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How often is their bulk trash pickup where you live? Here it's once a month but I believe a while ago it was more often then that.

What the heck is the deal with runners "working together"? I always hear about this when watching a marathon or even a comparably long cycling race. "She's pulling ahead... the pack is going to have to work together if they want to catch up. It looks like they're taking this very seriously." How can competing runners work together?

Well, for one thing, it's a lot easier to run fast or speed up when you're in a group. Being alone just makes it so much harder to speed up enough to catch someone more than a few second in front of you. Competing runners work together because it will make both of them go faster. Obviously you want to out sprint them in the last 100 meters but until that point, it's better to cooperate. Working with your teammates is even better because you can encourage one another but a rival will serve the same purpose of making you faster. When together, you can draft off of each other reducing wind resistance and push each other. If you run with someone, you won't want to walk at all because then they see you being weak. If you're alone then it's harder to be motivated.

@ Trajan: I'd say bulk trash is about once every 6 weeks or so

CCRunner7, thanks for the response, but I'm still somewhat confused.

Well, for one thing, it's a lot easier to run fast or speed up when you're in a group.

Why?

Being alone just makes it so much harder to speed up enough to catch someone more than a few second in front of you.

How come you run faster in a group?

Competing runners work together because it will make both of them go faster. Obviously you want to out sprint them in the last 100 meters but until that point, it's better to cooperate. Working with your teammates is even better because you can encourage one another but a rival will serve the same purpose of making you faster. When together, you can draft off of each other reducing wind resistance and push each other.

So the basic idea is that it's good motivation and there is less wind resistance?

How often is their bulk trash pickup where you live? Here it's once a month but I believe a while ago it was more often then that.

Weekly. XCL

How come you run faster in a group?

Competition, and a set pace both factor into it. I find that I run faster when running with other people; it's not a conscious effort, but I eventually do notice it happening.

So the basic idea is that it's good motivation and there is less wind resistance?

I think it's the same principle as geese flying in Vs; they take turns breaking the wind for the others. You can experience a similar effect if you drive close behind an 18-wheeler for a while.

Other people have already mentioned the important factors for the running question, but interesting tidbit...

Long distance records for women are usually set with a man as the pacesetter for the record breaker.

I cannot fathom anyway of saying Lady to a woman that wouldn't be seen as arrogant.

Well, I suppose the first example that came to my mind doesn't apply to most people, but at an SCA event, it's pretty rude to call a lady anything other than "lady". But you can also get away with it if you're cute enough.

Why?
As Cheezy said much better than me, competition. You want to beat the other people and beating them doesn't mean slowing down.


So the basic idea is that it's good motivation and there is less wind resistance?
Basically yes.

Competition, and a set pace both factor into it. I find that I run faster when running with other people; it's not a conscious effort, but I eventually do notice it happening.



I think it's the same principle as geese flying in Vs; they take turns breaking the wind for the others. You can experience a similar effect if you drive close behind an 18-wheeler for a while.

Unless there is a strong wind and you're trying to shield yourself from it, I doubt that runners are running fast enough to benefit from any sort of drag effect. Bikers, yes, definitely.

You've obviously never seen me run ;)

Seriously though, even if there isn't an actual physical effect on your speed, drafting off of other runners makes you feel much faster. If you're faster psychologically you'll be faster physically as well.

You've obviously never seen me run ;)

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3329/runningonhandswd9.jpg

Question of my own: Is it me or has the expression "lol" lost any and all meaning? Lol is supposed to mean "laughing out loud", but now people seem to use it to express just mild amusement, even if they didn't actually laugh out loud. People even say "i lold irl", meaning "I laughed out loud in real life", which I take to mean they actually laughed out loud. So why do they have to add irl? Is it because idiots have flooded the market with lols depleting their value?

I'll ask this like I did last time.

WHY make a new thread when a thread reaches 1000? The database isn't going to explode when threads go over 1000 posts.

It's more fun that way.

So, Worcester is pronounced as something like "wustuh".

Are there any other names in New England I should know have a weird pronunciation?

So, Worcester is pronounced as something like "wustuh".

Are there any other names in New England I should know have a weird pronunciation?

Worcester is pronounced "Wurster." It's the English pronounciation.

Leicester is pronounced "Lester."

Likewise, anything ending in "shire" is pronounced like the word "sure," so Lincolnshire is pronounced "Link-un-shurr."

How'd you guys (and Lucy) decide what you wanted to do with your life career-wise? A good amount of you have already finished college and have careers, and I'm pretty sure an equal amount of you are finishing up college and have a pretty good idea of what you're going to do.

When did you decide? How did you decide? How long did you go through college having no clue what you were going to do, or did you go to college with a set plan already in mind...?

I don't know. I feel like I have absolutely no idea what I really want to do and I'm kind of worried that I'll never find anything I could see myself doing for the rest of my life.

It's more fun that way.
"It's not amusement park kind of fun. It's not merry go round kind of fun. It's shovin' shards of broken glass up your ass and sittin' in a tub of tabasco sauce for 12 hours kind of fun." -- Uncle Jimbo

Worcester is pronounced "Wurster." It's the English pronounciation.

Leicester is pronounced "Lester."

Likewise, anything ending in "shire" is pronounced like the word "sure," so Lincolnshire is pronounced "Link-un-shurr."

The thing I absolutely love to do when in New England is refuse to acknowledge their pronunciations and just say it like it looks. Really pisses them off.

How long did you go through college having no clue what you were going to do[?]

In my third year of a four year program, still aimless as ever.

How'd you guys (and Lucy) decide what you wanted to do with your life career-wise? A good amount of you have already finished college and have careers, and I'm pretty sure an equal amount of you are finishing up college and have a pretty good idea of what you're going to do.

When did you decide? How did you decide? How long did you go through college having no clue what you were going to do, or did you go to college with a set plan already in mind...?

I don't know. I feel like I have absolutely no idea what I really want to do and I'm kind of worried that I'll never find anything I could see myself doing for the rest of my life.

I think this is a question worth its own thread :)

But anyway, I finished my degree 2 years ago, and I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up.

I applied to 6 different universities, and a different subject in each... I failed the Cambridge interview, so I ended up going to Imperial (which meant I studied Physics). Three years later, armed with a solid degree from what was now the 5th best university in the world (:dubious:), I went job-hunting. I applied for a bunch of different jobs, mostly "to do with numbers". It took 6 months of interviews before I perfected my BS-ing technique and finally landed a job. It was a computery statisticy type job, where I used databases and spreadsheets to analyse how effectively the company was winning new customers. I got bored of this quite quickly, so I got a new job - again, computery statisticy in nature. I'm now bored of this job.

I really don't know what I want to do. But at least at the moment I'm overpaid and underemployed, rather than the other way around. I always thought I wanted a job where I was paid to sit around on the internet all day. But I've had TWO of those jobs, and I am bored of both.


How old are you?

How are Singles Charts actually calculated?

I mean, I don't know anybody who's ever bought a Single in his life, most just buy the whole CD/Album. Of course, with the rise of iTunes an other Musicportals this will probably become more common but still, it doesn't strike me as specifically good metric to calculate a songs success.

Are Album sales somehow calculated into the singles charts as well?

Like Mise, I graduated 2 years ago and still don't know what the heck I am going to do. I do get paid to surf the internet, but being lazy I have not yet gotten bored.

How are Singles Charts actually calculated?

I mean, I don't know anybody who's ever bought a Single in his life, most just buy the whole CD/Album. Of course, with the rise of iTunes an other Musicportals this will probably become more common but still, it doesn't strike me as specifically good metric to calculate a songs success.

Are Album sales somehow calculated into the singles charts as well?

