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[Ibix]

Not Unix.

I've Hurd about that.

 

[WWGD]

I've Hurd about that.

I gnu that!

 

[WWGD]

Wow, when did " The Economist" start costing some $8/7 Euro/ 6 E (whatever sign for pounds)? I remember buying it for some third of that. Did they mess up and start a trade war with the UK ( And maybe tried Chixit or something)?

 

[WWGD]

Ok, I may have been drunk when I suggested he name his new-born girl Geppetta. No lie.

 

[WWGD]

Wow, a single avocado kept me satisfied for some 12 hrs, no need to eat anything else.
Doesn't mean I won't eat, since I am sometimes just an undisciplined pig.

 

[Borg]

It rained heavily here for several days and finally quit last night. This morning I saw deer everywhere on the way to work. I guess that they just hunkered down during the storm and now they're out getting something to eat.

 

[WWGD]

This kid will be really confused about the meaning of the word 'relax'. The kid was jittery and the mom shouts at him at the top of her lungs "Relax!" and then slaps him. Wonder what he'll think next time someone asks him to relax.

 

[fresh_42]

This kid will be really confused about the meaning of the word 'relax'. The kid was jittery and the mom shouts at him at the top of her lungs "Relax!" and then slaps him. Wonder what he'll think next time someone asks him to relax.

relax (v.)
late 14c., "to make (something) less compact or dense," from Old French relaschier "set free; soften; reduce" (14c.), from Latin relaxare "relax, loosen, open, stretch out, widen again; make loose,"

No doubt: relax = blow up.

 

[russ_watters]

At the Naval Academy, they have equations for a Happiness Factor and GAS factor (acronym definition redacted). The Happiness Factor is the number of days of vacation divided by the number of days until vacation. The GAS factor is the inverse of the Happiness Factor. The critical value of each is 1.

Tomorrow is my last day of work until 2019.

This informs to my current mood.

 

[WWGD]

Parsing English:
It's better than drinking a loan.
Your company must have excellent liquidity!

 

[WWGD]

I am always bothered by the phrase : " I would like to be alone together". It is confusing. But I can't think of a reasonable way of making it more clear.

 

[Klystron]

I am always bothered by the phrase : " I would like to be alone together". It is confusing. But I can't think of a reasonable way of making it more clear.

If I understand correctly that 'together' refers to a significant other, then I'd wax poetical

"You shatter my solitude".

 

[WWGD]

If I understand correctly that 'together' refers to a significant other, then I'd wax poetical

"You shatter my solitude".

She ultimately preferred to be alone alone. So I am out.Now I have to drink a loan. Or, reversely, like Heart sang : " How do I get you a loan". Or Pink Floyd: " Give these kids a loan" (Apparently teachers loan money in the UK -- talk about anarchy)..

 

[WWGD]

Wonder if anyone drinks hot beer in Winter. I always wondered how these seasonal businesses made it. The Soup stores, the Ice Cream places, Jamba Juice, selling ice-cold fruit shakes. And then ice cold beer in Winter.

 

[nuuskur]

Sauna is very popular here. Cold beer after a steam bath is one way to do it. It's not a niche business, either, quite the tradition, actually. Many would say serving warm beer is a crime

 

[fresh_42]

Many would say serving warm beer is a crime

Indeed! Same as well done steaks.

 

[WWGD]

Indeed! Same as well done steaks.

Well -done steaks won't make you freeze over when you go outside. But I agree with the steak thing.

 

[WWGD]

I have developed this strange, intense, fascination with seeing how coffee blends into hot milk, "drawing" into it, turning it from white into a nice, warm, brown tone.

 

[fresh_42]

Just glimpsed a strange kind of humor. I've seen (on tv) a sticker on an instrument in SOFIA. The project is a collaboration of the US and Germany, and the sticker read: "This instrument is kraut-funded"...

 

[WWGD]

My phone died when I was out, so I entertained myself by solving by one of either the father, mother or child:

Look at the child and the mom and "solve" for the father by trying to figure out what he must look like to combine with mom to produce the child.

Do the same for mom and the child.

 

[fresh_42]

Wonder if anyone drinks hot beer in Winter.

Not really hot, but ...

... usually only found in barbarian Bavaria.

 

[WWGD]

Not really hot, but ...

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... usually only found in barbarian Bavaria.

Do you know any Bar barbar Bavar with warm beer?

 

[fresh_42]

Is there a definition for "kid"?

I mean, when I was 10, kids have been all up to 9. When I was 20, kids were at most 16, and when I was 30, 20 year old have been still kids. Meanwhile it reached 25 and appears to be stable so far.

 

[WWGD]

Is there a definition for "kid"?

I mean, when I was 10, kids have been all up to 9. When I was 20, kids were at most 16, and when I was 30, 20 year old have been still kids. Meanwhile it reached 25 and appears to be stable so far.

I know they have language academies in some countries --Spain is the only one I know, but I think France also has one -- where they actually discuss issues of this sort and arrive at an answer. Wonder if it is a paid post: go to Starbucks and duck it utuntil the espresso runs out or until someone forces themselves on all others...

 

[BillTre]

Is there a definition for "kid"?

I mean, when I was 10, kids have been all up to 9. When I was 20, kids were at most 16, and when I was 30, 20 year old have been still kids. Meanwhile it reached 25 and appears to be stable so far.

Sounds like a relative term. Younger than you.

 

[nuuskur]

is "child" a well-defined object?

 

[fresh_42]

Here's a quiz under the #24 tag: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/math-challenge-december-2018.961292/#post-6097127

If you like then do it and post your results. I hope it's funny!

 

[Tom.G]

Many would say serving warm beer is a crime

An exception to that rule would be Guiness Beer, but only the stuff bottled in Ireland.
Even if brewed there, shipped in bulk, and bottled in the USA, it just doesn't work.

 

[Klystron]

An exception to that rule would be Guiness Beer, but only the stuff bottled in Ireland.
Even if brewed there, shipped in bulk, and bottled in the USA, it just doesn't work.

Worked with a Turkish scientist who said the same. She drank Guinness stout like I drank tea.

 

[Ibix]

She drank Guinness stout like I drank tea.

Boiled, with milk and two sugars?

 

[Klystron]

Boiled, with milk and two sugars?

Ugh! I prepare tea with water (hopefully) just below boiling, coaxing flavor from the tea leaves. Unless you refer to boiling Guinness with milk and sugar? Double-ugh or the next taste sensation?

 

[Ibix]

Unless you refer to boiling Guinness with milk and sugar? Double-ugh or the next taste sensation?

I'd go with double-ugh, but you said she drank Guinness like you drank tea so I guessed how she drank it. Thanks for your clarification. Nearly boiling Guiness sounds better than with milk and sugar, but it seems like the alcohol would be long gone either way.

 

[WWGD]

I repeatedly complained in this forum that it was a painnot to know what was open not on Christmas Eve, and no one has done anything about it!

 

[fresh_42]

I repeatedly complained in this forum that it was a painnot to know what was open not on Christmas Eve, and no one has done anything about it!

I don't see a problem here. 13% of the city's population is Jewish and Hanukkah is over!

 

[Klystron]

is "child" a well-defined object?

Let's gather examples to refine the definition.

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