Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[blue_leaf77]

like a wrecking ball

"wrecking ball", lol.

By the way, Jurassic World was just being premiered. Guess this would be another thrilling survival series of Steven Spielberg's, despite the possible inaccuracies in the scientific aspect.

 

[OmCheeto]

I didn't say one of them is blameless too. But the fact that all over the world, its Iran who is doing all the wrong thing and US is the saviour, is extremely ridiculous.
Yeah, we shouldn't continue this discussion here. I also I would love to have such discussions but I don't think there can be any good result.

Try discussing it on Facebook. I have many FB friends from here at PF.
It's more relaxed, as you can say whatever the hell you want.
And you can ban all the idiots, and not have to wait for the Mentors to do it for you.

 

[WWGD]

Isn't the expression : " s/he lives in place x" a little strange? If s/he lives in x, what is s/he doing when
s/he is not in x? Is s/he not living while in y ? e.g., if this author is said to live in Chicago, what is s/he
doing if s/he travels to New York? Shouldn't it be something like "S/he _resides_ in x "?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Isn't the expression : " s/he lives in place x" a little strange? If s/he lives in x, what is s/he doing when
s/he is not in x? Is s/he not living while in y ? e.g., if this author is said to live in Chicago, what is s/he
doing if s/he travels to New York? Shouldn't it be something like "S/he _resides_ in x "?

live1/liv/
verb

1. remain alive.
2. make one's home in a particular place or with a particular person.

 

[WWGD]

live1/liv/
verb

1. remain alive.
2. make one's home in a particular place or with a particular person.

I think the original phrasing is, or at least should be
1)Staying Alive.

So, how about "s/he is $Staying Alive^{TM}$" in place x.

 

[WWGD]

Just thinking about the living, staying alive issue. They broadcast the movie "Staying Alive" a few nights ago.
I first saw it (ON TV) like 20 years ago, and I thought it was just a light-hearted movie. But when I watched it
last time it seemed to have more serious, even dark undertones. The theme song itself has the line (which I never
paid attention to the times I have heard the song) :"...I am going nowhere, somebody help me...". According to online
reviews, many consider this movie to be a masterpiece, and they have made good supporting arguments to this effect..

 

[OCR]

I think the original phrasing is, or at least should be
1)Staying Alive.

StayingAlive^{TM ←} ... lol

Thanks for the earworm too, WWGD... ... Lol... According to research by James Kellaris, 98% of individuals experience earworms.

 

[OmCheeto]

Today, was an epic level of weird.

I liked it.

 

[collinsmark]

Today, was an epic level of weird.

I liked it.

Those days are the best.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Staying alive=Staying hideous.

 

[Borg]

Today, was an epic level of weird.

I liked it.

It was a Weird day for me as well. It was epic Mandatory Fun!

 

[Ibix]

According to an advert for double glazing that I've just seen, the average home can leak up to 20% of its energy through windows and doors.

Could they add any more caveats to that, do you think?

 

[Borg]

According to an advert for double glazing that I've just seen, the average home can leak up to 20% of its energy through windows and doors.

Could they add any more caveats to that, do you think?

For a glass house, it's close to 100%.

 

[Ibix]

For a glass house, it's close to 100%.

Depends how many stones they throw, I guess.

 

[OmCheeto]

It was a Weird day for me as well. It was epic Mandatory Fun!

Well, that's weird.
I made a mutual Facebook friend of Borek's who lives in Bulgaria some time back, as she posts weird and delightful pictures.
I mentioned my weird day on Facebook also.
She posted a picture:

and said she; "had a grandly weird moment".

Which I thought was weird, when I discovered that the image is of a lighthouse which is about an hour away from where I'll be in 4 weeks.
Which is also weird, because she posted something about Burning Man about a week ago, which is kind of like the event that will put in proximity of the lighthouse.
I said I might stop by the lighthouse, and get a picture.
She said I should take one for her.
I think I will, as my brother has a house on the coast, about 30 minutes away from the lighthouse.
I do like going to the coast.

ps. This was just a fraction of the weird. And it's getting weird today, again...