Its different in every country, some just go purely off sales, some take airplay into account as well. by some utterly bizarre calculation, that dirge called "apologise" by one Republic is apparently the most popular song of the last decade

So, Worcester is pronounced as something like "wustuh".

Are there any other names in New England I should know have a weird pronunciation?

Worcester is pronounced "Wurster." It's the English pronounciation.

Leicester is pronounced "Lester."

Likewise, anything ending in "shire" is pronounced like the word "sure," so Lincolnshire is pronounced "Link-un-shurr."

It's wusta. The u is like bull, the a is like... any other thing that ends in r that New Englanders don't pronounce. We don't take kindly to rs in New England.

The thing I absolutely love to do when in New England is refuse to acknowledge their pronunciations and just say it like it looks. Really pisses them off.

Who gets pissed? I just laugh at you weird ignorant foreigners.

Our Coventry is not like England's. Theirs is "coven-tree". Ours is "KAH-vin-tree".

East and West Greenwich are East and West "grenich".

Glocester is "glaw-sta".

Portsmouth is "pawt-smith".

Cumberland is "CUM-ba-lind". Any time there's an r at the end of a word, and most times there's an r at the end of a syllable, pretend it's not there. That's what we do.

If you're ever going to visit, this will be useful.

If you've noticed the pattern, you're all set.

How'd you guys (and Lucy) decide what you wanted to do with your life career-wise? A good amount of you have already finished college and have careers, and I'm pretty sure an equal amount of you are finishing up college and have a pretty good idea of what you're going to do.

When did you decide? How did you decide? How long did you go through college having no clue what you were going to do, or did you go to college with a set plan already in mind...?

I don't know. I feel like I have absolutely no idea what I really want to do and I'm kind of worried that I'll never find anything I could see myself doing for the rest of my life.

Don't call me out! Guys is gender-neutral!

I figured out what I ought to do by screwing up what I thought I should do. I had no idea what I wanted to do when I graduated, the university that offered me the most money was WPI (Worcester! Polytechnic Institute), a very techy school, so I said "hell, math will work". Then I totally screwed that up, for a lot of reasons I don't need to go into. I came back home and took a bunch of random crap at local CC, figured out somewhere along that road that language didn't lose my interest, did some research and found that URI has a great program for speech therapists, and figured that'll work. Unfortunately that was about the time where I ran out of money, and now I'm meandering along, working and not going to school (miserable), trying to save enough money to go back. Now that I'm 22 with only about two and a half years worth of credits, I'm going to have to make it work even if I decide it's not what I'm absolutely in love with. No more luxury of major-switching. Gotta pay rent. :( Don't do what I did. If what you're doing isn't working, stop doing it and go do something else. It's better to bop around than to stagnate.

How'd you guys (and Lucy) decide what you wanted to do with your life career-wise? A good amount of you have already finished college and have careers, and I'm pretty sure an equal amount of you are finishing up college and have a pretty good idea of what you're going to do.

When did you decide? How did you decide? How long did you go through college having no clue what you were going to do, or did you go to college with a set plan already in mind...?

I don't know. I feel like I have absolutely no idea what I really want to do and I'm kind of worried that I'll never find anything I could see myself doing for the rest of my life.

They have a good number of tests and other things that you can take. You give them your skills, hobbies, and other things and they can calculate what the best career path would be for you and what type of environment you'd most prefer to work in.

It shouldn't be your end all be all decision, but it can get you on the right path.

They have a good number of tests and other things that you can take. You give them your skills, hobbies, and other things and they can calculate what the best career path would be for you and what type of environment you'd most prefer to work in.

It shouldn't be your end all be all decision, but it can get you on the right path.
IME, those things are absolutely useless...

Is it wrong to give advice to people who post in random rants?

Is it wrong to give advice to people who post in random rants?

Nope. If it warrants a new thread, though, start a new thread!

Firstlady: You don't have to do a desicion and hold to it for your life. You can always change your mind, even though it is easier if you don't. Just do what you want to do most. Classical music maybe?

I kind of had no choice when I graduated high school, I was very competitive about maths at that time and it was something I had to do. After master's degree I kind of lost the passion for it, and now I'm rethinking what I'd like to do, but I don't regret a bit for studyig it, because it taught me not only maths but very much other things also. If I choose to do something else, I don't think that I have lost anything, but instead gained something by not doing the same thing for the whole of my life. The most important thing is that I have been having a lots of fun doing what I have done. You should too.

Its different in every country, some just go purely off sales, some take airplay into account as well.

I've heard that it's because most music sold as singles are nowdays some sort of black metal and they want to play pop instead. And I kind of understan that if that single list is meant to present what people are listening, although it's wrong captioned then.

Classical music maybe?

Well, that could be an idea if you really like it, but unless you really dislike things like food and water, you'd better have a second plan other than that. :p

In the "Manbearpig" episode of South Park, why does Al Gore say "cereal" instead of "serious"? It's funny, I just don't understand it.

How'd you guys (and Lucy) decide what you wanted to do with your life career-wise? A good amount of you have already finished college and have careers, and I'm pretty sure an equal amount of you are finishing up college and have a pretty good idea of what you're going to do.

When did you decide? How did you decide? How long did you go through college having no clue what you were going to do, or did you go to college with a set plan already in mind...?I knew a long time ago I was going to be an accountant for a while at least. I was interested in business, good with numbers and don't have any personality. Also I am from a farming background and any professional / desk job is seen as being good. I studied Business & French in Uni.

Unlike many of my class mates I didn't go straight into work but bummed around for a while. I took a very low level job in a multinational. They offered me a place on the graduate program in the UK and I am still with the same company 3 years and 4 countries later. I am glad of my choices and enjoy what I am doing now.

Edit: Except for the 12 hour days, those aren't nice.

In the "Manbearpig" episode of South Park, why does Al Gore say "cereal" instead of "serious"? It's funny, I just don't understand it.

I understood it as "serial", so i think it referred to An Inconvenient Truth and Gore self-promoting.

When is Labo(u)r day in the US, and why isn't it on May 1st?

I understood it as "serial", so i think it referred to An Inconvenient Truth and Gore self-promoting.

I had the closed captions on, and it definitley said "cereal". Those things aren't always exactly right all the time though.

When is Labo(u)r day in the US, and why isn't it on May 1st?

Labour day here (kanata) is the first monday of september.

there was a labour festival in July in canada, that an american came to. from there, he had one in september in the states. grover cleveland adopted it in the states to COMBAT may day and those blasted commies it represents.

it is also when the argos and ti-cats play, as do the stamps/eskimos, and roughriders/blue bombers in the 3 labour day classics (montreal, bc, and ottawa when they play are shunned on this holiday)

My friend told me to speak a French accent, grunt at the Rs...I cant do it. Any suggestions?

I had the closed captions on, and it definitley said "cereal". Those things aren't always exactly right all the time though.

It got translated here as "serial", and it would be a refence to the internet and computerry stuff, which al gore also got some fame on.

My friend told me to speak a French accent, grunt at the Rs...I cant do it. Any suggestions?

you are from singapore right? Maybe you should get a mouth-surgery first before you can pronounce a proper "r"? :confused:

(and for those who think i'm flaming, such surgeries exist and are well-known in south korea)

Likewise, anything ending in "shire" is pronounced like the word "sure," so Lincolnshire is pronounced "Link-un-shurr."

Shire as a suffix can be shurr (yokle speak) or shear (poncy southern fairy speak). Oddly when said on it's own it is said as written.

It's wusta. The u is like bull, the a is like... any other thing that ends in r that New Englanders don't pronounce. We don't take kindly to rs in New England.

Old England drops the r too. Wus-ter-shur / wus-ter-shear

Glocester is "glaw-sta".

