Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[zoobyshoe]

It was several years ago, but yes, as I remember, the drink ended up all over my face.

I found this story disturbing because you seem so polite and affable on the internet that it is hard to conceive any woman would have cause to do such a thing. Is there a sort of, Mr. Hyde that we should know about? Or was she a psycho?

 

[collinsmark]

I found this story disturbing because you seem so polite and affable on the internet that it is hard to conceive any woman would have cause to do such a thing. Is there a sort of, Mr. Hyde that we should know about? Or was she a psycho?

I don't know if I'd go so far as to use the word psycho, per se. But I'll relate that we are no longer dating.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I don't know if I'd go so far as to use the word psycho, per se. But I'll relate that we are no longer dating.

O.K.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I just found out this guy died. I hardly knew him, but he was a regular at a coffee shop I used to hang out at, like any time I went there he was there, hanging out. When someone is a fixture like that, they don't seem mortal. It's like nothing should have been able to kill him except if the coffee shop closed.

 

[WWGD]

I just found out this guy died. I hardly knew him, but he was a regular at a coffee shop I used to hang out at, like any time I went there he was there, hanging out. When someone is a fixture like that, they don't seem mortal. It's like nothing should have been able to kill him except if the coffee shop closed.

I had a different type of situation with someone, a regular, from a coffee shop. He told me several times he worked 80 hours a week. Yet every time I walked by the coffee shop, I would see him there, reading a paper, or doing nothing; definitely not working. Then he would see my seeing him and this awkwardness would arise because I did not want to bring it up, but he knew I could tell his claim was false.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I had a different type of situation with someone, a regular, from a coffee shop. He told me several times he worked 80 hours a week. Yet every time I walked by the coffee shop, I would see him there, reading a paper, or doing nothing; definitely not working. Then he would see my seeing him and this awkwardness would arise because I did not want to bring it up, but he knew I could tell his claim was false.

There was a homeless guy, at the same coffee shop, which was open 24/7 who managed to essentially live there for over a year, by claiming he was working over the internet. Somehow he had a laptop and some small amount of money for coffee and a bus pass. He would nap in the comfy chairs as often as he could get away with it. He would leave for maybe 2 or 3 hours each day to maintain the token appearance of having some life outside the place, but it was discovered all he did was ride the bus around and back, napping. Anyway, if you approached from behind you could see all he was doing on his laptop was playing solitaire and other games.

 

[Sophia]

Some people are incredible.
"I saw light in your kitchen at 3am. What happened?"
What happened that YOU looked out of the window at 3 am?

 

[WWGD]

There was a homeless guy, at the same coffee shop, which was open 24/7 who managed to essentially live there for over a year, by claiming he was working over the internet. Somehow he had a laptop and some small amount of money for coffee and a bus pass. He would nap in the comfy chairs as often as he could get away with it. He would leave for maybe 2 or 3 hours each day to maintain the token appearance of having some life outside the place, but it was discovered all he did was ride the bus around and back, napping. Anyway, if you approached from behind you could see all he was doing on his laptop was playing solitaire and other games.

How about showering, laundry? You could take showers with Gym membership, laundromats, but I can't see how to do so without it. I knew this guy who lived rent free in a storage place , with a gym membership ( both open 24/7). Not comfortable, but not horribly difficult either.

 

[Psinter]

I just found out this guy died. I hardly knew him, but he was a regular at a coffee shop I used to hang out at, like any time I went there he was there, hanging out. When someone is a fixture like that, they don't seem mortal. It's like nothing should have been able to kill him except if the coffee shop closed.

There was once a girl in high school who died in a vehicle accident. Her dad managed to escape, but sadly she didn't. We weren't even friends, we just occasionally talked at launch time, but when I got the news I felt a little something in my chest . The only stuff I remembered was that when I talked with her, she was very humble. I felt like I couldn't believe it. I spent a good quite amount of time in silence thinking about it. I simply couldn't sort of believe it. It kinds of makes you think, I don't know...

Some people are incredible.
"I saw light in your kitchen at 3am. What happened?"
What happened that YOU looked out of the window at 3 am?

That woman looks so funny I would maybe invite her over for some fruit juice. (Not really, but she looks funny )

 

[Sophia]

Hearing about someone's death is creepy even if you didn't know the person well. Makes you stop and think for a while... We don't see death so often as people used to in the past. It's somehow hidden.

That lady is just a random picture from the internet but the real one doesn't look so different. Only she doesn't wear scarf on her head. :)

 

[WWGD]

Hearing about someone's death is creepy even if you didn't know the person well. Makes you stop and think for a while... We don't see death so often as people used to in the past. It's somehow hidden.

That lady is just a random picture from the internet but the real one doesn't look so different. Only she doesn't wear scarf on her head. :)

Here in the U.S we also started using euphemisms like "pass away" for death, instead of the direct "s/he died". But maybe that is part of the general PC movement.

 

[Sophia]

Here in the U.S we also started using euphemisms like "pass away" for death, instead of the direct "s/he died". But maybe that is part of the general PC movement.

Yes, we use euphemisms, too. Like "s/he is not with us anymore". Or "s/he is in God's truth/justice".
There is also saying from Latin "rest in peace". Or "may the soil be light to him/her".

 

[WWGD]

Yes, we use euphemisms, too. Like "s/he is not with us anymore". Or "s/he is in God's truth/justice".
There is also saying from Latin "rest in peace". Or "may the soil be light to him/her".

I'll stick to " May the Force be with you " .