 

[Borg]

That's a nice picture Om. Nothing weird about it.

 

[Ibix]

I don't know - I think it has a certain SF other-worldly feel to it. Something about the red landscape under the blue sky, and the way the tree and the lighthouse and the peninsula behind it interact breaks up the outline of the lighthouse and makes it look faintly organic.

 

[Enigman]

Definitely something wyrd about it.

 

[phion]

PF mods really cramping my style lately.

 

[wolram]

PF mods really cramping my style lately.

If you change your style PFs will be more sympathetic , some of my posts are blocked and i know why.

 

[JorisL]

Last nights episode of Last Week tonight with John Oliver was awesome.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Last nights episode of Last Week tonight with John Oliver was awesome.

Remember to breathe while watching it

 

[OmCheeto]

Another wyrd day...

Went to the convenience store this morning around 9 am.
I then followed a fire truck, hazmat truck, and the fire chief's truck, to my house.

Fortunately, they kept going.

Two blocks away this morning, an MDMA* house was busted.

I just went down and looked at the house. It looks very normal.
The next door neighbors were having a yard party, as if nothing had happened today.
I thought that was weird, in a nice kind of way.

*MDMA = ecstasy

 

[dlgoff]

This is the only thing I've found good about all the rain this summer.

 

[Astronuc]

Why does it seem that every 4 years folks running for president of US tell the public that the country is headed in the wrong direction and that they will turn it in the right direction?

 

[Borg]

Why does it seem that every 4 years folks running for president of US tell the public that the country is headed in the wrong direction and that they will turn it in the right direction?

Because the straightest path to nowhere is a random walk?

 

[Ibix]

I read somewhere that the reason the country is in such a state is that all the people who would find it simple to run are too busy driving cabs...

It's worth noting that, however much they decry the other guy's inept policies, they don't raze the legislative landscape back to what it was when they were last in power. Doubtless part of that is simple practicality, but it seems suggestive to me that the other guy's policies weren't completely crazy. Even if only by accident.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Years ago, my brother team signed a short termed contract to work for a US oil company to upgrade their outdated system. After some months seeing that the work was being done so smoothly, they promised to offer his team a bonus at the end of the contract. But after the product got released and now already goes into maintenance stage, even a single candy hasn't been given to anyone.

Lesson learned, I don't want to win on losing anymore.

 

[zoobyshoe]

So, I'm sitting on the patio of a coffee shop, only person out there, facing the street, because watching the interesting goings on on the Avenue is the normal thing to do, when this weird guy comes out of the coffee shop. Instead of obeying the farthest-seat-away rule, he comes over to my side of the patio and sits in front of me, and instead of obeying the sit-facing-the-street rule he turns his chair around and sits facing me. Staring at me. I can't watch the street without looking right in his direction. Then he goes, "How're you tonight?"

So I get up and go back inside to my drawing. He comes in and does basically the same thing to several other people. He goes and stands behind one kid whose watching a movie and stares at the kid's laptop screen, and he goes up to random tables and asks them what they think of the art on the walls. Then he gives the barista some poems he's written.

 

[WWGD]

I got into a kind of awkward conversation with an English teacher/professor (EDIT not clear which). I know 2-3 things about literature ( not proud of it, but it's true), and I corrected him on the line " It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" being from a Tale of Two Cities. It is one of the few things I know, probably from watching Jeopardy. He seemed embarrassed and kept apologizing and trying to explain why he had gotten it wrong. Any other line, I would most likely not have been able to source, but somehow this line came up in the conversation.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I'm afraid to look old. I don't know why, but after looking at my pictures taken 15 years ago then looking at myself in the mirror, I'm sad and so worried.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I got into a kind of awkward conversation with an English teacher/professor (not clear whom).

Should be, "(not clear which)".

I know 2-3 things about literature ( not proud of it, but it's true), and I corrected him on the line " It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" being from a Tale of Two Cities. It is one of the few things I know, probably from watching Jeopardy. He seemed embarrassed and kept apologizing and trying to explain why he had gotten it wrong. Any other line, I would most likely not have been able to source, but somehow this line came up in the conversation.

