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[Ibix]

Which letter is silent in the word scent the s or the c

The opposite to the one in "science".

 

[Ibix]

I don't know which, but I know how to find out!

I'm curious - how do you find out?

If postage rates were lower I could say I sent a scent for a cent. I don't know if that helps.

 

[fresh_42]

I'm curious - how do you find out?

If postage rates were lower I could say I sent a scent for a cent. I don't know if that helps.

It helps a lot: tape all three, overlap them electronically, one positive the other one negative, and then look what's left. However, I have a suspicion, that it will only display another flaw in the English language

 

[WWGD]

Haribo sugarless gummies anyone:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/R2M3RSLRNQ/?tag=pfamazon01-20

 

[WWGD]

Continued:

 

[WWGD]

..And I thought a Monte Carlo simulation was just a place pretending to be Monte Carlo...

 

[WWGD]

Still trying to understand eigenfaces .

 

[fresh_42]

Still trying to understand eigenfaces .

They are called self-portrait.

 

[WWGD]

Danke. I get that. I am trying to see how/why the Ortho projection on to eigenfacess becomes itselfc face

 

[Evo]

For @collinsmark here is my dog Chopin knowing that something terrible is about to happen, I was going to clip a few of his claws. That is my bony hand on him.

 

[Evo]

He survived the clipping

 

[WWGD]

"Advertise Here".
I don't think here needs advertising. Where else are you going to be if not here?

 

[fresh_42]

A propos advertisement. My mother used to get rid of unpleasant advertisers by the phrase: "I'll first have to ask my husband, who is currently not here." I think I'll test this.

 

[WWGD]

No, he is just in a different here.

 

[fresh_42]

No, he is just in a different here.

I don't think it will work, if I answer: "... he is currently out of this universe's phase." How are the odds such an advertisers will be a nerd?

 

[collinsmark]

For @collinsmark here is my dog Chopin knowing that something terrible is about to happen, I was going to clip a few of his claws. That is my bony hand on him.

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Oh, such an adorable puppy!

Still, though, ...

("The possessed boy Charlie Holvey in The Calusari," Source: http://x-files.wikia.com/wiki/Possession)

 

[collinsmark]

He survived the clipping View attachment 234470

I'm glad that worked out. Trimming nails can work out fine so long as the person clipping knows the proper way to clip. He does look pretty happy with the final results.

Well, sort of happy, I think.

(Source: http://www.3demonic.com/Exorcist_Tongue_08.htm)

 

[CWatters]

Here in the UK its hard to get a mortgage on a leasehold property if the remaining lease has less than 70 years to run.

In 70 years some costal towns could be under water due to rising sea levels. In effect freehold properties in these towns are really leasehold, with Poseidon holding the lease.

So any day now banks might wake up to this inconsistency in their lending policies and stop lending on at risk properties.

 

[fresh_42]

Here in the UK its hard to get a mortgage on a leasehold property if the remaining lease has less than 70 years to run.

In 70 years some costal towns could be under water due to rising sea levels. In effect freehold properties in these towns are really leasehold, with Poseidon holding the lease.

So any day now banks might wake up to this inconsistency in their lending policies and stop lending on at risk properties.

You mean it's time to get some futures?

 

[WWGD]

You mean it's time to get some futures?

Yes, the ones with the pictures of the polar bears surfing on top of melting glaciers.

 

[WWGD]

And then you can extrapolate from pasta.
If you're saying "Past Data" and everyone thinks you're saying pasta, you may not be pronouncing correctly. Slow down ( Or pronounce Data as "Day-ta" , not Da-Ta). Most places have decaf version of usual drinks.

 

[fresh_42]

Yes, the ones with the pictures of the polar bears surfing on top of melting glaciers.

You should have said this earlier. Mine have this one on it:

 

[WWGD]

You should have said this earlier. Mine have this one on it:
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That is not what they meant when they said they wanted to see the logs...

 

[fresh_42]

That is not what they meant when they said they wanted to see the logs...

For them, Clyde has the appropriate answer!

 

[WWGD]

For them, Clyde has the appropriate answer!

Are those from the pasta?

 

[fresh_42]

Are those from the pasta?

No, from Clint Westlog.

 

[Ibix]

Travelling for work today and having lunch in a pub. It has a sign saying

I only drink on days that start with a T -
Tuesday
Thursday
Today
Tomorrow
Thaturday
Thunday

It's slightly annoying me that the days not being name-checked are Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so "today" and "tomorrow" double count at least one day.

I feel like a pint would make me feel better, but the afternoon is unlikely to go well if I do.

 

[fresh_42]

I feel like a pint would make me feel better, but the afternoon is unlikely to go well if I do.

Not as long as the sun is above the yard!

 

[Ibix]

sun is above the yard!

Yardarm, yer land-lubber.

It's amazing to me that we managed to get an empire if 11am was the time to start drinking. Presumably we did all our looting and plundering early in the mornings, when the hangovers made us extra cranky?

Edit: explains how we lost the empire, though.

 

[fresh_42]

Yardarm, yer land-lubber.

That comes when you rely on Wiki. Would you had understood "Rah"?

It's amazing to me that we managed to get an empire if 11am was the time to start drinking.

Reminds me of the pyramids.

Presumably we did all our looting and plundering early in the mornings, when the hangovers made us extra cranky?

Finally I understood where this song came from: Looting all over the world!

Edit: explains how we lost the empire, though.

Not really. I mean, how could you obtain the skills otherwise? And Ronnie is always better at his evening sessions than in the afternoon!

 

[Ibix]

That comes when you rely on Wiki. Would you had understood "Rah"?

That page actually has a section headed "sun above the yardarm"... The yard is the horizontal beam above the sail. The yardarm is the tip of the yard.

Rah, no, I don't recognise. Unless it's an alternate spelling of the Egyptian sun god?

Not really.

It would. "Drunk in charge of a country" should probably be an offence of some sort.

 

[WWGD]

Upcoming PF Insight: A gang banger is not (just?) a British type sausage.

 

[BillTre]

I have seen bumper stickers that say:
"God is my copilot", and
"Dog is my copilot" (Dog is God spelled backwards), but
now I have seen "Cod is my copilot" (on a pick-up with lots of fishing stickers).

 

[mrgrtt123]

I want to live in Mars, but who will take care of my border collie at home?

 

[russ_watters]

I want to live in Mars, but who will take care of my border collie at home?

Don't worry, it will be dead long before this is a problem.