Isolated Blurt Thread

[legerdemer]

I've already got one. They're white, so they're not practical.

Black - always looks good. Very dark green or blue or maroon.

There - my random public service for the day.

 

[Gorza]

Black - always looks good. Very dark green or blue or maroon.

There - my random public service for the day.

Thanks, Leggy ! I can model them for you later.

 

[oggbashan]

Did oggbashan (seeing as we're in the 3rd person) include some basic mechanics, trigonometry and game theory? Myself, I'm a linguist.

I'm sure you could be a cunning linguist.

No, oggbashan only wrote about statistics. Why 3rd person? Because oggbashan is just one of my identities. jeanne_d_artois also writes stories but not recently. I (the real me) will get around to sorting out jeanne's part written stories when I've finished with oggbashan's long list.

 

[oggbashan]

Towards the end of each December I set up a folder with the part finished stories I didn't complete during the year...

I've had a cunning plan. I've taken three incomplete historical stories, added some explanatory notes, and submitted the whole as Family History Part 01.

Part 02 can add more of the incomplete stories after a minimal edit...

And I can go on, and on, and on...

If I want to complete a story, I can "find" the rest in the archives.

 

[trysail]

Were those microwave popcorns or could you cook them properly in a pan?

(Can you make images smaller when you upload them? Those ones about fuel just about fit on my enormous laptop screen so they must be stretching the thread for everyone-else.
)

As all of my correspondence is done on a desktop computer equipped with the large monitor necessary for Excel spreadsheets, I never re-size images and I rarely upload them— choosing instead to hot-link sizes that appear to fit the smallest imaginable functional screens.

Had I re-sized the images you reference, the axis labels would have been completely unreadable.

I never use microwave popcorn, instead preferring a hot air popper. They are a vast improvement over pans or the wire baskets utilized by my father.


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[MagicaPractica]

Well, this is that time of year for it. . . .

Reminders that I'm alive, humble me, make me think.

 

[Handley_Page]

Reminders that I'm alive, humble me, make me think.

Bless you, Lady

 

[Gorza]

I'm off to Thailand for a fortnight tomorrow, so I'm not going to be around much. I'm sure you won't miss me. If you do, I might be persuaded to login from the beach!

Keep it fantasy; keep it hot!

 

[Handley_Page]

My car has broken.
I don't know whether its a simple battery problem, or the Alternator, but it will take me off the road for the next 4 days.
<groan>

 

[MagicaPractica]

My car has broken.
I don't know whether its a simple battery problem, or the Alternator, but it will take me off the road for the next 4 days.
<groan>

Hope it's simple.

 

[Handley_Page]

Hope it's simple.

Well, so do I.
But the morning is turning out to be bloody cold (+2C) and I cannot do much anyway, so bubbles to it; for now
Have a Good Year, Mags.

 

[oggbashan]

My car has broken.
I don't know whether its a simple battery problem, or the Alternator, but it will take me off the road for the next 4 days.
<groan>

My newer Volvo was misfiring when I started it this morning.

I used my older Volvo which has had a problem with intermittent stalling and has sat outside for weeks. It was waiting until the New Year for my mechanic's attention. It behaved perfectly!

My mechanic is busy with grandchildren until the end of next week so I'll have to fix my newer Volvo myself, or wait until he is grandchildren-free.

 

[Handley_Page]

May 2016 bring us all a sufficiency of the necessaries.

It's either been freezing or raining today, so any chance of a quick squint at the car is a bit of a non-starter (if you'll excuse the pun).

 

[oggbashan]

I've been getting too many sales emails recently. They started before Christmas - Buy Now For Christmas Delivery! - and continued for the New Year.

But why would anyone think I need a Bible Organiser? It is basically a handbag to carry your Bible in.

It's a 'special reduced offer'. I'm sure it is. Even the most religious of my friends wouldn't be seen dead with it.

 

[Handley_Page]

I've been getting too many sales emails recently. They started before Christmas - Buy Now For Christmas Delivery! - and continued for the New Year.

But why would anyone think I need a Bible Organiser? It is basically a handbag to carry your Bible in.

It's a 'special reduced offer'. I'm sure it is. Even the most religious of my friends wouldn't be seen dead with it.

I agree.
Why carry your Bible, anyway? Get the electronic KJ on you phone. . . .
Or on-line

 

[oggbashan]

I agree.
Why carry your Bible, anyway? Get the electronic KJ on you phone. . . .
Or on-line

But then no one can see that you are carrying your Bible. That is why the Bible Organiser is such a bad idea.

The whole point of having a Bible with you is so that people can SEE you are carrying a Bible (and duck around a corner to avoid you).

 

[Handley_Page]

But then no one can see that you are carrying your Bible. That is why the Bible Organiser is such a bad idea.

The whole point of having a Bible with you is so that people can SEE you are carrying a Bible (and duck around a corner to avoid you).

Now that's what I call a niche market.
I wonder if they do one for the Koran, or the Hindu texts ?

 

[NaokoSmith]

Now that's what I call a niche market.
I wonder if they do one for the Koran, or the Hindu texts ?

Or the Kama Sutra

There was great excitement when one of the kids brought one to school one day at Piglet's last primary establishment

Empathy with the car, HP! I must go and try to see if I can figure out whether the brake lights work on mine.

 

[Handley_Page]

Or the Kama Sutra

There was great excitement when one of the kids brought one to school one day at Piglet's last primary establishment

Empathy with the car, HP! I must go and try to see if I can figure out whether the brake lights work on mine.

To my mind, it demonstrates pure commercialism; even avarice.

I'm reminded of that Spencer Tracy film about the Tennessee Monkey Trial (I think it was called 'Inherit the Wind'). There's a really good scene where Darrow (Spencer Tracy) is walking towards the court house and a guy is setting up a table full of bibles for sale.
My thought was "Qui Bono?"

 

[TxRad]

16 chapters in and your only comment was about a spelling mistake. Maybe I should point out the two previous ones you missed.

 

[Handley_Page]

16 chapters in and your only comment was about a spelling mistake. Maybe I should point out the two previous ones you missed.

<snerk>

 

[TxRad]

<snerk>

Exactly.

 

[oggbashan]

Local Museums Winter Opening Hours

I am trying to reduce my historical collections by donating items to local museums.

I have items that might suit five local Museums in East Kent. I searched for current opening hours for all five.

1st: Opening hours given up to 27th December 2015 only.
2nd: Current hours given with new exhibition opened yesterday.
3rd: Opening hours given for whole of 2016.
4th: Despite several searches on line, most recent opening information is for 2004. I know that it is still open. I visited it in October 2015. No contact details for email or phone.
5th: Opening hours given for Summer 2015 only yet I know it is open 6 days a week.

Yesterday I donated items to a sixth museum. Despite searching on-line I couldn't find the exact location of the office which is open six days a week. I parked nearby and asked. I wouldn't have found it unaided. The access is above a local supermarket, an inconspicuous door around the back in the delivery area.

Don't they want visitors to their Museums?

 

[Handley_Page]

I think Douglas Adams had a few thoughts on keeping public thing quiet.
Something to do with plans in a locked filing cabinet in a basement room,
behind a door marked "Beware the Jaguar".

 

[MagicaPractica]

I think Douglas Adams had a few thoughts on keeping public thing quiet.
Something to do with plans in a locked filing cabinet in a basement room,
behind a door marked "Beware the Jaguar".

I believe it was a disused bathroom and the light bulb was out too.