 

[zoobyshoe]

Hearing about someone's death is creepy even if you didn't know the person well. Makes you stop and think for a while... We don't see death so often as people used to in the past. It's somehow hidden.

People more often die in hospitals now, rather than on the farm or in the home.

I've actually had a lot of coffee shop acquaintances die. Two were wild kids who overdosed on drugs. One was a young girl who got cancer. One was a 65 year old guy who got cancer, and one was a 56 year old guy who apparently committed suicide. That one hit me the hardest because I talked to him very often and also knew his wife and daughter. It was also strange because it coincided with that coffee shop closing down due to a weird chain of events. He went back east to "see his mother." Apparently he did, but unknown to everyone else it was goodbye for good, and after seeing her he did himself in in his hotel. After he'd been out of town a few days, there was an electrical fire in the empty storefront next to the coffee shop where he and I used to hang out. They "temporarily" closed the coffee shop due to smoke damage. A couple weeks later, I ran into his wife at the mall where the coffee shop was, and she told me of his apparent suicide back east. As time went on, (for some reason, I never found out the details) the coffee shop just never opened up again, despite the fact there were signs saying they'd "be back soon." A year went by. Then a sandwich shop took over the space. That was a serious loss of zoobie habitat: I used to go there almost every day.

 

[collinsmark]

[...] there was an electrical fire in the empty storefront next to the coffee shop where he and I used to hang out. They "temporarily" closed the coffee shop due to smoke damage. [...] As time went on, (for some reason, I never found out the details) the coffee shop just never opened up again, despite the fact there were signs saying they'd "be back soon." A year went by. Then a sandwich shop took over the space. That was a serious loss of zoobie habitat: I used to go there almost every day.

Wait a second. I also used to hang out at a coffee shop that "temporarily" closed down after an electrical fire in the vacant space next door that caused a lot of smoke damage. After a long time of waiting to reopen, it never did. Eventually the space reopened as a sandwich shop.

Although I didn't hang out there every day, I did order a coffee from there most days (sometimes to go), and at least walked by the place pretty much every single day for years.

Hmm.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Wait a second. I also used to hang out at a coffee shop that "temporarily" closed down after an electrical fire in the vacant space next door that caused a lot of smoke damage. After a long time of waiting to reopen, it never did. Eventually the space reopened as a sandwich shop.

Although I didn't hang out there every day, I did order a coffee from there most days (sometimes to go), and at least walked by the place pretty much every single day for years.

Hmm.

Coffee Bean in the mall at Balboa and Genesee. You and I have seen each other without realizing it.

 

[collinsmark]

Coffee Bean in the mall at Balboa and Genesee. You and I have seen each other without realizing it.

Yes, I believe we have.

 

[JorisL]

Wait, you guys might still frequent the same coffee shop!

I believe the word serendipity isn't wrong in this case.

 

[WWGD]

Coffee Bean in the mall at Balboa and Genesee. You and I have seen each other without realizing it.

Maybe you are part of a real-life Ionescu play and you are roommates.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Yes, I believe we have.

The internet is a strange country.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Wait, you guys might still frequent the same coffee shop!

I believe the word serendipity isn't wrong in this case.

Maybe you are part of a real-life Ionescu play and you are roommates.

Actually, I bet every PF member who lives in a city has passed another PF member on the street without knowing it, and a lot have probably talked to each other for one reason or another, without either knowing the other was a PF member. It is, in fact, conceivable that two members could be living in side by side apartments. Roommates? Unlikely, since a shared interest in math/science would come to light under those circumstances, I think.

 

[WWGD]

Actually, I bet every PF member who lives in a city has passed another PF member on the street without knowing it, and a lot have probably talked to each other for one reason or another, without either knowing the other was a PF member. It is, in fact, conceivable that two members could be living in side by side apartments. Roommates? Unlikely, since a shared interest in math/science would come to light under those circumstances, I think.

I was exaggerating just a bit, actually a lot.

 

[Sophia]

Now you can have coffee together in real life! Only in another coffee shop.
World is really small :-)

 

[Psinter]

That lady is just a random picture from the internet but the real one doesn't look so different. Only she doesn't wear scarf on her head. :)

I don't think I have it in me to stand in front of her without laughing. I would stand trying very hard to contain my laugh.

Spoiler: Trying to contain laugh

 

[Pepper Mint]

...Ionescu...

I won't marry people having names like this.

 

[WWGD]

I won't marry people having names like this.

This was ( I think he he is dead -- or "Passed away, no longer with us *") a Romanian writer. * so we can conclude, following Dubya, that he is against us :).

 

[Pepper Mint]

This was ( I think he he is dead -- or "Passed away, no longer with us *") a Romanian writer.
* so we can conclude, following Dubya, that he is against us :).

No hippies please.
Strange I search google for Dubya and I see George W. Bush on the right column of the result page.

 

[Astronuc]

Hmmmm - it works, but it's noisy.

 

[Psinter]

@Profusely - Regarding the thread here: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/are-you-with-it.862258/, oddly enough, I just found out what is pink salt last weekend. It results my mom had some of it all along. I tried it when cooking.
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I want to get these clothes in the spoilers. Only problem is that I'm afraid they will not fit properly and I will have to fix it.

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Engineering Students will understand (you know, when it's project presentation day):

Spoiler: Everyone dressing for project presentation day

 

[WWGD]

I ran into someone who could not differentiate between " An ice Cappuccino" and a " Nice Cappuccino". He asked: What do you mean by a "Nice Cappuccino". I should have said: I mean you should have at least 5 of either, just plenty of caffeine until you do not feel like asking such questions .