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[WWGD]

I am sitting on the train opposite someone with an honest-to-God Salvador Dali moustache.

Did he* have one of those bent-out-of-shape clocks on his wrist or on himself otherwise? Double check and say 'Cheers, Salvador'.Or go into : "Well hello, Dali, yes hello Dali...".
*It would be surreal (ha-ha) if it was a woman with a Dali-like mustache.

 

[Ibix]

Did he* have one of those bent-out-of-shape clocks on his wrist or on himself otherwise?

Not that I noticed. Maybe it had dripped onto the floor?

It was a very impressive moustache, however. I mentioned it to a colleague, who wondered how one sleeps while wearing such a thing. I presume it's waxed and the wax is removable and you just look like Fu Manchu overnight?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I do a weekly crossword-type puzzle (in the Radio Times magazine) and one of the recent answers was BIRTHDAY on my birthday. Weird!

 

[fresh_42]

... who wondered how one sleeps while wearing such a thing.

There are more sophisticated versions out there, which I remember, but couldn't find a photo of. They press the entire think onto your skin while asleep. It doesn't prevent the carrier from shaping it again in the morning, but it prevents the hair from breaking and keeps the general form.

 

[WWGD]

And hey use a variant for the lullaby to get themselves to sleep: Well goodnight Dali...

 

[Ibix]

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There are more sophisticated versions out there, which I remember, but couldn't find a photo of.

I love PF. You even learn stuff from reporting off-hand semi-rhetorical questions someone else asked...

 

[fresh_42]

I love PF. You even learn stuff from reporting off-hand semi-rhetorical questions someone else asked...

All the time!

It's called an indicisajig.

A two-sample t-test or a Mann-Whitney U/Wilcoxon rank-sum test will let you know how probable it is that the mean of two samples is the same. Or a chi-square goodness-of-fit test if you are just considering tall/not tall. Which one is appropriate depends exactly what you are measuring.

 

[WWGD]

At least he'll be able to https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/tours/puppetry-of-the-penis-star-spills-on-the-audience-member-who-left-him-shocked/news-story/3f8f8e9b7791e998ab30a9b96793a3e1, unlike some Masters and PhD degrees.

I remember the comment by Ken Jennings that the difference between a history degree and a pizza is that a pizza can feed a family of three. Ouch!

 

[OCR]

Lol... good morning ! .

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[WWGD]

GAH!
I spent most of the afternoon reminding myself to go to the supermarket.
Only now I can't remember what I needed to buy!??!

 

[fresh_42]

Only now I can't remember what I needed to buy!??!

Celery and peanut butter?

 

[WWGD]

Celery and peanut butter?

Can't tell, my psychic's on vacation.

 

[fresh_42]

Can't tell, my psychic's on vacation.

Better than mine recently.
Me: I'm so happy today!
Life: Sorry, was at the loo. I'll deal with it asap!

 

[nuuskur]

When you realize you're in over your head with your current direction in research, now I'll focus my efforts in understanding Morita equivalence (of semigroups and rings), at least there will be surprises around every corner ..

 

[skyshrimp]

I just did a screen replacement on an iPhone 7. It was in some kind of rubber case which has left stains on the back of the phone. I've tried scrubbing with cotton wool and acetone, white spirits and isopropanol but neither of them worked

 

[WWGD]

Someone asked me an interesting question: What percent of 0 is 0? The usual method he uses in class is that a is a percentage of b given by (a/b)100.

 

[fresh_42]

The answer is: Any percentage $[x\%]$ of $[ \cdot ]$ zero $[ 0]$ is $[=]$ zero $[0]$. Thus his algorithm isn't applicable, as it assumes a unique answer.

 

[Borek]

"Driving John style: one hand on a wheel" or "Driving John's style: one hand on a wheel"?

 

[Ibix]

Either. It ain't exactly the Queen's English.

 

[OmCheeto]

Haven't answered the phone in two years, but was expecting a return call from the police the other day, so I answered it.
It was someone from Germany.
She's apparently an old friend of my mother's.
My mom died 26 years ago.
Never did get a call from the police.
Though, I think I mentioned it was a trivial matter.

 

[WWGD]

Coincide: Killing of a coin?

 

[WWGD]

Feel like pounding someone when I use email setup in such a way that unless one is very careful, one may self-send an email. Who designed this?

 

[fresh_42]

Feel like pounding someone when I use email setup in such a way that unless one is very careful, one may self-send an email. Who designed this?

This is the standard: all recipients listed will be served. To avoid this would mean an extra routine which checks the list. And some might want to self send an email. It's a convenient way to write a reminder. Plus that such plausibility checks increase the error probability and tend to grow like a cancer over the years.

