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Post by silverdragon on Apr 13, 2017 9:00:59 GMT
Right, thats it, I have to demand an explanation, and I have to demand that you "dont do dat again", as you bloody well know we are going to be intrigued as to what you did to gain that knowledge.... Come on, what happened?... [edit, I have been waiting 5 mins for an explanation, what happened?.....tell us...]
[Another edit, its now 10 mins.... well?... ]
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Post by GTCGreg on Apr 13, 2017 14:13:03 GMT
That's because if they called it cold glue, they would get sued for false advertising.
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Post by silverdragon on Apr 14, 2017 6:26:49 GMT
He still aint telled us what dun happen?..
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Post by the light works on Oct 15, 2017 22:18:04 GMT
today I learned Manzano peppers aren't entirely consistent in their heat content.
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Post by the light works on Dec 23, 2018 13:03:18 GMT
today I learned that alewives were the original commercial brewers, that their traditional costume included a pointed broad brimmed hat, and that they hung a broom in front of their house when a batch was ready. I also learned the alewife was also often the local herbalist and apothecary. the accusation is that men then declared them witches in order to take over the brewing industry.
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Post by OziRiS on Dec 25, 2018 18:38:48 GMT
Today I learned that I grew up surrounded by narcissist and that it has seriously impacted my ability to function in a romantic relationship.
The epiphany came after talking to a friend from school who's trying to get out of a relationship with a guy who isn't just a little full of himself, as the term "narcissist" is often used, but actually has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. He's such a textbook case that I could accurately predict his behavior in situations I've never actually witnessed him in, much to my amusement and her horror.
They have a kid together and after she left, I got curious as to whether there was any research on how children who grow up around narcissists cope and the consequences it might have for them later in life. I googled, I found what I was looking for and then my jaw just dropped to the floor!
Nearly everything they described as "normal coping behavior" for children of narcissists are things I've done as a child and still do to some extent as an adult, which has caused me problems in relationships. That's pretty dang valuable knowledge to have, because it means I can now be aware of it in the future and try to change my behavioral patterns accordingly.
But that's not really what made my jaw drop. What got to me was the fact that I've been good at spotting narcissists for decades, but it never occured to me that the reason was because I grew up around them. It literally never dawned on me that the three main characters in my upbringing all had some degree of NPD and that's why I'm so adept at identifying it in others!
If that isn't a case of not being able to see the woods for the trees, I don't know what is!
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Post by the light works on Dec 25, 2018 19:17:27 GMT
Today I learned that I grew up surrounded by narcissist and that it has seriously impacted my ability to function in a romantic relationship. The epiphany came after talking to a friend from school who's trying to get out of a relationship with a guy who isn't just a little full of himself, as the term "narcissist" is often used, but actually has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. He's such a textbook case that I could accurately predict his behavior in situations I've never actually witnessed him in, much to my amusement and her horror. They have a kid together and after she left, I got curious as to whether there was any research on how children who grow up around narcissists cope and the consequences it might have for them later in life. I googled, I found what I was looking for and then my jaw just dropped to the floor! Nearly everything they described as "normal coping behavior" for children of narcissists are things I've done as a child and still do to some extent as an adult, which has caused me problems in relationships. That's pretty dang valuable knowledge to have, because it means I can now be aware of it in the future and try to change my behavioral patterns accordingly. But that's not really what made my jaw drop. What got to me was the fact that I've been good at spotting narcissists for decades, but it never occured to me that the reason was because I grew up around them. It literally never dawned on me that the three main characters in my upbringing all had some degree of NPD and that's why I'm so adept at identifying it in others! If that isn't a case of not being able to see the woods for the trees, I don't know what is! well, they say knowledge is power, and hopefully this will help you going forward.
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Post by OziRiS on Dec 26, 2018 10:54:04 GMT
well, they say knowledge is power, and hopefully this will help you going forward. It certainly helped put some things into perspective for me! After having Googled that stuff, I ended up taking a long walk, during which I was just bombarded by one epiphany after another for a solid two hours. It was a really intense experience, but one that I can hopefully learn even more from.
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Post by GTCGreg on Dec 26, 2018 15:36:30 GMT
It’s often easier to change the way you look at things rather than change the things you are looking at.
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Post by the light works on Dec 26, 2018 15:43:18 GMT
It’s often easier to change the way you look at things rather than change the things you are looking at. and if you know why something is happening, it is easier to figure out how to avoid it.
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Post by OziRiS on Dec 26, 2018 18:53:54 GMT
Both very true statements
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Post by the light works on Jan 26, 2019 2:30:11 GMT
today I learned rodent urine makes a halfway decent paint stripper.
