Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[Silicon Waffle]

OK point taken! I'd go with R*R*R .

 

[dkotschessaa]

But a genuinely strange thing to do, I would say, is what I see some restaurants do, where they state their schedule as : Monday: 10-6 . Tuesday, 10:6 ,.., Saturday 10-6 , Sunday 10-6 . And then state _the exact same menu_ separately , for lunch and dinner every day, instead of : Open 10-6 daily, menu is ...

When I first toured my college, our tour guide (a fourth year communications major) took us to the library, where she informed us that "the lie-berry is open 24/7, but not on weekends."

I would not recommend people major in communications at my university.

 

[dkotschessaa]

I only have low fat food for thought.

My wife has mostly thoughts of food, but as she is "in a motherly way" it is to be expected.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Reminders to myself, and to all those lacking common sense (equivalently, those having common nonsense, I guess ):

If the question can be interpreted as either "Where is the Dog Spa" , or " Where is the Dog's Pa " , it is most likely the first.

Q: Where is the Dog's Pa?
A: At the Dog Spa.
Q: Oh, where is the Dog Spa?
A: I just told you!

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Q: Where is the Dog's Pa?
A: At the Dog Spa.
Q: Oh, where is the Dog Spa?
A: I just told you!

This is a good one! Haha

 

[WWGD]

Q: Where is the Dog's Pa?
A: At the Dog Spa.
Q: Oh, where is the Dog Spa?
A: I just told you!

How about adding to this: I always thought of making it into a sort of street theater by putting many of these together:

"Louisa adams was the only presidential wife born a broad (abroad)"

"Maybe Hillary has not finished her operation yet. "

Or
" Did you call your aunt Martha"

" No"

"Why"?

" Her name is not Martha"

etc. I always thought of holding a conversation in public putting together lines of this sort.

 

[WWGD]

When I first toured my college, our tour guide (a fourth year communications major) took us to the library, where she informed us that "the lie-berry is open 24/7, but not on weekends."

I would not recommend people major in communications at my university.

Can they major ( or at least minor) in mis-communication ( which, BTW was the name of the beauty pageant in the communication department)?

 

[zoobyshoe]

The one-off Sherlock special is going to be aired simultaneously in the UK and USA January 1st, 2016. I think that's a good idea, and I wish they did it with more British TV shows.

 

[WWGD]

The one-off Sherlock special is going to be aired simultaneously in the UK and USA January 1st, 2016. I think that's a good idea, and I wish they did it with more British TV shows.

Wonder if that name Sherlock is used by anyone else, never heard it. Sherlock Fernandez? Sherlock Jones?

 

[zoobyshoe]

The season of Fargo should be extended from two and a half months to three months, and they should have four seasons of it a year.

In other news, the current temperature at the South Pole is -18 F. Coincidentally, the current temperature in Fargo, North Dakota is +18 F.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Wonder if that name Sherlock is used by anyone else, never heard it. Sherlock Fernandez? Sherlock Jones?

You've never heard of Sherlock Einstein?

 

[WWGD]

You've never heard of Sherlock Einstein?

Is he one of the Einstein bagels brothers?
First two pages for a search for "Sherlock" :

http://www.cuil.pt/r.php?cx=002825717068136152164:qf0jmwd8jku&cof=FORID:10&ie=UTF-8&q=sherlock+&sa=Search

Only one last name found for Sherlock, first name is is No #$% . No #$% Sherlock.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Is he one of the Einstein bagels brothers.

No, he's the drummer for the band, Adolf Mussolini.

I'm sayin' some names get stigmatized for one reason or another, and thereafter not used as much. Be a burden to someone to name them "Sherlock."

 

[WWGD]

No, he's the drummer for the band, Adolf Mussolini.

I'm sayin' some names get stigmatized for one reason or another, and thereafter not used as much. Be a burden to someone to name them "Sherlock."

Luckily there have been no parents with the idea " Oh, Sherlock would be a cool name for my son" , which is equivalent to printing the sentence " Please punch the hell out of me" in the son's forehead when he attends high school.

Still, strangely, I have known of people born after the end of WW2 with first name a variant of Adolph. I guess 'Benito' does not have the same stigma attached to it; plenty of Bens, Benjamins, etc.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Luckily there have been no parents with the idea " Oh, Sherlock would be a cool name for my son" , which is equivalent to printing the sentence " Please punch the hell out of me" in the son's forehead when he attends high school.

Exactly.

 

[WWGD]

Kind of weird to see a homeless guy, someone sitting down with a sign in front of him asking for money, using his iPhone, while reading a book . Maybe he has a hashtag: # gimmeaquarter@ 35th and 3rd.

