Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[WWGD]

Since men usually get laughed away they just tend to "suck it up" so to speak, as society tells us from a young age.

Indeed. I don't know in Belgium, but we have the saying " Men Don't Cry". Edit: Men and women are expected to fulfill behavioral expectations in their respective societies.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I just poured some yoghurt over some blackberries and ate it with a spoon. It was delicious. Go thou and do likewise.

 

[WWGD]

I was reading some more on how showering and cleaning without using soap helps the skin remain young and healthy. Still, I will resist the temptation of telling a woman with nice skin : " I bet you don't use soap very often".

 

[WWGD]

I definitely like the Tuna snak paks. They put in a bit of mayo, spice in the Tuna and the snack includes a small pack of crackers. Tasty, much more so than the regular Tuna packs with only oil or water.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Jeremy Wade came face to face with the oarfish!

 

[Sophia]

After a week of sunshine, trees and grass are slowly becoming green!

 

[Sophia]

I was reading some more on how showering and cleaning without using soap helps the skin remain young and healthy. Still, I will resist the temptation of telling a woman with nice skin : " I bet you don't use soap very often".

It's true. If I use a regular shower gel with SLS and fragrance my skin gets very tight, dry and flaky. This is especially true for face. Many people think that if their face is tight after washing it's good but it actually means that the skin is dry and protective barrier has been damaged.
I have to use gentle cleansers from pharmacy. They are slightly more expensive but it's not that bad.

 

[Kevin McHugh]

We're all here because we're not all there.

 

[Kevin McHugh]

I just poured some yoghurt over some blackberries and ate it with a spoon. It was delicious. Go thou and do likewise.

I make my own jam with whatever fresh fruit is available. Mix the jam with some yogurt, and your taste buds are having a party!

 

[WWGD]

We're all here because we're not all there.

We're just in a different there in here.

 

[Psinter]

I'm reading Twilight (yes, THAT Twilight :-) ) and this reminded me of a long term mystery.

How old are you? That novel is not for kids, I'm telling your parents.

I'm just kidding with you . I don't even know if novels have age rating systems.
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I got bitten and stung by ants while digging some earth. I did not see I was actually digging on top of a colony and when I came to feel it I had a bunch of them on my feet curled up, biting, and stinging .

Of all the spots to dig I had to choose the one exactly on top of a colony .

 

[Sophia]

How old are you? That novel is not for kids, I'm telling your parents.

I'm just kidding with you . I don't even know if novels have age rating systems.
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I got bitten and stung by ants while digging some earth. I did not see I was actually digging on top of a colony and when I came to feel it I had a bunch of them on my feet curled up, biting, and stinging .

Of all the spots to dig I had to choose the one exactly on top of a colony .

Haha I am already 10 years adult (though until about 2yrs ago I was often asked for my ID card when buying beer legal age here is 18 but with my 150cm I look like a 5th grader :-D).
I'm reading twilight just for fun, it's so stupid :-) in fact, I'm reading it in order to write a negative review on Goodreads :-) but it's a good book for relaxation when you're not in mood for thinking. Reading twilight is an equivalent to watching soap opera or reality show.

I'm sorry about the ants. Hope you're not allergic to them. What kind of ants have you got there? I guess they are more aggressive than those living in temperate climate. Even these can hurt quite a lot.

 

[zoobyshoe]

A nice night of British police television: Luther and Scott and Bailey.

 

[Pepper Mint]

It's unfair. You've probably seen mine but I've never seen yours.

 

[Psinter]

Haha I am already 10 years adult (though until about 2yrs ago I was often asked for my ID card when buying beer legal age here is 18 but with my 150cm I look like a 5th grader :-D).
I'm reading twilight just for fun, it's so stupid :-) in fact, I'm reading it in order to write a negative review on Goodreads :-) but it's a good book for relaxation when you're not in mood for thinking. Reading twilight is an equivalent to watching soap opera or reality show.

Haha. Should I read it? Hmmmmmmmm. Maybe I should stick with literary and artistic works I like better. I've never been a novel reader.

Hihi, I cannot possibly visualize 150cm.

