Conquer Club

muy_thaiguy wrote:

strike wolf wrote:

muy_thaiguy wrote:Just found out a book I've had is over 100 years old. Printed in 1905. But beat to hell and a lot of things faded and cracked. Though, how it ended up at a local used book sale, I'll never know. As it's called "Stories from Louisiana History" and came from a library (still has some old stamp ink in it) that after a quick google search, doesn't seem to exist anymore.

Probably worthless, but what can I say, I like old things!

Worthless except for that $500 late fee.

Yeah, the librarian's ghost has been bugging be about it, but she just doesn't understand that her library no longer exists.

It’s tough to be the monkey in the middle. For example, individual macaques can have high, mid-level or low status in their group. And a study finds that macaques in the middle ranks are the most stressed.

Female macaques in a monkey habitat in England were observed in various kinds of aggressive behavior, such as chasing or slapping, or affiliative behavior like grooming and hugging. Analysis of the behaviors let researchers determine each individual’s status. The scientists also measured levels of stress hormones found in collected fecal samples.

The mid-status monkeys catch flak from both sides, getting drawn into conflicts from above and below. And mid-level monkeys are most likely to challenge aggressive alphas or be challenged by them. Meanwhile, those last in the pecking order tend to steer clear of the most heated conflicts. The study is in the journal General and Comparative Endocrinology.

The researchers say that these findings might apply to people, where middle managers often want to climb up to top management and must deal with the challenges involved in such ambitions—while at the same time maintaining authority over their team. To test that idea, some ambitious graduate student just needs to collect a few corporate fecal samples.

Gillipig wrote:

BigBallinStalin wrote:

muy_thaiguy wrote:

jonesthecurl wrote:

muy_thaiguy wrote:Just found out a book I've had is over 100 years old. Printed in 1905. But beat to hell and a lot of things faded and cracked. Though, how it ended up at a local used book sale, I'll never know. As it's called "Stories from Louisiana History" and came from a library (still has some old stamp ink in it) that after a quick google search, doesn't seem to exist anymore.

Probably worthless, but what can I say, I like old things!

My oldest books are from the 1870's - two volumes of "Around the World with General Grant".

Cool. Also have a couple of diaries from when a couple ancestors of mine journeyed West to farmstead. Can't read the handwriting except for a few things here and there, but still.

You know, some scholars would be very interested in those journals and would gladly transcribe them for you.

I thought you worked for the IRS.

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BigBallinStalin wrote:

muy_thaiguy wrote:

jonesthecurl wrote:

muy_thaiguy wrote:Just found out a book I've had is over 100 years old. Printed in 1905. But beat to hell and a lot of things faded and cracked. Though, how it ended up at a local used book sale, I'll never know. As it's called "Stories from Louisiana History" and came from a library (still has some old stamp ink in it) that after a quick google search, doesn't seem to exist anymore.

Probably worthless, but what can I say, I like old things!

My oldest books are from the 1870's - two volumes of "Around the World with General Grant".

Cool. Also have a couple of diaries from when a couple ancestors of mine journeyed West to farmstead. Can't read the handwriting except for a few things here and there, but still.

You know, some scholars would be very interested in those journals and would gladly transcribe them for you.

jonesthecurl wrote:I'm pretty sure it's just you.

jonesthecurl wrote:I'm not really sure if that's a workable scale.

AndyDufresne wrote:

jonesthecurl wrote:I'm not really sure if that's a workable scale.

You should use the following scale, which can be adjusted to whatever the topic is.

"One a scale from 1 to sure..."

**Munches on banana**


--Andy

NoSurvivors wrote:

AndyDufresne wrote:

jonesthecurl wrote:I'm not really sure if that's a workable scale.

You should use the following scale, which can be adjusted to whatever the topic is.

"One a scale from 1 to sure..."

**Munches on banana**


--Andy

On a scale of 1-green what animal is your favourite letter?

jonesthecurl wrote:I'm not really sure if that's a workable scale.