Can PF Random Thoughts be Split to Help with Server Load?

[DiracPool]

hmm, that makes me think of http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/administ.htm;

lol...

 

[lisab]

Not to be mistaken with Bufo bufo, Bubo bubo or Natrix natrix.

In Polish shower is "natrysk" (or "prysznic") and the similarity between natrix and natrysk was a source of constant jokes between me and a friend of mine back in late seventies. Imagine a snake called shower shower.

I wonder if Bufo bufo, Bubo bubo, or Natrix natrix live on Pago Pago, Bora Bora, or in Walla Walla.

 

[Borek]

I wonder if Bufo bufo, Bubo bubo, or Natrix natrix live on Pago Pago, Bora Bora, or in Walla Walla.

I don't think so, but I wouldn't be surprised seeing them in Baden-Baden.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Some crazy kid I'm with right now somehow knows Latin, and would like to point out that Bombini means "bee". I don't know if this is true, but he seems fairly confident.

I believe the Bombini were one of the original Five Families. Their Godfather, Don "Bombus" Bombini, however, perished in the St. Vitus Day massacre. He was succeeded by his son, Pauli "Bomboid" Bombini, a hot headed lad with no mind for business. He ran things into the ground and the rest of the family was picked off piecemeal by the competition. I don't know if this is true, but I feel fairly confident.

 

[Astronuc]

Dribbling Man

"In exactly one year, the 2014 World Cup kicks off in Brazil. Richard Swanson died last month while trying to walk from Seattle to São Paulo in time for the first match."

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...il-2014-world-cup-how-far-did-want-break-away

 

[HeLiXe]

Bumble bees are in the genus Bombus, which are in the tribe Bombini.

Bombini bombus. Seriously.

This is so cute and they are so scary.

 

[turbo]

This is so cute and they are so scary.

And so necessary, if we are to have fruits and vegetables. "Buzz-pollinators" are critical for some crops like cucumbers, squash, etc that have relatively large blossoms. Pick up a bumblebee and look closely, and you will see that their hairs are covered with pollen, which is pretty important to the plants, since small bees, flies, etc, don't transport pollen as efficiently. I love bumblebees. Honeybees are nice, but they don't work when we have cold wet weather (common here).

 

[dkotschessaa]

My wife and I went to the pond to feed the turtles, but there were no turtles. But we became fascinated with the ants, and how they carried stuff, so we ended up feeding them - larger and large pieces to test their carrying skills. Quite amazing. (Took about 7 of the to carry a quarter of a taco shell.) Not their natural diet, I'm sure.

THen we came home and watched an awesome documentary about ants.

 

[zoobyshoe]

My wife and I went to the pond to feed the turtles, but there were no turtles. But we became fascinated with the ants, and how they carried stuff, so we ended up feeding them - larger and large pieces to test their carrying skills. Quite amazing. (Took about 7 of the to carry a quarter of a taco shell.) Not their natural diet, I'm sure.

THen we came home and watched an awesome documentary about ants.

Feynman was an antophile.

 

[Bacle2]

I was watching some Italian TV today , trying to refresh my memory from the classes I took a few years back, and a lot of it was coming back, except I can't figure out neither who this "Louie" guy is everyone was always talking about :" Louie this", "Louie that", nor why they kept talking about a piano so often.

 

[zoobyshoe]

A guy came up to me today and said, "Did you know you look like Terrence McKenna?" I had no idea who that was. When I got home I googled and saw there was a marked resemblance. We could easily pass for brothers, anyway. Except he had much more hair. And he's dead.

 

[OmCheeto]

Last November, I met a young couple at my bar, that had just moved here from Alabama. The young lady had a chicken purse. We talked for about 2 minutes, and I asked if we could be Facebook friends. And it was so!

Then one day, one of her photo's was of a friend of hers from Rhode Island. He'd come to visit last year, and he had his picture taken at a location that I was very familiar with. It was a beautiful picture, with his silhouette against a sunset. Someone made a comment about his ears. I also made a comment about how I liked the picture, and we also became Facebook friends.

