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The discussion revolves around frustrations with current documentary programming, particularly criticizing the History Channel's focus on sensational topics like time travel conspiracies instead of real historical content. Participants express disappointment over National Geographic's sale to Fox, fearing a decline in quality programming. The conversation shifts to lighter topics, including humorous anecdotes about everyday life, such as a malfunctioning kitchen fan discovered to be blocked by installation instructions. There are also discussions about the challenges of understanding various dialects in Belgium, the complexities of language, and personal experiences with weather and housing in California. Members share their thoughts on food, including a peculiar dish of zucchini pancakes served with strawberry yogurt, and delve into mathematical concepts related to sandwich cutting and the properties of numbers. The thread captures a blend of serious commentary and lighthearted banter, reflecting a diverse range of interests and perspectives among participants.
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nuuskur said:
Ja bol'she ne boyus' klounov for the first thing in Russian.
я больше не боюсь клоунов
Spasiba , Tovarich.
 
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Will say it at random, ptetendingtobealking on the phone when I see Russians around.
 
  • #4,653
WWGD said:
Will say it at random, ptetendingtobealking on the phone when I see Russians around.
Just through in a few дура(к)'s from time to time! :biggrin:
 
  • #4,654
fresh_42 said:
Just through in a few дура(к)'s from time to time! :biggrin:
Klown on, Klownov, Herr Miyagi.
 
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I listened to music by this new group ( maybe a groupoid?) and felt the need to listen to it every time there after.But then after the third or so song, each time, the music felt unbeaable and ii turned it off. At least I am making Google/YouTube nearest neighbor work .
 
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Nerd in paradise: World Almanac 2019 ( confusingly covering 2018) finally came out*. Still , a bit absurd to provide population figures with such precision, e.g population of China as 1,379,654,238 as if this level of accuracy is likely. Reminds me of other story: "How old is the earth? 4.5 billion and 3 years old. How do you know? Three years ago someone told me it was 4.5 billion years old.

* People could not absorb the fa t that I was actually excited about this and kept asking : no , really, why are you excited?
 
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  • #4,657
WWGD said:
Three years ago someone told me it was 4.5 billion years old.

Thanks, that made my day. I'm still laughing.
 
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  • #4,658
Another day that I just completely forgot to eat after 11am. Woke up desperately hungry today.
 
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WWGD said:
Another day that I just completely forgot to eat after 11am. Woke up desperately hungry today.
You know you're Aretha when you're hungry :biggrin:
 
  • #4,660
fresh_42 said:
You know you're Aretha when you're hungry :biggrin:
? I thought _my_ posts were obscure.
 
  • #4,661
Still, when life throws you cracked eggs and old bread, make French toast.
 
  • #4,662
WWGD said:
? I thought _my_ posts were obscure.
Yep, but you struggle with your monopol!
 
  • #4,663
fresh_42 said:
Yep, but you struggle with your monopol!

Seems this will take a while. Monopol?
 
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And instead of Snickers I had French toast -- and then I was myself again. I guess.
 
  • #4,665
WWGD said:
I thought _my_ posts were obscure.
fresh_42 said:
Yep, but you struggle with your monopol!
Mine as well! :cool:
 
  • #4,666
WWGD said:
- - and then I was myself again.

And then I thought I was somebody else... again. . :DD

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OCR said:
And then I thought I was somebody else... again. . :DD

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IOW OCR, OVR OVR HR.
 
  • #4,668
I don't know you, Weeknd, Belly, but I will make it.
 
  • #4,669
WWGD said:
...but I wlil make it.

Feeling dizzy, might not... .:rolleyes:

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[Quote"fresh_42, post: 6112329, member: 572553"]Yep, but you struggle with your monopol!
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fresh_42 said:
Yep, but you struggle with your monopol!

I still have no idea what a monopol is .
 
  • #4,671
My stuggle, confusion between algoritms and logarithms stopped after I took my dyslexia medicatioan. Algorithms are the ones with the exponents, right?
 
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  • #4,672
WWGD said:
I still have no idea what a monopol is .
Yeah, lacks a y.
 
  • #4,673
fresh_42 said:
Yeah, lacks a y.
Yes, that is the obvious one but I don't see how it fits the remainder of your post.
 
  • #4,674
WWGD said:
Yes, that is the obvious one but I don't see how it fits the remainder of your post.
You're not the only one with obscure posts, obviously mine are obscure, too.
 
  • #4,675
fresh_42 said:
You're not the only one with obscure posts, obviously mine are obscure, too.
Obviously, you have no monopol-y on obscurity (obfuscation ?).
 
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Klystron said:
Obviously, you have no monopol-y on obscurity (obfuscation ?).
Maybe make it sound like a line from a musical (which I never understood nor saw any point in) : Obviousl-y you have no monopol-y on obscurit-y. Nonsense, the musical.
 
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  • #4,677
WWGD said:
Maybe make it sound like a line from a musical (which I never understood nor saw any point in) : Obviousl-y you have no monopol-y on obscurit-y. Nonsense, the musical.
Nonsens-y, the musical.
 
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  • #4,678
I'm watching a long debate between a Flat Earther and an astronaut on the tube. It's hilarious, but I don't think PF would appeciate me linking to it :biggrin:.
 
