DC Pulls Pin on Waffling Thread
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Patrick. Good morning. Please don't worry about running away so abruptly yesterday. I know you're a busy man and would not take offence unless I was absolutely sure you meant to cause it.
You have reminded me that my own car is locked in a garage on the other side of town. I left it there in order to avoid the DUI charge that would have been inevitable had I chosen to drive it home on Friday night.
I had a lovely day yesterday and rounded it off with a nice bottle of red wine and a pleasant conversation with the honourable members from Belgrade and Chorley.
Mr Charge’s post, which has confused you, is an Internet link. You click on the blue writing with the line under it and a new webpage opens. I apologise if you already new this, but it had me confused earlier.
I assume that DC is sleeping now, which is why I have taken it upon myself to respond on his behalf.
I am posting this here because I have lost faith in the Bells thread. It seems to be suffering mechanical problems. I am very worried about this, as we have all worked very hard and seem to have recruited a valuable new member.
BIGINOIL wrote: Patrick. Good morning. Please don't worry about running away so abruptly yesterday. I know you're a busy man and would not take offence unless I was absolutely sure you meant to cause it.
You have reminded me that my own car is locked in a garage on the other side of town. I left it there in order to avoid the DUI charge that would have been inevitable had I chosen to drive it home on Friday night.
I had a lovely day yesterday and rounded it off with a nice bottle of red wine and a pleasant conversation with the honourable members from Belgrade and Chorley.
Mr Charge’s post, which has confused you, is an Internet link. You click on the blue writing with the line under it and a new webpage opens. I apologise if you already new this, but it had me confused earlier.
I assume that DC is sleeping now, which is why I have taken it upon myself to respond on his behalf.
I am posting this here because I have lost faith in the Bells thread. It seems to be suffering mechanical problems. I am very worried about this, as we have all worked very hard and seem to have recruited a valuable new member.
I am glad to know that you are your usual understanding self, Big.
I understood that DC's post was a link, but I didn't understand the point that he was trying to make, since the thread is still there, although malfunctioning.
It was my hope sometime today to do an update of the theory and post it on a new thread, but I don't know if I will have time.
I am once again at work, since I have a lot that needs to be done. I will probably be in and out today here.
Got loads of sums to do today - including take-aways.
I hate take-aways.
When I finsish them, I have colouring-in to do, so that will be alright.
BIGINOIL wrote: Got loads of sums to do today - including take-aways.
I hate take-aways.
When I finsish them, I have colouring-in to do, so that will be alright.
I am embarrassed to admit, Big, that I have absolutely no idea what you are referring to with the terms "take-aways" and "colouring-in." I apologize for my ignorance.
To return to the subject of DC's whereabouts, I think it is a little early for him to be asleep. I believe he is 12 hours ahead of me, which would make it 9 pm in Perth, although that difference may have been altered by the start of Daylight Savings Time here last weekend. Perhaps its 8 there.
So he must be up to other things. I believe in the past he has been here on weekends.
Sums are what you learned to do in mathematics lessons at school. I believe the Americans would refer to this as simply Math. The manipulation of numbers, following simple rules, to solve problems.
Take-aways are the hardest type of sum you are likely to come across in real life. This is where you have to remove the value of one number from the value of another. When the numbers are large (consisting of more than one digit) the sums can be very hard indeed, as you may need to borrow. I really can't describe borrowing, it defies description. It happens when a particular digit in one number is smaller than the corresponding digit in the number which is being taken away from that number and it can make your sums very complicated.
Colouring-in is the application of coloured ink or pencils to an outline drawing, in order to make the drawing appear more life-like. This is a very sedentary activity, but one needs to be very careful not to go over the lines.
The colours I am using today are yellow, blue, red and a little green.
Hope this helps.
BIGINOIL wrote: Sums are what you learned to do in mathematics lessons at school. I believe the Americans would refer to this as simply Math. The manipulation of numbers, following simple rules, to solve problems.
Take-aways are the hardest type of sum you are likely to come across in real life. This is where you have to remove the value of one number from the value of another. When the numbers are large (consisting of more than one digit) the sums can be very hard indeed, as you may need to borrow. I really can't describe borrowing, it defies description. It happens when a particular digit in one number is smaller than the corresponding digit in the number which is being taken away from that number and it can make your sums very complicated.
Colouring-in is the application of coloured ink or pencils to an outline drawing, in order to make the drawing appear more life-like. This is a very sedentary activity, but one needs to be very careful not to go over the lines.
The colours I am using today are yellow, blue, red and a little green.
Hope this helps.
That helped immensely, Big.
I think the term we tend to use instead of "take-aways" is subtraction. It is international differences like this that lead to misunderstandings, disputes, and eventually wars.
Yes, we've been transported to a strange and distant land. It might be Kansas.
Patrick wrote:
It is international differences like this that lead to misunderstandings, disputes, and eventually wars.
Yes, we've been transported to a strange and distant land. It might be Kansas.
A war would be quite exciting, but a little time consuming. I'm a big man in oil, you know.
I'm not bothered about being moved over here (it's the right decison by the moderators), but I am concerned that our New Jersey thread will not be seen by potential contributors over here on the silly side.
We must be a lot more cunning. I have modified my signature and location. This will help, I am sure. Perhaps we can start adding the word Ozzy at random into the titles of future threads we start on the sane side.
I'm considering changing my avatar to a grimacing shot of Ozzy O. I'm rather attached to my present artwork, though, and I am concerned that an Ozzy one will make me look like a knob.
