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[Evo]

I'm so sorry for your and Spawn's loss, @Evo.

Thank you, she stayed home for Thanksgiving, she was supposed to go to her dad's, Evo Child had flown home and was there, so it was sad for everyone.

Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!

 

[skyshrimp]

It's been cloudy so I haven't been able to take a pic of the stars to answer the replies yet.

My brain fart. If a photon is emitted from an electron then it must be a component of it. How can an electron emit photons for billions of years? Are there infinite photons per electron?

Maybe photons are disturbances in the aether that propagate through the aether. When an electron drops an energy shell, it oscillates the aether into a concentrated package which is the photon. The photon would eventually dissipate back into the aether.

Literally science fiction thoughts without fact. My imagination.

No need to move this. Just a non-critical random thought dump I'll address sober :)

 

[WWGD]

Polish people called Woctech have a head start in an IT career. They only need the 'info' part. I am still surprised at their premier called Donald Tusk. When I hear of someone called 'Donald' , I rarely ask myself : from Warsaw or from Krakow ( crackhouse?).

 

[WWGD]

For some unknown reasons my 'Junk' folder in Outlook went from having 500 emails to having 200 within 10 minutes.

 

[WWGD]

My mind started running crazy after student showed a note ( I was subbing) from a psychiatrist, not just a dr, just for missing a class. I imagine myself with a megaphone outside of the classroom: "Ok, I'll give you an A, just let the hostages go."

 

[fresh_42]

My mind started running crazy after student showed a note ( I was subbing) from a psychiatrist, not just a dr, just for missing a class. I imagine myself with a megaphone outside of the classroom: "Ok, I'll give you an A, just let the hostages go."

I remember a Swedish backpacker visiting the US. As they checked her baggage, she said: "Oh, the bomb is in the other bag!" This was no good idea at all ...

 

[WWGD]

I remember a Swedish backpacker visiting the US. As they checked her baggage, she said: "Oh, the bomb is in the other bag!" This was no good idea at all ...

Yes, you don't joke about those things in airports. Security people are not known for being easy-going and light-hearted. Not many part-time comedians among them.

 

[fresh_42]

Yes, you don't joke about those things in airports. Security people are not known for being easy-going and light-hearted. Not many part-time comedians among them.

Guess being smart isn't either a necessity. I remember my dialogue:
"What are you doing here?"
"I visit my sister."
"And tomorrow?"

 

[DrGreg]

I remember a Swedish backpacker visiting the US. As they checked her baggage, she said: "Oh, the bomb is in the other bag!" This was no good idea at all ...

I remember something very similar in a British documentary a couple of decades ago. It was a fly-on-the-wall documentary about airport staff.

An American musician was entering the UK to perform in a concert and brought with him his double-bass inside a case. The airport security staff asked him what was in the case, and he joked, "A machine gun".

The documentary then showed edited highlights of the 24 hours of questioning by the police.

 

[WWGD]

Wasn't it Oscar Wilde who answered " I'm fabulous" when asked in customs if he had something to declare?

 

[fresh_42]

Wasn't it Oscar Wilde who answered " I'm fabulous" when asked in customs if he had something to declare?

Peter Ustinov had trouble, too, probably long ago. He was asked about race, black, brown, white, but he insisted on pink, but there was no checkbox for pink.

 

[WWGD]

Peter Ustinov had trouble, too, probably long ago. He was asked about race, black, brown, white, but he insisted on pink, but there was no checkbox for pink.

Poirot is pink?

 

[WWGD]

Must be my magnetic personality: Dog drops by my bench at the park to " Show his respects" and drops a "warm pile" by my bench. Two days in a row. Out of all the spots in the park...

 

[BillTre]

Blessed are those who promote the fertilization of the earth.

 

[fresh_42]

Probably shitty weather in NYC.

 

[WWGD]

Blessed are those who promote the fertilization of the earth.

And those like myself for wearing heavy boots that clean easily.

 

[Klystron]

Must be my magnetic personality: Dog drops by my bench at the park to " Show his respects" and drops a "warm pile" by my bench. Two days in a row. Out of all the spots in the park...

"Your" bench? Fido has double-downed on ownership of that area; marked his/her territory, so to speak.

 

[WWGD]

"Your" bench? Fido has double-downed on ownership of that area; marked his/her territory, so to speak.

So what would happen if someone else ( hopefully a dog) dropped a pile there when Fido was marking his territory and "showing his respect "?

 

[Klystron]

So what would happen if someone else ( hopefully a dog) dropped a pile there when Fido was marking his territory?

You could run an experiment by "marking" your bench and see who pays attention.

 

[WWGD]

You could run an experiment by "marking" your bench and see who pays attention.

I left that type of gang since I was around 12, er, I mean 2 y.o. Still, I may take you up on it (not likely)

 

[WWGD]

Maybe good time to change the topic, however fascinating it may be... ;). cc Cesar Millan.

 

[WWGD]

My autistic side. I hear " When I was younger..."
You were _always_ younger!

 

[WWGD]

So, special is slightly smaller in size but includes an appetizer; total food more than same dish in standard format. But standard dish with less food more expensive. ?

 

[WWGD]

How many names do Germans have nowadays?My "mentor" had 3: Johann Carl Friederich.

 

[Klystron]

So, special is slightly smaller in size but includes an appetizer; total food more than same dish in standard format. But standard dish with less food more expensive. ?

My brother-in-law once asked me, "What is the difference between fine dining and simply eating in a restaurant?"

I answered without much thought, "The portions are smaller!"

 

[WWGD]

My brother-in-law once asked me, "What is the difference between fine dining and simply eating in a restaurant?"

I answered without much thought, "The portions are smaller!"

Appeal to snobbery or gullibility or mental lazyness: Special must be better, because of name and price differences.

 

[WWGD]

My brother-in-law once asked me, "What is the difference between fine dining and simply eating in a restaurant?"

I answered without much thought, "The portions are smaller!"

I've seen successful fast food places outside of fancy places for those un-full by the smaller portions. Kind of a torture: extremely tasty but not large-enough to fill you.

 

[WWGD]

Fluid Mechanics textbooks? I prefer solid ones.

 

[WWGD]

Dr William Schaffner's business card: " Yes, with a double f, not a t!"

 

[fresh_42]

Dr William Schaffner's business card: " Yes, with a double f, not a t!"

His business is likewise uncertain. Schaffner is the German word for conductor (train).

 

[WWGD]

His business is likewise uncertain. Schaffner is the German word for conductor (train).

Fahrer? Gehfart?

 

[fresh_42]

Fahrer? Gehfart?

No, the one who checks the tickets and communicates with the driver in stations.

 

[WWGD]

No, the one who checks the tickets and communicates with the driver in stations.

But definitely not the one ( playing the character) conducting the USS Enterprise.
Edit: But then again there is a college called Berkeley college that has nothing to see with UC Berkeley and there is Stamford Connecticut: "No, with an m, not an n."

 

[gmax137]

But then again there is a college called Berkeley college that has nothing to see with UC Berkeley

Not to mention Berklee, in Bean-Town

 

[cosmik debris]

Not to mention Berklee, in Bean-Town

I thought that was the one he wasn't mentioning.

Cheers