January 18, 2019 This day in history
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Started by metmike - Jan. 18, 2019, 1:34 p.m.

Pick one, especially if your name is Carl (-:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_18


2007 – The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.

One can interpret this to mean storms are getting worse but if you analyze it, what actually happened is that storms were much worse in the past and prior to 17 years ago.

It means that things have been less stormy compared to before 17 years ago.


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By carlberky - Jan. 18, 2019, 2:17 p.m.
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1896 – An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.

As a kid in the thirties, I looked forward to the visit to the shoe store so that I could see the skeleton of my feet in the store's x-ray machine. Shudder, shudder !!!

 

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Shoe-fitting fluoroscopes, also sold under the names X-ray Shoe Fitter, Pedoscope and Foot-o-scope, were X-ray fluoroscope machines  installed in shoe stores from the 1920s until about the 1970s in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa, Germany and Switzerland