Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[zoobyshoe]

It is , of course, clear what they meant...

Not to me. What did they mean?

 

[WWGD]

Not to me. What did they mean?

I would say from 6 a.m. on Friday to 6 a.m. on Saturday morning. If it is an uninterrupted block of time (as displayed), that is the only way in which I can make sense of it. Maybe it is not an autistic thing if others don't see it either.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I would say from 6 a.m. on Friday to 6 a.m. on Saturday morning. If it is an uninterrupted block of time (as displayed), that is the only way in which I can make sense of it. Maybe it is not an autistic thing if others don't see it either.

It could have meant 6 A.M. to 6 P.M., though. It's my experience that 24 hour blocks are expressed as 12 A.M. to 12 P.M. So, I wouldn't have known what to make of the sign.

 

[WWGD]

It could have meant 6 A.M. to 6 P.M., though. It's my experience that 24 hour blocks are expressed as 12 A.M. to 12 P.M. So, I wouldn't have known what to make of the sign.

You're right, I was assuming it was a special Christmas schedule , and there were two days marked that way, so I thought it was not a mistake, but meant that way.

 

[WWGD]

You're right, I was assuming it was a special Christmas schedule , and there were two days marked that way, so I thought it was not a mistake, but meant that way.

But a genuinely strange thing to do, I would say, is what I see some restaurants do, where they state their schedule as : Monday: 10-6 . Tuesday, 10:6 ,.., Saturday 10-6 , Sunday 10-6 . And then state _the exact same menu_ separately , for lunch and dinner every day, instead of : Open 10-6 daily, menu is ...

 

[zoobyshoe]

But a genuinely strange thing to do, I would say, is what I see some restaurants do, where they state their schedule as : Monday: 10-6 . Tuesday, 10:6 ,.., Saturday 10-6 , Sunday 10-6 . And then state _the exact same menu_ separately , for lunch and dinner every day, instead of : Open 10-6 daily, menu is ...

I think restaurant owners/managers are all more or less insane in that, they are completely deluded about what makes a sign intelligible.

On that note, I would also like to complain that almost no restaurant has their holiday hours posted online. For example, I could not find whether any specific Starbucks was going to be open on Thanksgiving or Christmas, only the generic information that some might possibly be open with abbreviated hours. So, I called a couple, and there was not even a recording: just endless ringing with no answer.

 

[WWGD]

I think restaurant owners/managers are all more or less insane in that, they are completely deluded about what makes a sign intelligible.

On that note, I would also like to complain that almost no restaurant has their holiday hours posted online. For example, I could not find whether any specific Starbucks was going to be open on Thanksgiving or Christmas, only the generic information that some might possibly be open with abbreviated hours. So, I called a couple, and there was not even a recording: just endless ringing with no answer.

I agree with you entirely. I don't know there , but here business owners do not include cross streets in the directions they include in their leaflets. They will say, e.g., 1650 Avenue A , and there is no good way of knowing the cross streets. And ditto for the hours of operation. I do not have a natural disposition for running a business but it seems the first thing you would think of doing is helping the customer know where you are located and your businesses' hours.
But the attitude seems to be: you want something from my business? Look it up, come here and ask me, or else. OK, dude, if I don't patronize your business, I can walk half a block and find another one, maybe a few others. Strange ways. So much for market competition creating lean, mean business practices.

Ditto for business hours during holidays, I completely agree with you. All it would take would be an entry -level employee manning a free website. Go figure, I sure don't get it.

 

[WWGD]

It is too bad that the Churros place closed down , just before Winter began. Perfect to have churros and hot chocolate in winter.

 

[Giant]

I'm thinking I should stop lurking so much and be more active.

 

[WWGD]

I'm thinking I should stop lurking so much and be more active.

Now you brought up the feeling of guilt in me. for doing the same.

 

[Giant]

Now you brought up the feeling of guilt in me. for doing the same.

Apparently it adds to the load on the server. So a friend suggested I should stop lurking on all the websites and contribute if I'm using them

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I love food for thought. It reminds me to always play nice, fair, sincere and be kind to all people. Otherwise I may grow a cancerous lump in the brain.

 

[WWGD]

I love food for thought. It reminds me to always play nice, fair, sincere and be kind to all people. Otherwise I may grow a cancerous lump in the brain.

I only have low fat food for thought.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I don't know how, but Lifetime channel has achieved the ability to pull things from at least a week in the future back to the present:

 

[WWGD]

I don't know how, but Lifetime channel has achieved the ability to pull things from at least a week in the future back to the present:View attachment 93709

I don't remember having seen Lifetime movies, as I surf between channels , that are easy going and light-hearted. Look at the title in your link, "Stalked by my Doctor" .Most of their movies just seem to be over the top dramas. I guess it is fitting for the radical fem crowd they cater to.

 

[Giant]

Edit option disappears after sometime.

 

[WWGD]

Edit option disappears after sometime.

I think it is after around a day.

 

[Giant]

I think it is after around a day.

It's less than 6 hours. I can't edit my other post. I'll be reeally careful from next time.