Glos-ter

Portsmouth is "pawt-smith".

Ports-m'th. Emphasis on the O and m'th like azimuth.

Normally, in music notation, each note is half the size of the next larger note. In other words, there are 2 half notes in 1 whole note. There are 2 eighth notes in 1 quarter note. Triplets are 3 notes per the next larger note. So there are 3 eighth note triplets in 1 quarter note.

My question is, triplets have a name. What's the name of the normal notation? Doublets?

I'm pretty sure it's either duples or duplets.

Might be a language difference here... But at least in my language:


Duplets are NOT the normal notations! That's a common misconception around here.

Triplets are "exceptional rythmic division", and duplets, or quadruplets, are only called duplets or quadruples when they are in tertiary time signatures.

But also, we have sextuples (triplets, twice as fast) and nonolets (9), so on.

Might be a language difference here... But at least in my language:


Duplets are NOT the normal notations! That's a common misconception around here.

Triplets are "exceptional rythmic division", and duplets, or quadruplets, are only called duplets or quadruples when they are in tertiary time signatures.

But also, we have sextuples (triplets, twice as fast) and nonolets (9), so on.
Ok, then what is the normal music notation name?

At least in my language (keep in mind it might be different in English), they are simply called eights, fourths, whole notes, etc. There is no collective name for them. :)

At least in my language (keep in mind it might be different in English), they are simply called eights, fourths, whole notes, etc. There is no collective name for them. :)

Well that sucks!

Another question: Has anyone else other than me noticed the following?

There is an old death metal band named Death. I noticed this about their song formats, and it seems no one else I have ever encountered has ever mentioned it. All of their songs (at least on their first 3 albums) are in one of these two formats: AAB or ABA. I shall elucidate.

They play a bunch of riffs (a riff is just a part of a song where the notes all seem to flow together). They then repeat those exact same riffs, the same way, in the same order. So that can be considered section A played twice. Then they play a bunch of other riffs. That next group of riffs is section B. Then the song ends. So that's the AAB format of their songs. Every once in a while, a song will have an introductory riff or two which is not played again.

Their songs on "Scream Bloody Gore" are all either AAB or ABA. Their songs on "Leprosy" are all ABA except for one song, the name of which I can't remember (I believe it's "Open Casket"). 100% of their songs on "Spiritual Healing" are ABA.

This, in my opinion, is just completely lame and unimaginative. Sure, their riffs are good, but making different song formats isn't going to kill anybody.

So, has anyone else ever noticed this? And no, I'm not imagining this. It's true and easily provable by just listening to the songs.

Shire as a suffix can be shurr (yokle speak) or shear (poncy southern fairy speak). Oddly when said on it's own it is said as written.

Old England drops the r too. Wus-ter-shur / wus-ter-shear

Glos-ter

Ports-m'th. Emphasis on the O and m'th like azimuth.

Maybe that's how you pronounce 'em in Old England. We're less civilized over here, y'know. :)

We have Indian-named crap, too, like the Woonasquatucket River. Pronounced the way it looks.

So, has anyone else ever noticed this? And no, I'm not imagining this. It's true and easily provable by just listening to the songs.

I did not notice because I've never listened to Death. But my question is; what's wrong with the structures Intr-A-A-B-Coda (How do you say coda in english) and Intr-A-B-A-Coda?

What city, if any, in the old USSR would possibly have been known as "salt mine city"? I've never known what that's supposed to be alluding to...


Well we stopped fer a coffee in West Berlin
An' the piggies had a hunderd mile pee
I sez "Pigpen, from here on it's wall to wall bears"
He sez "Bash the wall, we gonna see"
Well them Big Red bears must a been in the bush
Cause we didn't see a one all day
So we raked up the leaves, 'n we shook out the trees
'Till they finally had somethin' to say... You got it...

Commrade Duck !
You have been given until daybreak in Murmansk
To get your cotton-picking trucks out of the U-S-S-of-R
YOU VILL COPY!!!

Well we shot them rigs through Salt Mine City
With the hammer an' the sickle on down
Then we hooked a fan, through the Sea a Japan
An' tooled into Transistor Town
I sez "Pigpen, this here must be the place
Cause everybody's eatin' with sticks"
He sez "10-4, this here's CB land
Cause my channel knob just went crick"

Wieliczka or Bochnia? but they are in poland so idk.

Wieliczka or Bochnia? but they are in poland so idk.

They the places with the incredible underground carved saltmines?

Wieliczka Salt Mine is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, second oldest salt mine in the world (oldest is Bochnia), has 1.2 MILLION visitors per year, is called the Underground Salt Cathedral of Poland, and has existed since the 13th century

Wieliczka or Bochnia? but they are in poland so idk.

The singer, C.W. McCall, never struck me as the geographically learned type, so anything in the Warsaw Pact probably would have been USSR to him. One of those is probably it, thanks!

Question

The phrase "the end of the stick" implys that sticks where one end was covered in poop were suficiently common to create their own idiom. While I can see why on occasion there would be a stick with one end covered in poop, why was such an occurance common enough to generate it's own phrase. What was the purpose that required enough sticks that the concept entered the common consiousness?

Grab a branch with leaves and wipe your ass if you are out in the woods and lacking toilet paper. You have a stick...one end you are holding, the other one with leaves is now laden with poo. Just a guess.

Question

The phrase "the end of the stick" implys that sticks where one end was covered in poop were suficiently common to create their own idiom. While I can see why on occasion there would be a stick with one end covered in poop, why was such an occurance common enough to generate it's own phrase. What was the purpose that required enough sticks that the concept entered the common consiousness?
Not sure but when you are walking after cattle they make a mess.
If you use a stick you hold it at one end, the other end is hitting the ground or a cow's ass all the time. After this you always hold that stick at the clean end.

I did not notice because I've never listened to Death. But my question is; what's wrong with the structures Intr-A-A-B-Coda (How do you say coda in english) and Intr-A-B-A-Coda?

There's no coda. It just stops at the end of B or one of the As. The problem is ALL OF THEIR SONGS ARE LIKE THAT. That's LAME spelled with a capital LAME. Never have I encountered any band or composer that does ALL of his songs in the same format.

I think this is a question worth its own thread :)

But anyway, I finished my degree 2 years ago, and I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up.

I applied to 6 different universities, and a different subject in each... I failed the Cambridge interview, so I ended up going to Imperial (which meant I studied Physics). Three years later, armed with a solid degree from what was now the 5th best university in the world (:dubious:), I went job-hunting. I applied for a bunch of different jobs, mostly "to do with numbers". It took 6 months of interviews before I perfected my BS-ing technique and finally landed a job. It was a computery statisticy type job, where I used databases and spreadsheets to analyse how effectively the company was winning new customers. I got bored of this quite quickly, so I got a new job - again, computery statisticy in nature. I'm now bored of this job.

I really don't know what I want to do. But at least at the moment I'm overpaid and underemployed, rather than the other way around. I always thought I wanted a job where I was paid to sit around on the internet all day. But I've had TWO of those jobs, and I am bored of both.


How old are you?

Eighteen, and this is my first semester in college. My parents want me to be a pharmacist, but I don't like science very much. They have the mindset that it doesn't matter what I like so long as I get paid well and that even if I'm miserable, it's worth it. :ack:

I thought I wanted to be a music major, but after talking to quite a few of the music professors, I don't think I'm cut out for that either. I love music, and I'm a pretty good flutist but I'm not that competitive and I mostly play because I enjoy it, not because I want to beat someone out of their chair and be the best there ever was, because I'm no Galway and that's never going to happen.