Yesterday, I was at a location 50 miles from where his picture was taken, on another beach, looking for my friends. I saw a young man with very familiar ears. I asked him if his name was such and such. He said yes. I then had to explain to him that we had been Facebook friends for quite some time. I then asked him to give his chicken purse friend a hug when he saw her, as I haven't seen her in a very long time.

 

[drizzle]

Haha! That's neat Om :)

 

[DiracPool]

Dribbling Man

"In exactly one year, the 2014 World Cup kicks off in Brazil. Richard Swanson died last month while trying to walk from Seattle to São Paulo in time for the first match."

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...il-2014-world-cup-how-far-did-want-break-away

Got hit by a car, heard about that. Dropped his life saving saving's of not much to go on a odyssey later in life. That's not how life should treat that effort, IMO. RIP.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Feynman was an antophile.

Interesting follow up. The next day we went for a walk somewhere else and I stepped on an anthill, resulting in ants crawling up my leg and lots of bites. (I was wearing sandals). I tried to reason with them, telling them that I found their species fascinating and even provided food to their brethren, but they would not listen to reason

Still itching.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Downloaded a DOS emulator so I could play the 1980s version of simcity while I recover from surgery. It is the perfect time waster.

 

[Borek]

Downloaded a DOS emulator so I could play the 1980s version of simcity while I recover from surgery. It is the perfect time waster.

http://www.gog.com/

 

[dkotschessaa]

http://www.gog.com/

I wish I had another surgery coming up so I could spend another week playing Myst. Alas, time to get back to real life soon.

 

[Bacle2]

Interesting follow up. The next day we went for a walk somewhere else and I stepped on an anthill, resulting in ants crawling up my leg and lots of bites. (I was wearing sandals). I tried to reason with them, telling them that I found their species fascinating and even provided food to their brethren, but they would not listen to reason

Still itching.

Should have mentioned Feynman to them, that would have stopped them.

 

[Bacle2]

I've always been curious--but too lazy to do the actual research --to understand some issues of dog behavior.
Why does a dog seem so happy to see you after you have left home, you've pat him/her goodbye, and then returned home, after a few minutes,because you forgot something? I mean, you've been gone for 2 minutes, yet the dog jumps on you like he had not seen you in years. And you can iterate this a few times, leaving and coming back after 2 minutes , and each time the dog will react in exactly the same way.

I asked this at another one of the big ASPCA events, where they try to push a dog on you. I got away from it by pointing-out to them they did not have my favorite dog. No one knew the answer.

 

[dkotschessaa]

I've always been curious--but too lazy to do the actual research --to understand some issues of dog behavior.
Why does a dog seem so happy to see you after you have left home, you've pat him/her goodbye, and then returned home, after a few minutes,because you forgot something? I mean, you've been gone for 2 minutes, yet the dog jumps on you like he had not seen you in years. And you can iterate this a few times, leaving and coming back after 2 minutes , and each time the dog will react in exactly the same way.

I asked this at another one of the big ASPCA events, where they try to push a dog on you. I got away from it by pointing-out to them they did not have my favorite dog. No one knew the answer.

Dogs think you are their pack leader, so they are happy to see you.

Apparently the time does matter, somewhat. The longer you are away the more "intense" the greeting (I've read actual "studies" on this) but only up to a certain point.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Follow up to surgery appointment today. First day without painkillers. Time to get back to doing some work, and I suddenly have a very short classical guitar performance to prepare for. Man, I miss painkillers and mindless video games.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

One of my co-workers described me last night as a mixture between Bill Nye the Science Guy and Mr. Rodgers.

No one has ever complimented me in such a way before

 

[dkotschessaa]

One of my co-workers described me last night as a mixture between Bill Nye the Science Guy and Mr. Rodgers.

