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trønderen2-Dec-21 5:05

trønderen

2-Dec-21 5:05

You wouldn't believe how often I have that kind of reaction when people show me some new and fancy app on their smartphones. Or how they can make their living room lighting change in waves between different colors. Or their 20,000 LED decoration of their home, in celebration of something. Or ...

I tend to phrase my reaction as "And what is it for, really?" What's in it for me? Nothing. But let them have it, those who care. Let them have mathematical puzzles, too, if they like it. Palindromes (by the way: spelled with an i, not an e) is a sort of mathematical puzzle. I certainly won't condemn all sorts of puzzles.

Live on time, emit no evil!

RickZeeland2-Dec-21 6:10

RickZeeland

2-Dec-21 6:10

Correct, named after Michael Palin[^] $Shucks | :-\$

jsc422-Dec-21 6:19

jsc42

2-Dec-21 6:19

trønderen wrote:
Palindromes (by the way: spelled with an i, not an e)

I'm definitely having a bad day. Thanks for correcting my spelling.

0x01AA2-Dec-21 6:53

0x01AA

2-Dec-21 6:53

See my post ~~below~~ above Laugh | :laugh:

WSO CCC OTD 2021-12-02

OriginalGriff1-Dec-21 21:39

1-Dec-21 21:39

Devouring a nervous cocktail? (8)

"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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pkfox1-Dec-21 21:46

1-Dec-21 21:46

Tick tick tick... Big Grin | :-D

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

Rich Leyshon1-Dec-21 22:27

Rich Leyshon

1-Dec-21 22:27

First time in a while it's still been live when I get to read it. Got it but can't take it as the Mrs recently had surgery and I'm having to do everything at home whilst trying to squeeze in work where I can. So, time to contemplate the 6 foot ironing pile (seriously, I swear she insists on me washing an item of clothing or bedding if I so much as glance in its general direction!)

pkfox1-Dec-21 22:39

1-Dec-21 22:39

I recently saw a message on LinkedIn from a Richard Leyshon who is a data science lecturer at the ONS are you that person ? hope your wife recovers soon.

Rich Leyshon1-Dec-21 22:43

Rich Leyshon

1-Dec-21 22:43

Good God no, nobody would trust me to teach people things! Thank you, she's doing well and in about 45 mins I have to try and manoeuvre her into the car for a hospital trip then with any luck, she's "off the books" and should be "back at it" pretty soon.

pkfox1-Dec-21 22:53

1-Dec-21 22:53

Glad to hear that, now get on with the ironing Big Grin | :-D

- I don't mind it once I actually start - my wife suffers from arthritis in her arm which ironing aggravates

Rich Leyshon1-Dec-21 22:57

Rich Leyshon

1-Dec-21 22:57

I suffer from idleness which ironing aggrivates!
Decided I don't have time to make much of an impact now so squeezing in half an hour's work before hospital.

DRHuff2-Dec-21 17:05

DRHuff

2-Dec-21 17:05

What is this ironing thing you speak of??!?!??

If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.

pkfox1-Dec-21 22:40

1-Dec-21 22:40

I'm not really hungry I'm ravenous

OriginalGriff1-Dec-21 22:51

1-Dec-21 22:51

You are up tomorrow! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

jsc421-Dec-21 23:15

jsc42

1-Dec-21 23:15

That's clever! 'Nervous' looked like the anagram indicator and 'cocktail' as the word to be de-anagrammed (or whatever the correct term is); whereas, it was actually the other way round.

OriginalGriff1-Dec-21 23:26

1-Dec-21 23:26

That was the plan! Laugh | :laugh:

DerekT-P2-Dec-21 3:10

DerekT-P

2-Dec-21 3:10

Being picky, though: ravenous means being very hungry; devouring means eating something hungrily. The two are related but "ravenous" certainly doesn't mean "devouring" so the clue's not really in the correct form...?

(Am only posting this 'cos I'm really, really ticked off with a "user" who is changing the requirement, not telling me WHAT they're actually doing (supposedly I'm FTPing a file into a folder; actually I'm talking to a custom-written service of theirs using the FTP protocol, and they're not returning correct FTP status codes); and all this being done on our live server (because of good reasons) but meaning that finding the data they want is like a needle in a haystack because of data volumes, and.... he's just interrupted me from even making a comment on a crossword clue! Sheesh, some people need to get their priorities right... Mad | :mad:

)

OriginalGriff2-Dec-21 4:00

2-Dec-21 4:00

If it's good enough for "Thesaurus dot com", it's good enough for me!
Ravenous synonyms[^]

As for the user, have you ever considered they might look better holding up part of a building? Big Grin | :-D

pkfox2-Dec-21 0:04

So, Chris ... how is life in the Gulag?

2-Dec-21 0:04

Sometimes they just leap out at you and todays was one of them - I did wait an hour though Big Grin | :-D

OriginalGriff1-Dec-21 9:12

1-Dec-21 9:12

@Chris-Maunder
Did you get food eventually?
How's the tunnelling going?
Do they have WiFi?

Daniel Pfeffer1-Dec-21 9:18

Daniel Pfeffer

1-Dec-21 9:18

After 120 years of independence, Australia has returned to its origins - arrivals at its shores are no longer allowed anywhere without a Ticket of Leave.
OMG | :OMG:

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.

OriginalGriff1-Dec-21 9:23

1-Dec-21 9:23

I didn't think Melbourne was anywhere near Botany Bay Big Grin | :-D

Maybe he escaped ...

Daniel Pfeffer1-Dec-21 9:58

Daniel Pfeffer

1-Dec-21 9:58

It's closer to Botany Bay than Toronto!

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.

jackbrownii2-Dec-21 9:57

jackbrownii

2-Dec-21 9:57

I can never read "Botany Bay" without hearing it in Chekhov's voice from Wrath of Khan.