[Racer X 69]

Did you have a nightmare, hon?

I'd like to say I have never been in that situation.

I am not, however, a liar...

I had a coyote ugly morning once, way back when. Had been at a keg party drinking lots of beer and having good times, and woke up in a strange house, in a strange bed with a strange woman. Nearly had to chew my arm off to get out of there without having to say goodbye.

Never did find out her name.

Never saw her again, either.

Whew!

[savoche]

I hate you.

Thank you

[savoche]

Base 10.

IN the US and Canada (and a few other places I'm sure) money is metric.

METRIC!

I do believe not many are left after the Brits caved. To quote Neil Gaiman (again):

Two farthings = One Ha'penny. Two ha'pennies = One Penny. Three pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. Two Sixpences = One Shilling, or Bob. Two Bob = A Florin. One Florin and One Sixpence = Half a Crown. Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. Two Ten Bob Notes = One Pound (or 240 pennies). One Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea.
The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated.

[MarkJerling]

It's all relative, my friend. The time of year when the snow is melting faster than it falls from the skies is called summer, and the cows are happy.

It sure is! What do the cows do in those months when the snow falls faster than it melts? Do you keep them in barns or something?

[savoche]

It sure is! What do the cows do in those months when the snow falls faster than it melts? Do you keep them in barns or something?

I believe they're called byres in English? So yes, and they are moved to lower altitudes where our summer (or "summer" of you like) is longer.

But to be fair, while our summers are short our summer days are long. Even here in the south the sun is up 19 hours a day around midsummer.

[savoche]

I had a coyote ugly morning once, way back when. Had been at a keg party drinking lots of beer and having good times, and woke up in a strange house, in a strange bed with a strange woman. Nearly had to chew my arm off to get out of there without having to say goodbye.

Never did find out her name.

Never saw her again, either.

Whew!

Once.

Sure.

[tim60]

And we still talk of four by twos!

Because that is what it is, even when measured in other units.

[gaweidert]

TP over and under depends upon one thing. Do you have any toddlers in the house? They can easily unroll the toilet paper rolls that are orientated to feed off the top.

[Racer X 69]

Once.

Sure.

There were quite a few where all those conditions applied save for the part where I needed to chew my arm off to get away. On the contrary, there were many great mornings whipping up breakfast together and getting to know a new friend. And many of those became long time friendships.

Odd, after all these years, to still have a friendship with a woman who I had a one night stand with. We have a closeness unlike ordinary platonic friendships, but yet not as close as the one I have with Mrs. Racer.

And of course Mrs. Racer has a hard time getting her head around the whole thing too.

Can't understand why . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Racer X 69]

TP over and under depends upon one thing. Do you have any toddlers in the house? They can easily unroll the toilet paper rolls that are orientated to feed off the top.

That's where proper training and supervision comes in.

I know, them little rugrats and linoleum lizards can really get around. Gotta be a handful if more than one pops out too. Imagine how Octomom felt.

Eight of them little bugger crawling around at the same time.

Holy cats!

[Ex Finn.]

This is something that truly puzzles me.
The Space Shuttle flies at over 17,000 miles per hour and can maintain radio communication, but when the wind blows over about 50 mph I intermittently lose my cable t.v. signal (which is microwave at some point.) I once asked my cable provider why that happens. They didn't have an answer.

Those big down-link dishes catch the wind and get deflected just a smidgen, causing the SNR to drop below workable level. Heavy rain will act as an attenuator, absorbing the RF signal and reducing it to a level that is un-usable. Shuttle is using VHF and UHF for most of their comms. Different frequency's with different behavior.

[MarkJerling]

I believe they're called byres in English? So yes, and they are moved to lower altitudes where our summer (or "summer" of you like) is longer.

But to be fair, while our summers are short our summer days are long. Even here in the south the sun is up 19 hours a day around midsummer.

No idea what a byre is! We would call it a barn or a shed.

[MarkJerling]

Because that is what it is, even when measured in other units.

You're right, of course. Except that a purchased 4x2 measures 90x45mm, where a true 4x2 would be 102x51mm. But that's rough sawn, of course, where the dressed size is 90x45mm. (It used to be 94x47mm, but has since be standardised down to 90x45mm) And we'll talk of an eight by two which is actually 190x45mm, not 203x51mm.

Plywood is interesting. Typically, a sheet of plywood is 2440x1220mm. Which is of course 96x48 inches, or 8x4 feet.

Doors are 1980 x 910/860/810/760/710/660/610mm which is odd. Everywhere else in the world as far as I can determine, doors are 2032mm tall, which is 80 inches. And, 813mm is 32 inches, 762 is 30 inches, and so forth. So, our door widths derive from inch measurements. But the height, in New Zealand is odd. 1980mm is almost 78 inches. So why we have 2 inch shorter doors than the rest of the world I don't know and I have been unable to establish. Old houses (from 1900-1920's had 80 inch tall doors. Yet, no-one can tell me when the powers that be decided to shorten doors with 2 inches.

[ccc_]

I love hiking in the mountains. Well, not the cold and windy part. Or the rain/sleet/snow part. But that's part of the deal when going up this early in the summer. Start of August is usually better, before the autumn hits. Summer is short up there.

But sure, the job situation quickly went from all sucky to a paid 9 week vacation and 3 months of double pay. If the new position turns out to be OK I'll be quite happy

Too bad that the K-1 overnight went from $1800 to over $2300...

And that's why I won't buy a K-1

mountains and forests make me claustrophobic in very short order

interesting to take pictures of and trout live there but much too constricting to my delicate little psyche

but snow and cold...love it...especially on the plains

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Base 10.

IN the US and Canada (and a few other places I'm sure) money is metric.

METRIC!

i'm just trying to nudge you towards the light....decimal!

[tim60]

Those big down-link dishes catch the wind and get deflected just a smidgen, causing the SNR to drop below workable level. Heavy rain will act as an attenuator, absorbing the RF signal and reducing it to a level that is un-usable. Shuttle is using VHF and UHF for most of their comms. Different frequency's with different behavior.

Also the investment in the antenna, and therefore how stable it is.