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The discussion revolves around a variety of topics, beginning with the reopening of a thread on the Physics Forums. Participants express relief at the continuation of the conversation and share light-hearted banter about past threads. There are inquiries about quoting from previous threads and discussions about job opportunities for friends. The conversation shifts to humorous takes on mathematics, particularly the concept of "Killing vector fields," which one participant humorously critiques as dangerous. Participants also share personal anecdotes, including experiences with power outages and thoughts on teaching at university. The tone remains casual and playful, with discussions about the challenges of winter, the joys of friendship, and even a few jokes about life experiences. The thread captures a blend of humor, personal stories, and light philosophical musings, all while maintaining a sense of community among the forum members.
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Evo said:
I'm glad that I allowed her to travel when she had the opportunity, who knows when she'll have the same opportunities. I was lucky that I was able travel in my 30's, thanks to winning trips as prizes at work. It's sad that the trip we won to the Middle East was canceled due to the Gulf War. From the information we were sent about the places we'd visit like the Blue Mosque, it would have been fascinating.
Yeah - I was looking at traveling to many places in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and parts of the ME, before I started college. In retrospect, I should have gone then, because it's been downhill since. It would be difficult for me to travel there now.
 
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nuuskur said:
Heard the tap water over the pond sucks, not so here :)

E: Apologies for the confusion, I am from Europe and to my knowledge the tap water is crap over the pond, relative to my frame of reference. You may unlike my post now :D
Then my Like for your post is as a present for your confession! Amen!
 
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JorisL said:
If you like 'special' beers, come to Belgium.

I've tasted some beers England, Germany, the Netherlands and France and I don't like 'em.
I am however curious for the craft beers available in the US. Mainly because they are 'new' (in comparison to ours)

Our music is better as well :devil:
I don't smoke and drink. Tabaco's smoke makes me cough a lot; I am allergic to beer or alcohol, I can sleep immediately after taking it a little. I love the music part and sightseeing but I don't have $$$ to travel far.
 
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dlgoff said:
this picture shows what it's all about.

wow...

Fair Anne and i just watched the "14 Diaries" of WW1 on Netflix. It's a re-enactment of what several people experienced in "The Great War", taken from their actual diaries. They wove in lots of film footage from the times .
Drives home that caption.

Ever read Mark Twain's " War Prayer "?
 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Mooneyhan is a male pageant winner.
 
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jim hardy said:
Ever read Mark Twain's " War Prayer "?
No. I prefer material with equations. :oldbiggrin:
 
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jim hardy said:
Fair Anne and i just watched the "14 Diaries" of WW1 on Netflix. It's a re-enactment of what several people experienced in "The Great War", taken from their actual diaries. They wove in lots of film footage from the times .
Drives home that caption.

I just searched Netflix to review that and didn't find it. Are you sure it's still on there? I remember watching this series because I'm a world war bough, though I think I didn't really like the 14 Daires series much, but I can't remember why.
 
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30 military cadets hurt in West Point pillow fight - Seriously!?
http://news.yahoo.com/30-military-cadets-hurt-west-point-pillow-fight-055055865.html

Washington (AFP) - Thirty cadets who just completed their first-year summer training at the prestigious US Military Academy at West Point were injured when an annual pillow fight tradition turned bloody, The New York Times reported.

The brawl left 24 young cadets with concussions, The Academy told the paper, after reports that some stuffed their pillows with hard objects.

. . . , the list of wounds included one broken leg as well as dislocated shoulders.
. . .
the August 20 pillow fight took a turn for the worse when some cadets reportedly stuffed the helmets they were encouraged to wear during the fracas inside their pillow cases.
. . .
And these young men are supposed to be proud of themselves?

Building esprit de corps is fine, but is it really necessary to batter one another to do so?

It is apparently an annual tradition since 1897.
 
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Astronuc said:
It is apparently an annual tradition since 1897.

