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Post by psw on Jul 7, 2017 14:52:27 GMT -5
I don't want her to fall on her face when I'm co-presenting with her. That would be equally embarrassing for me. She's undoubtedly counting on that. |
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Post by tinaja on Jul 7, 2017 15:41:36 GMT -5
I'm not sure how to fix it other that just let a fiasco happen. I have a soft spot for her dept. because they put the screws to the guy who was giving me grief. Not that he didn't go back to doing it via another angle...like a damn snake where you cut off its head and it keeps slithering.
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Post by Phar Lap on Jul 8, 2017 1:31:55 GMT -5
Peridot is not pronounced perry-dot, but pair-a-doe.
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Post by sprite on Jul 8, 2017 16:05:09 GMT -5
There is a breed of Scottish sheep that are black-faced,and the little ones are like living stuffed animals.
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Post by Liiisa on Jul 9, 2017 17:52:19 GMT -5
Today I learned that the loud clacking noise in the dryer wasn't the button on my jeans: it was the flash drive that had been in the jeans' pocket. Welp so much for that one....
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Post by kraken on Jul 10, 2017 17:27:05 GMT -5
I learned that sometimes good ideas may take a while to materialise...
I bought a pair of light purple Converse shoes in Greece 5 or so years ago. Not one for light shoes, but they were a bargain and I figured what the hell. I was wrong. I've worn them probably once or twice.
A light bulb moment resulted in getting black washing machine dye--I've previously dyed clothes successfully, and they're cotton.
It only occurred to me to worry about the white rubber bits once the machine was happily going.
Turns out you can indeed dye Converse trainers in a washing machine and the rubber bits are fine. I now have, in essence, a new pair of Converse. And the excitement after a good half-hour's fretting.
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Post by sprite on Jul 12, 2017 13:44:46 GMT -5
i learned quite a bit about blockchain and cryptocurrencies earlier this week, but have forgotten all of it.
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Post by tinaja on Jul 12, 2017 13:57:10 GMT -5
Work functions keep taking on a weird vibe. Not terrible, but just strange. But its also 100 degrees F outside. Maybe part of the oddness.
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Post by Liiisa on Jul 12, 2017 17:39:06 GMT -5
I learned about a brilliant taco place!
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Post by rikita on Jul 12, 2017 18:31:22 GMT -5
that it seems to be no use to organize yourself better - as soon as you do, something unexpected happens and throws you right off ...
(like, in my case, if i for once manage to go to bed earlier, surely the kid will wake up at night and keep me awake, so i am just as tired the next day as i was before).
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Post by groo on Jul 22, 2017 20:11:10 GMT -5
....that a group of wombats is called a wisdom.
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Post by Phar Lap on Jul 29, 2017 8:01:27 GMT -5
If it’s sent by ship then it’s a cargo, if it’s sent by road then it’s a shipment.
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Post by sprite on Aug 3, 2017 9:18:51 GMT -5
there's an Anzac in Canada.
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Post by tzarine on Aug 14, 2017 18:23:48 GMT -5
People actually avoid information that threatens their happiness and worldview. They will surround themselves with things they agree with, basically creating their own reality. According to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, "People often avoid information that could help them to make better decisions if they think the information might be painful to receive."
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Post by groo on Aug 14, 2017 19:13:18 GMT -5
there's an Anzac in Canada. And there used to be a Tranzac club in Toronto, I never bothered joining but their Annual Anzac Day Bash at the Brunswick House was a spectacle to behold- I used to toke some of my Canadian friends so that I could share the finer points of trans Tasman culture with them, They were always impressed. |
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Post by rikita on Aug 15, 2017 3:12:59 GMT -5
something i learned last week:
the woman from whom my dad and my uncle inherited my childhood home, hid a jewish girl from the nazis in the house i grew up in ...
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Aug 19, 2017 1:55:30 GMT -5
That there are people who hold "British Overseas Citizenship" which is a rather useless citizenship class as you can't get a UK Passport with it.
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Post by groo on Aug 19, 2017 2:14:30 GMT -5
You do have to feel sorry for the poor bugger. Uncharitable folk are now referring to him as "Nick the Pom", but the title carries none of British citizenship's diminishing benefits.
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Post by libbyh on Aug 19, 2017 3:42:20 GMT -5
But all these pollies caught up in this mess obviously never made the appropriate enquiries before nominating for parliament. There are no Labor members involved because their party did all the checks required. It's not as though it's a new law, it's been around for yonks.
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Aug 28, 2017 5:22:57 GMT -5
I've received an email on behalf of Mrs Anita Walker, saying I've been chosen by God to receive her donation of $2 million!
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Post by libbyh on Aug 28, 2017 6:08:33 GMT -5
Your prayers have obviously been answered. You'd better email God and thank him.
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Post by tzarine on Aug 30, 2017 2:39:23 GMT -5
that a friend overseas needs money, immediately
thanks, spammer
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Post by Phar Lap on Aug 30, 2017 3:04:58 GMT -5
Ozzie may be able to help you with that Tzarine, thanks to dear Mrs Anita Walker and God.
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Aug 30, 2017 3:29:28 GMT -5
Soprani can be used as the plural of Soprano.
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Post by Phoenix on Aug 31, 2017 13:16:36 GMT -5
I have recently learned how to conjugate Korean verbs. Well, I can do it on paper and will work on doing it when I speak.
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Post by groo on Sept 2, 2017 4:50:53 GMT -5
It is impossible to drive at maximum speed on an expressway and simultaneously eat yoghurt from a tub.
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Post by psw on Sept 2, 2017 9:28:05 GMT -5
Ghee has a much higher smoke-point than butter.
(I almost burned the blintzes.)
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Post by sprite on Sept 2, 2017 11:46:32 GMT -5
Why there is an old stone wall behind our flat.
On a whim,I went in to the library. They had a display on the history of my neigh'hood! Turns out, my little area was a commercial nursery, and the wall is part of that structure.
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Post by kraken on Sept 5, 2017 18:02:06 GMT -5
Today I learned that my other half of five years whom I've known for over ten years has never heard of The Little Prince. I get not having read it but not even having heard of it? How?!
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Post by jimm on Sept 5, 2017 18:20:36 GMT -5
I had to Google that. I might have heard of it but had no knowledge of what it was about. So I learnt something today.
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