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[WWGD]

20-2-2020 or , in other countries 2-20-2020 coming in a few days.

 

[cosmik debris]

Those who were flown out had to stay 2 weeks - incarnation time. However, they kept them in a military base.

Incarnation time :-) Do you come back as someone else?

Cheers

 

[fresh_42]

Incarnation time :-) Do you come back as someone else?

Cheers

Oh yeah, I knew it sounded strange. Incubation period, of course.

 

[WWGD]

Incarnation time :-) Do you come back as someone else?

Cheers

Incarnation everyone must drive.

 

[DrGreg]

Incarnation everyone must drive.

I thought in Carnation was where Cleopatra spent most of her time.

 

[WWGD]

Words that are confused often: lose and loose . The product " loose skin solution" would become "lose skin solution", an unusual product.

 

[fresh_42]

To write english is a pain. I like Shaw's example: How do you pronounce "ghot"?

 

[WWGD]

To write english is a pain. I like Shaw's example: How do you pronounce "ghot"?

That was the 'fish' thing, right?

 

[fresh_42]

Yes. No wonder you have spelling competitions. All others spell what they hear.

 

[WWGD]

Yes. No wonder you have spelling competitions. All others spell what they hear.

But I do wonder why so many of the winners are Indian ( meaning from India) or 2nd gen India. Maybe from having to learn to pronounce those 15-letter+ names and last names.

 

[fresh_42]

But I do wonder why so many of the winners are Indian ( meaning from India) or 2nd gen India. Maybe from having to learn to pronounce those 15-letter+ names and last names.

Guess there are several reasons for it. E.g. minorities often stress learning and competitions a lot more than members of the majority. And the Indian culture of science is about 5,000 years old, which is funny for people with such a complex variety of gods. It seems there is more than one society which proudly pampers its contradictions.

 

[BillTre]

But I do wonder why so many of the winners are Indian ( meaning from India) or 2nd gen India. Maybe from having to learn to pronounce those 15-letter+ names and last names.

A labmate from India once told me that India has a huge number of different languages and some people (for example him) are able to pick up different languages rapidly and easily. This was useful for interacting with other groups of people.
Not clear if this is a culturally learned capacity or that a genetically endowed ability that might have be adaptive was selected for due to its increased communication abilities.
In either case, such abilities might explain good spelling abilities.

 

[WWGD]

I hope that ability to spell is part of a larger package because it seems like a waste to devote talent only to spell words.

 

[WWGD]

UN report ( can't find the link) claims the world can sustain more than 1 trillion people. I think they assume massive buildup of high-rises but some land just cannot support it and would collapse/implode. It would require such massive rethinking and engineering that its not likely possible for 100s of years from now.

 

[WWGD]

If you have a 24hr cancellation policy: why do you allow #$@ next-day appointments?

 

[WWGD]

Ok, "Year-end bonus", not "Rear-end bonus", makes more sense now.

 

[WWGD]

The benefits of 0 divisors. #FirstWorldIssues.
Why is the number of days in a week a prine number, unlike number of degrees in a circle or other composite?
Say I want to shave every 3rd day . No matter what weekday I start, I won't be able to use the same days of the week because 7 is prime. If I shave Monday, then I also shave Thursday, then Sunday. And then Wednesday.

 

[jbriggs444]

The benefits of 0 divisors. #FirstWorldIssues.
Why is the number of days in a week a prine number, unlike number of degrees in a circle or other composite?
Say I want to shave every 3rd day . No matter what weekday I start, I won't be able to use the same days of the week because 7 is prime. If I shave Monday, then I also shave Thursday, then Sunday. And then Wednesday.

Same reason as 17 year cicadas. It is to evade the beard predators.

 

[Ibix]

Are we lucky that we have a moon with an orbital period with a low number of convenient sized divisors? 28 days can only be divided by 2, 4, 7 or 14. If it orbited every 40 days or something then some countries would have gone for 8 day weeks and others for 10.

 

[fresh_42]

The benefits of 0 divisors. #FirstWorldIssues.
Why is the number of days in a week a prine number, unlike number of degrees in a circle or other composite?
Say I want to shave every 3rd day . No matter what weekday I start, I won't be able to use the same days of the week because 7 is prime. If I shave Monday, then I also shave Thursday, then Sunday. And then Wednesday.

$3 \nmid 28$

Blame the Babylonians and the Semitics. But there is a solution for you. Since you cannot return to the days when moon orbited Earth faster, maybe you can wait until it is far enough that it takes $30$ days. Then you can introduce a week of $6$ days.

 

[Klystron]

..."lose skin solution", an unusual product.

Motorcycles?

 

[WWGD]

Motorcycles?

Maybe in France , but not in Toulouse ( Scraping the bottom).

 

[WWGD]

Same reason as 17 year cicadas. It is to evade the beard predators.

Is that like one of those movies, attack of the killer (shaving?) razors?

 

[WWGD]

$3 \nmid 28$

Blame the Babylonians and the Semitics. But there is a solution for you. Since you cannot return to the days when moon orbited Earth faster, maybe you can wait until it is far enough that it takes $30$ days. Then you can introduce a week of $6$ days.

Done, we'll wait for that. I like practical solutions ;).

 

[WWGD]

Talk about practical solutions. Note to self: Ask one question at a time when texting. If you ask 2 or more,
you may receive an answer for each but the order of the reply may not match the order of the questions.

 

[fresh_42]

Talk about practical solutions. Note to self: Ask one question at a time when texting. If you ask 2 or more,
you may receive an answer for each but the order of the reply may not match the order of the questions.

Í like questions with an OR. They are usually so easy to answer.

 

[Ibix]

Í like questions with an OR. They are usually so easy to answer.

"Gimme your lunch money OR I'll beat you up"

An example of the bullyin' OR.

 

[fresh_42]

"Gimme your lunch money OR I'll beat you up"

An example of the bullyin' OR.

But that's an order, not a question. The question would be: "Would you consider to give me your lunch money or shall I beat you up?" in which case yes or no is still the only solution, depending on the fitness of whom has been asked.

 

[WWGD]

Im not particularly knowledgeable in zoology or entomology or whatever may apply burt I am still having trouble understanding how flies can have an emirate.

 

[WWGD]

I had to put up my biggest, phoniest smile when person next to me at coffee shop pulled power cord from my PC ( my PC battery is not working): No, no problem (AAAAGH...)

 

[fresh_42]

I have listened to two press conferences about covid-19, one held by the RKI and one held by politicians. Guess which one made sense and which one contained just hot air!

 

[WWGD]

Interesting sentence:
Megan Markle is not one of the successful Sussex exes.

 

[skyshrimp]

I want a 98" UHD TV.

I have a 55". The 75" is a nice size. The 82" is very nice, but a 98" will be amazing.

 

[WWGD]

I want a 98" UHD TV.

I have a 55". The 75" is a nice size. The 82" is very nice, but a 98" will be amazing.

You can design your life around some of the 300+- channel lineups and just watch tv all day. There's all- movie , channels, sports, sitcoms, variety. Kind of funny is the issue of the time you spend looking at the tv guides containing the listings; takes at least 10 minutes to cycle through the list of shows in 300+ channels.

 

[WWGD]

@Klystron : there was a good book a while back: Politically Correct bedtime stories. A bit exaggerated but funny I thought.