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| First post | 2021-09-20 16:39 +0000 |
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Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-20 16:39 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-21 10:05 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-22 15:17 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-22 18:17 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-27 19:07 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-28 00:06 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-10-04 15:36 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-07 15:59 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 18:36 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 16:49 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 12:52 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-17 12:43 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:56 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 18:21 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy steve pope <spope384@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 20:18 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-09-27 00:01 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-27 19:09 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-09-28 05:34 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-10-04 15:41 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-10-05 16:52 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-07 16:03 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-10-09 15:13 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-12 08:39 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-10-14 15:51 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-10-14 22:17 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:46 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-02 18:36 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 13:18 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-18 06:20 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:07 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:04 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-17 12:46 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:15 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 18:06 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-23 20:16 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:32 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:23 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-29 22:48 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:52 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:44 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-02 18:42 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:06 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:05 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:07 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:40 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 17:04 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-01 19:07 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-02 18:50 -0700
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-03 15:22 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-05 16:58 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:37 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-17 13:00 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-18 06:34 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:52 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 18:17 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 20:08 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:47 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:38 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-12-08 15:04 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 14:14 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-16 10:58 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-18 07:06 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:30 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-23 10:58 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 17:59 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:56 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:36 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:22 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:52 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> - 2021-11-29 12:29 -0800
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:35 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:21 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-12-08 14:54 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-13 15:38 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-12-06 14:08 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 17:54 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> - 2021-11-27 20:08 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:57 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> - 2022-01-28 10:17 +0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-23 17:25 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-23 17:50 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-29 19:47 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-11-30 12:41 -0500
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-09-27 19:08 +0000
Re: Busy, busy, busy songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-27 13:35 -0400
Re: Busy, busy, busy umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> - 2021-11-16 12:53 +0000
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-16 10:58 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <r11d6i-975.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32516 |
umar wrote: > On 2021-11-03, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Our time has seldom been scarier. Health care and even our democracy is >> at risk. > > I read yesterday on the New York Times Web site that control of the U.S. > House of Representatives has already been decided, by state legislators > redrawing maps. No one has cast a vote; many candidates haven't even > announced they're running; but we already know the winner. the redistricting committee (bipartisan with some independents on it too) is getting some resistance and taking time, but i hope it results in fairer elections in Michigan. we'll see what happens - it can't be any worse that what we currently have. > I was reading through an old course catalog from my college years the > other day. The Government Department had a course listed on the future > of the American republic. I wish I had taken that course. There are so > many courses I wish I could go back in time and take. i wish i'd had a better instructor for statistics so i'd have stuck it out, but the lecturer was not very good and after the first day i walked out and dropped the class (i would have been stuck with that instructor for three classes total and didn't really have the time or energy for dealing with his sort of incoherence as a lecturing style) and later picked up a probabiliy and statistics course that was the alternate choice for fulfilling the degree requirements. it was pretty tough class but i managed to get through it. songbird