 

[WWGD]

It's less than 6 hours. I can't edit my other post. I'll be reeally careful from next time.

If it is something you really want deleted, contact a staff member, they will help you.

 

[Giant]

If it is something you really want deleted, contact a staff member, they will help you.

I was a little sloppy while writing, so 1 line appeared twice. No biggy I guess?
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/why-are-dimensions-always-at-right-angles.849696/#post-5327965
post number 2

 

[WWGD]

I was a little sloppy while writing, so 1 line appeared twice. No biggy I guess?
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/why-are-dimensions-always-at-right-angles.849696/#post-5327965
post number 2

I don't see it as a major issue, but it is ultimately up to you.

 

[Giant]

I don't see it as a major issue, but it is ultimately up to you.

Yea, I'll be careful next time. Wont bother the staff.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I don't remember having seen Lifetime movies, as I surf between channels , that are easy going and light-hearted. Look at the title in your link, "Stalked by my Doctor" .Most of their movies just seem to be over the top dramas. I guess it is fitting for the radical fem crowd they cater to.

Yes, but the point is that the movie in question is labeled as having been released in 2016. But, it is currently 2015.

 

[WWGD]

Yes, but the point is that the movie in question is labeled as having been released in 2016. But, it is currently 2015.

They seem to label them that way sometimes. But maybe you ran into a gap of the space-time continuum, which I say is more plausible -- if I was one of the " alien theorists" ; ). EDIT: there may be some marketing behind it where 2015 may sound as old and outdated at this time of the year and using 2016 may make it seem newer and more exciting..

 

[zoobyshoe]

Here's a case where exact details would be enlightening:

http://www.cbs8.com/story/30831264/man-falls-to-his-death-at-sunset-cliffs

The man's death is being laid to inattention; the assumption being he let himself be distracted by a cell phone or camera, and walked off a cliff. But seriously, we need to know if drugs or alcohol was involved, or maybe driving fatigue triggered a rare, but not unheard of, migrainous disorder of balance at an exceptionally inopportune time? Also, they haven't found the 'device'. Did he just get a text saying something unbelievably incendiary that would have distracted even the ever-so-mindful dalai lama? I find it hard to buy an explanation of mere inattention.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Just replaced the switch/socket in my desk lamp by cannibalizing another lamp I don't use anymore. The switch had been in bad shape for years, but I had become blithely used to the fact I just had to fiddle with it every time I turned it on. This morning it finally failed completely and decisive action was therefore required.

 

[WWGD]

Book TV presentation on " How not to be Wrong", referring to Mathematical reasoning was deeply disappointing , I would even say grossly wrong/misleading in some respects.

 

[jim hardy]

Just replaced the switch/socket in my desk lamp by cannibalizing another lamp I don't use anymore.

Way to go Z ! Beat the system...

I just fixed an old boat compass , epoxied a crack in bottom and filled it back up with liquid.
Stamped inside "Apr 24 1973"
but i don't really need it, just some obsession i have to save fine things from the junkpile.
Oh well, It'll go nicely in grand-daughter's pink boat.

 

[collinsmark]

Way to go Z ! Beat the system...

I just fixed an old boat compass , epoxied a crack in bottom and filled it back up with liquid.
Stamped inside "Apr 24 1973"
but i don't really need it, just some obsession i have to save fine things from the junkpile.
Oh well, It'll go nicely in grand-daughter's pink boat.

Nice!
Do you have Kelvin's balls to go with that?

(Same Kelvin as in "Lord Kelvin," namesake of the unit of temperature. His balls.)

 

[jim hardy]

Do you have Kelvin's balls to go with that?

Didnt know that was the name so expecting a brass monkey joke...

Same as this but missing the hood

compensation is by little bar magnets inside the housing ...

looks as if leakage is not uncommon with this model. Repair was easier than i thought it would be.

WIll post a photo after base is cleaned up and painted pink.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Way to go Z ! Beat the system...

I wasn't exactly out to beat the system. My experience is often that when you try to replace an old thing you like with a brand new one, there is no comparable new version available.

I just fixed an old boat compass , epoxied a crack in bottom and filled it back up with liquid.
Stamped inside "Apr 24 1973"
but i don't really need it, just some obsession i have to save fine things from the junkpile.

Compasses are inherently cool. I have about 5 of them. Sometimes I use them to determine the polarity of permanent magnets.

 

[WWGD]

Reminders to myself, and to all those lacking common sense (equivalently, those having common nonsense, I guess ):

If the question can be interpreted as either "Where is the Dog Spa" , or " Where is the Dog's Pa " , it is most likely the first.

The saying goes : " It is the first day of the rest of your life" , not " It is the first day of the end of your life" , tho the last one is tautologically true.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Reminders to myself, and to all those lacking common sense (equivalently, those having common nonsense, I guess ):

If the question can be interpreted as either "Where is the Dog Spa" , or " Where is the Dog's Pa " , it is most likely the first.

The saying goes : " It is the first day of the rest of your life" , not " It is the first day of the end of your life" , tho the last one is tautologically true.

When you write your autobiography you should call it, "My Life as a Confused Foreigner."

