#editorial | Logs for 2019-12-28
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[02:02:33] <Fnord666> thank you
[03:08:23] <Bytram> ~eds I hereby designate Thursday, 2019-12-26 as an official "Day of Fnord666"
[03:08:35] <Bytram> ~eds I hereby designate Friday, 2019-12-27 as an official "Day of Fnord666"
[03:08:57] <Bytram> ~eds I hereby designate Saturday, 2019-12-28 as an official "Day of janrinok"
[03:11:28] <Bytram> In all my time on this site, I've seen one editor cover an entire day only something like 6-8 times, tops.
[03:12:10] <Bytram> I've done it once or twice, I know cmn32480 has done it at least once, and that is all I can recall off-hand!
[03:12:32] <Bytram> Consider this accomplishment a rare one, indeed!
[03:12:36] <Bytram> Fnord666++
[03:12:36] <Bender> karma - fnord666: 126
[03:12:38] <Bytram> Fnord666++
[03:12:38] <Bender> karma - fnord666: 127
[03:12:46] <Bytram> janrinok++
[03:12:46] <Bender> karma - janrinok: 79
[03:22:26] <Bytram> whereto? http://feedproxy.google.com
[03:22:27] <systemd> ^ 03Famed supergiant star Betelgeuse will explode some day, and it's acting weird right now ( https://www.cnet.com )
[03:48:32] <Fnord666> Evening Bytram
[03:50:04] <Bytram> evening Fnord666
[03:50:26] <Fnord666> How are you this Friday eve?
[03:51:04] <Bytram> better, thnks. Got a good night's sleep last night, but feel like I could use about a half-dozen more. and you?
[03:51:47] <Fnord666> Doing ok. Had the day off so I got to sleep in a bit
[03:52:07] <Bytram> sleep++
[03:52:07] <Bender> karma - sleep: 18
[03:53:31] <Fnord666> yup
[03:53:50] <Bytram> Did not have the day off, but after the very early shift the other day, was home by about 4pm and in bed by about 5:30 pm. Woke up a couple-three times overnight for the obligatory bathroom break and went back to bed. Did not fully arise until about 6AM.
[03:54:07] <Fnord666> now that's a good night's sleep
[03:54:40] <Bytram> yuppers!
[03:55:10] <Bytram> Not tonight, though, oh my! Just noticed the time!
[03:55:15] <Bytram> Yep, not tonight, indeed.
[03:55:24] <Fnord666> early day tomorrow?
[03:55:29] <Bytram> I need to be back at work in 10 hours.
[03:57:02] <Fnord666> I won't keep you then.
[03:57:30] <Fnord666> Have a good night and, as always, pleasant dreams
[03:58:18] <Bytram> oh, always have time for you!
[03:58:41] <Bytram> Can't thank you enough for all the stories you've pushed out the last few weeks (and days!)
[03:59:52] <Fnord666> np
[04:00:48] <Fnord666> I know you're super busy this time of year so I try to keep an extra eye on the queue
[04:01:11] <Fnord666> whe ntime permits anyway.
[04:01:20] <Bytram> from what I've seen, you must have something like 23 eyes!
[04:01:26] <Fnord666> lol
[04:01:41] <Bytram> maybe more, starting to lose count!
[04:01:58] <Fnord666> problem is glasses get expensive at that point
[04:02:10] <Bytram> LOL!
[04:02:14] <Bytram> touche'
[04:02:18] <Fnord666> and it takes over an hour to put in contacts
[04:02:37] <Bytram> good point
[04:03:03] <Bytram> maybe it's something that Wallace could take a stab at automating (of Wallace and Gromit fame)
[04:03:27] <Fnord666> I'm just crackers about ... Cheese!
[04:03:37] <Bytram> bingo!
[04:04:07] <Bytram> Cheese Gromit! That's it! The moon is made of cheeeeeese!
[04:04:19] <Fnord666> You know how to get 59 old ladies to sear? Get the 60th one to holler "Boingo!"
[04:04:25] <Fnord666> s/sear/swear/
[04:04:28] <Bytram> sear?
[04:04:32] <Bytram> ah
[04:04:45] <Bytram> put them on a barbeque?
[04:04:47] <Fnord666> and Bingo
[04:05:10] <Fnord666> channelling my inner cmn tonight.
[04:05:12] <Bytram> was his name-o?
[04:05:25] <Bytram> well done, I must say!
[04:05:36] <Bytram> just a sec
[04:06:07] <Fnord666> old McDonald had a farm until he sold it and bought a hamburger franchise...