 

[WWGD]

This is the standard: all recipients listed will be served. To avoid this would mean an extra routine which checks the list. And some might want to self send an email. It's a convenient way to write a reminder. Plus that such plausibility checks increase the error probability and tend to grow like a cancer over the years.

But I never include myself as a recipient. And the only one who ends up as a recipient is myself. This is what I have trouble with; not that I am a recipient but that none of the other 'non-me' original recipients are included in the reply.

Original Message
To: Recipient1, Recipient2,..., Recipientm

[Message Body]

Reply
To: Myself. Only, none of the recipients in original message included.

 

[Klystron]

Feel like pounding someone when I use email setup in such a way that unless one is very careful, one may self-send an email. Who designed this?

Perhaps your email handler program on your device(s) or your email subscription service (gmail, hotmail, etc.) has a configurable switch (option) to inhibit automatic self-send.

My email config: While I compose an email a copy appears in a draft sub-folder. When sent, the copy moves to sent sub-folder. Unless I explicitly place my email address in one of the To: Cc: blocks, I do not receive another copy. Best guess: see if the backup copy Bcc: includes your address.

 

[WWGD]

Perhaps your email handler program on your device(s) or your email subscription service (gmail, hotmail, etc.) has a configurable switch (option) to inhibit automatic self-send.

My email config: While I compose an email a copy appears in a draft sub-folder. When sent, the copy moves to sent sub-folder. Unless I explicitly place my email address in one of the To: Cc: blocks, I do not receive another copy. Best guess: see if the backup copy Bcc: includes your address.

Thank you. I think I phrased things confusingly: I am the only recipient of the reply despite not including myself as a recipient., none of the recipients of the original is a default recipient for the reply. Yes, I will have to check the settings, but these seem to be default settings since I don't remember choosing them at any point.

 

[DrGreg]

Thank you. I think I phrased things confusingly: I am the only recipient of the reply despite not including myself as a recipient., none of the recipients of the original is a default recipient for the reply. Yes, I will have to check the settings, but these seem to be default settings since I don't remember choosing them at any point.

Are you using the "Reply" command or the "Reply All" command? "Reply" shouldn't go to any of the original recipients, it should go to the original sender.

 

[Klystron]

If one could jump back in time; I would first learn colloquial German, jump back to 19xx, and warn Erwin Schrödinger
"Dude, no animal examples in physics. No cats or bats, no mice or lice." .

 

[WWGD]

If one could jump back in time; I would first learn colloquial German, jump back to 19xx, and warn Erwin Schrödinger
"Dude, no animal examples in physics. No cats or bats, no mice or lice." .

Yes, why choose a cat ? Maybe cat is in the right Cat[] (category, or cat-egory)?

 

[WWGD]

While we are at it, in case someone already knows the answer to this, I can look it up otherwise, but I have to dreg through all the trash and irrelevant results:

If I move email E into folder F, will any follow up email sent to me automatically land in F? Or will it land in my 'regular' inbox? Please reply only if you know it right away. EDIT: Never mind, I figured it out. Yes, for Yahoo.

 

[WWGD]

No, there is no Gym (Jim) in the building but there is a James in 2B.

 

[WWGD]

No, that was a coffee stain in the paper. Chichen Itza(Sp?), not Chicken Pizza.

 

[fresh_42]

PF is cool!

I started a small talk with a lady in front of me at the grocery store as she tried to help me putting things on the belt. She seemingly didn't understand me or whatever, but she replied in English. Thanks PF, I had not the least difficulty to instantaneously switch language. And British are so polite! She didn't even raised her eyebrow as I - what I realized later - answered in my American colored English and said "eather" instead of "ither", not to mention the melody of my sentences.

 

[DrGreg]

She didn't even raised her eyebrow as I - what I realized later - answered in my American colored English and said "eather" instead of "ither", not to mention the melody of my sentences.

In Britain we've seen so many American films and TV programmes that we can (usually) cope with American accents without any problem.

 

[WWGD]

PF is cool!

I started a small talk with a lady in front of me at the grocery store as she tried to help me putting things on the belt. She seemingly didn't understand me or whatever, but she replied in English. Thanks PF, I had not the least difficulty to instantaneously switch language. And British are so polite! She didn't even raised her eyebrow as I - what I realized later - answered in my American colored English and said "eather" instead of "ither", not to mention the melody of my sentences.

Eather instead of ither. Did you also say poteito or potato? Tomeito/Tomato? But, by your own account , you did not call the whole thing off, it seems.

