Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[Sophia]

I just found out from my sister that my high school English teacher will be turning 100 in a couple days. They've kept in close touch over the years and my sister has helped arrange a birthday celebration in the town hall. It's very interesting because I remember years and years ago when this teacher got married for the very first (and only) time, way back when she was 57. I was just getting out of high school. Now I'm 61, older than she was then, but she's still alive and kicking.

that's so nice! Is her husband still alive, too?
Hmmm... that sounds like a very rude question but I don't mean it so :)

 

[zoobyshoe]

that's so nice! Is her husband still alive, too?
Hmmm... that sounds like a very rude question but I don't mean it so :)

Yes the husband is still alive but, unfortunately, he's completely incapacitated with Alzheimers and lives in a nursing home.

 

[Psinter]

For some reason I am amazed with this: https://imgur.com/gallery/AtbNPRk It looks kind of cool.

Here is the source video of that webm.

 

[fresh_42]

This article here is really worth reading it: http://blogs.ams.org/matheducation/2016/05/31/thick-derivatives/

 

[Sophia]

Yes the husband is still alive but, unfortunately, he's completely incapacitated with Alzheimers and lives in a nursing home.

That's very sad, what a cruel disease

 

[Sophia]

For some reason I am amazed with this: https://imgur.com/gallery/AtbNPRk It looks kind of cool.

Here is the source video of that webm.

Impressive! :) I'd love to have such a coffee but I bet it would be so strong that my heart would beat strongly for a long time! :)

 

[Psinter]

Impressive! :) I'd love to have such a coffee but I bet it would be so strong that my heart would beat strongly for a long time! :)

If my stomach can handle it, I'll try coffee one of these days and tell you how it went. Last time I remember, I did not like it. I'm curious on why it is drank worldwide by so many. (Although beer is also drank a lot worldwide, but I'm not curious about it, I'm not into alcohol). I think, but at the same time I don't think, that I have posted this video before regarding Coffee: (It's a song in French)

 

[fresh_42]

Although beer is also drank a lot worldwide, but I'm not curious about it, I'm not into alcohol

Mmmmm, if I pronounce your nick here en francais it sounds a bit like santé ... Freud?

 

[Sophia]

If my stomach can handle it, I'll try coffee one of these days and tell you how it went. Last time I remember, I did not like it. I'm curious on why it is drank worldwide by so many. (Although beer is also drank a lot worldwide, but I'm not curious about it, I'm not into alcohol). I think, but at the same time I don't think, that I have posted this video before regarding Coffee: (It's a song in French)

I like the taste of real coffee, especially freshly ground. And if you occasionally add chocolate liqueur and cream...yummy! But often real coffee makes me feel bad on heart and sometimes it causes me insomnia even if I drink it at 2pm. So I have to only drink those imitations of coffee like 3in one nescafe and similar. I only drink real coffee on special occasions.

 

[fresh_42]

I like the taste of real coffee, especially freshly ground. And if you occasionally add chocolate liqueur and cream...yummy! But often real coffee makes me feel bad on heart and sometimes it causes me insomnia even if I drink it at 2pm. So I have to only drink those imitations of coffee like 3in one nescafe and similar. I only drink real coffee on special occasions.

Same here, again, lol. I love coffee from different parts of the world, no mixtures that always taste the same. Coffee is a natural product, it is allowed to vary from place to place or by time. But to make only one or two cups doesn't make much sense, so I quickly boil some water for a nés and that's it.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

here en francais

Aha! So a question for you: in countries whose predominant language requires the frequent usage of accent marks, do your computer keyboards have extra buttons with accented letters? Or do you have to use to horrid keyboard short cuts all the time?

EDIT: sorry for such an inquiry

 

[fresh_42]

Aha! So a question for you: in countries whose predominant language requires the frequent usage of accent marks, do your computer keyboards have extra buttons with accented letters? Or do you have to use to horrid keyboard short cuts all the time?

EDIT: sorry for such an inquiry

Sorry, for likely not being the one who knows for all. My accents (aigu et grave) are on a key between questionmark and backward, and left of the key 1 (circonflexe). There is neither a cedille nor can I properly write Angström or Kopenhavn without using workarounds like word's symbol list or ASCII codes. The ä,ö and ü have their own keys here, ß is beneath the questionmark.

