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[fresh_42]

Many would say serving warm beer is a crime

Indeed! Same as well done steaks.

 

[WWGD]

Indeed! Same as well done steaks.

Well -done steaks won't make you freeze over when you go outside. But I agree with the steak thing.

 

[WWGD]

I have developed this strange, intense, fascination with seeing how coffee blends into hot milk, "drawing" into it, turning it from white into a nice, warm, brown tone.

 

[fresh_42]

Just glimpsed a strange kind of humor. I've seen (on tv) a sticker on an instrument in SOFIA. The project is a collaboration of the US and Germany, and the sticker read: "This instrument is kraut-funded"...

 

[WWGD]

My phone died when I was out, so I entertained myself by solving by one of either the father, mother or child:

Look at the child and the mom and "solve" for the father by trying to figure out what he must look like to combine with mom to produce the child.

Do the same for mom and the child.

 

[fresh_42]

Wonder if anyone drinks hot beer in Winter.

Not really hot, but ...

... usually only found in barbarian Bavaria.

 

[WWGD]

Not really hot, but ...

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... usually only found in barbarian Bavaria.

Do you know any Bar barbar Bavar with warm beer?

 

[fresh_42]

Is there a definition for "kid"?

I mean, when I was 10, kids have been all up to 9. When I was 20, kids were at most 16, and when I was 30, 20 year old have been still kids. Meanwhile it reached 25 and appears to be stable so far.

 

[WWGD]

Is there a definition for "kid"?

I mean, when I was 10, kids have been all up to 9. When I was 20, kids were at most 16, and when I was 30, 20 year old have been still kids. Meanwhile it reached 25 and appears to be stable so far.

I know they have language academies in some countries --Spain is the only one I know, but I think France also has one -- where they actually discuss issues of this sort and arrive at an answer. Wonder if it is a paid post: go to Starbucks and duck it utuntil the espresso runs out or until someone forces themselves on all others...

 

[BillTre]

Is there a definition for "kid"?

I mean, when I was 10, kids have been all up to 9. When I was 20, kids were at most 16, and when I was 30, 20 year old have been still kids. Meanwhile it reached 25 and appears to be stable so far.

Sounds like a relative term. Younger than you.

 

[nuuskur]

is "child" a well-defined object?

 

[fresh_42]

Here's a quiz under the #24 tag: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/math-challenge-december-2018.961292/#post-6097127

If you like then do it and post your results. I hope it's funny!

 

[Tom.G]

Many would say serving warm beer is a crime

An exception to that rule would be Guiness Beer, but only the stuff bottled in Ireland.
Even if brewed there, shipped in bulk, and bottled in the USA, it just doesn't work.

 

[Klystron]

An exception to that rule would be Guiness Beer, but only the stuff bottled in Ireland.
Even if brewed there, shipped in bulk, and bottled in the USA, it just doesn't work.

Worked with a Turkish scientist who said the same. She drank Guinness stout like I drank tea.

 

[Ibix]

She drank Guinness stout like I drank tea.

Boiled, with milk and two sugars?

 

[Klystron]

Boiled, with milk and two sugars?

Ugh! I prepare tea with water (hopefully) just below boiling, coaxing flavor from the tea leaves. Unless you refer to boiling Guinness with milk and sugar? Double-ugh or the next taste sensation?

 

[Ibix]

Unless you refer to boiling Guinness with milk and sugar? Double-ugh or the next taste sensation?

I'd go with double-ugh, but you said she drank Guinness like you drank tea so I guessed how she drank it. Thanks for your clarification. Nearly boiling Guiness sounds better than with milk and sugar, but it seems like the alcohol would be long gone either way.

 

[WWGD]

I repeatedly complained in this forum that it was a painnot to know what was open not on Christmas Eve, and no one has done anything about it!

 

[fresh_42]

I repeatedly complained in this forum that it was a painnot to know what was open not on Christmas Eve, and no one has done anything about it!

I don't see a problem here. 13% of the city's population is Jewish and Hanukkah is over!