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| From | Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-18 07:06 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <DbmdnTcgBZhj9gv8nZ2dnUU7-YnNnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #32518 |
On 11/16/2021 07:58, songbird wrote: > umar wrote: >> On 2021-11-03, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> Our time has seldom been scarier. Health care and even our democracy is >>> at risk. >> >> I read yesterday on the New York Times Web site that control of the U.S. >> House of Representatives has already been decided, by state legislators >> redrawing maps. No one has cast a vote; many candidates haven't even >> announced they're running; but we already know the winner. > > the redistricting committee (bipartisan with some independents on > it too) is getting some resistance and taking time, but i hope it > results in fairer elections in Michigan. we'll see what happens - > it can't be any worse that what we currently have. > > >> I was reading through an old course catalog from my college years the >> other day. The Government Department had a course listed on the future >> of the American republic. I wish I had taken that course. There are so >> many courses I wish I could go back in time and take. > > i wish i'd had a better instructor for statistics so i'd have > stuck it out, but the lecturer was not very good and after the > first day i walked out and dropped the class (i would have been > stuck with that instructor for three classes total and didn't > really have the time or energy for dealing with his sort of > incoherence as a lecturing style) and later picked up a probabiliy > and statistics course that was the alternate choice for fulfilling > the degree requirements. it was pretty tough class but i managed > to get through it. I had probability and statistics as part of my nursing research course. It is mandatory for a BSN. -- Freyja the NurseWench http://freyjaw.dreamwidth.org Twitter: @FreyjaRN @DuchessHonor The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-23 17:30 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnspq99t.n45.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32524 |
On 2021-11-18, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > I had probability and statistics as part of my nursing research course. > It is mandatory for a BSN. It ought to be mandatory for everyone, I think. One of my biggest gripes these days is that people don't seem to know how to weigh relative risks. They worry more about terrorists than drunk drivers, even though they're far more likely to fall victim to a drunk driver than a terrorist. They're also far more likely to die of Covid than of any vaccine side-effect, yet they rant away about "freedom!" all the way to the morgue. Sigh. umar
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| From | Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-23 10:58 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <k8idnYgk2YBvpAD8nZ2dnUU7-WfNnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #32527 |
On 11/23/2021 09:30, umar wrote: > On 2021-11-18, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I had probability and statistics as part of my nursing research course. >> It is mandatory for a BSN. > > It ought to be mandatory for everyone, I think. One of my biggest gripes > these days is that people don't seem to know how to weigh relative > risks. They worry more about terrorists than drunk drivers, even though > they're far more likely to fall victim to a drunk driver than a > terrorist. I agree. CPR should also be mandatory. It was the year I was in IN. It was part of my sophomore HS Health class. We had first aid, CPR, sex ed, and other stuff. More schools should require something like it. > They're also far more likely to die of Covid than of any vaccine > side-effect, yet they rant away about "freedom!" all the way to the > morgue. > > Sigh. > More like free-dumb. -- Freyja the NurseWench http://freyjaw.dreamwidth.org Twitter: @FreyjaRN @DuchessHonor Do files get embarrassed when they get unzipped?
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-23 17:59 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <sa807i-2r2.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32530 |
Freyja wrote: ... > More like free-dumb. i really have to bite my tongue here. sometimes i just want to scream it is so bad. my own version of a mini-rant is why in the heck did you parents send me to school if what i learned has no value at all to you? i've studied sciences, biology, botany, microbiology, etc. my whole life since i was a kid. during this whole thing has any of my relatives actually asked me what is going on or even asked me to explain anything? not once. i have a cousin who's an ER physician in a nearby large city and the stories they tell are about on par from what i've experienced. i'll leave it there... today i did get a bit of a very sad laugh out of the people still displaying a Trump/Pence election campaign sign. i feel like i'm on a different planet... c'est la vie... or asta la viesta baby! songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-29 19:56 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsqac2j.eol.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32531 |
On 2021-11-23, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > my own version of a mini-rant is why in the heck did you > parents send me to school if what i learned has no value > at all to you? Knowledge and the intellect are no longer in fashion. It is the age of endarkenment. > today i did get a bit of a very sad laugh out of the people still > displaying a Trump/Pence election campaign sign. The Maine Republican Party building in Augusta, less than a block from the State House, displayed one prominently until just a few weeks ago. umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-30 12:36 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <k24i7i-mv7.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32552 |
umar wrote: > On 2021-11-23, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > >> my own version of a mini-rant is why in the heck did you >> parents send me to school if what i learned has no value >> at all to you? > > Knowledge and the intellect are no longer in fashion. It is the age of > endarkenment. or endorkenment... songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-12-06 14:22 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsqs75s.6qh.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32559 |