For cyrillic I have bought a special keyboard which can be switched between latin and cyrillic letters. The latter being additionally printed on the keys.

I have also downloaded the klingon alphabet but I don't have a keyboard for it. It's rather complicated to write something in klingon.

 

[1oldman2]

I have also downloaded the klingon alphabet but I don't have a keyboard for it. It's rather complicated to write something in klingon.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Sorry, for likely not being the one who knows for all. My accents (aigu et grave) are on a key between questionmark and backward, and left of the key 1 (circonflexe). There is neither a cedille nor can I properly write Angström or Kopenhavn without using workarounds like word's symbol list or ASCII codes. The ä,ö and ü have their own keys here, ß is beneath the questionmark.

For cyrillic I have bought a special keyboard which can be switched between latin and cyrillic letters. The latter being additionally printed on the keys.

I have also downloaded the klingon alphabet but I don't have a keyboard for it. It's rather complicated to write something in klingon.

So you guys do have slightly different keyboards than we do. Thanks for the explanation Lack of convenience when typing accented letters is what mostly makes foreign language classes not very enjoyable...forget grammar and vocabulary lists. It's writing essays on Word and having to go on the Insert tab for every other word you write that's tedious

Good to know you've got some convenience, at least, even though that klingon looks horrible.

 

[Sophia]

Same here, again, lol. I love coffee from different parts of the world, no mixtures that always taste the same. Coffee is a natural product, it is allowed to vary from place to place or by time. But to make only one or two cups doesn't make much sense, so I quickly boil some water for a nés and that's it.

When we meet we can have some good schnitzel, fried cheese and special coffee together. Looking forward to it :-)
There's no need to think about health consequences in advance!

 

[Pepper Mint]

One day I ma going to Detroit to bigga hotel. I go down to breakfast. I tella the waitress I want to two pissis toast. She bring me only one piss. I tell her I want to two pisses. She say go to the toilet. I say you no understand, I want to two piss onna my plate. She say you better no piss onna plate, you sonna va jerk. I don't even know the lady and she calls me a sonna va jerk!
Later I go to eat at the bigga restaurant. The waitress she bring me a spoon and knife but no fock I tell her I want to fock. She tell me everyone want to fock. I tell her you no understand, I want to fock onna table. She say you better no fock onna table, you sonna va jerk.

So I go back to my room inna hotel and there isa no sh!t onna ma bed. I call the manager and I tella him I want to sh!t. He tell me to go to the toilet. I say you no understand, I want to sh!t onna my bed. He say you better no sh!t onna bed, you sonna va jerk.

I go to the check-out and the man at the desk say, ,,Peace on you". I say, ,,Piss onna you too, you sonna va jerk. I going to back to Italy"

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Random thought:

Exam rooms are cold in every way.

 

[Psinter]

Mmmmm, if I pronounce your nick here en francais it sounds a bit like santé ... Freud?

Hihi. I'm not healthy. Athletic yes, but healthy not much.

I like the taste of real coffee, especially freshly ground. And if you occasionally add chocolate liqueur and cream...yummy! But often real coffee makes me feel bad on heart and sometimes it causes me insomnia even if I drink it at 2pm. So I have to only drink those imitations of coffee like 3in one nescafe and similar. I only drink real coffee on special occasions.

I hadn't heard before about chocolate liqueur. This is the first time I hear about it. I tried coffee today. It wasn't that bad. It wasn't good, but it wasn't bad. However, a few minutes after drinking it, I got a headache. I'll just keep away from it, coffee is definitely not my thing.
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In all honesty, this looks pretty good:
Source (full size and there's another link to the real source in that page, it's from a book that was published in 1888! )

1888 and I still like how it looks .

Too bad I don't know how to read it, otherwise I would try to tailor it yes or yes. Of course, modifying the bottom back that elevates and spreads as I don't like it so spread. I would slim it there, slim fit. If someone walks past me wearing that jacket I would stop them to compliment them:

"Excuse me lady. If it's not much of a bother, I would like to compliment you on your choice of clothes. They look really good, I like them. Have a nice day . "

 

[Sophia]

Hihi. I'm not healthy. Athletic yes, but healthy not much.

