The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 2208

Rumpelteazer · 07-26-2019, 01:04 AM

This heat. Yesterday the official local temperature was just below 39C, in the yard it was well over 40C. I know that some of you live in places where these are normal, but not here. The average daytime temperature for July is 23C and houses are not build to deal with temperatures over 30C (not central cooling systems).

During the night temperatures dropped down to 25C, which is just unpleasant. But we finally got a decent breeze. Tonight should be a little bit cooler, though. And from tomorrow temperatures will start to go down.

Blas · 07-26-2019, 05:28 AM

What place are you from?

It's kinda funny how this type of temperature would be ok for me due to the placere where I live, but bellow 24 would start to be cold for me. It's normal to see people using hoodie when it's at 21°C degrees

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Rumpelteazer · 07-26-2019, 05:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blas

What place are you from?

It's kinda funny how this type of temperature would be ok for me due to the placere where I live, but bellow 24 would start to be cold for me. It's normal to see people using hoodie when it's at 21°C degrees

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The Netherlands. I prefer temperatures to be between 18C and 22C, that's not too warm to do things.

When we have hot weather we often get thunderstorms at night, which cools things down. We haven't had any yet this week, maybe tonight. The combination of hot weather and jot being able to sleep well at night makes my cranky. It's good I don't have to work today.

Rumpelteazer · 07-27-2019, 12:31 PM

It's a bit of a first world rant. But why do these vacation parks always provide a coffee maker for pots of coffee and a coffee maker for cups of coffee (either a machine for pads or pods). Most of the kitchens on vacation parks aren't big, having to two coffee machines and an electric kettle is overkill.

In January I had book a studio apartment, with a tiny kitchenette. The counter space was about 12 inches, if that. And it had the three machines on.

Since I'm a tea drinker and I don't drink coffee at all I always put away the coffee machines to free up some space. Though I had to get creative with the studio apartment, they ended up in the cabinet under the sink in the bathroom.

Maybe you should be able to choose which machine(s) you want when booking. You always get a chance to book extras with it such as towels, a kitchen package and other things. Why not ask for your preference in hot drink machines.

Rumpelteazer · 07-30-2019, 04:10 PM

Sigh, the "influencers" has found our store now, too. Today a very nervous young lady entered the store, wanting to talk to the owner.

She told my father she was putting on a play in August and wanted us to sponsor her. In return we got 2 "free" tickets and she post about us on Instagram (my father might only have a vague idea what that is). My father said no. With the usual story that in the past we overspend on our advertisement budget every year. So now we decide in December/January where we want to spend that money, so if you want us to advertise in your newspaper/website/magazine/etc. you should let us now at the end of the year and we'll take a look at it. So far only one had actually done so, the local/neighbourhood newspaper and that's a good investment.

But she must have been desperate to ask us for this.

Dylrob · 07-30-2019, 07:57 PM

It’s true... American bread can’t hold a candle to the German stuff.

wodin · 07-30-2019, 08:23 PM

Germans hold candles to their bread? Who knew?

Americans use toasters.

binaryhermit · 07-31-2019, 04:27 AM

Do people like the person who posted this https://www.reddit.com/r/ebookdeals/..._get_paid_for/ think people are stupid?

On a side note, I looked at the sample and it might quite possibly be the worst ebook I've ever seen.

EDIT: Although there are ways to get paid for doing nothing virtually risk free, if you have the assets. But if you have enough assets, you probably aren't gonna buy a spammy $3 ebook about how to do so.

Hitch · 07-31-2019, 01:47 PM

You cannot, cannot make this stuff up. You just can't.

I have a book for quoting.

It's 1,218 pages.

It's a Torah.

In a made-up, phonetically-spelled, texting-type language.

Spoiler:

I swear I am NOT making this up.

Hitch

badgoodDeb · 07-31-2019, 01:57 PM

Hitch: Well, if they pay you good money for it .... and they'll have to pay to have it published .... At least you and the publishers get some benefit!

Except that you have to LOOK at it, in the mean time. Sigh.

Hitch · 07-31-2019, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Hitch: Well, if they pay you good money for it .... and they'll have to pay to have it published .... At least you and the publishers get some benefit!

Except that you have to LOOK at it, in the mean time. Sigh.

We're now running an office pool on whether it's Hebrewglish or Hebrewski. :-)

We're DYIN' here....

Hitch

DMcCunney · 07-31-2019, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitch

You cannot, cannot make this stuff up. You just can't.

I have a book for quoting.

It's 1,218 pages.

It's a Torah.

In a made-up, phonetically-spelled, texting-type language.

Spoiler:

I swear I am NOT making this up.

We can has Torah?

Ask them if they ran this past their rabbi, and what he said. (I'm willing to bet they didn't, and his reaction if they did might not be printable in a family publication.)

There are phonetic transcriptions of Torah in Latin alphabet. They are intended for blind users who use a screen reader to feed audio output. This is something very else.

You could suggest they should do Talmud next...

______
Dennis

Hitch · 07-31-2019, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

We can has Torah?

