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| Started by | Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2018-04-13 12:12 -0500 |
| Last post | 2018-04-14 06:39 -0700 |
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xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 12:12 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 12:15 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 19:31 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-04-14 04:16 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-14 15:12 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2018-04-14 10:09 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 20:17 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 21:04 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-24 04:25 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-04-13 10:31 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" T Guy <tim.bateman1961@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 06:41 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" T Guy <tim.bateman1961@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 06:48 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Chrysi Cat <Chrysicat@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 11:33 -0600
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-04-13 17:53 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 19:40 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 12:57 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 19:41 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 15:53 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 21:20 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 17:23 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-14 00:20 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2018-04-15 02:28 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 02:52 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 23:14 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 05:06 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-15 01:55 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-15 11:32 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-15 05:17 -0600
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2018-04-15 12:59 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 15:03 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2018-04-14 04:57 +0200
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> - 2018-04-14 14:26 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 21:23 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 21:27 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 22:10 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2018-04-14 20:47 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 23:21 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-15 05:23 -0600
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 23:18 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 05:07 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-15 01:57 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 15:05 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-15 14:22 -0600
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 21:01 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-04-15 14:49 -0600
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 22:36 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-19 04:11 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-19 04:55 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 20:55 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-19 13:27 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-04-19 09:50 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-19 20:09 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-20 23:43 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-04-20 16:48 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-04-20 20:20 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-21 00:40 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-21 00:10 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-05-05 14:12 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-04-19 10:30 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-19 04:46 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 20:21 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-24 04:27 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-23 23:11 -0600
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-04-24 05:14 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-04-23 22:21 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-24 13:33 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-04-24 08:21 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-24 15:56 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-24 19:05 -0600
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-25 03:59 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-04-24 21:54 -0700
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-24 14:38 -0500
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 19:38 +0000
Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" T Guy <tim.bateman1961@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 06:39 -0700
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| From | Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2018-04-23 20:21 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <fe7b0b55-dda3-4378-8d6a-27bdfc0cbb9d@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #490266 |
On Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 10:10:46 PM UTC-5, Cryptoengineer wrote: > Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote in > news:paudcc$rdl$1@dont-email.me: > > > On 4/13/2018 9:57 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote: > >> On 13-4-2018 22:53, Lynn McGuire wrote: > >>> On 4/13/2018 2:41 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: > >>>> In article <paqr2g$d52$1@dont-email.me>, > >>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> On 4/13/2018 12:33 PM, Chrysi Cat wrote: > >>>>>> On 4/13/2018 11:12 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote: > >>>>>>> xkcd, "turkish deslight" > >>>>>>> Â Â Â Â https://xkcd.com/1980/ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Yup, Cinnebons is much better for bribery. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Lynn > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'll grant the traditional version, tasting of rosewater and > >>>>>> maybe almond, wouldn't be great. But the old-time Christmas treat > >>>>>> "Aplets and Cotlets" are basically turkish delight with the > >>>>>> rosewater replaced by apricot or apple, and *they're* delicious, > >>>>>> so it's not the concept, > >>>>>> it's the traditional execution. Well, and possibly also that > >>>>>> people > >>>>>> are annoyed by having to hold something covered on every surface > >>>>>> by confectioners' sugar :-P > >>>>> > >>>>> No freaking almonds ! I am allergic to them ! > >>>> > >>>> What a pity. I practically live on them. I'm about to eat Greek > >>>> yogurt, blueberries, and almonds for lunch, because that's one of > >>>> the small set of edibles that don't set my blood sugar soaring. > >>> > >>> Yes, we all have our crosses to bear as we age. I am not suppose > >>> to eat blueberries since their high vitamin K content plays havoc > >>> with my blood thinners. But, I love blueberries ! > >>> > >>> Lynn > >>> > >>> > >> Switch to PRADAXA.(dabigatran etexilaat). > >> No dependence any more on vitamin K. > > > > I actually was on Pradaxa for three years. Then my cardiologist told > > me to read the article in the Houston Press by the ER doc. Basically, > > it takes three days to get Pradaxa out of your system and one bag of > > whole blood to get Warfarin out of your system. You pays your money > > and takes your chances ! > > > > http://www.houstonpress.com/news/pradaxa-patients-cant-stop-the-bleedin > > g-6594403 > > Its wierd to me to hear of Warfarin being used as a medicine - I've > always thought of it as rat poison. > When I was a kid, I had the same reaction to first hearing about nitroglycerin being used as a medicine, I had always thought of it as a rather touchy _explosive_.