So, I don't know what I want, and I feel like I should know because everyone else my age seems to have it all figured out and it's frustrating. Most of my guy friends want to be engineers of sorts, and all of my friends in the music building are hardcore musicians and pretty much take all music courses and the bare minimum general ed. I've got a very good amount of my required general ed. classes finished already because of Cambridge, so that whole "take a bunch of different classes and explore your options" thing is a little hard to do. I signed up for the lecture one of the professors is giving on choosing a major the other day, and I'm hoping it will help but I doubt I'm going to figure out what I want to do with my life in the course of an hour.

I wants to ask: Is that the truth that most videos on Youtube are good for Obama and bad for McCain. If it is the truth, then why?

I've never really understood British politics and the whole "Prime Minister" and Parliament thing...

I wants to ask: Is that the truth that most videos on Youtube are good for Obama and bad for McCain. If it is the truth, then why?

Obama is more popular among young people, and YouTube is most popular among young people.

I've never really understood British politics and the whole "Prime Minister" and Parliament thing...

This is not by any means truly accurate, but it is a decent way for an American to comprehend it.

Get rid of the executive branch (the President, veep, etc) entirely. The Speaker of the House would be the Prime Minister and leader of the nation. Their leader is the head of the party in control of their lower chamber of Congress (Parliament). It can lead to slightly less stable forms of government when compared to the Presidential system, but doesn't seem to suffer from the potential of power abuse that Presidential systems can.

Uhh.. do any of you have an mp3 file for Coronation I could have? If so, send it to huaynacapac357@yahoo.com. I can't seem to find it in my Civ4 folder. Can you guys help me out?

Why are so many of the gas-processing thingies out in the Gulf of Mexico? Why don't they do that on land, where hurricanes won't screw 'em up so badly?

Why are so many of the gas-processing thingies out in the Gulf of Mexico? Why don't they do that on land, where hurricanes won't screw 'em up so badly?

They're rigs to extract the oil from under the ocean. ;)

What is an "emotional cripple?" :confused:

..........

They're rigs to extract the oil from under the ocean. ;)

Well that's just ridiculous. :shake:

Yes... I still don't know what an "emotinal cripple" is...

I want to know too.

It's what you are when you're OH SO EDGY AND UNFEELING.

Is there ANYONE who can explain to me just wtf this video is supposed to "mean" / be about??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55nTwg5NIPM

It's Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler. Not a Rickroll (or a Chesney Hawkes).

Is there ANYONE who can explain to me just wtf this video is supposed to "mean" / be about??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55nTwg5NIPM

It's Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler. Not a Rickroll (or a Chesney Hawkes).

Here is a better one.

Hurra Torpedo

Question

The phrase "the end of the stick" implys that sticks where one end was covered in poop were suficiently common to create their own idiom. While I can see why on occasion there would be a stick with one end covered in poop, why was such an occurance common enough to generate it's own phrase. What was the purpose that required enough sticks that the concept entered the common consiousness?

I believe this, and the "wrong end of the stick" originated with the Romans who used sticks with sponges or just sticks to wipe their arses.
If you took it by the wrong end...

Question: This forum has the button to add that spoiler box thing. If you were going to do it somewhere else on a blog/website, what are the html tags for it?

What's the "other white meat"?
I hear it from alot of American sources, and imagine it's something quite yankee specific.

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Could one of you please answer my question? Also, Why would more Protestants move to states like Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas when the first settlers, many of whom were Protestant, settled in the East?

What's the "other white meat"?
I hear it from alot of American sources, and imagine it's something quite yankee specific.

The "other white meat" is whatever we want it to be ;)

Could one of you please answer my question? Also, Why would more Protestants move to states like Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas when the first settlers, many of whom were Protestant, settled in the East?

I would assume that many of the people going to America right at the start wanted to essentially continue a similar life but owning their own farm. EG if you are a younger son and will not inherit the farm and there is no feasable way for you to earn enough money to buy a farm you go to America where there is free land. As the land around the NE got fuller the free (gratis) land got further away in the states you list. Then the prospective farmer would need significant funds to continue their journey. The prodistants were more likely to have funds left when they got off the boat.

To simplify it an Irish catholic more likely (very broadly speaking) to be poorer than an English Prodistant. Their motivations may also be slightly different vis the ratio of escaping persecution v economic migration. Also there could be a difference of asparation in terms of the benefits of agrarian life where the prodistant sees such a life as one that could be for him very profitable where the catholic may see it as synomous with exploitation.

Could one of you please answer my question? Also, Why would more Protestants move to states like Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas when the first settlers, many of whom were Protestant, settled in the East?

people didnt settle there because of religion, but ethnicity and availability of CHEAP land. Minnesota (and Manitoba in Canada) have very high populations (proportionally) of Scandinavians, and Scandinavians are mostly protestants.

as well, I think it would be like Canada and the prairies, when they wanted people to move they offered tons of land for a low price to settle there.

What is the significance, if any exists, of this internet picture thing:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8863/webshotli4.jpg

I sat here for 5 minutes trying to think of an answer. I'm afraid none exists. :(

I think it is a picture of Spiderman asking how to shoot web.

What's the "other white meat"?
I hear it from alot of American sources, and imagine it's something quite yankee specific.
It's from a commercial about pork. Pork is the "other white meat".

What's the original white meat? Chicken?

Yep. Though I like dark meat...

What is that sound that seems to start of quiet and then swell up coming from the trees?

What is that sound that seems to start of quiet and then swell up coming from the trees?

Dog Day Harvestflies. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogday_harvestfly)

Aka perennial cicadas.

What's the original white meat? Chicken?

Yes .

I think it is a picture of Spiderman asking how to shoot web.

I figured, but there are millions of variations. It's an internet thing, much like SHOOP DA WHOOP and LOL WUT, but I have no idea what it is or why it's supposed to be funny, besides the fact that it says "shot" where it should say "shoot".

you are from singapore right? Maybe you should get a mouth-surgery first before you can pronounce a proper "r"? :confused:

(and for those who think i'm flaming, such surgeries exist and are well-known in south korea)

I can pronouce a R, despite the, irregularities in the speech of "my" countrymen.
Whats that got to do with a French accent?

And how do you pronouce this?

'Il est merveilleux'

And is "Bienvenue" pronouced Bi-ner-venue or something else?

Bienvenue is

Bi (like the letter B) en (letter N) venoo (the word venue but with an oo at the end, not a you sound)

for bee/en/ven/oo

alternatively

bee/on/ven/oo

Worcester is pronounced "Wurster." It's the English pronounciation.

Leicester is pronounced "Lester."

Likewise, anything ending in "shire" is pronounced like the word "sure," so Lincolnshire is pronounced "Link-un-shurr."

Worcester - "Wurhstuh", or "Wor-sess-tuh" when we are making fun of the Americans.

Leicester - "Lestuh", or "Lay-sess-tuh" when we are making fun of the Americans.

Lincolnshire - "Lin-cuhn-sheer", or "Lin-col-nee-shy-ur" when we are making fun of the Americans.

What are the meanings of these French expressions:

Sacra Blu

Zut Allourz

Both of those are based on English phonetic spelling since I have no idea how to spell them in French.

Sacra Blu
Sacre bleu, it means "Holy Blue", I think it's similar to the way English people use "Holy Crap" or "Holy Cow", it doesn't have to mean anything for an English-speaking person, it's just an expression. Could be a bit of a "parody" of Frenchness, too, I think. Then again, I'm not very good in French.

Zut Allourz

I have no idea what that might be. :)

What are the meanings of these French expressions:

Sacra Blu

Zut Allourz

Both of those are based on English phonetic spelling since I have no idea how to spell them in French.

They are quite nonsensical.

Sacré Bleu is kinda like "By Jove!" or "Goodness!", an exclamation of surprise somewhat.

