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Quote: OnceDear
Do you guys have fortnights over there?
I have been trying to do the floss but think I am too fat
Quote: GWAEI have been trying to do the floss but think I am too fat
What?? That just went completely left field.
The dance move?
The visual is naked fat guy after showering, with a long towel. So, thanks for that.....
Quote: beachbumbabsWhat?? That just went completely left field.
The dance move?
The visual is naked fat guy after showering, with a long towel. So, thanks for that.....
OD asked if we have fortnight. My son loves to do the floss dance but I can not do it.
Quote: OnceDear
Do you guys have fortnights over there?
Quote: OnceDear
Do you guys have fortnights over there?
.
Fortnight is an Old English word
invented in the Middle Ages. It's
a 19th century word here, I never
hear it used much. This is the
only fortnight we have now;
Quote: beachbumbabsWhat?? That just went completely left field.
The dance move?
The visual is naked fat guy after showering, with a long towel. So, thanks for that.....
Not sure what kind of floss you’re thinking of? 🤔 This is where I learned to floss properly.
Now, put a long towel end in each hand.
put the center of the towel between your legs.
go.
Supposedly, this guy bought a franchise based on getting business from a nearby Army base, only for the Army to ban wearing uniforms off duty in public. Facing a lawsuit, Mickeys allowed him to open a drive thru lane where soldiers didn't have to leave their cars. That was in Sierra Vista, Arizona if you want to join the thousands who make a pilgrimage there each year.
Quote: MoosetonNot sure what kind of floss you’re thinking of? 🤔 This is where I learned to floss properly.
Do you need a
Dancing without moving your feet
isn't dancing. It's ridiculous.
If the 'Y' in you is a consonant, why isn't the 'E' in ewe is a consonant?
yes, more recocnized asacomputer related term than a physical line asin the UK. Also fortnight is often unknown as 'two weeks' and thought of asfour nightsby some ignorant souls. Weekend is more aline of demarcation in the UK and Africa where Friday night is separate from 'the weekend" but in the usa is not adistinct term wherein young people tend to start the weekend on Friday night as work ends.Quote: billryanIt's used more as a substitute for waiting list than a line.
how did we ever get on such topics???
In the word "scent", is the s or the c the silent consonant?
Quote: FleaStiffyes, more recocnized asacomputer related term than a physical line asin the UK. Also fortnight is often unknown as 'two weeks' and thought of asfour nightsby some ignorant souls. Weekend is more aline of demarcation in the UK and Africa where Friday night is separate from 'the weekend" but in the usa is not adistinct term wherein young people tend to start the weekend on Friday night as work ends.
how did we ever get on such topics???
Truly miscellaneous, no?
A long long time ago (like 50 years) I was given to understand that a fortnight was an ancient measure of logistics: how far away it was necessary to build a fort/army facility from the adjacent one, in order to defend and patrol a territory or kingdom. It was time as distance, which was how long it would take an army marching on foot to get to it. 14 days away was acceptable, before watches but after calendars.
No idea if that's really accurate etymology, but it made sense to me.
Quote: OnceDearNo. the worst kind of person is the one that says 12am tomorrow!
It can't be 12 and before 12 at the same time.
Say 12 midnight or 12 noon or better still 11:59 and 23:59. Dammit.
That's almost as bad, but the "See ya next year" is still worse because they're trying to do the whole, "Well, akkshuaaaallllyyyyyyyy" nonsense.
Whenever I say 12am, I try to be specific and either say something like 11:59pm, or "Midnight, Monday night Tuesday morning".
Quote: beachbumbabsFor Joeman:
In the word "scent", is the s or the c the silent consonant?
I'm not Joeman
But the 'c' is silent.
More likely layabouts, wasterals, drunkards, TB sufferers, poorhouse and workhouse types. That is why the Swiss remained neutral, their soldiers were young, healthy, knew how to handle weapons, etc.Quote: billryanAlong those lines, medieval kings and barons didn't have standing armies and relied on serfs and peasants as needed.
Armies rarely patrolled or marched at night.Quote: beachbumbabsTruly miscellaneous, no?
A long long time ago (like 50 years) I was given to understand that a fortnight was an ancient measure of logistics: how far away it was necessary to build a fort/army facility from the adjacent one, in order to defend and patrol a territory or kingdom.
...
No idea if that's really accurate etymology, but it made sense to me.
I had a teacher tell me it was cold in Winter because the Earth was further from the Sun. Utter nonsense.
Quote: JoemanYour daily miscellany:
If the 'Y' in you is a consonant, why isn't the 'E' in ewe is a consonant?
Because "e" is a vowel, regardless of where it is in a word.
Quote: billryanFound an interesting tidbit about McDonald's and drive thru's.
Supposedly, this guy bought a franchise based on getting business from a nearby Army base, only for the Army to ban wearing uniforms off duty in public. Facing a lawsuit, Mickeys allowed him to open a drive thru lane where soldiers didn't have to leave their cars. That was in Sierra Vista, Arizona if you want to join the thousands who make a pilgrimage there each year.