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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
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| Date | 2018-04-24 04:27 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <p7o9qJ.Hru@kithrup.com> |
| In reply to | #490924 |
In article <fe7b0b55-dda3-4378-8d6a-27bdfc0cbb9d@googlegroups.com>, Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> wrote: >On Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 10:10:46 PM UTC-5, Cryptoengineer wrote: >> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote in >> news:paudcc$rdl$1@dont-email.me: >> >> > On 4/13/2018 9:57 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote: >> >> On 13-4-2018 22:53, Lynn McGuire wrote: >> >>> On 4/13/2018 2:41 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >> >>>> In article <paqr2g$d52$1@dont-email.me>, >> >>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>> On 4/13/2018 12:33 PM, Chrysi Cat wrote: >> >>>>>> On 4/13/2018 11:12 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote: >> >>>>>>> xkcd, "turkish deslight" >> >>>>>>> Â Â Â Â https://xkcd.com/1980/ >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Yup, Cinnebons is much better for bribery. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Lynn >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> I'll grant the traditional version, tasting of rosewater and >> >>>>>> maybe almond, wouldn't be great. But the old-time Christmas treat >> >>>>>> "Aplets and Cotlets" are basically turkish delight with the >> >>>>>> rosewater replaced by apricot or apple, and *they're* delicious, >> >>>>>> so it's not the concept, >> >>>>>> it's the traditional execution. Well, and possibly also that >> >>>>>> people >> >>>>>> are annoyed by having to hold something covered on every surface >> >>>>>> by confectioners' sugar :-P >> >>>>> >> >>>>> No freaking almonds ! I am allergic to them ! >> >>>> >> >>>> What a pity. I practically live on them. I'm about to eat Greek >> >>>> yogurt, blueberries, and almonds for lunch, because that's one of >> >>>> the small set of edibles that don't set my blood sugar soaring. >> >>> >> >>> Yes, we all have our crosses to bear as we age. I am not suppose >> >>> to eat blueberries since their high vitamin K content plays havoc >> >>> with my blood thinners. But, I love blueberries ! >> >>> >> >>> Lynn >> >>> >> >>> >> >> Switch to PRADAXA.(dabigatran etexilaat). >> >> No dependence any more on vitamin K. >> > >> > I actually was on Pradaxa for three years. Then my cardiologist told >> > me to read the article in the Houston Press by the ER doc. Basically, >> > it takes three days to get Pradaxa out of your system and one bag of >> > whole blood to get Warfarin out of your system. You pays your money >> > and takes your chances ! >> > >> > http://www.houstonpress.com/news/pradaxa-patients-cant-stop-the-bleedin >> > g-6594403 >> >> Its wierd to me to hear of Warfarin being used as a medicine - I've >> always thought of it as rat poison. >> > >When I was a kid, I had the same reaction to first hearing about >nitroglycerin being used as a medicine, I had always thought of it as a >rather touchy _explosive_. And so it is ... in large doses. Hal, since his heart surgery (ten or twelve years ago), carries a little tiny vial of nitroclycerine tablets in his shirt pocket. Every now and then he has to get a new set because they have a limited shelf life. He's never used any. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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| From | Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> |
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| Date | 2018-04-23 23:11 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <fk7sjmFu5p9U1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #490932 |
djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: >And so it is ... in large doses. Hal, since his heart surgery >(ten or twelve years ago), carries a little tiny vial of >nitroclycerine tablets in his shirt pocket. Every now and then >he has to get a new set because they have a limited shelf life. >He's never used any. Has he ever tried banging on the expired ones? -- We are geeks. Resistance is voltage over current.
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| From | ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) |
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| Date | 2018-04-24 05:14 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <fk7spkFu7avU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #490934 |
In article <fk7sjmFu5p9U1@mid.individual.net>, Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote: >djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: > >>And so it is ... in large doses. Hal, since his heart surgery >>(ten or twelve years ago), carries a little tiny vial of >>nitroclycerine tablets in his shirt pocket. Every now and then >>he has to get a new set because they have a limited shelf life. >>He's never used any. > >Has he ever tried banging on the expired ones? As I recall, Gilligan had a problem with that. As did Wile E. -- ------ columbiaclosings.com What's not in Columbia anymore..