Zut allors is kinda like "Damn" or "Blast", more of a very mild curse. Serves a more infantile perpose than "merde!"

What is the significance, if any exists, of this internet picture thing:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8863/webshotli4.jpg

From the beginning of Spiderman's creation by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962 the two have included occasional grammatical mistakes in their comic productions, as they see that the average youth needs their grammar skills improved. In fact, Ditko remarked in 1971:

"Even when I was a young boy of perhaps 8 or 9 I was aware of a distinct lack of grammatical skill in my school. Even the teachers would insert unnecessary apostrophe's and, put in random commas. At this time my career as a comic artist was blossoming and I figured that I could get my message of educating children of my age at the time."

I hope that has answered your question. :)

I hope that has answered your question. :)

It did indeed! I suppose in todays world of spellcheckers and whatnot, this picture is somewhat of an annomaly, which would lead to it's spread around the net.

Thanks! :)

Would spellcheckers find anything wrong with that sentence? After all, "shot" is a valid word, only used in a wrong context... :)

How exactly do the House and Senate work? How is the Speaker determined? How are committee heads determined? How do they decide which committees even exist and who's on which one? Can you be on more than one committee at a time?

It's pretty embarrassing I don't know this :blush:.

What are the meanings of these French expressions:

Sacra Blu

Zut Allourz

Both of those are based on English phonetic spelling since I have no idea how to spell them in French.

They are quite nonsensical.

Sacré Bleu is kinda like "By Jove!" or "Goodness!", an exclamation of surprise somewhat.

Zut allors is kinda like "Damn" or "Blast", more of a very mild curse. Serves a more infantile perpose than "merde!"

First one is actually sacrebleu - there is no accent even in French. It comes from sacré bleu indeed, but usage has concatenated and deaccentuated it. Sacré means holy, and bleu means blue, a reference to "blue blood", or the nobility. Another curse based on the same idea is palsembleu, which comes from "Par le sang bleu", or "by the blue blood!".
Note that sacrebleu has not been used in France since the early 19th-century, despite what American cartoon characters would have you believe :)

the second one is "zut alors", and as Noncon said, a very mild curse. I would translate it as "well, shoot!". It has also fallen out of use.

As a general rule, depiction of France or French people in the American media is 60 years out of date :)

First one is actually sacrebleu - there is no accent even in French. It comes from sacré bleu indeed, but usage has concatenated and deaccentuated it. Sacré means holy, and bleu means blue, a reference to "blue blood", or the nobility. Another curse based on the same idea is palsembleu, which comes from "Par le sang bleu", or "by the blue blood!".
Note that sacrebleu has not been used in France since the early 19th-century, despite what American cartoon characters would have you believe :)

the second one is "zut alors", and as Noncon said, a very mild curse. I would translate it as "well, shoot!". It has also fallen out of use.

As a general rule, depiction of France or French people in the American media is 60 years out of date :)

oh baisez-vous. :p (j_eps loves that word, how without an object it means to kiss, but with one...)

oh baisez-vous. :p (j_eps loves that word, how without an object it means to kiss, but with one...)

Well maybe you know it, but what you said makes no sense in French ;) Baiser indeed means both to kiss and to, errr, screw (that should pass the censor :mischief: ) but you can not translate "screw you" literally. And more specifically, when you insult someone I would suggest not using the "vous" pronoun, which is both formal and polite :lol:

I would suggest "va te faire foutre". I'll also leave the floor to Noncon so he can show off his mastery of French cursing :)

Another curse based on the same idea is palsembleu, which comes from "Par le sang bleu", or "by the blue blood!".

Reminds me of "invraisemblable" :).

Espece de pute a deux centimes, va t'enculer des mouches

Well maybe you know it, but what you said makes no sense in French ;) Baiser indeed means both to kiss and to, errr, screw (that should pass the censor :mischief: ) but you can not translate "screw you" literally. And more specifically, when you insult someone I would suggest not using the "vous" pronoun, which is both formal and polite :lol:

I would suggest "va te faire foutre". I'll also leave the floor to Noncon so he can show off his mastery of French cursing :)

the usage of vous was intended in this instance :p, for the irony and to show that I was not ACTUALLY insulting you. and maybe its quebecois, but i have seen the usage a lot over here of baise-toi.

the usage of vous was intended in this instance :p, for the irony and to show that I was not ACTUALLY insulting you. and maybe its quebecois, but i have seen the usage a lot over here of baise-toi.
I've only heard of baise-moi, though mostly due to the movie :ack:

Reminds me of "invraisemblable" :).

Similar sounding indeed! But very different meaning :)

Espece de pute a deux centimes, va t'enculer des mouches

:goodjob: I'm not sure anything can top a Brit cursing in French!

the usage of vous was intended in this instance :p, for the irony and to show that I was not ACTUALLY insulting you. and maybe its quebecois, but i have seen the usage a lot over here of baise-toi.

Ah. Yeah, I forgot about Quebecois! They have some pretty nice curses there too!

I've only heard of baise-moi, though mostly due to the movie :ack:

Yeah... :lol: I'm not sure that movie should be advertised :mischief:

Ah. Yeah, I forgot about Quebecois! They have some pretty nice curses there too!

I hate the language, but the slang can be good, I give them that much credit. personally i like having une blonde a lot more than une petite amie.

Yeah... :lol: I'm not sure that movie should be advertised :mischief:

lol, that movie... too much of a porno to be an action movie, and too much violence to be a porno (according to the Ontario definition of the two)

@ Masque: if someone said the following sentence in French, would it be grammatically correct?

"Fou, tous les moments cour!" (maybe with a termination to the verb, I meant the verb "to flow", "to pass by")

Just thought I'd ask a native French speaker, I'll tell you later why. :p

It's "courent."

Looks fine otherwise, though I'm not sure what "fou" means, and I'm not Masque :p.

It makes no sense at all.

Fou means crazy IIRC.

Mirc is saying something like "You stupid person! All your moments are being wasted!" Though he should say it a little better.

My French is rudimentary, but I would say "Tu es fou! Tu gaspille tes très peu heures!"

Fou means crazy IIRC.

Well, I know that, but it makes no sense whatsoever in the context. Crazy is an adjective, not an interjection, so I presume "fou" must have some sort of alternate meaning.

If you meant something like "whoa, that's crazy!" Mirc, you want to use "dingue" not "fou."

@ Masque: if someone said the following sentence in French, would it be grammatically correct?

"Fou, tous les moments cour!" (maybe with a termination to the verb, I meant the verb "to flow", "to pass by")

Just thought I'd ask a native French speaker, I'll tell you later why. :p

It would be grammatically correct.
It would not, however, make much sense :)

EDIT: and fou is correctly used in that sentence. It should be translated as fool rather than crazy.

If you meant something like "whoa, that's crazy!" Mirc, you want to use "dingue" not "fou."

No, I meant something like "you fool, the moments are passing by".

Thanks Masque. Only asking because it uses ALMOST EXACTLY the same sounds, in the right order even, to form a particular sentence in Romanian, that would be "futu-le muma-n cur" and that I can translate in PM, if you want. :p

It's just unbelievable... it's a complete coincidence... but it's, well, unbelievable what it means in my language. :p And what a complex sentence it forms.

A better translation would be:

"Eh con, les minutes passent, espece de tapette"

I have a French question as well:

I was kinda translating Bohemian Rhapsody because I was extra bored. Would "Parfois je veux que je ne suis jamais née" be an accurate translation of "Sometimes wish I'd never been born at all" ? Are there better ones that fit better?

No, I meant something like "you fool, the moments are passing by"
yeah, kinda deduced that.



