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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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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!
 
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lisab said:
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.
 
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lisab said:
Did you win?
Obviously. Even had an entourage of people pampering me silly to celebrate the win when I woke up.
 
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PWiz said:
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.
 
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Suddenly I've felt so sad and lonely during this this weekend...
 
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lisab said:
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.
So you did not petted any dogs?
Sounds very strange.
I wonder if this might be one of those "one" vs "zero" type things.

ps. This also reminds me a bit of the "Jesus" thread. Reviewing it, I see that it was quite educational, and fun. :smile:
 
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This is true! There is a house for rent near where I am living but no one has rented it so far and the door is thus locked all the time. The house doesn't have a front yard, so the door and the window are built right at the front gate. At midnight (00:00) I usually walk my dog around my house and this is the third time we've come closer to that house. But when I and my dog stand 4 meters away from its window, I find my dog lifts his head slowly to look at the window that is totally dark inside and all of a sudden he becomes very scared, he rushes and drags me back towards my house. I try to calm him down and look at the window but see nothing although he is still groaning in fear. 3 times he does exactly the same thing.
 
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I have bought too many clothes over the years and barely thrown out any . And I have ended up with too many clothes to wash all at once , and an uneven distribution of items. This is reflected when I do the laundry: I end up with something like 15 clean pants, 5 clean shirts, 3 clean pairs of socks, etc. I am too lazy to make sure I have a somewhat -even distribution before I do the wash.
 
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My suggestions for easier laundry in an apartment building with a laundry room:

In each floor, put a chute , leading to the laundry room. The material leading to the laundry room will be specially slick, so that clothes don't get stuck. The chute remains open when the laundry is not being used and is closed otherwise. Ideally, you can lay out the laundry room so that the washer is built on top of the dryer, or, even better if you have a combo of washer-dryer machine. Also, add an ejector for when the clothes are clean and dried. Then you wait until the chute is open, slide your clothes down the chute , the machine washes them , then they drop into the dryer and get ejected when they are ready and you just go pick them up. EDIT: Of course we also need a mechanism so that the machine is activated once the clothes slide in. And maybe payment can happen when one goes to pick up the clothes.
 
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WWGD, that is truly professional. :biggrin:
 
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Silicon Waffle said:
WWGD, that is truly professional. :biggrin:
Thanks, ironically, it was my laziness at doing the laundry that led e to do the effort of finding a "solution".
 
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I bought some sliced turkey breast and, as I was opening the package, was dismayed to see they thought it was necessary to boast it was gluten free.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
I bought some sliced turkey breast and, as I was opening the package, was dismayed to see they thought it was necessary to boast it was gluten free.

Did the sliced turkey have a rainbow?
 
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lisab said:
Did the sliced turkey have a rainbow?
I don't understand. Are you asking if the turkey was LGBT?
 
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zoobyshoe said:
I don't understand. Are you asking if the turkey was LGBT?

Today's random topic word of the day: Rainbow!



Only necessary to watch the first 30 seconds.
Unless of course, you want to make your own.

One of my Facebook friends posted this video this morning.
I was mesmerized.
 
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Test the water before jumping in! Hiker burned, dog dies after leaping into Idaho hot springs

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A man hiking through a national forest in Idaho suffered severe burns after his two dogs plunged into a hot spring and he jumped into the scalding water to rescue them, managing to save just one of his pets, U.S. Forest Service officials said on Tuesday.
 
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lisab said:
No - you've never seen a rainbow sheen on industrially sliced turkey or ham?

*google google google*

OK I'm not the only one:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat...d_ham_and_beef_shine_with_rainbow_colors.html

It takes a very sharp knife - the kind a deli might use. I've never seen it in home-cooked meat.

'Scuse me, I need to go sharpen my knives :wink:.
From your link:
Dark cooked meat like roast beef and bright cured meat like ham are more likely to show iridescence because the background colors provide a starker contrast to the pearly greens and orangey reds that you’re most likely to see coming off of shiny meats. Turkey and chicken are too pale to showcase such sparkle.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
From your link:

But you're both missing the main issue: why do Deli workers now slice sandwiches halfway (i.e. , with a cut that is parallel to two edges of the sandwich, dividing it into two "rectangles" ) instead of diagonally? I heard the diagonal cut was preferred because it showed more exposed meat than the "halfway" cut , but now I see everyone doing the halfway cut somehow.
 
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WWGD said:
But you're both missing the main issue: why do Deli workers now slice sandwiches halfway (i.e. , with a cut that is parallel to two edges of the sandwich, dividing it into two "rectangles" ) instead of diagonally? I heard the diagonal cut was preferred because it showed more exposed meat than the "halfway" cut , but now I see everyone doing the halfway cut somehow.
Just lazy?
 
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Evo said:
Just lazy?
No. There's a shadow government pulling strings for nefarious purposes behind that particular change.
 
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Evo said:
Just lazy?

zoobyshoe said:
No. There's a shadow government pulling strings for nefarious purposes behind that particular change.

Why do you both overcomplicate things? Aliens...
 
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WT*?! CBS journalists shot and killed during live broadcast in Virginia!
http://news.yahoo.com/cbs-journalists-shot-killed-live-broadcast-130723506.html

Why do crazy people get access to guns?!

Update: WDBJ journalists Alison Parker, Adam Ward shot and killed during live broadcast; suspect dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound
A pair of television journalists at a CBS affiliate in Virginia were shot and killed during a live broadcast Wednesday morning, and authorities said the shooter, a disgruntled former employee at the station, shot himself after crashing his car on an interstate highway.
 
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Astronuc said:
WT*?! CBS journalists shot and killed during live broadcast in Virginia!
http://news.yahoo.com/cbs-journalists-shot-killed-live-broadcast-130723506.html

Why do crazy people get access to guns?!
That is so senseless and sad. :oldfrown:

Wow. So the killer shot a video of himself gunning the people down and then tweeted it. Twitter suspended his account but there are a bunch of retweets of it. He then sent a 23-page manifesto to an ABC station. He finally shot himself on I-66 as police caught up with him - tracked through his cell phone no doubt.
 
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Astronuc said:
Why do crazy people get access to guns?!

because getting guns is very very very easy in the USA? And nobody has the balls to make it difficult. Instant vote loser. Voters prefer shooting on an industrial scale to gun control
 
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"Project Afterlife" could benefit from a scientifically-trained skeptic.
 
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Ugh.
I have to go crabbing now.
Not sure when I'll be back.
Ciao!
 

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