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| From | Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> |
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| Date | 2018-04-23 22:21 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <1360aca0-5eb1-40a9-b33b-dc671dac25cd@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #490935 |
On Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 3:14:31 PM UTC+10, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: > In article <fk7sjmFu5p9U1@mid.individual.net>, > Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote: > >djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: > > > >>And so it is ... in large doses. Hal, since his heart surgery > >>(ten or twelve years ago), carries a little tiny vial of > >>nitroclycerine tablets in his shirt pocket. Every now and then > >>he has to get a new set because they have a limited shelf life. > >>He's never used any. > > > >Has he ever tried banging on the expired ones? > > As I recall, Gilligan had a problem with that. > > As did Wile E. Probably James Nicoll too. -Moriarty
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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
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| Date | 2018-04-24 13:33 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <p7oyz4.4nr@kithrup.com> |
| In reply to | #490934 |
In article <fk7sjmFu5p9U1@mid.individual.net>, Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote: >djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: > >>And so it is ... in large doses. Hal, since his heart surgery >>(ten or twelve years ago), carries a little tiny vial of >>nitroclycerine tablets in his shirt pocket. Every now and then >>he has to get a new set because they have a limited shelf life. >>He's never used any. > >Has he ever tried banging on the expired ones? NO. An education as an engineer and long years as a programmer have made him professionally paranoid about doing dumb things. He says, "Any bang would be very minimal." But he's still not going to try it out. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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| From | Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> |
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| Date | 2018-04-24 08:21 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <pbni1o$3cc$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #490947 |
On 4/24/2018 6:33 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: > In article <fk7sjmFu5p9U1@mid.individual.net>, > Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote: >> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: >> >>> And so it is ... in large doses. Hal, since his heart surgery >>> (ten or twelve years ago), carries a little tiny vial of >>> nitroclycerine tablets in his shirt pocket. Every now and then >>> he has to get a new set because they have a limited shelf life. >>> He's never used any. >> >> Has he ever tried banging on the expired ones? > > NO. > > An education as an engineer and long years as a programmer have > made him professionally paranoid about doing dumb things. > > He says, "Any bang would be very minimal." But he's still not > going to try it out. > Of course not! That's what neighbor's kids are for. -- Inquiring minds want to know while minds with a self-preservation instinct are running screaming.
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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
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| Date | 2018-04-24 15:56 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <p7p5M0.IL7@kithrup.com> |
| In reply to | #490952 |
In article <pbni1o$3cc$1@dont-email.me>, Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote: >On 4/24/2018 6:33 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >> In article <fk7sjmFu5p9U1@mid.individual.net>, >> Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote: >>> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: >>> >>>> And so it is ... in large doses. Hal, since his heart surgery >>>> (ten or twelve years ago), carries a little tiny vial of >>>> nitroclycerine tablets in his shirt pocket. Every now and then >>>> he has to get a new set because they have a limited shelf life. >>>> He's never used any. >>> >>> Has he ever tried banging on the expired ones? >> >> NO. >> >> An education as an engineer and long years as a programmer have >> made him professionally paranoid about doing dumb things. >> >> He says, "Any bang would be very minimal." But he's still not >> going to try it out. >> >Of course not! That's what neighbor's kids are for. No neighbors' kids in the immediate vicinity. And if we tried it out on Vincent, there would be Words. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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| From | Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> |
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| Date | 2018-04-24 19:05 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <fka2iqFf138U1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #490958 |
djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: >In article <pbni1o$3cc$1@dont-email.me>, >Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote: >>On 4/24/2018 6:33 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >>> In article <fk7sjmFu5p9U1@mid.individual.net>, >>> Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote: >>>> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: >>>> >>>>> And so it is ... in large doses. Hal, since his heart surgery >>>>> (ten or twelve years ago), carries a little tiny vial of >>>>> nitroclycerine tablets in his shirt pocket. Every now and then >>>>> he has to get a new set because they have a limited shelf life. >>>>> He's never used any. >>>> >>>> Has he ever tried banging on the expired ones? >>> >>> NO. >>> >>> An education as an engineer and long years as a programmer have >>> made him professionally paranoid about doing dumb things. >>> >>> He says, "Any bang would be very minimal." But he's still not >>> going to try it out. >>> >>Of course not! That's what neighbor's kids are for. > >No neighbors' kids in the immediate vicinity. And if we tried it >out on Vincent, there would be Words. He's an engineer. Four minutes to rig a drop-hammer with a string trigger from ten feet away. -- We are geeks. Resistance is voltage over current.
