The Isolated Blurt Thread VI: The 6th Nonsense

[phantom4533]

My eyes itch.

 

[oggbashan]

The point of no return is well passed.

The Permafrost Carbon Feedback is occurring with rising air temperatures in the Arctic. And, it is irreversible on human time scales. Plus, it's not even factored into the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.

Adapt.

In the eighteenth century, sailors went much further South than has ever been possible since. They were in open seas where massive ice-sheets have been in place for the whole of the 20th Century.

It was thought that their navigational skills were defective and that they were recording locations that were impossible. But recording how far North or South a ship is has been much more accurate than Easting or Westing. In recent years traces of an eighteenth century sealers' camp site on Antarctica has been found in a location that would have been impossible to reach without a modern icebreaker - unless the sea was open at the time.

 

[JohnnySavage]

On the end of those tiny arms of a T-Rex... are they called hands or paws?

 

[phantom4533]

On the end of those tiny arms of a T-Rex... are they called hands or paws?

I don't know. Let me ask one of the learned scholars that are procrastinating at the table.

 

[JohnnySavage]

I don't know. Let me ask one of the learned scholars that at procrastinating at the table.

If it ever comes up in conversation, I think I'll call them hands.

 

[Wings]

We call them Ceelos.

 

[phantom4533]

If it ever comes up in conversation, I think I'll call them hands.

Are you sure you should be making executive decisions like that before noon?

 

[JohnnySavage]

Are you sure you should be making executive decisions like that before noon?

I like to be prepared.

 

[yossi]

http://mrwgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/With-Such-A-Big-Head-Little-Arms-This-Plan-Was-Not-Well-Thought-Out-In-Meet-The-Robinsons.gif

 

[Lorilei]

We call them Ceelos.

*snort*

 

[JohnnySavage]

Sometimes, you need the tool that's best suited to the job in hand. And for George R. R. Martin, that means using an archaic word processor—WordStar 4.0, running on DOS, no less—to write Game of Thrones. He explained why to Conan last night.

First, it means that he has a computer dedicated to writing—obviously he doesn't check his email and browse the web on DOS, that'd be silly—which presumably allows him to concentrate better. But it seems the main reason is simplicity: a lack of frustrating spell checks and autocorrects, which is kind of what you want when writing new and strange fictional words on a daily basis.

 

[Wings]

*snort*

This bus driver took out two street signs on this 10 minute trip. I'd like to get off now. Here is fine, right in the middle of downtown traffic. That's probably safer.

 

[phantom4533]

This bus driver took out two street signs on this 10 minute trip. I'd like to get off now. Here is fine, right in the middle of downtown traffic. That's probably safer.

You must be in Hamilton, Bermuda.

 

[Wings]

You must be in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Close, Minneapolis.

 

[phantom4533]

Close, Minneapolis.

Maybe the bus driver is from Hamilton. They trim the hedges with bus mirrors there.

 

[neci]

shortie

 

[trysail]

Maybe the bus driver is from Hamilton. They trim the hedges with bus mirrors there.

LOL.

So true.

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[phantom4533]

I want to go to N'awlins

 

[NHKitty]

Can we leave now?

 

[yossi]

I want to go to N'awlins

I've been dreaming of a New Orleans trip myself. I'd love to experience the city.

 

[phantom4533]

You mean before Disneyland?

 

[NHKitty]

I'd go anywhere with you!

Day #3 of degraded network...not good for getting work done.

 

[neci]

i ate in the new orleans quarter at disneyland.

my bowels turned to water.

not that any of you needed to know that.

 

[NHKitty]

i ate in the new orleans quarter at disneyland.

my bowels turned to water.

not that any of you needed to know that.

Ok...adding that to "places not to eat" list.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Trust me, I'm an Engineer