 

[fresh_42]

Eather instead of ither. Did you also say poteito or potato? Tomeito/Tomato? But, by your own account , you did not call the whole thing off, it seems.

I've forgotten to buy tomatoes and she wasn't interested in my potatoes.

 

[Ibix]

And She didn't even raised her eyebrow as I - what I realized later - answered in my American colored English and said "eather" instead of "ither", not to mention the melody of my sentences.

Much more importantly than any UK/US divide, how do you pronounce grass? With a short a like acid or long a like arsenic?

 

[WWGD]

PF is cool!

I started a small talk with a lady in front of me at the grocery store as she tried to help me putting things on the belt. She seemingly didn't understand me or whatever, but she replied in English. Thanks PF, I had not the least difficulty to instantaneously switch language. And British are so polite! She didn't even raised her eyebrow as I - what I realized later - answered in my American colored English and said "eather" instead of "ither", not to mention the melody of my sentences.

Just say Fahvernugen (most likely wrongly written) next time.Or act out the Sprockets theme from SNL, with the hand movements and dance.

 

[Klystron]

In Britain we've seen so many American films and TV programmes that we can (usually) cope with American accents without any problem.

I had difficulty in the past understanding British regional accents and colloquial expressions, then in late 1980's PBS station KTEH began daily broadcasts of East Enders. I would tape 5 segments a week* and binge-watch on the weekends with friends.

After listening to pub-tenders Den and Ang arguing with fruit and veg seller Pete and wife Cath, I could even understand a crime drama set in Glasgow and the young Dennis Potter character (speaking Geordie?) in the series Singing Detective. While this is reminiscent of people 'learning' American English from reruns of Dallas, watching East Enders also helped me understand dialog in Shakespeare's plays.

*BBC originally broadcast two half-hour segments a week as 'soap operas'.

 

[fresh_42]

Much more importantly than any UK/US divide, how do you pronounce grass? With a short a like acid or long a like arsenic?

My sister is a hard core Elvis fan, so I grew up with

But to be honest, I cannot really figure out the difference to

And, yes I know he's not English.

 

[WWGD]

My sister is a hard core Elvis fan, so I grew up with

But to be honest, I cannot really figure out the difference to

And, yes I know he's not English.

Maybe DeGrasse is greener with Neil(Tyson)?

 

[fresh_42]

Just say Fahvernugen ...

Guess this should mean joy ride (Fahrvergnügen - close enough!). Thank god I didn't mention anything like this. She has been on a greenish mission ...

 

[WWGD]

Guess this should mean joy ride (Fahrvergnügen - close enough!). Thank god I didn't mention anything like this. She has been on a greenish mission ...

Then try the Sprockets thing. Don't Germans do so anyway, like, daily?

 

[Klystron]

Much more importantly than any UK/US divide, how do you pronounce grass? With a short a like acid or long a like arsenic?

Short 'a' pronounced like gas.
Mnemonic: the growling dog bit me on my ...backside... Grrr + ass. Oh, wait; that's arse in British slang.

 

[WWGD]

Short 'a' pronounced like gas.
Mnemonic: the growling dog bit me on my ...backside... Grrr + ass. Oh, wait; that's arse in British slang.

Your Grr +ass has two arse...

 

[fresh_42]

Then try the Sprockets thing. Don't Germans do so anyway, like, daily?

Nope. We do this (at 2:25):

 

[WWGD]

Nope. We do this (at 2:25):

Drunk Penguin Danzert?

 

[fresh_42]

Drunk Penguin Danzert?

This was a short (7 episodes) low budget sci-fi series in '66 (Space Patrol Orion); very low budget. They did everything to appear futuristic. The setup of the bridge e.g. included an iron as steering instrument and so on. It's meanwhile a cult and some cinemas (or tv) occasionally show all episodes in one night. But the theme is o.k.:

 

[WWGD]

This was a short (7 episodes) low budget sci-fi series in '66 (Space Patrol Orion); very low budget. They did everything to appear futuristic. The setup of the bridge e.g. included an iron as steering instrument and so on. It's meanwhile a cult and some cinemas (or tv) occasionally show all episodes in one night. But the theme is o.k.:

A worrisome thing about all these futuristic shows is that it seems baldness has not been cured in the future: there are always bald guys staring in the shows.

 

[WWGD]

Kind of paradoxical that changing to a healthier diet (more fruits, vegetables, water, cutting down on artificial additives; cutting down on sugar, etc.) has made me weaker in a way. When I eat something sugary or ladden with preservatives, it hits me way harder than when I was not as healthful.