No one has ever complimented me in such a way before

I keep getting told I look like Mark Zuckerberg.

I think that should entitle me to some of his money.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I keep getting told I look like Mark Zuckerberg.

I think that should entitle me to some of his money.

By that logic I should be entitled to some of Terrence McKenna's mushrooms. I don't want them, though.

 

[dkotschessaa]

By that logic I should be entitled to some of Terrence McKenna's mushrooms. I don't want them, though.

How about his drug-addled, slathering fans that whoop and holler as if every word he says is pure genius?

 

[drizzle]

Thunder thunder thunder... Where's the rain?

 

[lisab]

Thunder thunder thunder... Where's the rain?

Good chance it's coming here later this week.

 

[turbo]

We are in line for T-storms tonight. Inconvenient because I have already had to to delay spraying my fruit trees. I use a hose-end sprayer loaded with canola oil so I can smother pests and their eggs to protect the fruit.

 

[Evo]

Giada De Laurentis, could she find a more tasteless dress? This is what she wore to the Emmy Awards. Looks like her dress fell down a few inches.

 

[lisab]

Allergies are bad today

 

[ImATrackMan]

Giada De Laurentis, could she find a more tasteless dress? This is what she wore to the Emmy Awards. Looks like her dress fell down a few inches.

Jeez, her head looks photoshopped on.

 

[Evo]

Jeez, her head looks photoshopped on.

She has a huge head.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

She has a huge head.

Filled with knowledge about what to wear at the Emmy's.

 

[drizzle]

I just realized that I don't really like to write a diary.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

I just realized that I don't really like to write a diary.

Thursday. This cute boy looked at me while I was out getting coffee today. I still got it

Friday. I wasn't feeling too well so I stayed home for most of the day and watched TV.

Saturday. Why do I use this thing?

 

[turbo]

Have to oil the fruit trees tomorrow. Looks like we'll have a couple of dry warm days in store. That should allow the oil-water mix to penetrate crevices in the bark and kill off insect pests and their eggs.

 

[edward]

My local newspaper has a list of summer classes available through Pima County Parks and Recreation, they include:

For the kids, there are pottery, tennis and martial arts classes. For you, there are art, jewelry, pottery, tennis, fitness, self-defense, preparing for death and firearms instruction and safety classes.

I am wondering if there are any prerequisites for the preparing for death class? Do I have to complete art, jewelry, pottery, tennis, fitness, and self defense first? Can my time in the military be counted as a self defense class?

Funny how they put, preparing for death, just before firearms instruction.

 

[Evo]

Funny how they put, preparing for death, just before firearms instruction.

That would make me question the firearms instructor.

 

[drizzle]

Thursday. This cute boy looked at me while I was out getting coffee today. I still got it

Friday. I wasn't feeling too well so I stayed home for most of the day and watched TV.

Saturday. Why do I use this thing?

You call this a dairy?.. And I thought I have a gold fish memory.

 

[lisab]

You call this a dairy?.. And I thought I have a gold fish memory.

 

[lisab]

This is a diary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34z5dCmC4M

oops wrong thread

 

[drizzle]

This is a diary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34z5dCmC4M

oops wrong thread

Now THAT IS a diary.

 

[Borek]

No, it is an existentialist rant.

 

[drizzle]

No, it is an existentialist rant.

Well, still, a diary. Since the couple diaries I wrote were all rants.

 

[dkotschessaa]

This is a diary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34z5dCmC4M

oops wrong thread

OMG it's dangerous for me to laugh that hard with these stitches in my belly. lol

 

[trollcast]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPnY2NjSjrg

 

[Bandersnatch]

It's difficult not to read all posts in this thread in existentialist cat's voice.

 

[lisab]

It's difficult not to real all posts in this thread in existentialist cat's voice.

oh great now that voice is in my head...

 

[Borg]

oh great now that voice is in my head...

The forum members have put this disturbing voice in my head. Their mad Random Thoughts diary has no end. My ennui is complete.