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I work for the publishing office of a biology research society. Some of the editors and editorial board members, aside from their credentials as researchers, are practicing physicians doing COVID rotations in major university-affiliated hospitals. I'm not a biologist. I'm an overwound proofreader. B...

Atomic wrote: ↑

Thu May 21, 2020 8:21 pm

Was the student involved named Earl L. Myer?

Think you mean Earl N. Meyer.

I've heard of that guy.

Hansontoons wrote: ↑

Fri May 15, 2020 9:10 pm

But, why a duck?

10 points for movie reference.

The Cocoanuts, Marx Brothers, 1929.

Have not looked in for a long time, and am very sorry to learn this.

Almost afraid to catch up with people these days.

^ I don't look in here for how long. And then that's waiting for me.

We do okay with two boxes for two cats.

But they're littermates.

Well, it's German. Wha'd you expect?

English has weird rules, too. We just don't notice.

The best thing that ever came out of Maserati was the Citroen SM, and it Had Problems. Especially the one Burt Reynolds parked in the Savannah River. I've had cars I wanted to park in rivers. And an old friend used to sing a ditty she sorta stole from Neil Young: "Down by the river I shot my Volvo"

How can I be old enough for Social Security when I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up?

Was in southwest Colorado last week- visited Mesa Verde, drove through Durango, Silverton, Ouray, Telluride, stayed in Ridgway, and visited The Black Canyon of the Gunnison. It was nice to be out of the Texas heat but not so great to be a flatlander staggering around at the local elevations. I'm no...

Typing was my worst subject in high school. Grades kept dropping, because I got up to 35 wpm (on a manual typewriter) and plateaued for the rest of the semester. Gods being the evil-minded jokers that they are, my doom was sealed. :twisted: That seems somewhat ironic, considering your username whic...

Some of the information signs on the Pennsylvania Turnpike are inconsistent from section to section. Brother and I have been arguing for decades over whether it's really necessary to be a lert, or if it's sufficient to just keep one in the trunk.

*Hits the gas toward the next exit.*

Well, I used to be able to do 30-40 words a min on an IBM Selectric... Typing was my worst subject in high school. Grades kept dropping, because I got up to 35 wpm (on a manual typewriter) and plateaued for the rest of the semester. Gods being the evil-minded jokers that they are, my doom was seale...

lake_wrangler wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 11, 2019 5:52 pm

Out of curiosity, how long does it take a motorcycle to grow to full maturity?

Don't know about the bikes, but my brother is a longtime biker. He's 62. We're still waiting.

We're what you get when you compress a whole bunch of hydrogen and wait awhile.

What's the hazard with borax?

And Dave wins again.

Meanwhile, on a completely different note (pun definitely intended)... My choir director forwarded me an email from someone looking for amateur tenor and bass singers, to join in a choir to sing Verdi's Great Requiem... After consideration, and discussion with the person who originally had sent him...

It's why the things are so often laden with grammar and spelling errors, and what you would think are obvious absurdities: to screen out people smart enough to question whether the IRS would really send you a letter written in Engrish... I have to admit, I had never thought about that angle... That...

But now I'm so frosted off at Volkswagen over the diesel emissions fraud that I'll never buy another one. Better not buy a smartphone either. A bunch of manufacturers have been caught programming the phones to cook the performance numbers when the various testing suites are run. In other words, don...