On 2021-11-30, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > or endorkenment... LOL umar
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-29 19:52 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsqabrl.eol.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32530 |
On 2021-11-23, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > I agree. CPR should also be mandatory. It was the year I was in IN. > It was part of my sophomore HS Health class. We had first aid, CPR, sex > ed, and other stuff. More schools should require something like it. I had the experience a few years ago of bringing a very dear friend to my father's house for Thanksgiving, only to see her suffer what was afterwards diagnosed as a pulmonary embolism. It happened right after dinner. My brother called 911, and they took her to the hospital, but she didn't survive. They told us afterwards that nothing we could have done would have made any difference. I still miss her very much. umar
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| From | Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-29 12:29 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <eK6dneItFuispTj8nZ2dnUU7-LnNnZ2d@supernews.com> |
| In reply to | #32551 |
On 11/29/2021 11:52, umar wrote: > On 2021-11-23, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I agree. CPR should also be mandatory. It was the year I was in IN. >> It was part of my sophomore HS Health class. We had first aid, CPR, sex >> ed, and other stuff. More schools should require something like it. > > I had the experience a few years ago of bringing a very dear friend to > my father's house for Thanksgiving, only to see her suffer what was > afterwards diagnosed as a pulmonary embolism. It happened right after > dinner. My brother called 911, and they took her to the hospital, but > she didn't survive. They told us afterwards that nothing we could have > done would have made any difference. I still miss her very much. > > Oh, my. I am so sorry. Sometimes, there is nothing that will work. -- Freyja the NurseWench http://freyjaw.dreamwidth.org Twitter: @FreyjaRN @DuchessHonor The cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good, spit it out. -Unknown
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-30 12:35 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <q04i7i-mv7.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32555 |
Freyja wrote: > On 11/29/2021 11:52, umar wrote: >> On 2021-11-23, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> I agree. CPR should also be mandatory. It was the year I was in IN. >>> It was part of my sophomore HS Health class. We had first aid, CPR, sex >>> ed, and other stuff. More schools should require something like it. >> >> I had the experience a few years ago of bringing a very dear friend to >> my father's house for Thanksgiving, only to see her suffer what was >> afterwards diagnosed as a pulmonary embolism. It happened right after >> dinner. My brother called 911, and they took her to the hospital, but >> she didn't survive. They told us afterwards that nothing we could have >> done would have made any difference. I still miss her very much. > > Oh, my. I am so sorry. same here, that must have been hard on everyone involved. > Sometimes, there is nothing that will work. yes. cherish the memories and miss them. songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-12-06 14:21 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsqs743.6qh.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32557 |
On 2021-11-30, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > yes. cherish the memories and miss them. Yesterday I walked home from church -- I've been singing in a church choir for the past twenty or so years -- and I was thinking of that line Delenn says in Babylon 5: we will meet again in a place where no shadows fall. At this time of year I often think of the people I care about who are no longer here. I don't usually walk to or from church -- it takes about 45 minutes -- but my car developed a steering problem Thursday night and I haven't had time to do anything about it. But I may do it more often; there is something comforting about being outdoors with nature all around me. This morning, walking from the T -- that's our local transit system -- to my workplace du jour in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, I saw two wild turkeys and a hawk. Yesterday was our annual lessons and carols service. The last carol we sang is still reverberating in my head, a rousing, almost revolutionary song to the tune of "Dives and Lazarus" (aka "Star of the County Down") describing tyrants getting overthrown, the hungry getting fed, and the world being transformed. umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-12-08 14:54 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <k4f78i-av5.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32562 |
umar wrote: ... > I don't usually walk to or from church -- it takes about 45 minutes -- > but my car developed a steering problem Thursday night and I haven't had > time to do anything about it. But I may do it more often; there is > something comforting about being outdoors with nature all around me. there's a lot of good reasons i like to garden. getting out of the house and having some meaningful exercise counts. :) we have wind chimes and birdies around so those are great to hear and in the spring and summer there are the froggies and toads. > This morning, walking from the T -- that's our local transit system -- > to my workplace du jour in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, I saw two > wild turkeys and a hawk. :) > Yesterday was our annual lessons and carols service. The last carol we > sang is still reverberating in my head, a rousing, almost revolutionary > song to the tune of "Dives and Lazarus" (aka "Star of the County Down") > describing tyrants getting overthrown, the hungry getting fed, and the > world being transformed. would be nice. i think that theme is used by Ralph Vaughan Williams in a set of variations. i've never heard the alternate title of that before. songbird
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-12-13 15:38 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsreq7e.2sq.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32566 |
On 2021-12-08, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
> there's a lot of good reasons i like to garden. getting out
> of the house and having some meaningful exercise counts. :) we
> have wind chimes and birdies around so those are great to hear
> and in the spring and summer there are the froggies and toads.
Alas, my house is not well situated for gardening; my front lawn is
to the north, and behind the house is all woods. I don't even have a
window that gets more than minimal sun.
("Dives and Lazarus")
> i think that theme is used by Ralph Vaughan Williams in a set of
> variations. i've never heard the alternate title of that before.
