Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[WWGD]

Here they have both in a seemingly endless loop. I don't like neither. It's like "Sex and the city" for boys. Not even near own experiences.

I wish my life was more like Charlie's. For many (possibly including me, to some degree) , it is about living the life by proxy, although there is a kind of dark underside to the show . I wish there had more episodes; it seems these shows only put out around 20 episodes per year, for totals at around 200, so the repeats start hapenning relatively soon. Do you like " Old Christine"?

 

[fresh_42]

Do you like " Old Christine"?

I have only seen a few. But the answer is yes.

 

[andrewkirk]

I just read a new one titled: "What is pressure?"

That reminds me of one of my favourite quotes.
Keith Miller was a great Australian cricketer who played in the late forties and fifties, and was also a pilot for the RAF in the second world war.
One day a sports journalist asked him how he handled the pressure of going out to bat in front of tens of thousands of fans. His answer was something like:
'Pressure? That's not pressure! Pressure is having a Messerschmidt up your arse!'

 

[WWGD]

That reminds me of one of my favourite quotes.
Keith Miller was a great Australian cricketer who played in the late forties and fifties, and was also a pilot for the RAF in the second world war.
One day a sports journalist asked him how he handled the pressure of going out to bat in front of tens of thousands of fans. His answer was something like:
'Pressure? That's not pressure! Pressure is having a Messerschmidt up your arse!'

Reggie Jackson, a Baseball player, was asked, before an important game, how much pressure he was feeling. He said: " 200 feet per square inch, at sea level".

 

[Silicon Waffle]

... He said: " 200 feet per square inch, at sea level".

Google is getting sensitive. I highlight "200 feet per square inch" and right click my mouse to look up the phrase in google. The search results displayed are different from those being shown when I do for the same phrase with just an extra comma at the end of it, that is, "200 feet per square inch,"

 

[WWGD]

Google is getting sensitive. I highlight "200 feet per square inch" and right click my mouse to look up the phrase in google. The search results displayed are different from those being shown when I do for the same phrase with just an extra comma at the end of it, that is, "200 feet per square inch,"

Maybe because I made a mistake. It should be 200 pounds per square inch, or 200 pounds per square feet. Otherwise what I wrote does not make much if any sense. And the quote may be made up; I read it in a book and did not hear it personally.

 

[andrewkirk]

It should be 200 pounds per square inch, or 200 pounds per square feet. Otherwise what I wrote does not make much if any sense.

I'm glad that's been cleared up, because I was reluctant to ask, for fear of revealing my ignorance. I wasn't sure whether the story was (1) about Reggie Jackson mocking the silly question he had been asked, or (2) Reggie Jackson revealing how little he understood about physics or (3) something to do with the height of a column of mercury or alcohol (but then I couldn't see how the 'per square inch' fitted in).

 

[WWGD]

I'm glad that's been cleared up, because I was reluctant to ask, for fear of revealing my ignorance. I wasn't sure whether the story was (1) about Reggie Jackson mocking the silly question he had been asked, or (2) Reggie Jackson revealing how little he understood about physics or (3) something to do with the height of a column of mercury or alcohol (but then I couldn't see how the 'per square inch' fitted in).

If you want one about ignorant statements, we had a basketball player who said he would do more than a 180 turn on his team, he would help his team do a full 360 turn on its performance. You know, if a 180 turn is a big deal, imagine doing a full 360!
EDIT: It was Jason Kidd, who wanted to turn his team around 360 degrees:

http://www.vh1.com/photos/gallery/?fid=1541125&pid=1610910

See top quote.

 

[fresh_42]

I'm glad that's been cleared up, because I was reluctant to ask, for fear of revealing my ignorance. I wasn't sure whether the story was (1) about Reggie Jackson mocking the silly question he had been asked, or (2) Reggie Jackson revealing how little he understood about physics or (3) something to do with the height of a column of mercury or alcohol (but then I couldn't see how the 'per square inch' fitted in).

I'm obviously a simple minded person. I just thought (4) wrong, but I know what's been meant

 

[fresh_42]

If you want one about ignorant statements, we had a basketball player who said he would do more than a 180 turn on his team, he would help his team do a full 360 turn on its performance. You know, if a 180 turn is a big deal, imagine doing a full 360!
EDIT: It was Jason Kidd, who wanted to turn his team around 360 degrees:

http://www.vh1.com/photos/gallery/?fid=1541125&pid=1610910

See top quote.

Did he succeed?

Sportsmen are famous for telling non-sense. A famous quote of a football (soccer, grrr...) player here says: "Madrid, Milan, ... main thing is Italy!" Or: "The paramedic immediately laid me an invasion."
There is even a website for it.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

This is clearly very complex. Multivariate objects must be returned. But currently only a univariate one is done. SoI have to push this down to speed up the process, and at the same time belittle everything if they luckily get done in the end.

 

[Ibix]

If you want one about ignorant statements, we had a basketball player who said he would do more than a 180 turn on his team, he would help his team do a full 360 turn on its performance. You know, if a 180 turn is a big deal, imagine doing a full 360!

John Major, UK Prime Minister in the mid 90s, once famously said that "when your back is against the wall, that's when you have to turn around and fight". Think about the geometry of that particular mixed metaphor for a minute...

