I was pressed for time... so I dropped it off at the cleaners. Had it starched and folded. Now I can get from here to there in no time.
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I was pressed for time... so I dropped it off at the cleaners. Had it starched and folded. Now I can get from here to there in no time.
I was impressed at the time and had a flea.
What is the meaning of the word: Invalid?
There are two distinctly different meanings, and which one is correct depends entirely on the context. English is a weird language.
I alway thought it was a bit of a lame word.
I'm cold.
It IS a bit chilly today.
It feels like I could hang meat in my office, but if we raised the thermostat then the rest of the office would be hot.
One can always put on a sweater when cold.
You can only take off so much when hot.
- Confucius 500 BC
The epidermis isn't to tough to take off.
integuments are kind of necessary.
You don't want the rest of your office to be too hot, or else you won't be able to hang your meat.
Not touching that straight line.
That line wasn't straight, it bent slightly to the left.
I was trying to tip-toe along the indefinite edge of acceptability.
I've seen underwater impellers in rivers proposed for power generation.
Seems like it could actually slow the speed of the river if you had too many.
Not to mention the damage if a ship keel grazed those turning blades.
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What about DIY geothermal? What is the current technology for drilling down 10 miles or so.
I read somewhere that that would be deep enough to tap the necessary heat. (Not everywhere has active geothermal vents.)
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I read somewhere that they did experiments with the space shuttle where they dragged a conducting cable below the shuttle and were able to generate a considerable amount of juice.
This sounds pretty cool until you realize that your just tapping the energy it took to lift the shuttle to orbit in the first place. I mean by bleeding electric power off the cable you would slow the speed of the shuttle.
(Bleed enough and your orbit starts to decay.)
I suppose you are also slowing the rotation of the earth by the tiniest fraction as well.
Make you wonder if you could reverse the process. Pump power into the cable and raise the craft to a higher orbit.
If so I could imagine some sort of tug boat style spacecraft that could descend from high orbit, dock with a vessel sent into low earth orbit then tow it back to high orbit, all achieved without rockets. Just a nuclear or solar power source to generate electric power.
Wrong thread gruff, but right thread at the same time.
Doh!
Classic. Double post...of a sort.
When do I get the ability to delete my own mistakes on this forum?
After you become a Power Poster which is when you get 2048 posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gruff
You also gain the ability to change the text under your handle.
I came this close: |-| from getting 2048 the other day. I had two 1024's but couldn't get them together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
However, the only text you cannot put there is "banned" which is prevented by the forum software because its reserved for banned users. That way no one can fake their ban status as being banned.
There's some hidden meaning there I'm missing :(Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Hey what happened to your bug ? Its crawling in a different place ? Did the right hand side run out of bug food or something ?
Only 1779 to go. :rolleyes:
Almost went to check whether there really was text under my handle....then I realized you meant user name. That could have been embarassing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
Reminds me of the old story.
A young man sought out the wisest man on earth to answer a burning question.
"Oh wise sage." The young man pleaded. "What part of a woman's body is her 'yet'."
The old man being sagely asked. "Where did you hear of this body part?"
They young man pulled out a much folded and battered news paper headline.
"It's right here." The young man said. "Woman shot. Bullet is in her yet."
[1778 to go.]
The mobile game 2048. Highly addictive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
Brad sent the exterminator, thankfully my little buddy found a new spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
Was that because Brad beat the stuffing out of his monitor one day?
Poor monitor...
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A lizard with a fig leaf? Isn't that taking censorship a bit far?
I will have to report that image for being to hilarious.
This was him days earlier - happy and healthier days, mind you. Plotting with a VB6 supporter for a hostile takeover of Microsoft. They were planning on using money siphoned from all the Developer.com sites. Something to do with the rounding of pennies in banner ads.
Brad uncovered the plot - he's a hero!
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Something to do with the rounding of pennies in banner ads.
I met that guy a few years ago, or at least somebody who looked and acted like him. I was biking on a greenbelt trail when I met this character shuffling along with both arms wrapped around the biggest insulated mug I have ever seen. I think that mug might have held a gallon or more, which made the handle kind of silly and necessary at the same time. I said hello, and he just kind of hunched his shoulders a bit, wrapped his arms tighter around the sippy mug, and shuffled off a bit faster. It was the funniest thing I saw that day, even though I had already seen a junior vampire on that ride, which was otherwise one of the freakiest sights of the month.
They got magic mushrooms on these trails?
I appears so, the next thing you know Shaggy will be reminiscing about having a conversation with that lizard.Quote:
Originally Posted by szlamany
Truly a funny movie...
[talking on the phone] And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were married, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire...Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
I DID converse with a lizard about two weeks ago, though it was a very one sided conversation.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Cat got it's tongue?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=...12368602857271
Cat versus Lizard (Third video down)
It ran away.
To be fair, if I was confronted by a man with that beard who talked to lizards I'd have run away too.
Like the lizard king?Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkyDexter
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Me, too, but that became difficult. I ended up crossing the entire state over mountains and streams....yet I was still right there with me.Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkyDexter
But on the plus side, you've found yourself. Lots of people go their whole lives without achieving that.
Yes, and I'm beside myself with joy. I'm not sure if that is better than being one with myself...and joy. It kind of depends on joy.
Safety tip. When jumping with joy jump with your knees not your back.
I was so happy the other day that I jumped for joy. Joy jumped for the door.
The door was closed. Now joy is on the floor.
Happy Happy Joy Joy.
Do you want to play a game Ren?
I see that Jerry Sandusky was banned. I'd be interested in knowing what his reasoning was for using THAT particular user name.
I have a feeling that he'll probably create a new username to get around the ban.
Don't they ban the IP address as well?
I don't think so, or at least I don't think I have the power to.
Pretty sure Admins can.
I suppose they err on the side of safety though.
If more than one user logged in from the same machine I wouldn't think they would not want to ban all of them because of one rotten apple.
I think that is only used in extreme (snake man) cases.
Still, if he does come back, somebody should ask him what his reasoning was for that user name. It's kind of like waving a red flag. It's not as bad as making a user name like VirusWr1t3r, or some such, but it's close. Anybody with a name like that isn't here for the long haul, and there is almost zero chance that they have innocent intentions.
I don't get it. Why is Jerry Sandusky a bad handle ?
What's the meaning behind the name? I though it was a legit name.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Ohhhh.... now I know why I recognized his name!