I'm sorry about the ants. Hope you're not allergic to them. What kind of ants have you got there? I guess they are more aggressive than those living in temperate climate. Even these can hurt quite a lot.

No hassle. I always got bitten and stung by them when I was a kid. Never had an allergic reaction. They are small where I am right now. My visual approximation is that they are about 0.50cm to about 1cm being a queen (one that isn't yet pregnant).

 

[collinsmark]

I overheard a story from a guy a couple stools down from me (the guy wasn't talking to me, but rather the couple sitting next to me). He related a psychedelic experience after getting pretty messed up. As his story goes, he woke up and continued eating a sandwich that he had with him in a park by himself. He recounted seeing ants all over his sandwich and ants all over his face and chest. Attributing the anomaly to hallucinogenics, he blew it off and took another bite of his sandwich.

As it turned out apparently, it wasn't a hallucination at all. He had passed out (alcohol induced) next to a tree. Ants had taken over the situation. Honest to god ants. They invaded his mayonnaise covered chest, sandwich and face. He realized this only after eating a mouthful of ant sandwich.

 

[Astronuc]

It's a tough time for corporate CEOs.

Median pay for the CEOs of nearly 300 large publicly traded companies slipped 3.8% to $10.8 million last year from $11.2 million in 2014, a Wall Street Journal analysis of compensation data from MyLogIQ found. Half of those CEOs saw total pay either decline or rise by less than 1%—also the worst showing for S&P 500 chiefs since the 2008 crisis.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ceo-pay-shrank-most-since-003300877.html#

 

[Kevin McHugh]

It's a tough time for corporate CEOs.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ceo-pay-shrank-most-since-003300877.html#

Those poor souls. My heart bleeds for them (not). I've often ventured you could eliminate every CEO position in the country, and it would not make one bit of difference to the bottom line, market share, or share price. With the exception of a few, they are merely figure heads.

 

[Psinter]

I overheard a story from a guy a couple stools down from me (the guy wasn't talking to me, but rather the couple sitting next to me). He related a psychedelic experience after getting pretty messed up. As his story goes, he woke up and continued eating a sandwich that he had with him in a park by himself. He recounted seeing ants all over his sandwich and ants all over his face and chest. Attributing the anomaly to hallucinogenics, he blew it off and took another bite of his sandwich.

As it turned out apparently, it wasn't a hallucination at all. He had passed out (alcohol induced) next to a tree. Ants had taken over the situation. Honest to god ants. They invaded his mayonnaise covered chest, sandwich and face. He realized this only after eating a mouthful of ant sandwich.

I giggled a little with this story.

If I had so many ants over me I would have gotten very antsy...... http://www.anothersadtrombone.com/

Maybe now I can enter the Hall of Lame with that one.

 

[WWGD]

I overheard a story from a guy a couple stools down from me (the guy wasn't talking to me, but rather the couple sitting next to me). He related a psychedelic experience after getting pretty messed up. As his story goes, he woke up and continued eating a sandwich that he had with him in a park by himself. He recounted seeing ants all over his sandwich and ants all over his face and chest. Attributing the anomaly to hallucinogenics, he blew it off and took another bite of his sandwich.

As it turned out apparently, it wasn't a hallucination at all. He had passed out (alcohol induced) next to a tree. Ants had taken over the situation. Honest to god ants. They invaded his mayonnaise covered chest, sandwich and face. He realized this only after eating a mouthful of ant sandwich.

Something similar, smaller scale just happened to me before I read your post. I was eating my cereal. I had left the cereal bowl in the sink and I had sprayed some air freshener. I just tasted some of the residuals of the air freshener in my cereal. Maybe I will have a fresher digestive system.

 

[WWGD]

It's a tough time for corporate CEOs.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ceo-pay-shrank-most-since-003300877.html#

But I would bet they get to keep their golden parachutes.

 

[JorisL]

But I would bet they get to keep their golden parachutes.

How big should a literal instance of such a object be to be a functional parachute?

 

[Pepper Mint]

But I would bet they get to keep their golden parachutes.

