Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[WWGD]

Sent myself an email intended for someone else. Good thing I noticed early. Not the first time it happens with Outlook.

 

[Borg]

I always have to watch for that if I reply to an email that I sent. Outlook isn't smart enough to figure out that I want to continue the email chain by replying to the other person instead of replying to myself. But, if I use ReplyAll, it figures it out.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I see see, I use Reply All even when the email is coming from only one sender (without bcc or cc).

 

[WWGD]

I always have to watch for that if I reply to an email that I sent. Outlook isn't smart enough to figure out that I want to continue the email chain by replying to the other person instead of replying to myself. But, if I use ReplyAll, it figures it out.

Wait! A Microsoft program that is not smart-enough? Are you kidding me ??

 

[WWGD]

I was watching today a documentary on Idi Amin, an African (Ugandan) dictator, who was believed to be a cannibal too. The joke went that once he was in an airplane and the stewardess asked him what he wanted for dinner. Idi Amin said: let me have that fat guy on the third row, with a garden salad.

 

[OCR]

... who was believed to be a cannibal...

I'm sure cannibals occasionally pass their friends on the trail, too...

 

[WWGD]

Unfortunately I am not so sure that the hard times are dead and gone.

 

[WWGD]

@Shyan: How was that 163 degree weather? Anywhere near you? I know Iran is a large country.

 

[ShayanJ]

@Shyan: How was that 163 degree weather? Anywhere near you? I know Iran is a large country.

That's in Bandar-e Mahshahr(meaning Mahshahr port) city which is south-west of iran, in Khuzestan province. The city is ashore the Persian gulf.
Its almost 920km away from Qazvin, the city I live in. Here is very warm too but the temperature is much less than that of southern cities. Those places are counted as hottest cities in Iran, so much hot that a few decades ago, villagers there had never seen any snow in their lifetime! (But they had some snow in recent years.)

 

[OmCheeto]

That's in Bandar-e Mahshahr(meaning Mahshahr port) city which is south-west of iran, in Khuzestan province. The city is ashore the Persian gulf.
Its almost 920km away from Qazvin, the city I live in. Here is very warm too but the temperature is much less than that of southern cities. Those places are counted as hottest cities in Iran, so much hot that a few decades ago, villagers there had never seen any snow in their lifetime! (But they had some snow in recent years.)

I would die if I lived there.

Average high temps:

June 90°F
July 96.1°F
August 94.3°F​

It was 95°F here yesterday. I stayed inside all day, laying on the kaanaapeh, and prayed for winter.

ps. Humans of New York(HONY) is now in Iran. Yay! I, and 16,000,000 other people follow them on Facebook.
They just left Pakistan. I thought their departing comment was interesting:

Humans of New York
18 August at 17:59
A Final Word On Pakistan:
...
The world is never notified about the 99.99% of the time that you are a completely normal, productive, law-abiding citizen. The world only learns about you when things go wrong. Now imagine what the world would think of you.
...

pps. The funniest word I learned when attempting to learn Farsi, was "chair" = "sandalee".
A "sandal" here, is kind of like a shoe, so I imagined that a "chair" in Farsi, was a "butt shoe".

hmmmm... It appears I've been telling these stories of trying to learn Farsi for awhile now:

Sept 13, 2014
...
So I looked around the house, and found my Parsi, "Learn 100 words!" stack of flash cards.
The one on top was the phrase; "Takhteh Khaab", which always sounded too much like; "Taxi Cab", which oddly enough, means "bed".
...

(-2 spelling in the original post)

Someone call me a "bed", I'm drunk again!

 

[ShayanJ]

I would die if I lived there.
Average high temps:
June 90°F
July 96.1°F
August 94.3°F
It was 95°F here yesterday. I stayed inside all day, laying on the kaanaapeh, and prayed for winter.

Same as me. I really can't imagine how will it be to be in a warmer place. But here the temperature is a bit lower than the numbers you gave.

ps. Humans of New York(HONY) is now in Iran. Yay! I, and 16,000,000 other people follow them on Facebook.

