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[collinsmark]

Well, off to get some matches. Lots of matches.

Don't worry, I'm not going to burn anything down. They're for science!

 

[DennisN]

Well, off to get some matches. Lots of matches.

Don't worry, I'm not going to burn anything down. They're for science!

The famous last words of collinsmark? Please keep water close.

 

[dlgoff]

Well, off to get some matches. Lots of matches.

Don't worry, I'm not going to burn anything down. They're for science!

I've still got scars from a match-head rocket. I used something like 5k heads in an aluminum tube.

 

[Borg]

I've still got scars from a match-head rocket. I used something like 5k heads in an aluminum tube.

I'll bet that got warm.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Walmart has a bag of 18 (eighteen) popsicles (assorted flavors) for $1.96. I just ate grape, lime, blue, and orange. I couldn't tell what blue was supposed to be.

It's currently 85F (30C) in the Zoobie Brush Shelter.

 

[collinsmark]

Well, went to both the pharmacy ("chemist" for some of you European yahoos) and the tobacconist. Neither have any matches. Lighters yes, but no matches.

I ran* into their respective places of business, enthusiastically, "I need matches! Lots of and lots of matches. They're for science!"

And they just stared at me as if to say, "no. Oh, no, no no no no no. Not again."

*so to speak, with the cane and orthopedic boot.

 

[collinsmark]

I wonder if I have a cat parasite in my brain. That would explain a lot.

I hope so.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I wonder if I have a cat parasite in my brain.

Get a CAT scan.

A person can usually buy matches anywhere they sell groceries, incidentally. They're usually with the barbecue stuff, nowadays.

 

[drizzle]

I'm back to drinking coffee! NOOOOOOO!

 

[Evo]

Walmart has a bag of 18 (eighteen) popsicles (assorted flavors) for $1.96. I just ate grape, lime, blue, and orange. I couldn't tell what blue was supposed to be.

It's currently 85F (30C) in the Zoobie Brush Shelter.

Zoob, are you not allowed a window a/c unit?

 

[Crake]

I'm not sure if I should add an avatar or not. Also, I'm thinking of PMing Greg to change my nickname to capital letters only, as in: CRAKE instead of Crake. hum..

 

[Enigman]

NOW I am confused! I do deem that this enthrallingly trivial question will be the death of me...

 

[zoobyshoe]

Zoob, are you not allowed a window a/c unit?

It's completely allowed, I've just never authentically needed one. Normally the Summer hot spell is not this intense, extended, or, most importantly, humid. The humidity has been uncharacteristically high this past month. Normally it's so dry here that 85˚ doesn't cause any discomfort: your sweat evaporates almost instantly, and you just don't feel that hot. In fact, it's easy to get dehydrated without realizing it, which has happened to me a lot. I end up with muscle cramps, and they go away when I drink enough water. When it's humid, though, you can't escape the sensation of being hot.

Since this is not normal, it could break at any time. So, I make do with a good fan. If I got hold of an AC unit for now, I'd have to find somewhere to store it for 4-5 years till the next humid spell like this.

 

[OmCheeto]

Oh no, I see the old obsolete Bohr model in the new Physics Forums logo . I...can't...breathe...help...I...am...suffocating...

Bah! It's obviously a 2D, out of scale representation, of deep space comet orbital trajectories around the sun.

It kind of reminds me of my t-shirt.

hmmmm... What is that? A three-phase light bulb?

I wonder if Tesla ever thought of that. hmmm...

 

[collinsmark]

A person can usually buy matches anywhere they sell groceries, incidentally. They're usually with the barbecue stuff, nowadays.

Score!

 

[DennisN]

hmmmm... What is that? A three-phase light bulb?

No, definitely not! It is the old obsolete Bohr model which keeps haunting me in my dreams. And now I even see it in the new PF site logo .

EDIT: Oh, I see now that your t-shirt thing was an actual reply to my previous rant. I just instinctively saw a Bohr t-shirt and started ranting again - a good example of what the Bohr model has done to me!

