in the delightful concerts.  This an amazing and unique musician. Please take a look.  TED Talk You Tube

These fish hand-crafted candles are fun and make the perfect hostess gift if you’re visiting someone who loves fish, or who lives by the water.  They are made from beeswax and shaped like fish.  They have a cotton wick and are 9.5” tall.  They were given to me, and it is a creative and fun present to receive!  $36.00 for a pair

. Have you ever needed to measure something but did not have any measuring tools available?  The most popular thread on Reddit offers you permanent access to a ‘rule of thumb’ (of sorts).    Measure your handspan, thumb tip to pinky tip.  Now you have a useful measuring tool at your fingertips, so to speak.  It might not be perfect, but you can get close.  My hand span is 7.5”, a number I won’t forget. Reddit has many more useful suggestions and information tidbits.

 

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I follow a feed called Interesting Facts, and one day I received an article titled “7 Features You Didn’t Know Your Car Had”. Most of the features I knew about, but I’ve never been certain what the image of a swerving car meant.  In case you are baffled as well, here is the explanation.

Stability Control

Do you sometimes see a dashboard light that looks like a car with wiggly lines underneath it? That means you have an electronic stability control (ESC) system, sometimes called vehicle stability control, electronic stability program, or dynamic control system. It closely monitors your steering to determine when your car might be out of control, and softly adjusts the brakes on each wheel to compensate for over- or understeering and to prevent rollovers.

If you see the dash light flickering, chances are the system has been activated and is trying to keep your car on track, or driving conditions are just slippery. If it’s steady, it could mean the system is malfunctioning. Some cars have a button that can turn it off.

 

 

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