Yup. "Star of the County Down" is an Irish folk song that uses the tune.
umar
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-12-06 14:08 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsqs6a6.6qh.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32555 |
On 2021-11-29, Freyja <FreyjaW@despam.yahoo.com> wrote: > Oh, my. I am so sorry. > Sometimes, there is nothing that will work. Two years earlier, a woman I was dating died in her sleep at her parents' place the day after Thanksgiving. I learned of it from her mother as I was driving home from my father's place in upstate New York. Thanksgiving is not my favorite holiday. umar
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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-23 17:54 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <c1807i-2r2.ln1@anthive.com> |
| In reply to | #32527 |
umar wrote: ... > It ought to be mandatory for everyone, I think. One of my biggest gripes > these days is that people don't seem to know how to weigh relative > risks. They worry more about terrorists than drunk drivers, even though > they're far more likely to fall victim to a drunk driver than a > terrorist. true, but even then i still hate flying and enjoy driving so sometimes personal preferences do come into play. but at least i recognize i'm being foolish and will admit it. > They're also far more likely to die of Covid than of any vaccine > side-effect, yet they rant away about "freedom!" all the way to the > morgue. > > Sigh. yep. ghods, i live in a region and my family is all anti-* as long as it doesn't fit their political agenda. i'll stop there, i really don't want to rant, but i could go on for pages. songbird
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| From | Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2021-11-27 20:08 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <l145qg93prda0fm4ki4193ejnln10q802f@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #32536 |
In alt.polyamory, (songbird) wrote in <c1807i-2r2.ln1@anthive.com>:: >umar wrote: >... >> It ought to be mandatory for everyone, I think. One of my biggest gripes >> these days is that people don't seem to know how to weigh relative >> risks. They worry more about terrorists than drunk drivers, even though >> they're far more likely to fall victim to a drunk driver than a >> terrorist. > > true, but even then i still hate flying and enjoy driving >so sometimes personal preferences do come into play. but at >least i recognize i'm being foolish and will admit it. > > >> They're also far more likely to die of Covid than of any vaccine >> side-effect, yet they rant away about "freedom!" all the way to the >> morgue. >> >> Sigh. > > yep. ghods, i live in a region and my family is all >anti-* as long as it doesn't fit their political agenda. > > i'll stop there, i really don't want to rant, but i could >go on for pages. Refer to them as AntiVa; it really boils their piss. -- Zawinski's Law: Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can. - Jamie Zawinski
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-29 19:57 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsqac5l.eol.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32547 |
On 2021-11-27, Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> wrote: > Refer to them as AntiVa; it really boils their piss. AntiVa, huh? I like that. May I steal it? umar
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| From | Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2022-01-28 10:17 +0400 |
| Message-ID | <rj27vgts8unqlhd73hdasnbjtluiofpff8@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #32553 |
In alt.polyamory, (umar) wrote in <slrnsqac5l.eol.866013149e@python.interpring.com>:: >On 2021-11-27, Chickpea <chickpea@gmx.co.uk> wrote: > >> Refer to them as AntiVa; it really boils their piss. > >AntiVa, huh? > >I like that. May I steal it Please do. Sorry about the late response, been a little busy. -- 'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds.
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| From | umar <866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
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| Date | 2021-11-23 17:25 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnspq8vr.n45.866013149e@python.interpring.com> |
| In reply to | #32518 |
On 2021-11-16, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote: > i wish i'd had a better instructor for statistics so i'd have > stuck it out, but the lecturer was not very good and after the > first day i walked out and dropped the class (i would have been > stuck with that instructor for three classes total and didn't > really have the time or energy for dealing with his sort of > incoherence as a lecturing style) and later picked up a probabiliy > and statistics course that was the alternate choice for fulfilling > the degree requirements. it was pretty tough class but i managed > to get through it. That's more or less what soured me on math. I was something of a whiz at math in high school, and entered college with an AP credit that let me bypass the introduction to calculus course. But the math course I took was taught by someone who couldn't communicate effectively with anyone below Ph.D. level. That's the problem with some of these big-name universities; their reputation is built on research and scholarship, and the quality of teaching is a crap shoot. You might get someone who's a world-class scholar but can't teach worth a damn. Anyway, I muddled through that math course but never took another one. umar
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