Thanks Masque. Only asking because it uses ALMOST EXACTLY the same sounds, in the right order even, to form a particular sentence in Romanian, that would be "futu-le muma-n cur" and that I can translate in PM, if you want. :p

Why, it's something dirty? :D



It's just unbelievable... it's a complete coincidence... but it's, well, unbelievable what it means in my language. :p And what a complex sentence it forms.

You've intrigued me. Send me the translation, good sir!

I have a French question as well:

I was kinda translating Bohemian Rhapsody because I was extra bored. Would "Parfois je veux que je ne suis jamais née" be an accurate translation of "Sometimes wish I'd never been born at all" ?
nope :)


Are there better ones that fit better?

Yes! :) Multiples, in fact. For instance:

Parfois je souhaite ne jamais avoir ete ne
Parfois j'aimerai ne pas avoir etre ne

But it sounds awkward. I would personally say
"Parfois je souhaite de n'avoir jamais existe"

Thanks a lot :goodjob:

Espece de pute a deux centimes, va t'enculer des mouches

Maybe I typed it in wrong, but BabelFish translated this to: "If you can put more than two centimeters, you can get it past the mustache." Is that right?

Maybe I typed it in wrong, but BabelFish translated this to: "If you can put more than two centimeters, you can get it past the mustache." Is that right?

What? :lol: No, it's not right, but I have the feeling you're sorta making fun of Noncon?

What network hosts #frogchat? :mad: :mad: :mad:

>.>

>_>

What are the meanings of these emoticons?

I think they are 'cringe' icons, when a situation is bad in a bad way sort of thing. :p

Like this. :cringe:

>.>

>_>

What are the meanings of these emoticons?

I've always heard "shifty-eyes".

I prefer ¬.¬ or ¬_¬ myself.

Like this. :cringe:
Well then why not just use >_< ?
I've always heard "shifty-eyes".

I prefer ¬.¬ or ¬_¬ myself.

That makes sense.

A: Where's the rent money?

B: ¬_¬

A: You spent it didn't you.

B: <_<

Well then why not just use >_< ?


Sorry, master. :(

Sorry, master. :(

Pbth! :p

Bonus cool points if you know what )'( is.

New question: Anybody ever been to burning man?

Bonus cool points if you know what )'( is.

I'm telling mum.

It's a man doing a star jump.

Pbth! :p

Bonus cool points if you know what )'( is.

New question: Anybody ever been to burning man?

What the hell does Pbth mean!? :crazyeye:

What the hell does Pbth mean!? :crazyeye:

Pass it Back To Him

Pbth! :p

Bonus cool points if you know what )'( is.

New question: Anybody ever been to burning man?

I know close friends who have and talked about it, if that can help.

New question: Anybody ever been to burning man?

Yeah, a ton of people have been to burning man. Tens of thousands of people.

What the hell does Pbth mean!? :crazyeye:
It's the sound produced when one is exasperated and expresses it by making a pbth sound with thier lips.
I know close friends who have and talked about it, if that can help.
I wanted to possibly hear what it was about from people who had actually been there. Whatever you happen to know would probably be interesting.
It's a man doing a star jump.
It's BURNING MAN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/)%27(#Principles)!

It's the sound produced when one is exasperated and expresses it by making a pbth sound with thier lips.

I don't mean to exasperate you, master. :(

Oh. I thought it was the only way a mermaid could indulge a very ungifted man.

I don't mean to exasperate you, master. :(

Actually, exasperation wasn't the best word. Whatever sentiment goes along with :p goes well with pbth.

I wanted to possibly hear what it was about from people who had actually been there. Whatever you happen to know would probably be interesting.

You're camping in the middle of nowhere, so it's best to not count on 5-star amenities and restaurant. Bring your own water and food to be safe, a tent, and some toilet paper.
You better be tolerant about drugs.
And you should not plan on sleeping much.

You're camping in the middle of nowhere, so it's best to not count on 5-star amenities and restaurant. Bring your own water and food to be safe, a tent, and some toilet paper.
You better be tolerant about drugs.
And you should not plan on sleeping much.

I wasn't planning on going. My best friend is a modern art fan, and the official stuff described it like it was the world series of craft fairs or something, and not a hippie freak-fest the way I imagined it. Based on your description, I think it's probably the latter.

>.>

>_>

What are the meanings of these emoticons?

Front fastening bra.
Normal bra.

I wasn't planning on going. My best friend is a modern art fan, and the official stuff described it like it was the world series of craft fairs or something, and not a hippie freak-fest the way I imagined it. Based on your description, I think it's probably the latter.

Oh, sure, there are crafting arts, and lots of them. If your friend is into art, he'll probably have a blast.

I've never really understood British politics and the whole "Prime Minister" and Parliament thing...Rather than voting for a single person to lead the country, in a parliamentary democracy we vote in general elections for a member of parliament to represent your local area / constituency.

The main parties will usually put forward one candidate in each constituency.

After the election all the new members of parliament get together. The party with the majority of seats gets to be in government. The leader of this party gets to be prime minister.

You do know who the leader of each party is going into each election so that can alter which person / party you want to vote for.

One of the noticeable differences to the US is how the boss is picked. You have primaries. Over here the leader of the party is chosen by the MPs in the party (usually, sometimes party members get votes). This means that ability to perform in debates in parliament, previous service as a minister and likelihood of leading a party to victory are important and the amount they can spend on advertising in the early primaries is not.

I need the help of a French Speaker... I have a friend who is learning French is coming back from Thailand and I want to know how to say:
Welcome back from Thailand. It is wonderful to see you back here in one piece, Joseph.

Is the French Translation?:
Bienvenue retour de Thaïlande. Il est merveilleux de vous voir ici dans une pièce, Joseph.

How do I pronouce it? Someone help...

Bienvenue sur ton retour de la Thailande, je suis hereux de te revoir en q'un morceau

Thanks! Now how do I say it :p

Thanks! Now how do I say it :p

In general, to speak French, purse your lips very tightly, plaster your tongue against the roof of your mouth, pronounce every vowel in between the "oo" in "book" and the "u" in "ugh", and pronounce only every third consonant.

Hope that helps. :mischief:

I need the help of a French Speaker... I have a friend who is learning French is coming back from Thailand and I want to know how to say:
Welcome back from Thailand. It is wonderful to see you back here in one piece, Joseph.

Is the French Translation?:
Bienvenue retour de Thaïlande. Il est merveilleux de vous voir ici dans une pièce, Joseph.

How do I pronouce it? Someone help...

Bienvenue sur ton retour de la Thailande, je suis hereux de te revoir en q'un morceau

Noncon got it almost right! I'm afraid there is no direct translation in French for "welcome back from XXXX".

I would say:

"je suis tres content de voir que tu es rentre de Thailande en un seul morceau, Joseph!"

How to say it?

well...

juh swee tray con-tan duh vwar kuh tuh ay ran-tray duh thailand en (as in encore) hun (without the h) sull (said like null) moreso, Joseph!

It is going to be hard ;)

You're camping in the middle of nowhere, so it's best to not count on 5-star amenities and restaurant. Bring your own water and food to be safe, a tent, and some toilet paper.
You better be tolerant about drugs.
And you should not plan on sleeping much.

Unless the yanks have no idea how to put on a festival the food represents one of the high points. Sure take some food to save a little cash but, at least in the UK, festivals have an astonishing variety of stalls. A Zen-Vegan-Noodle stall next to a one with a whole pig on a hot-plate.

Unless the yanks have no idea how to put on a festival the food represents one of the high points. Sure take some food to save a little cash but, at least in the UK, festivals have an astonishing variety of stalls. A Zen-Vegan-Noodle stall next to a one with a whole pig on a hot-plate.


There is food. I said to bring your own "to be safe" :)

Why are girls evil?

They are not, it is the love of girls that is evil. This has been mathematically proven.