I personally think we should consecrate Kevin Bacon's hazing an iconic gesture to eradicate any future hazing ceremonies!

 
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DiracPool said:
I just searched Netflix to review that and didn't find it. Are you sure it's still on there? I remember watching this series because I'm a world war bough, though I think I didn't really like the 14 Daires series much, but I can't remember why.
might be actually titled "The Great War Diary"
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under genre 'emotional war documentaries' on our machine
but i don't trust computers to be consistent.

i'm not versed enough in history to know how complete it is
but it covers a LOT of military actions
from sides of both soldiers and civilians.
And delivers a feel for the carnage.

I'd rank it the most moving anti-war film since Peter Watkins' "The War Game"
this one from 1965,
http://www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory/documentary/international/wargame.php

not that silly kids with computers "War Games" from 1983
 
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jim hardy said:
not that silly kids with computers "War Games" from 1983

C'mon Jim, you really didn't like War Games with Matthew Broderick and Dabney Coleman? I haven't seen a movie with Dabney Coleman I didn't like. He's the perfect straight man jerk you love to hate.

Btw, I did find that series under "the great war diary." And it looks as though I watch all 8 episodes in their entirety. So maybe I didn't dislike it so much after all. I will revisit a few episodes and check back in on that. What I'm especially frustrated over, though, is that I ran a search on Netflix, both on my smartphone and on my laptop on World War documentaries and it didn't show up. Check it out for yourself. If I had more initiative I'd contact Netflix about their substandard search engine
 
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I have a random thought...Since no one wants to engage me in a political or scientific tete-a-tete here on PF at 7:38 AM Pacific Standard time, I'm going to log out and watch Rambo 3 on Netflix :kiss:
 
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jim hardy said:
I'd rank it the most moving anti-war film since Peter Watkins' "The War Game"
this one from 1965,
http://www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory/documentary/international/wargame.php
From your link,
The War Game can also be likened to Lynne Littman’s Testament or Nicholas Meyer’s The Day After (both 1983).
A lot of "The Day After" was filmed in Lawrence, Kansas. I watched some of that filming. Here's a little tidbit from Wikipedia that I find amusing.
On Monday, August 30, 1982, ABC shut down Rusty's IGA supermarket in Lawrence's Hillcrest Shopping Center from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. to shoot a scene representing panic buying. A local man and his infant son came to the market, apparently unaware that ABC was filming a movie. The man reportedly saw the chaos and ran back into his car in fear.
 
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My daughter just called from Ponce, Puerto Rico to tell me how things were going and her "after tournament" plans, as she planed for four extra days. Her Master's son, who's also in the competition, lives in San Juan and is going to take her to non-touristy areas to see. Monday, snorkeling along the west shoreline; Tuesday, a day in the mountainous regions, Wednesday, in the San Juan area until coming back late Thursday. Sounds like a plan to me; lucky girl. :oldcool:
 
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DiracPool said:
C'mon Jim, you really didn't like War Games with Matthew Broderick and Dabney Coleman? I haven't seen a movie with Dabney Coleman I didn't like. He's the perfect straight man ******* you love to hate.

Can't say i disliked it, just it's a non-memorable piece of entertainment.
The Watkins film though was so powerful it still gives me chills after fifty years. I saw it at a theater in Columbia, Mo in '65 or '66.

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I'm going to log out and watch Rambo 3 on Netflix :kiss:
Fair Anne and i went to local theater to see Terminator IV and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Arnold is aging gracefullly.
3-D has got a lot better since i was ten yrs old...
 
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My big cat knows when the milk I offer him turns sour. He refuses or stops drinking it immediately. Yes he should. :cool:
 
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I just got a message
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Happy one year anniversary! Thanks for being a member for so long!

