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Grex > Agora46 > #6: If You're Happy and You Know it Write it Down! | |
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michaela
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response 464 of 673:
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Aug 12 18:29 UTC 2003 |
Re #458 - Using all-caps is like shouting, and you used all-caps.
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polytarp
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response 465 of 673:
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Aug 12 22:01 UTC 2003 |
How is it like shouting? Do you pronouce the first letter of every sentence,
and often some after, louder than you do the rest of the letters? You know,
louder enough to be a shout?
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jaklumen
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response 466 of 673:
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Aug 12 22:30 UTC 2003 |
What a yutz. It's a precedent. When Pavel Xerox and what's-his-face
were working on the DEFCON project, they decided that text in caps was
an emote for shouting. It's held true for the rest of the Internet
ever since then. You're pretending you didn't have an inkling of an
idea, right?
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polytarp
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response 467 of 673:
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Aug 12 22:55 UTC 2003 |
Well, I think it's a dangerous precedent: Just because some kerl said so,
everything in caps is shouting? Kerl.
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michaela
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response 468 of 673:
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Aug 13 00:44 UTC 2003 |
IHB most of my bedroom is unpacked, and the apartment is starting to feel like
home.
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polytarp
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response 469 of 673:
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Aug 13 00:55 UTC 2003 |
I don't believe you.
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other
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response 470 of 673:
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Aug 13 01:10 UTC 2003 |
The friends I'm staying with in Maine got some good news shortly after I
arrived. Their son's mother turned herself in to the police after the story
about her kidnapping him was covered on the local evening news, and his dad
should soon be home from going to pick him up.
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edina
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response 471 of 673:
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Aug 13 12:13 UTC 2003 |
That's awesome.
I'm happy because I'm getting organized. I spent an hour and a half last
night winding yarn into balls to get things more cleared out.
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eskarina
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response 472 of 673:
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Aug 13 17:56 UTC 2003 |
IHB I just got an email from the office that someone signed for my spot in
the co-op! Now I only have to pay rent on one house this fall!
IAHB I just had a nice lunch with a friend I've known since middle school.
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russ
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response 473 of 673:
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Aug 13 22:14 UTC 2003 |
Testing new modem that just got here today. Seems to work great.
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remmers
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response 474 of 673:
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Aug 14 02:11 UTC 2003 |
IHB I got a root canal today.
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jep
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response 475 of 673:
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Aug 14 03:39 UTC 2003 |
I went to the Lenawee County Fair with my son this evening and we had
a fabulous time.
My son's favorite ride was shaped like a flying saucer and spun the
riders around the inside rapidly enough that you'd slide to the top of
the flying saucer. It also pulled pretty well on my cheeks. I don't
know what kind of force it came to, but we were told 34 mph and the
ride was about 11 feet in radius.
All of the rides seemed pretty fast to me for rides at a county fair.
I hoped they were properly assembled and not too rusty. For their
part, they did have very firmly enforced height requirements for all
of the rides. My son did not get to ride on a couple of rides
requiring riders to be 52" tall. I guess they were reasonably safe.
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beeswing
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response 476 of 673:
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Aug 14 04:31 UTC 2003 |
IHB I was able to buy a $50 bottle of perfume for $13 because all they
had left was the tester.
IHB school is getting underway. Wish my life would calm down a bit.
IHB a cool band is coming back to town in October.
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michaela
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response 477 of 673:
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Aug 14 05:29 UTC 2003 |
IHB I'm staying in town this weekend. Yes, I'm extremely grateful that I get
to see the boy as often as I do, but it really really really really sucks
living out of a suitcase for two months and only spending about 2.5 days at
home before driving 400 miles. :-P It'll be nice to rest and finish
unpacking.
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goose
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response 478 of 673:
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Aug 14 12:18 UTC 2003 |
IHB I'm going to see Iggy and The Stooges tonight.
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remmers
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response 479 of 673:
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Aug 14 12:34 UTC 2003 |
And *now* IHB I got a root canal yesterday.
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lynne
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response 480 of 673:
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Aug 14 14:41 UTC 2003 |
re 474: ??? Must've been some effective painkillers they gave you?
re 477: Can he come visit you?
IHB work is going well and I have momentum and energy to get things done.
I'm cautiously optimistic about meeting timeline goals I set for myself--
which will be key to finishing my thesis in a timely fashion.
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remmers
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response 481 of 673:
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Aug 14 15:58 UTC 2003 |
A root canal isn't the world's most pleasant experience, but it
was worth it, considering the monster toothache I had beforehand.
IHB I'm rid of it.
Procedure was almost painless thanks to the anesthetic, and there
have been no painful aftereffects.
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goose
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response 482 of 673:
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Aug 14 17:36 UTC 2003 |
Newfangled painkillers (as well as anti-swelling drugs) are great things.
I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled last year and really felt no pain
or discomfort after the fact....or during since I was sleeping like a baby...a
baby on anethesia.
The painkiller the doctor gave me was Toradol, a NSAID that the doc told me
was many tines the painkilling of Morphine with none of the addictive or
'stoned/spaced-out' effects. I got an IV loading dose while out and then took
it for a few days after surgery. Cool stuff.
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arabella
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response 483 of 673:
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Aug 14 18:52 UTC 2003 |
I'm happy to be home in the USA. Travel is great for expanding the
mind, but 7 weeks is a long time to be away, and I was by myself for the
last three weeks.
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drew
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response 484 of 673:
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Aug 14 20:10 UTC 2003 |
Re #475:
If those numbers are correct, your kid did slightly over seven gravities.
If the ride lasted two minutes, he withstood it long enough to have reached
orbit.
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scott
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response 485 of 673:
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Aug 16 01:49 UTC 2003 |
I'm happy to have power back - almost exactly 24 hours after it went out.
I'm also happy Grex is back up.
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russ
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response 486 of 673:
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Aug 16 13:45 UTC 2003 |
Some kids appear to achieve orbit on little more than sugared cereal.
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ea
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response 487 of 673:
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Aug 16 14:49 UTC 2003 |
I'm happy to have not lost any food when the power went out. Also happy
to be moved into my new apartment.
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jaklumen
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response 488 of 673:
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Aug 16 17:19 UTC 2003 |
I am glad Grex is back up, and once I found out about the blackout, I
figured the downtime was connected to it.
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