Good Day DU (February 4, 2021)

[EarlG]

Hello again! Yesterday there seemed to be a bit of support for a question of the day, and someone also liked the idea of historical trivia, so as this daily post continues to take shape, let's try this:

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Today in History: February 4

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Question of the Day: What is the most useless talent you have?

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Today's milestones: Congratulations to the following active DU members!

Anniversaries
jobendorfer (20 years), lilymidnite (18 years), Jack from Charlotte (17 years), SimplyHadEnough (15 years), DemInBuckhead (14 years), standingtall (9 years), AtomicBiblePerson (4 years), Mossfern (2 years), Slant (1 year), Bobjustbob (1 year), Forever Blue (1 year), MaineBlueBear (1 year), SAMi American Girl (1 year)

Posting milestones
SergeStorms (10000 posts)

New members who posted for the first time
AnrothElf, felicemmp2, Eldar948, TeamProg, MarcATL, SkeezerRedux, VickiSmith

[EarlG]

1. Oh and in case anyone is wondering

the most useless talent I have is that I can pronounce one of the world's longest place names:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

[UrbScotty]

9. What about Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg? (nt)

[Rhiannon12866]

13. I've been there! (But never had occasion to pronounce it)

And once had a rare exchange with Skinner who was apparently there at about the same time (1983).

And thanks for doing this, reminds me of the "old days" when newyawker99 posted her Milestone threads. I always wondered how she did it. It's so good to see it back, DUers love to be recognized.

[niyad]

2. Congrats to all celebrants, and welcome all first-time posters. EarlG, does your coffee get cold

while you name that town?

Hmmm, trying to think if any of my talents are useful.

[underpants]

3. Internal clock - I always know what time it is

I can wake up in the middle of the night and i always guess within 10 minutes of the time before I look at the clock.

[cwydro]

5. Same here.

Haven’t needed an alarm clock in more than 40 years.

[Stuart G]

10. You are not alone...I can usually get it very close..but

sometimes the clock is off...(I guess it is an "OLD" clock, but usually very close)

[ksactivism]

4. Opening textbook to exact page

Similar to the internal clock, I find myself being able to open to the exact page of a book quite frequently. Absolutely useless talent, however it saves several seconds of my day!

[Wawannabe]

6. I can whistle so loud

You want me to stop. Everyone does.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My most useless talent?

I can thread a needle left-handed........but I'm right-handed.

I can wiggle my ears.





Thanks for doing this, my dear EarlG!

[Donkees]

8. February 4th 1965 - The Righteous Brothers were No.1 with 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

February 4th 1965 - The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Phil Spector song 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'. Also a US No.1 at the same time. In 1999 the PRS announced that it was the most played song of the 20th Century.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/

February 4th 1968 - The Beatles
Working at Abbey Road studios, London, The Beatles recorded 'Across The Universe'. John and Paul decided the song needed some falsetto harmonies so they invited two girl fans into the studio to sing on the song. The two were Lizzie Bravo, a 16-year-old Brazilian living near Abbey Road and 17-year-old Londoner Gayleen Pease.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/

[AwakeAtLast]

11. This is awesome!

Useless talent......hmmmm

I can sing in pretty much any language with accurate dialect. I understand none of it. Okay, most of it. You do pick up some things along the way.

[ploppy]

12. I never forget a zip code.

[electric_blue68]

14. Hee, hee. Unless some weird medical or accidental thing happens...

my most useless talent is being able to roll my tougne
into a "O" .
Not everyone can (it's a gene thing).

[backtoblue]

15. Love these new milestone posts!

Edit to add that I can wiggle my nose.

[Kali]

16. gleeking

I know what it is and I can do it.

[DFW]

17. This is pretty useless:

I can greet and say a few rudamentary pleasantries in an obscure Alawite dialect of Kurdish.