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Sweetpea · 12-02-2009, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

2 out of 3 visits wind up that way. Gadget lust.

I know... We just managed to leave that LED TV... Putting the boxes where the show models are is just mean!

Slite · 12-02-2009, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

have you ever gone to an electronic store to buy something and ended up spending a lot of money while not having bought the thing you went for?

I went for a camera, came home with 2 memory cards and 3 DVD's...

Heck yeah... I always get sidetracked by all the Shiny's in places like that.

montsnmags · 12-02-2009, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

have you ever gone to an electronic store to buy something and ended up spending a lot of money while not having bought the thing you went for?

I went for a camera, came home with 2 memory cards and 3 DVD's...

I can go into another room to get something and come back with stuff other than what I went there for. Actually, usually I go into another room and stare around going "What am I doing here?", and then just grab something to feel like I have a purpose.

Cheers,
Marc

GeoffC · 12-02-2009, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

have you ever gone to an electronic store to buy something and ended up spending a lot of money while not having bought the thing you went for?

I went for a camera, came home with 2 memory cards and 3 DVD's...

My father used to go to a garage with the sole intention of buying a tyre or a spare bulb for the car , and coming away with ..... a new car ....

Sweetpea · 12-02-2009, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

My father used to go to a garage with the sole intention of buying a tyre or a spare bulb for the car , and coming away with ..... a new car ....

Luckily, I won't have that problem till the end of 2010... That's when the car I want to have should go on sale...

And it's that we did have to leave (or pay for parking, first hour is free!) or I would have talked the husband in buying that TV now

GeoffC · 12-02-2009, 08:29 AM

When is Christmas ?

Sweetpea · 12-02-2009, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

When is Christmas ?

No idea but I do know that I'll have to wait 15 days, 21 hours, 23 minutes and a bit for my holiday to start...

(not that I'm counting or anything...)

GeoffC · 12-02-2009, 08:36 AM

is that for the last one or the next ?

Sweetpea · 12-02-2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

is that for the last one or the next ?

I forgot when the last one was... Somewhere in the summer that never was...

Sweetpea · 12-03-2009, 08:37 AM

I got a copy of the worlds smallest atlas... It's about the size of my PDA screen

GeoffC · 12-03-2009, 08:53 AM

i don't have a PDA, therefore I don't have a small world.....

zelda_pinwheel · 12-03-2009, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I got a copy of the worlds smallest atlas... It's about the size of my PDA screen

i have a tiny atlas too ! i don't know what size is your pda screen but it's about the size of my palm (of my hand

). i love it even though i am very aware that a tiny atlas is not nearly as useful as a giant one. i have a tiny globe, too.

Sweetpea · 12-03-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i have a tiny atlas too ! i don't know what size is your pda screen but it's about the size of my palm (of my hand

). i love it even though i am very aware that a tiny atlas is not nearly as useful as a giant one. i have a tiny globe, too.

I'd love to buy its great brother... The World Bos Atlas... (no idea how it's called in France, I only know it is published there as well) I was already watering at the mouth when I saw the Dutch Bos Atlas, but the World edition is even better!

Solitaire1 · 12-04-2009, 12:44 AM

Although there have been many attempts to get the U. S. to adopt the Metric System, it generally hasn't been very successful. I think one of the factors in this are the base 10 basis of the Metric System (which is only evenly divisible by 2 and 5), while U. S. Customer Measures are divisible by more factors. As an example, the foot can be evenly divided into 2, 3, 4, 6 units.

Maybe it would be better to simply the U. S. Customary System. For example, rather than having ounces for both weight and liquid measure, replace the liquid ounce with the gill (an existing but little used measure that is equal to 2 fluid ounces). Then U.S. liquid measures would work like this: 4 gills = 1 cup, 4 cups = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon.

pholy · 12-04-2009, 12:51 AM

Uhmm, you forgot 2 gills = 1 fish... but I don't see how 2 fish = 1 cup... must be the new math

Yup, that was quite a topic jump!

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12-02-2009, 08:29 AM	#2286
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	When is Christmas ?

12-02-2009, 08:36 AM	#2288
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	is that for the last one or the next ?

12-03-2009, 08:37 AM	#2290
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I got a copy of the worlds smallest atlas... It's about the size of my PDA screen

12-03-2009, 08:53 AM	#2291
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	i don't have a PDA, therefore I don't have a small world.....

12-04-2009, 12:44 AM	#2294
Solitaire1 Samurai Lizard Posts: 14,967 Karma: 70029956 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor, Nook Glowlight 4	Although there have been many attempts to get the U. S. to adopt the Metric System, it generally hasn't been very successful. I think one of the factors in this are the base 10 basis of the Metric System (which is only evenly divisible by 2 and 5), while U. S. Customer Measures are divisible by more factors. As an example, the foot can be evenly divided into 2, 3, 4, 6 units. Maybe it would be better to simply the U. S. Customary System. For example, rather than having ounces for both weight and liquid measure, replace the liquid ounce with the gill (an existing but little used measure that is equal to 2 fluid ounces). Then U.S. liquid measures would work like this: 4 gills = 1 cup, 4 cups = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon.

12-04-2009, 12:51 AM	#2295
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	Uhmm, you forgot 2 gills = 1 fish... but I don't see how 2 fish = 1 cup... must be the new math Yup, that was quite a topic jump!