BIGINOIL wrote:
Patrick wrote:
It is international differences like this that lead to misunderstandings, disputes, and eventually wars.
Yes, we've been transported to a strange and distant land. It might be Kansas.
A war would be quite exciting, but a little time consuming. I'm a big man in oil, you know.
I'm not bothered about being moved over here (it's the right decison by the moderators), but I am concerned that our New Jersey thread will not be seen by potential contributors over here on the silly side.
We must be a lot more cunning. I have modified my signature and location. This will help, I am sure. Perhaps we can start adding the word Ozzy at random into the titles of future threads we start on the sane side.
I'm considering changing my avatar to a grimacing shot of Ozzy O. I'm rather attached to my present artwork, though, and I am concerned that an Ozzy one will make me look like a knob.
I wouldn't think it would be too hard to work Ozzy in. For example, what would Ozzy think about whether there are bells at the beginning of Who's Joe. Is Ozzy likely to agree that Dracula's Castle alludes to Cyclops' cave. That sort of thing. It'll be a snap.
A snap? I'm not familiar with that expresion.
Explain it at once or, by your reasoning, I will invade your shores.
NObabe wrote: something similar to "bang", perhaps, P???
Perhaps it's a reference to the near-inaudible click that we have been worrying about?
BIGINOIL wrote: A snap? I'm not familiar with that expresion.
Explain it at once or, by your reasoning, I will invade your shores.
Oh do hurry, Patrick. I have a feeling that diplomatic resolution to this will not be possible if it goes on any longer.
BIGINOIL wrote: A snap? I'm not familiar with that expresion.
Explain it at once or, by your reasoning, I will invade your shores.
"I'll be a snap" = "It'll be very easy," like a snap of the fingers. Of course I personally cannot snap my fingers. Or whistle either. More personal details for DC.
BIGINOIL wrote:
BIGINOIL wrote: A snap? I'm not familiar with that expresion.
Explain it at once or, by your reasoning, I will invade your shores.
Oh do hurry, Patrick. I have a feeling that diplomatic resolution to this will not be possible if it goes on any longer.
Very sorry to have made everyone wait.
Patrick wrote:
BIGINOIL wrote: A snap? I'm not familiar with that expresion.
Explain it at once or, by your reasoning, I will invade your shores.
"I'll be a snap" = "It'll be very easy," like a snap of the fingers. Of course I personally cannot snap my fingers. Or whistle either. More personal details for DC.
Do you have fingers? Or lips? What terrible fate has befallen you?
BIGINOIL wrote:
Patrick wrote:
BIGINOIL wrote: A snap? I'm not familiar with that expresion.
Explain it at once or, by your reasoning, I will invade your shores.
"I'll be a snap" = "It'll be very easy," like a snap of the fingers. Of course I personally cannot snap my fingers. Or whistle either. More personal details for DC.
Do you have fingers? Or lips? What terrible fate has befallen you?
I'm afraid I can't answer those questions. It would provide DC with too much information.
It was a silly thing to say anyway, if you can't click your fingers. That would be like me saying "it's as easy as getting some work done instead of posting on here all day". Easy for some, perhaps.
I'm not going to invade, but am considering trade sanctions and a cooling of diplomatic relations, just to send a message to the rest of the world about how we view such behaviour.
BIGINOIL wrote: It was a silly thing to say anyway, if you can't click your fingers. That would be like me saying "it's as easy as getting some work done instead of posting on here all day". Easy for some, perhaps.
I'm not going to invade, but am considering trade sanctions and a cooling of diplomatic relations, just to send a message to the rest of the world about how we view such behaviour.
I failed to note explicitly that it was in fact an unintended allusion to the famous click, under one of your interpretations.
Or to be more accurate, an allusion that was not consciously intended.
As H undoubtedly would say if he were here:
Coincidence?
I think not.
Patrick wrote:
BIGINOIL wrote: It was a silly thing to say anyway, if you can't click your fingers. That would be like me saying "it's as easy as getting some work done instead of posting on here all day". Easy for some, perhaps.
I'm not going to invade, but am considering trade sanctions and a cooling of diplomatic relations, just to send a message to the rest of the world about how we view such behaviour.
I failed to note explicitly that it was in fact an unintended allusion to the famous click, under one of your interpretations.
Or to be more accurate, an allusion that was not consciously intended.
As H undoubtedly would say if he were here:
Coincidence?
I think not.
Wottoc always knows what to say in these situations.
BIGINOIL wrote:
Patrick wrote:
BIGINOIL wrote: It was a silly thing to say anyway, if you can't click your fingers. That would be like me saying "it's as easy as getting some work done instead of posting on here all day". Easy for some, perhaps.
I'm not going to invade, but am considering trade sanctions and a cooling of diplomatic relations, just to send a message to the rest of the world about how we view such behaviour.
I failed to note explicitly that it was in fact an unintended allusion to the famous click, under one of your interpretations.
Or to be more accurate, an allusion that was not consciously intended.
As H undoubtedly would say if he were here:
Coincidence?
I think not.
Wottoc always knows what to say in these situations.
Is "Wottoc" one of H's aliases? Or is Wottoc a variation of the Odysseus/mythic hero archetype? Or perhaps a famous mathematician, who was capable of doing mind-boggling take-aways with his eyes closed?
NObabe wrote: Last night Rocket Mick told me Huntsman was a woman.
Is RM in a position to know?
