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wwh: Heh, I was just citing the site! Here's part of the list I perused: Balneology - Natural and medicinal baths
Biology - Living organisms
Bryology - Moses
Campanology - Bells
Cardiology - Heart function and disease
Carpology - Fruits and seedshttp://www.everythink.co.uk/science/T0001_ologies.html...as submitted on an above post by tsuwm. Next question, well, if bryology is the study of Moses, then what do you think a bryophyte might be? Wordweird
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And carphology is the study of lint. Well, almost. Carphologia can be symptom of mild acute brain syndrome such as my oldest daughter had during severe measles, trying to touch illusionary objects floating in front of her.
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Carphology is the study of lint? Wow! Well, that's got to be a branch of the study of dust if we could ever agree upon what that study mite be....
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mite study just about tops the list = acarology
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Dear Water Witch: Your "balneology" reminds me of elevator operator in Medical Building of BCH in forties. He smelled bad enough he could have been chemical warfare agent. But he had political connections, so complaints were fruitless. But one resident was outstandingly resourceful. He got on elevator, and kept looking at the Mephitus mephitus, and then looking away hurriedly when operator noticed him.
Finally operator demanded: "Wy you looka at me dat way?" The resident said in a surprised way:"Hasn't anybody ever told you you have a severe case of nowasheenuffie?" "Wats dat?" " A very serious condition that could turn into skin cancer." The operator had been around enough to know what "cancer" meant, and he would have turned pale, except dirt layer hid it. "Waddo I do about it?" The resident wrote out an Rx for Sapo mollis, well rubbed in, and removed with lots of water.
The stink went away, and operator was proud to continue fighting his nowasheenuffie. He was getting treatment.
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>Carphology is the study of lint?
actually, carphology is the picking at bedclothes that is an affliction which troubles delerious patients or those that suffer from dementia (also called floccilation).
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Yes, Nor'easters are the classic monster storms that rage up the East Coast from the Gulf and can be more formidable than hurricanes. In fact, the Great Storm of '62, or the "Ash Wednesday Storm," which hit us in March of that year, was the worst storm of the 20th Century for us (UCLIU)! It stalled over the coast, as these gales often do, but this time it stayed for 4 days through 8 high tides right on the Spring Tide, the astromically high tide on a full moon that reaches full zenith only a couple of times a year. The ocean met the bay inundating all the barrier island towns, hasn't happened since or before in historical memory...it was a disaster! Devastated the entire coast. 'Course, I believe the Hurricane of '38 was the storm of the century up New England way (wow, wwh, am I right about this?). But, yeah, nor'easters are no fun in these parts. I remember one in December of '82 that was blowin' 90 mph steady with higher gusts, and the house wouldn't stop shaking...amusement soon turned to fear. After that I ain't stickin' around for any hurricanes Cat 2 or higher!
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And "Rhe:*ology is the study of fluids in motion or flow in solids
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Hurricane Alice is the one i remember-- back in 1971-- Faldage will remember it too, it he was living up state then-- it stalled, just south of NY, lost alot of power, but picked up moisture.. NYC was flooded -- but upstate got it even worse.. places like Corning NY had massive floods-- the river flooded and water was 6 to 8 foot deep in town. and most of Corning is a high bluff-- not in true "bottom land" -- last time i was there, (about 10 years ago) some building still had "water marks" visible.
the Gulf Stream current directs warm water up the east coast, and across the Atlantic-- southern ireland sports tropical american palm trees-- the seeds travel 2000 miles before hitting land.. and many a hurriicane travels with the warm waters of the Gulf stream.. the warm water keeps the hurricane active.. if we are lucky, a nice high pressure system from the west drives the hurricane out to sea.. Unlucky-- an a Low, and it moves inland.. Obviously, the further north you go, the better chances you have..
the hurricane of '38 was called the Long Island Expressway (In NY at least)- it raced across the middle of the island, and on up into NE and nearly washed away all of Rhode Island-- a place that it joked has 10 counties at Low tide, but only 3 at high tide. part of the problems was the storm had remained out at sea, and no one knew it was coming.. so no precautions had been taken at all to evacuate low lying areas.
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Dear WO'N:In 1938 we didn't even know it was a hurricane until after it was over. Rain had softened ground so roots of big trees worked loose and huge elms were across the road in many places. The chainsaw was not yet available, and it was over two weeks before some roads were passable again.
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