Is it time for Random Thoughts - Part 4?

In summary: No, I'm not going to finish that.Some guy tried to sell me eh.. recreational tools today while I was getting groceries.I guess setting up a trashy website was too costly for him, so he just sold them in the frozen foods section at walmart.
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Whatever you do, don't Google: Australian spiders

...ever.

I did not listen and I regret everything. You've been warned.
 
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Psinter said:
Whatever you do, don't Google: Australian spiders

...ever.

I did not listen and I regret everything. You've been warned.

I'm certain there is much nope there. Completely sure I won't be doing it any time soon.
 
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Psinter said:
Whatever you do, don't Google: Australian spiders

...ever.

I did not listen and I regret everything. You've been warned.

Must resist..
 
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lisab said:
I'm certain there is much nope there. Completely sure I won't be doing it any time soon.
A lot of nope. Very powerful nope.
HomogenousCow said:
Must resist..
Don't do it. You shall not do it.
 
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Psinter said:
Whatever you do, don't Google: Australian spiders
How about Austrian spiders? Can I google that?
 
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zoobyshoe said:
How about Austrian spiders? Can I google that?
Hmmm. Austria is an unknown realm to me so... You can do it.

I won't do it, I'm just saying you can, for I've not done it so I cannot warn of possible dangers that may exist.

As for Australia... what has been seen cannot be unseen. :cry:
 
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Psinter said:
Hmmm. Austria is an unknown realm to me so... You can do it.

I won't do it, I'm just saying you can, for I've not done it so I cannot warn of possible dangers that may exist.

As for Australia... what has been seen cannot be unseen. :cry:
I actually have no inclination to google either. I was just thinking that if, for some reason, I were ever required to google Australian spiders, I could google Austrian spiders instead, "by accident," and avoid bad things.
 
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Makes sense. But be careful of Google auto-correct that kicks in without one's permission. Even in an accident he may purposely send you to Australia (by correcting your keywords without permission). Just to do the damage. :shy:
 
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Psinter said:
Whatever you do, don't Google: Australian spiders

...ever.

I did not listen and I regret everything. You've been warned.

Now I have to do it!:cry:
 
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Psinter said:
Whatever you do, don't Google: Australian spiders

...ever.

I did not listen and I regret everything. You've been warned.

 
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He says to step to the right, but I'll be so nervous I'll probably step to the left.
Lisa! said:
Now I have to do it!:cry:
It is very important that you don't do it. Recovery won't be easy. :bugeye: (This face represent how your nights will be) (sight sense activate!)
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I've got so much energy today! So hyperrrrrrr! Let's train everybody! Go go go, let's go! Who wants to swim to the South Pole and back?!
 
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Wouldn't want to live with them, but I think spiders are pretty fascinating to look at.
 
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Man... this article makes me so incredibly upset. I thought we were supposed to be living in the 21st century.
 
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Don't tell me jumping spiders aren't adorable... look at this peacock spider.

 
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dipole said:
Don't tell me jumping spiders aren't adorable... look at this peacock spider.



Aaaawww, they're so cute :!)!

I thought I'd posted this before, but I can't find it. Turn you sound on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-tXJmXQ6Is

 
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Weird. I haven't been to Amazon in a while, and when I went today the ads were all Barbra Streisand and wristwatches.

I never, ever listen to Streisand, and I haven't worn a watch since...high school? I think there's a glitch in their matrix.
 
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AnTiFreeze3 said:
Man... this article makes me so incredibly upset. I thought we were supposed to be living in the 21st century.
The new Rick Roll.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
The new Rick Roll.

I'm all for it.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
The new Rick Roll.

What's a rickroll?
 
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I think I'm on the road, again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ--odAAA1A​
 
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Apparently the Houdini bio now showing on History Channel is as true and accurate as Shark Week.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
Apparently the Houdini bio now showing on History Channel is as true and accurate as Shark Week.
Then I guess that it will only be a matter of time before they suggest that he was an alien?

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Einstein's grades at age [STRIKE]17[/STRIKE] 18, I think (1 = bad...6 = excellent).
From: Einstein Actually Had Excellent Grades (Gizmodo)
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I'm saving that image to pull out the next time I hear that Einstein was a bad student :-p.

My translation:

Deutsche Sprache = German language (5)
Französische Sprache = French language (3)
Englische Sprache = English language (-) (I don't know what "-" means)
Italienische Sprache = Italian language (5)
Geschichte = History (6)
Geographie = Geography (4)
Algebra = (go figure) (6)
Geometrie = Geometry (6)
Darstellende Geometrie = Descriptive Geometry (6)
Physik = Physics (6)
Chemie = Chemistry (5)
Naturgeschichte = Natural history (5)
Kunstzeichnen = Art drawing (4)
Technisches Zeichnen = Technical drawing (4)

So he got top grades in history, algebra, geometry, descriptive geometry and... (drumroll) physics.
 
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Hmmm was that a typical high school curriculum ? Small wonder that part of the world was so productive.
 
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How do you deal with the messy stuff in life you just can't get away from?
 
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Borg said:
Then I guess that it will only be a matter of time before they suggest that he was an alien?
That sort of already happened during his lifetime. Arthur Conan-Doyle apparently actually believed Houdini was physically de-materializing and re-materializing himself to effect his escapes. That's simultaneously sad and a tribute to Houdini's showmanship, I guess.
 
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DennisN said:
So he got top grades in history, algebra, geometry, descriptive geometry and... (drumroll) physics.
Just the other day I read:

"Like Einstein, Newton was a very poor student..."

Said in passing in a book called "This is Your Brain on Music," which was a NY Times bestseller when it came out in 2006.

It was true of Newton up to a certain year when he underwent a chaotic reversal and went from the bottom of his class to the top.

In Einstein's case the oft-repeated myth, "He was poor at math in grammar school," is certainly busted.
 
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HomogenousCow said:
How do you deal with the messy stuff in life you just can't get away from?

Retire.

Then, when your fellow retirees start calling, to do useless retiree stuff, stop answering the phone.

Then, go play. :smile:
 
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HomogenousCow said:
How do you deal with the messy stuff in life you just can't get away from?
I enter military mode ಠ_ಠ... then it's the messy stuff the one who wants to get away from me. :-p
 
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My dog Daisy has developed a strange Pavlovian response to a particular sound. Every time the mut hears a toilet flush she gets thirsty.
 
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edward said:
My dog Daisy has developed a strange Pavlovian response to a particular sound. Every time the mut hears a toilet flush she gets thirsty.
Awww.
 
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'Need more puppy pics!

(On a different note, I haven't had a dream about zombies in quite awhile. I'm rather disappointed; those were some of the best dreams I've ever had.)
 
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zoobyshoe said:
Just the other day I read:

"Like Einstein, Newton was a very poor student..."

Said in passing in a book called "This is Your Brain on Music," which was a NY Times bestseller when it came out in 2006.

It was true of Newton up to a certain year when he underwent a chaotic reversal and went from the bottom of his class to the top.

In Einstein's case the oft-repeated myth, "He was poor at math in grammar school," is certainly busted.

So what excuse will those who flunk math use now?
 
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Weekend...:biggrin:
http://rs1ci.memecdn.com/687/4618687.jpg
 
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