It reminds me of something. Two years ago, me and my family, along with some of our guests went to Alamut Castle. There, my mother showed me a guy and said he seems to be a foreigner. I went to him and we talked. He was from France. He was worried how he was going to go back to city. So we suggested to take him. So after dinner, we returned to city and took him to his hotel. The following day, I picked him up and after wandering a bit to show him interesting places, we went home where my mother was waiting for us with a traditional dish of Qazvin. After launch we took him to bus terminal and managed to take him a bus to Isfahan.

The one on top was the phrase; "Takhteh Khaab", which always sounded too much like; "Taxi Cab", which oddly enough, means "bed".

Actually both "Takhteh Khaab" and "Takht" can be used to mean bed. But "Takht" is more general than bed. It also can mean "flat" as an adjective. If it rarely happens that you want to mention any other kind of "Takht"(like throne which is called "Takhteh Saltanat", (Saltanat:Kingdom), also some traditional restaurants here use beds on which people can sit more comfortably and eat traditional food like Abgoosht), "Takht" and "Takhteh Khaab" can be used interchangeably. The point is, "eh" at the end of the word is used to connect two words and "Khaab" means "sleep", as a noun.

 

[zoobyshoe]

At a coffee house this morning I met a guy who had just, this morning, gotten back from Cuba. He traveled there as part of some kind of performing group. They went via Mexico and the round trip ticket was an astonishing $550 per person (Tijuana>Mexico City>Havana).

His experience was that younger cubans were all about American visitors, but very old ones, ones who remember the days of the Mob Casinos, were spitting on the ground in front of them. Anyway, he found it to be very safe, and the whole island was quite beautiful. And, yeah, he brought back cigars. (Erroneously, he thought you were allowed to bring back 100 cigars. Googling tells me you're actually allowed to bring back $100 worth of cigars.)

It really piqued my interest. I think it would be an amazing place to visit under the historical circumstances. Castro, about 90, is still there, amazingly, taking it easy in the background.

 

[WWGD]

At a coffee house this morning I met a guy who had just, this morning, gotten back from Cuba. He traveled there as part of some kind of performing group. They went via Mexico and the round trip ticket was an astonishing $550 per person (Tijuana>Mexico City>Havana).

His experience was that younger cubans were all about American visitors, but very old ones, ones who remember the days of the Mob Casinos, were spitting on the ground in front of them. Anyway, he found it to be very safe, and the whole island was quite beautiful. And, yeah, he brought back cigars. (Erroneously, he thought you were allowed to bring back 100 cigars. Googling tells me you're actually allowed to bring back $100 worth of cigars.)

It really piqued my interest. I think it would be an amazing place to visit under the historical circumstances. Castro, about 90, is still there, amazingly, taking it easy in the background.

Did Obama/ Congree finally normalize relations? And how can a customs agent determine how much a collection of cigars is worth?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Did Obama/ Congree finally normalize relations?

They've expanded the criteria for the people they will allow to go there. This guy went as part of the performance group. You still can't go as a mere tourist, but there are ways for mere tourists to creatively fit themselves into the new criteria.

 

[OmCheeto]

Same as me. I really can't imagine how will it be to be in a warmer place. But here the temperature is a bit lower than the numbers you gave.

The numbers I gave were from the wiki-link to your city.

It reminds me of something. Two years ago, me and my family, along with some of our guests went to Alamut Castle. There, my mother showed me a guy and said he seems to be a foreigner. I went to him and we talked. He was from France. He was worried how he was going to go back to city. So we suggested to take him. So after dinner, we returned to city and took him to his hotel. The following day, I picked him up and after wandering a bit to show him interesting places, we went home where my mother was waiting for us with a traditional dish of Qazvin. After launch we took him to bus terminal and managed to take him a bus to Isfahan.

