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How about one Brazilian?Ibix said:I'll wait until it's... one JILLION dollars!
...oh get real...
How about one Brazilian?Ibix said:I'll wait until it's... one JILLION dollars!
Yes, his name is Enigman!Enigman said:Do you have a CO detector?
There are parts of the world where losing the big goat is really a problem.WWGD said:Still drinking cold drinks in Winter. Not a good idea, specially since I lost my big coat.
Yes, how dear you ignore the spellcheck function available in just about any software that allows you to write.zoobyshoe said:The proper 5 syllable version as opposed to the sloppy 4 syllable one.
Now you're just getting my goat. Could you please also get my coat while you are at it?fresh_42 said:There are parts of the world where losing the big goat is really a problem.
https://nuhswelt.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/ziege-e1267047688504.jpgWWGD said:Now you're just getting my goat. Could you please also get my coat while you are at it?
Moje gratulacje!Borek said:So my book found its way to the Polish edition of Newsweek
Fantastic! Congratulations! I hope it becomes a best seller.Borek said:
I was joking because it struck me as a hard word to misspell.Sophia said:?
Is that the proper spelling? I'd write seriously. Well we learn new things all the time :-)
This happens to me from time to time at the keyboard: transposed letters.zoobyshoe said:I was joking because it struck me as a hard word to misspell.
I knew from your posting history that you aren't. We have had a lot of dyslexic members and it is apparent in most of their posts. I certainly wouldn't make fun of them and, in fact, I once got very bent out of shape at a member who characterized dyslexia as "laziness."fresh_42 said:This happens to me from time to time at the keyboard: transposed letters.
Although I could not and don't want to claim it for me, it's problematic to beef about transposed letters because you never know whether you make fun of a dyslexic for whom it is a common mistake. Just wanted to mention..
Damn. No more excuses for stupidity.zoobyshoe said:I knew from your posting history that you aren't.
Well, WWGD was right: I just have OCPD about the spellcheck red underlining. Plus "seriuosly" sounded like someone giving the full, proper word, when most use the sloppy, easier to pronounce version: "aluminium," as opposed to "aluminum." I guess I didn't phrase my post so people made that connection.fresh_42 said:Damn. No more excuses for stupidity.
Wow - WOOT!11!Borek said:
No, I meant shifting people around so that there are no empty spots between people sitting, and all empty seats are along the same spot.fresh_42 said:My first thought was: You need glue. You need many gluons to do it. But the joke limps for they are broken at the molecule level. Therefore it's an electromagnetic problem. So why can't we defrag bus seats? Seriuosly, why can't we glue the polymer molecules again by applying a smart electromagnetic procedure?
At 1:47.WWGD said:No, I meant shifting people around so that there are no empty spots between people sitting, and all empty seats are along the same spot.
How insightful!WWGD said:No, I meant shifting people around so that there are no empty spots between people sitting, and all empty seats are along the same spot.
Congratulations!Borek said:
Oh yes, I am excited to realize also why the moon looks ugly in actuality, far different from what most Asian stories describe for kids, i.e beautiful moonlight. It's because the Earth's gravity changes its shape with giant holes on the surface that no natural make-up cosmetics can ever likely suffice to fill up.fresh_42 said:May we already get excited about this:
http://www.sciencealert.com/rumours...irst-ever-observations-of-gravitational-waves
What was it about? I mean the book, not the torn out pages.zoobyshoe said:I finally got another copy of that book that had pages ripped out of it. Sometime later tonight I shall discover the secret of why they were suppressed, or alternately I will remain confused as to why they were torn out.
Murder mystery. "Wolves Eat Dogs," by Martin Cruz Smith. Part of a whole series featuring Russian police detective, Arkady Renko. A long, long time ago, one of his books, "Gorky Park" was a major Hollywood movie. It was the Soviet Union at that time. Renko has survived the transition and is still investigating murders in the post-Soviet era.fresh_42 said:What was it about? I mean the book, not the torn out pages.
The missing pages would reveal that, in Soviet Russia, dogs eat wolves.zoobyshoe said:Murder mystery. "Wolves Eat Dogs," by Martin Cruz Smith. Part of a whole series featuring Russian police detective, Arkady Renko.
Silicon Waffle said:But did you ever pay the press to do that for you ?
Wolves drink beer. I now know the secret of the missing pages:Ibix said:The missing pages would reveal that, in Soviet Russia, dogs eat wolves.
If it sells enough, it might get translated into English. Then we can all read it.Borek said:I have no idea what my publisher did to get the review published (flattery? arm twisting? old boy society? or is just the book good enough?) - but I have reasons to believe it didn't involve money. Actually the narrative behind my confidence is probably worth a short story
Borek said:So my book found its way to the Polish edition of Newsweek
So now you're afraid someone is running around in SD with a perfect handbook (the torn out pages) for werewolves?zoobyshoe said:Murder mystery. "Wolves Eat Dogs," by Martin Cruz Smith.
Not really. I was afraid someone might have been trying to censor this book.fresh_42 said:So now you're afraid someone is running around in SD with a perfect handbook (the torn out pages) for werewolves?
There is another possibility: Urgent needs all of a sudden to get some paper ...zoobyshoe said:Not really. I was afraid someone might have been trying to censor this book.
However, now that I know what's on the pages that is unlikely, and it's still a mystery why they got torn out of the other copy. The WWGD hypothesis, that someone accidentally stained them so badly they thought it best to remove them is now first in line. And the ibix hypothesis, that someone's young child did it, is a close second.