 

[Klystron]

is "child" a well-defined object?

Let's gather examples to refine the definition.

1. Computer science is the twisted child of Physics and Mathematics.

 

[Tom.G]

Let's gather examples to refine the definition.

1. Computer science is the twisted child of Physics and Mathematics.

2. One that is the issue of another.

 

[WWGD]

I don't see a problem here. 13% of the city's population is Jewish and Hanukkah is over!

Did you move to Manhattan?

 

[WWGD]

Did you move to Manhattan?

Sorry fresheimer/freshmeister, yet again did not get your point.

 

[fresh_42]

Did you move to Manhattan?

Well, in a way, but this is another story.

Sorry fresheimer/freshmeister, yet again did not get your point.

I just thought with over a million Jews in town who currently have no holidays there shouldn't be a problem with locations that are open.

 

[Klystron]

My ancient but active great-grandmother was proud of her language (and engineering!) skills. Asked if her gender or strong accent affected her job prospects, she would answer,

"Achk-sint? Vhat achsint, Dahlink?" (sotto voce "Vas hass Du gizack?" *)* literally "What's that you say?"

 

[WWGD]

Some nice (somewhat) recent lyrics "She says she she don't believe in God , but her shoes is Christian*"

*Dior. "Might Not , by Weeknd"

 

[WWGD]

Second 1st world problem after not finding a place open to hangout in Christmas: the i's I write are often capitalized, since I guess OS assumes they are the pronoun "I". So I see, e.g., I.e , instead of i.e., or I+3 instead of i+3. The Humanity! BTW, whatever happened to that thread, " First World Problems"?

 

[fresh_42]

BTW, whatever happened to that thread, " First World Problems"?

I thought it was this one: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/weird-news-compilation.878428/page-17

 

[WWGD]

I thought it was this one: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/weird-news-compilation.878428/page-17

Ah, nein , I missed it , right in front of me in the search: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/first-world-problems.778225/

 

[WWGD]

EDIT: File under "Who gives a #$%^"
Phrase of the (my)week: " Thank you for your Kindness". I had heard it way back, but then had not for years. Then I heard it 4 times last week and not again this week (yet?), strangely for holding the door open for someone once and thre times overheard from others. The word of the(my) week is "Heretic". I have heard it and looked it up many times, and then gone on quickly to forget it ( other than having a vague idea of what it is).

 

[fresh_42]

Heretic is highly context sensitive!

 

[WWGD]

Heretic is highly context sensitive!

Is he, really? ;).( No, I am not _that_ lost).

Heretic is highly context sensitive!

But still, as it is a word, it must have a generalized meaning to it, right?

 

[fresh_42]

Is he, really? ;).( No, I am not _that_ lost).

But still, as it is a word, it must have a generalized meaning to it, right?

If you want to test its meaning here, then go to the astronomy forum and start a thread: "I have a proof that the Earth is a flat disk!"
A couple of centuries earlier, it was sufficient to be a Christian fundamentalist and the disk remark wouldn't have anybody bothered.

 

[WWGD]

If you want to test its meaning here, then go to the astronomy forum and start a thread: "I have a proof that the Earth is a flat disk!"
A couple of centuries earlier, it was sufficient to be a Christian fundamentalist and the disk remark wouldn't have anybody bothered.

Yes. What annoys me is to not have excuses to not look it up. Nowadays, with the web, you can search anything and only reason not to is laziness. .

 

[Klystron]

[snip]

But still, as it is a word, it must have a generalized meaning to it, right?

I prefer iconoclast. Idol breaker.
Heretic requires a foil, a standard doctrine that can be modified into heresy.
Iconoclast spots a malformed icon knows it's time to clast.

 

[WWGD]

I prefer iconoclast. Idol breaker.
Heretic requires a foil, a standard doctrine that can be modified into heresy.
Iconoclast spots a malformed icon knows it's time to clast.

Thanks. Clast-away? Clast-on ( But then we need Clast off)?

