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[WWGD]

There is a documentary on tv about a 4 mast barque built in 1911. The ship has lately been in NYC for a long time, like a museum or so, and they brought it back to Germany where it was constructed. I wonder about its name. It is named after the capital of China, Bejing. However, Bejing in German is Peking. How did New Yorkers pronounce that ship and what did they think? Pee-King?

One of the words with many spellings. See too: Khadaffi, Khomeini.

 

[WWGD]

Saw a recent pic of Schwartzenneger where he seems in great shape. We can only conclude Photoshop has greatly improved over the last few years.

 

[Tom.G]

There is a documentary on tv about a 4 mast barque built in 1911. The ship has lately been in NYC for a long time, like a museum or so, and they brought it back to Germany where it was constructed. I wonder about its name. It is named after the capital of China, Bejing. However, Bejing in German is Peking. How did New Yorkers pronounce that ship and what did they think? Pee-King?

We Americans (at least outside of New York City) pronounce it as "Pay-king" with a slight stress on the second syllable.

I tried ordering thoughts, but it turns out that there are no hits for "thoughts" in Shopping, at least with DuckDuckGo.
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Ahh, there be the problem, try Google.
Just the first page has pricing from USD $5 to USD $1500.

Here is an example:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/592170533/thoughts?gpla=1&gao=1&

 

[ergospherical]

I can't decide what's more embarrassing, my browser history or my calculator history.

 

[DrGreg]

I can't decide what's more embarrassing, my browser history or my calculator history.

My calculator history:

Image credit: Loadmaster (David R. Tribble), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

 

[Borek]

Reminded me that I have spent substantial amount of time trying to find picture of this model.

 

[fresh_42]

My calculator history:
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Image credit: Loadmaster (David R. Tribble), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Puh! Here is my calculator history:

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Puh! Here is my calculator history:

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I still use my first calculator to do my taxes

 

[DrGreg]

OK, my first non-electronic calculator was this:

 

[fresh_42]

I still use my first calculator to do my taxes

Makes sense, I guess the IRS as well.

 

[Hornbein]

I still have the calculator I bought in 1976. It's in perfect shape, easy to use, and works great off of its little built in photoelectric panel.

Before that I had a job working for my dad on a Wang calculator. I also punched cards on a machine with with one of those drum cards. (It's hard to explain.)

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Speaking of abacuses, I have an abacus sitting on my mantle that my uncle took from a dead Japanese soldier in WWII.

PS, I'm not as old as that makes me sound. My father had brothers old enough to be his father.

 

[fresh_42]

I still use my first calculator to do my taxes

OK, my first non-electronic calculator was this:
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I still have the calculator I bought in 1976. It's in perfect shape, easy to use, and works great off of its little built in photoelectric panel.

Before that I had a job working for my dad on a Wang calculator. I also punched cards on a machine with with one of those drum cards. (It's hard to explain.)

Speaking of abacuses, I have an abacus sitting on my mantle that my uncle took from a dead Japanese soldier in WWII.

PS, I'm not as old as that makes me sound. My father had brothers old enough to be his father.

We've had a member until last year whose first calculator was

Guess he couldn't cope with our modern viruses.

 

[WWGD]

Speaking of abacuses, I have an abacus sitting on my mantle that my uncle took from a dead Japanese soldier in WWII.

PS, I'm not as old as that makes me sound. My father had brothers old enough to be his father.

I somehow remember a line I heard from this lady some 10 years ago: " I have two sons ( ages) 23 and 2".

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I somehow remember a line I heard from this lady some 10 years ago: " I have two sons ( ages) 23 and 2".

11 children IIRC. 2 died as children. I never did get them all straight.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

We've had a member until last year whose first calculator was

View attachment 286555Guess he couldn't cope with our modern viruses.

That was also how we reported posts back when PF first started. It was the old chisel and camel method.

 

[fresh_42]

And I was always asking myself why that mule stood in the corner of the report office. Now it makes sense.

 

[WWGD]

11 children IIRC. 2 died as children. I never did get them all straight.

Can't remember? That's what " Hey/Hey you, Hey man" was invented.

 

[WWGD]

And I was always asking myself why that mule stood in the corner of the report office. Now it makes sense.

The one with the mules? Wouldn't that be Muller?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Can't remember? That's what " Hey/Hey you, Hey man" was invented.

There were a few aunts and uncles in our area and they were mostly part of our immediate family. But I only met some of them briefly as a child. We lived in California and they lived in SD. They were so old compared to my dad I actually thought they were great uncles LOL!

 

[WWGD]

There were a few aunts and uncles in our area and they were mostly part of our immediate family. But I only met some of them briefly as a child. We lived in California and they lived in SD. They were so old compared to my dad I actually thought they were great uncles LOL!

Same with my great great great grandfather. Actually, he was just my great great grandfather, but he was really great.

 

[fresh_42]

Google has a Doodle Island Games on its front page ...

(see you later)

 

[WWGD]

Some day I'll figure out and get straight the relations between goat, sheep, ram, ewe, etc.

 

[WWGD]

The business plan was so secret even the presenter did not know/understand it.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Some day I'll figure out and get straight the relations between goat, sheep, ram, ewe, etc.

Mostly they are just friends.

 

[Ibix]

Some day I'll figure out and get straight the relations between goat, sheep, ram, ewe, etc.

[Accent=Billy Connolly]If ewe've goat to sheep tak a wee 'ram of whisky[/accent].

 

[Ivan Seeking]

See the Coolidge Effect to understand the relationship between a ram and a ewe.

Then see how the effect got its name.

 

[Ibix]

Then see how the effect got its name.

Stay cool with Cal, indeed...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

The business plan was so secret even the presenter did not know/understand it.

Ah, Amway.

 

[WWGD]

Ah, Amway.

But he wants me to set up a database without " giving away the secret". I can't drive the point to him on how nonsensical that is.

 

[WWGD]

But he wants me to set up a database without " giving away the secret". I can't drive the point to him on how nonsensical that is.

I assume most here in PF have had to navigate the chasm between the technical and business worlds.

 

[fresh_42]

I assume most here in PF have had to navigate the chasm between the technical and business worlds.

Oh yes. I have more than once been given $\dfrac{a}{b}$ and $\dfrac{c}{d}$ and requested to calculate $\dfrac{a+c}{b+d}$. Of course, it was hidden behind words like bonuses, indexes, or similar. But at its core, it was just that.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I assume most here in PF have had to navigate the chasm between the technical and business worlds.

Yes, you make money in the business world.

 

[Astronuc]

Tibetan Bridge of Curzútt
This four-hour walk in the hills along the right bank of the Ticino River, in the region facing the Magadino Plain, does not only offer a beautiful scenery, but also boasts several points of interest. The thrill of crossing one of the longest Tibetan bridges in Switzerland (270 metres); the discovery of the Romanesque church of San Bernardo, featuring a number of beautiful frescoes of 14th and 15th century; a visit to the old and beautifully restored housing cluster of Curzútt, testifying to the time when daily life mainly revolved around hillside activities.

https://www.ticinotopten.ch/en/trekking/curztt-tibetan-bridge

And being in the neighborhood - https://www.claviere.it/en/la-stazione/estate/ponte-tibetano-cesana-claviere/

 

[WWGD]

Yes, you make money in the business world.

I guess PMs are part of that bridge between worlds.