Not Your Father’s TV: How to Move an Oversized Plasma TV
Back in the day television sets were boxy, chunky and weighty. Now they are big, flat and still weigh a good amount. Aside from the similarities and differences, plasma TVs are a little scarier to move. The fact that they’re flat can make them more vulnerable to damage. Your father’s television set was stocky and could take a little bit of jostling whereas the newer sets can topple over very easily.
Fast Facts About Fast!
There is an elite unassociated group of animals and insects that can lay claim to being the fastest on earth. We’re not sure about the other planets! We have compiled a list in no particular order, except to say that each is the fastest in their category.
Animals, Birds and Fish
- Fastest Dog. The greyhound clocks in at 45 miles per hour.
- Fastest Dinosaur. Dromiceiomimus got up to 37 miles per hour.
- Fastest Land Animal. That would be the cheetah – 70 MPH.
- Fastest Fish. Cosmopolitan sailfish swim up a sweat: 68 MPH!
- Fastest Mouth. The frogfish opens, swallows and closes in 6 milliseconds!
- Fastest Reptile. The spiny-tailed iguana runs 21 miles per hour.
- Fastest Whale/Dolphin. Both the killer whale and the dall porpoise – 56 MPH.
- Fastest Flying Bird. The racing pigeon can fly at speeds of 100 miles per hour.
- Fastest Hunting Bird. The peregrine falcon dives at speeds of over 200 MPH!
- Fastest Flightless Bird. That would be the ostrich at 43 miles per hour.
Keep Your Kids on the Healthy Track
It’s time to stop blaming the schools and society in general for the large number of overweight kids. There are options everywhere: at the grocery store, in the schools and at home. After selectively choosing a moving company, we’re sure your equally selective about the foods your child eats. The way to get kids back on the healthy track is to teach by example.
Parents – listen up! If the vending machines at school only stock unhealthy, high sugar and sodium snacks, it’s time to pack up healthier options and send your children off to school with the nutritious foods that will give them the energy to get through an entire day without petering out.