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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
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| Date | 2018-04-25 03:59 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <p7q32J.Avx@kithrup.com> |
| In reply to | #490998 |
In article <fka2iqFf138U1@mid.individual.net>, Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote: >djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: > >>In article <pbni1o$3cc$1@dont-email.me>, >>Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote: >>>On 4/24/2018 6:33 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >>>> In article <fk7sjmFu5p9U1@mid.individual.net>, >>>> Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote: >>>>> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> And so it is ... in large doses. Hal, since his heart surgery >>>>>> (ten or twelve years ago), carries a little tiny vial of >>>>>> nitroclycerine tablets in his shirt pocket. Every now and then >>>>>> he has to get a new set because they have a limited shelf life. >>>>>> He's never used any. >>>>> >>>>> Has he ever tried banging on the expired ones? >>>> >>>> NO. >>>> >>>> An education as an engineer and long years as a programmer have >>>> made him professionally paranoid about doing dumb things. >>>> >>>> He says, "Any bang would be very minimal." But he's still not >>>> going to try it out. >>>> >>>Of course not! That's what neighbor's kids are for. >> >>No neighbors' kids in the immediate vicinity. And if we tried it >>out on Vincent, there would be Words. > >He's an engineer. Four minutes to rig a drop-hammer with a string >trigger from ten feet away. Yeah, except it would mean getting up and leaving his computer. He's well into middle age and very sedentary now. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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| From | Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> |
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| Date | 2018-04-24 21:54 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <pbp1ms$a6k$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #490998 |
On 4/24/2018 6:05 PM, Greg Goss wrote: > djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: > >> In article <pbni1o$3cc$1@dont-email.me>, >> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote: >>> On 4/24/2018 6:33 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >>>> In article <fk7sjmFu5p9U1@mid.individual.net>, >>>> Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote: >>>>> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> And so it is ... in large doses. Hal, since his heart surgery >>>>>> (ten or twelve years ago), carries a little tiny vial of >>>>>> nitroclycerine tablets in his shirt pocket. Every now and then >>>>>> he has to get a new set because they have a limited shelf life. >>>>>> He's never used any. >>>>> >>>>> Has he ever tried banging on the expired ones? >>>> >>>> NO. >>>> >>>> An education as an engineer and long years as a programmer have >>>> made him professionally paranoid about doing dumb things. >>>> >>>> He says, "Any bang would be very minimal." But he's still not >>>> going to try it out. >>>> >>> Of course not! That's what neighbor's kids are for. >> >> No neighbors' kids in the immediate vicinity. And if we tried it >> out on Vincent, there would be Words. > > He's an engineer. Four minutes to rig a drop-hammer with a string > trigger from ten feet away. > For some reason that reminds me of something my father and uncles did once when they were young. They were in to model rockets. (Please note this would have been in the 1950s, maybe early 1960s.) They made a rocket out of a steel pipe and fuel for it from a mix of sugar and hydrogen-peroxide. (I see some of you out there wincing!!) My grandfather agreed to let them try to launch it on the condition that they be in a ditch a hundred yards away. Pieces of the pipe landed a hundred yards away from the ditch. On the other side from where they started. :D -- Inquiring minds want to know while minds with a self-preservation instinct are running screaming.
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| From | Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2018-04-24 14:38 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <pbo13u$i3u$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #490924 |
On 4/23/2018 10:21 PM, Johnny1A wrote: ... >> Its wierd to me to hear of Warfarin being used as a medicine - I've >> always thought of it as rat poison. >> > > When I was a kid, I had the same reaction to first hearing about nitroglycerin being used as a medicine, I had always thought of it as a rather touchy _explosive_. Critical mass in everything is very important. Lynn
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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
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| Date | 2018-04-13 19:38 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <p752KH.xp0@kithrup.com> |
| In reply to | #490182 |
In article <1S5AC.13664$k%2.11752@fx19.iad>, Chrysi Cat <Chrysicat@gmail.com> wrote: >On 4/13/2018 11:12 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote: >> xkcd, "turkish deslight" >> https://xkcd.com/1980/ >> >> Yup, Cinnebons is much better for bribery. >> >> Lynn > >I'll grant the traditional version, tasting of rosewater and maybe >almond, wouldn't be great. But the old-time Christmas treat "Aplets and >Cotlets" are basically turkish delight with the rosewater replaced by >apricot or apple, and *they're* delicious, so it's not the concept, it's >the traditional execution. Well, and possibly also that people are >annoyed by having to hold something covered on every surface by >confectioners' sugar :-P Better than having to hold onto it *without* the confectioner's sugar. That stuff is *sticky* in its unpowdered state. Karen Anderson (in pace requiescat) once did a Zimiamvian dinner to celebrate the date on which the main character supposedly left this tawdry world to return to the legendary one. All the food (there were several courses) came from mentions in one or another of Eddison's novels. Astrid and I were the serving wenches, and Hal was the wine* steward. Karen made TD, under its proper name Rahad Lokoum, with rosewater and, IIRC, without powdered sugar because it would've covered up the gold leaf. _____ *Strictly speaking, wine-and-alternative steward, because Fritz Leiber was one of the guests and he was on the wagon. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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| From | T Guy <tim.bateman1961@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2018-04-14 06:39 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <52192a79-ec8b-4422-92bc-36cc11a2f372@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #490179 |
On Friday, April 13, 2018 at 6:12:17 PM UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote: > xkcd, "turkish deslight" > https://xkcd.com/1980/ > > Yup, Cinnebons is much better for bribery. > > Lynn 'Delight in the sense of 'golden' and 'delicious' in 'French Golden Delicious appples.' IOW, xkcd nails it here.
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