I hadn't heard before about chocolate liqueur. This is the first time I hear about it. I tried coffee today. It wasn't that bad. It wasn't good, but it wasn't bad. However, a few minutes after drinking it, I got a headache. I'll just keep away from it, coffee is definitely not my thing.
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In all honesty, this looks pretty good:
Source (full size and there's another link to the real source in that page, it's from a book that was published in 1888! )

1888 and I still like how it looks .

Too bad I don't know how to read it, otherwise I would try to tailor it yes or yes. Of course, modifying the bottom back that elevates and spreads as I don't like it so spread. I would slim it there, slim fit. If someone walks past me wearing that jacket I would stop them to compliment them:

"Excuse me lady. If it's not much of a bother, I would like to compliment you on your choice of clothes. They look really good, I like them. Have a nice day [emoji2]. [emoji14]eacesign:"

That jacket looks fantastic I want one of those! It must create an illusion of great figure of bottom was straight ! :-)

 

[fresh_42]

 

[fresh_42]

That jacket looks fantastic I want one of those! It must create an illusion of great figure of bottom was straight ! :-)

It very much looks like there is a need to wear a corset underneath, not really a good idea.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Ay cramba, that's rather comical. Fortunately, it's quite easy to tell the difference between Welsh, English, and Scottish accents. One thing I never understood is when a "Brit" can't understand a "Yankee" because the former finds the latter's accent too "thick". The next time I come across an Englishman, I must not forget inquire about this. I have a pet whale, along with a walrus, btw.

 

[fresh_42]

Ay cramba, that's rather comical. Fortunately, it's quite easy to tell the difference between Welsh, English, and Scottish accents.

You understand Welsh and Scottish? I can't even read it!

 

[Sophia]

It very much looks like there is a need to wear a corset underneath, not really a good idea.

Yeah, but if it was only for a special occasion, I'd try it just for fun :-)

 

[Psinter]

That jacket looks fantastic I want one of those! It must create an illusion of great figure of bottom was straight ! :-)

Yes, and maybe modification on the sleeves to make it better. I learned that about 30 or more years ago, women's clothing was designed for them to look well, but it wasn't comfortable. I don't know if it's the case with this design. The thing would be taking someone's measurements and adjusting it until they feel comfortable.

It very much looks like there is a need to wear a corset underneath, not really a good idea.

I somewhat believe you are correct, but not so sure. I think that what you see bellow the jacket must be something like a basque, similar to that whose diagrams are shown in the 1st-3rd page of the book. I don't know how to read it yet, but I have a suspicion that for this jacket diagram, the pattern that is labeled Vest is what we are looking in the image for the garment below the jacket. But I'm not so sure.

Anyway, I could design a shirt with that front decorative pattern and not make it a corset. Make it something that fits well and is comfortable at the same time.

I have a pet whale, along with a walrus, btw.

For real?

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

For real?

Yes, they are called Lenin and Trotsky, respectively. Stalin died a couple years back

Nah, not really. That’s about as true as me being able to understand Welsh. PQ understanding Welsh is to Homer Simpson understanding topology**. But, seriously, if you hear a Welsh person speaking English, you can tell that they’re from Wales.

**On that note, Homer could possibly be attracted to topology if he noticed how a torus perfectly resembles a donut. That would certainly ignite interest in homeomorphism and continuity, no?

 

[fresh_42]

But, seriously, if you hear a someone from Welsh speaking English, you can tell that they’re from Wales.

For this, (a version of) English probably must be one's native language. I remember two incidents with my nephews.
The first has been at a large store here on a saturday afternoon where the only other customers and the sales assistant all have obviously been Americans. I said to my nephew: Just like home, isn't it? And he simply replied: No. They are all from the south.
Another one happened at a sandwich shop near a tourist attraction. I thought the guys who spoke to us were British, but I have been corrected: No. They're from Australia.

 

[Ibix]

I can recognise some regional accents in Spanish, my second language. It's not as easy for me as in English, but you can hear specific oddities - pronunciation of the softened c, for example.

As an aside, I know a Spanish woman who is a professional translator. Her Spanish is better than mine (natch), but so is her English. In England everyone guesses she's American. In America they always guess that she's English. The reason is that her English is pretty much native level, but her accent is unique as far as I am aware. She sounds like a native speaker from... somewhere... not here... so... America, I guess...?

