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[Tom.G]

Where are you? The temperature here dropped 30 degrees, and rain.
Winter seems to have arrived. Ahh well, this too shall pass.

 

[Evo]

Where are you? The temperature here dropped 30 degrees, and rain.
Winter seems to have arrived. Ahh well, this too shall pass.

I'm in Kansas and today I am wearing shorts, a tank top and flip flops, it's 76F and SUNNY. I have the fan on inside because I don't want to run the air conditioner, but I might have to tonight, the low is only going to be in the mid 60's, and after a very warm day, it just won't get cool enough inside for me to sleep.

 

[fresh_42]

I saw for the first time a Rolls Royce today, not in an exhibition, a tv show or an auto saloon. It was a regular car on the streets.

 

[WWGD]

I saw for the first time a Rolls Royce today, not in an exhibition, a tv show or an auto saloon. It was a regular car on the streets.

You mean first time in your life?

 

[Ibix]

I saw for the first time a Rolls Royce today, not in an exhibition, a tv show or an auto saloon. It was a regular car on the streets.

You've obviously never lived near Kensington...

 

[WWGD]

Are they " regular" cars for every day use ir just " hangout" cars?

 

[Ibix]

Are they " regular" cars for every day use ir just " hangout" cars?

In Kensington? Some of them have a work-a-day Rolls and a Sunday best Rolls, I suspect.

 

[WWGD]

In Kensington? Some of them have a work-a-day Rolls and a Sunday best Rolls, I suspect.

Me, I max at Cinnamon Rolls.
(Setup for a failed Python skit)

 

[Ibix]

The reason I hung around Kensington was that I did my PhD at Imperial College, which is there. Not a cheap area, but IC Student Union negotiated 10% discounts for ICSU card holders in a lot of local places. According to legend, this included the car showroom that sold Lamborghinis, Porschesn etc...

 

[WWGD]

I saw for the first time a Rolls Royce today, not in an exhibition, a tv show or an auto saloon. It was a regular car on the streets.

Did you ask or did they ask you for Grey Poupon?

 

[WWGD]

The reason I hung around Kensington was that I did my PhD at Imperial College, which is there. Not a cheap area, but IC Student Union negotiated 10% discounts for ICSU card holders in a lot of local places. According to legend, this included the car showroom that sold Lamborghinis, Porschesn etc...

Not many fish and chips places, I gather.

 

[hmmm27]

Big ass car, eh ? Like, huge. I've seen a couple (and Bentleys). Can't imagine owning one : even if you could pick up a used one cheap (which is definitely possible), maintenance and insurance would kill.

 

[Rive]

It's Friday.
It's 13th.
I have a black cat and I'm not afraid to ... make it purr

 

[fresh_42]

Her: "It is Friday, 13th, but due to Covid the bars are all closed, so nothing bad can happen."
Him; "See."

 

[WWGD]

It's Friday.
It's 13th.
I have a black cat and I'm not afraid to ... make it purr

Strangely, in other countries the dreaded date is Tuesday the 13th , not Fridays.

 

[fresh_42]

Strangely, in other countries the dreaded date is Tuesday the 13th , not Fridays.

Wimps! Fridays 13th are more often.

 

[hmmm27]

Wimps! Fridays 13th are more often.

Of course, that would be because of the extra leap-Friday added to make 52 weeks exactly in a year (and 2 during leap years).

 

[fresh_42]

Of course, that would be because of the extra leap-Friday added to make 52 weeks exactly in a year (and 2 during leap years).

No. It's because of the initial condition of the Gregorian calendar.

 

[WWGD]

No. It's because of the initial condition of the Gregorian calendar.

Which is? Did it leave its house at 10 mi/h?

 

[WWGD]

Wimps! Fridays 13th are more often.

Wonder if the chain of restaurants TGIF will add an asterisk to its name : TGIF*

* Except if it is the 13th.

 

[WWGD]

Wonder if there is a " Solar Bear" club , the Summer version of the Polar Bear club , of people who jump into ice-cold water. Then a " Solar Bear" would wear heavy coats and drink hot chocolate and eat salty potato chips in Summer.

 

[WWGD]

Google translator is great ( and free!) but for more than a line or two it makes every translation seem like a quatraine from Nostradamus.

 

[WWGD]

For category theorists: Is coconut equivalent to nut? Any functor between them?

 

[WWGD]

Isn't the name " Noelle" self-contradictory ( No-L). ? It contains two L's. Maybe it should be switched for something like " Wannel" ( One L).

 

[WWGD]

Misunderstanding?
I played Sugar Ray's song " I Just Wanna Fly", and now my house is full of flies. Coincidence?

 

[fresh_42]

In November? In NYC?

 

[etotheipi]

Hmmmm, I call it tea...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

My girlfriend wants a $500 hair straightener for Christmas.

$500?

I was thinking a George Foreman Grill would work just as well and it only cost a fraction of the price.

 

[Keith_McClary]

hair straightener

 

[Ivan Seeking]

View attachment 273827

I sent that to her and asked if this is the one she wants. :D

 

[Rive]

My first 'paid' work in electronics was to mount an https://cdn.cpu-world.com/CPUs/80386/S_AMD-NG80386DX-40.jpg chip onto a mainboard with damaged socket (some of those were with both socket and place for the flat chip).
Honestly, I was anything but well prepared. It took almost a day, with equipment I would not dare to use for soldering even a cable these days. But at the end it worked and I was always proud of my patience.

Then I've found this yesterday:


There is always a higher mountain...

 

[Ibix]

Looks like some kind of cyborg jellyfish.

Let me guess - this is the work of some over-clocker who's trying to cool the chip by airflow on both sides?

 

[fresh_42]

Honi soit qui mal y pense!

Arizona State University has removed its SIR calculator. At least the link doesn't work anymore.

 

[dlgoff]

MS Edge sucks.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

MS Edge sucks.

Why?