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[Ibix]

When writing this I remembered of someone called just that: Justin Case. Don't know if the parents were careless or just missed it.

Apparently one of the unofficial duties of a midwife is to enquire if you've thought about names and try to guide you away from anything that's going to get the kid bullied. The person who told me this said she'd managed to dissuade Mr&Mrs Trickey from naming their son Richard while Nixon was still alive, but had not managed to get Mr&Mrs Lamb not to call their son Shaun.

 

[WWGD]

Punchlines in search of a joke:

Yes, they are under house arrest, but they live in a motor home!

Joke setups in search of a punch line:

Dr Kevorkian goes to the butcher shop and gets two tickets...

 

[BigDon]

Any one but me find it impossible to find a nice article on the greenhouse effect...
That actually takes place in greenhouses?

(And cars, bottles and apartments with really big windows...)

The signal to noise ratio is incredible!

 

[WWGD]

does anyone know if you can go to sleep with your phone under your pillow? was going to start waking up a little earlier but don't want to start irritating everyone with that obnoxious radar sound. it's not going to, like, overheat and catch on fire or anything?

I thought you may want to get one of the most ornery alarms : The sound of a vacuum cleaner early in the morning.

 

[pinball1970]

Any one but me find it impossible to find a nice article on the greenhouse effect...
That actually takes place in greenhouses?

(And cars, bottles and apartments with really big windows...)

The signal to noise ratio is incredible!

Insights. https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/frequently-made-errors-climate-science-greenhouse-effect/

There is a live thread right now too https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...eenhouse-effect-right-or-wrong.1002452/page-2

I've learned a fair bit from this discussion.

 

[BigDon]

Apparently one of the unofficial duties of a midwife is to enquire if you've thought about names and try to guide you away from anything that's going to get the kid bullied. The person who told me this said she'd managed to dissuade Mr&Mrs Trickey from naming their son Richard while Nixon was still alive, but had not managed to get Mr&Mrs Lamb not to call their son Shaun.

Not just midwives.

Depending where you live there are people with legal authority to tell you "No, you can't name your child that!"

 

[BigDon]

And I'd like to thank Pinball for proving my point.

Thank you sir.

 

[BigDon]

Why do condoms come in different sizes when a "regular" one can fit over the average person's head? (I've done it)

What are we dealing with here?

 

[Keith_McClary]

Apparently one of the unofficial duties of a midwife is to enquire if you've thought about names and try to guide you away from anything that's going to get the kid bullied.

And immigration officials can allow/encourage you to pick a suitable name in your new country's language. I've seen examples where that didn't happen.

 

[WWGD]

Just wanted to write the 7,000th post in this thread. Meet you all at the 8,000th.

 

[WWGD]

Why does idiotic hotmail assume by default that when you reply to an email, youre replying to
yourself? I was upset because someone had not responded to an exchange of several emails. Then
I found out my reply to them had been sent to my own account only. Sounds ridiculous.

 

[Borg]

Why does idiotic hotmail assume by default that when you reply to an email, youre replying to
yourself? I was upset because someone had not responded to an exchange of several emails. Then
I found out my reply to them had been sent to my own account only. Sounds ridiculous.

I don't use hotmail but I have that problem in Outlook when I use Reply from the Sent Items folder. For that, it correctly sets the sender if you use Reply All.

 

[WWGD]

I don't use hotmail but I have that problem in Outlook when I use Reply from the Sent Items folder. For that, it correctly sets the sender if you use Reply All.

Yes, I meant outlook. Not sure of the difference between the two. I just hit the reply button and by default it lists me , only, as the addressee.

 

[WWGD]

Seems in the UK they are planning to introduce a beer named " Nelson Mandela". I can see how the song " Free Nelson Mandela" will become confusing. Specially if you hear it at a bar.

 

[Ibix]

Seems in the UK they are planning to introduce a beer named " Nelson Mandela".

Well that'll change the meaning of the Mandela effect.

 

[fresh_42]

Seems in the UK they are planning to introduce a beer named " Nelson Mandela". I can see how the song " Free Nelson Mandela" will become confusing. Specially if you hear it at a bar.

Which brewery? Which kind of beer?

 

[WWGD]

Which brewery? Which kind of beer?

