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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby AndyDufresne on Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:28 pm

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.


Just wait 'til they turn a Bookman on you.



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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby AndyDufresne on Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:17 am

Being Monkey in the Middle Is Stressful

Itā€™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 individualā€™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 ambitionsā€”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.


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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby BigBallinStalin on Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:31 am

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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.


I can read his emails---NOT his ancient ancestors' journals.
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby AndyDufresne on Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:36 pm

Long Term Exposure of Mating Gold Fireflies
Japanese photographer Yuki Karo goes to various places around Maniwa and Okayama Prefectures in Japan and uses long exposure to capture some stunning shots of mating gold fireflies.

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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby BigBallinStalin on Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:42 pm

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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby muy_thaiguy on Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:23 pm

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.

Family heirlooms.

One thing I would like to find out though, that would be nearly impossible, would be to look at the ancestors that did not come over during the Fenian/Irish potatoe famine, if to learn nothing more than the dates they were born and died. The one fled Ireland (direct ancestor) because he was part of the Fenian movement during the Potatoe famine and was forced to flee.

Never taken arms up against anyone, just was tired of being forced to live in poverty simply for being Irish and Catholic.
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby DoomYoshi on Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:20 pm

Similar story - I found a book at the library that was from 1857, still in original binding. The school is only 50 years old, so I'm not sure how that ended up there.

Some book about World Class Cities. New York City and Montreal were the sections I read.
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby Quirk on Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:58 pm

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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby Gillipig on Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:59 am

Is there something sexual about that picture or is it just me?
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby jonesthecurl on Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:22 am

I'm pretty sure it's just you.
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby AndyDufresne on Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:05 am

So I'm making my way through Star Trek's TOS, and just a day or so ago I watched the episode where Khan makes his debut.

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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby Gillipig on Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:54 am

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

How sure? On a scale from 1-10 where 1 is "I'm not really sure", and 10 is "I'm not sure at all".
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby jonesthecurl on Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:45 pm

I'm not really sure if that's a workable scale.
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby AndyDufresne on Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:48 pm

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..."

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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby NoSurvivors on Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:33 pm

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..."

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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby AndyDufresne on Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:47 pm

Green.

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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby jonesthecurl on Fri Apr 19, 2013 4:12 pm

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..."

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


Orange U tang.
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby Jdsizzleslice on Fri Apr 19, 2013 4:54 pm

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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby Quirk on Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:20 pm

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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby jonesthecurl on Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:49 pm

Hey it's the original Disc Spockey.
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby strike wolf on Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:58 pm

Saw 42. It was pretty cool. Didn't answer the meaning of life but it was a pretty decent documentary of an athlete that I think everyone should have respect for.

A workable scale how about:

---------------------------------------------1--4------
--------------------------------------1--4------------
----------------------------1--3--4-------------------
--------------------1---3------------------------------
---------1--2--3--------------------------------------
-1--4--------------------------------------------------

Or is that too devilish? I could always remove the 2 and one of those 4s.
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby Gillipig on Sun Apr 21, 2013 10:29 am

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

It's just like our elections, we get to pick between two flavors of vanilla ice cream, never chocolate ice cream, and you can only dream about pear ice cream. And what if you want something other than ice cream? Maybe you just want some vegetables?? They won't give you that. They won't give you that.
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby jonesthecurl on Sun Apr 21, 2013 10:47 am

Well, they don't let me vote at all.
I'd vote for tomatoes if they did - it would probably have to be a write-in.
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby AndyDufresne on Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:40 am

Steam had a Portal and Portal 2 deal for like 6 bucks recently. Picked up the bundle/

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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW

Postby Quirk on Wed Apr 24, 2013 7:48 am

BPotW

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