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Post by ironhold on Apr 1, 2019 18:21:04 GMT
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Post by wvengineer on Apr 1, 2019 19:24:32 GMT
Small animals and power lines don't mix. I was at a company with a large, spread out campus. They built a new admin building. About a month after we moved in, something got into the high voltage switch gear and blew the fuses that fed that part of the installation. Our best guesses was it was either a bear cub or racoon. Can't tell for sure based on what was left. worst part is that they used a brand new style of fuse for this install. So new that apparently there were no spares to be found on the East coast. Closest replacement ones were in St. Lewis. Because the company was loosing $100K+/hour of downtime, the best option was to take the fuses, hand them to someone and stick them on the next flight to Pittsburgh, where they were handed off to someone to drive them directly to us. They tried seeing if they could charter a helicopter to fly them there directly, but FAA/DOD approval to fly into out plant and would take longer to arrange than the ~3 hours to drive them from Pitt.
When Fed Ex Custom Critical is too slow and doesn't cost enough...
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Post by GTCGreg on Apr 1, 2019 20:00:50 GMT
Small animals and power lines don't mix. I was at a company with a large, spread out campus. They built a new admin building. About a month after we moved in, something got into the high voltage switch gear and blew the fuses that fed that part of the installation. Our best guesses was it was either a bear cub or racoon. Can't tell for sure based on what was left. worst part is that they used a brand new style of fuse for this install. So new that apparently there were no spares to be found on the East coast. Closest replacement ones were in St. Lewis. Because the company was loosing $100K+/hour of downtime, the best option was to take the fuses, hand them to someone and stick them on the next flight to Pittsburgh, where they were handed off to someone to drive them directly to us. They tried seeing if they could charter a helicopter to fly them there directly, but FAA/DOD approval to fly into out plant and would take longer to arrange than the ~3 hours to drive them from Pitt. When Fed Ex Custom Critical is too slow and doesn't cost enough... What, no aluminum foil at Kroger?
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Post by the light works on Apr 2, 2019 4:03:10 GMT
Small animals and power lines don't mix. I was at a company with a large, spread out campus. They built a new admin building. About a month after we moved in, something got into the high voltage switch gear and blew the fuses that fed that part of the installation. Our best guesses was it was either a bear cub or racoon. Can't tell for sure based on what was left. worst part is that they used a brand new style of fuse for this install. So new that apparently there were no spares to be found on the East coast. Closest replacement ones were in St. Lewis. Because the company was loosing $100K+/hour of downtime, the best option was to take the fuses, hand them to someone and stick them on the next flight to Pittsburgh, where they were handed off to someone to drive them directly to us. They tried seeing if they could charter a helicopter to fly them there directly, but FAA/DOD approval to fly into out plant and would take longer to arrange than the ~3 hours to drive them from Pitt. When Fed Ex Custom Critical is too slow and doesn't cost enough... Tardis Express, when it absolutely, positively, has to be there, yesterday. the company I used to work for has a shadowbox with a red squirrel, with his teeth buried in a piece of romex. - just exactly how they pulled him out of the wall.
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Post by the light works on May 19, 2020 5:00:32 GMT
there is a subculture o gun lovers who try to make the claim that when they wrote the constitution, "regulated" referred to being well armed.
today on Jeopardy (rerun) the final clue was a quote from the articles of confederation. "but every State shall always keep up a well-regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutered, "
it becomes pretty obvious tht the term our forefathers used for armed was "armed".
it also becomes pretty obvious that the meaning or regulated is related to the meaning of disciplined.
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Post by rmc on May 24, 2020 23:08:38 GMT
there is a subculture o gun lovers who try to make the claim that when they wrote the constitution, "regulated" referred to being well armed. today on Jeopardy (rerun) the final clue was a quote from the articles of confederation. "but every State shall always keep up a well-regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutered, " it becomes pretty obvious tht the term our forefathers used for armed was "armed". it also becomes pretty obvious that the meaning or regulated is related to the meaning of disciplined. I would have thought that rather that it merely stressing by repeating "disciplined" a second time, the phrase well-regulated had something to do with regulations and rules... Thereby, "a well-controlled and disciplined militia." Rather than something akin to "a well-disciplined and disciplined militia." Or do I not get where you're coming from here?
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Post by the light works on May 25, 2020 1:50:51 GMT
there is a subculture o gun lovers who try to make the claim that when they wrote the constitution, "regulated" referred to being well armed. today on Jeopardy (rerun) the final clue was a quote from the articles of confederation. "but every State shall always keep up a well-regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutered, " it becomes pretty obvious tht the term our forefathers used for armed was "armed". it also becomes pretty obvious that the meaning or regulated is related to the meaning of disciplined. I would have thought that rather that it merely stressing by repeating "disciplined" a second time, the phrase well-regulated had something to do with regulations and rules... Thereby, "a well-controlled and disciplined militia." Rather than something akin to "a well-disciplined and disciplined militia." Or do I not get where you're coming from here? yes, you get it. what it doesn't mean is "armed to the teeth and disciplined,"
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Post by the light works on May 25, 2020 2:37:39 GMT
on very loosely related note, I realized not long ago that while I knew my maternal grandfather joined the Navy and was in the Philippines during the war. I didn't know wht my father's side hd been up to. so tody I found out my grandfther's brother was in the Army Air Corps. my grandfther was considered essential industry. he spent the war driving a log truck between here and San Francisco. about a 1,000 mile round trip.
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