 

[fresh_42]

English English (BBC) is hard to stand for me as long as it is no dialect. It always sounds like spoken with this stiff upper lip and seemingly in contrast to all other versions. Scottish English, e.g. is a lot funnier because many words are pronounced like they would be in German. However, interviews with John Higgins are horrible, but so are Ronnie's. I'd wish Matthew Stevens would do better so I could get an impression on Welsh English.

 

[Psinter]

PQ

RSTU
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What is this Welch you guys are talking about?

**On that note, Homer could possibly be attracted to topology if he noticed how a torus perfectly resembles a donut. That would certainly ignite interest in homeomorphism and continuity, no?

Definitely. But not much from me.

It already made an appearance in an episode:

The[/PLAIN] fourth line on the blackboard is a series of four mathematical diagrams that show a doughnut transforming into a sphere. This line relates to an area of mathematics called topology. In order to understand these diagrams, it is necessary to know that a square and a circle are identical to each other according to the rules of topology. They are considered to be homeomorphic, or topological twins, because a square drawn on a rubber sheet can be transformed into a circle by careful stretching. Indeed, topology is sometimes referred to as “rubber sheet geometry.”

 

[Pepper Mint]

A little-cat he is.
Today we are all "equal".

 

[fresh_42]

A little-cat he is.
Today we are all "equal".

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

What is this Welch you guys are talking about?

Oh, that one letter difference

It already made an appearance in an episode

Well, I didn't know that. Darn you 21st Century Fox for taking my punchlines

 

[Borg]

I got halfway to work this morning and realized that I didn't have my car key. The car started because my wife had her key in her purse. I have no idea what would have happened if I had driven off without taking her key.

 

[Ibix]

You'd hope it has a fail-safe-not-fail-secure mode for "fob has left sensor range but I'm not stationary". Might be worth asking your manufacturer, though.

 

[Borg]

You'd hope it has a fail-safe-not-fail-secure mode for "fob has left sensor range but I'm not stationary". Might be worth asking your manufacturer, though.

I'm guessing that it would take me to my destination and allow me to turn off the car. After all, imagine if the battery in the fob goes bad while you're driving? It wouldn't be a good design to have a car shutting down while driving down the freeway or to not allow you to turn it off if the fob fails.

 

[Psinter]

I had bought a new LR44 battery for my calculator that I have had for so many years and I love and in less than one week it stopped working. I was so angry. So I tried to improvise and connect a AA battery. It did not work either, so I began suspecting something was wrong. I checked the metal contacts of the battery socket and it looked like they had something on them. I suspected corrosion. I sanded them to a shine, connected the battery and voila! It works now.

Lesson of the story: It could be the metal contacts that are corroded.

I got halfway to work this morning and realized that I didn't have my car key. The car started because my wife had her key in her purse. I have no idea what would have happened if I had driven off without taking her key.

Then it would have been your time to walk. It would have been marathon time for Borg.

Once I thought my mom had abandoned me in another town and I was like: "Meh, then I suppose I'll have to walk back home." My home was over 40 miles away, but I wasn't afraid. I said to myself: "I'll walk, no problem. And perhaps even run part of the way." While I was getting ready to begin she appeared and picked me up so I didn't end up having to walk back home.

One may wonder why I didn't call her. Well, I had no cellphone and I don't even know where to find public phones. I think those things don't exist anymore. Plus, I don't know her number or any number from any family member to begin with. Also, a taxi would have charged me more than $50 USD for the trip. So my decision was to just walk back home. I didn't mind.

 

[Ibix]

I'm guessing that it would take me to my destination and allow me to turn off the car. After all, imagine if the battery in the fob goes bad while you're driving? It wouldn't be a good design to have a car shutting down while driving down the freeway or to not allow you to turn it off if the fob fails.

That's how I'd set it up. However, I personally dislike the word "guess" in combination with "driving down the freeway".

 

[Psinter]

When you go to a bakery and they don't have bread:

(⊙︿⊙)

*But... I don't understand...*

 

[Sophia]

When you go to a bakery and they don't have bread:

(⊙︿⊙)

*But... I don't understand...*

Haha that's why old people stand in a queue at 7am in front of the bakery here :-) though they know there will be bread and rolls all day, it's something they used to do most of their life so capitalism won't stop them now!
However, if there is sales on cheap sugar people buy even 20-30 kg of it. There used to be lack of sugar during socialism so there is a custom of making huge reserves of it in many households. During those sales there's sometimes a sign next to sugar in shops saying " selling only in usual amounts" meaning max 10 or 15 kg per customer :-)
I don't get that hysteria because you can buy sugar with no problems all the time and I've never experienced lack of it. It's not even so expensive. Guess that's something only the older generation can fully understand.