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Reminders to myself, and to all those lacking common sense (equivalently, those having common nonsense, I guess ):

If the question can be interpreted as either "Where is the Dog Spa" , or " Where is the Dog's Pa " , it is most likely the first.

The saying goes : " It is the first day of the rest of your life" , not " It is the first day of the end of your life" , tho the last one is tautologically true.

What is going on ?

 

[WWGD]

When you write your autobiography you should call it, "My Life as a Confused Foreigner."

Wonder if my autobiography will be an authorized one or not.

 

[WWGD]

Saw this lady whose eyes were very clearly at different heights in her face, like if she was a Picasso painting.

 

[WWGD]

What is going on ?

Just a bizarre day in one of the usually weird weeks in the year. The transition between the last and the first is also an awkward one, usually.

It seems it would be better to just let this last week of December be a holiday; life largely stops anyway around christmas and around new year anyway.Then in these two weeks people are awkwardly starting for a few days, stopping, then starting again, etc. Why not let the whole week of the 24th thru the 31st be a holiday and then start in full swing on the 1st , or maybe the 2nd? Or, even better, do like the Romans used to do , and I think Iranians/Zoroastrians still do, and start the year around March, at the beginning of Spring, when flowers start blooming and life reemerges from the freeze of Winter. I vote in favor.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Just a bizarre day in one of the usually weird weeks in the year. The transition between the last and the first is also an awkward one, usually.

It seems it would be better to just let this last week of December be a holiday; life largely stops anyway around christmas and around new year anyway.Then in these two weeks people are awkwardly starting for a few days, stopping, then starting again, etc. Why not let the whole week of the 24th thru the 31st be a holiday and then start in full swing on the 1st , or maybe the 2nd? Or, even better, do like the Romans used to do , and I think Iranians/Zoroastrians still do, and start the year around March, at the beginning of Spring, when flowers start blooming and life reemerges from the freeze of Winter. I vote in favor.

Maybe they mean to extract every single drop of oil before dumping the containers away. Other than that, they want to collect data for some *secret* psycho-analytical reports. Another likelihood is to determine what is indeterminate .

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I've paid attention to maths lately and found people pretty much in love with space and its various metrics. I will head into a book of R^n space today.

 

[Ibix]

I'd stick to R³. It's difficult to fit higher dimensional books on the shelf.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

OK point taken! I'd go with R*R*R .

 

[dkotschessaa]

But a genuinely strange thing to do, I would say, is what I see some restaurants do, where they state their schedule as : Monday: 10-6 . Tuesday, 10:6 ,.., Saturday 10-6 , Sunday 10-6 . And then state _the exact same menu_ separately , for lunch and dinner every day, instead of : Open 10-6 daily, menu is ...

When I first toured my college, our tour guide (a fourth year communications major) took us to the library, where she informed us that "the lie-berry is open 24/7, but not on weekends."

I would not recommend people major in communications at my university.

 

[dkotschessaa]

I only have low fat food for thought.

My wife has mostly thoughts of food, but as she is "in a motherly way" it is to be expected.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Reminders to myself, and to all those lacking common sense (equivalently, those having common nonsense, I guess ):

If the question can be interpreted as either "Where is the Dog Spa" , or " Where is the Dog's Pa " , it is most likely the first.

Q: Where is the Dog's Pa?
A: At the Dog Spa.
Q: Oh, where is the Dog Spa?
A: I just told you!

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Q: Where is the Dog's Pa?
A: At the Dog Spa.
Q: Oh, where is the Dog Spa?
A: I just told you!

This is a good one! Haha

 

[WWGD]

Q: Where is the Dog's Pa?
A: At the Dog Spa.
Q: Oh, where is the Dog Spa?
A: I just told you!

How about adding to this: I always thought of making it into a sort of street theater by putting many of these together:

"Louisa adams was the only presidential wife born a broad (abroad)"

"Maybe Hillary has not finished her operation yet. "

Or
" Did you call your aunt Martha"

" No"

"Why"?

" Her name is not Martha"

etc. I always thought of holding a conversation in public putting together lines of this sort.

 

[WWGD]

When I first toured my college, our tour guide (a fourth year communications major) took us to the library, where she informed us that "the lie-berry is open 24/7, but not on weekends."

I would not recommend people major in communications at my university.

Can they major ( or at least minor) in mis-communication ( which, BTW was the name of the beauty pageant in the communication department)?

 

[zoobyshoe]

The one-off Sherlock special is going to be aired simultaneously in the UK and USA January 1st, 2016. I think that's a good idea, and I wish they did it with more British TV shows.

 

[WWGD]

The one-off Sherlock special is going to be aired simultaneously in the UK and USA January 1st, 2016. I think that's a good idea, and I wish they did it with more British TV shows.

Wonder if that name Sherlock is used by anyone else, never heard it. Sherlock Fernandez? Sherlock Jones?

 

[zoobyshoe]

The season of Fargo should be extended from two and a half months to three months, and they should have four seasons of it a year.

In other news, the current temperature at the South Pole is -18 F. Coincidentally, the current temperature in Fargo, North Dakota is +18 F.