I’m able to fall asleep during an MRI scan.
I’m able to fall asleep during an MRI scan.
Coworker/friend/loved one: “So why is XYZ happening?”
Brain: Aww yiss. I will anticipate all possible questions and forks in the conversation, say it all, thus saving everyone time.
Brain: Wait. Remember how you’ve been trying to keep it brief? Try that now.
Me: “Well, it was 8:30am after all.”
Coworker/friend/loved one: “Er … I’m sorry what now?”
Brain: They took the bait. THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE
Me, 5 mins later: “… yeah so anyway, what was the question again?”
Let’s not be hasty.
Surely free-range, organic, gluten-free sand would be the bestest source material ever.
You just reminded me. My dad used to say “Don’t take any wooden nickels!” Had to get him to explain this, the first time he said it to me.
Wild. I wouldn’t have made it there without the help from helpful folks like yourself.
When I searched DDG in “saloon” just now, the extracted summary was this:
A place where alcoholic drinks are sold and drunk; a tavern. A large room or hall for receptions, public entertainment, or exhibitions. The officers’ dining and social room on a cargo ship.
When I searched on “regular saloon” I get this as the first hit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedan_(automobile)
I wouldn’t have thought to search on “saloon car” as others have suggested.
Okay that’s actually pretty cool, thanks.
Just now checked with my Kiwi wife. She’s filling me in now with examples.
You just described a friend of mine. He’s a retired epidemiologist. Used to do tabletop modeling with his team, used to go to universities to give talks about what to do when an epidemic hits.
For context, he’d said back when Ebola was making headlines that “we’re overdue for an epidemic, but this isn’t likely going to be it”. And then in February 2020 he warned me “it’s coming, I hope you have a plan”.
He had also shared the following. It was so striking, I had to write it down:
Rules for Understanding and Surviving an Epidemic:
I recently shared with him an article describing a confluence of data in the UK re COVID and the changing of the seasons, etc.
His response:
There will always be another wave of covid. None of which will be as bad as any of the preceding. I’ve pretty much reduced (mentally) the risks of covid to the risks of influenza and plan on treating each the same. And I don’t plan on making the wearing of masks a regular thing any more. However, getting on public transport, going to a concert, i.e., close quarters, I will probably treat those kinds of things as too high risk in the middle of a wave and take precautions.
This is someone who needed to travel (by plane) later on in 2020, and was adamant he would be wearing a mask, adding that most people don’t know how to wear a mask correctly.
Conversations with him over the years have been really informative. And yet it’s made me realize just how hopelessly lacking I am in the training and experience to be able to grok the things he does. General medicine being one area. But also the likes of statistics, and things such as how/why it’s not important to have 100% immunization, and how our brains aren’t wired to easily understand what exponential growth means in practice. He’s only too happy to reference studies; not just a specific one that supports his opinion, but looking up all the studies on the subject and working out whether they strongly support one position or a other, adding that if it’s roughly 50/50, then the conclusion is there’s no compelling evidence either way. This man loves poring over studies.
And to your point, he has made general comments indicating a lack of faith in humanity, not to mention some others in his profession.
Not for nothing, my wife and I got our annual flu shots last weekend.
A person is 11% more likely to die in a crash inside an SUV than a regular saloon.
Was “sedan” meant here and not “saloon”?
Try as I might, I can’t think of why anyone would want to compare SUV’s to a western drinking establishment of a bygone era. Although I do see how being in a saloon at the wrong time would have also come with it’s own deadly risks.
What’s up with the disembodied hand tucked up high on the right of that tall heap of grass?
Whoops, should have noticed your endorsement of syncthing before posting a comment mentioning this.
While Obsidian does save to individual files, the Markdown they use seems to be a superset of everyday Markdown. Eg, being able to use callouts (eg, Note, Warning, Info, etc) and embedded linking of notes.
The automatic backlinks are fantastic. And I’ve discovered that if I rename a note, all links to that note get updated as well. So no need to worry about orphaning pages.
I’ve added a handful of plugins as well. Off the top of my head, one is a dynamic table of contents (for that page), another helps to compose/edit Markdown tables.
Also a big fan of Obsidian!
For syncing, one option is to use syncthing.
I know someone (whose geek creds are admittedly well beyond mine) who is also a fan. He uses GitHub to sync his notes.
You piqued my curiosity. Has to go check into these.
Shortest one is 22"?
Classic :D
In case there’s anyone on this planet who has yet to see this commercial:
Through the marketplace, where there are watermelon stands, chickens in crates, and 2 men carrying a large pane of glass back and forth.
If you need more fodder for a future response, you could break down both “seasonal and holiday decorations”.
List the common/popular seasons/holidays where decorations are brought out, before or after having described your plant. For example:
my plant is not a Valentine’s Day card
my plant is not an Easter egg, or made of chocolate
my plant is not a firework
my plant is not a somber meditation of the lives of our troops lost in battle
my plant is not a Halloween decoration
my plant is not a turkey dinner
my plant is not a Christmas ornament, nor is it a Christmas tree
my plant is not a large, illuminated ball, sliding down a pole between 11:59pm Dec 31 and 12:00am Jan 1, not is it a party hat or party favor
etc
I’m sure you could throw together a much better list than the one above :)
Obligatory Flight of the Conchords:
Yeah
Looking 'round the room I can tell that you Are the most beautiful girl in the room In the whole wide room (ooh)
And when you’re on the street Depending on the street I bet you are definitely in the top three