I have a bloodhound that I take for walks in the = park. He is a good coin collector, especially copper = coins. Been told that breed is great at picking up = cents. ****QUIZ ANSWERS FOR HIGHEST MOUNTAINS**** 1. At 20,320 = feet, what…
07/05/21 Grif.Net – Monday Quiz: Upward & Onward
[Tough = questions to check geographic knowledge of high mountains. No google, = please. Answer only 1 question publicly to others may enjoy = playing along. Answers tomorrow] 1. At 20,320 = feet, what is the official name of the highest mountain in North = America? __________ 2.…
07/03/21 Weekend Grif.Net – Happy Birthday, America
Oh, say can = you see, by the dawn’s early light, what so proudly we hailed at the = twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad = stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, o’er the ramparts = we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the = rockets’ red glare, the…
07/02/21 Grif.Net – Status Updates
[Every few = weeks I post odd updates from the ‘net, often proving I have = friends with a stranger sense of humor than I = do.] Laura M said, = “My ancestors navigated the ocean by using stars. I missed = my exit on the Freeway even with…
07/01/21 Grif.Net – Word Play B Fun
An impartial = investigation into the controversial disappearances of the Bermuda = Triangle revealed that there were many opinions and some people had even = taken sides. You= can pick any spot to plant a tree and you don’t have to tell me = why, because I’m arbortrary. …
06/30/21 Grif.Net – Aging
With half of = this year having passed, it’s time for reminders and warnings on = dangers of aging. It is my “shout out” to old people = (it’s the only way they will hear, anyway) “I envy = people who grow old gracefully. They age to perfection like…
06/29/21 Grif.Net – Coin Collecting (part 8)
My friend was working overtime at the Denver Mint every = day. Forced into too many hours on the job, the staff = members were threatening a strike. Oddly enough, they were striking because they wanted to = make less money. ~~~ANSWERS TO FOOD NAME QUIZ~~~…
06/28/21 Grif.Net – Monday Quiz: What’s in a Name?
[Here is your = chance to answer odd-ball assortment of questions that have little rhyme = or reason. Please just post 1 answer publicly to allow others the = fun of guessing. As always, Google knows. We know = that. We want to know if YOU know it without artificial…
06/26/21 Weekend Grif.Net – What? Me Worry?
[This is a = repost from 20+ years ago as people were wondering what was in store in = the new millennium. Fear and concern over what might happen to our = lives, our planet, our future facing the dreaded Y2k. No one could even = envision the events looming…
06/25/21 Grif.Net – Changing Names
My friend = Victor recently changed his last name simply to the letter = “E” I thought is = was tribute to the positive idea of “victory” when said = aloud. He said, No. = Now, no one = can figure out the reason. Today, to…
06/24/21 Grif.Net – Moving Sheep
During the = long winter in western Wyoming, two ranchers flooded a low-lying field = and made a skating rink for their families to = enjoy. A shepherd = accustomed to crossing the fields decided to take a shortcut across that = low land to move his sheep to…
06/23/21 Grif.Net – More Highly Irrelevant Questions
[Trying to = surprise everyone with clever Q&A. Again, my perfect record of = failing stays intact] Q: What do you = call a beautiful woman on the arm of a banjo player? = A: A tattoo. = Q: = What happens to nitrogen when the sun comes…
06/22/21 Grif.Net – Coin Collecting (part 7)
I enjoy throwing coins in the river and watching the = current catch them and tumble them in patterns in the stream bed. = Guess I just like studying my cash flow. ***ANSWERS TO FOOD FACT QUIZ*** FOODIE FUN = FACTS 1. A century = ago,…