  • #4,679
DennisN said:
I'm watching a long debate between a Flat Earther and an astronaut on the tube. It's hilarious, but I don't think PF would appeciate me linking to it :biggrin:.
Mental Diarrhea the musical?
 
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  • #4,680

TOP 20 ROCK BASS SOUNDS OF ALL TIME. Do you agree?
I agree with the assessments of:
John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin
John Entwistle, The Who
Tom Hamilton, Aerosmith
Getty Lee, Rush
and
James Jamerson, uncredited bassist (studio session player?)

I reserve judgment on Tom Peterson (12 string bass) on "The Dream Police" and Jeff Ament on "Jeremy".
Interesting sound.

I would have included:
Matt Bissonette, Joe Satriani on "Searching"
Jon Camp, Renaissance on "Ashes Are Burning", particularly the solo on the Live at Carnegie Hall album.
Chris Hillman, The Byrds on "Eight Miles High"
Paul Samwell-Smith, Yardbirds on "Smokestack Lightning"

I'm probably showing my age/generation.
 
  • #4,681
DennisN said:
I'm watching a long debate between a Flat Earther and an astronaut on the tube. It's hilarious, but I don't think PF would appeciate me linking to it :biggrin:.
WWGD said:
Mental Diarrhea the musical?

Providing theme music to the follow-on HBO special "The Corners: Orbiting the Edges of the Earth."
 
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  • #4,682
I still can't get used to the fact that 'Krakow' is not 'Crack House'. Please pronounce distinctively.
 
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WWGD said:
I still can't get used to the fact that 'Krakow' is not 'Crack House'. Please pronounce distinctively.
Just use your fingers and point to

krakauer-im-ring.jpg

(https://www.bestellen-sie-jetzt.de/schnitt-schmierwurst/35-krakauer-im-ring.html)

or say Krakowska.
 

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fresh_42 said:
Just use your fingers and point to

View attachment 236853
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or say Krakowska.
Mid-afternoon snack?
 
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I just found out about this snack called halvah. I ate half of it. Now I have a half a halv(ah).Now, if fresheimer can send me the crack sausages I can have a meal.
 
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WWGD said:
I just found out about this snack called halvah. I ate half of it. Now I have a half a halv(ah).Now, if fresheimer can send me the crack sausages I can have a meal.
The link contains a shop where you can buy them. However, the United states' custom laws won't allow you to do that, so don't get caught :cool:
 
  • #4,687
I always liked halvah :)
 
  • #4,688
nuuskur said:
I always liked halvah :)
Then have a half a halv(ah).
 
  • #4,689
When I hear Semper Fi, for some reason I feel like saying Super Fly. But my therapist is out of town.
 
  • #4,690
WWGD said:
When I hear Semper Fi, for some reason I feel like saying Super Fly. But my therapist is out of town.
How do you pronounce it: fee or figh?
 
  • #4,691
fresh_42 said:
How do you pronounce it: fee or figh?
I think as long as you say foe fum you can pronounce it any way.
 
  • #4,692
WWGD said:
I think as long as you say foe fum you can pronounce it any way.
I wanted to learn something. On tv they translate it with "fee" which is the correct Latin, but neither allows a conclusion what Americans actually do.
 
  • #4,693
I have heard it pronounced as in fi in fight,
 
  • #4,694
Thanks.

On tv they discuss life on exoplanets. Come on! Just calculate! For how many years do we have life here, and for how many years of these do we communicate via electromagnetic pollution? Now they actually discuss about a communication with exoplanets. The distance aside, and given there is actually life out there, even with these assumptions, probability is close to 1 that they will try to communicate with extraterrestrial amoeba or likewise with dinosaurs!
 
  • #4,695
I guess a good remedy for awkwardness. When you are texting with/to someone it is hard to tell when the exchange is over. I just exchanged with this company's rep using a dialog box . There was a button on top for " End this exchange". Maybe they also had this issue of it not being clear when the exchange was over. They're British, I wonder if it has anything to see with this.
 
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WWGD said:
I guess a good remedy for awkwardness. When you are texting with/to someone it is hard to tell when the exchange is over. I just exchanged with this company's rep using a dialog box . There was a button on top for " End this exchange". Maybe they also had this issue of it not being clear when the exchange was over. They're British, I wonder if it has anything to see with this.

Ova and out!
 
  • #4,697
They have this major driving event called Dakar, strangely held in Peru. Dakar is in Senegal, half a world away. I guess first part of the event is to put Dagasoline in Dakar.
 
  • #4,698
Weird thing. I was walking in the sidewalk and this woman was walking along me. I guess she felt awkward and slowed down..at the time I was slowing down. Then she sped up as I was speeding up. I laughed at it since it seemed as if it was choreographed but she seemed freaked out.
 
  • #4,699
WWGD said:
Weird thing. I was walking in the sidewalk widestalk and this woman was walking along me. I guess she felt awkward and slowed down..at the time I was slowing down. Then she sped up as I was speeding up. I laughed at it since it seemed as if it was choreographed but she seemed freaked out.
You had an error, I corrected it ...
 
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WWGD said:
I guess first part of the event is to put Dagasoline in Dakar.
I think it originally has been called Perish Dakar.
 

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