 

[fresh_42]

To be honest. I have exactly the same problem with this word: a slight idea what it means and something in mind what it once meant. Me, too, looks it up to be sure. And I learned that it came from a Christian sekt in the 11th century which was even for other Christians too extreme. But its meaning evolved soon and the origin was soon forgotten, too. My (wrong) memory thought it meant early Christians from the Roman or Jewish point of view, but it origoinated a thousand years later.

 

[fresh_42]

Thanks. Clast-away? Clast-on ( But then we need Clast off)?

Wlison?

 

[Klystron]

Wlison?

"Clast-away into the C".

 

[WWGD]

"Clast-away into the C".

And then transpose Fresheimer's 2nd and 3rd letters ;).

 

[WWGD]

To be honest. I have exactly the same problem with this word: a slight idea what it means and something in mind what it once meant. Me, too, looks it up to be sure..

It has been one of my holy grails to understand why some things just do not stick in my mind while otehrs are absorbed almost immediately ( and, of course, the mid-range or in-between). But this seems too ambitious.

 

[Klystron]

To be honest. I have exactly the same problem with this word: a slight idea what it means and something in mind what it once meant. Me, too, looks it up to be sure. And I learned that it came from a Christian sekt in the 11th century which was even for other Christians too extreme. But its meaning evolved soon and the origin was soon forgotten, too. My (wrong) memory thought it meant early Christians from the Roman or Jewish point of view, but it origoinated a thousand years later.

Those categories are not exclusive. I've read different definitions with connotations that suit the author. Kindest def:

Sabbath breaker: some sects and dispersed groups required holy days of repose. Trusted members and family broke these rules to defend their people on holy days. Early security, perhaps. Like Roman lictors; ready to strike but according to doctrine.

 

[fresh_42]

It has been one of my holy grails to understand why some things just do not stick in my mind while others are absorbed almost immediately ( and, of course, the mid-range or in-between). But this seems too ambitious.

Out of all those information which are absorbed immediately is a tremendous amount of the category: completely useless. That's the actual annoying aspect. E.g. yesterday I was told: "Did you know that <insert a celebrity of your choice> is gay?" No, I did not, and for sure it doesn't bother me, and I definitely didn't want to know. I don't even like him. Nevertheless, there is no chance to forget it again.

 

[WWGD]

Out of all those information which are absorbed immediately is a tremendous amount of the category: completely useless. That's the actual annoying aspect. E.g. yesterday I was told: "Did you know that <insert a celebrity of your choice> is gay?" No, I did not, and for sure it doesn't bother me, and I definitely didn't want to know. I don't even like him. Nevertheless, there is no chance to forget it again.

Yes, I have plenty of useless trash. I remembered some 15 different Starbucks bathroom codes for a pretty long time. And I didn't know <...> was gay, but I suspected it ( Not that there is anything wrong with that, right, Jerry?)...

 

[Klystron]

Heretic => Iconoclast ==> Rebel

proofiness:

1. The film "Rebel Without a Cause" starred young gay actors (see above).
2. rebel spelled backwards is "leber" which (almost) sounds like leper.

 

[Ibix]

Thanks. Clast-away? Clast-on ( But then we need Clast off)?

"Clast on, clast off, grasshopper"

<waves hands like falling rocks>

 

[WWGD]

"Clast on, clast off, grasshopper"

<waves hands like falling rocks>

Actually the lights went on and off . Maybe we can install one for when people clap at the opera.

 

[WWGD]

"Clast on, clast off, grasshopper"

<waves hands like falling rocks>

I don't know why, but after reading this I went to wash my car . And I don't even have one!

 

[WWGD]

I am trying to learn phrases in another language, but not the usual, boring ones.

How can I say:" I am not afraid of clowns anymore" ,
or " I can logon to the network but it will not give me internet access"
or " Yesterday's meat must have been spoiled".

in, Say, Hindi, Russian, Nepali.

 

[nuuskur]

Ja bol'she ne boyus' klounov for the first thing in Russian.

Spoiler: cyrillic

я больше не боюсь клоунов