 

[fresh_42]

John Major, UK Prime Minister in the mid 90s, once famously said that "when your back is against the wall, that's when you have to turn around and fight". Think about the geometry of that particular mixed metaphor for a minute...

Hopefully someone got him Cervantes to read ...

 

[fresh_42]

"I hate how delicate the pre-puberty ages can be." (Algren)
And I always thought the trouble began afterwards.

 

[Ibix]

Hopefully someone got him Cervantes to read ...

Giant slaying was rather out of fashion among the Tories at the time, so probably not. Would have been a good idea, though.

 

[WWGD]

Did he succeed?

.

Many times over, but it is difficult to tell just how many.

 

[WWGD]

John Major, UK Prime Minister in the mid 90s, once famously said that "when your back is against the wall, that's when you have to turn around and fight". Think about the geometry of that particular mixed metaphor for a minute...

Maybe he could act with Jason Kidd and do a full turn before fighting. Interesting when two stupid statements cancel each other out.

 

[WWGD]

Is this just a coincidence?
There is this proselytizing religious group that sets its tables on a sidewalk, close to a wall. And it is always in the same spot, next to a section of the wall with a poster that reads " Don't Play Dumb". I was considering taking a picture of it, but I did not want to embarrass them.

 

[WWGD]

Did he succeed?

Sportsmen are famous for telling non-sense.
There is even a website for it.

But, strangely, they seem to capture the attention of large part of the audience. You know that tooth paste that the Tennis player is advertising. It must be a great tooth paste, otherwise this famous sports guy would not be mentioning it. Go figure.

 

[fresh_42]

Is this just a coincidence?
There is this proselytizing religious group that sets its tables on a sidewalk, close to a wall. And it is always in the same spot, next to a section of the wall with a poster that reads " Don't Play Dumb". I was considering taking a picture of it, but I did not want to embarrass them.

There's a street here nearby where it tells you on the right side of the road to slow down to 30 whereas on the left it tells you the previous 30 is no longer valid. It's not even the border of the town or something like that. Just in the middle of nowhere.

Our constitution starts with: " §1. Man's dignity is indefeasible." (Don't know how to translate it better, sorry. We don't use "man" for humans.)
One of my favorite bumper stickers I ever saw read: "Man's foolishness is indefeasible."
Comes right next to the famous "Beam me up, Scotty! ..."

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I swear to you that I saw Dudley my knight online yesterday over here, while he was also reading these posts, all of a sudden a headache struck him so bad that he had to take a leave and hasn't come back until now.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I walked down to the coffee shop about 6A.M. After I'd been there a few minutes, the sky busted open and rained about as hard as it could for half an hour. All the streets turned to rivers, and I had to swim home. I don't really mind, but I felt bad for the people trying to drive to work.

 

[collinsmark]

Yeah, the rain here in San Diego has been pretty formidable this week. And there's more to come over the next few days. That's unusual for this region.

But it might just be an El Niño thing. Meaning as cycle works it's way to back to El Niña (over the next several years), it might get dry as heck again in full force.

We can certainly use the rain, not doubt about that. I fear it doesn't necessarily mean that we're actually out of the drought though.

 

[Borg]

We can certainly use the rain, not doubt about that. I fear it doesn't necessarily mean that we're actually out of the drought though.

At least people won't be draining the reservoirs to water their lawns.

 

[OmCheeto]

There is, in fact, just such a thread. That is not it's express purpose, but it can easily be bent to that purpose. It used to be a healthy and thriving thread, but something strange happened at PF a while back and the people with no sense of humor somehow came to greatly exceed those with a sense of humor. The last great PF humorist, JimmySnyder, (JimmySnider?) departed PF one day a few years back, never to be seen again, leaving only the words, "PF is stupid." in his wake.

PF used to be an hysterically funny place. People often even made wise cracks in the serious forums now and then.

I miss Jimmy's stories.

 

[WWGD]

I just had the thought that 'doctrine' sounds like a name for a female doctor.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Yeah, the rain here in San Diego has been pretty formidable this week. And there's more to come over the next few days. That's unusual for this region.

It's more like the way it was when I first moved here in '87. Winter was San Diego's "monsoon" season during my first few years here.

We can certainly use the rain, not doubt about that. I fear it doesn't necessarily mean that we're actually out of the drought though.

As I understand it, the rain in San Diego County has little to do with it's water supply. It's all about the snow pack in the Rockies. The actual parching of the local earth, as I understand it, has been going on for decades, and might take decades to reverse if the "meta-cause" of it were removed.

 

[Thewindyfan]

Wondering how practical heated ear muffs with ear buds inside would be. Probably not really efficient either, but would sure love some for the heck of it.

 

[Borg]

I miss Jimmy's stories.

The beauty of Jimmy's stories was that you had to be really had to be careful when reading one of his posts. People who didn't know better would take him too seriously with hilarious results. This was one of my favorites.

Bear Stearns told us to buy and Morgan Stanley told us to sell. First we went with Morgan Stanley and sold short, but the market rose and we lost money. So we had to drop our shorts and go with Bear Stearns.

 

[WWGD]

Kind of surprising to read that many high schools in the country practice Mindful Meditation or other types of meditation.