It is probably the most delightful thing, to run into friendly people like you and your family, when traveling.
When I left my small town, and went to Chicago, about 40 years ago, I met a homeless man, when I got off the bus.
I told him my situation, that I knew nothing of this foreign "Chicago", and in the next 3 hours, he told me of the magic of the city
He never asked me for anything, in return, for his services. But I gave him $20, as he was more valuable than anything else in the world.
So, whenever a stranger comes to my city, I treat them the same way.

Actually both "Takhteh Khaab" and "Takht" can be used to mean bed. But "Takht" is more general than bed. It also can mean "flat" as an adjective. If it rarely happens that you want to mention any other kind of "Takht"(like throne which is called "Takhteh Saltanat", (Saltanat:Kingdom), also some traditional restaurants here use beds on which people can sit more comfortably and eat traditional food like Abgoosht), "Takht" and "Takhteh Khaab" can be used interchangeably. The point is, "eh" at the end of the word is used to connect two words and "Khaab" means "sleep", as a noun.

One of the other Iranians here at the forum, a few years ago, sent me a PM, offering to help me learn your language.
I politely declined, as I'm somewhat old, and can't seem to even grasp much of my own language.

Nimmi du nam!

 

[Borg]

It is probably the most delightful thing, to run into friendly people like you and your family, when traveling.

These stories remind me of a stop to Faroe Islands while on a transatlantic cruise in 2011. We were fascinated by the fact that many of the homes had grass roofs. While talking with one of the locals, she invited my wife and I to tour her home. The houses were tall with the front doors all facing each other in very small courtyards. Her home was very old and she explained that the lower level was where they used to keep their cows, chickens and horses. It was very interesting to see.

 

[OmCheeto]

These stories remind me of a stop to Faroe Islands while on a transatlantic cruise in 2011. We were fascinated by the fact that many of the homes had grass roofs. While talking with one of the locals, she invited my wife and I to tour her home. The houses were tall with the front doors all facing each other in very small courtyards. Her home was very old and she explained that the lower level was where they used to keep their cows, chickens and horses. It was very interesting to see.

Ha! This story reminds me of the aftermath of the OmCheeto-Borek war.
My younger brother and mother went back, 50 years after the Boreks had run mother and my family off of the land.
She said that she was disgusted, that her home, was now used as a combination chicken coop and cow barn.

Looking at the pictures they brought back, the house did in fact look no bigger than a chicken coop.
Perhaps they had littler cows back then.
And my family is quite hobbit-like.

 

[zoobyshoe]

And how can a customs agent determine how much a collection of cigars is worth?

Presumably you'd have to show a receipt for the cigars.

I don't think this is strictly enforced. This guy said he bought his cigars from a taxi driver, so I doubt he got a receipt. However, he only brought about 15 back and it's quite plausible that would have cost less than $100 in Cuba.

 

[Lisa!]

Women tend to pack way more stuff than man do. It seems as if they were moving to the place where they are traveling.

 

[WWGD]

Or maybe it is the women I hang out with. For a 5-day trip ,they take enough clothes, make up, etc. for two months. I take 2 changes and then wash them out in the hotel sink. IDK, maybe you are different.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...-by-TWO-THIRDS-holiday-packing-150-items.html

 

[Enigman]

Someone call me a "bed", I'm drunk again!

You are a bed.

 

[WWGD]

Or maybe it is the women I hang out with. For a 5-day trip ,they take enough clothes, make up, etc. for two months. I take 2 changes and then wash them out in the hotel sink. IDK, maybe you are different.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...-by-TWO-THIRDS-holiday-packing-150-items.html

150 vs 40 items packed by women vs men. Not convincing enough?

 

[WWGD]

Always intrigued by that moment when we go from being awake to being asleep. Only main difference I can tell is that awareness of outer world stops. Of course it is more of a by-stages type thing, but there seems to be a point of no return. Seems like if one could go directly into REM, bypassing previous stags, that one could then cut down on needed sleep.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Always intrigued by that moment when we go from being awake to being asleep. Only main difference I can tell is that awareness of outer world stops.