 

[fresh_42]

Guess that's something only the older generation can fully understand.

Thank you.

 

[Sophia]

Thank you.

[emoji28]

 

[WWGD]

Thank both of you (??)

 

[fresh_42]

I have been to Ceaucescu's Romania a few times. Some of the most important things people liked to have were sweet cakes, self made jelly and some self produced liquors. For all they needed to have a few kg of sugar at hand which wasn't available all the time. So every single time it was, they bought as much as they could. Same with bread. At 10 a.m. (probably earlier) the entire city was practically sold out. And I'm talking of a city of more than 250,000 citizens. The situation on the countryside has been slightly better for many people grew their own food, e.g. potatoes, in their gardens.

 

[WWGD]

I have been to Ceaucescu's Romania a few times. Some of the most important things people liked to have were sweet cakes, self made jelly and some self produced liquors. For all they needed to have a few kg of sugar at hand which wasn't available all the time. So every single time it was, they bought as much as they could. Same with bread. At 10 a.m. (probably earlier) the entire city was practically sold out. And I'm talking of a city of more than 250,000 citizens. The situation on the countryside has been slightly better for many people grew their own food, e.g. potatoes, in their gardens.

Can't they used other things like beets to make sugar?

 

[fresh_42]

Can't they used other things like beets to make sugar?

That is likely where the sugar (when available) came from. Our sugar here is produced this way and I doubt it is suitable for a production at home. In addition beets are largely seen as fodder. Industrial products, however, were sold to get foreign (valuable) currencies. Romania was / is a country of farming, perhaps like Iowa, but I haven't been to Iowa. It has vast farmlands and a long tradition in farming. Unfortunately it had some oil, too. So Ceaucescu had been trying to turn his farming based country into an industrial country with chemical plants, oil refineries and similar. As usual for communistic regimes he ruined the first and didn't achieve the second. I have seen large fields of unused farmland. Illegally grown food in small private gardens have been an important source for people to buy food. It was really sad to see all this. The result has been that Romania turned into one of if not the poorest country of all communistic countries. A fact that one must know to understand what they did to Ceaucescu as soon as they got a hand on him.

 

[WWGD]

That is likely where the sugar (when available) came from. Our sugar here is produced this way and I doubt it is suitable for a production at home. In addition beets are largely seen as fodder. Industrial products, however, were sold to get foreign (valuable) currencies. Romania was / is a country of farming, perhaps like Iowa, but I haven't been to Iowa. It has vast farmlands and a long tradition in farming. Unfortunately it had some oil, too. So Ceaucescu had been trying to turn his farming based country into an industrial country with chemical plants, oil refineries and similar. As usual for communistic regimes he ruined the first and didn't achieve the second. I have seen large fields of unused farmland. Illegally grown food in small private gardens have been an important source for people to buy food. It was really sad to see all this. The result has been that Romania turned into one of if not the poorest country of all communistic countries. A fact that one must know to understand what they did to Ceaucescu as soon as they got a hand on him.

There is a song documenting this, though misspelled :

 

[fresh_42]

There is a song documenting this, though misspelled :

Ouch! It took me five minutes, reading the lyrics, looking up the Wiki page only to find out ...
Good, that I like Punk! Yes, and simply to forestall you: Yes, Pink, too!

 

[WWGD]

Ouch! It took me five minutes, reading the lyrics, looking up the Wiki page only to find out ...
Good, that I like Punk! Yes, and simply to forestall you: Yes, Pink, too!

They got the beet !

 

[Sophia]

Socialism was a magical era! Everyone stole yet nothing was officially missing. For example, our garden (meaning a small cottage with garden which is a very common thing owned by many people who live in apartments) was built from materials stolen by miners from the mine and concrete for the cottage was stolen when local swimming pool was being built. One truck for the pool, one truck for garden area :) When the previous owner who built it was selling it to us, he was very proud when he said that not a single nail in the property was legally bought! "It's an old good Russian quality, my dear! " )
And nobody missed anything.