What book did he think it was from?

 

[WWGD]

Should be, "(not clear which)".

What book did he think it was from?

Yes, my bad, "not clear which", obviously, I don't know what (or maybe even if) I was thinking. I think he believed it was from Oliver Twist. It is strange when you know facts detached from a context, as is the case with much of the stuff I have learned from watching Jeopardy. I think this guy was worried that I would consider his ignorance of this fact to be representative of a more general level of ignorance on the topic. In a sense, the conversation is a random sample of his knowledge, but not necessarily a representative one.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I am currently having a job in school library and the courses I am taking are elective. I would want to land a full time job in some company . Even they allow me to work only 1 or 2 months as probationary periods, I can still have some money. I've sent my applications to several but still get no reply. People don't seem to like an old talented student - super star.

 

[WWGD]

I am currently having a job in school library and the courses I am taking are elective. I would want to land a full time job in some company . Even they allow me to work only 1 or 2 months as probationary periods, I can still have some money. I've sent my applications to several but still get no reply. People don't seem to like an old talented student - super star.

Why are you on probation?

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Why are you on probation?

Before becoming an employee officially they tend to do so to reduce their pays during the first couple of months and also to test candidates' qualifications or experience. 2 face-to-face interviews plus a paper test can't say anything much.
OK now your turn to tell me why someone is on probation.

 

[WWGD]

Before becoming an employee officially they tend to do so to reduce their pays during the first couple of months and also to test candidates' qualifications or experience. 2 face-to-face interviews plus a paper test can't say anything much.
OK now your turn to tell me why someone is on probation.

I am on probation because I hate to dress up. I hate to wear a suit and tie. I wish I could show in casual, even better, with a t-shirt. I am surprised that the usually pragmatic business people continue with the practice of dressing up even though it does not , I believe, help increase the bottom line: I have heard many people who dress up say they cannot wait to get home and change into jeans and a t-shirt. This means they were not feeling comfortable with their clothes while working, which I don't believe is good for productivity.

 

[collinsmark]

I am on probation because I hate to dress up. I hate to wear a suit and tie. I wish I could show in casual, even better, with a t-shirt. I am surprised that the usually pragmatic business people continue with the practice of dressing up even though it does not , I believe, help increase the bottom line: I have heard many people who dress up say they cannot wait to get home and change into jeans and a t-shirt. This means they were not feeling comfortable with their clothes while working, which I don't believe is good for productivity.

Much of dress code depends not only on your job position (such as whether you work with customers or the public on a daily basis) but also just as much on where you live. (The following cartoon applies to east and west coast USA.)

[Source: http://theoatmeal.com/pl/minor_differences5/suit]

 

[Evo]

Collinsmark is right, it depends on the culture, are you dealing with high level corporate clients? You're going to wear a suit, unless maybe you're in California. I remember our VP coming through our office one day because we dressed casually on days when we dropped into th office and had no client meetings scheduled. He said, ok, you can wear jeans and sweats in here, but you have to have a suit and shoes in your office in case you get a call and need to see a client on short notice. So we all kept a set of work clothes in our offices. I only had to change clothes once, most clients did not need emergency meetings.

 

[Astronuc]

After living through three centuries, Jeralean Talley, the world’s oldest woman, has died at age 116.
https://www.yahoo.com/health/jeralean-talley-worlds-oldest-woman-dies-at-116-121851779007.html

Talley, who lived in Inkster, Mich., near Detroit, credited her incredible lifespan to God. The Detroit News reported her saying earlier this year, “Every day is a gift from above. There is nothing we can do without God. He made us, and he knew when he wanted to take us.“

Her active life of fishing, baking walnut pies with nuts from her yard, and gardening began in Montrose, Ga., in 1899. She moved to Michigan with her husband of 52 years, Alfred Talley, in the 1930s.

Jeralean stayed active even into her 100s — bowling until she was 104 and even mowing her own lawn until a few years ago. Family friend Michael Kinloch told Yahoo Health that on a recent walk with him, she said, “I don’t feel bad. I don’t feel sick. I feel as good as you do, and I look as good as you do. I just can’t get around as well as you do.”