Not sure. Now that you ask, someone may have been putting me on. Which I admit would only be fair, as I have been doing it to others myself , basically for ever.

 

[fresh_42]

Not sure. Now that you ask, someone may have been putting me on. Which I admit would only be fair, as I have been doing it to others myself , basically for ever.

Don't mess with beer! We even have an elative in German which emphasizes this demand. If we want to say that we mean something especially serious (ernst), we say "beerserious" (bierernst).

 

[WWGD]

Don't mess with beer! We even have an elative in German which emphasizes this demand. If we want to say that we mean something especially serious (ernst), we say "beerserious" (bierernst).

Maybe you can also ref John McEnroe : " You cannot be serious!"

 

[Keith_McClary]

Which brewery? Which kind of beer?

https://untappd.com/b/ad-hop-brewing-nelson-mandela/1712636

This beer is no longer being produced by the brewery.

 

[Borg]

Yes, I meant outlook. Not sure of the difference between the two. I just hit the reply button and by default it lists me , only, as the addressee.

Reply All should fix it then.

 

[WWGD]

Reply All should fix it then.

True enough. I'll have to make a small effort to remember. I am too used to assuming the reply will go to the person who sent the email. I fail to see what sense it makes to send myself a reply. It, yes, it's a me problem.

 

[etotheipi]

When sheep fall asleep, do they count us?

 

[WWGD]

When sheep fall asleep, do they count us?

I've found that tightening my face , feet like 10 times in a row helps me get to sleep faster and more deeply. I ( think I ) understand there is a neurological basis for this: when the brain detects eye lids, face are relaxed, it triggers a relaxation response. But it may just be pop science.

 

[etotheipi]

Sleeping's really fricking weird, just how like one minute you're awake and then somehow your brain does something and then you just wake up a bit later and never remember actually falling asleep.

 

[WWGD]

Sleeping's really fricking weird, just how like one minute you're awake and then somehow your does something and then you just wake up a bit later and never remember actually falling asleep.

True. I've always been curious about the transition. Is it continuous? Discreet? Something else?

 

[etotheipi]

And the harder you try the harder it gets. Do you ever find that when things are more stressful e.g. with exams or whatever, you get like really restless nights where you focus really hard on one particular thing like a maths problem or something, but then wake up and realize that it was all complete garbage? Like I remember once thinking I'd figured out something about orbits of planets or some sh*t, scribbled some stuff at like 3 am and didn't sleep at all the whole night, but then when I was less tired the next day realized none of the scribbles made any sense at all and had no idea what I was actually thinking about?

 

[dlgoff]

I've often said, "my biggest regret in life was not going to Graduate School."

Well, I decided to go to the https://physics.ku.edu/overview-physics-ms and printed out all the relevant documentation. I looked in my file cabinet and found my GRE Interpretation Booklet for Candidates 1972-73. My scores in Math and Physics were well above what's required but I'm wondering if they would be accepted or if I could do it again if I had to retake the GRE.

Thoughts?

 

[WWGD]

I've often said, "my biggest regret in life was not going to Graduate School."

Well, I decided to go to the https://physics.ku.edu/overview-physics-ms and printed out all the relevant documentation. I looked in my file cabinet and found my GRE Interpretation Booklet for Candidates 1972-73. My scores in Math and Physics were well above what's required but I'm wondering if they would be accepted or if I could do it again if I had to retake the GRE.

Thoughts?

What is your major, main goal? Do you have funding? The more info the better. Good luck if you go. Have you simulated what it will be like to have an idea of what to expect?

 

[WWGD]

And the harder you try the harder it gets. Do you ever find that when things are more stressful e.g. with exams or whatever, you get like really restless nights where you focus really hard on one particular thing like a maths problem or something, but then wake up and realize that it was all complete garbage? Like I remember once thinking I'd figured out something about orbits of planets or some sh*t, scribbled some stuff at like 3 am and didn't sleep at all the whole night, but then when I was less tired the next day realized none of the scribbles made any sense at all and had no idea what I was actually thinking about?

One thing that helped me in that regard was someone saying: whatever problems I have now will still be there by the time O wake up. At least then I will be refreshed if I go to sleep now. Also, just seems that many of the thoughts that come about are noise. I just tell those thoughts: get out of here, stop with the nonsense. It , or something else , seems to have helped in that regard ; now I just ignore it.