No, girls are quite clearly evil. End of.

No, girls are quite clearly evil. End of.

So that's actually not a question?

So that's actually not a question?

No, girls are quite clearly evil. End of. Why?

No, girls are quite clearly evil. End of. Why?
Because this is a thread where you ask questions?

I think you should go to the Rants thread :)

Because this is a thread where you ask questions?

I think you should go to the Rants thread :)

But that was a question!

And now you have, once again, made me not post a question! :p

Rants thread here I come.

Perhaps, in order to legitimise any statement you make in this thread, you could simply end everything with a question mark?

I have found that when you do that in conversation, it really confuses people?

Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying?

Everyone's suddenly become Australian?

Everyone's suddenly become Australian?

Or very curious?

Could you be any more like a character in Friends?

Could you be any more like a character in Friends?

You've lost me. Are you asking that as a general question, meaning you're curious to know how anybody can be more like a character in Friends?


Or are you asking someone in particular?

I meant how in Friends they always end every sentence as if it had a question mark after it? And then I went to the mall with Phoebe? etc

Could you be any more like a character in Friends?

If the question was directed at me, I suppose that in fairness, I could develop the irating factor of my voice to something akin to Joey or Joel or whatever that oaf is called.

I have found that when you do that in conversation, it really confuses people?

I remember my 7th grade math teacher hated that.

"What's the answer?"

"Five?"

"Would you... bet the ranch?"

He sucked.

This might be a very stupid question that's been answered a thousand times (and somehow I've managed to miss that..), but does anyone else notice the post count going down? I've gotten to 233 posts twice and it keeps going back down to 200ish.

This might be a very stupid question that's been answered a thousand times (and somehow I've managed to miss that..), but does anyone else notice the post count going down? I've gotten to 233 posts twice and it keeps going back down to 200ish.

I made a thread about it in site feedback. Turns out when they get rid of the old threads it gets removed from our postcount total.

This might be a very stupid question that's been answered a thousand times (and somehow I've managed to miss that..), but does anyone else notice the post count going down? I've gotten to 233 posts twice and it keeps going back down to 200ish.

Some of the threads that are popular around here(member's photos, What Song are you listening to...) get deleted when they reach 1000 posts which you already know. But when they get deleted, all your posts in that thread do as well. So your count goes down.

Your post count dip was probably a result of the latest Song thread being deleted for a newer one.

Edit: Xpost

Ah, okay.

Thanks.

In Bass tabs what does this lower case "a" mean when marked over a string instead of the fret number. Is it slap bass?

Why do people yell "USA" in response to a guy holding a sign that says "Mcain votes against war vets".

They chanted " USA" in response to everything. They were idiots. And really did the speech a disservice.

Do they really think the ultimate enemy of america is protestors?

Is Southern Illinois the only area that uses the word "cahoots"?

Is Southern Illinois the only area that uses the word "cahoots"?

Nah, Southern Maryland uses and abuses it.

Is Southern Illinois the only area that uses the word "cahoots"?

I heard used infrequently.

Northern Missouri uses it commonly too.

Babbler, your elephant in the way cracked me up. :lol:

WHERE IS MY TOOTHBRUSH?

:mad:

WHERE IS MY TOOTHBRUSH?

:mad:

I was using it to pick out my dangleberries. Soz.

WHERE IS MY TOOTHBRUSH?

:mad:

I'd be surprised if one of us could tell you the answer to that.

Am I pathetic for laughing my ass off at this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfERVmHtKNA)?

Benny Hill music can make a lot of things that aren't that funny pretty funny, so I wouldn't say pathetic.

Benny Hill music can make a lot of things that aren't that funny pretty funny, so I wouldn't say pathetic.

But still pretty low? :p

Well, if they were naked women, a la Soldier of Fortune, then maybe... But killing scientists to benny hill is always funny.

But still pretty low? :p

Just up your standards (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMlF2PNgN70&feature=related). ;)

Awesome. ;)

What do I do to get my username changed? Who do I PM?

What do I do to get my username changed? Who do I PM?

Thunderfall

Don't expect it to be changed anytime real soon, though.

Is it true that the majority of Switzerland wants to join the EU? Do you think it will happen?

Also how important is the Church of England in the UK? I guess my question is, does the Church of England only really influence England or the entire UK?

Also how important is the Church of England in the UK? I guess my question is, does the Church of England only really influence England or the entire UK?

Generally the CoE is of no importance whatsoever, but it is a little more complex than that.

The CoE was always a fudge to protect the state from the power of the church* while still providing someone to preside at wedding and tell soldiers god is on their side and so forth. Which it basically continues to do, along with its now central role of providing most of the "thought for the day" segments on Radio 4's Today show.


* As in general was European secularism. In the US the seperation of Church and State was (arguably) more to protect the church from the state.

Generally the CoE is of no importance whatsoever, but it is a little more complex than that.

Not true. There are members of the House of Lords that are members only because they are priests in the Church of England.

Not true. There are members of the House of Lords that are members only because they are priests in the Church of England.

Who generally dont vote. The Chief Rabbi was a Lord, a few from the Church of Ireland, some Welsh and Scottish ministers too. Catholics have been offered places, but wont swear the oath.

This is the oddity of the whole thing. Clergy sitting in the upper chamber who almost never mention God, have little real power and are part of an essentially secular society. In the US there is the constitutional seperation between church and state yet ironically the church has far more real political power.

If someone planned on being a history teacher or an English teacher or something like that, how much math would they need to take? Is calculus really necessary?

If someone planned on being a history teacher or an English teacher or something like that, how much math would they need to take? Is calculus really necessary?

Honestly, even if you aren't naturally good at math, intro calculus courses shouldn't be too hard, provided you put the necessary effort into the class, it's stuff like abstract algebra or advanced vector calculus that gets tricky.

No idea about actual course requirments for your area though, they depend on location, if you're curious, probably your best bet is contacting the school/department in question.

What is the proper spelling of the word "cockamaemy"? Sounds like cock-a-may-me, and means silly, strange, possibly complicated or confusing. I say it all the time and once heard it used like this:

"Hey what are you doing over there?"

"I'm trying to install this cockamaemy bike thing."

cockamamie

New discovery: cockamamie is ten characters long.

why are Ecofarm, JH, Rambuchan, Noncon etc etc not posting regularly anymore? Is this the death of OT?

Actually now that I think of it, same goes for fifty, perfection, Igloodude, etc etc etc... is there some seasonal reason for this?

No one will even answer this? Jesus, RIP OT

It's only been 20 minutes!

It's only been 20 minutes!


I want answers and I want them now!! Ecofarm is lurking, what the matter with him? Cat got his tounge/fingers?

Actually now that I think of it, same goes for fifty, perfection, Igloodude, etc etc etc... is there some seasonal reason for this?

School might be the reason for some of them? I don't know how old they are.

Some people actually might have lives outside of CFC. Ever thought of that?

Some people actually might have lives outside of CFC. Ever thought of that?

Not people who have tens of thousands of posts (for disclaimer purposes my 9,999th post will be my last)

10000's of posts = been here quite a while, and made regular contributions. It doesn't mean that they spend every waking minute on this forum...

10000's of posts = been here quite a while, and made regular contributions. It doesn't mean that they spend every waking minute on this forum...

I'd say you're known as the funny one in your circle of friends, yeah?

I'd say you're known as the funny one in your circle of friends, yeah?

Pardon? Look, you're the one complaining about the lack of posters in OT... even though some of the big posters aren't here, there are still a lot of people to discuss things with. Go to another forum, and start a discussion about the lack of posters on CFC maybe? Better yet, come back later, and you might find more people to speak to...