Okay, I don't get it... what does being in uniform have to do with going to the nearby McDonald's? If they went during their lunchtime, they would still be "on duty," so it wouldn't matter. If they went after working hours, they would presumably be in civilian clothes. What on earth would the lawsuit be for?
Quote: beachbumbabsFor Joeman:
In the word "scent", is the s or the c the silent consonant?
The "c" is silent.
Scent, from the Latin "sentire," and Old French "sentir." The "c" was added inexplicably during the 1600's.
Then why isn't 'Y' a vowel, regardless of the word?Quote: TigerWuQuote: JoemanYour daily miscellany:
If the 'Y' in you is a consonant, why isn't the 'E' in ewe is a consonant?
Because "e" is a vowel, regardless of where it is in a word.
You must have New York influence in your background. Most of America waits in line.Quote: darkozNever heard Saturday week.
I do know we dont have queue here in the states. We say we are on line or getting on the back of the line or there are long lines etc
I have seen people visiting from abroad ask where is the end of the queue and "are you in queue" to completely blank stares
Quote: JoemanThen why isn't 'Y' a vowel, regardless of the word?Quote: TigerWuQuote: JoemanYour daily miscellany:
If the 'Y' in you is a consonant, why isn't the 'E' in ewe is a consonant?
Because "e" is a vowel, regardless of where it is in a word.
Wikipedia tells me that use of "y" as a consonant dates back to Middle English and was used to represent certain specific sounds that had no other letter attachment.
Quote: JimRockfordYou must have New York influence in your background. Most of America waits in line.
Only lived in NYC for my entire life
A man on vacation noticed the unusual card and asked about it. The shop owner said he couldn't id it and suspected it was a modern fantasy card, made to look like an early Ruth card and sold it to him for $2.
Man sent it out for authentication and it came back as a great example of one of the rarest Ruth cards, estimated to bring between 1.5 and 2.5 million at auction.
Quote: darkozQuote: JimRockfordYou must have New York influence in your background. Most of America waits in line.
Only lived in NYC for my entire life
You have my condolences.
Quote: billryanA store in Sparks recently sold a Babe Ruth card for $2 that is estimated to be worth north of a million and a half dollars.
A man on vacation noticed the unusual card and asked about it. The shop owner said he couldn't id it and suspected it was a modern fantasy card, made to look like an early Ruth card and sold it to him for $2.
Man sent it out for authentication and it came back as a great example of one of the rarest Ruth cards, estimated to bring between 1.5 and 2.5 million at auction.
I feel bad for that shop owner. If I was the guy that bought it I'd at least kick him a few extra grand after I sold it.
Quote: billryanA store in Sparks recently sold a Babe Ruth card for $2 that is estimated to be worth north of a million and a half dollars.
A man on vacation noticed the unusual card and asked about it. The shop owner said he couldn't id it and suspected it was a modern fantasy card, made to look like an early Ruth card and sold it to him for $2.
Man sent it out for authentication and it came back as a great example of one of the rarest Ruth cards, estimated to bring between 1.5 and 2.5 million at auction.
Tomorrow's headline , "Sparks Store Owner Shoots Self Overnight"
Quote: TigerWuI feel bad for that shop owner. If I was the guy that bought it I'd at least kick him a few extra grand after I sold it.
I'd send him a card with the words "get rekt" on the inside
A find like that is why I spend hundreds of hours a year browsing thrift shops, garage sales and flea markets. The harder we work, the luckier we get. A guy I run into at auctions bought a $10 painting he sold for $1200 the next day. At least 50 people saw it and didn't want to go $15 for it. Many of them are fulltime pickers and yet everyone of us missed it.
This week, I won an unusual travel kit, I thought from the 1900s, for $15 at auction. When I got it home there was an index card inside describing it as a Levi's salesman's sample case ,circa 1897, and had a $399 price tag on it.
There might be an extra zero in the story.
I would feel bad all the way to the bank. The shop owner probably unknowingly screwed somome else out of it when they brought in or sold him their entire collection that he already profited on.Quote: billryanI'd feel bad if it were a thrift shop or someplace that didn't know that old baseball cards could be valuable, but I have a feeling this guy looked on ebay, didn't see anything similar and concluded his card was a fake and sold it cheap. The buyer does say he will do the right thing by the guy, but who is to say what that is.
A find like that is why I spend hundreds of hours a year browsing thrift shops, garage sales and flea markets. The harder we work, the luckier we get. A guy I run into at auctions bought a $10 painting he sold for $1200 the next day. At least 50 people saw it and didn't want to go $15 for it. Many of them are fulltime pickers and yet everyone of us missed it.
This week, I won an unusual travel kit, I thought from the 1900s, for $15 at auction. When I got it home there was an index card inside describing it as a Levi's salesman's sample case ,circa 1897, and had a $399 price tag on it.