 

[zoobyshoe]

PBS just had an awesome documentary on Prohibition. I highly recommend it next time they show it.

 

[Ibix]

Yesterday I had a Brooklyn Lager - "pre-prohibition style!" according to the can. I was trying to work out what was pre-prohibition about it. Ethanol and no methanol perhaps?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Yesterday I had a Brooklyn Lager - "pre-prohibition style!" according to the can. I was trying to work out what was pre-prohibition about it. Ethanol and no methanol perhaps?

Here's the scoop:
http://morebeer.com/brewingtechniques/library/backissues/issue2.3/fix.html

 

[Ibix]

Here's the scoop:
http://morebeer.com/brewingtechniques/library/backissues/issue2.3/fix.html

Thanks, Zooby. It wasn't bad beer at all, I must say, and my previous experience with American lager has not been positive. Interesting that thirteen years is all it takes to start such a change in style.

 

[jim hardy]

TIL that in 2001-2003 England sold a lot of its gold at market low.
"Brown's Bottom".
I wonder why.
On second thought, that's what i do in stock market.

 

[WWGD]

Wonder how Starbucks and other coffee shops negotiate obvious liability issues : letting power cables loose along the floor so that
anyone can run into it and trip -- and a laptop may come crashing into the floor. Who's guilty, who is responsible for the fall, for the damaged computer? And the drinks on tables that may spill into laptops; I was cringing when this lady was carelessly drinking a cup of tea while I was working with my laptop a few inches away from her drink. I feel like saying: I don't mind sharing my table, but no drinks, please (please put them somewhere nearby other than the table, or hold it in your hands ). But this may trigger an argument; a coffee shop is not a place where you can reasonably ask someone not to bring a drink to the table.

 

[JorisL]

But this may trigger an argument; a coffee shop is not a place where you can reasonably ask someone not to bring a drink to the table.

I think this is the essence of any reasonable answer.

 

[rbelli1]

a coffee shop is not a place where you can reasonably ask someone not to bring a drink to the table.

You don't go to a rodeo and expect not to get dang on your shoes.

BoB

 

[zoobyshoe]

I think this is the essence of any reasonable answer.

Call me Ishmael, but everyone probably knows that "Starbuck" was the first mate of the Pequod, the ever-so-reasonable ballast against Captain Ahab's stormy obsessions. It logically(?) follows that Starbuck's would have some essentially reasonable policy for dealing with errant liquids spilled by peg-legged mariners as they are tangled in internet cords and dragged overboard leaving ruined laptops in their wake.

 

[WWGD]

You don't go to a rodeo and expect not to get **** on your shoes.

BoB

Still, there could be some level of etiquette where, e.g., anyone with a drink in a table with a laptop could hold the drink in their hands, at least
until around just 20% of the drink is left. Then a spillover would happen more slowly and would be easier to control. I do it for you today, you
do it for me next day. But I am not holding my breath.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Still, there could be some level of etiquette where, e.g., anyone with a drink in a table with a laptop could hold the drink in their hands, at least
until around just 20% of the drink is left. Then a spillover would happen more slowly and would be easier to control. I do it for you today, you
do it for me next day. But I am not holding my breath.

BoB's point being, though, that simply using your laptop in a public place exposes it to physical risks. In other news, I found out a few months ago that simply using it in a private place exposes it to physical risks, when I myself spilled a cup of coffee on my laptop here at home. After getting it fixed, I reacted by building a stand for it that elevates it on stilts a couple inches above the desk top, and I keep the keyboard covered with plastic wrap. They make keyboard protectors. You could get one of those. And find some suitable thing to carry with you to set your laptop on that will elevate it above any tsunami from a spilled beverage at Starbuck's. Those measures are more realistic than the ones you're ruminating about.

 

[DennisN]

Happy new year, everybody!

 

[WWGD]

Tough choices to make: Twilight Zone , Burn Notice ? Which marathon to watch? There is a House marathon, but I don't like the show that much, it seems contrived. And when do I go out to get my caffeine? Life is hard.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Life is hard.

Tell me about it. Yesterday I came to page 40 of a very good novel from the library only to find pages 41, 42, 43, and 44, had been torn out. I couldn't continue the book without them. That's too big a gap. I took the book back to the library, pointed out the disfigurement, and went to check the shelves for another copy, but there was none. So, I drove 3 or 4 miles to the nearest other library only to find that branch was completely closed from Christmas to NewYears.

In the meantime, I'm sunk in speculation about why someone would do that to a book. I couldn't think of any reason that was completely rational in my mind.