I don't think they need any of such agreements since most of them receive at least $10m per year (10% of which I wish I were given is so much enough for my retirement )

 

[WWGD]

I don't think they need any of such agreements since most of them receive at least $10m per year (10% of which I wish I were given is so much enough for my retirement )

Many neither need it nor deserve it but will likely get it.

 

[WWGD]

How big should a literal instance of such a object be to be a functional parachute?

This is just an expression meaning they will get very nice financial compensation if they are fired. I doubt an actual functional parachute could be made of gold :).

 

[JorisL]

This is just an expression meaning they will get very nice financial compensation if they are fired. I doubt an actual functional parachute could be made of gold :).

I know the expression, it exists in Dutch as well, wonder if it exists in french...
Although the original expression talks of a golden handshake.

*Googling intensifies*
Turns out it does.

 

[WWGD]

I know the expression, it exists in Dutch as well, wonder if it exists in french...
Although the original expression talks of a golden handshake.

*Googling intensifies*
Turns out it does.

The expression in French has a certain, as the French would say, " I don't know what" :).

 

[JorisL]

The expression in French has a certain, as the French would say, " I don't know what" :).

@Greg Bernhardt can you make a way to embed a rimshot in a post?
http://instantrimshot.com/classic/?sound=rimshot

 

[Ibix]

In the Lord Tedric stories the King always wears golden armour. This gets him killed in many parallel universes (since gold armour is an obvious target, heavy and not very strong) except, in one universe, Tedric persuades him to wear gold leaf on steel.

Kevlar threads in a gold leaf matrix might make a parachute canopy. No idea where to start the maths on checking that...

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I wonder how visible the Dragon spacecraft is while it's catching up with the ISS? I expect it's a minute or two behind it in the same orbit. The shuttle used to be visible but that was much larger. I'll go outside and look now, as the ISS is due to pass over here in a couple of minutes.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I expect it's a minute or two behind it in the same orbit.

... actually, about 80 seconds behind it, based on counting from when ISS passed a particular star until the Dragon passed it (as I can't see my watch in the dark). It's clearly visible, but obviously much less bright than ISS or the shuttle.

 

[zoobyshoe]

He realized this only after eating a mouthful of ant sandwich.

"A mouthful of ant sandwich," should be adopted as an idiom. I'm not sure what it might be used to mean though. The instances where people realize suspected hallucinations are actually real events are few and far between.

 

[WWGD]

"A mouthful of ant sandwich," should be adopted as an idiom. I'm not sure what it might be used to mean though. The instances where people realize suspected hallucinations are actually real events are few and far between.

Ditto many times over for the supernatural.

 

[Ibix]

"A mouthful of ant sandwich," should be adopted as an idiom. I'm not sure what it might be used to mean though. The instances where people realize suspected hallucinations are actually real events are few and far between.

Hallucinations no, but I've had a few instances in my life where my analysis of a situation was way off base and the difference between analysis and reality was rather shocking. I wired a diode into a circuit the wrong way round once so, instead of shorting the back EMF from a relay's solenoid, it shorted the solenoid. I thought there was something wrong with the input signal that was trying to switch the relay and was investigating this hypothesis. The feeling of dawning realisation accompanying the sequence of thoughts (1) what's that burning smell? (2) why is that diode glowing? (3) why is the stripe at the wrong end of its package? (4) understanding! (5) unplug unplug unplug could be well described by "a mouthful of ant sandwich".

 

[WWGD]

Hallucinations no, but I've had a few instances in my life where my analysis of a situation was way off base and the difference between analysis and reality was rather shocking. I wired a diode into a circuit the wrong way round once so, instead of shorting the back EMF from a relay's solenoid, it shorted the solenoid. I thought there was something wrong with the input signal that was trying to switch the relay and was investigating this hypothesis. The feeling of dawning realisation accompanying the sequence of thoughts (1) what's that burning smell? (2) why is that diode glowing? (3) why is the stripe at the wrong end of its package? (4) understanding! (5) unplug unplug unplug could be well described by "a mouthful of ant sandwich".

We've all had our ant sandwiches.