 

[inotyce]

Looks like I have to go back to symbolic computation

 

[Enigman]

To write or not to write, that is the question...

 

[Crake]

baah

 

[drizzle]

To write or not to write, that is the question...

Write! No doubt about it, and post it here for us to read.

 

[Evo]

It's completely allowed, I've just never authentically needed one. Normally the Summer hot spell is not this intense, extended, or, most importantly, humid. The humidity has been uncharacteristically high this past month. Normally it's so dry here that 85˚ doesn't cause any discomfort: your sweat evaporates almost instantly, and you just don't feel that hot. In fact, it's easy to get dehydrated without realizing it, which has happened to me a lot. I end up with muscle cramps, and they go away when I drink enough water. When it's humid, though, you can't escape the sensation of being hot.

Since this is not normal, it could break at any time. So, I make do with a good fan. If I got hold of an AC unit for now, I'd have to find somewhere to store it for 4-5 years till the next humid spell like this.

I just hate to know that anyone is suffering from heat since heat makes me so physically ill. I have to keep my place no warmer than 68F in the summer.

 

[Borek]

I have to keep my place no warmer than 68F in the summer.

I started to shiver just by reading.

 

[Enigman]

I just hate to know that anyone is suffering from heat since heat makes me so physically ill. I have to keep my place no warmer than 68F in the summer.

Hmmm...with the meaning of your name( italian -eternity) and the above comment my image of you just changed* into the ice queen from Narnia...A more benevolent version who doesn't ban me for bad comparisons...

EDIT: *or should I say Evolved into...

 

[drizzle]

I just hate to know that anyone is suffering from heat since heat makes me so physically ill. I have to keep my place no warmer than 68F in the summer.

I'd like to invite you to my place in the middle east.

 

[turbo]

I'd like to invite you to my place in the middle east.

I can stand a lot of heat - it's the humidity that chokes me. Kind of ironic because I spent many years of my life working on or around paper machines and the combination of heat and humidity would floor anybody not used to it.

 

[Evo]

I'd like to invite you to my place in the middle east.

Heat makes me REALLY sick, I will break out with swollen oozing welts, I'll stop perspiring, my lower legs and feet swell until I can't see my toes or move my ankles, then my body temp drops and I pass out.

Other than that, no problem.

 

[Evo]

Hmmm...with the meaning of your name( italian -eternity) and the above comment my image of you just changed* into the ice queen from Narnia...A more benevolent version who doesn't ban me for bad comparisons...

EDIT: *or should I say Evolved into...

My name actually means Evil. I used to joke that my daughter was (spoken with a certain southern accent) a chile o' evo (child of evil), so that made me, obviously, Evo.

 

[Enigman]

Evo is the etymological root of evolution. Originally latin aeveum- vital spirit.
Also Lady Eternity sounds much better than Lady Evil...Not to mention it suits your biography...
I will stick to Eternity for you,
Gad's Grace or Rose or Liza(rd),
Lisab's Basil cause she's greeeen...Too much coffee, sorry.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I just hate to know that anyone is suffering from heat since heat makes me so physically ill. I have to keep my place no warmer than 68F in the summer.

I'm really the opposite. I can take high heat and with little discomfiture. In fact, 80F is my favorite temperature. I can't stand cold at all. In the Winter here I crank the interior temperature up to 80 whenever I'm home.

I'm not so tolerant of high humidity, but like I said, it's rare here.

 

[inotyce]

Interviewer: @@8495jhs89đ843j98i894@@ (sorry random interview questions)
Many Italian business people in the US: "Oh well, Sorry everyone, I have been out of Italy for almost 30 years (I am 60 now), I forget Italian, let me answer your question in English; <Pronunciation is too bad, incorrect grammar usage, jerking while speaking :shameless:>"

Incredible! Then I guess that if anyone coming out from the US uses English incorrectly, blame it on the American English used by American non-natives.