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Today, 05:05 AM

Gillianren replied to a thread What are you watching? in Small Media at Large

Season two of Remington Steele while I'm letting rolls rise. One episode should be long enough!

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Today, 05:04 AM

Gillianren replied to a thread End of the world? Nope. in Off-Topic Babbling

My doctor's appointment today went fine!

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Today, 02:47 AM

Sarawak replied to a thread Last to post wins: The return. in Fun-n-Games

I'll take one immediate step to improve my life.

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Yesterday, 09:41 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Stupid Commercials in Small Media at Large

The problem is that sometimes good ideas get rejected "because the audience won't get that." Sometimes, alas, it's true.

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Yesterday, 08:43 PM

grapes replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Spouse -- Spice Trousers -- Taser Douse -- Dice Souse -- Sots

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Yesterday, 08:36 PM

caveman1917 replied to a thread Vacuum Metastability Collapse speed of propagation in Astronomy

Not any specific model for inside of the walls, but energy conservation gives you the behaviour of the walls themselves, ie it is energetically...

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Yesterday, 06:03 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

My dad's family was extremely close--except that one conflict. (Which has decades and generations of backstory!) My mom's, not so much. I found...

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Yesterday, 03:50 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

Yeah, at least my aunt and ex-step-aunt weren't on speaking terms before my grandparents died. No love lost.

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Yesterday, 03:06 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

In my mind, there are two classes of first-world problems. The first is things that a real problem that admittedly wouldn't exist in a society...

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Yesterday, 03:02 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

A friend's grandfather died the day after my friend's wedding. (Or two, I think; he went into a coma the day before, and I think they pulled the...

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Yesterday, 01:19 PM

Sarawak replied to a thread Last to post wins: The return. in Fun-n-Games

+1

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Yesterday, 05:50 AM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Personally, I just avoid the plural whenever possible. "Mice" feels wrong, for no good reason that I'm personally clear on, but "mouses" (which...

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Yesterday, 03:05 AM

Gillianren replied to a thread Does this sentence have any meaning? in Off-Topic Babbling

I think that's why they emphasize "a reasonable officer," but I have to agree.

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Yesterday, 03:03 AM

Gillianren replied to a thread Non trivial things that amuse... in Off-Topic Babbling

I actually read That Book, when it was new. (The library had it.) It does very much seem to be the case, yes.

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2013-May-16, 07:00 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread What are you watching? in Small Media at Large

Yes; it amused one of my best friends vastly when they started showing a new British TV show.

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2013-May-16, 06:59 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

Talking to my mother about the future is not happening these days, because I would have to stop myself from ranting about my younger sister. This is...

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2013-May-16, 06:58 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Bad Reporting in Off-Topic Babbling

I was going to say--I could complete it. Even in my current condition, if I chose the right ten minutes.

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2013-May-16, 06:52 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Does this sentence have any meaning? in Off-Topic Babbling

I think what it means is that (and I apologize in advance for not being able to wipe out enough of the negatives) that it is uncertain if a...

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2013-May-16, 06:43 PM

grapes replied to a thread What is the Average Distance Between Earth and Sun? in Astronomy

If it is given as 93,000,000 miles, there are two significant digits--it's been rounded to 93 million. Of course, it's 91.5-94.5 million over the...

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2013-May-16, 04:13 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread What are you watching? in Small Media at Large

I've only seen Santa Claus Conquers the Martians with puppets in the corner. This is the problem with those box sets of "classics"; they clearly...

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2013-May-16, 04:12 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Pareidolia Update in Off-Topic Babbling

The pointy-looking bit in the middle. To me, it looks like a dowel, which is what Pinocchio's nose is.

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2013-May-16, 04:11 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

A Midsummer Night's Dream-themed. Though the bride and groom do still wear bits of their outfits when they're working at faire.

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2013-May-16, 04:09 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

We lucked out when Dad died inasmuch as he was a twenty-year man in the Air Force; he's buried in a national cemetery. However, my mom moved to...

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2013-May-16, 03:19 PM

caveman1917 replied to a thread Ideas on The Multiverse Theory in Science and Technology

It's interesting that in the spin-torsion gravity theory that publius linked to in the other thread there is no maximally extended schwarzschild...

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2013-May-16, 03:14 PM

caveman1917 replied to a thread Ideas on The Multiverse Theory in Science and Technology

String theory is falsifiable, the problem is just that it doesn't give any unique predictions in the domain we can currently test for, ie predictions...

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2013-May-16, 10:08 AM

grapes replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Interesting. The wiki says it is folk etymology. From http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=11795 That ship may have sailed! :)

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2013-May-16, 02:12 AM

Gillianren replied to a thread Pareidolia Update in Off-Topic Babbling

If anything, Pinocchio with dreadlocks. Seriously--look at the nose!

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