My posts-per-day average has gone down significantly in the last few months, and even I don't know why. I guess there just hasn't been as much of the sort of discussion I like (and a lot of it is in the serial threads, like this one, that end up getting removed from post count.)

Pardon? Look, you're the one complaining about the lack of posters in OT... even though some of the big posters aren't here, there are still a lot of people to discuss things with. Go to another forum, and start a discussion about the lack of posters on CFC maybe? Better yet, come back later, and you might find more people to speak to...

I dont mean to have a go at you, just making the point that threads are growing extremely slowly lately... seems to me its because a lot of the regulars are staying away

My posts-per-day average has gone down significantly in the last few months, and even I don't know why. I guess there just hasn't been as much of the sort of discussion I like (and a lot of it is in the serial threads, like this one, that end up getting removed from post count.)


Strange, isnt it? Particularly with the US election hotting up, the Russia situation etc... not like there hasnt been much in the news to discuss lately

My PC/day has gone up significantly in the past few weeks. Only a month or so ago it was languishing around 6.30. It broke 7.00 last week, but has dropped back over the weekend. Which is odd cos I stayed in doors all weekend.

why are Ecofarm, JH, Rambuchan, Noncon etc etc not posting regularly anymore? Is this the death of OT?

Nonconformist? I was speaking to him on here about a week ago about universities. And I have seen him since then.

Strange, isnt it? Particularly with the US election hotting up, the Russia situation etc... not like there hasnt been much in the news to discuss lately

You must be joking? Why would anyone want to post in the endless "Palin: I have a vagina!" threads, and then the "Russia invades Georgia - I hate Russia and Georgia" abominations.

My PC/day has gone up significantly in the past few weeks. Only a month or so ago it was languishing around 6.30. It broke 7.00 last week, but has dropped back over the weekend. Which is odd cos I stayed in doors all weekend.

Mine has dropped significantly because of school/studying...

How do get the time? Do you fail all your classes or never sleep?

Mine has dropped significantly because of school/studying...

How do get the time? Do you fail all your classes or never sleep?

Sometimes both.

Is "pay out the nose" a reference to stereotypical large Jewish noses and finance savvy?

i dont think so (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_through_the_nose), but maybe.

Trajan or Mirc...

When you are writing out melodic minor scales, both ascending and descending, when going up you raise the sixth and seventh scale degrees a half step...but when you go down you take all accidentals off...and it's just like a natural minor. Is that correct?

Trajan or Mirc...

When you are writing out melodic minor scales, both ascending and descending, when going up you raise the sixth and seventh scale degrees a half step...but when you go down you take all accidentals off...and it's just like a natural minor. Is that correct?

Yes, that's exactly it. :)

i dont think so (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_through_the_nose), but maybe.

Is "pay out the nose" a reference to stereotypical large Jewish noses and finance savvy?

I always thought the phrase was "pay through the teeth" :hmm: maybe that's a sanitised version of the phrase.

I always thought the phrase was "pay through the teeth" :hmm: maybe that's a sanitised version of the phrase.

Apparently there are many. "Pay out the ass" is common too.

http://www.paulnoll.com/Korea/War/sniper-3.jpg

Always stalking my prey

Why is this (http://cranstonlibrary.org/arlington.htm) called a "reading room"? Does that mean it's different from the other library branches?

Smaller collection? :dunno:

Because it has a sick name.

Why, when a female speaks to a male about something completely non-sexual, would the male interpret or respond to it as a sexual advance? How, besides flat-out rudeness, can this be stopped?

Why, when a female speaks to a male about something completely non-sexual, would the male interpret or respond to it as a sexual advance? How, besides flat-out rudeness, can this be stopped?

Probably through education, but for most people it's too late.

I'm pretty sure these are the same males that find women "irrational".

A lot of men (not all of course) think about sex a lot, and assume everyone else is doing the same?

It depends on the kind of guys you keep company with.

Why, when a female speaks to a male about something completely non-sexual, would the male interpret or respond to it as a sexual advance? How, besides flat-out rudeness, can this be stopped?
Perhaps try not to smile? And use the word "sir" when speaking to the man.

Why, when a female speaks to a male about something completely non-sexual, would the male interpret or respond to it as a sexual advance?

Because it works.

Wishful thinking? Because women very rarely make sexual advances by talking about sexual things? Because if they don't consider it an advance, then it would just be a normal conversation, but if they consider it an advance, it would be something exciting and possibly lead to good things? Because they have enough self-esteem to consider themselves attractive enough to be chatted up?

I don't think there's a way of stopping it without being outright rude.

Actually you've made me think of a rant... :D

Smaller collection? :dunno:

I think it has more to do with it being, like, a room, like, in which one, like, reads. As opposed to a liberary where a collection is housed and where the public has access to those books. So a reading room is where one can ask for a book to be brought from a collection to the public room where one might read it, not a vast pile where one wanders about taking books from shelves.

If it was about size of collection then this

http://ephlib.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/1000px-british_museum_reading_room_panorama_feb_2006.jpg

With the world's largest collection of books (by footage, yankies win by items) wouldn't be a reading room. However it is a reading room, by dint of evidently being a room whose predominant purpose is to acomidate people reading.

Is it possible to change the amount of water in the reservoir of a toilet?

I don't think I'm asking this correctly...
Maybe someone understands what I mean?

In the tank you mean? Not the bowl?

In the tank you mean? Not the bowl?

Bowl, definately bowl.

Sorry, reservoir was probably the wrong term to use.

Is it possible to change the amount of water in the reservoir of a toilet?

I don't think I'm asking this correctly...
Maybe someone understands what I mean?

Sure, open up the tank and flush, it's pretty easy to see how it works, you just need to fix it so it keeps draining into the bowl longer.

Anyone good at mathematics? If P is inversely proportion to R, P = 5 and R = 12. What would P be if R = 4? I'm not asking for an answer, just at least get me started and tell me what to write please.

Does anyone know what may cause a car ignition to not function? As in, you put the key in, but it doesn't turn, and it isn't because the wheel is locked (because it isn't locked)?

Because it's broken?

In what way is it most likely to be broken? Inquiring minds want to know.

Maybe your key is too beat up. The same thing happened to the key to my front door. I could put it in the lock just fine, but it wouldn't turn.

Coming from a person who doesn't know anything about the mechanics of a car, it seems to be blocked, or maybe you have an electrical fault? (I.E, the car thinking it has been locked but it hasn't?) Does it work sometimes, or not at all?

Anyone good at mathematics? If P is inversely proportion to R, P = 5 and R = 12. What would P be if R = 4? I'm not asking for an answer, just at least get me started and tell me what to write please.

P > 5

That's it.

Anyone good at mathematics? If P is inversely proportion to R, P = 5 and R = 12. What would P be if R = 4? I'm not asking for an answer, just at least get me started and tell me what to write please.

if x and y are proportional, then y = k*x, where k is a constant.
if x and y are inversely proportional, then y = k/x, where k is a constant.

more help in this spoiler, if you need it:
so you do P = k/R, and plug in P = 5 and R = 12 to find what k is.
then you use the answer for k and R = 4 to find what P is when R=4.

Maybe your key is too beat up. The same thing happened to the key to my front door. I could put it in the lock just fine, but it wouldn't turn.

I just got the key recently, and didn't do anything to it between the last time I successfully drove the car, and it not working. I have bent it a bit, but not at the part where it goes into the ignition.

Coming from a person who doesn't know anything about the mechanics of a car, it seems to be blocked, or maybe you have an electrical fault? (I.E, the car thinking it has been locked but it hasn't?) Does it work sometimes, or not at all?

It started not working last night. The electricity seems to be otherwise fine (the lights turn on, and the radio used to until I couldn't even turn my key that far.)