Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 495

Sweetpea · 08-26-2009, 09:27 AM

Trying to avoid this forum for a day!

(and not succeeding...)

Slite · 08-26-2009, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

No, it would most definitely involve golden syrup.

And bacon, must definitly have bacon in it. Oh, and cheese, and chocolate.

But otherwise, it was more or less correct as pshrynkie described.

That will be $300, you can pay the laddie at the door.

vivaldirules · 08-26-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

No, it would most definitely involve golden syrup.

It's all a rich, golden syrup, you know.

kazbates · 08-26-2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

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And, Iʻm tired, and I need to get some work done. I get observed tomorrow and Iʻm just not ready for it!

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Originally Posted by dreams

Pst.. bribe them.. (the kids I mean

) [It's really not that bad.. We all live through those observations.. ]

I wish I had caught your post earlier so that I could wish you good luck (maybe you'll still get to read this because of the time difference

)! I'm sure everything will be fine, but Dreams suggestion is definitely a good one. I always promised extra recess time if they were on their best behaviour whenever another adult was in the classroom. It worked like a charm!

Sparrow · 08-26-2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

It's all a rich, golden syrup, you know.

sticking you to the ceiling?

Wetdogeared · 08-26-2009, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

sticking you to the ceiling?

Dang, that one deserved karma, but I can't give you any more yet.
Thanks for sticking it to VR.

WDE.

kazbates · 08-26-2009, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

aha. all becomes clear now.

i don't think i've met any celebrities. although i do know there is a movie actor who lives not far from me, a friend of mine is constantly winding up behind him in the grocery checkout queue, but i suspect even if i saw him it wouldn't register. i have a thing about only recognising people in context.

That's so funny. Robert Duvall, an actor who has been in a great number of movies including The Godfather, has a horse farm around here somewhere. We'd been here only about a month and I ran into him at our local grocery store. They have a Starbuck's coffee cafe in the store and Ryleigh and I were having a little snack before we started shopping. He was sitting at the table next to us. It took me a while to remember his name when I was telling David about it later. I kept calling him Robert DeNiro! I didn't actually go and bother him but he did talk to Ryleigh for a bit (she was only 2 and cute as a button).

pshrynk · 08-26-2009, 10:29 AM

I'm just wondering how the future will change re: ebooks...

kazbates · 08-26-2009, 10:32 AM

It's just like describing a vinyl record to kid's who've never seen them. I tell them it looks like a DVD only bigger and black!

Slite · 08-26-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by kazbates

It's just like describing a vinyl record to kid's who've never seen them. I tell them it looks like a DVD only bigger and black!

Hmmm, how do you explain a typewriter to kids today?

kazbates · 08-26-2009, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Hmmm, how do you explain a typewriter to kids today?

Just like a keyboard, but you have to hit the keys a whole lot harder and there's no back-up or delete key.

Also, the paper comes right out of the top of the keyboard. There little eyes get as big as saucers and they all go, "OOOOooooo"!

Slite · 08-26-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kazbates

Just like a keyboard, but you have to hit the keys a whole lot harder and there's no back-up or delete key.

Also, the paper comes right out of the top of the keyboard. There little eyes get as big as saucers and they all go, "OOOOooooo"!

Hehe.... well, imagine what they will say about our computers in a few years...

"You controlled it with a pointing device???!??! how archaic!"

pshrynk · 08-26-2009, 10:48 AM

"Computer!"

kazbates · 08-26-2009, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Hehe.... well, imagine what they will say about our computers in a few years...

"You controlled it with a pointing device???!??! how archaic!"

I had to introduce computers to my first graders in a computer lab, which we had once a week. The first thing I told them was that the computer was just a machine and not any smarter than they were. I then went on to explain how computers are able to do what they do. The kids were fascinated . . . for all of 30 seconds!

They were more interested in what kind of games they were going to get to play.

vivaldirules · 08-26-2009, 11:17 AM

I predict (always a risky thing) that to improve voice recognition for computers to the point that it is nearly perfectly reliable, someone will create a spoken language specifically for this purpose - much like the scripts that were developed for handheld PDAs to improve handwriting recognition. I further predict that the language will be so popular as a replacement for keyboards and pointing devices that many people will begin dropping words and phrases from this new language even in casual conversation.
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08-26-2009, 09:27 AM	#7411
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Trying to avoid this forum for a day! (and not succeeding...)

08-26-2009, 10:29 AM	#7418
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I'm just wondering how the future will change re: ebooks...

08-26-2009, 10:32 AM	#7419
kazbates Wizard Posts: 2,627 Karma: 406616 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Device: SurfacePro, SurfaceBook 2	It's just like describing a vinyl record to kid's who've never seen them. I tell them it looks like a DVD only bigger and black!

08-26-2009, 10:48 AM	#7423
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	"Computer!"

08-26-2009, 11:17 AM	#7425
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I predict (always a risky thing) that to improve voice recognition for computers to the point that it is nearly perfectly reliable, someone will create a spoken language specifically for this purpose - much like the scripts that were developed for handheld PDAs to improve handwriting recognition. I further predict that the language will be so popular as a replacement for keyboards and pointing devices that many people will begin dropping words and phrases from this new language even in casual conversation. . . . . Or not.