[04:06:13] <Bytram> =submit https://phys.org +https://www.cnet.com/news/betelgeuse-star-acting-like-its-about-to-explode-even-if-odds-say-its-not/
[04:06:16] <systemd> Submitting "Waiting for Betelgeuse: what's up with the tempestuous star?"...
[04:06:24] <Bytram> *groan*
[04:06:37] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "Waiting for Betelgeuse: What's Up With the Tempestuous Star?" (16 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[04:07:00] <Fnord666> which he kindly paid them for on Tuesday
[04:07:19] * Bytram no get it
[04:07:39] <Fnord666> Popeye and Whimpy?
[04:08:10] <Bytram> Ahhh, tickles a memory... kinda sorta
[04:08:12] <Fnord666> https://en.wikipedia.org
[04:08:13] <systemd> ^ 03J. Wellington Wimpy - Wikipedia
[04:08:52] <Bytram> oh, wait... a hamburger now, that he promised to pay for next tuesday?
[04:08:56] <Fnord666> In 1932, this then became the famous, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."[
[04:09:02] <Fnord666> yes!
[04:09:20] <Bytram> wasn't that around the great depression?
[04:09:33] <Bytram> =g great depression years
[04:09:34] <systemd> https://www.history.com - Great Depression History - HISTORY
[04:09:46] <Bytram> =g great depression years wikipedia
[04:09:47] <systemd> https://en.wikipedia.org - Great Depression - Wikipedia
[04:11:23] <Fnord666> It was although I don't recall the character being particularly related to the topic
[04:11:35] <Bytram> Seems to have been ~1929 to ~1939
[04:12:47] <Fnord666> Nothing like a good world war to boost the economy
[04:14:17] <Bytram> does not have to be that big...
[04:14:29] <Bytram> =g wikipedia grenada bush
[04:14:30] <systemd> https://en.wikipedia.org - United States invasion of Grenada - Wikipedia
[04:15:28] <Fnord666> Funny how few people even know about that one
[04:16:17] <Bytram> just another in a sad, long history of the USA
[04:17:28] <Fnord666> I was assigned to the 2/75 Ranger Battalion just six months after that operation.
[04:17:46] * Bytram had no idea
[04:17:47] <Fnord666> They were the ones that jumped into the airport
[04:18:15] <Bytram> so... you joined them - after the fact?
[04:19:30] <Fnord666> I had enlisted and volunteered to join the Rangers prior to the operation but I was still in basic/AIT/jump school when the operation took place
[04:20:33] <Bytram> nod nod
[04:22:03] <Fnord666> I spent four years in the Army but that was the only active deployment that occurred during the 80s
[04:22:32] <Bytram> got it.
[04:22:44] <Bytram> Thank you for your service.
[04:23:20] <Fnord666> You're welcome. Happy to do it.
[04:23:58] <Fnord666> It was something I felt that I needed to do at the time
[04:24:24] <Bytram> not something that I think I could have dealt with -- I'm far too empathetic
[04:27:19] <Fnord666> It's not for everyone but honestly there were a wide range of jobs
[04:28:26] <Bytram> yeah, if I were to have enlisted, I seriously doubt they'd put me on the front line.
[04:28:50] <Fnord666> and it did pay well for college, so there's that
[04:29:11] <Bytram> good for you!
[04:32:02] <Fnord666> Funny how sometimes that seems like yesterday, but in reality it was a long ass time ago.
[04:33:11] <Bytram> That's better than a short ass, I guess? ;)
[04:34:02] <Fnord666> true
[04:34:20] <Bytram> well, I think it's about time for me to call it a night and get my body to bed.
[04:34:29] <Bytram> nice chatting with you, as always!
[04:34:38] <Fnord666> Ditto!
[04:34:50] <Bytram> Thanks again for all the fish (umm, stories!)
[04:35:02] <Fnord666> Have a good night and pleasant dreams.
[04:35:08] <Fnord666> and so long...
[04:35:19] <Bytram> DouglasAdams++
[04:35:19] <Bender> karma - douglasadams: 1
[04:35:40] <Fnord666> indeed
[04:35:58] <Fnord666> Don't forget your towel
[04:36:15] <Bytram> Don't Panic!
[04:36:39] <Bytram> (Should have been the home screen on the iPad!)
[04:36:46] <Bytram> Okay, this time for sure!
[04:36:53] <Bytram> good night!
[04:37:23] <Fnord666> good night!
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[23:59:16] <Deucalion> Thank you guys for keeping the pump primed over this traditional period of slacking off. It has been noted and your reward awaits you. I can't say what form that reward night take as they are personalised I believe and most likely not delivered in this life time but in any case good job Hooah Oorah Semper Fi etc... trying to be inclusive here... um Go Girl!!!... Good job.