This is the latest I found on the story.
https://abc11.com/society/mans-$2-babe-ruth-card-could-fetch-more-than-$45-million/5223767/
I'm still confused, do they know for sure yet if its the one worth millions or tens of thousands?
I take it you don't just send something like that in, but rather you do it in person? How does all that work?
A card worth this kind of money would be certified and graded in a day as a "walk thru". It could be Fed Ex'd round trip and certified in 72 hours. Instead, he is claiming an anthropologist examined it and pronounced the paper is the proper age. I don't believe any major auction house will accept this as genuine as is.
Quote: billryanI'm beginning to think this is going to turn out to be a hoax.
A card worth this kind of money would be certified and graded in a day as a "walk thru". It could be Fed Ex'd round trip and certified in 72 hours. Instead, he is claiming an anthropologist examined it and pronounced the paper is the proper age. I don't believe any major auction house will accept this as genuine as is.
Maybe he's trying to push a high quality forgery into the market and the Sparks Store owner is in on it.
Quote: GWAEI think there is a conspiracy with cell phones. We have tmobile. Like most carriers they charge monthly for their phones for 24 months. Wifes phone was paid off in Jan, today it started to act up. Called tmobile and they said they did an upgrade to their towers and the technology in her phone is now operating at a lower bandwidth now because it doesnt support their upgrade. Almost forced to buy a new phone. This is the 2nd time in 2 years that the exact same thing has happened.
If the phone is paid off, why not just switch carriers? I have had my same phone for 5 years with no issues.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/20/18231249/samsung-galaxy-fold-folding-phone-features-screen-photos-size-announcement
I want one, I want one, I want one!
I would get one for sure, but I have a horrible track record with phones getting lost, stolen or broken. )-;
how do you get insured for nuisance value and for phone being a target for thieves .Quote: GWAEI would love one but no way. Would definitely have to buy the insurance on that one.
Quote: AxelWolfSpeaking of cell phones, is anyone planning on getting the new galaxy fold? It's nearly a 2k phone.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/20/18231249/samsung-galaxy-fold-folding-phone-features-screen-photos-size-announcement
I want one, I want one, I want one!
I would get one for sure, but I have a horrible track record with phones getting lost, stolen or broken. )-;
Wow. I want one too! Talk about all-in-one convenience.
Curious how much memory it holds. Answer: 512Gb memory. Guessing 64Gb processing, haven't found that yet.
I also wonder how secure the hinge and locking position parts are. Had several phones and laptops where the hinge was the failure point. Hope they got that right, because I would think it will get stressed a lot just in normal use.
200,000 I believe.Quote: beachbumbabsWow. I want one too! Talk about all-in-one convenience.
Curious how much memory it holds. Answer: 512Gb memory. Guessing 64Gb processing, haven't found that yet.
I also wonder how secure the hinge and locking position parts are. Had several phones and laptops where the hinge was the failure point. Hope they got that right, because I would think it will get stressed a lot just in normal use.
I'm not sure what the deductible on that would be, but I have a felling in the $400 range.Quote: GWAEI would love one but no way. Would definitely have to buy the insurance on that one.
Even with insurance, it's a pain in the ass to replace them.
Quote: AxelWolf200,000 I believe.
For about the same price, you can have one of these. I am completely taken by this, and wish I'd seen it when the kickstarter campaign was open. They're just starting to sell them retail, starting around $1960 (and up).
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1199521315/sisyphus-the-kinetic-art-table
Quote: TigerWuOkay, maybe a stupid question since I'm not a tech guy... but why do you need a phone that can unfold into a tablet when you can buy a separate phone and tablet for a fraction of the $2,000 price tag?
I can think of a few reasons.
1 thing to charge.
1 thing to carry.
If you travel, have a purse, or pockets only, gets rid of computer bag.
No sync needed with phone/computer/tablet.
Nextgen product is expected to tri-fold like a planner and include stylus. Note 11?
Phone that gives a big display when needed.
6 cameras for some reason. Largest one is 10MP so plenty of resolution.
Big enough memory for all contacts, notes, downloaded videos, etc.
Comes with wireless headphones, too, so perfect for airplanes, private viewing and conversations.
Quote: FaceThe second definition of "next" as an adverb is the only one to mean "of the first occasion", as in "when next we meet". All other adverb and adjective definitions refer to it meaning the one immediately following, succeeding, nearest or adjacent to another thing, which in this case, would be your Saturday.
This day or the next? The one right here, or the next one to come? Since we are talking Saturdays, there's this Saturday the March, or next Saturday the April.
It's language. You're not technically wrong. You're just doing brakes with a toddler...
Did brakes and 2 wheel hubs today. I got punch in the nose and broke my glasses. Reminds me that I never want to be in a fight again.
Now you think there is a fun story. Nope. I have my head in the wheel well trying to bust a bolt free using all my might and the wrench slips off. My hand went right to my nose and then my glasses. Broke the nose piece off and gave myself a bloody nose. It hurt like hell. I can still taste the blood/cartilage or whatever.
