Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[WWGD]

To follow up on an old post, an FCTI cash machine was the one that charged me $2.50 just to check my account balance.
Massive Ripoff.

 

[Ibix]

What would it do if your balance was less than $2.50? They don't want to refuse to serve you because that gives you information for free, but they don't want to serve you either, and for the same reason.

A profiteer's paradox...

 

[WWGD]

I know the information angle is one that the phone companies used to charge you:
a busy signal is information. But: it is not information I requested from them. Still,
it is a ripoff to charge $2.50 for something that may cost them a few cents. And
they are bottom feeders: they do nothing of any real use to anyone. I understand
I could have gone to my own bank's ATM, and I am willing to pay some amount _for
withdrawing cash_ , but not for checking my account balance. Just a ripoff.

There is also the fact that many of these ATMs do not tell you about the fees until
just before they give you your money ( this one never did) , and not when you just log
into the system. I feel some warm about capitalism at times like these.

And I do literally walk the extra mile for an ATM from my bank 99% of the time.

 

[zoobyshoe]

chatte, if you want to say "chat" then it's got to be with something, for example "un chat noir" - a black cat.

See what it says here:
http://www.effectivelanguagelearning.com/free-language-lessons/french/lvl1-lesson-1

 

[nuuskur]

See what it says here:
http://www.effectivelanguagelearning.com/free-language-lessons/french/lvl1-lesson-1

Interesting, I wasn't aware of that. The French people I chat.. I mean communicate with say that it's la chatte and la chatte only. They must know something I don't :/ (Yes, I can see that animals have both masculin and feminin form, but must be something else, too.)

 

[Enigman]

Maybe all their cats are female.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Interesting, I wasn't aware of that. The French people I chat.. I mean communicate with say that it's la chatte and la chatte only. They must know something I don't :/

There is some indication if you google, that "la chatte" is a vulgar term. They may be messing with you. Or not. Regardless, I'm pretty sure it's OK to say "le chat" without modifying it.

 

[nuuskur]

Je suis un idiot :< Yes, I see now why it's vulgar and I'm going to kill them, too, verbally.

 

[Enigman]

Well, we are about to move into page 69, this seems like an auspicious start... Here's a pu cat
http://stylonica.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Cat-cats-32040775-1440-900.jpg

 

[zoobyshoe]

Je suis un idiot :< Yes, I see now why it's vulgar and I'm going to kill them, too, verbally.

Well, don't kill them before you verify that. Micromass and Fluidistic (I believe) are native French speakers. They ought to be able to settle it.

 

[nuuskur]

Enigman pretty much settled it with the stricken out part :P I am positive of that.

 

[collinsmark]

Evo speaks French, I think.

 

[Evo]

Yes, a cat is chat.

 

[zoobyshoe]

The reason I mentioned it was because it occurred to me a native French speaker might involuntarily interpret the upper right PF menu as:

MY PF INBOX ALERTS FORUMS CAT INSIGHTS INFO SEARCH

 

[Ibix]

I bought a table and chairs today. According to the labelling, pregnant women should take extra care when using the chairs.

There's a faint smell of stupid mixed with the aftershave of ambulance-chasing lawyers coming from the label.

 

[WWGD]

I bought a table and chairs today. According to the labelling, pregnant women should take extra care when using the chairs.

There's a faint smell of stupid mixed with the aftershave of ambulance-chasing lawyers coming from the label.

I like that "ambulance chaser" , it is pretty powerful branding, just like the name "Frankenfoods" for food that comes from GMOs. I mean, whether you think it is accurate/fair or not, the name sticks.

 

[lisab]

The reason I mentioned it was because it occurred to me a native French speaker might involuntarily interpret the upper right PF menu as:

MY PF INBOX ALERTS FORUMS CAT INSIGHTS INFO SEARCH

If I were French, I'd be so déçu!

 

[lisab]

I rented a U-Haul today for the first time in years. I got Virginia. It couldn't do more than 50 on a slight hill.

 

[WWGD]

Maybe time to start a new thread " Baby it's cold inside". Most places are blasting the ACs into mind-50's temperatures.

 

[Ibix]

I like that "ambulance chaser" , it is pretty powerful branding, just like the name "Frankenfoods" for food that comes from GMOs. I mean, whether you think it is accurate/fair or not, the name sticks.

Maybe. But I can't think of anything pregnancy would do that would require someone to take extra care with a chair. Or, at least, nothing that isn't covered by regular pregnancy advice or specific medical advice for some conditions.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Maybe. But I can't think of anything pregnancy would do that would require someone to take extra care with a chair. Or, at least, nothing that isn't covered by regular pregnancy advice or specific medical advice for some conditions.

Strap a watermellon to your belly and experiment.

 

[nuuskur]

Baby, it's cold outside And inside :S

 

[zoobyshoe]

If I were French, I'd be so déçu!

If we had a PF cat, people would soon demand a PF dog. Then a hamster. It would lead to menagerie. Which is also a French word.

 

[nuuskur]

a zoo?

 

[zoobyshoe]

a zoo?

Technically a menagerie is a collection of wild animals. But I can't think of a word for a collection of domesticated animals and pets.

 

[Ibix]

If we had a PF cat, people would soon demand a PF dog. Then a hamster. It would lead to menagerie. Which is also a French word.

It would also lead to endless variations on "is it a live cat, a dead cat, or both" type jtokes. This would be a bad thing.

 

[Enigman]

Well, we are about to move into page 69, this seems like an auspicious start... Here's a pu cat
http://stylonica.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Cat-cats-32040775-1440-900.jpg

And now for a Dick pic.

Happy Birthday Richard 'Dick' Feynman!

 

[nuuskur]

You are walking on some incredibly thin ice, I think :D

 

[Enigman]

You are walking on some incredibly thin ice, I think :D

I was going to post it in the Feynman quiz thread but the joke was too tempting to let go uncracked. Now to pray that the ice doesn't crack with it.

 

[collinsmark]

I think it's fine. Richard Feynman went by "Dick" among friends, family and acquaintances.

[Edit: hee hee:

The student asks Gell-Mann about Feynman's notes. Gell-Mann says no, Dick's methods are not the same as the methods used here. The student asks, well, what are Feynman's methods? Gell-Mann leans coyly against the blackboard and says: Dick's method is this. You write down the problem. You think very hard. (He shuts his eyes and presses his knuckles parodically to his forehead.) Then you write down the answer.​

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/20/magazine/part-showman-all-genius.html?pagewanted=1]