Oh dear. Don't read for a bit and you end up with rather too many posts to respond to.....
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Originally Posted by krisk
ah-ha!
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The Sun Always Shines On TV?
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Originally Posted by pshrynk
Biccies. British for cookies.
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Nope. Cookies are American for Biccies. Just whose language do you think it is.
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Originally Posted by nekokami
Right now: trying to catch up on MR. (Where did the week go???)
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I'm sure I'd be able to catch up faster if I didn't have to read so many posts talking about all the time they had to spend reading all the posts talking about the time taken to read all the posts about the ..... Okay. I'm not as drunk as a Zelda, but I admit I am thinking about as straight as an Adrian, but you get the drift.
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Just like we're supposed to know the difference between baking soda and baking powder....
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Isn't baking soda a soft drink consumed in the kitchen whilst cooking?
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Originally Posted by kazbates
I am so totally jealous that I cannot speak another language -unless you count computer languages, then I know 5!  |
I used to be just able to speak "scientific geek", sub-dialect "engineer", but over the years I've slowly been learning "arts" (and sadly know a fair bit about a range of dead people...). Other than that, "two beers, please" is the limit of my foreign languages.
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Originally Posted by Verencat
Darn alcohol! |
I know how you darn socks (believe it or not I have even done it a couple of times). I have, however, no idea how you darn alcohol. Could you or Marc (being our Bar-keep) enlighten me?
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
i don't seem to be able to force my laptop to boot from the cdrom (burned 6 discs I think - none of which will boot)
i can read,
i can run wubi
i can not boot .....
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I had a similar problem with a PC; the cdrom driver wasn't in the standard driver set supplied in the boot (or more accurately there was a bug in the standard boot image). Ended up getting a usb cdrom and configured the PC to boot of that. (Yes, I know I could have baked another cd-rom with the fixed drivers, but, well, I'm lazy!)
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
i'm trying to get up the motivation to go vote in the european elections. it's my civic duty. but it's freezing today and currently pouring down rain and the last thing i want to do is go outside. i'm much better at home with a cup of hot tea.
*sigh*
stupid democracy...  |
It just dawned on me that Pshrynk and Patrica weren't standing. Can't that be fixed.
Has anyone heard from Patricia of late?
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Didn't vote... I think i've become way too cynical to vote for anybody now  |
Hmm. And look what happened....
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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
I didn't vote this time round - it makes it the third election I've not voted in. The first was cos I forgot, the second was because I had to leave for work before the polling stations were open and ended up getting home after they'd closed, and this time I was ill. I feel guilty, but not as guilty as I would have done had we been having local as well as Euro elections
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Remember that, over the years and centuries, many have died so that you and I can vote. Whilst it is a duty, it is also a right that must be exercised. You really don't want me to start quoting Edmond Burke, now do you?
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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
Death by Monday - is there such a thing? Sure feels like it. Maybe it should be the title of a book about the end of civilization as we know it.
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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
OMG! Maybe I should run home now and jump under the covers until Mo***y is over!
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Oh? She came round to visit?
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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
Dishwasher repair guy just left. Another motor and pump and drain hose are now on order.
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Fridge repair guy left earlier today. "Sorry, it's not economical to repair, and the design means we can't repair it."
I feel I should be in Vent and Rant thread, so I shall contain myself. For a little bit. You know, build up a good head of steam (or get better half to do craft a little explosion).
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
(that's why youngsters drive fast -- it'll never happen to THEM) ... and young and carefree.
I dunno if one can ever get THAT feeling back again.
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'tis not just youngsters. Got overtaken by a very sporty little convertible doing, well, shall we say safely in excess of the motorway speed limit. Although I didn't see them for that long, it was driven by a silver-haired lady, with another in the passenger seat. And yes, as the sun was out, they had the top down...
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
I have come to the following conclusion.
The world has two quantum states.
1.Money but no time
2.Time but no money.
I've heard claims of an in-between state, but like the Higgs boson, I've yet to observe it...
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The inbetween state is actually the Higgs Bosun's Chair. This slight typo explains the problems the physicists have been having trying to track it down.
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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
So, is there a category zero?
0. Money and time
Anyone ever heard of such a thing?
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Yes. As represented by the
Goodwin particle.
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Originally Posted by kazbates
My friend's 15 year old son is going to Edinburgh for a theatre festival for high school students in August.
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Let us know, if you feel it is okay, what the show is. I'm sure he'll enjoy the time at the Fringe -- together with truly *vast* numbers of other people. Extremely international experience.
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Originally Posted by Curly
My favourite is the Edinburgh Book Festival -- the programme comes out tomorrow -- I can't wait!! MR had a meetup last year at the book festival, so I'm hoping there will be some interested folks this year as well.
http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/ |
Excellent idea; was waiting for the program.
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
you know, i was just going to mention that... maybe you should start a meetup thread about it ?
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Good grief; Pshrynk was right -- you are impatient....
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Originally Posted by Curly
I will indeed start up a Meet-up thread!
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Excellent. As well as, or as an alternative to, meeting in the LRB tent (if we can grab a table), we could go for a meal at one of the two La P'tit Folie (appropriate name, or what?!?).
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Gradually getting my Mojo back... Mojo for Moejoe.... Tonight is the first time I've actually sat down and felt like my old self when I've been writing (that is sans the cigarettes). I was worried that I'd lose the Muse altogether  |
Glad to hear it!