Random Musings - Uncensored

[#] Fri Dec 31 2010 02:32:32 EST from Animal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o31pmwWNUww

[#] Fri Dec 31 2010 07:50:53 EST from fleeb

A typical David Firth animation. Very disturbing, and odd.

[#] Mon Jan 03 2011 12:14:57 EST from rickles

How screwed up is todays business world when facebook is valued at $50 Billion (yeah, that's a B)?

[#] Tue Jan 04 2011 09:26:55 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

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Pretty screwed up, but we probably didn't need the overvaluation of Facebook to tell us that. :)

[#] Tue Jan 04 2011 10:00:09 EST from rickles

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LOL! OK you got me.

[#] Wed Feb 09 2011 11:52:53 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Some people consider it an accomplishment if they can completely empty their email inbox. I never seem to get there, so I consider it an accomplishment if I can at least make the scroll bar disappear.

[#] Wed Feb 09 2011 21:13:13 EST from Ladyhawke

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With you on that - I can't even get that far!

[#] Sat Mar 05 2011 18:37:58 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

A number of different brands of elevators accept the same service key. In particular, a key intended for Dover Impulse fixtures will work in many ThyssenKrupp elevators.

Just thought you'd all like to know.

[#] Wed Apr 06 2011 06:17:48 EDT from triLcat

For reasons beyond common sense, I let my NY drivers license lapse to the point of no return before getting an Israeli license, which means that I have to get a license starting from scratch (written test, 28 lessons, road test).

There's a site that has sample written tests on it, and I've been taking them daily. I'm down to getting 2/30 wrong on tests. You're allowed up to 5 wrong, so they'd count as passing. The questions are insane. There are something like 200 signs that you're supposed to know, plus rules like how high the payload can be on trucks up to 1.5 tons vs on trucks up to 3 tons....It's a lot harder than the NY test. Anyway, I'm planning on taking the written test early next week...but the more practice tests I take, the more I get nervous... blah.

The book, btw, totally sucks. It's just shy of unreadable.

wish me luck, I guess.

[#] Wed Apr 06 2011 19:45:43 EDT from Harbard

Good Luck....sounds like a painful test.

[#] Thu Apr 07 2011 00:52:30 EDT from ambushbug

Sounds like a test all drivers, world wide, should have to take at least once every 5 years.

[#] Thu Apr 07 2011 02:53:13 EDT from arabella

Good luck TriL

ambush is probably right, but I'm glad we don't have to

[#] Thu Apr 07 2011 12:10:37 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

It also sounds as if it might be less effort to come get a US license and then go back and transfer it to where you are now.

[#] Thu Apr 07 2011 19:05:41 EDT from ambushbug

which feeds back into my observation about recertifying every n years with a real set if tests.

[#] Fri Apr 08 2011 01:41:47 EDT from triLcat

The flight would cost more than the 28 or so lessons, and I really don't have anything to do in New York for a couple weeks while I wait for a road test date...

It would be easier, but between the cost of a flight and hanging out in NY for several weeks...and I'd still have to take a road test here when I got back. Better to just get it over with here.

[#] Sat May 14 2011 22:05:04 EDT from 6py7

BOB SAGET!

[#] Sat May 14 2011 22:10:00 EDT from fleeb

Pronounced in the French fashion, obviously, as 'Sah-jay'.

[#] Wed May 18 2011 23:17:09 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

I don't understand how otherwise intelligent people use sentences like this one to belittle people who don't agree with them.

[#] Sat May 28 2011 10:38:01 EDT from Ladyhawke

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maybe growth spurts are more painful?

[#] Tue May 31 2011 10:45:39 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

Dear Oak Tree: I want you to die, fall over and cease to exist. Your pollen sickens my wife and son. Your acorns put dents in our cars. Your leaves prevent my garden from growing in the summer and create massive cleanup work in the fall. And for heaven's sake IT'S ALMOST JUNE AND I'M STILL CLEANING UP CATKINS. Die die die!!!