Ask them if they ran this past their rabbi, and what he said. (I'm willing to bet they didn't, and his reaction if they did might not be printable in a family publication.)

There are phonetic transcriptions of Torah in Latin alphabet. They are intended for blind users who use a screen reader to feed audio output. This is something very else.

You could suggest they should do Talmud next...

______
Dennis

Dennis, my sweet, I know that this is "something very else." It's SLAYING me. However, let's never forget the motto of my wee company, shamelessly lifted from a B movie:

"If the Cash is There, We Do Not Care!"

Hitch

CRussel · 07-31-2019, 02:51 PM

Thank you, Ms. Hitch. Once again, you've completely made my day. Where DO you find them?

Hitch · 07-31-2019, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CRussel

Thank you, Ms. Hitch. Once again, you've completely made my day. Where DO you find them?

It's my superpower.

Hitch

07-31-2019, 04:27 AM	#33113
binaryhermit Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,732 Karma: 20469902 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Lockport, IL Device: Kindle PW4, Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Do people like the person who posted this https://www.reddit.com/r/ebookdeals/..._get_paid_for/ think people are stupid? On a side note, I looked at the sample and it might quite possibly be the worst ebook I've ever seen. EDIT: Although there are ways to get paid for doing nothing virtually risk free, if you have the assets. But if you have enough assets, you probably aren't gonna buy a spammy $3 ebook about how to do so. Last edited by binaryhermit; 07-31-2019 at 04:29 AM.

07-31-2019, 01:47 PM	#33114
Hitch Bookmaker & Cat Slave Posts: 11,503 Karma: 158448243 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Device: K2, iPad, KFire, PPW, Voyage, NookColor. 2 Droid, Oasis, Boox Note2	I must have been a monster in my prior life... You cannot, cannot make this stuff up. You just can't. I have a book for quoting. It's 1,218 pages. It's a Torah. In a made-up, phonetically-spelled, texting-type language. Spoiler: "ehyeh torah waz n’spiyerd by hakadosh rooach, tha holee spirit", tayken frum tha masoretic tex uv tha hebrew tranzlayshun uv tha kadosh ketveym, "holee sripchurz",..." I swear I am NOT making this up. Hitch

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07-26-2019, 01:04 AM	#33106
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,349 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	This heat. Yesterday the official local temperature was just below 39C, in the yard it was well over 40C. I know that some of you live in places where these are normal, but not here. The average daytime temperature for July is 23C and houses are not build to deal with temperatures over 30C (not central cooling systems). During the night temperatures dropped down to 25C, which is just unpleasant. But we finally got a decent breeze. Tonight should be a little bit cooler, though. And from tomorrow temperatures will start to go down.

07-26-2019, 05:28 AM	#33107
Blas Ulica Guy Posts: 85 Karma: 43686 Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Croatia Device: Kobo H2O and Motorola XOOM 2(for comics)	What place are you from? It's kinda funny how this type of temperature would be ok for me due to the placere where I live, but bellow 24 would start to be cold for me. It's normal to see people using hoodie when it's at 21°C degrees Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

07-27-2019, 12:31 PM	#33109
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,349 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	It's a bit of a first world rant. But why do these vacation parks always provide a coffee maker for pots of coffee and a coffee maker for cups of coffee (either a machine for pads or pods). Most of the kitchens on vacation parks aren't big, having to two coffee machines and an electric kettle is overkill. In January I had book a studio apartment, with a tiny kitchenette. The counter space was about 12 inches, if that. And it had the three machines on. Since I'm a tea drinker and I don't drink coffee at all I always put away the coffee machines to free up some space. Though I had to get creative with the studio apartment, they ended up in the cabinet under the sink in the bathroom. Maybe you should be able to choose which machine(s) you want when booking. You always get a chance to book extras with it such as towels, a kitchen package and other things. Why not ask for your preference in hot drink machines.

07-30-2019, 04:10 PM	#33110
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,349 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Sigh, the "influencers" has found our store now, too. Today a very nervous young lady entered the store, wanting to talk to the owner. She told my father she was putting on a play in August and wanted us to sponsor her. In return we got 2 "free" tickets and she post about us on Instagram (my father might only have a vague idea what that is). My father said no. With the usual story that in the past we overspend on our advertisement budget every year. So now we decide in December/January where we want to spend that money, so if you want us to advertise in your newspaper/website/magazine/etc. you should let us now at the end of the year and we'll take a look at it. So far only one had actually done so, the local/neighbourhood newspaper and that's a good investment. But she must have been desperate to ask us for this.

07-30-2019, 07:57 PM	#33111
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,234 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	It’s true... American bread can’t hold a candle to the German stuff.

07-30-2019, 08:23 PM	#33112
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	Germans hold candles to their bread? Who knew? Americans use toasters.

07-31-2019, 01:57 PM	#33115
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Hitch: Well, if they pay you good money for it .... and they'll have to pay to have it published .... At least you and the publishers get some benefit! Except that you have to LOOK at it, in the mean time. Sigh.

07-31-2019, 02:51 PM	#33119
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,297 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Thank you, Ms. Hitch. Once again, you've completely made my day. Where DO you find them?