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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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Tomorrow is recycle day, and there is a gentleman walking up and down the street digging through everyone's recycle bins.
If he doesn't find any cans, he kicks the bins, slams the lids, and screams obscenities until he reaches the next one.
I think he may have watched one too many Samuel L. Jackson movies.
 
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  • #362
OmCheeto said:
Tomorrow is recycle day, and there is a gentleman walking up and down the street digging through everyone's recycle bins.
If he doesn't find any cans, he kicks the bins, slams the lids, and screams obscenities until he reaches the next one.
I think he may have watched one too many Samuel L. Jackson movies.

There was someone going through the trash cans where I used to live, looking for market data and personal info. I started putting "gifts" in the trash, like the feces of my dog mixed with the trash. He stopped snooping after that. Not out of cruelty, but to protect my personal information from identity theft.
 
  • #363
OmCheeto said:
Tomorrow is recycle day, and there is a gentleman walking up and down the street digging through everyone's recycle bins.
If he doesn't find any cans, he kicks the bins, slams the lids, and screams obscenities until he reaches the next one.
I think he may have watched one too many Samuel L. Jackson movies.
He doesn't sound much like a "gentleman", but maybe you could put some cans in a bag and put it on top just under the lid (maybe even some cookies once in a while):cool::) take that holiday spirit right through the year :D
 
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RonL said:
He doesn't sound much like a "gentleman", but maybe you could put some cans in a bag and put it on top just under the lid (maybe even some cookies once in a while):cool::) take that holiday spirit right through the year :D

I actually used to do that. Once a week I would hang a bag full of cans from a small bush next to the street on collection day eve.
But one collection day morning, I looked out and saw that one of the can collectors had dumped the contents of my garbage can into my yard.
They did that, as they obviously needed my trash bag, to collect more cans.
It was quite the mess to clean up.
Since then, I no longer leave them my cans, nor do I use full sized trash can bags.

I may not have said them out loud, but I'm sure my mind was streaming with very colorful, Jacksonesque type phrases that morning.

Hmmm... This is weird, just the thought of sharing holiday spirit and cookies with them, has those phrases running through my head again.
 
  • #365
I love my job. It's cool. I should have been doing jobs like this since my early days after graduated from college :D. Hopefully nothing bad takes place that may change my love for dragons.
I am actually very lucky! :DD
 
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Medicol said:
I love my job. It's cool. I should have been doing jobs like this since my early days after graduated from college :D. Hopefully nothing bad takes place that may change my love for dragons.
I am actually very lucky! :DD
But if anyone could find me anything better. please feel free to introduce me. I am not an adhesive tape. :D
 
  • #369
Medicol said:
:D I couldn't pass 20 yet.
25-30 is normal and above 30 is perfect!
I scored 23 the 1st time I took this test:oldcry:
 
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Lisa! said:
25-30 is normal and above 30 is perfect!
I scored 23 the 1st time I took this test:oldcry:

22 first time, 32 second time.
It does depend on the colour you get though, so you need a lot of samples :devil:
 
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  • #371
Maybe a hipper ( or maybe just more pretentious) way of saying someone died is: "his wave function collapsed...for good"
 
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Oh no, only 20 :(

read my clipboard
:D
 
  • #373
I got 24, 24, 25.

A guy at my work got 35! He said the trick is to not spend any time looking around. The more you move your eyes, the more the squares look the same.

OK I just got 29. Very monitor-dependent, I'm afraid.
 
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I got a 29 after a bunch of 19's, 23s, 24s. My trick was to let the subconscious do the job and not try too hard.
 
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  • #375
It's Jimmy Page's birthday. Wee.
 
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Maybe not an important point, but if you were born in the 1900's (I assume this applies to just-about everyone in PF at this point), then your birth date matches your birth year, i.e, if you were born on January 9 1945, then 1/9/45 -->1945, etc. But there won't be anything similar to this for a long while now, I think until the 2100's , when we can have prople born on February 2, 2/1/xx --> 21xx .
 
  • #377
That's very interesting. If I make it into 2100 in a robot body, I'll send all other PF-robot-body-guys a message.

My scores at this game range from 16 to 34. Must ... stop ... playing ... now.
 
  • #378
What is the maximum possible in the game?
 
  • #379
WWGD said:
What is the maximum possible in the game?

I don't know but somebody at another forum scored 48!
 
  • #380
##48!## or 48?
 
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  • #381
I probably need to consider not driving for real...
 
  • #382
I got 22 then 28
 
  • #383
DarthMatter said:
##48!## or 48?

:oldlaugh:
48

drizzle said:
I probably need to consider not driving for real...

Why?
 
  • #384
Lisa! said:
:oldlaugh:
48
Phew.
 
  • #385
Lisa! said:
Why?

I just had a car accident [another one]. Luckily no one got hurt.
 
  • #386
drizzle said:
I just had a car accident [another one]. Luckily no one got hurt.

Sorry to hear that but I think you should not give up so easily!
 
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Lisa! said:
Sorry to hear that but I think you should not give up so easily!

I agree. It wasn't until my son's fourth car that he had to renew his license plates. His first three cars each lasted less than a year due to car wrecks (not all his fault). Since then, he's gone over five years without a wreck.
 
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  • #388
Yes, it's not time that you gave up :DD
 
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drizzle said:
I just had a car accident [another one]. Luckily no one got hurt.
Sorry to hear it :oldfrown:. Glad to hear no one was hurt, too.

Is there a pattern to these accidents? Like, time of day, weather, speed, etc.?
 
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  • #390
Thanks all. The other driver got a ticket for speeding in a neighborhood area. The weather didn't help either.
 

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