May we live so well.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Snippet of conversation I overheard:

"Oh accountable! I thought you said cannibal."

 

[OmCheeto]

Snippet of conversation I overheard:

"Oh accountable! I thought you said cannibal."

Someone I knew, once approached me and some of my friends, and I heard him call me "Cinnamon".
When I asked what prompted him to call me that, he explained that he had actually said; "Gentlemen".
I think we joked about how Cinnamon would be a good drag queen name, if I should ever get bored, and become one.
And from that day forward, he always greeted me as Cinnamon.

ps. According to the Drag Queen Name Generator, Cinnamon is on the list.

 

[WWGD]

Collinsmark is right, it depends on the culture, are you dealing with high level corporate clients? You're going to wear a suit, unless maybe you're in California. I remember our VP coming through our office one day because we dressed casually on days when we dropped into th office and had no client meetings scheduled. He said, ok, you can wear jeans and sweats in here, but you have to have a suit and shoes in your office in case you get a call and need to see a client on short notice. So we all kept a set of work clothes in our offices. I only had to change clothes once, most clients did not need emergency meetings.

I would love to see Obama ( or any other president) addressing congress, both him, all of them, in gym shorts and tee-shirts. While we're at it, why not use advertising in the state of the union or other: " this law will benefit us in the same way Ritz crackers benefits cheese" , displaying the Ritz logo. Or: "I lways bring my Oreos to a filibuster. And I also bring my Clamexopan pills to slow the urge to urinate, so I can conduct my filibuster for 48 hours ". Wouldn't that help pay the national debt? And the Whitehouse plastered with ads for Best Western , CVS, Denny's , etc. (Maybe Trump would buy into it).

That is the casual environment I long for. I can't stand high levels of formality and etiquette.

 

[WWGD]

A happy, fortuitous (I may need to retake the GRE, so I am practicing my vocabulary) find: while surfing thru cable (I just have basic), I found out I have the Smithsonian channel in my lineup. Good thing I decided to venture beyond channel 300. I wonder why they cannot line up the channels to avoid having a swath of 100+ channels without any content; out of a total of around 2000 potential channels, only around 400 have actual content. I guess it has to see with the frequency of the signal.

A weird thing is that, I was watching this guy being interviewed and his lips had a fixed downward arch, i.e., when he was relaxed , his lips (actually the entrance to his mouth between the lips) described a downward arch, i.e., the upper-half of a circle. This arching remained for around 45 minutes, so I don't think it was a situational thing. I assume most people's lips describe something close to a horizontal straight line. I don't remember having seen anyone with the "opposite" arching, i.e., someone whose " resting lip expression" is an upward arch, the lower-half of a semicircle, other than, of course, clowns, or the joker..

 

[WWGD]

There seems to have been no fuss made over ARod's 3000th hit. It was a homerun, but the fan who caught it is unwilling to return it.

 

[zoobyshoe]

The very first James Bond: a made for TV movie of Casino Royale from 1954.

The first James Bond, Barry Nelson, leaves something to be desired. The first James Bond villain however, Peter Lorre, was the right idea.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

The very first James Bond: a made for TV movie of Casino Royale from 1954.

The first James Bond, Barry Nelson, leaves something to be desired. The first James Bond villain however, Peter Lorre, was the right idea.

Oh no, so boring, I thought this was a classic XXX video.

 

[WWGD]

Oh no, so boring, I thought this was a classic XXX video.

Maybe you misunderstood the meaning of "something to be desired"?

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Maybe you misunderstood the meaning of "something to be desired"?

Whatever. If I recall correctly, I have never meant anything specific at all except being an online psychopath as always.

 

[Astronuc]

The very first James Bond: a made for TV movie of Casino Royale from 1954.

The first James Bond, Barry Nelson, leaves something to be desired. The first James Bond villain however, Peter Lorre, was the right idea.

Corny dialog from the 1950s, and Nelson seems like he's trying to sound like Humphrey Bogart.