Has it really already been a year? :o
 
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I'm doing some studying today and ran across the following video.
I had to do a double take when I saw the name of the speaker. o_O

 
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I don't know how much farmers collect after each crop rotation.
Today is different from yesterday, now they just need to sit, type, call, then have some laborers collect the food. So easy and leisurely. No one gets infected with germs or virus. :oldcool:
 
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Picking potatoes in the rain is so much fun -.- On the bright side, the potatoes are already clean more or less, not covered in semi-dry mud thing thing, the rain's washed the surface. Much easier to peel clean potatoes.

The cleanliness of the whole system (me and the field of potatoes) is conservative, though. What ever dirt washed away from the potatoes, stuck on my clothes. yucko
 
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nuuskur said:
Picking potatoes in the rain is so much fun -.- On the bright side, the potatoes are already clean more or less, not covered in semi-dry mud thing thing, the rain's washed the surface. Much easier to peel clean potatoes.

The cleanliness of the whole system (me and the field of potatoes) is conservative, though. What ever dirt washed away from the potatoes, stuck on my clothes. yucko
:DD Bhuahha...
 
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Found this new channel, "AHC" , while recently surfing, American Heroes Channel , but strangely, around 95% of the programming ( at least recently) is about Hitler's life and WW2, before the involvement of the U.S. Without the context I have, it would seem to imply that Hitler is an American hero.
 
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Astronuc said:
30 military cadets hurt in West Point pillow fight - Seriously!?
http://news.yahoo.com/30-military-cadets-hurt-west-point-pillow-fight-055055865.html

And these young men are supposed to be proud of themselves?

Building esprit de corps is fine, but is it really necessary to batter one another to do so?

It is apparently an annual tradition since 1897.

Is the stuffing with hard parts part of the tradition, or something more recent? Maybe those who did the stuffing should be made to sleep with those stuffed pillows.
 
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Careful what one wishes for, or don't bite off more than one can chew.

http://www.grindtv.com/random/shawn...lder-for-ride-on-61-foot-wave-at-cortes-bank/

But - http://www.grindtv.com/surf/big-wave-surfer-shawn-dollar-breaks-neck-surfing-accident/

Some exceptional waves at Cortes Bank.
Cortes Bank is a shallow seamount (a barely submerged island) in the North Pacific Ocean. It is 96 miles southwest of San Pedro, Los Angeles, 111 miles (166 kilometers) west of Point Loma San Diego, USA, and 47 miles (82 kilometers) south-west of San Clemente Island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortes_Bank
 
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I remember how badly and wildly I reacted and "felt" after I mistook the cat with my dog. If I am to be treated with the same experiment or so, I am afraid I will become mad, mentally ill.
 
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jim hardy said:
might be actually titled "The Great War Diary"

Just to follow up Jim. I did check that out and I actually really liked the "Great War Diary series." So I think we're on the same page there. The one I was thinking about that I wasn't really impressed with was the series "Our World War." This is another series on WW1. There was about 3 episodes, you can search it on Netflix. I just didn't think it was well-crafted. A little too hyper-dramatic for my taste.
 
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nuuskur said:
On the bright side, the potatoes are already clean more or less, not covered in semi-dry mud thing thing, the rain's washed the surface. Much easier to peel clean potatoes.

Funny you should mention that. I just got through cleaning a russet potato. It's baking in my toaster oven right now. Lightly salted and covered in extra virgin olive oil (first cold pressed). I always leave the skin on. I don't think I've peeled a potato in 30 years. It's going to take about 50 minutes because I like them crisp and well done, yum.

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-bake-a-potato-in-the-oven-165615

Just a little butter and sour cream, that's it. In about 40 minutes, I'm going to smack a big ribeye steak on my cast iron grill pan so it looks like I BBQ'd it on the grill :wink:

Again, all you need is to just lightly salt the ribeye. Less is more. Just 3-4 minutes on each side. Nice and medium rare. Mmmm

Oh, I forgot to add, I try to have a vegetable with every meal, if I'm not just outright juicing. So tonight I'm having collard greens with this meal, believe it or not, because I forgot to buy broccoli, which what I usually have with a steak.
 
