Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[jackwhirl]

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

Why do you think that is?
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Does anyone actually like plain yogurt?

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I look at GD forums and see I posted pretty many. Some of my posts after reread sound like nonsense and spams but I can't delete the old ones. I ammm Sooo Sorry!

 

[WWGD]

Why do you think that is?
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Does anyone actually like plain yogurt?

Maybe sheer necessity * together with a surprisingly open minded attitude.

*Situation is serious: some in schools actually like plain yogurt.

 

[WWGD]

I look at GD forums and see I posted pretty many. Some of my posts after reread sound like nonsense and spams but I can't delete the old ones. I ammm Sooo Sorry!

GD= ? Gardening? Ah, never mind, general discussion I guess.

 

[fresh_42]

GD= ? Gardening? Ah, never mind, general discussion I guess.

Can't be. The latest hype is UGD.

 

[fresh_42]

It happened again.
"However, arguing about what is weird is no more objective than arguing about what color is most attractive." @A. Neumaier
It was so desperately tempted to post: "I thought they are all strongly attractive".
However, my self-censorship prevented me once more from being deleted.

 

[WWGD]

It happened again.
"However, arguing about what is weird is no more objective than arguing about what color is most attractive." @A. Neumaier
It was so desperately tempted to post: "I thought they are all strongly attractive".
However, my self-censorship prevented me once more from being deleted.

Is that an example of UGD?

 

[fresh_42]

No. It's an object from the category (SCS,V) := (self-censored posts, virtually presented).
But in urban gardening (UGD; GD was your proposal) you can also find objects of SCS.
At least the first plant that came to my mind would certainly not survive for very long ...

 

[WWGD]

No. It's an object from the category (SCS,V) := (self-censored posts, virtually presented).
But in urban gardening (UGD; GD was your proposal) you can also find objects of SCS.
At least the first plant that came to my mind would certainly not survive for very long ...

That is way too esoteric , I give up on it.

 

[fresh_42]

That is way too esoteric , I give up on it.

So let's have a drink in the re-opened Tiki bar. I'm still waiting for my Lagavulin order over there.

 

[WWGD]

So let's have a drink in the re-opened Tiki bar. I'm still waiting for my Lagavulin order over there.

A Lagavulin or _in_ Lagavulin?

 

[fresh_42]

Both would be fine, although it might be cold out there this time of the year. However, it would make my order obsolete.

 

[WWGD]

Lottery jackpot (Powerball) around here has reached $800 million. What do I do with all that ( or the estimated actual $529.8 million one actually nets)?

I hope no one wins for a few times, to see it get to more than a billion. Imagine, a price of
$1,000,000,000 (after taxes; though this assumes a single winner)?

 

[fresh_42]

You know that many winners end up in bankruptcy? Although I admit this might be hard to do with that amount of money. And don't forget that earnings from capital are not free of taxes!

 

[WWGD]

You know that many winners end up in bankruptcy? Although I admit this might be hard to do with that amount of money. And don't forget that earnings from capital are not free of taxes!

Yes, I know, but these are usually people who have serious issues to start with; money magnifies and allows you to more fully express who you are. And this is why I mentioned that the jackpot go above a billion so that the net can be $1 billion after taxes. It just sounds surreal for your average person to suddenly become that rich. With an expected life of 40 years after winning, it comes down to $25 million a year.
So I am trying to decide where my homes will be : St Tropez ? Lausanne? Why just one home?

 

[fresh_42]

So I am trying to decide where my homes will be : St Tropez ? Lausanne?

Why do you want to climb hills each time you go somewhere?
However there are two good reasons pro the banks of Lake Geneva: Tina Turner and Shania Twain.

 

[WWGD]

Lottery jackpot (Powerball) around here has reached $800 million. What do I do with all that ( or the estimated actual $529.8 million one actually nets)?

I hope no one wins for a few times, to see it get to more than a billion. Imagine, a price of
$1,000,000,000 (after taxes; though this assumes a single winner)?

Update, Jackpot up to $900 million.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Update, Jackpot up to $900 million.

I want to be a lottery winner.

 

[WWGD]

When I see people wearing sweat pants in mid-winter, I conclude humanity, or at least this country has won , or is ahead in the fight for survival -- fashion and comfort can be put ahead of keeping warm.

 

[WWGD]

I want to be a lottery winner.

I don't know where you are, but you may be able to buy tickets online if you are not in a participating state.

 

[WWGD]

Why do you want to climb hills each time you go somewhere?
However there are two good reasons pro the banks of Lake Geneva: Tina Turner and Shania Twain.

Shania Twain: She don't impress me much*. But I did not know about St Tropez being a place with high elevation. How about NYC, Madrid and Vienna?

* Getting back at her over her pretentious 90's song.

 

[jim hardy]

Update, Jackpot up to $900 million.

wow - i could really fix up my old truck

 

[fresh_42]

I've never been to NYC. But I'm sure it's a city which I'd like. At least it's flat. Madrid has some beautiful museums worth visiting. And I dream of once driving there. It's like NYC traffic with less rules. Vienna is very special, and expensive. Ok, that shouldn't be a problem anymore. It wouldn't be my choice. IMO Lausanne actually has been a perfect choice. If there weren't these hills in the middle of it ...
To catch your pass: Shania probably composed her song Up! after a shopping tour in Lausanne ;-)

 

[WWGD]

wow - i could really fix up my old truck

No problem, but give me some time to send a lawyer to collect the winnings and I will send you a PF check.

EDIT: What the heck, I will buy you a new truck after I win.

 

[WWGD]

I've never been to NYC. But I'm sure it's a city which I'd like. At least it's flat. Madrid has some beautiful museums worth visiting. And I dream of once driving there. It's like NYC traffic with less rules.

There are many good things about the city. Still, fewer rules than Madrid would basically imply almost no rules whatsoever. If you want to drive here, get ready to deal with droves of people in every corner, jay walking , etc. Not a driver's paradise.

 

[fresh_42]

That would imply no rules whatsoever.

There is one rule: live and let live. I.e. on a three lane road there will be at least four used lanes and to turn around a corner you'll have to use every single inch you could find to force your way. Funny. It's Kant's categorical imperative made reality.

 

[jim hardy]

EDIT: What the heck, I will buy you a new truck after I win.

Thanks ! this will do nicely...

 

[Borg]

wow - i could really fix up my old truck

You could buy an entire factory.

 

[WWGD]

This is a new one: a lady texting for some twenty minutes while breast- feeding in the park.

 

[nuuskur]

You wasted 20 minutes of your life observing that?