I often get woken back up very shortly after "awareness of outer world stops," and realize that what was just going through my mind was completely non-sensical. You're not dreaming yet, in the sense there are no visuals, but your train of thought is completely unhooked from all everyday logic, but it feels as logical as ever at the time. I'm always amazed at how coherent the most non-sensical things just seemed.

Then, in a few moments, the whole train of thought melts away, and I can't even remember what it was, just that it was beyond absurd.

 

[WWGD]

I often get woken back up very shortly after "awareness of outer world stops," and realize that what was just going through my mind was completely non-sensical. You're not dreaming yet, in the sense there are no visuals, but your train of thought is completely unhooked from all everyday logic, but it feels as logical as ever at the time. I'm always amazed at how coherent the most non-sensical things just seemed.

Then, in a few moments, the whole train of thought melts away, and I can't even remember what it was, just that it was beyond absurd.

I think it is the subconscious/unconscious mind which, like you said, has a logic of its own, very different from that of the waking mind. I wish I had time to read L. Mlodinow's book on recent scientific research advances on the subconscious mind. One of these days, soon, I hope.

 

[Enigman]

I often get woken back up very shortly after "awareness of outer world stops," and realize that what was just going through my mind was completely non-sensical. You're not dreaming yet, in the sense there are no visuals, but your train of thought is completely unhooked from all everyday logic, but it feels as logical as ever at the time. I'm always amazed at how coherent the most non-sensical things just seemed.

Then, in a few moments, the whole train of thought melts away, and I can't even remember what it was, just that it was beyond absurd.

I remember once fainting during a lab, I could distinctly remember being in a somersault race before I completely blacked out.

 

[lisab]

I remember once fainting during a lab, I could distinctly remember being in a somersault race before I completely blacked out.

Did you win?

 

[lisab]

Weird. You know that smell you get on your hands after petting a dog? Well I have that smell on my hands now. I don't have a dog, and it's been a few days since I petted one. I might add, I have had dozens of hand washings, several showers, and one luxurious bath since then, too.

I might add to this random thought, deciding on pet vs. petted was not easy for this native speaker.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Weird. You know that smell you get on your hands after petting a dog? Well I have that smell on my hands now. I don't have a dog, and it's been a few days since I petted one. I might add, I have had dozens of hand washings, several showers, and one luxurious bath since then, too.

This smell is also caused by summersault races in the lab.

 

[WWGD]

Weird. You know that smell you get on your hands after petting a dog? Well I have that smell on my hands now. I don't have a dog, and it's been a few days since I petted one. I might add, I have had dozens of hand washings, several showers, and one luxurious bath since then, too.

I might add to this random thought, deciding on pet vs. petted was not easy for this native speaker.

I heard there is a dog walking around whose paws smell like your hands.

 

[WWGD]

I still get kind of annoyed when, at Stabucks, someone refers to the pastry "Salted Caramel Square". It is not a square, because it is not
2-dimensional. But somehow misuses of grammar do not bother me much, or at all. I mean, at least call it a cube (tho, being pretentious, it is technically a parallelepiped) to acknowledge it is 3-dimensional. Serenity now!

 

[dlgoff]

I might add to this random thought, deciding on pet vs. petted was not easy for this native speaker.

After going to your link and checking Cent, scent and sent, I may have to add this:

The word scent comes from the Old French sentir, meaning to feel, smell, touch, taste, realize, perceive, make love to.

 

[Enigman]

Did you win?

Obviously. Even had an entourage of people pampering me silly to celebrate the win when I woke up.

 

[Enigman]

Actually I'm more into intellectually engaging and morally challenging anime (like Death Note, etc), but I'll give it a try nonetheless.

Its about a brain surgeon who's out to kill a psychopath he saved. You will find plenty of intellectual and moral challenges.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Suddenly I've felt so sad and lonely during this this weekend...