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I eat tomatos every day. Yumme
 
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Hollow and throbbing with echoes.
 
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Mate has been a good substitute for coffee.
 
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I go for foods that are supposed to be anti-inflammation: almonds, tuna, yogurt that I know off. Is tomato anti-inflammatory, meaning it reduces general inflammation?
 
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The more I heat up my tea leaves, the blacker the water becomes. Something's wrong about them
 
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WWGD said:
almonds, tuna, yogurt

Mmmm, I love tuna. Don't get me started there. But you have to be careful because of the mercury. Yogurt is great also. I'm kind of a throwback to the old popular "zone" diet. Remember that one? I only retained 2 things from that diet. The only breakfast I ever eat is a small bowl of lowfat PLAIN yogurt. A small cup of diluted orange juice, and 2 tablespoons of fresh-pressed flax seed oil. The actual zone diet calls for non-fat yogurt, but most non-fat yogurts have additives to make up for the "non-fatness." SO I just eat the lowfat. The other thing I retained from the zone diet was a salad for lunch with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Which I usually put some chicken in. SO I don't do this every day, of course, the salad that is, I do the yogurt pretty much every day because it's easy.

I think the "zone" guy's name was Barry Sears or something. My dad turned me on to him and we really liked him and followed his recipe for success...until we found out that he developed a new wrinkle cream that he was marketing, and then we just thought he lost all credibility. Oy veh!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Forget the almonds, it's walnuts that really have the big health benefits. I grind those babies up in my juicer.
 
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DiracPool said:
Tomatoes are great for prostate health. I eat about a (half) dozen a day o0)

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28950093
Not at quite that age, yet, to worry about prostates and other complicated words. :D
 
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After reading some PF post, I'm glad I can bite my tongue.
 
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Country Crock has changed the shape of its container from round to rectangular. I suppose this is to fit more into a carton, or to make the cartons smaller. Anyway, it was a surprise.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
Country Crock has changed the shape of its container from round to rectangular. I suppose this is to fit more into a carton, or to make the cartons smaller. Anyway, it was a surprise.

What a crock!
 
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Yes, that's what the country crock actually is. (I told you ?:))
 
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OmCheeto said:
Ugh.
I have to go crabbing now.
Not sure when I'll be back.
Ciao!

And now I have to go to the coast to look at cars drive by.
I do that everyday!

Ciao.
 
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OmCheeto said:
And now I have to go to the coast to look at cars drive by.
You live out there ? Beautiful !

Fair Anne loves the smoked oysters at Merino's in Westport, next bay North..

Small world indeed.
 
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DiracPool said:
Funny you should mention that. I just got through cleaning a russet potato. It's baking in my toaster oven right now. Lightly salted and covered in extra virgin olive oil (first cold pressed). I always leave the skin on. I don't think I've peeled a potato in 30 years. It's going to take about 50 minutes because I like them crisp and well done, yum.

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-bake-a-potato-in-the-oven-165615

Just a little butter and sour cream, that's it. In about 40 minutes, I'm going to smack a big ribeye steak on my cast iron grill pan so it looks like I BBQ'd it on the grill :wink:

Again, all you need is to just lightly salt the ribeye. Less is more. Just 3-4 minutes on each side. Nice and medium rare. Mmmm

Oh, I forgot to add, I try to have a vegetable with every meal, if I'm not just outright juicing. So tonight I'm having collard greens with this meal, believe it or not, because I forgot to buy broccoli, which what I usually have with a steak.

Good idea about vegetables. I try to have at least a small serving of vegetables and one of fruits every day. Luckily there is a guy nearby with a stand selling both .
 
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For some reason I don't understand, I have (implicitly --till recently) decided I don't like wraps. Never tried them, but somehow I "dont like them".
 
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Wraps are yummy, if they are well made.
 

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